2014 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse
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2014 Ivy League Week 5 Men’s Lacrosse March 17, 2014 STANDINGS THIS WEEK • Harvard, Princeton, Cornell record Ivy wins The first Ivy League games of the season were on Ivy League Overall the slate last weekend with Harvard, Princeton and Record Pct. GF GA Record Pct. GF GA Streak Cornell each recording wins at home. Cornell 1-0 1.000 11 9 6-0 1.000 83 54 W 6 Harvard 1-0 1.000 16 10 4-2 .667 70 56 W 3 The Big Red jumped out to a big lead and then held Princeton 1-0 1.000 15 12 3-2 .600 71 58 W 1 off a second-half charge to beat Yale, 11-9. Cornell Dartmouth 0-0 .000 0 0 1-2 .333 27 41 W 1 led 10-5 at the break, but after Yale scored twice in 37 Brown 0-1 .000 10 16 3-2 .600 50 54 L 1 seconds, the lead had been cut to 10-8 with 4:14 left Penn 0-1 .000 12 15 3-2 .600 56 49 L 1 in the third. But freshman Christian Knight had five saves in the fourth quarter to hold the Bulldogs at bay. Yale 0-1 .000 9 11 3-2 .600 49 39 L 1 Princeton scored four unanswered goals to break open an 11-10 game and top Penn, 15-12. Mike PLAYER OF THE WEEK MacDonald had a goal and two assists in the 4-0 run. Princeton junior attack Mike MacDonald (Georgetown, Ontario) earned Player of He finished the day with seven points (2g, 5a) - the the Week honors with a career-high five assists as Princeton defeated Penn in the most by an Ivy thus far this season. Ivy opener for both squads. MacDonald finished the day with seven points, the most by an Ivy thus far this season. He assisted on a pair of Tiger goals in the final 52 Harvard broke open an 8-8 tie with a 5-0 third quarter seconds of the third quarter after Penn had closed to within 11-10. Princeton went to top Brown, 16-10. The Bears were held scoreless on to win the game, 15-12. for a span of 20:14. Harvard’s Jake Gambitsky logged 11 saves on the night, including seven in the MacDonald now has at least one goal in 15 consecutive games and at least one fourth quarter. points in 20 straight contests. • Cornell still unbeaten MacDonald’s Statistics for the Week Cornell is one of two unbeatens remaining in the 1 GP, 2G, 5A, 7 Pts., 2 GB, 4 Shots, 3 SOG nation. Now at 6-0, the Big Red and Maryland are the only two perfect records remaining after Johns Hopkins lost to Syracuse last week. ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Cornell freshman goalkeeper Christian Knight (Baltimore, Md.) is the Ivy League This week, Cornell hits the road for two games, facing Rookie of the Week for the second-straight week after another outstanding backyard rival Colgate on Tuesday before heading to performance. After beating Virginia in his first career start, Knight proved it wasn’t Philadelphia to take on Penn on Saturday. a fluke when he recorded 14 saves, including five in the fourth quarter, as Cornell beat Yale, 11-9. He also had a huge caused turnover with less than a minute to play UPCOMING SCHEDULE as the Bulldogs were on the man-up, coming out of the cage to pick off a Yale pass. Tuesday, March 18 Knight’s Statistics for the Week [3/4] Cornell at [18/RV] Colgate, 4 pm 1 GP, 1-0, 60:00 min., 9 GA, 14 svs., 60.9 sv% Dartmouth at [14/12] Penn State, 5 pm [12/13] Princeton at Villanova, 7 pm [RV/RV] Harvard at [6/7] North Carolina, 7 pm [ESPN3] Wednesday, March 19 Brown at Bucknell, 3:30 pm Saturday, March 22 [12/13] Princeton at [16/16] Yale, 12 noon [IVY] Dartmouth at [RV/RV] Harvard, 1 pm [IVY] [3/4] Cornell at [13/14] Penn, 1 pm [IVY] Providence at Brown, 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 5 2014 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse HONOR ROLL WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Sean Shakespeare, Yale (Jr., M, Walpole, Mass.) PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 1 GP, 3G, 1A, 4 Pts., 5 shots, 4 SOG February 24 ............................................................. Tom Schreiber, Princeton Brendan Caputo, Brown (So., M, Westbury, N.Y.) March 3 ........................................................................ Matt Donovan, Cornell 1 GP, 2G, 1A, 3 Pts., 5 shots, 4 SOG March 10 ...........................Matt Donovan, Cornell / Jake Gambitsky, Harvard March 17 .............................................................. Mike MacDonald, Princeton Isaac Bock, Penn (Jr., A, Aurora, Colo.) 1 GP, 4G, 1A, 5 Pts., 3 GB, 2 CT, 14 shots, 8 SOG March 24 .......................................................................................................... March 31 .......................................................................................................... Devin Dwyer, Harvard (So., A, Garden City, N.Y.) April 7 ............................................................................................................... 