UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State men's lacrosse is back at Panzer Stadium on Saturday when it hosts No. 5 Yale for Military Appreciation Day at noon. All tickets will be sold at the gate. Tickers are $5 for anyone with a military ID.
The Nittany Lions are 1-3 on the season following a loss to Saint Joseph's, while Yale is 1-0 with a win over Villanova.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Saturday, February 26 | Noon
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SERIES HISTORY
• Yale leads 5-1 in the all-time series. Penn State won the first matchup in 1997, but Yale won the next five in 2003, 2013, twice in 2019, and 2020.
• The Lions are 0-2 against the Bulldogs at home. Three of the six games in the series were played at neutral sites.
• Jack Kelly has scored six goals in three career games against Yale, scoring twice in all three contests.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
• Yale, the fifth-ranked team in the USILA Coaches Poll, is 1-0 following a 17-14 win over Villanova in its season opener.
• The Bulldogs' win over the Wildcats was their first game played since March 7, 2020. The game against Penn State will be the Bulldogs second time playing the Lions in a span of four games, but more than two years apart.
• Yale was picked as the unanimous favorite to win the Ivy League in the conference's preseason poll.
• Senior defender Chris Fake and junior attackman Matt Brandau were selected as Preseason All-Americans. Brandau finished with five goals and one assist in the win over Villanova.
VS. THE IVY LEAGUE
• Penn State is 54-46-1 against current members of the Ivy League.
• The Lions have played six of the seven teams in the Ivy League. They have never played Brown.
• Penn State is 10-8 against current members of the Ivy League during head coach Jeff Tambroni's time with the team. Under Tambroni, the Lions have a winning record against Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn.
UP NEXT
• Penn State heads to Charlotte to take on Penn at the Crown Classic on Saturday, March 5.
• The Quakers are 0-1 with a 10-8 loss to No. 3 Georgetown.
