Men’s Lacrosse Hosts #10 Cornell On Senior Day

Saturday, April 20

12:00 pm

Brown University

Cornell University

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Men’s Lacrosse Hosts #10 Cornell On Senior Day

4/18/2019 3:57:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Providence, R.I. – Brown will recognize its nine seniors on Saturday, April 20, when the Bears take on #10 Cornell in an Ivy League game at Stevenson-Pincince Field. Face-off is 12:00 noon on NESN and ESPN+ with Mike Rubin on the call and Mike Mancuso providing the analysis.

The Bears:Brown (5-7, 2-2 Ivy) is coming off a 9-7 win over Providence College in an Ocean State Cup game Tuesday evening. Phil Goss made 17 saves and Jack Kniffin registered a hat-trick to lead the Bears. Brown will be facing its third Top 10 team in the last three weeks, having already played #6 Penn and #5 Yale.

Congratulations Brown Seniors:Brown's Class of 2019 has left its mark on College Hill, making an NCAA Final Four Tournament appearance, capturing an Ivy League Championship and, so far, earning three straight Ivy League Tournament berths.  Off the field, this extraordinary group has been a leader in the classroom and has given back to the community in many ways, through the Team Impact program and at the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School. Brown's Class of 2019 includes Luke Chmiel, Foster LeBoeuf, Jackson Newsome, Acie Newton, Michael Panepinto, Brian Prigmore, Will Richardson, Alex Santengelo and Carson Song.

The Big Red:  Cornell (8-4, 2-2 Ivy) powered past #11 Notre Dame last Sunday afternoon behind three goals by Clarke Petterson and Cooper Telesco, and 17 saves by Chayse Ierlan. In the Ivy League, Cornell has wins over Dartmouth (15-5) and Harvard (19-11), with losses to #3 Yale (16-11) and #19 Penn (16-15).

The Brown-Cornell Series Record:Brown and Cornell have met 59 times, dating back to 1964, with the Big Red holding a 38-21 series advantage over the Bears.  The Big Red have won the last two games between the two teams, including a 7-4 decision last year in the Ivy Tournament Semifinals.  Brown had won the previous three games over Cornell, including a 13-10 decision in 2017 behind 14 saves by Phil Gossin Providence.

Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Standings           Saturday's Ivy League Schedule
*Penn                5-0                                            Cornell at Brown, 12 pm
*Yale                4-1                                            Harvard at Princeton, 1 pm
Brown               2-2                                            Dartmouth at Penn, 1 pm
Cornell              2-2                                            Yale at Albany, 7pm (Friday)
Harvard             1-3
Princeton           1-3
Dartmouth          0-4
*Clinched Ivy League Playoff berth

Ivy League Tournament:  For the second straight year, the four-team 2019 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Tournament will be located at a neutral site, Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium on the campus of Columbia University, with the semifinals on Friday, May 3, and the finals on Sunday, May 5.

McCaleb – Top 25 All-Time Scorer: Brown attackman Luke McCaleb '20 (Chevy Chase, MD) scored two goals and handed out three assists vs. #5 Yale, and added two goals and two assists vs. Providence. He leads the Bears with 44 points (29 goals, 15 assists), and ranks 19^thamong Brown's Top 25 All-Time Scorers with 138 career points (79 goals, 59 assists).  McCaleb scored four goals and added an assist in Brown's win over Princeton. He tossed in two goals vs. UMass, netted a career high five goals in the Bears' overtime win over UMBC and followed that up with a hat-trick vs. #12 Virginia.  McCaleb netted two goals in Brown's Ivy win over Harvard. He got off to a great start to the season, scoring three goals and handing out five assists for a career high eight points vs. Quinnipiac. McCaleb added two goals and an assist vs. Stony Brook.
Career Goals:  79        Career Assists:59        Career Points:138

Brown – Top 25 Leading Scorers
Player                                       G          A          Pts.
1. Dylan Molloy (2017)                  197       121      318
2. Darren Lowe (1992)                   111       205       316
3. David Evans (1996)                    145       87        232
4. Tom Gagnon (1986)                   109       99        208
5. Andy Towers (1993)                   150       53        203
6. Kylor Bellistri (2016)                  124       48        172
7. Oliver Marti (1993)                  144       27         171
8. Rick Handelman (1980)            59         109       168
9. Tom Draper (1964)                     123       39        162
    Andrew Feinberg (2011)             124      38         162
11. John Keogh (1986)                   83        75        158
12. Henry Blynn (2016)                  117       37        154
13. Thomas Muldoon (2010)          116      37         153
14. Jamie Munro (1989)                  88         64        152
15. Bernie Buonano (1988)             83         66        149
16. Mick Matthews (1985)            66         80        146
17. Bob Anthony (1970)                 48         97        145
18. Stephen Russo (1973)               57         86        143
19. John Meister (1979)                  67         71        138
      Luke McCaleb (2017-present)79         59         138
21. Bob Scalise (1971)                    121       16        137
      Jon Thompson (2003)               97         43         137
23. Angelo Lobosco (1981)            100       35         135
24. Brian McNally (1996)             80         52        132
25. Jay McMahon (1991)              92         37        129

