Senior Reid Weber Patriot League’s leading returner in points (51) LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 2: LEHIGH AT NO. 3 DUKE
February 6 NJIT W, 21-4 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-0, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 14 at Duke (ESPN3) 1:00 at DUKE BLUE DEVILS (0-0, 0-0 ACC) 20 at Furman 11:00 a.m. 27 HOLY CROSS* 12:00 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2016 • 1:00 PM March 5 COLGATE* 12:00 KOSKINEN STADIUM (4,500) •BETHLEHEM, PA. 12 at Army West Point* 12:00 ESPN3 19 at Lafayette* 1:00 26 NAVY* 3:00 29 STONY BROOK 7:00 SETTING THE SCENE Coming off a dominant season-opening performance, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team hits the road for April a tough test on Sunday when the Mountain Hawks face the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils at 1 p.m. The game 2 at Boston University* 12:30 can be seen live online through ESPN3. Lehigh earned a 21-4 victory over NJIT last Saturday while Duke 9 LOYOLA* (Goodman Stadium) 2:00 12 at Princeton 7:00 played its first game on Friday, defeating High Point 17-6 behind a 10-2 advantage in the second half. 16 CORNELL (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) 2:30 22 at Bucknell 7:00 26 Patriot League Quarterfinals The Mountain Hawks quickly erased much doubt against NJIT, scoring the game’s first six goals. Lehigh 29 Patriot League Semifinals extended its lead to 16-2 at the half before taking out most of its starters for the final 30 minutes. The Mountain Hawks outscored the Highlanders 8-0 in the second quarter, with senior Alex Eaton having May 1 Patriot League Championship Game a hand in five of the goals (three goals, two assists). Eaton finished the afternoon with career highs in goals (4) and points (6) while tying a career high in assists (2) and groundballs (2). Freshman Tristan *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS Rai dazzled with five goals (all in the first half) on five shots, including a highlight-reel behind-the-back goal to give the Mountain Hawks a 4-0 lead. He was later named Patriot League Rookie of the Week.
In total, three Lehigh players recorded hat tricks. Junior Matt Raposo quietly posted a career-high five points on a career-high three goals and two assists (tied a career high). Senior Reid Weber tallied two goals and two assists along with a groundball and caused turnover. Senior Billy Oppenheimer dished three assists (all in the first quarter) while sophomore John Mehok tallied his first-career points, scoring two goals. Sophomore Nolan Apers also tied a career high with two points (one goal, one assist). LEHIGH IN THE POLLS Freshmen also made strong contributions. Along with Rai, Andrew Pettit had a goal and assist while Lucas Date Coaches Cascade/Maverick Media Preseason -- -- Spence, Mickey Fitzpatrick and Jackson Monnin all scored goals. Defensively, freshman Craig Chick led the way with four caused turnovers, along with four groundballs. Eddie Bouhall had a groundball and caused turnover.
Lehigh outshot NJIT, 49-14 and had 32 groundballs to the Highlanders’ 26. The Mountain Hawks’ 14 shots allowed were their fewest since giving up just eight in a 13-0 win over Manhattan on Feb. 25, 2012. Lehigh also allowed just 10 shots on goal, fewest since also allowing 10 in a 9-3 win over Bucknell on Mar. 8, 2014.
Sophomore Adam Sawicki was solid in goal when tested, making three saves and allowing just three goals. Junior Donny Stires and freshman Jonathan Klobus also entered the game and made two saves and one MEDIA INFORMATION save, respectively. In the end, the Mountain Hawks closed out their sixth season-opening victory in the Men’s Lacrosse Contact:...... Justin Lafleur last seven years. The 17-goal win marked Lehigh’s largest margin of victory since a 22-3 win over VMI Office...... (610) 758-6631 on Apr. 17, 1999. The 21 goals were Lehigh’s most since a 21-9 victory at Detroit Mercy on Mar. 15, 2010. Cell: ...... (610) 577-5222 E-mail:...... [email protected] Lehigh turns its attention to a strong Duke team in an extra-special game for Mountain Hawks’ ninth-year head coach Kevin Cassese. A former All-American player (and assistant BY THE NUMBERS coach) at Duke, Cassese will be facing his alma mater for the first time Lehigh Duke since 2008 when he brought the Mountain Hawks down to Duke in his LEHIGH LACROSSE Overall Record 1-0 first season as head coach. Eight years later, Cassese has made his mark at Goals/Game 21.00 Lehigh, building a two-time Patriot League Champion program that looks AT A GLANCE... Goals Allowed/Game 4.00 Shot Pct. .429 to compete for championships, year in and year out. • Lehigh’s 39 victories from 2012- Shots/Game 49.0 14 was tied for third in the nation Shots Allowed/Game 14.0 Sunday will be the first of two straight road games for Lehigh, both in the during that span. The win total Assists 14 only trailed Duke and Loyola and Man-Up Percentage .800 (1-5) . Carolinas. Duke marks Lehigh’s highest-ranked opponent since the Moun- was tied with Denver. Groundballs 32 tain Hawks faced the top-ranked Loyola Greyhounds in the 2014 Patriot • The Mountain Hawks are 26-10 Turnovers 10 League Championship. against Patriot League opponents Caused Turnovers 13 since the beginning of 2012 (regu- Faceoffs (W-L) 12-26 lar season and postseason). Faceoff Percentage .462 • Lehigh has reached double-fig- Clears 14-16 137-189 ure victories in three of the last four Clear Percentage .875 .725 seasons after having double-figure Penalties/Minutes 2/1:30 52/42:00 wins just four times in the first 112 Home Attendance 357 1,839 years of the program: 1969, 1993, Dates/Avg. 1/357 6/316 1994 and 1997.
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IF LEHIGH BEATS DUKE DUKE SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT • The Mountain Hawks would defeat a national- ly-ranked opponent for the first time since beating Overall: Duke leads, 5-0 BETHLEHEM, Pa. (2/6/16) - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team jumped out to a 16-2 halftime lead on its way to a convincing 21-4 No. 18/14 Stony Brook last Apr. 12. Lehigh would Last Meeting: Mar. 5, 2008 season-opening victory over NJIT on Saturday afternoon at the Ulrich also beat a nationally-ranked foe for the third time Last Result: Duke, 16-5 Sports Complex. Freshman Tristan Rai paced the offense with five in its last four games. Current Streak: Duke - 5 wins first-half goals while Senior Alex Eaton set a career high with four Last 10: Duke, 5-0 goals and six points. The 21 goals marked Lehigh’s most since a • Lehigh would beat a top five opponent for the 21-9 win at Detroit Mercy on Mar. 15, 2010 while Saturday was the Mountain Hawks’ largest margin of victory since a 22-3 win over first time since a 9-8 win at No. 4 North Carolina Last 10 meetings: VMI on Apr. 17, 1999. on Mar. 3, 2012. Mar. 5, 2008 at Duke Duke, 16-5
Score By Quarter • The Mountain Hawks would win for the seventh Mar. 11, 2003 at Duke Duke, 17-6 NJIT 2 0 1 1 4 time in their last ninth games (dating back to last Mar. 30, 1994 at Duke Duke, 9-8 (OT) Lehigh 8 8 4 1 21 year). Apr. 9, 1952 at Duke Duke, 18-2 Lehigh Scoring Apr. 2, 1951 at Duke Duke, 14-3 GOALS: Tristan Rai (5), Alex Eaton (4), Matt Raposo (3), Reid Weber (2), *Patriot League Tournament John Mehok (2), Andrew Pettit (1), Nolan Apers (1), Mickey Fitzpatrick (1), Lucas Spence (1), Jackson Monnin (1) SCOUTING DUKE ASSISTS: Billy Oppenheimer (3), Alex Eaton (2), Matt Raposo (2), Reid Duke has been a staple in college lacrosse, which LAST GAME VS DUKE (NOTES) Weber (2), Nolan Apers (1), William Gunn (1), Ray Mastroianni (1), Andrew - The Mountain Hawks took 26 first half shots, 11 more Pettit (1), Brady Thompson (1) includes National Semifinal appearances in eight than the No. 2 Blue Devils, while the Mountain Hawks of the last nine years. Duke opened the 2016 season won six-of-ten faceoffs in the opening 30 minutes of action. Final Statistics NJIT Lehigh on Friday with a 17-6 win over High point. The - The game came in former Duke All-American Kevin Shots 14 49 Blue Devils were led by six points from midfield- Cassese’s first season as Lehigh head coach. Groundballs 26 32 - In goal for the Brown and White, senior Eric Spirko Faceoffs 14-26 12-26 er Myles Jones (two goals, four assists) while six stopped 16 Blue Devil shots before giving way to classmate Clears 9-15 14-16 players recorded multi-point games. Last season, Extra-man opps 0-2 5-6 John Park who made four saves in eight minutes of work. Saves 12 6 the Blue Devils lost to Ohio State in the first round Turnovers 21 10 of the NCAA Tournament to end their streak of eight straight seasons making the Final Four. Jones, LAST TIME VS. DUKE a Tewaaraton Award candidate, is the team’s top returner, posting 77 points behind 40 goals and 37 DURHAM, N.C. – Lehigh raced out to an early 3-0 lead on No. 2 assists last season. Justin Guterding is coming off a Duke on Wednesday afternoon but in the end the Blue Devils had too much offensive firepower and came away with a 16-5 victory at sensational freshman season which saw him post 70 Koskinen Stadium. Five different Mountain Hawks scored on the points behind 52 goals and 18 assists. Duke’s third afternoon, while Matt Danowski led the Blue Devils with two scores. With the loss the Mountain Hawks fall to 2-3 on the season, while and fourth leading scorers from a season ago, Jack the Blue Devils remain unbeaten at 4-0. Bruckner (47 goals, 13 assists) and Deemer Class
Score By Quarter (34 goals, 13 assists) also return. Kyle Rowe is the Lehigh 3 1 0 1 5 team’s top returning faceoff specialist after winning INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES Duke 0 4 9 3 16 Player Milestone Currently 113-of-184 draws last season (61.4 percent) with 63 Alex Eaton 50 points 39 Lehigh Scoring groundballs. Brian Dailey recorded a team-high 18 GOALS: Max Dahlem (1), Ricky Cornett (1), Richard Bradley (1), Dan Casey Eidenshink 100 groundballs 86 Honeywell (1), John Henry McNierney (1) caused turnovers to go with 46 groundballs. Both 50 caused turnovers 41 ASSISTS: Fred Cassilly (1), Dustin Clark (1) goaltenders who split time last season return; Danny Ray Mastroianni 50 groundballs 35 Final Statistics Fowler tallied an 11.76 GAA and .489 save percentage Casey McAdam 100 groundballs 64 Lehigh Duke in 596:48 while Luke Aaron had an 11.30 GAA and Billy Oppenheimer 50 points 47 Shots 33 50 Groundballs 31 40 .486 save percentage in 483:12. Adam Sawicki 100 saves 66 Faceoffs 9-25 16-25 Tripp Telesco 100 groundballs 96 Clears 17-27 18-20 75 caused turnovers 70 Extra-man opps 1-6 1-2 Saves 20 10 ALL-TIME SERIES WITH DUKE Reid Weber 100 points 102 Lehigh is 0-5 all-time against Duke with the last 50 assists 33 meeting coming during the 2008 season. In that 100 groundballs 73 100 goals 69 game, the Mountain Hawks opened a 3-0 lead after
