Men's Lacrosse Set for Saturday Showdown at #16 UMass

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (2-5, 0-1 Ivy League) head to Amherst, Massachusetts to renew the regional rivalry with the 16th-ranked UMass Minutemen (7-1, 0-0 A10) Saturday at Garber Field. Saturday's game is scheduled to begin at noon and will stream on ESPN+.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Brown enters the weekend with a 2-5 overall record and 0-1 Ivy League mark. The Bears most recently dropped a tight game to 17th-ranked Penn before falling to Villanova.
Brown's offense averages 7.71 goals per game with senior Aidan McLane leading the team with 13 goals. Marcus Wertheim leads the Bears in assists (8) and points (20).
Brown's man-up offense has six goals in 16 attempts (.375) to rank 36th nationally.
The Bears own an .846 clear percentage to rank 46th in the NCAA.
Defensively, the Bears allow 10.14 goals per game to rank fourth in the Ivy League and 30th nationally.
Between the pipes, Connor Foley has started all seven games and holds a .592 save percentage and 9.82 goals against average.
Brown's man-down defense clicks at .538 (14-for-26) to rank fifth in the Ivy League.

SCOUTING THE MINUTEMEN

UMass enters Saturday as the 16th-ranked team in the nation per the USILA Coaches Poll with a 7-1 record in 2025.
UMass dropped the opener to Army before tallying seven straight wins and most recently took a 10-9 win at UMass Lowell.
Offensively, UMass averages 11.63 goals per game to rank 31st nationally.
Trace Hogan leads the team offensively with 20 goals and 15 assists for 35 points. Hogan ranks 23rd nationally with 4.38 points per game and is in the top-40 in goals and assists per game.
The UMass man-up offense ranks 17th nationally at .467 (7-for-15).
The Minutemen also rank 28th in the nation with an .865 clear percentage.
Defensively, UMass ranks fifth in the nation with 8.00 goals against per game.
Owen Salanger has started seven games in goal and holds a .614 save percentage and 7.48 goals against average. Both marks rank in the top-10 nationally.
The man-down defense ranks fifth in the NCAA at .870 (20-for-23). UMass has not allowed a man-up goal in five consecutive games.
TJ Casey has taken the majority of the faceoffs and holds a .527 win-rate (59-for-112).

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday marks the 56th meeting between Brown and UMass dating back to 1963.
The series is dead even overall with Brown holding a 29-26 all-time record against the regional rival.
The Bears hold a 15-13 road record in the series.
Both teams have won five of the last 10 meetings, eight of the last 16 meetings, and 16 of the last 32 meetings.

OCEAN STATE CUP

Brown captured its eighth Ocean State Cup with a 10-8 road win over the Bryant Bulldogs on Tuesday (Mar. 4).
It was the program's first Ocean State Cup since 2022.
Connor Foley tallied 16 saves in the win over the Bulldogs and finished the two Ocean State Cup games with 35 saves, a .714 save percentage, and a 7.00 goals against average.
Aidan McLane recorded a hat trick and added an assist against Bryant to finish the Ocean State Cup games with seven goals and nine points.

LET IT FLY (AGAIN)

Senior goalie Andy Demopoulos recorded Brown's second goalie goal of the season against Villanova (Mar. 17).
Demopoulos fired a full field shot in the third quarter against the Wildcats for the goal.

McLANE 100

McLane is closing in on the 100-point career milestone and enters Saturday with 94 career points.
He looks to become the 36th Bear to record 100 career points and the first since his brother, Devon, cracked the milestone in 2023.
He is 24 goals shy of 100 career goals. Just 13 Bears have reached the century mark in goals.

WERTHEIM FOR FIVE

Marcus Wertheim has points in all five games this season and leads the team with 20 points and eight assists.
Wertheim posted a career-high four goals and matched a career-high with five points at Penn (Mar. 15) before recording a career-high four assists and five points at Villanova (Mar. 17).

HOPPING IN

Jeremy Hopsicker tallied a career-high four goals against Villanova (Mar. 17) to record his first career hat trick.
He tallied a goal and two assists in Brown's win over the Friars (Feb. 22) and chipped in with a goal against Bryant (Mar. 4).
The junior is fourth on the team in scoring with nine points.

STACKING POINTS

Defenseman Mark Witt recorded his second career goal against Bryant (Mar. 4) and added his first career assist against Villanova (Mar. 17).

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Men's Lacrosse Set for Saturday Showdown at #16 UMass

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Players Mentioned

Andy Demopoulos

Connor Foley

Jeremy Hopsicker

Aidan McLane

Marcus Wertheim

Mark Witt

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Men's Lacrosse Set for Saturday Showdown at #16 UMass

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Players Mentioned

Andy Demopoulos

Connor Foley

Jeremy Hopsicker

Aidan McLane

Marcus Wertheim

Mark Witt

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