Men's Lacrosse Opens 2025 Season Against Fairfield, Boston University

Saturday, February 15

Providence, R.I.

3:30 p.m.

Brown University

Fairfield

Photo by: Chris Aurelio

Men's Lacrosse Opens 2025 Season Against Fairfield, Boston University

2/14/2025 3:18:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Game Notes

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (0-0, 0-0 Ivy League) kick off the 2025 season with a home game against the Fairfield Stags (1-0, 0-0 CAA) on Saturday before taking on the Boston University Terriers (1-0, 0-0 Patriot) on the road Tuesday night.

Saturday's game is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. with Tuesday's opening faceoff set for 7 p.m. Both games will stream on ESPN+ in the United States.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Brown returns 93% of its point production from a season ago with Jack Kelly as the lone departure with any points in 2024.
Aidan McLane led the Bears in goals (34) and points (40) a season ago and the next five leading scorers also all return – Ben Locke (23 points), Spencer Hughes (19), Marcus Wertheim (19), Matteo Corsi (14), and Jackson Wolfram (14).
Brown's defensive unit of Charlie Cave, Tyler Blackburn, and Trey Taylor also return in 2024.
Dash Sachs, Brown's primary faceoff specialist last season, returns after posting a .491 win-rate at X with 77 ground balls in 2024.
The Bears will have a new goalie between the pipes in 2025 with the departure of Connor Theriault.
Five goalies will vie for the starting job: senior Andy Demopoulos, juniors Harry Laferriere and Brosnan Lopez, sophomore Connor Foley, and freshman Tucker Williams.

SCOUTING THE STAGS

Fairfield enters the weekend with a 1-0 record after taking a 10-7 home win over Lehigh in the opener.
The Stags outscored the Mountain Hawks 5-2 in the fourth quarter to break a deadlock and take the win.
Devin Lampron tallied four goals in the win to lead the offense with Keegan Lynch adding a goal and two assists.
Fairfield went 0-for-1 in man-up situations with Lehigh going 2-for-4 with the man-up.
Dylan Smith went 11-for-19 at X with four ground balls and Daniel Davis won his lone faceoff taken.
Between the pipes, Owen Hirsch recorded seven saves to pick up the win.
In 2024, Fairfield posted an 8-7 overall record and 5-2 CAA mark. The Stags fell in overtime to 19th-ranked Delaware in the CAA semifinal.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday marks the 10th meeting between Brown and Fairfield in a series dating back to 1997.
The teams met annually from 1997-2004 with Brown taking 7-of-9 wins over the Stags.

SCOUTING THE TERRIERS

Boston University enters the weekend with a 1-0 record after opening the season with a 9-7 win over Siena on the road.
The Terriers take on the Monmouth Hawks on Friday (2/14) in Boston.
Timothy Shannehan led the offense with four goals and an assist against the Saints. Jimmy Kohr added two goals and Jimmy O'Connell chipped in a goal and assist.
BU went 0-for-3 in man-up situations against Siena and allowed two EMO goals.
Will Barnes recorded 11 saves to pick up the victory.
In 2024, the Terriers posted a 10-7 overall record and 5-3 Patriot League mark. BU took a triple overtime quarterfinal win over Colgate and an overtime semifinal win over Army before falling to Lehigh, 11-10, in the Patriot League Championship game.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Tuesday marks the sixth meeting between Brown and Boston University in a series dating back to 1930.
It is just the third meeting in the last 90 years with each team taking a win in recent history.

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS

Charlie Cave and Aidan McLane were named USA Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-Americans, announced in January.
Cave earned First Team All-Ivy and Honorable Mention All-America honors from USA Lacrosse a season ago.
McLane picked up Second Team All-Ivy recognition in 2024.

IL POWER 100

Two freshmen - Ennis Udo and Kyle Bilello - were named to the Inside Lacrosse Power 100 List.
Bilello checked in at #54 on the list with Udo coming in at #77.

OCEAN STATE CUP

The Bears look to capture the Ocean State Cup for the first time since 2022 this season.
Brown will square off against Providence College next weekend in the first leg of the in-state rivalry before taking on Bryant on March 4.
The Friars took a win over Bryant already this season and can capture the Ocean State Cup for the first time since 2020 and third time overall with a win over the Bears.

A FULL SLATE

Ten of Brown's opponents in 2025 are currently ranked or receiving votes in the USILA Poll.
Within the Ivy League, there is: #3 Cornell, #8 Princeton, #10 Yale, #13 Penn, and #19 Harvard.
Among the non-conference opponents: #14 Georgetown, (RV) Providence College, (RV) Fairfield, (RV) Boston University, and (RV) UMass.

THE CAPTAINS

Five Bears were tabbed by head coach Jon Torpey to captain the squad in 2025.
Kevin Sweeney, Mark Witt, Tyler Blackburn, Charlie Cave, and Marcus Wertheim will lead the squad this spring.

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