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Brown University
4-7, 0-4
Harvard
7-3, 3-1
Women's Lacrosse Resumes Conference Play on Saturday at Harvard
4/9/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's lacrosse team will travel to Cambridge, Mass. to compete against Ivy League foe Harvard on Saturday, April 9 for a 1:00 p.m. game.
FOLLOW THE BEARS
Brown (4-6, 0-3 Ivy League) at Harvard (6-3, 2-1 Ivy League)
Saturday, April 9 – 1 p.m.
Cambridge, Mass.
Harvard Stadium
ILDN
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ALL-TIME VERSUS HARVARD
The Bears are 11-28 all-time versus Harvard. The Crimson have won two-straight in the series, including a 9-7 victory last season. Brown last won against Harvard in 2013, a 15-9 triumph at Stevenson-Pincince Field.
SCOUTING THE CRIMSON
Harvard enters Saturday's contest with a 6-3 overall record and a 2-1 mark in the Ivy League. The Crimson have played two ranked teams on the year in No. 4/3 Syracuse and No. 10/11 Princeton, falling to both 16-9 (Syracuse) and 6-5 (Princeton). Last weekend, Harvard defeated Dartmouth, 17-9. At home, Harvard is 2-2 (1-1 at Jordan Field and 1-1 at Harvard Stadium) so far this season. Sophomore Julia Glynn leads the team in points with 32, on 18 goals and a team-best 14 assists. Junior Marisa Romeo is second on the squad in points with 30, leading the team in goals (21) to go along with nine assists. Senior Kelly Weis has started eight games in net, recording an 8.63 goals against average and a 48.8 save percentage for a record of 6-3.
LAST TIME OUT: BEARS DEFEATED AT SACRED HEART, 13-9
Freshman Hafsa Moinuddin recorded her first-career hat trick but Sacred Heart had three players register three or more goals to lead the Pioneers over Brown women's lacrosse, 13-9, on Saturday at Campus Field. Even though Brown held a 24-20 advantage in shots, Sacred Heart outscored the Bears by two in each half to come away with the win.
Sacred Heart (4-4) went up by two to open the first half before Brown (4-6) responded with three-straight goals in less than two minutes to take a 3-2 advantage. Sophomore Lindsey Repp started the Bears' scoring at 25:53, while receiving the feed from freshman Alex O'Donnell, for her first goal of the season. The assist from O'Donnell was the rookie's first-career point. Freshman Zoe Verni registered the next goal; her fifth of the year on a man-up free position score, at 25:13. Senior Lauren Toy closed out the run with her team-leading 18th score of the year at 24:30. The Pioneers proceeded to score four unanswered goals to gain a 6-3 lead. Moinuddin closed out the scoring in the opening half with her sixth goal of the year (free position) at 7:10, which gave her a goal in each of the last four games, and at least one point in six-straight games.
To start the second half, Sacred Heart scored two straight goals to take an 8-4 lead. Junior Jillian Lee broke up the scoring with her 10th goal of the season (22:56), bringing the Bears within three (8-5). The Pioneers followed with two goals (20:21, 19:41). Repp scored the next tally for Brown at 19:23, her second of the game on a free position goal to bring the score to 10-6. Sacred Heart added another goal at 15:00 before senior Sarah Nesi scored a free position goal to bring the scored (12:26). The Pioneers then scored two-straight before Moinuddin had two-straight of her own at 2:21 and 0:55, for her first career hat trick, giving Brown the offensive momentum, but time would expire before the Bears could do more damage.
Brown held the overall edge in draw controls 18-6. The Bears were 4-for-8 on free position shots while Sacred Heart went a perfect 2-for-2. Senior Victoria Holland recorded four saves in 48:23 of action while Paige Hammick stopped nine shots in a full 60 minutes.
TOY LEADS BEARS IN SCORING
For the second-straight year, senior Lauren Toy leads the Bears in goals (18) and points (25). This season she also leads the squad in assists (7). The tri-captain has recorded three hat tricks, her first, a four-goal performance in the team's first game, her second, a three goal and two assist performance against Bryant to capture Brown's seventh-straight Ocean State Cup, and her third, three goals at Yale. The tri-captain is tied for 10th in the Ivy League in points per game (2.50).
FRESHMEN STEPPING UP
Four freshmen have registered points so far on the season with Hafsa Moinuddin leading the way with 13 on eight goals and five assists, which is second on the team in overall scoring. Moinuddin scored her first points in an 11-10 win at Bryant on March 9, recording two goals and two assists, and had here first hat trick at Sacred Heart on April 2. The rookie has scored at least one point in six-straight games, and has had four multi-point games in the streak.
Zoe Verni has also contributed significantly with six points (5G, 1A). Verni had a solid game at Bryant, scoring two goals. She is also fifth on the team in draw controls. Grace Plassche and Sophie MacFarlane round out the rookie goal-scoring with one apiece while Alex O'Donnell has one assist.
IVY LEAGUE DIGITAL NETWORK
Video of all home contests and all Ivy League games, home and away, will be broadcast live on ildn.tv/brown. Fans can subscribe and view games by purchasing yearly, monthly, weekly or daily packages.
UP NEXT
The Bears will next play at UMass Lowell on Tuesday, April 12 for a non-conference game starting at 6:00 p.m.
