Big Green Fight but Fall to Third-Ranked Tigers

Saturday, April 16

Princeton, N.J.

3:00 PM

Dartmouth College

4-7, 0-4Ivy

Princeton

9-2, 3-1Ivy

Dartmouth

Princeton Tigers

Nate Davis men's lacrosse action versus St. Johns

Sophomore Nate Davis

Photo by: Doug Austin

Big Green Fight but Fall to Third-Ranked Tigers

4/16/2022 5:54:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

George Prince and Nate Davis scored hat tricks in the 12-10 loss to Princeton on Saturday

By: Charlotte Brackett

PRINCETON, N.J. – Dartmouth men's lacrosse fought hard against No. 3 Princeton, falling by a score of 12-10 at Sherrerd Field at 1952 Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

George Prince and Nate Davis had hat tricks, with Prince leading the team with four points after adding an assist. Colin McGill ended the game with two points, while six other players had one point each. Mitchell Myers grabbed 10 ground balls and went 17-24 (.708) in faceoffs. In net, Daniel Hincks played the first 51 minutes, making 15 saves while allowing 12. Mason Morel came in for the last 8:59 and had one stop.

Dartmouth (4-7, 0-4) vs. Princeton (9-2, 3-1)
Just two goals were netted in the first quarter. The Tigers opened scoring with 8:15 remaining, while Henry Bonnie's 10th of the season with just five seconds remaining tied things up.

Princeton broke the tie just over 30 seconds into the next quarter, but back-to-back goals by Davis and McGill put Dartmouth ahead with 11:24 to go. Two quick tallies for the home team switched the lead to the Tigers for a few minutes before Davis netted his second of the game. Another one for Princeton with 5:52 left looked as if it may be the last goal of the quarter, but Prince's tally under the two-minute mark tied the score at 5-5 heading into the break.

The Tigers started to pull away in the third, scoring four straight goals and holding the Big Green in place until the final 120 seconds. Davis found the back of the net once again, netting the first hat trick of his career, while Foster Burnley added his second of the season with 1:29 remaining to get within two (9-7).

A pair of Prince goals – the second being man-up – and another for McGill made it five in a row for Dartmouth and gave the visitors a 10-9 advantage less than three minutes into the fourth quarter. McGill's tally ended up being the last one for the Green as the Tigers scored the final three goals of the game to win by two.

Dartmouth will play at home one last time on Saturday, April 23, when it hosts Penn at 3:30 p.m. The team will recognize its eight seniors and two fifth years after the game.