HANOVER, N.H. -- The University of Pennsylvania scored the game's first seven
goals and never looked back, defeating Dartmouth College, 15-7, in men's
lacrosse action on Memorial Field Saturday afternoon.
The Big Green fell to 3-3 on the season (0-1 Ivy League), while the
Quakers improved to 3-5 (1-2 Ivy).
With the game scoreless after five minutes, Penn exploded for four
goals in a span of 3:15 as four different Quakers tallied. Then, with just two
seconds left in the first quarter, Todd Minerley scored his second of the day
to give Penn a 5-0 lead.
The Quakers kept the pressure on in the second, as Bart Hacking and
Jeff Zuckerman scored to make the score 7-0 with 12 minutes to play in the
half. However, Dartmouth came back with three unanswered goals from Chris
O'Hara, George Wisecarver and Dave Maher to cut the deficit to 7-3 by halftime.
Dartmouth looked like it might make a game of it, scoring first in the
second half. However, Penn then held the Big Green off the board for the next
16 minutes, scoring four times in that span to make the score 11-4. The Quakers
cruised to the win from there.
Minerley finished with two goals and three assists for Penn, while
Peter Janney had three goals and two assists. Mike Kehoe also scored three
times. For Dartmuth, John Silkey scored twice while Gregg Edell had a pair of
assists.
Matt Schroeder had a big day in the Penn goal, making 18 saves, while
Andrew Dance had 13 stops in Big Green nets.
