Men's Lacrosse Opens 2026 Season with 10-8 Win at Fairfield

Saturday, February 14

Fairfield, Conn.

12 p.m.

Brown University

1-0, 0-0

Fairfield

1-1, 0-0

Brown

Fairfield

Photo by: Jon Ratner

Men's Lacrosse Opens 2026 Season with 10-8 Win at Fairfield

2/14/2026 3:50:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Jeremy Hopsicker scored four goals and Connor Foley made 14 saves as the Brown Bears (1-0, 0-0 Ivy League) opened the 2026 season with a 10-8 win over the Fairfield Stags (1-1, 0-0 CAA) Saturday afternoon at Rafferty Stadium.

Honestly, I'm really proud of our guys," the Rothman Head Coaching Chair for Men's Lacrosse Jon Torpey said. "Andrew Baxter and his staff do a great job at Fairfield of putting pressure on you all over the field and I thought our guys responded well. This was a total team win."

After an early Fairfield goal, Jeremy Hopsicker and Marcus Wertheim tallied goals to give the Bears a 2-1 lead heading into the second quarter.

Brown continued the scoring run in the second quarter as Wertheim added his second goal of the afternoon and Hopsicker added a pair to complete the hat trick. Baden Brown also scored for the Bears for a 6-1 lead before Will Consili ended the run with his first goal of the game.

Luke Dellicicchi tallied his first goal of the season with 1:34 remaining in the half to push the score to 7-2 at the halftime break.

Fairfield tallied two goals to open the third quarter and draw within three goals, but Brown freshman Jameson Steele responded with consecutive goals with 8:12 and 3:19 remaining in the frame to push Brown's lead back to five at 9-4.

Devin Lampron struck late in the third quarter and Rob Morris added another goal early in the fourth to bring Fairfield within three.

Hopsicker added his fourth of the game with 9:56 remaining in the game to extend the score to 10-6.

Late in the quarter, Okupski and Consoli scored to bring the Stags within two, but Foley made his biggest save of the game against Okupski with 43 seconds remaining to seal the victory for the Bears.

GAME NOTES

Henry Brayer finished the game 11-for-18 at the faceoff X and recorded eight ground balls. He set career-highs in faceoffs won, faceoffs taken, and ground balls.
Hopsicker recorded his fourth career hat trick and second career four-goal game against the Stags.
The Bears finished the game 1-for-1 on man-up opportunities. Fairfield went 1-for-4.
Brown won the ground ball battle, 33-29.
The Bears went 16-for-20 on clears and finished the game with 19 turnovers. Fairfield went 17-for-22 on clears and had 18 turnovers.
Both teams finished the game with 22 shots on goal. Brown held a 38-36 edge in shots.

The Bears open the first leg of the 2026 Ocean State Cup next Saturday (Feb. 21) with a trip across town to take on the Providence College Friars (2-0, 0-0 Big East). Saturday's game is scheduled to begin at noon and will stream on Friars.com.

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