Merrimack Odds And Ends
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (Sept. 27) - Dartmouth and Merrimack are meeting for the first time. … The Merrimack website hasn’t been updated but it would seem this is just the school’s second game against an Ivy League opponent. In 2022 the Warriors let a 21-7 lead with under five minutes remaining in regulation slip away in a 28-21 overtime loss to the Crimson. …
Merrimack is being outscored through four games, 32.8-17.3. … Rushing numbers are relatively even with the Warriors averaging 149.8 yards on the ground to 166.5 for opponents. The bigger difference is through the air where opponents have averaged 201.5 yards and Merrimack just 124.3. … The Warriors are converting just 26.7 percent of third-down opportunities while opponents are at 42.9. Merrimack has been penalized 31 times to the opponents’ 22.
Mike Gennetti is in his first year as Merrimack head coach. He succeeded Dan Curran, who led the school through the transition to Division I and left after last season to take the Holy Cross head coaching job. Gennetti has been on staff at Merrimack since 2003. … The Warriors left the Northeast Conference after last season and are independents this year. Per an August release Merrimack will play Sacred Heart – which also went independent this year – for the what the schools are calling the Yankee Conference title (although New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and other traditional members of the real Yankee Conference may disagree. ;-) …
The Ravens, City Chiefs, Seahawks, Falcons, Jets, Browns, Vikings, Panthers, Commanders and Patriots have all taken a look at Merrimack defensive lineman Nicholas Lenon per The Mack Report. … The school has had players sign with the Ravens, Rams and Chiefs in recent years. … Former linebacker Shawn Loiseau ’12, a two-time DII All-American, was the first Merrimack player to sign with an NFL team, spending camp time with both the Texans and the Colts.
Since moving up to DI in 2019, the Warriors have finished with a winning record two times, although the ’19 season probably should have an asterisk with three of the wins over Mayville State, Virginia of Lynchburg and Franklin Pierce. … They were 8-3 in 2022. …
Merrimack is best known athletically as a hockey school. The Warriors play in Hockey East under former Dartmouth assistant Scott Borek. They qualified for the NCAA Division I tournament in 1988, 2011 and 2023.
Merrimack’s most famous alum is Carl Yastrzemski. The baseball Hall of Famer began college as a baseball and basketball recruit at Notre Dame in the 1957-58 school year, signed with the Red Sox after his freshman year and then completed his degree at Merrimack in 1966, a year before winning the American League Triple Crown. …
Merrimack is one of two Augustinian colleges in the United States. The other? Villanova. … Founded in 1947, Merrimack has a student body of approximately 5,700 undergraduate and graduate students. …
Dartmouth-Merrimack was a late addition to the NESN+ and ESPN+ lineup. John Avino and Jacob VanRyn will handle the broadcast. An audio call is available free of charge on DartmouthSports.com with Matt Corsetti describing the action.
Dartmouth returns home next week for the Ivy League opener and Buddy Teevens Stadium dedication game against Penn. Merrimack will have a bye week before visiting Morgan State.
