GAME 12
No. 24 Dartmouth Big Green (7-4, 3-1 Ivy) at
No. 9 Penn Quakers (9-2, 3-0 Ivy)
Date: Saturday, April 13, 2019
Location: Philadelphia, Pa. - Franklin Field
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 23-21
Streak: 0-3
THIS WEEKEND
The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team will once again take on a nationally ranked opponent as it plays No. 9 Penn Saturday in Philadelphia and inside Franklin Field.
LAST TIME OUT
•   The Big Green erased a four-goal halftime deficit and nearly knocked off No. 17 Princeton last weekend in Hanover, but the Tigers pulled through with a late surge to earn the 14-12 win.
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Elizabeth Mastrio led the way with her second straight six-point game, finishing with four goals and a pair of assists.
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Katie Bourque notched three of her own as well, giving her a career-high 29 this season.
SCOUTING PENN
•   The Quakers are 9-2 this season and are a perfect 3-0 in Ivy League play after a 9-8 win against Brown Saturday in Providence.
•   Penn is unbeaten in five home games in 2019, including three games by just a goal and another by two.
•   Gabby Rosenzweig leads the team with 60 points on 36 assists and 24 goals. Only Zoe Belodeau has more goals than Rosenzweig this year, netting 28 in 11 games.
•   Mikaila Cheeseman has been the starter in all 11 games, posting a 9.26 goals against average and a .497 save percentage. Krissy Kowalski is 1-0 this season, making six appearances in relief of Cheeseman.
AGAINST THE QUAKERS
•   Penn is currently on a three-game win streak against Dartmouth following a pair of victories last season.
•   The Quakers defeated the Big Green, 16-14, in an epic Ivy League Tournament Semifinal contest in Princeton last May to end Dartmouth's 2018 campaign.
•   Penn also won the regular season tilt in Hanover by a pair of goals, 13-11.
•   Dartmouth last beat Penn on Easter Sunday 2016 (Mar. 27), 10-9, in Hanover.
ONE TO 100
•   Thanks to a pair of goals on Saturday, senior
Kierra Sweeney is just one shy of 100 for her career.
•   With her next goal, Sweeney will become the 18th member of the 100-goal club at Dartmouth.
•   The last player to reach 100 career goals was Jaclyn Leto '16, who finished third all-time with 151 between 2013-16.
•   Sweeney is 100 back of the program leader Jacque Weitzel (1997-2000), who finished her four seasons with 199.
LENDING A HELPING HAND
•   With another pair of assists against the Tigers,
Kellen D'Alleva pushed her season total to 29.
•   She has tied
Tori Chanenchuk (2018) for fifth in a single season at Dartmouth and is one away from becoming just the third player in program history to reach 30 in a season.
•   Jen Green had 39 in 1998, while Whitney Douthett had seasons of 34, 31 and 30 between 2005-07.
CHECKING IN WITH GIROUX
•   Senior and team captain
Kathryn Giroux had 11 draws against Princeton, her fifth straight game of double digits.
•   That pushed her over 100 for the season, her third straight year of hitting the century mark and just four off her sophomore season of two years ago when she had 108. Last spring, she set the Dartmouth and Ivy League standard with 133.
•   With 362 for her career, Giroux is now tied fro 14th in NCAA history with Richmond's Caroline Queally (2015-18).
•   Yale's Izzy Nixon leads the league with 114 this season and has 341 for her career, second all-time only to Giroux. The two will play in New Haven in the final game of the regular season.
BUILDING ON BOURQUE
•   An All-Ivy First Team selection last season,
Katie Bourque is already looking to pass last year's total with four regular season games remaining.
•   The New Jersey native already has 29 goals, one more than she scored in five more games played last season.
•   She is also approaching 100 career points as she has 94 thanks to 68 goals and 26 assists in 42 career games with the Green and White.
FOLLOW ALONG
•   All Dartmouth women's lacrosse home games and Ivy League road games will be carried live on ESPN+ this season.
•   Fans can also follow along with live stats for each game throughout the season.
WHAT'S AHEAD?
•   Dartmouth will remain on the road for a game Tuesday afternoon at Vermont.
•   Game time in Burlington for final non-conference regular season game of the year is 4 p.m.