AWARDS & HONORS one quarter of play, but lost, 16-5. The game came in Patriot League Preseason Awards head coach Kevin Cassese’s first season at Lehigh. Preseason All-League: Casey Eidenshink Prior to 2008, the Mountain Hawks played at Duke in 2003. Lehigh nearly defeated the Blue Devils during SUSTAINED SUCCESS Patriot League Weekly Honors the 1994 season, falling 9-8 in overtime. The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team was tied for third in Offensive Player of the Week: the nation in wins from 2002-14, winning 39 games Defensive Player of the Week: over those three seasons. Duke led the way with 48 wins in that span while Loyola had 44 and Lehigh Goalkeeper of the Week: RAI NAMED ROOKIE OF THE WEEK (FEB. 8) After an outstanding debut performance in the and Denver tallied 39. Rookie of the Week: Tristan Rai (Feb. 8) Brown and White, freshman Tristan Rai has gar- Honorable Mention: Alex Eaton (Feb. 8) nered Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors, as WINS FROM 2012-14 announced on Monday, Feb. 8. Rai tallied a game- high five goals in a 21-4 Lehigh victory over NJIT Team Wins Win Percentage 1. Duke 48 .787 Saturday. All five goals came in the first half, helping 2. Loyola 44 .846 the Mountain Hawks take a 16-2 lead at the half. 3 . LEHIGH 39 .750 Lehigh inserted the majority of its backups for the Denver 39 .722 second half. Rai took advantage of every opportunity 5. Bryant 38 .655 6. Syracuse 36 .679 he had, converting the five shots he took into five Notre Dame 36 .720 goals. The Edmonton, Alberta native’s performance 8. Maryland 35 .714 was highlighted by a behind-the-back goal that gave 9. Cornell 34 .723 the Mountain Hawks a 4-0 lead with 8:11 remaining North Carolina 34 .694 in the first quarter. The goal has been featured on 10. Drexel 32 .653 Fairfield 32 .681 many major news outlets, including ESPN, CBS Johns Hopkins 32 .696 Sports, Yahoo and MSN. Yale 32 .681
Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 2: LEHIGH AT NO. 3 DUKE • FEBRUARY 14, 2016 • PAGE 3 AGAINST THE ACC AROUND THE Lehigh has a long history against current members of the ACC, playing all five teams at least once and holding a 5-19-1 combined record. Lehigh has defeated (and played) North Carolina the most, most PATRIOT LEAGUE recently in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. A season prior, the Mountain Hawks earned a huge 9-8 win at No. 4 North Carolina to help propel them to a 14-3 season and the program’s first-ever appearance in the PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS NCAA Tournament. Later that season, Lehigh was the No. 7 seed in the tournament and hosted Maryland League Overall (then in the ACC) in the First Round. Lehigh is 2-3 against Syracuse and 1-0 vs. Virginia. Lehigh faced W L W L Boston U* 0 0 1 0 Notre Dame for three straight years from 2006-08. Bucknell* 0 0 1 0 LEHIGH* 0 0 1 0 Duke: 0-5 Navy* 0 0 1 1 Army West Point* 0 0 0 0 North Carolina: 3-7-1 Colgate* 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame: 0-4 Holy Cross* 0 0 0 0 Syracuse: 2-3 Lafayette* 0 0 0 0 Loyola* 0 0 0 0 Virginia: 1-0 *As of Thursday, Feb. 11
Overall: 5-19-1 Upcoming Patriot League Schedule Saturday Bucknell at Bryant ...... 1:00 Loyola Maryland at Virginia ...... 1:00 DOMINANT OPENER VS. NJIT (FEB. 6) Navy at Maryland ...... 1:00 - The Mountain Hawks quickly erased much doubt, scoring the game’s first six goals. Lehigh extended its Sunday lead to 16-2 at the half before taking out most of its starters for the final 30 minutes. Colgate at Michigan ...... 1:00 - The Mountain Hawks outscored the Highlanders 8-0 in the second quarter, with senior Alex Eaton having Lehigh at Duke ...... 1:00
a hand in five of the goals (three goals, two assists). Eaton finished the afternoon with career highs in goals Tuesday (4) and points (6) while tying a career high in assists (2) and groundballs (2). Boston University at High Point ...... 4:00 - Freshman Tristan Rai dazzled with five goals (all in the first half) on five shots, including a highlight-reel USILA COACHES POLL (PRESEASON) behind-the-back goal to give the Mountain Hawks a 4-0 lead. - In total, three Lehigh players recorded hat tricks. Junior Matt Raposo quietly posted a career-high five Record Pts Last 1 Denver (14 first-place votes) points on a career-high three goals and two assists (tied a career high). 2 Notre Dame (6) - Senior Reid Weber tallied two goals and two assists along with a groundball and caused turnover. Senior 3 Duke (1) Billy Oppenheimer dished three assists (all in the first quarter) while sophomore John Mehok tallied his 4 Maryland (1) first-career points, scoring two goals. Sophomore Nolan Apers also tied a career high with two points 5 Johns Hopkins 6 North Carolina (one goal, one assist). 7 Syracuse - Freshmen also made strong contributions. Along with Rai, Andrew Pettit had a goal and assist while 8 Virginia Lucas Spence, Mickey Fitzpatrick and Jackson Monnin all scored goals. Defensively, freshman Craig 9 Yale Chick led the way with four caused turnovers, along with four groundballs. Eddie Bouhall had a ground- 10 Brown 11 Ohio State ball and caused turnover. 12 Albany - Lehigh outshot NJIT, 49-14 and had 32 groundballs to the Highlanders’ 26. 13 Georgetown - Sophomore Adam Sawicki was solid in goal when tested, making three saves and allowing just three 14 Loyola goals. Junior Donny Stires and freshman Jonathan Klobus also entered the game and made two saves 15 Harvard 16 Towson and one save, respectively. 17 Cornell - In the end, the Mountain Hawks closed out their sixth season-opening victory in the last seven years. The 18 Navy 17-goal win marked Lehigh’s largest margin of victory since a 22-3 win over VMI on Apr. 17, 1999. The 21 19 Villanova goals were Lehigh’s most since a 21-9 victory at Detroit Mercy on Mar. 15, 2010. 20 Stony Brook Also receiving votes: Marquette, Colgate, Princeton, Penn State, Army, Penn, Fairfield, High Point, Hofstra, Bucknell, EIDENSHINK - PRESEASON ALL-LEAGUE Boston University, Richmond, UMass, Marist Lehigh men’s lacrosse senior defenseman Casey Eidenshink was named a preseason All-Patriot League honoree in January while the Mountain Hawks were selected seventh in the preseason poll. The voting was conducted by the league’s head coaches and Sports Information Directors. Eidenshink enjoyed a CASCADE/MAVERIK MEDIA POLL (2/1) breakout season in 2015, earning second team All-League honors after leading the Mountain Hawks in Record Pts Last both groundballs (50) and caused turnovers (23). Eidenshink was one of three defensemen named pre- 1 Notre Dame 0-0 505 (17) - season All-Patriot League, along with Cam Williams (Colgate) and Chris Fennell (Navy). The Wyncote, 2 Denver 0-0 498 (9) - Pa. native started all 16 games last season, also dishing an assist to go with his career-high groundball 3 Duke 0-0 464 (0) - and caused turnover totals. One highlight came against Stony Brook when he held the nation’s leading 4 Maryland 0-0 442 (0) - 5 Syracuse 0-0 377 (0) - scorer Brody Eastwood to just two shots and one goal. Eidenshink tallied a career-high six groundballs 6 Johns Hopkins 0-0 373 (0) - at Furman and at Navy while recording a career-high four caused turnovers against Boston University. 7 Virginia 0-0 366 (0) - He was also named to the Academic All-Patriot League team. 8 North Carolina 0-0 357 (0) - 9 Yale 0-0 310 (0) - Preseason Poll (First-place votes) 10 Brown 0-0 265 (0) - 11 Loyola 0-0 223 (0) - Loyola Maryland (12), 122 points 12 Ohio State 0-0 200 (0) - Navy (5), 108 points 13 Albany 0-0 188 (0) - Colgate (1), 105 points 14 Georgetown 0-0 163 (0) - Army, 85 points 15 Cornell 0-0 143 (0) - Bucknell, 70 points 16 Harvard 0-0 122 (0) - Boston University, 58 points 17 Towson 0-0 103 (0) - Lehigh, 54 points 18 Navy 0-0 72 (0) - Holy Cross, 29 points 19 Villanova 0-0 64 (0) - Lafayette, 17 points 20 Princeton 0-0 43 (0) -
Receiving Votes: Stony Brook, Marquette, Penn State, Colgate, High Point, Air Force, Penn, Fairfield, Army, CHALLENGING 2016 SCHEDULE Richmond The Mountain Hawks’ 2016 schedule features 14 games against quality competition. Highlighting the nonleague slate is an early-season game at Duke and late-season games at Princeton and home vs. Cor- nell. In total, the Mountain Hawks face three teams who made the NCAA Tournament last year. Lehigh Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 2: LEHIGH AT NO. 3 DUKE • FEBRUARY 14, 2016 • PAGE 4
will also face several strong programs in Patriot League play, including school that participates in men’s lacrosse selected 25 players in the voting for home games against defending champion Colgate and 2014 Patriot League the 25th Anniversary Team, and could not vote for its own student-athletes. Champion and 2012 National Champion Loyola. DiMaria played a key role in the rise of the Lehigh men’s lacrosse program. As a freshman, he tallied 33 points (nine goals, 24 assists) before reaching TRIO NAMED CAPTAINS 52 points as a sophomore (22 goals, 30 assists). DiMaria followed with 47 Lehigh head men’s lacrosse coach Kevin Cassese announced in November points as a junior (24 goals, 23 assists), earning second team All-Patriot that seniors Reid Weber, Casey Eidenshink and Tripp Telesco have been League recognition and All-Tournament Team honors as Lehigh won its named team captains. The trio has shown strong leadership this fall and look first Patriot League Tournament in program history to qualify for its first to lead a young Mountain Hawks’ squad in the upcoming season. NCAA Tournament. He wrapped up his career with 73 points (33 goals, 40 assists) as a senior in 2013, leading Lehigh to its second straight league title Weber closed out his junior season with a bang. In the shadows of All-Amer- and NCAA Tournament appearance. Taylor recently concluded a stellar four- ican Dan Taylor, Weber finished with 51 points behind 38 goals and 13 year career this past spring by earning Patriot League Offensive Player of the assists. He tallied 19 points over his last four games and 30 over his last Year laurels. An honorable mention All-American and first team All-League seven contests. On the other end of the field, Eidenshink and Telesco return honoree his final two seasons, Taylor won Lehigh Athletics’ Graduating Male as former All-Patriot League defensemen who look to take charge in not Athlete Award this past May. Like DiMaria, Taylor was one of 25 players only their on-field production, but also as leaders. Last season, Eidenshink nationally named a Tewaaraton Award candidate. Taylor finished his senior led the Mountain Hawks in groundballs (50) and caused turnovers (23) season with 77 points (41 goals, 36 assists), 20 points more than anyone else while Telesco was second on the team in caused turnovers (17) to go with in the Patriot League. 