Top-20 Battle: #15 Dartmouth Welcomes #5 Florida to Hanover Tuesday

Tuesday, March 3

Hanover, N.H.

3 PM

Dartmouth College

Florida

Tuesday marks just the 2nd home game of 2020 for the Big Green.

Photo by: John and Matt Risley

Top-20 Battle: #15 Dartmouth Welcomes #5 Florida to Hanover Tuesday

3/2/2020 4:07:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

The Big Green will take on the Gators in Hanover in a game carried live on NESN+.

By: Pat Salvas

GAME 4
No. 15 Dartmouth (3-0) vs.
No. 5 Florida (4-1)
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 | 3 PM
Hanover, N.H. | Scully-Fahey Field
Florida Leads Series, 5-0
Last Meeting: Feb. 27, 2016 | L, 16-6 | Gainesville
ESPN+ | Live Stats

TUESDAY'S GAME
•   The No. 15 Dartmouth women's lacrosse team is back at home Tuesday in a top-20 matchup against No. 5 Florida.
•   Opening draw control is set for 3 p.m. and will be carried live on NESN+ as well as ESPN+.

LAST TIME OUT
•   The Big Green kept its unbeaten streak to start the season going, improving to 3-0 thanks to a 12-11 overtime win at Brown on Saturday.
•   The Ivy League opener for both teams, it was a back-and-forth affair that featured five lead changes and seven ties before senior Katie Bourque finally ended it with a free-position goal 1:23 into overtime.
•   Bourque and Ellie Carson powered the Dartmouth offense as the senior duo combined to account for the final 11 Dartmouth goals in the game after junior Claire Marshall got the scoring started for either team in the opening minutes.
•   Bourque scored a career-high six goals, while Carson scored four in the second half for a total of five in the contest.

WEEKLY WINNER
•   For her play against the Bears, Bourque was named the US Lacrosse National Player of the Week on Monday.
•   It marks the second straight week in which Bourque has received an accolade, taking home Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors last Monday.

THE RANKINGS
•   Another winning weekend moved Dartmouth up in all three major national polls.
     o   IWLCA: 15th (up from #16)
     o   Inside Lacrosse: 13th (up from #15)
     o   US Lacrosse Magazine: 11th (up from #15)
     o   New England Lacrosse Journal: 1st (holds true)

SCOUTING FLORIDA
•   The Gators are one of the best teams in the country, ranked fifth in the coaches' poll as well as by Inside Lacrosse and fourth by US Lacrosse.
•   Florida boasts a 4-1 mark this season with wins at No. 1 Maryland (15-14) and at home against No. 3 Stony Brook (12-10) with the latter coming this past weekend in the team's most recent outing.
•   That upset of the top-ranked Terps broke Maryland's 86-game home win streak, as UF handed them their first home loss since March 10, 2012.
•   A surprising 17-6 home loss to No. 12 Loyola is the lone blemish on the Gators' otherwise impressive start to 2020.
•   Shannon Kavanagh is the Gators' leading scorer with 23 points on the strength of 21 goals. Brianna Harris is an impressive No. 2 punch as she has 22 points on 14 goals and a team-leading 8 assists.
•   In goal, Sarah Reznick has played the lion's share of time between the pipes. She has been the goalkeeper of record in all five games and comes to Hanover with a .491 save percentage and an 11.52 goals-against average.

AGAINST THE GATORS
•   Dartmouth last played Florida in 2016.
•   That 16-6 loss in Florida marked the final meeting in a five-year stretch dating back to 2012 that the two teams played one another every season.
•   This is only the Gators' second trip to Hanover, last heading this far north on March 3, 2013, exactly seven years to the day before its next game at Scully-Fahey Field.

No. 2 ACROSS THE BOARD
•   Through three games played, Dartmouth ranks second in the Ivy League in goals per game (14.33), points per game (20.67) and assists per game (6.33).
•   In each category, the Big Green trail only Princeton.
•   The 30 goals allowed in three games is also the second fewest behind only Harvard's 12 in two games played thus far.
•   The 50.6 shooting percentage this season is second to Brown (51.5%).
•   Senior Tori Chanenchuk is second amongst Ivy players with seven assists.

No. 3 AIN'T BAD EITHER
•   Thanks to her five goals at Brown, Carson is now third in the league with 12 this season, tied with Erin Barry of Penn.

100 IS BETTER, THOUGH
•   Carson needs just four goals to become the 20th player in program history to reach 100 goals in a career. She is currently one back of Suzy Gibbons '01 and Jen Pittman '07, who both finished their careers with 97. Lana Smith '04 had 101 and is 19th all-time.
•   With 123 career points, Carson is also just outside the top-20. She needs just nine points to tie Alison Moulin '02 for 20th at Dartmouth.
•   Bourque is also close with 121 points on 88 goals and 33 assists.

100 IS GOOD… STILL
•   With her first draw control of the day at Brown, Bourque became the 11th player in program history with 100 in her career.
•   Her second of the day moved her into 10th all by herself, passing Kristen Barry '08, who wrapped up her time in Hanover with exactly 100.

2 SHY OF 30!
•   Senior goalkeeper Kiera Vrindten picked up her third win of the 2020 season at Brown.
•   With that victory, she earned the 28th win of her career, moving into a fifth-place tie at Dartmouth with Sarah Carlson '99.
•   Next on the list is Julie Wadland '10 and her 33 wins.

FOLLOW ALONG
•   Fans unable to make the game on Tuesday can follow along with live stats provided by DartmouthSports.com.
•   All Dartmouth home games and Ivy League road games will be streamed on ESPN+.

WHAT'S AHEAD?
•   Dartmouth will welcome cross-state rival UNH to Hanover on Saturday for a 1 p.m. contest.