1 GP, 3G, 2A, 5 Pts., 4 shots, 4 SOG April 14 ............................................................................................................. John Edwards, Cornell (So., A, East Setauket, N.Y.) April 21 ............................................................................................................. 1 GP, 3G, 2A, 5 Pts., 3 GB, 4 shots, 3 SOG April 28 ............................................................................................................. WEEKLY AWARDS HISTORY ROOKIES OF THE WEEK PLAYER OF THE WEEK February 24 ..................................................................... Dylan Molloy, Brown School Last Occurrence Player March 3 ..............................................................................Kevin Brown, Penn Brown April 23, 2012 Sam Hurster March 10 ............................... Dylan Molloy, Brown / Christian Knight, Cornell Cornell March 10, 2014 *Matt Donovan March 17 ................................................................... Christian Knight, Cornell Dartmouth April 15, 2013 *Mike Olentine March 24 .......................................................................................................... Harvard March 10, 2014 Jake Gambitsky March 31 .......................................................................................................... Penn April 22, 2013 *Brian Feeney Princeton March 17, 2014 Mike MacDonald April 7 ............................................................................................................... Yale April 15, 2013 *Brandon Mangan April 14 ............................................................................................................. April 21 ............................................................................................................. April 28 ............................................................................................................. ROOKIE OF THE WEEK School Last Occurrence Player Brown March 10, 2014 *Dylan Molloy Cornell March 17, 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 5 2014 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse TEAM-BY-TEAM NOTES WARRIOR MEDIA POLL BROWN March 17 Brown dropped its Ivy opener on Saturday night at Harvard, 16-10. Tied 8-8 at the Rank Team ............................................... Record ...........Points .............Previous break, the Bears fell victim to a 6-0 run to open the second half. Brown went more 1 Maryland (19) ......................................6-0 ....................399 .....................1 than 20 minutes without a goal. Harvard outshot the Bears, 15-4, in the decisive third 2 Loyola (1) .............................................6-1 ....................380 .....................2 quarter and 45-30 for the the game. Brendan Caputo had two goals and an assist 3 Cornell ...............................................6-0 ....................344 .....................8 and Jack Kelly had 15 saves in the contest. Kelly is sixth nationally in saves per game 4 Duke ...................................................6-2 ....................342 .....................4 at 13.2. Brown steps out of league twice this week, visiting Bucknell on Tuesday and 5 Denver ................................................6-2 ....................306 .....................9 6 North Carolina ....................................5-2 ....................277 .....................5 hosting city-rival Providence on Saturday in a game that will be shown on The Ivy 7 Syracuse .............................................4-2 ....................277 ...................10 League Digital Network. 8 Johns Hopkins ....................................5-1 ....................272 .....................3 9 Notre Dame ........................................3-2 ....................259 ...................12 CORNELL 10 Virginia ................................................6-2 ....................234 .....................6 Cornell is one of two unbeatens left in the nation and continued its rapid ascent in the 11 UMass ................................................6-1 ....................179 ...................15 polls this week. Jumping up five more spots in the Warrior Media Poll, Cornell is up 12 Princeton ...........................................3-2 ....................170 ...................16 13 spots in two weeks. The Big Red held on late to beat Yale on Saturday, 11-9, just 13 Penn ...................................................3-2 ....................134 ...................11 three days after Yale ripped Lehigh. Cornell used