21 groundballs. As a sophomore, Telesco was a first team All-Patriot League honoree and honorable mention All-American who posted 44 groundballs and 36 caused turnovers. 2015 TEAM AWARDS ANNOUNCED The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team looked back to the 2015 season at its annual awards banquet this fall, which included the handing out of team awards BUSY FALL IN THE COMMUNITY and a celebration of the 2015 senior class. The banquet was held at the Asa The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team continued to make a difference in the com- Packer Dining Room in the University Center. munity this fall, taking part in several different community events, initiatives and causes. Just a few days into the fall semester, the Mountain Hawks held The unanimous selection for the Mountain Hawks’ Player of the Year was their annual community service kickoff for the City of Bethlehem Parks and Dan Taylor, a member of the Patriot League 25th Anniversary Team. After a Recreation. This year, the team handled cleanup under the Fahey Bridge, 76-point junior season, he one-upped the total with 77 points in 2015 to finish went into the woods and cleaned up trash and helped clean up parts of his Lehigh tenure with 220 career points (fourth in Patriot League history). South Bethlehem. Taylor was the 2015 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and a two- time honorable mention All-American. He posted three or more points in Next for the Mountain Hawks was Community Night on Oct. 3 when Lehigh his last seven games and 13 of 16 games during his senior season overall. opened its doors to all members of the community for an hour-long free la- Included was a 10-point (five goal, five assist) effort at Furman in February crosse clinic. Following pacing break in October, the Mountain Hawks were which earned him USILA National Offensive Player of the Week. Cody the first Lehigh Athletics team to head to Donegan Elementary School for Triolo earned the team’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Triolo currently the Reading Rocks program. The whole team spent approximately one hour owns a 3.97 cumulative GPA, which includes a perfect 4.0 GPA last spring. with the students, helping them read before getting to know the youngsters A member of the Dean’s List every semester at Lehigh, Triolo is enrolled in the challenging IBE (Integrated Business and Engineering) program with a through playing games and other activities. Lehigh’s lone fall weekend of Civil Engineering major. On the field, Triolo stepped up last season, playing outside competition in the fall came at the HEADstrong SJU Fall Scrimmage. in 15 games primarily as a defensive midfielder. He scored two goals (both at The HEADstrong Foundation™ is a 501(c)(3) committed to improving the Holy Cross) while scooping 12 groundballs. Lukas Mikelinich received the quality of life for cancer patients and their families through providing es- Coaches Award, which recognizes outstanding leadership and work ethic, sential programs and services. The Mountain Hawks also participated in both on and off the field. A captain and leader of the defense, Mikelinich No-Shave November as a team to help grow cancer awareness. No-Shave was named a second team All-Patriot League honoree for the second time November is a month-long journey during which participants forgo shaving in his career. He finished the season with 30 groundballs and 11 caused and grooming in order to evoke conversation and raise cancer awareness. turnovers to reach 88 and 40 for his career, respectively. Mikelinich scooped Lehigh, along with every Lehigh Athletics team, took part in Adopt-A-Family four groundballs in his Senior Night game vs. Lafayette while also scoring where the Mountain Hawks provided a holiday for a local underprivileged his first-career goal at Holy Cross. family. The process included shopping for gifts, wrapping them and deliv- ering them on December 3. MASSA NAMED ASSISTANT COACH Former All-American Kevin Massa has joined the Lehigh men’s lacrosse TAYLOR SELECTED IN NLL DRAFT staff as an assistant coach, as announced by head coach Kevin Cassese in Former Lehigh men’s lacrosse standout Dan Taylor was selected in the November. The former Bryant standout finished his playing career last spring National Lacrosse League Draft in September, going in the second round as the NCAA record holder in several different categories, including career (12th overall) to the Saskatchewan Rush. Taylor owns extensive indoor (box) faceoffs won (1,118) and taken (1,630). Massa will coach the faceoff and sub lacrosse experience as he looks to become just the second Lehigh Lacrosse game for the Mountain Hawks. alum to ever play in the NLL. Chris Cameron ‘89 was the other Lehigh alum to play in the National Lacrosse League. Cameron played for the Boston Blazers from 1992 to 1994, tallying 11 goals and 22 assists in 19 career games. POILLON AND SOUDERS SELECTED IN MLL DRAFT Former Lehigh assistant coach (and current Saint Joseph’s head coach) Taylor A pair of Lehigh men’s lacrosse alums were selected in the Major League Wray was a former No. 2 overall draft pick who played in the NLL from Lacrosse Supplemental Draft in December as goaltender Matt Poillon was 2004 to 2012. The Rush relocated from Edmonton to Saskatchewan follow- picked by the Atlanta Blaze and defenseman Ty Souders went to the Ohio ing last season. The defending NLL Champions, Saskatchewan will play at Machine. In addition, former Lehigh assistant coach Tom Compitello was the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, one province to the east of selected by the Boston Cannons. The Supplemental Draft consists of 12 Taylor’s hometown of Calgary, Alberta. rounds, allowing each team one selection from the player pool per round until they reach a maximum of 35 players. At the end of last season, each team selected a protected roster of 23 players. Any players who were not placed PATRIOT LEAGUE 25TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM on a protected roster were automatically registered into the player pool. Former Lehigh men’s lacrosse standouts David DiMaria ‘13 and Dan Taylor ‘15 were named to the Patriot League 25th Anniversary Team in August. Each
Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 2: LEHIGH AT NO. 3 DUKE • FEBRUARY 14, 2016 • PAGE 5 CORNELL GAME ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK precision. The play debuted at No. 10 on Saturday’s 11 p.m. SportsCenter and Lehigh men’s lacrosse’s home game vs. Cornell on Saturday, Apr. 16 will remained at 10 throughout the night and the next morning. be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network as part of the Patriot League package. The game is also one-of-two contests the Mountain Hawks will DEFENSE IS KEY play in Goodman Stadium. Lehigh will square off against Cornell in its final • Lehigh owned the nation’s second-ranked defense in 2012 (6.61 goals per regular season home game. It will be Senior Day, along with Community game) and followed by finishing sixth in 2013 (7.94) and second in 2014 (7.22). Day. The game features a matchup of nationally-prominent programs. Cor- In 2015, the Mountain Hawks allowed 10.06 goals per game. So far in 2016, nell has advanced to three straight NCAA Tournaments and 11 of the last Lehigh is averaging 4 .00 goals per contest. 12. The Mountain Hawks and Big Red last played on Mar. 15, 2006, a 12-3 • In the season opener vs. NJIT (Feb. 6), the Mountain Hawks allowed just Lehigh defeat at then No. 5 Cornell which marked the first meeting between four goals and just 14 shots (10 shots on goal) against the Highlanders. It the sides since 1955. marked Lehigh’s fewest shots on goal since also allowing 10 in a 9-3 win at Bucknell on Mar. 8, 2014 and fewest shots since allowing just eight to SECOND STRAIGHT ONE-GOAL THRILLER OVER RANKED FOE Manhattan in a 13-0 win over Manhattan on Feb. 25, 2012. (APR. 12) - Lehigh defeated No. 18/14 Stony Brook 12-11, handing the Seawolves just DOMINANT DEFENSIVE EFFORTS their third loss of the season. - The Mountain Hawks have allowed five or fewer goals 18 times in 69 - The Mountain Hawks earned two straight wins over ranked foes for the first games since 2012. Lehigh has allowed single-digit goals 44 times in those time since the end of the 2013 season when the Mountain Hawks defeated 69 games. Please see below for the complete rundown of games allowing No. 9/11 Bucknell towards the end of the regular season before beating the five goals or fewer. same Bison in the Patriot League Championship Game. 2016 - Lehigh jumped out to a 7-3 halftime lead before Stony Brook began the second 2/6 vs. NJIT, W, 21-4 half on a 5-0 run to take an 8-7 lead. Lehigh answered with two goals in the 2015 span of 55 seconds and wouldn’t trail the rest of the way. 3/24 at Monmouth, W, 16-5 - Dan Taylor led the offense with seven points behind two goals and five assists. Taylor assisted on Lehigh’s final four goals of the game. 2014 3/8 at Bucknell W, 9-3 - Reid Weber added five points behind four goals and an assist as he’s 3/15 vs. Navy W, 13-2 reached four points or more in each of Lehigh’s last four victories. Kurtis 3/29 vs. Holy Cross W, 20-4 Kaunas scored twice including the go-ahead goal early in the fourth quarter 4/12 vs. Georgetown W, 12-3 which was the 50th goal of his career. Matt Raposo tallied a career-high two 2013 goals as well. 2/10 vs. Saint Joseph’s W, 14-1 - The defense impressed holding Stony Brook, the nation’s #5 scoring offense, 3/2 vs. VMI W, 18-2 more than three goals under its average (currently 14.69). 3/23 at Holy Cross W, 8-5 4/20 at Lafayette W, 14-5 - Casey Eidenshink led the way with two groundballs and three caused 4/28 vs. Bucknell W, 11-5 turnovers, shutting down the nation’s leading goal scorer Brody Eastwood to one goal on just two shots. Eastwood entered the game with 50 goals in 2012 2/11 at Saint Joseph’s W, 11-4 12 games, coming off a 10-goal effort two days earlier at UMass-Lowell. 