PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – For the first time in 20 years, the Harvard men's lacrosse team leaves Philadelphia with a victory after toppling the No. 16 Penn Quakers on their home field. The Crimson (6-0, 1-0 Ivy) used a complete 60-minute effort to take down the Quakers (3-4, 0-1 Ivy) and open Ivy League play with a 12-9 victory.
Graham Stevens was stellar once again, making 16 saves in cage while allowing just nine goals.
Teddy Malone fueled the offense with a game-high five goals and nine total players recorded a point for the offense during the win.
Harvard Highlights
- Teddy Malone led the team with five goals on the afternoon.
- Graham Stevens made 16 saves and allowed just nine goals.
- John Aurandt IV recorded four points with three goals and an assist.
- Nathan Cobery and Jack Speidell aided the offensive effort with four and three ground balls, respectively.
- Logan Ip posted two points with a goal and an assist.
- Harvard scored 12 goals on just 29 shots.
- The Crimson man-down unit was a perfect 4-for-4 on the day.
- Harvard only turned the ball over 11 times in the matchup.
How it Happened
- The Crimson made the trip down to Philadelphia today to battle the No. 16 Penn Quakers on their home turf at Franklin Field. The Ivy rivals faced off on Saturday during the opening weekend of the 2026 Ivy League Lacrosse season.
- The Quakers were first on the scoreboard in the contest but Logan Ip quickly tied the score with his first tally of the game. Harvard's defense settled in after the early Quaker goal, holding Penn off the boad for the next 13-plus minutes. Starting Harvard goalkeeper, Graham Stevens, made four stops in the Penn drought to give the offense room to work.
- Harvard did in fact go to work in the first quarter, scoring five consecutive goals to open an early lead. Ip provided the first goal and Teddy Malone followed up with back-to-back goals in the stretch. Jack Petersen joined the party with a goal and John Aurandt IV capped off the run with a steal and score play late in the quarter.
- Penn ended the run with a last-second goal to make the score 5-2 in favor of the Crimson after the first quarter.
- Another seven saves by Stevens in the second quarter kept Harvard's lead intact. The Quakers did manage to go on a mini scoring run early in the second, striking twice to make the score 5-4 with seven minutes left in the half. Once again, the Crimson offense went to work to restore a three-goal advantage. Andrew Perry tallied a goal and Malone completed his first-half hat trick to help Harvard build a 7-4 lead heading into the half-time break.
- A fast-paced third quarter began with a goal from Francisco Cortes to make the score 8-4 Harvard. After a Penn matched with a goal of its own, the Crimson put together an impressive fast-break goal that saw Finn Pokorny run the full length of the field before finding Malone on the doorstep for his fourth goal of the afternoon.
- Malone added another tally in the midst of a short-lived 3-1 run by the Quakers at the end of the third quarter. The Quaker response narrowed the Crimson lead to 10-8 after 45 minutes of play.
- The fourth quarter opened with a long defensive stand for both sides. A pair of saves by Stevens and a string of great defensive possessions by the Crimson defense held the Quakers off the scoreboard for the first 12 minutes of the final quarter. Aurandt gave the team the cushion it needed with a pair of goals in crunch time that restored a four-goal Crimson advantage.
- The Crimson defense would allow just one more goal to the Quakers to hold onto the lead and run out of Philadelphia with a 12-9 result over Penn. The result marked the first Crimson victory at Franklin Field in 20 years.
Up Next
Harvard will return to Cambridge to play a home game for the first time in nearly a month. The Crimson is set to take on the Dartmouth Big Green on Friday (Mar. 20) under the light at Jordan Field with first faceoff set for 7:00 PM. The game will air live on ESPN+.
