Women’s Lacrosse Heads to Philadelphia with Trip to Ivy Tournament on the Line

Saturday, April 29

Philadelphia, Pa.

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Penn

Photo by: John and Matt Risley

Women’s Lacrosse Heads to Philadelphia with Trip to Ivy Tournament on the Line

4/27/2023 12:03:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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The Big Green have won four of their last five games, including three straight Ivy League contests

By: Nick Romei

GAME 15

Dartmouth (6-8, 3-3 Ivy League) vs. No. 14 Penn (10-4, 6-0 Ivy League)
Date: Saturday, April 29, 2023 – 1 p.m.
Location: Philadelphia, Pa. – Ace Adams Field at Penn Park
All-Time Series: 24-23
Last Meeting: 4/23/22 – L, 12-4

FOR ALL THE MARBLES
The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team travels to Philadelphia for the final contest of the regular season. The Big Green take on the No. 14 Penn Quakers at Ace Adams Field at Penn Park. Opening draw is scheduled for 1 p.m.

The Big Green could earn a spot in the Ivy League Tournament but will need some help from others. More on that later.

LAST TIME OUT
Dartmouth won its third straight Ivy League game and fourth out of the last five overall with a 15-14 victory over No. 24 Princeton on Saturday at Scully-Fahey Field in the home finale.

Katie Elders netted four goals, including a fourth quarter hat-trick and the game-winning goal. Katina Christensen also scored four goals for the Big Green. Lucy Murray scored a hat-trick and had one assist while Boo Dewitt scored two and assisted two.

THE STATS
Christensen leads the Big Green in goals with 31. Catherine Erb also reached the 30-goal mark while Boo Dewitt is third with 19. Murray has a team-high 14 assists while Samantha Bennett is right behind with 12.

Nieve Donegan has a team-high 13 caused turnovers and Sophia Franco is second with nine. Isabella Godsick is up to 69 draw controls this season and is third in the Ivy League for draw controls per game with 4.93.

Gisele Todd has started all 14 games in goal for the Big Green, making 120 saves and has a save percentage of .430, the fourth-highest mark in the league. Todd's 8.57 saves per game ranks second in the league. Todd also leads Dartmouth in ground balls with 31.

Erb's shooting percentage of .577 ranks first in the Ancient Eight.

The Big Green lead the Ivy League in draw controls per game with 15.14.

SCOUTING PENN
Penn enters the weekend with a 10-4, 6-0 record. The Quakers are ranked No. 14 in the latest IWLCA poll and are coming off an 18-5 victory over Brown in their previous outing.

Niki Miles leads the Quakers and Ivy League in goals with 46. Anna Brandt is second on the team in goals with 38 followed by Maria Themelis in third with 27. Erika Chung has a team-high 29 assists and sits second in the Ancient Eight in assists per game with 2.07.

Izzy Rohr leads Penn and the Ivy League in caused turnovers with 21 this season. Sophie Davis leads with 32 ground balls and Kennon Moon has a team-high 44 draw controls.

Kelly Van Hoesen has started all 14 games in goal and has made 99 saves along with a .409 save percentage.

The Quakers claimed both Ivy weekly awards for the week as Miles was named the Offensive Player of the Week and Rohr earned Defensive Player of the Week.

Penn has wrapped up the Ivy League regular season title and will host the conference tournament, scheduled for the first weekend of May at Penn Park.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE QUAKERS
The Big Green are 24-23 all-time against the Quakers. Penn took the win in last year's matchup by a score of 12-4 at Scully-Fahey Field.

Dartmouth defeated Penn in its last trip to Philadelphia, picking up a 15-11 victory in the 2019 season.

FOLLOW ALONG
Saturday's game will be available to stream nationally on ESPN+ and internationally on Stretch Internet.

Live stats are provided in the links above and can be found on the team's schedule page.

HOW THE BIG GREEN MAKE THE TOURNAMENT
As things stand, the Big Green sit fifth in the league heading into the final game. Dartmouth can slide into the top four but would need some help along the way. First, let's look at the matchups for the final weekend:

Saturday, April 29

Yale at Columbia            1 p.m.
Dartmouth at Penn         1 p.m.
Brown at Cornell 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 30

Harvard at Princeton       12 p.m.

A Dartmouth win would put the Big Green in prime position to make the Ivy League tournament.

There is only one scenario in which Dartmouth wins on Saturday but does not make the tournament. For that to happen, Cornell has to beat Brown, Yale beats Columbia, and Harvard beats Princeton.

However, there is one scenario in which a Big Green loss would not end the season. For Dartmouth to make the tournament with a loss, Brown needs to beat Cornell by one goal, Columbia beats Yale, Penn beats Dartmouth by one or two goals, and Princeton beats Harvard.

The Ivy League tournament is scheduled for the first weekend of May at Penn Park. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday, May 5, at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. with the championship game scheduled for 12 p.m. on Sunday, May 7. All three games in the Ivy League tournament will air on ESPN+.