VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova (5-3) will travel to Brown (0-6) on Monday night. The Wildcats are coming off their best performance of the season after routing Navy on Tuesday night.

Redshirt freshman goalie Anthony Wilson had the best performance of his young career in the win as he recorded 16 saves. The star duo of Matt Licata and Colin Michener continued to dominate as they each had five points. Stephen Zupicich equaled his season average of three caused turnovers and Reid Colwell caused two.

Brown struggled in the beginning of the season but has hung tough with three straight ranked opponents. The Bears took No. 7 Maryland to overtime and most recently lost 11-6 to No. 12 Penn. Aidan McLane leads a struggling attack with 14 goals on the season and no other Bear has more then six goals on the season. Villanova's defense will look to shut down McLane and the Bear attack.

Justin Coppola has been dominate in the X so far this season for the 'Cats. One bright spot for Brown is their faceoff personnel as they rank 34th in the nation with a .513-win percentage.

Villanova is 3-2 all-time against Brown and notably fell 13-11 in last year's matchup at Villanova Stadium. The opening faceoff is set for 3:00 p.m. Monday in Providence.