2/25 vs. Manhattan W, 13-0 2/28 at Penn W, 10-4 3/6 at VMI W, 6-2 THRILLING W OVER PRINCETON (APR. 7) 3/20 at Penn State W, 9-5 - Lehigh’s offense came alive against the Tigers for the program’s first win 3/24 vs. Holy Cross W, 12-3 over Princeton since 1890. 3/30 at Navy W, 9-4 - Dan Taylor snapped a 15-15 tie with just under 16 seconds remaining, giving the Mountain Hawks their first win over a ranked team since last season’s SHUTOUT STREAKS Patriot League Semifinals against Army, which also ended in thrilling fashion. • In 2012 the Lehigh defense was dominant in stretches, pitching a shutout - Taylor finished the evening with two goals and four assists as he reached streak of 15 or more minutes in 15-of-17 games, including 13-of-14 wins. 206 career points to surpass David DiMaria and move into second place in Then in 2013, the defense posted 17 separate shutout streaks of 15+ minutes school history (and tops in the Patriot League era). including in 10 of its 12 wins. In 2014, the Mountain Hawks had 15 streaks - Four other Mountain Hawks tallied a hat trick, including the first of Alex of 15+ minutes and 25 streaks of 10+ minutes. In 2015, Lehigh had 11 streaks Eaton’s career along with the second-career hat trick from Kurtis Kaunas. of 15+ minutes and 25 of 10+ minutes. Patrick Corbett also had three goals and two assists (to tie a career high) • So far in 2016, the Mountain Hawks own one streak of 15+ minutes and while Reid Weber tallied three goals and an assist. two of 10+ minutes . - In total, Lehigh’s starting attack and midfielders combined for 14 goals • In the season opener against NJIT, Lehigh held the Highlanders scoreless for and 10 assists. exactly 20 minutes bridging the end of the first quarter through the beginning - Matt Ernst continued his strong play, winning 11-of-18 faceoffs on the of the third then for 14:40 in a stretch bridging the third and fourth quarters. evening. - The beginning of Tuesday’s game featured runs as Lehigh used a 6-1 run HAT TRICKING to take a 7-3 second-quarter lead, but Princeton answered with a 5-0 run - The Mountain Hawks have three hat tricks so far this season, including to take an 8-7 advantage. The second half was much closer with no team three in the season opener vs. NJIT. leading by multiple goals. In total, there were 11 ties and five lead changes - Here is the rundown by game: as neither team led by more than one over the final 39:22. The game proved - vs. NJIT (3): Tristan Rai, Alex Eaton, Matt Raposo very similar to last season’s meeting against Princeton which saw Lehigh - Here is the breakdown of hat tricks by player in 2016: Tristan Rai (1), Alex drop a 10-9 double overtime heartbreaker in a game which saw neither team Eaton (1) and Matt Raposo (1). led by more than one goal. - Lehigh had 22 hat tricks last season, including three in the game at Holy Cross (Mar. 28) and four vs. Princeton (Apr. 7). Dan Taylor had nine hat tricks last season followed by Weber with seven. LEHIGH FEATURED ON SPORTSCENTER - Weber currently leads the way in career hat tricks with 11 . Seniors Dan Taylor and Patrick Corbett connected for a highlight-reel goal on Feb. 21 against Boston University which made SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays. . Corbett recorded a natural hat trick in the second quarter, scoring all three UP NEXT... The Mountain Hawks return to action at Furman next Saturday, Feb. 20 at goals of the stanza. On one, he took a nifty behind-the-back feed from Tay- 11 a.m. lor, who drew two defenders and found a wide-open Corbett with pinpoint
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No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School Major 1 Anthony Ramaizel Jr. A 5-11 185 Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East Political Science 2 Casey McAdam Jr. M/FO 5-11 175 Neshanic Station, N.J./Somerville Mechanical Engineering 3 Mickey Fitzpatrick Fr. A/M 6-0 180 Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury Arts and Sciences 4 Mike Sammarro Jr. M 5-10 187 Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes Biology 5 Jackson Monnin Fr. M 6-2 200 Charlotte, N.C. /Charlotte Latin Engineering 6 Billy Oppenheimer Sr. M/A 6-0 180 Conshohocken, Pa./Germantown Academy Economics and English 7 Andrew Pettit Fr. A 5-11 170 Wilmington, Del./Tower Hill School Business 8 Cody Triolo Jr. M 5-9 175 Burlington, N.J./Princeton Day School Civil Engineering 9 Matt Raposo Jr. A 6-2 185 Neshanic Station, N.J./Somerville Finance 10 Jonathan Klobus Fr. G 5-8 194 Syosset, N.Y./Syosset Computer Science and Business 11 Ray Mastroianni Sr. M 6-3 195 Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan Finance 13 Craig Chick Fr. D 5-11 190 Edgewater, Md./South River Business 15 Chris Appell Sr. A/M 5-10 180 Locust Valley, N.Y./Locust Valley High School Finance 17 Reid Weber Sr. A 6-1 190 Oreland, Pa./Germantown Academy Design 18 Adam Sawicki So. G 5-10 172 Winter Park, Fla./Lake Highland Prep Computer Science and Business 19 Alex Eaton Sr. M 5-8 180 Westford, Mass./Westford Academy Finance 20 Sam Shearin Fr. M 6-1 190 Dunbarton, N.H./Goffstown Engineering 21 Brady Thompson So. M 5-10 185 Bowie, Md./DeMatha Catholic Business 22 Ian Strain Jr. M 6-0 190 Springfield, Pa./Episcopal Academy Finance 23 Conor Duffy Jr. D 6-3 195 Leonardtown, Md./Choate Rosemary Hall Business Information Systems 24 Matt Ernst So. M/FO 5-10 175 Haverford, Pa./Episcopal Academy Business 25 John Mehok So. A 6-0 180 West Chester, Pa./Bishop Shanahan Business 26 Jason Kozel Jr. D/M 6-2 217 Westport, Conn./Kent School Marketing 28 Matt Rimol Fr. D 6-2 210 Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry Business 31 Casey Eidenshink Sr. D 5-10 183 Wyncote, Pa./La Salle College High School Finance 33 Danny Norris So. D 6-0 175 Lincoln University, Pa./Avon Grove Mechanical Engineering 34 Michael Di Rienzo Fr. D 6-3 200 Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem High School East Arts and Sciences 35 Ralph Shields Fr. M 5-10 155 Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh High School IDEAS 36 JJ Foley So. D 6-3 215 Kings Park, N.Y./Smithtown West Business 39 William Gunn Fr. A 5-10 160 Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs Business 40 Eddie Bouhall Fr. D 6-1 201 Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook Arts and Sciences 43 Nick Fraboni Sr. M 5-11 185 East Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow Finance 44 Tristan Rai Fr. A/M 6-0 170 Edmonton, Alberta/Westminster School Engineering 45 Nolan Apers So. A/M 6-0 201 Oakville, Ontario/The Hill Academy Business 46 Garrett Miers Jr. M/FO 5-10 180 Allentown, Pa./Emmaus Finance 47 Kevin Tsao Fr. M 5-11 165 Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown High School Business 48 Zach Drake Fr. M 6-3 200 Chalfont, Pa./La Salle College High School Arts and Engineering 49 Chris Kiernan Fr. G 5-10 170 Chevy Chase, Md./St. Albans Arts and Sciences 50 Donny Stires Jr. G 6-5 224 Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan Materials Science and Engineering 55 Eddie DeDomenico Sr. D 6-1 200 Rye, N.Y./The Brunswick School (Conn.) Marketing 66 Tripp Telesco Sr. D 6-2 208 Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood High School Supply Chain Management 77 Corey Eppley Sr. D 6-2 182 Darien, Conn./Darien High School Supply Chain Management 99 Lucas Spence Fr. A 5-11 175 Springfield, Pa./Springfield Engineering
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which far and away led the Patriot League and was most among Canadian players in all of Division I Lacrosse. Taylor was named a first team All-Patriot League KEVIN CASSESE honoree, as was defenseman Tripp Telesco who finished with 44 groundballs Smith Family Head Coach and 36 caused turnovers. He enjoyed a career game with seven groundballs and Ninth Year as Lehigh Head Coach seven caused turnovers in that February victory over the Wildcats. Also earning All-League recognition were Kurtis Kaunas, Ty Souders and Poillon. Poillon, Taylor and Telesco were named honorable mention All-Americans as well while Souders was named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team for a third straight season. Lehigh’s defense continued to impress, allowing just 7.22 goals per game (second nationally and just .01 behind first) as the defense allowed six goals or fewer on 10 occasions including just two goals against Navy and three versus Bucknell and Georgetown. Kevin Cassese enters his ninth season as Lehigh’s head men’s lacrosse coach After struggling to begin 2015, the Mountain Hawks ended the season on in 2016. Cassese’s impact has been immediate, leading the Mountain Hawks to a high note, winning five of their last six regular season games, defeating a pair back-to-back Patriot League Championships in 2012 and 2013 followed by a third of nationally-ranked opponents in a five-day span (No. 14 Princeton and No. 18 straight appearance in the league title game in 2014. Lehigh has advanced to five Stony Brook) and advancing to their fifth straight Patriot League Tournament. straight Patriot League Tournaments. Taylor enjoyed another sensational season, posting 77 points to earn Patriot The program’s turning point came in 2012 when Lehigh finished 14-2 and League Offensive Player of the Year honors and honorable mention All-America won its first-ever Patriot League Tournament championship to advance to the recognition. Taylor, Poillon and Lukas Mikelinich were all selected in the Major program’s first NCAA Tournament. The Mountain Hawks followed that with a League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft while Taylor was the first selection of defending 12-5 campaign in 2013, winning both the Regular Season and Tournament Cham- National Lacrosse League Champion Saskatchewan Rush in the NLL’s Collegiate pionships. Despite losing a large and talented senior class, Lehigh still went 13-5 Draft. He was picked 12th overall. in 2014 and advanced to the Patriot League Championship Game once again. On a personal level, Cassese continues to make his mark on the U.S. Lacrosse In 2012, Cassese led the Mountain Hawks to a school-record 14 wins, a pro- scene, serving as an assistant coach under Team USA head coach Richie Meade’s gram record nine-game winning streak and their highest-ever national ranking; staff for the 2014 World Lacrosse Championships in Denver, joining a staff of Dave Lehigh came in at No. 4 nationally in the final Coaches Poll following the regular Pietramala (Johns Hopkins) and Jeff Tambroni (Penn State). Cassese’s responsi- season. The excitement around the program has never