March 15, 2008
Al Kohart had four goals and Garve Heiderman and Craig Andrzejewski hit the net twice as the Penn men's lacrosse team held off Yale 9-7 at Reese Stadium.
Penn outshot Yale 42-29 and tested senior goalie George Carafides, who had 13 saves, including five in the fourth quarter.
Brendan Gibson notched two goals and Tyler Casertano had a goal and two assists for the Bulldogs who also got scoring from Colin Ford, Kyle Washabaugh, Davis Lindsey and Francis Johnson.
The Quakers (3-2, 1-0 Ivy) overcame two deficits to take the Ivy League opener for both teams. The visitors erased a 1-0 Yale lead after Washabaugh's man-up goal by hitting the net three straight times to close out the scoring in the first 15 minutes.
The Elis (1-3, 0-1) scored four (Johnson, Gibson, Ford, Lindsey) of the six goals in the second stanza to enter intermission tied at five. Ford's tally was the Bulldogs' second man-up goal of the day. Both squads went 2-for-6 with the extra man.
Penn goalie Chris Casey, who needed five saves to prevent Yale from pulling away in the second, finished with 12 stops.
Kohart scored two of his four goals to start the third quarter and give Penn a lead it would never relinquish.
Casertano, who moved into Yale's Top 20 all-time points list today and now has 109, and Gibson hit the net in the third to bring the home team to within a goal of the Quakers, but that was the last of Yale's scoring.
Yale's Gregory DuBoff won nine of 19 faceoffs. He and midfielder Nick Tsouris finished with a team-high five ground balls.
Report filed by Steve Conn, Yale Sports Publicity Director