
Defender Griffin O'Neil (Providence, R.I.) and Dartmouth open their season against Merrimack on Saturday. (Dartmouth Athletics)
The most influential league in Division 1 lacrosse last season returns this Saturday.
Yes, the Ivy League is back, and while most of its opening-day opponents are a bit ... unexciting, there is one game that promises to be full of fireworks. (Two if you’re counting all the Ivies, since Georgetown is hosting Penn.)
For our purposes, the game to watch is Harvard traveling south to face No. 1 ranked Virginia. And we will get to that match-up and more in this edition of the D-1 weekend preview.
Here's what to watch this weekend.