been higher as Lehigh bilities included faceoff coordinator and goalie coordinator while handling rides, finished 10th in the final Coaches Poll of 2013, and among the top 20 practically clears and the sub game. Team USA’s two faceoff men combined to win over 80 every week since the early stages of 2012. percent of their faceoffs in the tournament. Following a home opening loss to Villanova in 2012, Lehigh promptly won Cassese teamed with Tambroni to coach the Red, White and Blue in the nine straight games and 13-of-14 to advance to the NCAA Tournament as the No. Seatown Classic against Notre Dame last October while Cassese has also coached 7 overall seed. The Mountain Hawks hosted eventual National Finalist Maryland the United States in Stars & Stripes Weekend and Champion Challenge. and gave the Terps their toughest fight on their road to the title game. Despite The 2011 season saw Cassese lead the Mountain Hawks to their first Patriot falling down 6-1 in the first half, Lehigh responded with seven straight goals in League Tournament appearance since 2006. Lehigh got off to a quick 3-1 start, front of a standing room only crowd of 2,278 at the Ulrich Sports Complex (and which included a 14-10 triumph over Navy, the program’s first victory over the in front of a national audience on ESPNU). Midshipmen in nearly 100 years. Lehigh posted an impressive 8-3 record against nationally-ranked foes. That The Mountain Hawks jumped squarely into the national lacrosse picture in included a big 9-8 win at No. 4 North Carolina in March, propelling the Mountain 2011 by not only qualifying for the Patriot League postseason, but also proving Hawks into the national polls for the first time since 2000. Lehigh ended a number they could compete with anyone in the country. Lehigh played an increasingly of long droughts, defeating UNC for the first time since 1951, Yale for the first tough schedule in ’11 and wouldn’t back away from the challenge. All nine of the time since 1918 and Penn State for the first time since 1971. team’s losses came against ranked opponents, with seven coming by a combined Lehigh owned the nation’s No. 2 scoring defense (only behind Notre Dame), 17 goals. The Mountain Hawks nearly topped a pair of NCAA Tournament holding opponents to only 6.81 goals per game. The Mountain Hawks picked qualifiers (Villanova and Bucknell), falling by a single goal each time. They also up their first shutout in 40 years with a 13-0 triumph over Manhattan, allowed took a ranked Penn State squad to overtime, just one week after the Nittany Lions only two goals to VMI and five or fewer to Penn State, Navy, Holy Cross, Penn dominated eventual CAA Champion Delaware. and Saint Joseph’s. Cassese was named Patriot League Coach of the Year while The up-and-coming Mountain Hawks posted the nation’s eighth biggest freshman Matt Poillon became Lehigh’s first-ever Goalkeeper of the Year. Eight improvement in 2011, according to LaxPower.com’s computer rankings, which cracked the All-Patriot League Team, tied for most in school history and the most takes into account many of the factors used by the NCAA Tournament selection in Coach Cassese’s tenure. committee. Other highlights included defeating MAAC Finalist Detroit Mercy on After six games in 2013, the Mountain Hawks stood at 3-3 and was just 5-4 the road while winning three-of-four in one stretch in late March. In that stretch after nine. The team responded in a big way, winning seven straight games to was a convincing 13-7 win over America East Tournament qualifier Binghamton. finish undefeated in Patriot League play and earn the right to host the league Cassese has mentored an impressive array of offensive talent, led by one tournament. Lehigh went on to dominate Bucknell on its home turf (11-5) for its of college lacrosse’s most prolific scoring duos of DiMaria and Fantoni, who second straight championship. combined for 99 points in 2011 and 90 in 2012. They’re a big reason why Lehigh’s The awards continued to roll in for the Mountain Hawks as Poillon was attack unit was ranked 10th by Inside Lacrosse in the 2013 Face-Off Yearbook. named Patriot League Goalie of the Year for a second straight season and a In his first four years at Lehigh, Cassese mentored a total of nine All-Patriot school-record four players were named USILA All-Americans, breaking the record League honorees, including four in 2011. Faceoff specialist Ryan Snyder cracked of three set a season prior. In addition, the Mountain Hawks placed a league best the first team after winning 61.6 percent of his draws and scooping a Patriot three players on the Academic All-Patriot League Team. League record 118 groundballs. Jonathan Stumpf was not only named to the Lehigh saw three of its players drafted by Major League Lacrosse teams second team, but also earned endless other academic and athletic honors. He in 2013: Dante Fantoni (Denver), Noah Molnar (Rochester) and David DiMaria became Lehigh’s first-ever CoSIDA Academic All-American while being named a (Boston). In addition, Mike Noone (Ohio) and Ryan Snyder (Denver) signed Lowe’s Senior first team All-American, USILA Scholar All-American and Patriot contracts following the season. They joined Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Stumpf (along with teammate Will Scudder) (Hamilton) in the professional ranks. also played in the USILA North-South All-Star Game where he netted the eventual The success continued into 2014 as the Mountain Hawks won 13 games, game-winning goal for the South. just one shy of tying the school record set just two years prior. Lehigh earned a During the fall of 2009, Cassese was named to the 2010 United States Men’s thrilling 7-6 triple overtime victory over No. 20 Villanova in February and earned National Lacrosse Team, traveling to Manchester, England in July. That marked convincing league wins over Bucknell (9-3), Navy (13-2), Holy Cross (20-4) and the third time Cassese earned a spot on the National Team. Just months later, he Lafayette (17-6). The Mountain Hawks defeated Navy in the Patriot League worked with the U.S. National Team as the squad’s head coach. In October, he Quarterfinals at home before earning a 12-11 semifinal victory over Army behind led Team USA to a win over Harvard. Then in January, 2011, Cassese coached the a Reid Weber goal with just three seconds remaining. United States to a 12-7 win over No. 7 Notre Dame in the Champion Challenge Several Mountain Hawks enjoyed breakout seasons, led by attackman Dan at the ESPN Wide World of Sports. Taylor who recorded 45 points over his last seven games to finish with 76 points, Cassese’s players have been involved in US Lacrosse as well as defenseman Ty Souders tried out for the U.S. Under-19 Team as part of a three-day training Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 2: LEHIGH AT NO. 3 DUKE • FEBRUARY 14, 2016 • PAGE 8 camp at UMBC. Recent graduates Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney have also participated in numerous scrimmages for Team USA, beginning with the Capital Lacrosse Classic on Oct. 7, 2012. In his first season as the Mountain Hawks’ leader in 2008, Cassese led a young Lehigh squad to more home wins and more overall victories than the season prior. The Brown and White also ranked in the top 10 nationally in man- down defense and in the top 25 in scoring defense. Success continued into 2009 campaign, highlighted by back-to-back wins over ranked foes; the Mountain Hawks defeated No. 16 Army and No. 20 St. John’s in succession. In 2010, the Mountain Hawks posted their first winning overall record since 2006 by going 8-7. A resilient group, Lehigh went a perfect 3-0 in overtime games, including wins over No. 9 Villanova and No. 19 Lafayette in consecutive weeks to close out the season. Villanova marked the Mountain Hawks’ first top- 10 win since downing No. 7 Georgetown in 1997. Fantoni scored both overtime game-winners to set the tone for what has been an impressive career to date. One of the most decorated student-athletes in Duke history, Cassese served as an assistant coach at his alma mater from 2005-07, helping lead the Blue Devils to the 2007 National Championship Game. He also served as Duke’s interim head coach for part of the summer of 2006. Prior to Duke, Cassese spent one season at Stony Brook as an assistant where he directed the nation’s top extra man offense and helped the Seawolves to a 10-6 record in 2004. A two-time captain and three-time All-ACC selection while at Duke, Cassese helped lead the Blue Devils to three NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of ACC Championships during his collegiate career. Cassese earned All-America honors on three separate occasions, including First Team accolades in 2002 and 2003. Cassese, who scored 80 goals and handed out 38 assists in his career, was a two-time Tewaaraton Trophy finalist and garnered ACC Player of the Year honors in 2001. In 2002, Cassese was the recipient of the Lt. Donald MacLaughlin, Jr. Award as the nation’s top midfielder. An accomplished player on the international level as well, Cassese helped the United States to the gold medal at the 2002 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships. He was also a member of the United States team that placed second at the 2006 ILF World Championships in London, Ontario. Cassese was the second overall selection in the 2003 Major League Lacrosse Draft by the Rochester Rattlers. Among his professional accomplishments are a pair of MLL Rookie of the Week honors and a spot on the 2005 All-Star Team. Cassese, who was traded to the Philadelphia Barrage during the summer of 2007, helped lead his new team to the 2007 Major League Lacrosse Championship, as well as a spot in Championship Weekend in 2008. Cassese was signed by the Boston Cannons prior to the 2009 MLL season and appeared in 12 games during the regular season while helping lead them into the postseason. A native of Port Jefferson Station, New York and graduate of Comsewogue High School, Cassese earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Duke in 2003. He garnered USILA Scholar All-America and ACC Academic Honor Roll honors as well as the ACC’s Weaver-James-Corrigan Honorary Award for outstanding athletic and academic achievement. Cassese and his wife, Katie Granson Cassese who attended nearby Freedom High School, were married in Bethlehem in December of 2006. Katie is currently a Realtor for RE/MAX Central in the Lehigh Valley. They had their first child, Drew Cassese, in July of 2011, and their second child, Anna, in August of 2013.
