Big Green Fall to #7 Cornell, 19-8

Saturday, April 2

Ithaca, N.Y.

3:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Cornell

4/2/2011 5:47:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

By: Dartmouth

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Dartmouth men's lacrosse team suffered its first conference loss at seventh-ranked Cornell on Saturday, 19-8. The Big Green fell to 4-4 overall and 1-1 in the Ivy League. The Big Red improved to 6-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference.

The game started the right way for Dartmouth with sophomore Nikki Dysenchuk (Darien, Conn.) giving the team a 1-0 lead 3:32 into the first quarter. Cornell responded by scoring two goals in the quarter to take a 2-1 lead into the second. In the second period, the two teams scored 11 goals. Unfortunately for the Big Green, the Big Red scored nine of the 11 goals to head into halftime with an 11-3 advantage.

In the second half, it was more of the same with Cornell outscoring Dartmouth in the final two periods, 8-5. Dysenchuk led the Big Green with three goals to push his season total to 11. Two other Dartmouth players had multiple points. Junior Kip Dooley (Minneapolis, Minn.) had a goal and two assists, and senior Rhett Miller (Dallas, Texas) tallied two goals. Dooley has recorded a point in all eight Dartmouth games this season.

Despite allowing 19 goals, the Big Green goalkeepers saved another 15 shots. Junior Fergus Campbell (New Canaan, Conn.) made 10 saves and sophomore Ryan Alexander (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) recorded five. The Big Red took 46 shots in the contest compared to 36 by Dartmouth. Cornell went 1-for-5 in man-up situations, while the Big Green finished 1-for-3.

Dartmouth next plays at Yale on Saturday, April 9, at 2:30 p.m.