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Craig Houtz

Men's Lacrosse Plays No. 6 Penn Saturday at Crown Classic

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Coming off a big win over No. 5 Yale, Penn State takes on another nationally-ranked Ivy League opponent when it takes the field with No. 6 Penn on Saturday. The game, which is a part of the Crown Classic, is scheduled for 4 p.m., at American Legion Memorial Stadium.

The Nittany Lions are 2-3 on the season following their win over Yale at Panzer Stadium. The Quakers are 1-1.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
Saturday, March 5 | 4 p.m.
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SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State leads 26-14-1 in the all-time series with Penn. The teams first played in 1913.
• The Lions have won the past four games against Penn, winning four straight years from 2017-20. Three of those wins came by just one goal, including an 18-17 overtime win on the road in 2020 in the most recent matchup.
Jack Kelly has totaled five goals and one assist in three career games against the Quakers. He assisted on the overtime winner scored by Mac O'Keefe in the 2020 win.
Jack Traynor has tallied four goals and one assist in two career games against Penn.


SCOUTING THE QUAKERS
• Penn is 1-1 with a 10-8 loss to No. 3 Georgetown and a 14-13 overtime win over then-No. 7 Duke.
• The Quakers advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament in 2019, which was their last completed season.
• Penn was picked second in the Ivy League Preseason Poll, coming in behind Yale, which Penn State upset in its most recent game.
• Dylan Gergar is the reigning Ivy League Player of the Week after scoring six goals in the overtime win over Duke.
• Gergar, a senior attackman, and Sam Handley, a senior midfielder, were named to the Tewaaraton Watch List at the start of the season. Handley was a first-team All-American in 2019.


VS. THE IVY LEAGUE
• Penn State is 55-46-1 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 11-8 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 is back at Panzer Stadium to take on its third-straight Ivy League opponent. The Lions host Cornell at noon on Saturday, March 12.
• The Big Red are ranked ninth and in the country and is 3-0 with wins over Albany, Lehigh and Hobart.