Cassese’s Coaching Resume
Year Record PL Home Notables 2008 6-9 2-4 4-4 2009 4-11 2-4 0-6 Won at #16 Army and #20 St. John’s 2010 8-7 2-4 4-3 Defeated #9 Villanova and #19 Lafayette 2011 7-9 3-3 5-4 PL Semifinals 2012 14-3 5-1 5-2 School-record 14 wins Highest ranking in school history (#4) First Patriot League Championship 2013 12-5 6-0 7-2 Second Straight PL Championship Hosted PL Tournament for 1st time 2014 13-5 6-2 7-1 Third Straight PL Title Game Appearance 2015 7-9 3-5 3-4 Wins over ranked Princeton & Stony Brook 2016 1-0 0-0 1-0 Total 72-58 ( .554) 29-23 ( .558) 36-26 ( .581)
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years prior. The defense allowed just 7.22 goals per game, good for second in the nation and just 0.01 behind the nation’s leader. ERROL WILSON In 2015, a pair of Mountain Hawks split time at faceoff, both impressing down the Associate Head Coach stretch. Freshman Matt Ernst showed flashes of greatness, which included a four-game stretch (at Monmouth, Holy Cross, Colgate and vs. Princeton), which saw him win 58 percent of his Fifth Season at Lehigh draws (49-of-85). McAdam ended his season on a high note, winning 14-of-21 faceoffs in the Patriot League Quarterfinals at Bucknell. Errol Wilson is in his fifth season as a Lehigh assistant coach, and The Mountain Hawks struggled to begin 2015, but bounced back in a big way. Lehigh second as associate head coach, following successful stints at Brown and defeated a pair of nationally-ranked opponents in a five-day span, earning wins over No. 14 Rutgers. Princeton and at Wilson’s alma mater and No. 18 Stony Brook. The Mountain Hawks defeated The former Stony Brook goalie has held several roles with the Lafayette in their regular season finale, their fifth win in six games, to reach their fifth straight Mountain Hawks. After his first season as defensive coordinator in 2015, Patriot League Tournament. Wilson will serve as offensive coordinator in 2016, a role he held at Brown University. Over As a player, Scudder played in 51 games over his career in the Brown and White, his tenure at Lehigh, has also served as associate offensive coordinator, goalie coordinator highlighted by his junior campaign when he won 56 percent of his faceoffs (140-of-251) to and camps/clinics/tournaments coordinator. earn Second Team All-Patriot League honors. This came after a sophomore season which saw In his first season on staff, Wilson helped lead the Mountain Hawks to new heights, him win 56 percent (152-of-273) with 69 groundballs. Scudder played a key role in the rise of including a school-record 14 wins, a program record nine-game winning streak and its high- the Mountain Hawks’ program, advancing to the league tournament as a senior in 2011 and est-ever national ranking (No. 4) along with its first Patriot League Tournament Title and helping set the stage for the two straight Patriot League Championships that followed in 2012 NCAA Tournament appearance. It marked Wilson’s second NCAA Tournament appearance and 2013. as assistant coach after leading Brown to the 2009 tournament where it dropped an overtime Scudder ended his collegiate career by winning 331-of-612 faceoffs (54.1 percent) with heartbreaker at Johns Hopkins. 156 groundballs. He also added three goals and four assists. Scudder played in the prestigious Wilson worked with All-American goalie Matt Poillon, who finished second nationally North-South Senior All-Star Game following his senior campaign. with a 6.75 GAA and fourth with a 59.7 save percentage, becoming Lehigh’s first-ever Patriot Upon graduation, Scudder worked with A.G. Administrators, Inc. in the sports insurance League Goalkeeper of the Year. Poillon earned four Patriot League Goalie of the Week honors industry from Summer 2011 until Spring 2013, while also serving as an assistant lacrosse coach while garnering Rookie of the Week twice. In addition, each one of Lehigh’s close defensemen at Great Valley High School in Fall 2012 and Spring 2013. While at Great Valley, he helped was named All-Patriot League: Ty Souders (First), Mike Noone (second) and Lukas Mikelinich lead the school to its first league title, coached six First Team All-Chesmont players, two (second). members of the All-State team and one ALL American. He then moved onto Fever Lacrosse The Mountain Hawks owned the nation’s No. 2 scoring defense (only behind Notre Inc. in Haverford, Pa. where he served and continues to serve as Director of Operations, in Dame), holding opponents to only 6.81 goals per game. Lehigh picked up its first shutout in 40 charge of managing tournaments, camps, clinics, and the 14 club teams within the Fever years with a 13-0 triumph over Manhattan, allowed only two goals to VMI and five or fewer to Penn State, Navy, Holy Cross, Penn and Saint Joseph’s. The squad extended its shutout streak Program. to an incredible 90:14 before the Quakers scored with 5:04 remaining in the second quarter. The streak spanned from the fourth quarter against Villanova, through the entire Manhattan contest and the first 24:56 at Penn. The Mountain Hawks followed in 2013 by finishing sixth nationally in scoring defense KEVIN MASSA (7.94 goals per game) with Poillon earning Goalie of the Year honors for a second straight Assistant Coach season. Noone and Souders also garnered All-League honors for the second year in a row while both garnering honorable mention All-America recognition. Lehigh held Saint Joseph’s First Season at Lehigh to only one goal, VMI to only two, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Bucknell to five and Army, Former All-American Kevin Massa is entering his first season on UMass and Penn to just six goals apiece. One of the most dominant performances came in the Lehigh men’s lacrosse staff as an assistant coach. The former Bryant the Patriot League Championship game as the Mountain Hawks won 11-5 for their second standout finished his playing career last spring as the NCAA record straight league title and NCAA Tournament berth. holder in several different categories, including career faceoffs won Lehigh advanced to its third straight Patriot League Championship Game in 2014, (1,118) and taken (1,630). Massa will coach the faceoff and sub game for finishing the season 13-5 and within just one win of tying the school record set two years the Mountain Hawks. prior. The defense allowed just 7.22 goals per game, good for second in the nation and just Along with holding the NCAA faceoffs won and taken record, Massa is also the re- 0.01 behind the nation’s leader. Over the three-year timeframe from 2012-14, Lehigh owned cord-holder in multiple other categories: career groundballs (755), groundballs per game (9.93), the nation’s lowest goals against average. Wilson also worked with an offense that came into single-season groundballs (755), groundballs per game (9.93), single season groundballs (231), its own as the season progressed. Dan Taylor finished the season with 76 points, leading the single-season groundballs per game (12.16) and faceoff winning percentage in a game (1.000). team and Patriot League in scoring which also stood seventh in the nation. He was named an Massa helped spearhead a rise to prominence by the Bryant men’s lacrosse program, which All-American after the season, as was Poillon and defenseman Tripp Telesco. advanced to the last three NCAA Tournament, including a National Quarterfinal trip in 2014, The Mountain Hawks struggled to begin 2015, but bounced back in a big way. Lehigh due in large part to Mass. As a junior in 2014, Massa won 14-of-23 faceoffs at Syracuse in the defeated a pair of nationally-ranked opponents in a five-day span, earning wins over No. 14 NCAA Tournament to help the Bulldogs beat the Orange and advance to the Quarterfinals. Princeton and at Wilson’s alma mater and No. 18 Stony Brook. The Mountain Hawks defeated One season earlier, Massa’s effort at Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament helped Lafayette in their regular season finale, their fifth win in six games, to reach their fifth straight propel him onto the national stage. He won 22-of-23 faceoffs against the Orange to almost Patriot League Tournament. single-handedly keep the Bulldogs in the game deep into the second half. He finished that At Rutgers, Wilson helped the Scarlet Knights win five of their first six games in 2011 season winning 315-of-434 faceoffs (72.6 percent) with 231 groundballs, following as a junior by and coached a defense which allowed only 8.27 goals per game. winning 305-of-443 (68.8 percent) with 227 groundballs to earn USILA first team All-American Prior to Rutgers, Wilson served as assistant coach at Brown for four seasons (2007-10). recognition. While there, he was both offensive coordinator and goalie coach, helping the Bears reach new As a senior, Massa helped lead Bryant to a third straight NEC Championship and NCAA heights by winning an Ivy League Championship in 2008, then earning an NCAA Tournament Tournament appearance, winning 241-of-360 faceoffs (66.9 percent) with 160 groundballs. He berth in ’09. Wilson worked with and mentored one of the nation’s top goalies in Jordan Burke. was selected by Charlotte in the Major League Lacrosse Draft and is currently on the Hounds’ The 2009 USILA Goalie of the Year, Burke was twice named the Ivy League Player of the Year active roster. and New England Player of the Year, while earning First Team All-America honors as well. Wilson was a four-year letterwinner at Stony Brook where he was teammates with goalie and former Lehigh assistant and current Dartmouth head coach Brendan Callahan. Wilson resides in Bethlehem with his wife Pat and sons Roman and Solomon. TOM CASSESE Director of Quality Control Ninth Season at Lehigh WILL SCUDDER Tom Cassese is in his ninth season on the Lehigh men’s lacrosse coaching staff and his sixth as director of quality control after serving as Assistant Coach volunteer assistant coach the first three seasons. In 2007, Cassese retired as the Head Football Coach at Comsewogue High School, a public school Third Season at Lehigh found on the North Shore of Suffolk County, Long Island. Former Lehigh men’s lacrosse standout Will Scudder ‘11 enters his Cassese began his tenure at Comsewogue in 1973 and is the winningest coach in Suffolk third season on the coaching staff in 2016 and first as defensive coor- County history and the first to reach 200 career victories. During his tenure, Comsewogue dinator. Scudder replaced Tom Compitello who accepted a position at made 18 appearances in the playoffs, earned 14 league or division championships, six Suffolk Sacred Heart, then was promoted prior to