#8 Men's Lacrosse Hosts Virginia in NCAA First Round Saturday

Saturday, May 14

Providence, R.I.

7:30 p.m.

Brown University

Virginia

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#8 Men's Lacrosse Hosts Virginia in NCAA First Round Saturday

5/13/2022 11:50:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The eighth-seeded Brown Bears (10-5, 4-2 Ivy League) host the Virginia Cavaliers (11-3, 5-1 ACC) in the NCAA First Round game Saturday night at Stevenson-Pincince Field.

Saturday's game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. and will broadcast on ESPNU with Drew Carter and Matt Ward on the call.

PARKING INFORMATION

The parking lots adjacent to Stevenson-Pincince Field will open to fans at 4:30 p.m.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Brown enters Saturday with a 10-5 overall record and 4-2 Ivy League mark.

Brown's offense averages 13.40 goals per game to rank fourth in the Ivy League and tied for 24th in the NCAA. Devon McLane leads the team in goals (46), assists (23), points (69), shots (132), shots on goal (84), and man-up goals (11).
Ryan Aughavin ranks second on the team with 41 points. His 28 goals are third on the team. Brian Antonelli's 30 goals are good for second on the Bears.
Brown's man-up offense ranks third in the Ivy League and 10th in the NCAA with 24 goals in 53 attempts (.453).
Defensively, Brown averages 11.20 goals against per game to rank second in the Ivy League and 27th in the nation.
Between the pipes, Connor Theriault ranks second in the conference and 13th in the NCAA with a .551 save percentage. His 11.15 goals against average ranks second in the conference and 27th in the nation.
The Bears' man-down defense leads the Ivy League and is tied for fifth in the NCAA wit just 12 goals against in 52 attempts (.750).
Matthew Gunty serves as Brown's primary faceoff specialist. He holds a .527 win-rate (193-366) with a team-leading 94 ground balls. His 6.71 ground balls per game ranks 21st in the NCAA.

SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS

Virginia enters Saturday with an 11-3 overall record and 5-1 ACC mark.
Virginia's offense averages 15.86 goals per game to lead the ACC and rank third in the NCAA. Payton Cormier leads the team with 43 goals and ranks second on the team with 52 points. Cormier is 14th in the NCAA with 3.07 goals per game.
Connor Shellenberger has 68 points in 14 games this season to lead the Cavaliers. He also leads the team with 40 assists. Shellenberger ranks fifth in the NCAA with 2.86 assists per game and 11th in the nation with 4.86 points per game.
UVA's man-up offense has 13 EMO goals in 26 attempts this season to rank second in the ACC and tied for sixth in the NCAA.
Defensively, Virginia ranks second in the ACC and 37th in the NCAA with 11.64 goals against per game.
Between the pipes, Matthew Nunes holds a .500 save percentage and 11.12 goals against average in 13 starts. His goals against average ranks 25th in the NCAA but his 10.15 saves per game rank 55th in the nation among eligible goalies.
UVA's man-down defense leads the ACC and ranks 16th in the NCAA with 11 goals against in 36 attempts (.694).
Petey LaSalla has taken the bulk of the faceoffs for Virginia in 2022. His .614 win-rate (186-303) ranks sixth in the NCAA.
LaSalla's 6.86 ground balls per game rank 20th in the NCAA. He also has seven goals and nine points this season.

WELCOME BACK, LARS

The stories write themselves as Virginia head coach Lars Tiffany returns to College Hill for just the second time since taking the Cavaliers job following the 2016 season.
Tiffany was a standout defenseman and two-year captain for the Bears, graduating in 1990 with a concentration in Biology.
Tiffany was announced as the fifth coach in Brown program history ahead of the 2007 season.
In 10 seasons at Brown, Tiffany compiled a 95-56 record with four Ivy League titles and three NCAA Tournament appearances. His time at Brown culminated with a Final Four berth in 2016.

WHEN WE LAST MET

Tiffany returned to College Hill for the first time in March 2020 after his Cavaliers took a home win over the Bears in 2019.
On Sunday, March 8, the Bears trailed the Cavaliers 8-2 late in the second quarter before Jack Kniffin '20 and Ryan Aughavin scored 22 seconds apart to make it 8-4 at halftime.
From there, it was all Bruno as the Bears scored five straight to open the third quarter and take a 9-8 lead with 7:35 remaining in the frame.
Virginia stopped the run and took a 10-9 lead, but three more from Brown made it 12-10.
After Matt Moore and Dox Aitken scored to tie the game, Colby Gendron and Aughavin sealed the game with goals in the final six minutes.
Phil Goss '21 recorded 16 saves in the victory. Matthew Gunty went 12-for-20 at the faceoff X.
Less than a week later, the remainder of the 2020 season was canceled.

DANCING BEARS

Brown makes its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2016 and 15th trip in program history.
The Bears previously made the Tournament in 2015, 2009, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1987, 1985, 1976, 1973, and 1971.
Brown won NCAA Tournament games in 2016, 1995, 1994, 1992, and 1990. The Bears reached the Final Four in 2016 and 1994.

THE 2022 BRACKET

The 2022 NCAA Tournament field features 18 teams from 11 conferences.
The Ivy League led conferences with six teams in the field (Brown, Cornell, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale) and the Big 10 followed with three teams (Maryland, Ohio State, Rutgers).
Nine conferences all received one bid with the ACC notably only receiving one bid in Virginia.
Brown squared off against the five other Ivy programs in the Tournament field and also took a 12-11 home win over the America East Champion Vermont Catamounts.

THERIAULT IN THE NCAA

Theriault ranks second in the Ivy League and 27th in the NCAA with an 11.15 goals against average. Among underclassmen, Theriault's GAA ranks third in the nation, trailing Michigan sophomore Shane Carr (11.11) and UVA freshman Matthew Nunes (11.12) by the smallest of margins.
Theriault's .551 save percentage ranks second in the Ivy League and 13th in the NCAA. Among underclassmen, Theriault's save percentage leads the country.
With 12.93 saves per game, The People's Goalie ranks third in the Ivy League and 17th in the NCAA. Among underclassmen, he ranks fourth in the country.

THE McLANE TRAIN

McLane leads the team in goals (46), assists (23), points (69), shots (132), shots on goal (84), and man-up goals (11).
With 4.60 points per game, McLane ranks fourth in the Ivy League and tied for 17th in the NCAA.
With 3.07 goals per game, McLane ranks fifth in the Ivy League and tied for 17th in the NCAA.
McLane's 1.53 assists per game rank seventh in the conference and tied for 52nd in the NCAA.
His 11 man-up goals are tied for second in the NCAA alongside Marquette's Bobby O'Grady. Yale's Thomas Bragg leads the nation with 13 EMO goals.
McLane has more EMO goals than nine Division I programs.

CONSISTENCY

McLane has been held point-less in just one game in 2022. In the 14 other games, the Westfield, New Jersey native has at least three points.
McLane has tallied 10 hat tricks in 15 games this season, matching Dylan Molloy's 2017 total and one shy of Molloy's 2016 total.

McLANE IN PROGRAM HISTORY

With 69 points, McLane is tied for 11th in the Brown single-season record book alongside David Evans' 1994 total. McLane is two points shy of matching Molloy's 2017 total of 71 points for 10th-most in program history.
With 46 goals, McLane is tied for ninth in program history alongside Oliver Marti '93 (1993), Andy Towers '93 (1993), and Tad Barrows '80 (1980). McLane is four goals shy of becoming the ninth Bear to record 50 or more goals in a season.