Big Green Open Ivy League Play This Saturday Against Harvard

Saturday, March 23

Hanover, N.H.

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Harvard

Peter Rizzotti men's lacrosse action versus Binghamton

Freshman Peter Rizzotti

Photo by: John and Matt Risley

Big Green Open Ivy League Play This Saturday Against Harvard

3/22/2019 10:12:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse

By: Charlotte Brackett

GAME SEVEN
Dartmouth (2-4, 0-0) vs. Harvard (3-4, 0-1)
Date: Saturday, March 23
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. / Scully-Fahey Field
All-Time Series: Harvard leads, 49-38-1
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THIS WEEKEND
After playing six straight non-conference games to start the season, the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team will open Ivy League play this Saturday when it hosts Harvard.

LAST TIME OUT
Dartmouth men's lacrosse suffered a 15-8 loss to St. John's in a mid-week road contest at DaSilva Field.

The Big Green were led by Ben Martin with two goals and two assists, while Matt Paul and Harlan Smart had a pair of points apiece. Foster Burnley led the team with a season-high seven ground balls.

All three of Dartmouth's goalies saw time in net. Daniel Hincks played the first 38 minutes and made three saves during that time before making way for George Christopher, who made one stop. Alex Burnley also made his way into the game, playing the final minute.

Despite a 12-6 shot advantage in the opening quarter, the Big Green found themselves trailing, 3-1, midway through due to some strong goaltending by Brody Agres. Fast forward to the final 1:42 and goals by Smart and George Prince less than a minute apart had tied things up, but a Red Storm (3-4) tally with 13 seconds to go put the home team up after the first 15 minutes (4-3).

St. John's took off in the second quarter, scoring three more markers in the first eight minutes to jump further ahead. Trevor Ballantyne ended the Red Storm's run at 3:12 with his third goal of the season to get the Big Green within three (7-4) to end the first half.

Dartmouth made it a one-goal game following tallies by Martin and Paul (7-6) at the start of the third, but an 8-2 St. John's rally over the next quarter and a half gave the win to the Red Storm. Smart and Martin added one more goal apiece in the fourth.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
After his five-point performance in the win over Binghamton on Saturday, Paul was named the Dartmouthsports.com male athlete of the week. This is the first time this season that a Big Green men's lacrosse player has been recognized.

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON
Like every other Ivy school except for Dartmouth, Harvard has already played its first conference game, falling to Brown by a score of 16-14 last week. The Crimson redeemed themselves when they took down Boston University, 12-11, in triple overtime.

LAST TIME AGAINST HARVARD
March 24, 2018 – Dartmouth played very well against a tough Harvard team, playing through seven ties before ultimately falling by a score of 10-8 at Harvard Stadium.

Martin and Prince both scored a hat trick, while Jack Korzelius ended the game with two points from a goal and an assist, and Richie Loftus and David Gallagher had a point apiece. In net, George Christopher had a season-high 15 stops and Kiernan Gunn was first with five ground balls and went 10-for-21 at the X.

LEADING THE WAY
Martin remains first in assists (10) and points (20), while Paul is first in goals (13). Hincks leads the team in ground balls (21), and Gunn is first in faceoffs (29-for-91, .429).

IN THE CONFERENCE
Dartmouth is doing quite well against its conference foes in a number of categories:

Team
Caused turnovers/game – 2nd, 10.00
Goals against average – 1st, 10.00
Saves/game – 3rd, 11.50
Save percentage – 2nd, .535

Individual
Assists/game – Martin, 8th (1.67)
Game-winning goals – G. Prince, T2nd (2)
Shots/game – Paul, 4th (8.33)
Goals against average – Hincks, 1st (9.64)
Save percentage – Hincks, 2nd (.551)
Saves/game – Hincks, 4th (10.83)

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Hincks has played in and started all six games so far in his rookie season. In 329 minutes, he has made 65 saves while allowing 53 goals. Christopher has appeared in three games and, in almost 30 minutes, has made four saves. A. Burnley made his season debut against St. John's on Saturday and allowed zero goals.

FOLLOW ALONG
Live stats and video are available and can be found on Dartmouthsports.com.

NEXT UP FOR DARTMOUTH
Next Saturday, the Big Green will take on Cornell on the road.