the 2015 season. Scudder was County Championships, and one Long Island crown. His 1990 squad earned the Rutgers promoted to associate defensive coordinator, faceoff coordinator and Trophy as the top team in the county. camps/clinics/tournaments coordinator after Brendan Callahan was named head coach at Cassese has been named either League or Division Coach of the Year an astounding Dartmouth. Scudder was a former team captain and All-Patriot League honoree as a Mountain 16 times, County Coach of the Year twice and participated in the Boomer Esiason Outback Hawk. Steakhouse Challenge four times. Tom was also selected by Madison Square Garden as its In his first year on the Lehigh staff, Scudder helped coach a strong tandem at faceoff in Coach of the Year in 1998 and earned two New York Jets Coach of the Week awards during 2014 that won 54 percent of its draws; Ryan Buttenbaum won 55 percent and Casey McAdam the 1998 and 2003 campaigns. won 52 percent at the X. McAdam was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week after winning Tom graduated from C.W. Post College in 1967 with a degree in Business Administra- 17-of-23 faceoffs against Monmouth then 15-of-20 vs. Holy Cross. tion. He went on to enjoy a five-year career in professional football with the Denver Broncos, As a team, Lehigh advanced to its third straight Patriot League Championship Game San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints, and the Montreal Allouettes and B.C. Lions of the in 2014, finishing the season 13-5 and within just one win of tying the school record set two Canadian Football League. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 2: LEHIGH AT NO. 3 DUKE • FEBRUARY 14, 2016 • PAGE 10
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Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 2: LEHIGH AT NO. 3 DUKE • FEBRUARY 14, 2016 • PAGE 12 INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS: GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS, GROUNDBALLS
PLAYER NJIT Duke Furman Holy Cross Colgate Army Lafayette Navy Stony Brook Boston U Loyola Princeton Cornell Bucknell 1 Anthony Ramaizel 0-0-0, 1 2 Casey McAdam 0-0-0, 6 3 Mickey Fitzpatrick 1-0-1, 1 4 Mike Sammarro 0-0-0, 1 5 Jackson Monnin 1-0-1, 0 6 Billy Oppenheimer 0-3-3, 1 7 Andrew Pettit 1-1-2, 0 8 Cody Triolo 0-0-0, 1 9 Matt Raposo 3-2-5, 1 10 Jonathan Klobus 0-0-0, 0 11 Ray Mastroianni 0-1-1, 0 13 Craig Chick 0-0-0, 4 15 Chris Appell 0-0-0, 0 17 Reid Weber 2-2-4, 1 18 Adam Sawicki 0-0-0, 0 19 Alex Eaton 4-2-6, 2 20 Sam Shearin 0-0-0, 0 21 Brady Thompson 0-1-1, 0 22 Ian Strain 0-0-0, 3 23 Conor Duffy DNP 24 Matt Ernst 0-0-0, 1 25 John Mehok 2-0-2, 0 26 Jason Kozel 0-0-0, 0 28 Matt Rimol 0-0-0, 0 31 Casey Eidenshink 0-0-0, 3 33 Danny Norris 0-0-0, 1 34 Michael Di Rienzo 0-0-0, 0 35 Ralph Shields 0-0-0, 0 36 JJ Foley 0-0-0, 0 39 William Gunn 0-1-1, 0 40 Eddie Bouhall 0-0-0, 1 43 Nick Fraboni 0-0-0, 0 44 Tristan Rai 5-0-5, 1 45 Nolan Apers 1-1-2, 0 46 Garrett Miers DNP 47 Kevin Tsao 0-0-0, 0 48 Zach Drake DNP 49 Chris Kiernan DNP 50 Donny Stires 0-0-0, 1 55 Eddie DeDomenico DNP 66 Tripp Telesco 0-0-0, 2 77 Corey Eppley DNP 99 Lucas Spence 1-0-1, 0
INDIVIDUAL GOALIE STATISTICS: SAVES-GOALS ALLOWED, MINUTES
PLAYER NJIT Duke Furman Holy Cross Colgate Army Lafayette Navy Stony Brook Boston U Loyola Princeton Cornell Bucknell 10 Jonathan Klobus 1-0, 4:26 18 Adam Sawicki 3-3, 37:54 49 Chris Kiernan DNP 50 Donny Stires 2-1, 17:40
INDIVIDUAL FACEOFF STATS: WIN-TOTAL, PCT.
PLAYER NJIT Duke Furman Holy Cross Colgate Army Lafayette Navy Stony Brook Boston U Loyola Princeton Cornell Bucknell 2 Casey McAdam 11-21, 52.4 24 Matt Ernst 1-5, 20
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2016 TEAM TENDENCIES Lehigh scores less than 10 goals 0-0 Lehigh in February 1-0 Overall Record 1-0 Lehigh scores 10-14 goals 0-0 Home 1-0 Lehigh scores 15 or more goals 1-0 vs . the conferences Road 0-0 Independent 1-0 Neutral 0-0 Opponent scores less than 5 goals 1-0 Opponent scores 5-9 goals 0-0 Patriot League Record 0-0 Opponent scores 10 or more goals 0-0 Non-League Record 1-0 vs. Unranked Teams 1-0 vs. Ranked Teams 0-0 Leading after one quarter 1-0 Trailing after one quarter 0-0 Tied after one quarter 0-0 2016 TOP PERFORMANCES Leading at the half 1-0 Trailing at the half 0-0 Tied at the half 0-0 Leading after three quarters 1-0 Trailing after three quarters 0-0 Tied after three quarters 0-0 In overtime 0-0 Lehigh has more shots 1-0 Opponent has more shots 0-0 Shots are even 0-0 Lehigh has more saves 0-0 Opponent has more saves 1-0 Saves are even 0-0 Lehigh wins more faceoffs 0-0 Opponent wins more faceoffs 1-0 Faceoffs are even 0-0
Lehigh has more groundballs 1-0 Opponent has more groundballs 0-0 Groundballs are even 0-0
Lehigh scores an EMO goal 1-0 Lehigh doesn’t score an EMO goal 0-0
Games decided by one goal 0-0 Games decided by 2-4 goals 0-0 Games decided by 5-8 goals 0-0 Games decided by 9+ goals 1-0
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#2 CASEY MCADAM #8 CODY TRIOLO #15 CHRIS APPELL Jr. • M/FO • 5-11 • 175 • Neshanic Station, N.J. Jr. • M • 5-9 • 175 • Burlington, N.J. Sr. • A/M • 5-10 • 180 • Locust Valley, N.Y.
- Won 11-of-21 faceoffs with six groundballs in the season opener - Scooped a groundball in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6). CAREER STATISTICS vs. NJIT (2/6). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2013 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS 2014 12/0 2 2 4 9 0 5 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER STATISTICS 2015 12/0 1 0 1 1 0 12 0 2014 5/0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB CT FO % 2016 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13/0 0 0 0 20 0 47-91 .516 2015 15/0 2 0 2 10 0 12 0 2014 Total 29/0 3 2 5 10 0 17 0 2015 16/0 1 0 1 38 4 88-191 .461 2016 1/0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1/0 0 0 0 6 1 11-21 .524 Total 21/0 2 0 2 15 0 13 0 2016 CAREER HIGHS Total 30/0 1 0 1 64 5 146-303 .482 Goals: 1, three times; last at Holy Cross (3/28/15) CAREER HIGHS Assists: 1, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) Goals: 2 at Holy Cross (3/28/15) CAREER HIGHS Points: 1, five times; last at Holy Cross (3/28/15) 1 at Bucknell (4/21/15) Assists: -- Goals: Groundballs: 4 at Stony Brook (4/12/15) Points: 1 at Bucknell (4/21/15) Points: 2 at Holy Cross (3/28/15) Faceoffs Won: 17 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Groundballs: 3 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Faceoffs Taken: 24 at Furman (2/14/15) Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0 Groundballs: 12 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) #17 REID WEBER Sr. • A • 6-0 • 200 • Oreland, Pa. #9 MATT RAPOSO #3 MICKEY FITZPATRICK Jr. • A • 6-2 • 185 • Neshanic Station, N.J. - Recorded two goals, two assists, a groundball and caused turn- Fr. • A/M • 6-0 • 180 • Duxbury, Mass. over in the season opener against NJIT (2/6). In the process, Weber eclipsed 100 career points, reaching 102. - Tallied first-career hat trick in season opener vs. NJIT (2/6), - Scored a goal and added a groundball in collegiate debut vs. finishing with a career high in goals (3) and points (5). Two assists CAREER STATISTICS NJIT (2/6). tied a career high. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2013 6/0 2 1 3 4 0 3 0 CAREER STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS 2014 18/18 27 17 44 89 4 30 6 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2015 16/16 38 13 51 117 9 39 4 2016 1/0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2014 5/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2016 1/1 2 2 4 6 0 1 1 Total 1/0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2015 7/2 3 3 6 9 0 3 0 Total 41/35 69 33 102 216 13 73 11 2016 1/1 3 2 5 5 1 1 0 CAREER HIGHS Total 13/3 7 5 12 15 1 4 0 CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Goals: 5, two times; last at Bucknell (4/21/15) Assists: 4 vs. Navy (3/15/14) Points: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) CAREER HIGHS Points: 6, two times; last at Bucknell (4/21/15) Groundballs: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Goals: 3 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Groundballs: 6 vs. Navy (4/22/14) Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 Assists: 2, two times; last vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Multi-Goal Games: 21; Multi-Point Games: 25; Hat Tricks: 11 Points: 5 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Groundballs: 2 at Stony Brook (4/12/15) #6 BILLY OPPENHEIMER Multi-Goal Games: 2; Multi-Point Games: 3; Hat Tricks: 1 Sr. • M/A • 6-0 • 180 • Conshohocken, Pa. #18 ADAM SAWICKI So. • G • 5-10 • 172 • Winter Park, Fla. - Tallied three assists to tie a career high in the season opener #11 RAY MASTROIANNI against NJIT (2/6). All came in the first quarter to help the Moun- Sr. • M • 6-2 • 185 • Martinsville, N.J. - Made three saves, allowing just three goals in season opener vs. NJIT tain Hawks score the game’s first six goals. (2/6). Played the first 37:54 before being relieved by Donny Stires. - Dished an assist in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6), making CAREER STATISTICS first-career start. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Year GP/GS Svs. GA Sv.% GAA W-L GB 9/0 5 8 13 15 0 4 1 2015 9/7 63 62 .504 10.25 3-4 6 2013 CAREER STATISTICS (at Quinnipiac) 2016 1/1 3 3 .500 4.75 1-0 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2014 18/3 7 9 16 39 2 14 0 Total 10/8 66 65 .504 9.73 4-4 6 2015 14/6 10 6 16 40 3 8 1 2014 18/0 3 3 6 22 0 22 4 2016 1/0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 2015 16/0 1 2 3 13 0 13 3 CAREER HIGHS Total 42/9 22 26 48 96 7 26 2 2016 1/1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Saves: 11 vs. Denver (3/17/15) Total 35/1 4 6 10 37 0 35 7 Fewest Goals Allowed: 3 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) CAREER HIGHS (at Lehigh) Groundballs: 2 vs. Denver (3/17/15) Goals: 2, three times; last at Monmouth (3/24/15) CAREER HIGHS Assists: 3, two times; last vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Goals: 1, four times; last vs. Princeton (4/7/15) Points: 3, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) Assists: 1, six times; last vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Groundballs: 4 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Points: 1, 10 times; last vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Multi-Goal Games: 3; Multi-Point Games: 12; Hat Tricks: 0 Groundballs: 4, two times; last at Bucknell (3/8/14) #19 ALEX EATON Caused Turnovers: 1, seven times; last at Holy Cross (3/28/15) Sr. • M • 5-8 • 180 • Westford, Mass. Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 #7 ANDREW PETTIT - Monster season opener vs. NJIT (2/6), tallying career highs in Fr. • A • 5-11 • 170 • Wilmington, Del. goals (4) and points (6) while tying a career high in assists (2) and #13 CRAIG CHICK groundballs (2). Marked second-career hat trick. - Finished with a goal and assist in collegiate debut vs. NJIT (2/6). Fr. • D • 5-11 • 190 • Edgewater, Md. CAREER STATISTICS Scored Lehigh’s first goal of the season just 1:12 into the game. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Tallied a game-high four caused turnovers while adding four 2013 6/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS groundballs in collegiate debut vs. NJIT (2/6). 2014 18/10 11 9 20 42 0 8 1 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2015 11/6 8 4 12 31 2 7 1 2016 1/0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS 2016 1/1 4 2 6 7 2 2 0 Total 1/0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Total 36/17 24 15 39 81 4 17 2 2016 1/0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Total 1/0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 Goals: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Goals: 4 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Assists: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Assists: 2, two times; last vs. NJIT (2/6/16) CAREER HIGHS Points: 2 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Points: 6 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Groundballs: 4 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Groundballs: 2, three times; last vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0 4 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Caused Turnovers: Multi-Goal Games: 5; Multi-Point Games: 9; Hat Tricks: 2
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- Tallied three groundballs in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6). CAREER STATISTICS - Scooped two groundballs in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2015 16/5 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 CAREER STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS 2016 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Total 16/5 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 2015 16/0 2 1 3 11 0 18 6 2013 17/10 0 0 0 0 0 29 14 2014 17/17 0 2 2 1 0 44 36 2016 1/0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 CAREER HIGHS 2015 12/12 0 0 0 0 0 21 17 Total 17/0 2 1 3 12 0 21 6 Groundballs: 2, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) 2016 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Caused Turnovers: 1, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Total 47/40 0 2 2 1 0 96 70 CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, two times; last at Loyola (2/28/15) CAREER HIGHS Assists: 1 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) #40 EDDIE BOUHALL Groundballs: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) Points: 2 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Fr. • D • 6-1 • 201 • Lynbrook, N.Y. Caused Turnovers: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) Groundballs: 7 vs. Army (3/21/15) Caused Turnovers: 1, six times; last vs. Lafayette (4/17/15) - Recorded a groundball and caused turnover in collegiate debut Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0 against NJIT (2/6). #77 COREY EPPLEY Sr. • D • 6-2 • 182 • Darien, Conn. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER STATISTICS #24 MATT ERNST 2016 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Total 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 So. • M/FO • 5-10 • 175 • Haverford, Pa. 2013 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2014 13/0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 CAREER HIGHS - Won 1-of-5 faceoffs in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6). 2015 16/0 0 0 0 1 0 16 12 Groundballs: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Total 32/0 0 0 0 1 0 23 13 Caused Turnovers: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB CT FO % CAREER HIGHS 2015 14/0 0 0 0 27 0 76-157 .484 Groundballs: 3, two times; last vs. Princeton (4/7/15) 2016 1/0 0 0 0 1 0 1-5 .200 #44 TRISTAN RAI Caused Turnovers: 2, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Total 15/0 0 0 0 28 0 77-162 .475 Fr. • A/M • 6-0 • 170 • Edmonton, Alberta CAREER HIGHS - Sensational collegiate debut, scoring five goals on five shots #99 LUCAS SPENCE Faceoffs Won: 16 at Holy Cross (3/28/15) Faceoffs Taken: 25 at Holy Cross (3/28/15) (all in the first half) vs. NJIT (2/6). Included was a highlight-reel Fr. • A • 5-11 • 175 • Springfield, Pa. Groundballs: 6, two times; last vs. Lafayette (4/17/15) behind-the-back goal which was featured on several national outlets including ESPN and CBS Sports. Had two extra man goals. - Scored a goal in collegiate debut vs. NJIT (2/6).
CAREER STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS #26 JASON KOZEL Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Jr. • D/M • 6-2 • 217 • Westport, Conn. 2016 1/1 5 0 5 5 2 1 0 2016 1/1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 Total 1/1 5 0 5 5 2 1 0 Total 1/1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 - Recorded a caused turnover in the season opener against NJIT CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS (2/6), making second-career start. Goals: 5 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Goals: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Assists: -- Points: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) CAREER STATISTICS Points: 5 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Groundballs: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) 2014 11/0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 1 2015 9/1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2016 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 21/2 1 0 1 1 0 5 5 #45 NOLAN APERS CAREER HIGHS So. • A/M • 6-0 • 201 • Oakville, Ontario Goals: 1 vs. Colgate (4/5/14) Points: 1 vs. Colgate (4/5/14) - Recorded a goal and assist in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6). Groundballs: 1, five times; last at Stony Brook (4/12/15) Caused Turnovers: 1, five times; last vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Two points tied a career high.
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT #31 CASEY EIDENSHINK 2015 16/5 3 2 5 20 1 12 2 Sr. • D • 5-11 • 185 • Wyncote, Pa. 2016 1/0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 Total 17/5 4 3 7 22 1 12 2 - Finished with three groundballs and a caused turnover in the CAREER HIGHS season opener against NJIT (2/6). Goals: 2 vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Assists: 1, two times; last at Holy Cross (3/28/15) CAREER STATISTICS Points: 2, two times; last vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Groundballs: 2, four times; last at Stony Brook (4/12/15) 2013 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Caused Turnovers: 1, two times; last vs. Army (3/21/15) 2014 18/1 0 1 1 2 0 29 16 2015 16/16 0 1 1 5 0 50 23 2016 1/1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 Total 42/18 0 2 2 8 0 86 41 #50 DONNY STIRES Jr. • G • 6-5 • 224 • Martinsville, N.J. CAREER HIGHS Assists: 1, two times; last vs. Princeton (4/7/15) Points: 1, two times; last vs. Princeton (4/7/15) - Made two saves, allowing one goal in 17:40 of action in relief vs. Groundballs: 6, two times; last at Navy (3/14/15) NJIT (2/6). Also scooped a groundball. Caused Turnovers: 4 vs. Boston University (2/21/15) CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS Svs. GA Sv.% GAA W-L GB 2014 1/0 1 1 .500 28.80 0-0 0 2015 5/0 11 9 .550 6.95 1-0 1 2016 1/0 2 1 .667 3.40 0-0 1 Total 7/0 14 11 .560 6.77 1-0 2
CAREER HIGHS Saves: 5 at Bucknell (4/21/15) Groundballs: 1, two times; last vs. NJIT (2/6)
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team jumped out to a 16-2 halftime lead on its way to a convincing 21-4 season-opening victory over NJIT on Saturday afternoon at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Freshman Tristan Rai paced the offense with five first-half goals while Senior Alex Eaton set a career high with four goals and six points. The 21 goals marked Lehigh’s most since a 21-9 win at Detroit Mercy on Mar. 15, 2010 while Saturday was the Mountain Hawks’ largest margin of victory since a 22-3 win over VMI on Apr. 17, 1999. Rai and Eaton had plenty of help. Junior Matt Raposo recorded his first-career hat trick, tallying career highs in goals (3) and points (5) while tying a career high in assists (2). Sophomore John Mehok scored his first two career goals while senior Reid Weber tallied two goals and two assists. In total, six different freshmen recorded at least one point, with five scoring goals: Rai (five goals), Andrew Pettit (one goal, one assist), Lucas Spence (one goal), Mickey Fitzpatrick (one goal), Jackson Monnin (one goal) and William Gunn (one assist) Senior Tripp Telesco enjoyed a big day on the defensive end, tallying two goals and three assists. Freshman Craig Chick had a game-high four caused turnovers to go with four groundballs. The Mountain Hawks came out with a vengeance, taking a 6-0 lead before the game was nine minutes old. Three of the goals were scored by Rai, including a highlight-reel behind-the-back goal that gave Lehigh a 4-0 advantage with 8:11 left in the first quarter. NJIT pulled within 6-1 with 5:06 on the first-quarter clock, but the Mountain Hawks stormed back with 10 of the next 11 goals, including an 8-0 edge in the second quarter. Eaton began the run with 3:49 on the first-quarter clock, then went on to score two straight in the second quarter, at 11:24 and 6:14, to give Lehigh an 11-2 advantage. Rai followed with his fourth and fifth goals of the game, then sophomore Nolan Apers, Weber and Eaton rounded out the first-half scoring as Lehigh took a 16-2 lead at the half. The Highlanders opened the scoring in the third quarter, but the Moun- tain Hawks answered with the next four, from Fitzpatrick, Mehok (twice) and Spence. The teams traded goals in the fourth quarter, wrapping up the 21-4 final. The Mountain Hawks were able to clear their bench in the third and fourth quarters, giving many players valuable minutes. Final shots were 49-14 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain Hawks held a 32-26 edge in groundballs. A trio of Lehigh goaltenders combined for six saves. Junior Casey McAdam finished 11-of-21 from the faceoff X. Lehigh was 5-of-6 on the extra man.
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