Lacrosse Dream Game this Saturday: #4/5 Brown Hosts #1 Yale

Lacrosse Dream Game this Saturday: #4/5 Brown Hosts #1 Yale

Men’s Lacrosse Coach Lars Tiffany of the #4/5 ranked Brown team says this Saturday’s game against #1 Yale is the biggest game home game for Brown in decades. The game is played at 1 pm at Stevenson Field.

Here are the numbers:

Yale is #1 in the coaches Poll, but Brown is #1 in the computer rankings and #2 in the RPI ranking.

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Yale is 10-0 and Brown is 9-1.

Brown’s offense is averaging 16.9 goals a game and Yale is surrendering just 4.2 goals a game.

Star Power

ESPN has tapped Brown’s super scorer Dylan Molloy as one of three most likely to win the Tewaaraton Trophy (Lacrosse' Heisman Trophy). Molloy, who is a junior was a third team All-American last year and for the past two weeks have been named Ivy-League Player of the Week. He is leading the country in scoring.

"This atmosphere is going to remind me of what the atmosphere was like in the late 80's and early 90's when I was playing. So this is really exciting for me as a fan, as a coach and as an alum,” said Tiffany, who was an All-Ivy Defenseman for Brown.

The winner of this game is likely to be ranked #1 

"This type of game is the reason our men came to Brown, to play in a game like this, to play the #1 team in the country,” said Tiffany.

"Our pre-sale tickets are the highest they have been in years, so people know the importance of this game, how big it is, and we are expecting a huge turnout on Saturday,” Brown Athletic Director Jack Hayes tells GoLocal.

"I think recruits watching will see a great atmosphere for this game, and they will see two of the best teams in the country,” said Hayes.