A close shave

 

The Penn men's lacrosse team is young, but it's learning how to win close games.

After getting trounced by No. 8 Cornell at Franklin Field, the Quakers scored 28 seconds into overtime to beat Dartmouth, 9-8.

The Red and Blue have allowed three more goals than they have scored in the Ivy league, yet have come out with a 3-1 Ivy record. In all, Penn has played in four one-goal games, and has won four games (three in the league) by two goals or less.

After building up a 7-1 lead, Dartmouth stormed back by netting four goals in a row, and then tying it up at eight with just over two minutes to go. In overtime, though, Justin Lynch won the opening faceoff, and Penn called timeout to set up a play. A shot went awry, but just seconds later, Corey Winkoff found Garvey Heiderman for the game-winner.

The Quakers have a nice conference record, but have tough tests to go against Brown and Princeton if they want to win the league or make the NCAA Tournament.

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