Foley Shines as Men's Lacrosse Earns First Win of Torpey Era Over PC

Saturday, February 22

Providence, R.I.

12 p.m.

Brown University

1-2 (0-0Ivy)

Providence College

2-2 (0-0BE)

BROWN

Photo by: Kayleigh Halasz

Foley Shines as Men's Lacrosse Earns First Win of Torpey Era Over PC

2/22/2025 2:57:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Connor Foley shined again with 19 saves as the Brown Bears (1-2, 0-0 Ivy League) picked up the first win of the Jon Torpey era with a 7-6 home victory over the Providence College Friars (2-2, 0-0 Big East) Saturday afternoon at Stevenson-Pincince Field.

"I'm really happy for our young men and proud of their overall effort," Torpey said. "They truly dug in when we needed them to. Providence is a great program with an excellent staff and we needed our best effort for 60 minutes if we were going to succeed."

Aidan McLane rifled a feed from Jeremy Hopsicker to beat PC goalie Dan Donahue (15 saves) to open the scoring with 9:19 remaining in the first quarter. McLane added his second of the game with 5:15 remaining to push Brown's lead to 2-0.

Marcus Wertheim made it three straight for the Bears with a man-up goal off a feed from Hopsicker with 1:57 remaining in the first.

Foley (19 saves) was stellar again and finished the first quarter with seven saves and a caused turnover.

The Friars responded in the second quarter and drew even with the Bears on Jay Wilkerson's first career goal with 3:46 remaining in the frame. During the Friar run, Ryan Bell tallied a goal and assist to become PC's all-time leading scorer with 189 career points.

Horrigan gave PC its first lead of the game less than a minute into the third quarter on the man-advantage.

Hopsicker quickly responded with his first goal of the game off a beautiful bounce pass from Luke Dellicicchi to bring the score back to even at 5-5.

McLane tallied his third of the game to make it 6-5 before PC's Albert Paniccia responded less than a minute later to push the score to 6-6 with 7:05 remaining in the third quarter.

McLane blasted his fourth of the game past Donahue with 6:28 remaining in the fourth to give the Bears a 7-6 lead.

In the final seconds of the game, Charlie Cave forced a Friar turnover and PC was unable to recover to get a shot on net to give the Bears the win.

GAME NOTES

McLane recorded his first hat trick of the season and ninth of his career. He finished the game with four goals and an assist for five points.
Both teams won eight faceoffs with Brown's Dash Sachs going 7-for-14 with five ground balls against PC's Quinn McConnaughey, who entered the game ranked in the top-10 nationally.
Brown finished the game with a 36-33 edge in shots with the Friars holding a 25-22 advantage in shots on goal.
Both teams had a pair of failed clears with Brown finishing 16-for-18 and Providence finishing 18-for-20.
The Bears went 1-for-2 in man-up situations with the Friars finishing 1-for-5.

The Bears host the 11th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas (2-2, 0-0 Big East) next Saturday at Stevenson-Pincince Field. The game is scheduled to begin at noon and will stream on ESPN+ in the United States.

Gallery: (2-22-2025) MLAX vs. PC (2/22/25)

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