Providence, Rhode Island - Sophomores Thomas Muldoon and Zach Caldwell scored two goals each, and junior goalie Jordan Burke made 17 saves, to lift Brown to a 9-5 men's lacrosse win over Dartmouth in the Ivy League opener for both teams. The win lifts the Bears to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in Ivy play, while Dartmouth drops to 3-3, 0-1 in the Ivy League.

Brown led from start-to-finish with Caldwell and senior Mike Cummins giving the Bears an early 2-0 advantage. The two teams exchanged goals with Towney Swiggett and Jon Livadas scoring for the Big Green and Muldoon and senior Brian Asher scoring for the Bears to keep Brown in the lead, 4-2.

Bears' junior middy Reade Seligmann gave Brown a 5-2 lead at the half on an unassisted man-up goal with 3:56 left in the half.

Dartmouth's Jimmy Mullen opened the second half scoring to pull Dartmouth to within 5-3 of the Bears. But Brown quickly answered on goals by sophomore Collins Carey at 3:43 of the third quarter and Caldwell with 11:26 left in the game to build a 7-3 advantage.

The Big Geeen made a last run at the Bears on goals by Brian Koch and Ari Sussman to trail, 7-5, with 6:11 left to play. But Bears' junior attackman Jack Walsh picked up a loose ball in front of the Dartmouth net to score with 1:20 remaining to ice the game. Muldoon's second goal of the game with 38 seconds left on the clock accounted for the final margin of victory for the Bears.

Burke was spectacular in goal, frustrating the Big Green time after time in making 17 saves. Including 11 in the first half. Caldwell was the game's top scorer with two goals and an assist.

The Bears return to action on Tuesday, March 25, hosting Vermont at Meister-Kavan Field. Game time is 3:00 p.m.

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Providence, R.I. -- Dartmouth men's lacrosse fell behind early and was unable to overcome a tough Brown squad as the Bears took a 9-5 win in the Ivy opener for both teams. The loss drops the Big Green to 3-3 overall and 0-1 in Ivy play. The win lifts Brown to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the league.

Sophomore Zach Caldwell and senior Mike Cummins scored to give Brown a 2-0 lead before a Towny Swiggett (Huntington, N.Y.) tally put the Big Green on the board, 2-1. Jonathan Livadas (Wilmington, Del.) had an unassisted shot in the second quarter to make it 5-2 at halftime.

Jimmy Mullen (Mt. Lebanon, Pa.) opened the second half with an unassisted tally to bring Dartmouth within two.

Freshman Adam Boardman (Brattleboro, Vt.) scored his first collegiate point with an assist on Brian Koch's (Rye, N.Y.) goal at 6:48 of the fourth quarter. Koch has now scored in 23 straight contests. His scoring streak began May 2, 2006. Sophomore Ari Sussman (New Haven, Conn.) added a goal with a shot 37 seconds later to pull within two again but it wasn't enough. The Bears scored two unanswered for the final score of 9-5.

Dartmouth had a slight lead in faceoffs, winning 9 of 15. Senior Chad Gaudet (Burlington, Mass.) won 7 of the 10 he took, picking up a team high six groundballs.

Brown goalie Jordan Burke played an outstanding game in net, stopping 17 Big Green shots, including 11 in the first half. Sophomore Pat Marshall (Lutherville, Md.) played all 60 minutes in goal for Dartmouth with 14 saves.

The Big Green returns home to Memorial Field on Tuesday for a rescheduled game against Holy Cross. Game time is set for 2:30 pm.

2008-03-22