Big Green Hit the Road for Final Time, Saturday at Brown

GAME 12
Dartmouth (3-8, 0-4 Ivy League) at Brown (2-9, 1-3 Ivy League)
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2024 – 1 p.m.
Location: Stevenson-Pincince Field – Providence, R.I.
All-Time Series: Brown, 55-20
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Setting the Scene
The Dartmouth men's lacrosse team hits the road for the final time this season when the Big Green travel to Brown on Saturday to face the Bears. Opening faceoff is set for 1 p.m. on ESPN+. Last time out, Dartmouth jumped out to leads of 7-1 and 10-5 over No. 9 Yale, but the Bulldogs stormed back for a 20-13 victory. Saturday will mark a return to Brown for Big Green head coach Sean Kirwan, as Kirwan was an assistant for the Bears for two Ivy League Championship seasons, including a Final Four appearance.

Last Saturday marked the first time in over 10 years that the Big Green were tied or leading Yale at the half. The last time was a 3-3 tie after 30 minutes of play on Apr. 6, 2013. The Bulldogs went on to win, 7-5. Despite the second half, there were a number of positives to last week's game. Junior Mason Morel continued to shine in goal, finishing with 19 saves. In Ivy League play, he has made 61 saves, including 52 over the last three games.

Offensively, junior Colin McGill had three goals and five points, marking his fifth hat trick of the season and fourth game with 5+ points. Senior Henry Bonnie recorded his second hat trick of the season while junior Brandon Ventarola recorded a goal and two assists. Defensively, junior Griffin O'Neil and sophomore Thomas Goguen each had four groundballs and two caused turnovers. There were two pole goals, from fifth-year Andrew Johnston and first-year Will Cohen. It marked Cohen's second straight week with a goal.

Fifth-year Mitchell Myers bounced back from a tough start in the faceoff circle to finish 11-of-24 with nine groundballs. In the process, he reached exactly 500 career faceoff wins and eclipsed 250 career groundballs. Myers currently owns 255, eight from tying and nine from breaking Phil Hession's (2012-15) all-time record of 263.

Dartmouth will be vying to snap a 14-game losing streak against Brown and win its first Ivy League road game since 2009, while spoiling Brown's Senior Day. The Big Green close out their season next Saturday vs. No. 9 Cornell.

With A Win...
- Dartmouth would snap a 14-game losing streak against Brown and beat the Bears for the first time since Mar. 24, 2007, a 9-8 home victory in four overtimes.
- Dartmouth would win its first game at Brown since the year prior, Apr. 22, 2006, a 14-6 victory in Providence.
- The Big Green would pull within 55-22 in the all-time series.
- Dartmouth would win its first Ivy League game on the road since a 14-13 overtime
victory at Yale on Apr. 15, 2009.

Last Time Out
HANOVER, N.H. (4/13/24) — The Dartmouth men's lacrosse team surged out to leads of 7-1 and 10-5, but No. 9 Yale answered with 14 straight goals to take control and defeat the Big Green on Saturday afternoon, 20-13. Junior Colin McGill led Dartmouth's offense with five points behind three goals and two assists. Classmate Mason Morel was sensational in goal, making 19 saves to hold the nation's leading offense at bay for long stretches.

All-Time vs. Brown
Brown leads the all-time series with Dartmouth, 55-20, which includes 14 straight wins. The Bears had won seven straight by four goals or more until last season's 13-11 margin. There was a stretch between 2010 and 2013 of four straight games that Brown won by one or two goals, including two overtime contests. Dartmouth's last win came on Mar. 24, 2007 at home in four overtimes, 9-8.

Scouting Brown
Brown enters the weekend at 2-9, but coming off a big 13-12 win over No. 13 Princeton. The week prior, the Bears were leading No. 12 Cornell at halftime. Their other win this season came at home against UMass while they also took No. 7 Maryland to overtime.

Aidan McLane leads the Bears in goals (25) and points (28) while Ben Locke isn't far behind with 19 (14 goals, five assists). In total, seven different Brown players have reached double-figure points. Charlie Cave leads the defense with 16 caused turnovers, to go with 29 groundballs. Dosh Sachs has taken the majority of faceoffs, winning 47.4 percent (100-of-211) with a team-leading 63 groundballs. Connor Theriault has started every game in goal, recording a 12.98 goals against average and 49.4 save percentage.

Big Green on the Big Screen
Dartmouth men's lacrosse has been on SportsCenter Top 10 three times this season. It began with sophomore Hopper Zappitello's behind-the-back goal vs. Holy Cross coming in at No. 10. Two days later, junior Colin McGill had a no-look bounce shot against Lehigh that came in at No. 5. Then at Princeton, McGill had a spinning behind-the-back goal off the ride that was No. 8.

Zappitello Named to USILA National Team of the Week
Sophomore attackman Hopper Zappitello was recognized on the USILA National Team of the Week following his stellar eight-point effort in the Feb. 24 win over Holy Cross. Zappitello scored two goals and dished six assists, the most by a Big Green player since Ben Martin dished seven on Apr. 11, 2017 against UMass Lowell. He was one of just 10 student-athlete recognized across the country and one of only two from the Ivy League.

Paradine Named NEILA Preseason All-New England
Sophomore midfielder Emmett Paradine was recognized by the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association as a member of the preseason All-New England Second Team. Last season's Ivy League Rookie of the Year finished 2023 fourth on the Big Green in points with 27, tied for second in assists (9) and fourth in goals (18).

Johnston, Myers, Davis Named Captains
Dartmouth head men's lacrosse coach Sean Kirwan announced the Big Green captains in January, which included fifth-years Andrew Johnston and Mitchell Myers, and senior Nate Davis. The captains were chosen by their peers.

Four Pick Up Postseason Honors
Following a strong season of progress, four members of the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team were recognized with postseason Ivy League awards. Emmett Paradine was named Rookie of the Year, the Big Green's first Ivy League major award winner since 2007. Senior Mitchell Myers and junior Nate Davis were both named second team All-Ivy while junior Peter Lapina was named Academic All-Ivy.

Paradine becomes Dartmouth's fifth all-time Ivy League major award winner, all being Rookies of the Year. The others were Ari Sussman (2007), Jamie Coffin (2003), Brian Merritt (1994) and Jenkins Marshall (1981).

This also marked the first time Dartmouth had multiple players named first or second team All-Ivy in consecutive seasons since 2005-06. Myers was named to the first team and Daniel Hincks to the second team last season.

Milestone Watch
A number of Big Green are within striking distance of career milestones in the near future.

Henry Bonnie
44 points (6 away from 50)

Nate Davis
45 goals (5 away from 50)

Quinn Moore
42 Points (8 away from 50)

Mitchell Myers
500 faceoff wins (Reached on Apr. 13 vs. Yale)
255 groundballs (4 away from 50)

Emmett Paradine
41 points (9 away from 50)

Tommy Rogan
39 goals (11 away from 50)

Follow Along
Saturday's game can be seen live on ESPN+.

Next Up
The Big Green close out the regular season by hosting No. 9 Cornell next Saturday, Apr. 27.

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