Panepinto Finds The Back of the Net:  Middy Michael Panepinto '19 (Needham, MA) has been a mainstay of the Bears' midfield since his freshman season and paced the Bears with three goals and an assist vs. UMass. He scored a game high two goals vs. #6 Penn. Panepinto opened the 2019 season with two goals against Quinnipiac and added a goal vs. Stony Brook. He netted a goal and an assist vs. #12 Virginia and added goals vs. Harvard and Princeton. An All-Ivy Honorable Mention selection in 2018, Panepinto led Brown in scoring last season with 27 goals, while adding 10 assists.
Career goals:64                  Career Assists:  18              Career Points:  82

Kniffin Steps Up On Attack:  Jack Kniffin '20 (Darien, CT) has started to excel in recent weeks and is coming off consecutive high scoring games.  He scored four goals and handed out an assist vs. #5 Yale, and scored a game high three goals in Brown's win over Providence. He netted three goals vs. Villanova and scored goals against Quinnipiac, Stony Brook, UMBC, Princeton and #6 Penn.
Career Goals:47                   Career Assists:  28                Career Points:  75

Cook Has Right Recipe:  Bears' first-year attackman Darian Cook '22 (Redding, CT) was recently named one of the Top 25 freshmen in the nation by Inside Lacrosse, coming in at number 19. He handed out three assists vs. Providence and ranks second on the Brown team in points (40) with 23 goals and a team high 17 assists. Cook scored two goals and added an assist vs. #5 Yale and had a big game vs. Princeton with two goals and three assists. He had a goal and two assists vs. Villanova. Cook scored three goals and handed out two assists vs. Holy Cross. He had a goal and an assist vs. #12 Virginia and scored three goals and added an assist vs. Harvard. Cook scored three goals in his collegiate debut vs. Quinnipiac.  He came back vs. Stony Brook with five consecutive fourth quarter goals in being named the Ivy Rookie of the Week. He had two goals and two assists vs. UMBC.

All-American Phil Goss In Goal: Goalie Phil Goss '20 (San Francisco, CA), a First Team All-Ivy selection and Honorable Mention All-American, is recognized as one of the top goalies in the nation.  Goss, who was named to the 2019 Tewaaraton Award Watch List, registered a season high 17 saves against Providence, allowing just seven goals. He came up big in Brown's win over Harvard with 14 saves and made 15 saves in Brown's overtime loss to #12 Virginia. Goss also had 15 saves vs. #5 Yale. He was spectacular in Brown's win over Princeton with 16 saves, and registered 14 saves vs. #6 Penn. Goss had made 13 of his 17 saves against Villanova in the first half. Against Holy Cross, Goss made 14 saves, including three in the two overtime periods. He registered eight saves in Brown's season opening win over Quinnipiac and had nine saves in an overtime win over UMBC. A preseason Second Team All-American, Goss made 13.13 saves per game to rank second nationally in 2018. He also ranked 15th in the nation and second in the Ivy League in save percentage (.538). As a freshman, he led the nation in saves (12.75 saves per game) and started all 16 games, playing 900 out of a possible 967:31 minutes.  He turned in several virtuoso performances with 20 saves in Brown's 2017 Ivy League Tournament win over Princeton and 19 saves against Rutgers and Penn. Coming into the 2019 season, Goss had played 1746:27 minutes out of a possible 1869:38 minutes in his Brown career.

More Middies:  Brown's midfield looks strong with the return of Carson Song '19 (Charlotte, NC) and Ryan Aughavin '21 (Glen Head, NY), along with defensive middy Riley Stewart '21 (Darien, CT). Song netted two goals against Quinnipiac and #12 Virginia. Aughavin is Brown's third leading scorer (tied) with 32 points (22 goals, 10 assists). Aughavin scored three goals vs. Villanova and Princeton,  stepped up vs. Holy Cross with four goals and an assist. He had a big game vs. #12 Virginia with five points (2 goals, 3 assists) and came back with three goals and an assist vs. Harvard. Aughavin opened the 2019 season with three goals against Quinnipiac, added a goal vs. Stony Brook, and scored the game-winning goal in overtime vs. UMBC. Stewart scored Brown's first goal of the season vs. Quinnipiac, added an assist and four ground balls vs. Quinnipiac and netted a goal vs. UMBC. He added a goal and one assist vs. #6 Penn and scored a goal vs. #5 Yale.

