Big Green Men's Lacrosse Heads to Harvard for Ivy Finale

May 5, 2006

2006 season with Holy Cross with a rainy Tuesday night game. Holy Cross outscored the Green in the first and fourth quarters but the middle two stanzas were enough to propel Dartmouth to a 15-12 victory. Nick Bonacci continued his team-leading pace with six points in the game. He scored the first goal of the game for Dartmouth, adding two more and three assists. Senior Andrew Mayer started in goal making 10 saves and getting the win.

TODAY'S GAME: Today's game is the season finale for the Big Green. The two teams are meeting for the 77th time with Harvard leading the series 41-34-1.

ALL TIME VS. HARVARD: The Harvard - Dartmouth series began with a 16-4 Harvard win in 1926. Harvard leads the series 41-34-1 however, Dartmouth has won the last three meetings.

LAST TIME: HANOVER, N.H. - The No. 13 Dartmouth Big Green solidified itself as a team to be reckoned with in a 10-7 win over visiting Harvard today in front of 2,007 at Scully-Fahey Field. The win improves Dartmouth's record to 8-4, 4-2 Ivy while the Crimson falls to 5-8, 2-4 Ivy. The win gives the 12 Big Green seniors the third win in four years over rival Harvard. Dartmouth and Princeton end the season in a tie for second place in the Ivy League with Cornell (6-0) finishing first. Dartmouth took its time getting on the board but Grinnell connected on two just a minute apart. The Big Green's first goal came at 7:40 when Grinnell ran the length of the field passing to Jamie Coffin just steps in front of the Harvard nets. Grinnell from Alec Hufnagel put Dartmouth ahead by two at 6:14. Grinnell and Coffin again connected to give Dartmouth its biggest lead of the game at 4:03. The Big Green continued the scoring early in the second when Hufnagel wrapped a shot around Harvard goalie Evan O'Donnell at 10:08 before Grinnell and Coffin gave the Big Green a 5-3 lead at 6:32. Harvard responded with two unanswered goals. Steve Cohen scored a man up goal at 2:56 and with one second on the clock Mike McBride gave the Crimson a boost as Dartmouth saw its lead fall to just one, 5-4, at the half. At 6:49 in the fourth Coffin took a shot that was saved by O'Donnell but bounced out of the goalie's stick right to Hufnagel who shot up and over O'Connell's head for an 8-6 Dartmouth lead. Harvard again answered at 5:13 on a man up opportunity. Grinnell had his own man up goal at 4:06 as the Crimson penalty was just winding down. Then with two seconds left in the game Brad Heritage (Cheshire, Conn.) took a pass from Grinnell to give Dartmouth the 10-7 victory.

ABOUT HARVARD: Harvard's men's lacrosse team ran into one of the hottest teams in the country last Saturday night as second-ranked Hofstra picked up its 14th straight win with a 13-6 win against the 16th-ranked Crimson at Shuart Stadium. The Crimson host Dartmouth in a must win situation to have a chance at the NCAA tournament. Evan Calvert leads Harvard with 23 goals and 11 assists for 34 points. Joe Pike and Evan O'Donnell have split time almost equally in the net. Pike has played 364 minutes and has a 7.25 goals against average. O'Donnell has played 300 minutes and has an 8.40 goals against average.

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