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Sunday, February 26
Burlington, Vt.
2:30 p.m.
Brown University
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Vermont
Photo by: David Silverman Photography
Men's Lacrosse Hits the Road to take on Vermont Sunday
2/24/2023 12:45:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (1-1, 0-0 Ivy League) hit the road for the first time in 2023 to take on the Vermont Catamounts (2-1, 0-0 America East) Sunday afternoon at Virtue Field in Burlington, Vermont.
Sunday's game is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. and will stream on AmericaEast.tv. The game was moved from Saturday to Sunday due to inclement weather in the Burlington area.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
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Sunday's game is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. and will stream on AmericaEast.tv. The game was moved from Saturday to Sunday due to inclement weather in the Burlington area.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
- Brown enters Sunday's matchup with a 1-1 overall record, taking a 13-7 win over Providence on Tuesday (Feb. 21) after falling to Quinnipiac to open the 2023 season.
- Junior Connor Theriault enters Sunday with a 9.08 goals against average and .526 save percentage. His goals against average ranks 13th in the NCAA.
- Senior Matthew Gunty is 24-for-40 (.600) at the faceoff X through two games this season. He leads the Bears with 11 ground balls.
- Offensively, senior Devon McLane leads the Bears in assists (7) and points (11). His four goals are tied for the team-lead with Ben Locke. McLane is fourth in the NCAA with 3.50 assists per game and tied for 17th in the NCAA with 5.50 points per game.
- Brown's man-up offense has three goals in seven attempts (.429) to rank 25th in the nation. Griffin King has two of Brown's EMO goals. Brown's man-down defense has allowed four goals in 12 attempts (.667) to rank 31st in the nation.
- Vermont enters the weekend with a 2-1 overall record. The Catamounts opened the season with a 7-5 loss at Syracuse before taking a 14-12 home win over 14th-ranked Boston University (Feb. 11). UVM most recently captured a 14-13 overtime win at Utah (Feb. 18).
- Graduate student Matt Shaffer enters Sunday's contest with a 10.43 goals against average and .573 save percentage. His save percentage ranks 15th in the NCAA.
- Shaffer earned America East Defensive Player of the Week honors following the loss at Syracuse and win over BU.
- Two-time All-American Tommy Burke returns as UVM's primary faceoff specialist. The Palm Beach, Florida native is 49-for-74 (66.2%) at X this season along with 26 ground balls. He ranks seventh in the NCAA among players with 10 or more faceoffs taken.
- Offensively, Brock Haley leads the Cats in points (13) and assists (7). His six goals rank third on the team.
- Jonas Hunter leads the team with nine goals and is tied for second on the team with 12 points. David Closterman is second on the team with eight goals and tied with Hunter in points.
- On special teams, UVM has two man-up goals in 10 attempts to rank 57th in the NCAA. UVM's man-down defense has allowed four goals in 10 attempts to rank 45th in the NCAA.
- Brown and Vermont meet for the ninth time in a series dating back to 2003.
- The Bears have not lost to the Cats and have won all three one-goal games, including last year's 12-11 victory at Stevenson-Pincince Field.
- In the last meeting in Burlington in 2012, Brown cruised to a 14-5 win. That game was just the third played on Virtue Field, opened prior to the 2012 season.
- Brown bounced back from a season-opening loss to take a 13-7 win over cross-town rival Providence on Tuesday (Feb. 21).
- With Bryant's win over PC earlier this season, the Bears and Bulldogs will square off for the Ocean State Cup for the second straight season in late April.
- The Bears finished 19-for-23 at the faceoff X as a team against Providence (Feb. 21). Gunty went 15-for-18 with eight ground balls and Dash Sachs went 4-for-5 with three GBs.
- As a team, Brown dominated the ground ball battle and finished the game with a 28-11 ground ball advantage.
The Brown University Sports Foundation (BUSF) is the lifeblood of the athletics program, and exists to enhance the student-athlete experience through philanthropic support from alumni, parents, fans and friends. A gift through the Sports Foundation makes an immediate impact on today's Brown Bears and helps them to be their best in the classroom, in competition and most importantly in the community. To learn more about supporting the Bears, please click here.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
For the latest on Brown Athletics, please follow @BrownU_Bears on Twitter, @BrownU_Bears on Instagram, like BrownUBears on Facebook and subscribe to the BrownAthletics YouTube channel.
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