2014 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse
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2014 Ivy League Week 7 Men’s Lacrosse March 31, 2014 STANDINGS THIS WEEK • Top Spot Showdown Set for Saturday Harvard travels to Cornell on Saturday in a meeting of Ivy League Overall the two squads still unbeaten in Ivy action. Cornell is Record Pct. GF GA Record Pct. GF GA Streak the lone unbeaten in the nation overall at 9-0 (3-0 Ivy). Cornell 3-0 1.000 47 22 9-0 1.000 134 77 W 9 Cornell has also won its last nine Ivy League regular Harvard 2-0 1.000 32 17 5-4 .556 107 93 L 1 season contests. The Crimson are 2-0 in League play Brown 1-1 .500 21 26 6-3 .667 94 99 W 3 and 5-4 overall (all four losses coming on the road Penn 1-2 .333 27 37 4-3 .571 71 71 W 1 against ranked opponents). The 3 pm start will be Yale 1-2 .333 30 32 4-3 .571 70 60 L 1 streamed live on The Ivy League Digital Network. Princeton 1-2 .333 40 39 4-4 .500 100 91 L 2 The Big Red have won 16 straight meetings Dartmouth 0-2 .000 11 35 1-5 .167 44 86 L 3 between the two going back to 1999. Harvard’s last win in the series was on April 4, 1998 in Cambridge. The Crimson’s last win on the road in the series CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK came the season before, an 18-16 win on April, 5, Penn senior goalkeeper Brian Feeney (Summit, N.J.) played a big part in holding 1997. (Harvard’s last win overall at Schoellkopf Field Yale nearly six goals beneath their average in the Quakers’ 6-5 win Saturday was in the Ivy League Tournament against Penn on afternoon. In a nearly must-win game for the Quakers, Feeney had 11 saves on May 6, 2011.) the day, including the last coming in the final seconds to seal the win. Penn held the Bulldogs to their lowest offensive output since April 2011 as Feeney recorded The series dates back to 1895 with Cornell leading, double-digit saves for the third time in the last four outings. 64-23. Feeney’s Statistics for the Week • Solid Saturday Between the Pipes 1 GP, 1-0, 5.00 GAA, 5 GA, 13 Svs., 72.2 sv%, 7 GB Saturday saw some outstanding play by goalkeepers. Penn’s Brian Feeney held Yale to five goals - the Brown sophomore goalkeeper Jack Kelly (West Islip, N.Y.) had 32 saves in two Bulldogs’ lowest output since April 2011 - in a 6-5 win. outings last week, including a big second half to beat Princeton on Saturday. Kelly That snapped Yale’s seven-game home winning streak. had 16 saves each in wins over Marist and Princeton. Against the Tigers, he had 12 Yale entered the game averaing 10.8 goals per game. saves in the second half, seven of them in the fourth quarter as the Tigers tried to roar back from a five-goal deficit. Brown’s Jack Kelly had 16 saves, including 12 in the second half, to hold off Princeton, 11-10, for the Bears’ Kelly and the Bears held on to beat Princeton, 11-10, recording their first win over first win over the Tigers since 2008. Princeton entered the Tigers since 2008 and getting them into the Ivy League title race. the game averaging 12.9 goals per game and used a furious five-goal fourth quarter to come close to that. Kelly’s Statistics for the Week 2 GP, 2-0, 10.50 GAA, 21 GA, 32 Svs., 60.4 sv%, 1 GB Cornell used four goalkeepers in shutting down Dartmouth, 19-4. The four goals were Dartmouth’s ROOKIE OF THE WEEK fewest since April 2010. Brown’s Dylan Molloy (Setauket, N.Y.) had five points in two games last week to help the Bears run their winning streak to three in a row. Molloy had a goal and an UPCOMING SCHEDULE assist in a 13-11 win at Marist on Tuesday and followed that up with two goals and an assist in Brown’s 11-10 win over Princeton on Saturday. Tuesday, April 1 (14/14) Yale at Providence, 7 pm The Bears are now 6-0 when Molloy scores at least one goal this season, but 0-3 Saturday, April 5 in games that he does not score. (RV/--) Brown at (13/15) Penn, 1 pm [IVY] (14/14) Yale at Dartmouth, 1 pm [IVY] Molloy’s Statistics for the Week Harvard at (2/2) Cornell, 3 pm [IVY] 2 GP, 3G, 2A, 5 Pts., 8 shots, 6 SOG, 3 GB, 2 CT Rutgers at (19/17) Princeton, 7 pm [IVY] KEY: *Ivy League game [IVY] streamed on The Ivy League Digital Network Rankings listed as Warrior Media / USILA Web: IvyLeagueSports.com | #IvyDigital: IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com Facebook: TheIvyLeague | Instagram: IvyLeagueSports | Twitter: @Ivy_Athletics, #IvyLax Week 2 7 2014 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse HONOR ROLL WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Devin Dwyer, Harvard (So., A, Garden City, N.Y.) PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 1 GP, 1G, 5A, 5 Pts., 2 GB, 1 shots, 1 SOG February 24 ............................................................. Tom Schreiber, Princeton Will Walker, Harvard (So., A, Scituate, Mass.) March 3 ........................................................................ Matt Donovan, Cornell 1 GP, 4G, 4 Pts., 2 GB, 7 shots, 4 SOG March 10 ...........................Matt Donovan, Cornell / Jake Gambitsky, Harvard March 17 .............................................................. Mike MacDonald, Princeton Connor Buczek, Cornell (Jr., M, Cincinnati, Ohio) 1 GP, 5G, 2A, 7 Pts., 1 GB, 11 shots, 8 SOG March 24 .................................................................. Jake Froccaro, Princeton March 31 ...........................................Jack Kelly, Brown / Brian Feeney, Penn Michael Quinn, Yale (So., LSM, Port Washington, N.Y.) April 7 ............................................................................................................... 1 GP, 3 GB, 3 CT April 14 ............................................................................................................. Tom Schreiber, Princeton (Sr., M, East Meadow, N.Y.) April 21 ............................................................................................................. 1 GP, 3G, 1A, 4 Pts., 2 GB, 1 CT, 9 shots, 4 SOG April 28 ............................................................................................................. Christian Knight, Cornell (Fr., G, Baltimore, Md.) 1 GP, 1-0, 5.33 GAA, 45 min, 4 GA, 7 svs., 63.6 sv.% ROOKIES OF THE WEEK February 24 ..................................................................... Dylan Molloy, Brown WEEKLY AWARDS HISTORY March 3 ..............................................................................Kevin Brown, Penn March 10 ............................... Dylan Molloy, Brown / Christian Knight, Cornell PLAYER OF THE WEEK March 17 ................................................................... Christian Knight, Cornell School Last Occurrence Player Brown March 31, 2014 *Jack Kelly March 24 ................................................................... Christian Knight, Cornell Cornell March 10, 2014 *Matt Donovan March 31 ......................................................................... Dylan Molloy, Brown Dartmouth April 15, 2013 *Mike Olentine April 7 ............................................................................................................... Harvard March 10, 2014 Jake Gambitsky April 14 ............................................................................................................. Penn March 31, 2014 *Brian Feeney April 21 ............................................................................................................. Princeton March 24, 2014 Jake Froccaro April 28 ............................................................................................................. Yale April 15, 2013 *Brandon Mangan ROOKIE OF THE WEEK School Last Occurrence Player Brown March 31, 2014 Dylan Molloy Cornell March 24, 2014 Christian Knight Dartmouth March 30, 2009 Fergus Campbell Harvard April 15, 2013 Devin Dwyer Penn March 3, 2014 Kevin Brown Princeton April 22, 2013 Jake Froccaro Yale March 12, 2012 Conrad Oberbeck *Shared honor Week 3 7 2014 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse TEAM-BY-TEAM NOTES WARRIOR MEDIA POLL BROWN March 31 Brown has won three in a row and finds itself back in the hunt in the Ivy League Rank Team ............................................... Record ...........Points .............Previous standings. The Bears held off Marist on Tuesday for a 13-11 win on the road. 1 Loyola (16) ...........................................9-1 ....................470 .....................1 Saturday against Princeton, the Bears held a 10-5 lead midway through the fourth 2 Cornell (8) ...........................................9-0 ....................457 .....................2 quarter. Princeton scored give times in a three-minute span, but Brown held the 3 Duke ...................................................9-2 ....................428 .....................3 Tigers off for an 11-10 win. Despite the five-goal flurry, Jack Kelly still had seven 4 Maryland .............................................8-1 ....................411 .....................4 saves for Brown in the fourth quarter. It was Brown’s first win over Princeton since 5 North Carolina ....................................8-2 ....................384 .....................5 6 Denver ................................................8-2 ....................366 .....................6 2008 and evened the Bears’ mark at 1-1 in League play. Kelly is now fifth in the 7 Syracuse .............................................5-3 ....................322 .....................9 nation in saves per game, averaging 12.44 per contest. Brown is on the road to face 8 Notre Dame ........................................4-3 ....................311 .....................7 Penn on Saturday. 9 Virginia ................................................8-3 ....................298 .....................8 10 Johns Hopkins ....................................5-3 ....................243 ...................10 CORNELL