Dartmouth's Will Randell avoids NJIT defense as he passes the ball during the NJIT at Dartmouth men's lacrosse game at Scully-Fahey Field at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., on March 22, 2016. NJIT won, 10-7. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Dartmouth's Will Randell avoids NJIT defense as he passes the ball during the NJIT at Dartmouth men's lacrosse game at Scully-Fahey Field at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., on March 22, 2016. NJIT won, 10-7. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Sarah Priestap—Valley News - Sarah Priestap

Hanover — Just three days after one of its more memorable victories in recent years, the Dartmouth College men’s lacrosse team suffered a notable defeat Tuesday, falling 10-7 to the New Jersey Institute of Technology at Scully-Fahey Field.

The Big Green knocked off Big Ten Conference member Michigan on the road Saturday, but Tuesday’s result was the first victory ever for NJIT, which entered the contest winless in the 21 games since it began playing a varsity schedule last year. Dartmouth’s Wiley Osborne scored six times, and teammate Richie Loftus also tallied and had an assist.

The hosts outshot the Highlanders, 41-25, and won all but five of the nonconference game’s 20 faceoffs. Dartmouth senior goaltender Blair Friedensohn made five saves, while counterpart Nick Marzullo stopped 14 shots. The Big Green took a 6-4 lead eight seconds into the second half but didn’t score again until 1 minute, 44 seconds remained in the contest.

NJIT (1-9) entered having been outscored 143-45 and was tied for last among the 68 NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse programs with an average of five goals per game. The Highlanders were 68th in scoring defense, allowing an average of 15.89 goals per outing.

Dartmouth (1-5) visits No. 15 Harvard (4-3) on Saturday to open its Ivy League schedule.

SoftballDartmouth 4, Stanford 1 (8)

Stanford, Calif. — Ivy League co-player of the week Katie McEachern’s two-out single kicked off a three-run rally as the Big Green beat the Cardinal, and former Dartmouth coach Rachel Hanson, to move within a game of the .500 mark.

Lourlin Lara followed McEachern’s base hit with a walk before Morgan Martinelli’s RBI double plated McEachern with the eventual game-winning run. Dartmouth (7-8) added two more on an error and a Karen Chaw RBI single. Morgan McCalmon went seven innings for the win, and sophomore Breanna Ethridge tossed the eighth for her third save of the year despite walking the bases loaded with two outs.

Dartmouth plays in the Aggie Spring Swing Invitational in Davis, Calif., this weekend.

The Cardinal is 28-48 in two-plus seasons since Hanson left following an 88-86 mark over four years at Dartmouth.

BaseballDartmouth 2, Stetson 1 (10)

DeLand, Fla. — Ben Socher’s down the left-field line scored Mike Brown with the eventual game-winning run in the 10th inning as the Big Green (4-9) opened a six-games-in-six-days stretch with a defeat of the Hatters (12-10).

The Socher RBI made a winner of pitcher Patrick Peterson, who threw two innings of hitless relief with three strikeouts and two walks. Matt Feinstein went 2-for-5 for Dartmouth, and Rob Emery’s sixth-inning RBI single accounted for the Big Green’s other run.

Dartmouth visits North Florida for a pair of games tonight and on Thursday.

Women’s LacrossePatton to Coach in Pro League

Boston — Longtime Dartmouth coach Amy Patton will lend her experience to the first attempt at professional women’s lacrosse in the U.S., having been named the first head coach of the United Women’s Lacrosse League’s Boston franchise last week.

Four current college coaches were chosen to guide the league’s four initial franchises, whose season will run from late May through July. Hofstra’s Shannon Smith (Long Island), Loyola’s Jen Adams (Baltimore) and Penn State’s Missy Doherty (Philadelphia) are the others.

“I am thrilled to be involved with the start of this League,” Patton said in a league news release. “The caliber of play will be outstanding for both the teams competing and the fans to watch. Spectators and especially young girls will have the opportunity to watch wonderful role models perform at an elite level.”

The league, which is based out of Boston, will open its season on May 28 at the U.S. Lacrosse national tournament at Lehigh University, the same weekend the NCAA will be holding its national semifinals and finals in nearby Philadelphia.