Big Green Head to Dallas for Patriot Cup
Game
3
Patriot Cup
Georgetown
Hoyas (1-1, 0-0 Big East) at
Dartmouth
Big Green (1-1, 0-0 Ivy League)
Saturday, March 2 - 1 p.m.
Dallas, Texas - SMU Ford Stadium
Hitting the Road
After two
home games to open the 2013 season the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team heads to
Dallas, Texas to face Georgetown in the Patriot Cup. The Big Green are coming
off a 13-8 come-from-behind victory against regional rival Vermont on Tuesday.
The win was the fourth straight for the Green and White versus the Catamounts.
Andy Towers' squad looks to improve on their 2-6 road record last season.
It's Been A While
Dartmouth
and Georgetown meet for the first time in 13 years. Dartmouth leads the
all-time series 3-2, but the Hoyas have won two straight, including taking the
last meeting, 16-7, in March of 2000.
The Help
The class
of 2016 aren't the only fresh faces on the sidelines for Dartmouth, as Towers
added two new assistants in the offseason. Tim McIntee joins the staff after
coaching at Manhattan for the past 15 years. McIntee is a 1989 graduate of LIU,
where he received national recognition as a three-time All-American. Michael
Bocklet will serve as the team's offensive coordinator. Bocklet comes to
Hanover after spending the last three seasons as an assistant coach at SUNY
Cortland. Bocklet is a 2007 graduate of
Fairfield and he earned All-New England honors twice at attack.
Oh Captain My Captain
Leading the way for the team from the
Upper Valley this season will be their four captains. Seniors Chris Costabile,
Nikki Dysenchuk and Pat Flynn are joined by junior Patrick Resch as the team's
selected leaders. Flynn enters his second season as a captain for Dartmouth
leading the team defensively.
Forcing the Issue
Dartmouth
ranked seventh in the country and second in the Ivy League last season causing
9.00 turnovers per game. In the opener, the Big Green caused eight turnovers
and against the Catamounts they forced 25. Flynn leads the team with four
caused turnovers, while Phil Hession and Robert Osgood have each caused three.
Freshmen Firepower
The class
of 2016 has made a big impact in the first two games of the year combining to
score six goals and add four assists. Cam Lee is second on the team with three
goals scored, while KC Beard is tied for the team-lead with three assists. Billy
Heidt has scored a goal in both contests as well.
Scouting the Hoyas
Georgetown enters the game coming off back-to-back overtime contests.
The Hoyas dropped their season opener, 11-10, to Lafayette and topped Navy,
9-8, last time out. This is the first game away from the nation's capital for
the Hoyas this season. Offensively, senior Brian Casey has tallied a team-best
six goals and Charles McCormick has added four. Reilly O'Connor and Zac Guy are
tied for the team lead with four assists. In net, Alex Joyce has made 19 saves.
Joyce has a goals-against average of 9.30 and a save percentage of .500.
Between the Pipes
Senior
Bernie Susskind has played well in his first two starts of the year making 18
saves with a save percentage of .462 and a goals-against average of 10.50.
Susskind is the only netminder on the roster who's seen collegiate action, appearing
in two games last season and making seven saves.
Road Woes
In 2012
the Big Green were just 2-6 on the road. Dartmouth was outscored 94-67 outside
of the Upper Valley. Both of the road triumphs came in non-conference action as
the Green and White opened the season with a 9-6 victory against No. 19 Colgate
Feb. 25 and topped UVM 10-5 on April 24.
Preseason Honors
After a quality junior campaign, Nikki
Dysenchuk was named to the 2013 All New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse
Association (NEILA) preseason team as a midfielder. The Darien, Conn., native
was the lone Dartmouth player on the team and one of six midfielders selected.
Thus far in 2013, The quad-captain has five goals and one assist.
Youth on the Roster
Dartmouth
has 13 freshmen on the roster to begin its 2013 campaign. The newcomers make up
nearly 31% of the squad. The youth movement is a trend for the Big Green as
they also have 10 sophomores on the team. The underclassmen outnumber the
upperclassmen 23-19, and total 57.1% of their lineup.
What's on Tap
Following
the game with the Hoyas, the Big Green return to Hanover to take on Robert
Morris at Scully-Fahey Field March 9 at 3:00 p.m.
