Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/20/26
From Press Release
The 20th-ranked University of Pennsylvania men’s lacrosse team kept its postseason hopes alive by the narrowest of margins on Saturday, escaping from Brown with a 12-11 victory in double overtime.
Nate Lucchesi (Radnor) was the hero, getting inside the defense and firing a shot that beat Bears goalie Connor Foley and found the upper right corner of the goal with 2:05 left in the second extra session. The other Penn hero was sophomore goalie Jack Pelot, who had 3 of his 14 saves in the OT periods.
Lucchesi’s goal gave his family a remarkable day. His brother, junior Nick Lucchesi (Radnor), sent Villanova into the postseason with a game-winning goal in overtime, also on Saturday afternoon, giving the Wildcats a 16-15 victory over Marquette to clinch a BIG EAST Tournament berth.
Penn (6-6, 3-3 Ivy League) has the bye in Ivy play next weekend and must wait for results from next weekend’s games to find out its Ivy Tournament fate. In particular, the Quakers need Brown (6-6, 1-4) to beat Yale next Saturday in Providence.
Both Penn and Brown had chances to end things in the first overtime period, but Pelot and Foley were equal to the task as Pelot made two saves and Foley made one. Brown then won the faceoff to start the second OT period—the Bears won both of the faceoffs in extra time—but Pelot’s save on Brady O’Kane set the table for Lucchesi’s winner.
