Dartmouth Downs Wagner, 11-4, in Final of Three Road Contests

Recap, photo courtesy of Dartmouth

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Dartmouth men's lacrosse captured its first win of 2019 on Saturday, defeating Wagner by a score of 11-4 at Hameline Field.

The Big Green (1-2) were led by Ben Martin with four points from three goals and an assist, while George Prince was right behind with three tallies. Five other players found their way onto the scoresheet.

In net, Daniel Hincks played the first 57 minutes, making 11 saves to pick up his first collegiate win. George Christopher made his way in to the game for the final two minutes, making two saves during his first game of the season.

"I am happy with the effort and energy that we came out with today," head coach Brendan Callahan said. "The difference was our ride. We were able to cause some turnovers in the middle of the field, get the ball back to our offense and capitalize on those chances. Our defense was tough and did a good job of limiting the looks Wagner got at the cage. Danny was seeing the ball well in net. It was great to see Prince, Paul and Martin playing well together and finishing."

Dartmouth started the game well, taking the lead right from the beginning while not allowing the Seahawks to score a single goal. Prince opened scoring less than two minutes in and he and Prince traded goals until the Green had a 4-0 advantage after the first 15 minutes.

Prince would add one more just over a minute into the second quarter before Wagner got on the board. Dartmouth responded by scoring two more goals, courtesy of Harlan Smart and Peter Rizzotti, to give the visitors a 7-1 edge after two.

Trevor Ballantyne further increased the Big Green's lead three and a half minutes into the third and it took over 11 minutes for Wagner to be able to get one back, finding the back of the net with nine seconds remaining. With just one tick left on the clock, Matt Paul put Dartmouth back up by seven (9-2).

At 14:22 of the fourth, Paul was back with his second of the game, but the Seahawks turned things around quickly to score one of their own just seven seconds later (10-3). The teams would go on to score one more tally each before time expired.

After playing three consecutive road games to start the season, Dartmouth will finally get the chance to play at home, hosting UMass Lowell at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5.