Men's Lacrosse Claws Back to Grab Ivy Win at #8 Penn Saturday

Saturday, April 9

Philadelphia, Pa.

1 p.m.

Brown University

6-4, 1-2Ivy League

Penn

4-4, 1-3Ivy League

Brown

Penn

Photo by: Mitchell Shields

Men's Lacrosse Claws Back to Grab Ivy Win at #8 Penn Saturday

4/9/2022 5:48:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Brown Bears (6-4, 1-2 Ivy League) clawed back from a 5-0 deficit at the end of the first quarter to take a 12-10 win over the eighth-ranked Penn Quakers (4-4, 1-3 Ivy League) to pick up its first conference win of the season Saturday at Franklin Field.

Ryan Aughavin (2-2-4), Devon McLane (4-0-4), and Reed Moshyedi (2-2-4) all finished with four points to pace the Bears offensively. Connor Theriault recorded 13 saves to pick up his fifth victory of the season.

"It was a great team win and I'm proud of the guys for grinding the past few weeks," said head coach Mike Daly. "They earned it and played their tails off today. This was a 100% player-earned win and credit to our seniors for getting our team prepared for the game."

The Quakers jumped to a 5-0 lead through 15 minutes at Franklin Field as Dylan Gergar (2), Luke DiGiacobbe, Sam Handley, and Cam Rubin found the back of the net.

Brown responded to the early adversity with a strong second quarter as the Bears outscored the Quakers 7-2 in the frame to bring the score even at 7-7 heading into the halftime break. Five different Bears found the back of the net before Moshyedi tallied consecutive goals late in the second quarter to give Brown a 7-6 lead.

Griffin King and Gergar traded goals to start the third quarter to bring the score to 8-8. McLane then recorded his 29th and 30th goals of the season 45 seconds apart to give the Bears a 10-8 lead, one they would not relinquish.

Entering the fourth quarter with a one-goal lead, Aughavin buried Brown's third man-up goal of the afternoon for a two-goal cushion.

Penn's Gabe Furey brought the Quakers within a goal with his fifth goal of the season with 11:36 remaining, but it was McLane who scored the game's last goal with 2:38 remaining to seal the victory.

GAME NOTES

Colin Hart and Trevor Yeboah-Kodie both finished the game with five ground balls. For Hart, it marked his second straight week with five. For Yeboah-Kodie, the five GBs marked a career-best.
McLane scored two man-up goals to bring his season total to nine. He entered the weekend as one of four in the NCAA with seven man-up goals.
Matthew Gunty finished the game 11-for-23 (.478) at the X with four ground balls. Penn's Jamie Zusi finished 13-for-24 (.541) at the X.
As mentioned, Theriault finished with 13 saves while his counterpart, Patrick Burkinshaw, tallied 17 saves.
Today's victory marked Brown's largest comeback since erasing a six-goal deficit in the March 2020 win over Virginia. Coincidentally, the Cavaliers were also the eighth-ranked team in the nation on March 8, 2020.
Brown finished the game with a razor-thin edge in shots (47-46) but held a larger advantage in shots on goal (29-23). The Bears also held a 31-27 edge in ground balls.
Brown finished 3-for-4 on man-up opportunities while Penn finished 1-for-3.
The Bears had four failed clears in 28 attempts and Penn had three failed clears in 30 attempts. Penn finished with 17 turnovers compared to 15 for Brown.

Brown returns to Stevenson-Pincince Field to host the fifth-ranked Yale Bulldogs (7-2, 3-1 Ivy League) on Saturday (Apr. 16). Next Saturday's Ivy League game is slated to begin at 1 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+. Click here to purchase tickets.

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