Grell Scores From The Midfield:Bears' sophomore middy George Grell (Short Hills, NJ) is tied for third on the Brown team in scoring with 32 points (17 goals, 15 assists). He netted two goals and handed out two assists vs. #6 Penn and had a goal and an assist vs. Providence. Grell, who wears the familiar #4 jersey, scored three goals, including the game winner vs. Harvard with 1:40 remaining, and came back with two assists vs. Holy Cross. He scored a goal vs. Villanova, and had a goal and an assist vs. #20 UMass. He opened the season with three goals and two assists against Quinnipiac and had two goals vs. #12 Virginia. Grell added a goal and four assists vs. Stony Brook, and netted a goal and two assists vs. UMBC.

Defensive Front:  The Bears return an experienced back line with Alex Santangelo '19 (Medfield, MA), Michael Brown '20 (Wilton, CT) and Jackson Caputo '21 (Riverside, CT) returning. Freshman Andrew Geppert (Dover, NH) has recently stepped up in the Bears defensive line. Santangelo has played in 61 career games, including 19 games for Brown's 2016 NCAA National Semifinalist team. Brown is tied for second on the team in caused turnovers (11). He picked-up five ground balls and caused three turnovers vs. Quinnipiac and scored his first career goal vs. Harvard. Caputo leads the Bears with 12 caused turnovers. He had an assist and picked up four ground balls vs. Quinnipiac, and had an assist and picked up three ground balls vs. #12 Virginia. Geppert drew attention for his outstanding play in Brown's win over Princeton and had a strong game vs. Providence with three caused turnovers and three ground balls. He has 11 caused turnovers for the season.

Facing-Off: Matt McShea '21 (Winnetka, IL) and Jason Simaan '20 (Newport Beach, CA) have split duties in the face-off x. Simaan captured 8-of-17 face-offs in Brown's opener vs. Quinnipiac and won 14-of-23 face-offs vs. Stony Brook. He also won 15-of-23 face-offs vs. UMBC and was 18-of-27 vs. Harvard.  McShea had a successful outing vs. UMBC, capturing 6-of-8 face-offs and came back by winning 11-of-23 face-offs vs. #12 Virginia. He captured 5-of-7 face-offs vs. Harvard.

Head Coach Mike Daly:Third-year head Brown lacrosse coach Mike Daly posted a 10-6 overall record in his initial season on College Hill and has brought the Bears to the Ivy League Tournament in each of his two seasons at Brown, including the finals in 2017. He came to Brown after guiding the Tufts University men's lacrosse program to three NCAA National Championship titles while boasting the nation's highest scoring offense. Daly,the sixth Brown men's lacrosse coach since 1963,posted a record of 244-83 in 18 seasons as head coach at Tufts, with nine NCAA Tournament appearances and seven NESCAC titles. His Tufts teams won national championships in 2010, 2014 and 2015. Tufts led the nation in scoring in 2016 with 402 goals in 23 games for a 17.48 per game average. The Jumbos won their seventh consecutive NESCAC title and finished the year with a 20-3 record, falling in the National Championship game. Daly is among the top 10 active coaches for winning percentage and is in the top 20 for victories. A two time USILA F. Morris Touchstone National Coach of the Year (2010 and 2014),Daly's teams have won 20 or more games four times and made five appearances in the National Championship game. Daly oversaw a prolific Tufts offense that scored 423 goals in 2014 to set an NCAA record for a single season for all divisions.

The Ivy League on ESPN:  Video of all home contests and all Ivy League games, home and away, will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Fans can subscribe and view games by purchasing a monthly package for $4.99 or a yearly package for $49.99. Mike Rubin '00 will call the play for all Brown home games with Mike Mancuso '98 providing the analysis.

Coaching Staff:  Joining head coach Mike Daly and assistant coach Brett Holm on the Bears coaching staff this year are a pair of former head coaches – John Svec from Siena and Michael Higgins from Trinity.

Purchase Brown Tickets:  Tickets for all Brown men's lacrosse home games can be purchased online at brownbears.com, calling the Brown Athletics Ticket Office at (401) 863-2773, or walking up to the Box Office located in the Pizzitola Sports Center, open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Next Game: Brown's final non-league game will be played on Tuesday evening, April 23 against Bryant in Smithfield, RI. Face-off is 7:00 pm at Beirne Stadium.