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Men's Lacrosse Weekly Release - Week 4
Complete Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Weekly
Release
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Ivy men’s lacrosse teams put up six wins last week, including a pair of victories by Harvard, as well as one win each by Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth and Yale. The Crimson’s first win of the week came as it topped Georgetown in an offensive affair, 16-15. Harvard then followed with a win over Bellarmine. After falling behind 5-4, the Crimson scored the game’s next eight goals en route to a 21-10 win.
Dartmouth posted a 16-7 midweek win at Holy Cross for its third win in a row. With the game tied 3-3 near the end of the first quarter, the Big Green went on a nine-goal outburst to pull away. Jeff Perkins led the Big Green with five goals on the day.
Yale also used an offensive salvo to continue its win streak,
downing Lehigh, 10-6, at home on Saturday to move to 4-0 on the
year. The 18th-ranked Bulldogs held a slight 3-2 lead at the half,
but scored seven of the game’s next eight goals to ensure
that they will enter Ivy play with an unbeaten record.
Fourteenth-ranked Cornell split a pair of games, earning a 14-7
win at home over Canisius but falling to second-ranked Virginia,
11-9 in a neutral site game at Baltimore’s M&T Bank
Stadium as part of the 2011 Face-Off Classic. The game was tied 7-7
at the end of the third quarter, but the Cavaliers scored the next
two to establish a lead it would not relinquish
After falling at Hartford, 8-6, in a midweek defensive-minded
contest, Brown responded by downing Saint Joseph’s, 11-4.
Senior attackman Andrew Feinberg scored four goals
to lead the Bears to the win.
Fifteenth-ranked North Carolina proved a tough match for a pair of Ivies last week. The Tar Heels knocked off ninth-ranked Penn, 12-6, to start the week and followed by besting seventh-ranked Princeton, 9-5.
Co-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior attack Dean Gibbons (Garden City, N.Y.)
notched seven goals and added six assists for a 13-point week,
leading the Crimson to wins over No. 20 Georgetown and Bellarmine.
Against the 20th-ranked Hoyas, Gibbons netted four goals, including
one on a man-up opportunity. He also caused two turnovers and
picked up a ground ball as the Crimson held on for the upset.
Against Bellarmine, Gibbons handed out a career-high six assists
and added a hat trick for a career-best nine points. He also caused
a turnover and picked up a ground ball in the win. Gibbons is
Harvard’s first Player of the Week since Greg
Cohen earned the honor on May 7, 2007.
Gibbons’ Weekly
Stats
7G, 6A, 13 Pts., 22 Shots, 13 SOG, 2 GB, 3 CT, Team: 2-0
Co-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior attack Rob Pannell (Smithtown, N.Y.)
created and then scored goals in bunches last week en route to an
11-point week. Against Canisius, he dished out six assists and
added a goal. Then against second-ranked Virginia, he was the best
offensive player on the field, notching a game-high four goals as
Cornell’s upset bid came up just short, 11-9. For the week,
Pannell averaged 5.5 points per game, accounting for more than
one-third of Cornell’s total points (11-of-32). He has earned
Ivy League Player of the Week honors for the second consecutive
week.
Pannell’s Weekly
Stats
5G, 6A, 11 Pts., 19 Shots, 7 SOG, 1 GB, 1 CT, Team: 1-1
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman midfielder Daniel Eipp (Groton, Mass.)
certainly made his presence felt offensively last week, helping the
Crimson improve to 3-1 overall with wins over No. 20 Georgetown,
16-15, and Bellarmine, 21-10. Eipp tallied two unassisted goals
against the Hoyas, and assisted on the game-winning goal with 2:46
left, giving Harvard a 16-12 lead. He also picked up two ground
balls. Against Bellarmine, Eipp scored a career-best four goals and
added an assist for a five-point effort. Eipp tallied three goals
and had an assist in the second quarter alone, helping Harvard
outscore the Knights, 8-1, in the quarter and carry a 12-5 lead
into halftime. He also caused a turnover in the win. He is
Harvard’s first Ivy League Rookie of the Week since
Alex White earned the honor on April 26 of last
season.
Eipp’s Weekly
Stats
6G, 2A, 8 Pts., 2 GB, 8 Shots, 7 SOG, 2 GB, 1 CT, Team: 2-0
HONOR ROLL
Patrick Coleman, Yale, Sr., LSM (Ridgewood,
N.J.)
1A, 1 Pt., 2 Shots, 2 SOG, 5 GB, 7 CT, Team: 1-0
Kip Dooley, Dartmouth, Jr., Attack (Minneapolis,
Minn.)
2G, 3A, 5 Pts., 5 Shots, 4 SOG, 1 GB, Team: 1-0
Andrew Feinberg, Brown, Sr., Attack (Owing Mills,
Md.)
8G, 2A, 10 Pts., 26 Shots, 17 SOG, 3 GB, Team: 1-1
Tyler Fiorito, Princeton, Jr., G (Phoenix,
Md.)
1-1 GP-GS, 60:00 mins., 14 SVS, 9 GA, 9.00 GAA, 0-1
Mike O’Neil, Cornell, Fr., M
(Fayettteville, N.Y.)
3G, 3 Pts., 8 Shots, 5 SOG, 3 GB, Team: 1-1
Jeff Perkins, Dartmouth, Fr., Attack (Dallas,
Texas)
5G, 1A, 6 Pts., 7 Shots, 5 SOG, Team: 1-0
Tom Schreiber, Princeton, Fr., M (East Meadow,
N.Y.)
1G, 2A, 3 Pts., 4 Shots, 2 SOG, Team: 0-1
Corey Winkoff, Penn, Sr., Attack (Laurel Hollow,
N.Y.)
1G, 6A, 7 Pts., 3 Shots, 2 SOG, 2 GB, Team: 0-2
THIS WEEK
The battle for the 2011 Ivy League title begins this week with
three League contests. But first, Harvard plays host to Holy Cross
on Tuesday and Princeton’s grueling schedule continues as it
welcomes 15th-ranked Villanova to Class of 1952 Stadium for its
fourth game in a row against a top-20 opponent (a streak that will
extend to at least five when it meets Penn on Saturday).
Then, on Saturday, March 19 the 2011 conference schedule begins.
Twelfth-ranked Cornell opens its Ivy slate at 16th-ranked Yale,
Harvard plays at Brown and 11th-ranked Princeton travels to
18th-ranked Penn.
Last season, Brown, Cornell, Princeton and Yale tied atop the
League standings with 4-2 records in League play. The four teams
advanced to the first Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse Tournament,
where Princeton edged Yale (7-6) and Cornell downed Brown (14-8) to
advance to the title game. The Tigers bested Cornell in an overtime
thriller (10-9) to take the inaugural Ivy League tournament title.
Dartmouth, which does not play an Ivy game this week, puts its
three-game win streak on the line with a tough road contest at
seventh-ranked Duke on Sunday.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March
15
Holy Cross at Harvard, 4 pm
(15) Villanova at (11) Princeton, 7 pm
Saturday, March
19
(12) Cornell at (16) Yale, 1 pm*
Harvard at Brown, 1 pm*
(11) Princeton at (18) Penn, 3 pm*
Sunday, March
20
Dartmouth at (7) Duke, 1 pm
(#) - refers to national ranking in the USILA Coaches Poll
released on March 14.
* - Ivy League contest.
