YALE at PENN
Sat., Apr. 1 – Noon
Philadelphia, Pa.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – It's another Saturday on the road for the Yale men's lacrosse team. The Bulldogs will be in Philadelphia to meet Penn in another key Ivy League game, The opening faceoff is slated for noon at Franklin Field.
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 
* Yale sits at No. 20 in both the Inside Lacrosse and USILA national polls this week. Penn is No. 19 in both polls.
 
* Five of the Bulldogs' six games have come against teams currently ranked in the top 20. Yale has victories over No. 6 Villanova and No. 13 Denver and has fallen to No. 5 Cornell, No. 11 Penn State and No. 18 Princeton.
 
* Seven of Yale's top nine scorers are sophomores or juniors. Fifty-two of the Bulldogs' 80 goals have come from the sophomore class.
 
* Sophomore Chris Lyons, the team's leading goal scorer with 25, is second in the nation in goals per game (4.17). He has scored at least four goals in four of six games, including nine in the season opener against Villanova.
 
* Goalie Jared Paquette leads the Ivy League and is fourth in the nation in saves per game (14.83). He has made at least 11 saves in all six games, including a season-high 22 in the victory at Massachusetts.
 
* Matt Brandau, a Tewaaraton Award candidate, is tied for the Ivy League lead in assists with 14. Brandau enters the game with 130 career goals, which is fifth all-time at Yale and three behind Conrad Oberbeck (2012-2015). Brandau's 86 career assists are seventh in school history and his 216 career points are third. Brandau was held without a goal at Princeton last Saturday for the first time in his outstanding career. He had two assists so his streak with at least one point is now at 46 games, which is the fourth longest in the nation.
 
* Yale and Penn met twice last season. Lyons's goal in overtime lifted the Bulldogs to a thrilling 12-11 victory at Reese Stadium in the regular season. The Quakers took the rematch, outscoring Yale 16-9 in the championship game of the Ivy League Tournament at Brown.
 
* The Bulldogs are playing in Franklin Field for the first time since 2019 when Penn edged Yale 13-12 in a triple overtime thriller.
 
* The Bulldogs are right back in action on Tuesday, hosting No. 17 Boston University at Reese Stadium, the first of three straight home games for Yale.
 
SCOUTING PENN
 
All seven of the Quakers' games have come against nationally ranked opponents at the time. Penn (3-4, 1-1 Ivy) has won three, including a 9-8 overtime victory over Princeton in the Ivy opener. The Quakers are coming off an 18-12 loss at Cornell last Sunday. Sam Handley, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, leads the team in goals (14), assists (12) and points (26). He was the school's first Tewaaraton Award finalist last year and was selected as the USILA Midfielder of the Year. The Quakers lead the league in fewest turnovers (13.57 per game).