2020 SEASON
The Dartmouth men's lacrosse team is just a few days away from the start of the 2020 campaign. The Big Green – which is returning 100% of its goal scorers from last season – will look to move up the Ivy League standings.
2019 IN REVIEW
Dartmouth went 2-11 last season, defeating Wagner easily (11-4) before taking down Binghamton (11-7) two weeks later. The Green kept it close in a number of games, narrowly falling to Bryant (5-6) and Hartford (11-12).
SCHEDULE
Dartmouth will play 14 regular season games, six of which will take place at Scully-Fahey Field.
The Big Green are opening the season on Feb. 15 with a new opponent, heading to North Andover, Massachusetts, to face Merrimack. They will close February with their home opener against Bryant (Feb. 22) and a road game against UMass Lowell (Feb. 29).
Dartmouth will play at Vermont (Mar. 7) and North Carolina (Mar. 17) and at home against St. John's in between before opening Ivy League play against Harvard (Mar. 21). The Big Green will host two conference games in a row against Cornell and Yale, before hitting the road for Hartford (Apr. 7) and Princeton (Apr. 11).
From there, Dartmouth will play one last non-conference game against Holy Cross (Apr. 15) and will face Penn three days later, both of which will be at home. The Green will close the regular season at Brown on April 25.
COACHING STAFF
Brendan Callahan is returning for his sixth season at the helm after being named the 10th head coach in the program's 91-year history in August of 2014. He is joined behind the bench by associate head coach and recruiting coordinator
Joe Conner, assistant coach
Matt Dugan and volunteer assistant
Pierce Ellinwood.
Conner is in his second season, Dugan arrived in Hanover after two years at Bucknell, and Ellinwood has previously worked at the Deerfield School and the Hyde School.
CAPTAINS
Ben Martin will serve as captain, while classmates
Jack Richardson and
Albie Austin will be assistant captains.
In addition to the three captains, the Big Green will have squad leaders who are given extra tasks and duties to help lead the team. Serving in these positions in 2020 are
Harlan Smart (head squad leader),
James Sullivan,
George Prince and
Matt Paul.
They are responsible for day-to-day operations of team functions, organizing their group, communicating with coaches and the team, and leading their squad of about 10 of their team members.
SENIORS
Callahan and his staff will look to the leadership of 11 seniors to help guide the team this year. Martin, Richardson, Austin, Smart,
Jack Forrest,
David Gallagher,
Liam O'Connell,
Chris Bacotti,
George Christopher and
Kyle Clampitt will be playing their final season at Dartmouth in 2020.
This is the biggest graduating class since a 12-player group in 2010.
CLASS OF 2023
Nine of the 43 players on the roster will be wearing the Green and White jersey for the first time. Making up the Class of 2023 are
Tommy Rogan,
Payton St. Geme,
Mitchell Myers,
Andrew Johnston,
Brendon Gallagher,
Brett Gallagher,
Jackson McGinley,
TJ Bryan and
Reece Lagerquist.
FAMILY AFFAIR
Dartmouth lacrosse runs in the family for eight players: Alex and
Foster Burnley, George and
Colin Prince, and twins Brett and
Brendon Gallagher.
Mike Connolly's older brother Jack (2013-17) wore the number 7 as well, and
Jimmy Heidt's brother Billy was on the team from 2013-16.
GOALKEEPERS
All four of the Green's goalies will be returning this season:
Daniel Hincks, A. Burnley,
Jack Schifino and Christopher. Hincks saw most of the playing time in 2019, playing 11 of the team's 13 games.
ESPN+
All of Dartmouth's home games and Ivy League road games (when available) will be broadcast on ESPN+. Fans can sign up to follow the Big Green all spring.