No. 7 Cornell on Tap This Weekend

GAME EIGHT
Dartmouth (4-3) vs. No. 7 Cornell (7-1)
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022 – 1 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Scully-Fahey Field
All-Time Series: Cornell leads, 53-15
Last Time: March 30, 2019 (L, 15-15)
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THIS WEEKEND
Dartmouth men's lacrosse will be back at Scully-Fahey Field for three straight games. First up: No. 7 Cornell on Saturday afternoon.

LAST TIME OUT
The Big Green dropped its first Ivy League contest of the 2022 to No. 15 Harvard by a score of 19-10 on Saturday afternoon.
·      George Prince had four points from a hat trick and one helper, while Colin McGill was right behind with three points.
·      Mitchell Myers had nine ground balls and went 14-29 (.483) at the faceoff X.
·      In net, Daniel Hincks made 11 saves in the loss.
·      Dartmouth had the edge in the first quarter and after goals by Quinn Moore, McGill, Prince and Henry Bonnie, had a 5-2 advantage. Two in a row for the Crimson ended the quarter (5-4).
·      The second was just as close as the first quarter, and two from the home team gave it an 8-7 lead going into the intermission.
·      Five goals for Harvard after coming back from the break made it a 13-9 game. The fourth belonged to the Crimson, which scored all but one of the seven goals during the final 15. Tommy Rogan netted his sixth goal of the season with 9:35 to go. Mason Morel made his way into the game with 6:42 remaining and made two saves before time was up (19-10).

MORE RECOGNITION FOR HINCKS
A few weeks after being included in the first round of additions to the Tewaaraton Watch List, Hincks has been named honorable mention on Inside Lacrosse's Midseason Men's Division I All-America list. After starting 2022 on a 4-1 hot streak, he is currently one of the most successful goalies in both the Ivy League and the country.

SCOUTING THE BIG RED
Having been away for almost two years, Cornell opened 2022 on a six-game winning streak that spanned the first month of the season before finally experience its first loss at the hands of Penn (15-11) on March 26. The Big Red got back to their winning ways in the next game, taking down Colgate by a score of 16-9.

Cornell is looking good against its Ancient Eight opponents: third in goals per game (13.75), first in assists per game (8.38), second in points per game (22.12), third in man-up goals (11). The Red are second in the conference, but so are three other teams with their records of 1-1.

LAST TIME AGAINST CORNELL
On March 30, 2019, the Big Green had a strong first quarter before the 10th-ranked Big Red ran away with the lead, winning by a score of 15-5 at Schoellkopf Field.

The team was led by Ben Martin with his hat trick, while Matt Paul had two points from a goal and one assist and three other players had one point each. Hincks stopped 17 shots, while Kiernan Gunn handled most of the faceoff duties, going 8-20 at the X.

LEADING THE WAY
Prince is still first in assists (8) and points (23) and is tied for team-lead in goals with Paul and their 15 tallies apiece. McGill isn't far behind with 20 points. Myers has picked up 34 ground balls and has taken the majority of the team's faceoffs, going 72-140 (.514) at the X.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Dartmouth is looking good in the stats against both its conference opponents and in the country.

Ivy League
Save percentage – 1st (.572)
Goals against average – 2nd (10.57)
Faceoff percentage – 2nd (.512)
Penalty-killing percentage – 2nd (.696)
Caused turnovers/game – 3rd (9.14)
Saves/game – 3rd (14.14)

NCAA
Save percentage – Hincks, 8th (.575)
Goals against average – Hincks, 19th (10.55)
Saves/game – Hincks, 8th (13.71)
Faceoff percentage – Myers, 42nd (.514)
Caused turnovers/game – Rizzotti, T44th (1.43)

FOLLOW ALONG
Game information can be found on DartmouthSports.com. To keep up to date on all of the Big Green's men's lacrosse news, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram at @DartmouthMLax.

NEXT UP FOR DARTMOUTH
Three of the last five games of the season will take place at home, so there are still plenty of opportunities to cheer on your Big Green. Next up on Tuesday, April 5, Dartmouth will play its final non-conference tilt against Stony Brook.

Schedules

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Players Mentioned

Henry Bonnie

Kiernan Gunn

Daniel Hincks

Colin McGill

Quinn Moore

Mason Morel

Mitchell Myers

Matt Paul

George Prince

Tommy Rogan

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Schedules

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