Senior Reid Weber Team leader in points (33) LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 10: LEHIGH AT NO. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY
February 6 NJIT W, 21-4 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (5-4, 3-2 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 14 at #3 Duke (ESPN3) L, 13-11 at BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (8-2, 3-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 20 at Furman W, 15-7 27 HOLY CROSS* W, 12-11 SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016 • 12:30 PM March 5 COLGATE* W, 12-9 NICKERSON FIELD • BOSTON, MASS. 12 at Army West Point* L, 13-10 PATRIOT LEAGUE NETWORK 19 at Lafayette* W, 11-6 26 NAVY* L, 12-7 29 STONY BROOK L, 16-6 SETTING THE SCENE The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team will look to get back on track on Saturday when the Mountain Hawks April travel to No. 20 Boston University to face the Terriers. Opening faceoff is set for 12:30 p.m. Lehigh is 2 at Boston University* 12:30 coming off two straight tough home defeats against ranked squads, but the Mountain Hawks still stand 9 LOYOLA* (Goodman Stadium) 2:00 12 at Princeton 7:00 5-4 overall and 3-2 in league play, right in the thick of the Patriot League postseason race. 16 CORNELL (Goodman Stadium) (CBS SN) 2:30 22 at Bucknell 7:00 On Tuesday, Stony Brook turned a 1-1 tie into a 7-2 lead after one quarter of play and the Mountain Hawks 26 Patriot League Quarterfinals 29 Patriot League Semifinals could never recover. Senior Reid Weber tied the score at the 8:37 mark, then the Seawolves responded with three straight goals and nine of the next 10 to eventually take a 10-2 lead late in the second quarter. May The Mountain Hawks scored the next two and four of the next seven goals, but Stony Brook ended the 1 Patriot League Championship Game game on a 3-0 run to win, 16-6. It marked the first time Lehigh has lost back-to-back games this season. *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS Junior Matt Raposo led Lehigh’s offense with two goals while Weber, junior Ian Strain and freshmen Tristan Rai and Lucas Spence scored the Mountain Hawks’ other goals. Lehigh continued to struggle at the faceoff X as Stony Brook won 17-of-26 draws. However, freshman defenseman/long-stick mid- fielder Craig Chick did win 3-of-5. Chick added six groundballs and three caused turnovers in another strong effort.
Senior defenseman Tripp Telesco tallied three groundballs and a caused turnover while freshman Eddie LEHIGH IN THE POLLS Bouhall had four groundballs and a caused turnover. Strain added three groundballs to go with his career-high tying two points (one goal, one assist). Strain has now recorded two points in back-to-back Date Coaches Cascade/Maverick Media Preseason -- -- games. Freshman Chris Kiernan made six saves in goal over the first three quarters before being replaced Feb. 15 RV RV by sophomore Adam Sawicki, who was strong with five stops in the fourth. Lehigh was suffering from Feb. 22 RV RV Feb. 29 RV RV several injuries on Tuesday, forcing the Mountain Hawks to start four freshmen, including two on close Mar. 7 RV RV Mar. 14 RV RV defense and a goaltender (Kiernan), making just his third-career start. Mar. 21 RV RV Mar. 28 -- -- Lehigh did bounce back from a tough start and showed some fight. After allowing eight goals in the game’s first 16:23, the Mountain Hawks allowed just five goals over the next 33:53 and eight over the final 43:37.
Boston University will mark Lehigh’s third consecutive nationally-ranked opponent; the Terriers come in at No. 20 in the Media Poll. Lehigh has won the first two ever meetings against the Terriers, including MEDIA INFORMATION a 10-7 win in 2014, Boston University’s first-ever season. The Terriers have enjoyed an impressive start Men’s Lacrosse Contact:...... Justin Lafleur to 2016, which includes wins over ranked foes Navy and Harvard. At 3-2, Lehigh stands in fifth place Office...... (610) 758-6631 in the Patriot League standings, but with a win Saturday, would jump the Terriers. Boston University Cell: ...... (610) 577-5222 enters 3-1 in the league and 8-2 overall. E-mail:...... [email protected] BY THE NUMBERS IF LEHIGH BEATS BOSTON UNIVERSITY • Lehigh would improve to 3-0 all-time against Boston University. Lehigh Boston U • The Mountain Hawks, who stand in fifth place in the league, would jump LEHIGH LACROSSE Overall Record 5-4 8-2 the Terriers in the standings (and possibly other teams, depending on out- Goals/Game 11.67 10.20 AT A GLANCE... Goals Allowed/Game 10.11 8.60 of-town scores this weekend). Shot Pct. .329 .288 • Lehigh would win for the 11th time in its last 17 games (dating back to • Lehigh’s 39 victories from 2012- Shots/Game 35.4 35.4 last season). 14 was tied for third in the nation Shots Allowed/Game 32.7 33.2 during that span. The win total Assists 63 59 • The Mountain Hawks would win their second straight road game and only trailed Duke and Loyola and Man-Up Percentage .469 (15-32) .462 (12-26) third road game in their last four tries. was tied with Denver. Groundballs 259 341 • Lehigh would beat a nationally-ranked opponent for the first time this • The Mountain Hawks are 26-10 Turnovers 110 181 against Patriot League opponents Caused Turnovers 79 89 season and first time since last Apr. 12 when the Mountain Hawks won at since the beginning of 2012 (regu- Faceoffs (W-L) 87-223 143-221 No. 14/18 Stony Brook, 12-11. lar season and postseason). Faceoff Percentage .390 .647 • The Mountain Hawks would improve to 3-1 after losses this season. • Lehigh has reached double-fig- Clears 136-161 150-182 ure victories in three of the last four Clear Percentage .845 .824 seasons after having double-figure Penalties/Minutes 33/28:30 32/26:00 wins just four times in the first 112 Home Attendance 3,367 2,300 years of the program: 1969, 1993, Dates/Avg. 5/673 5/460 1994 and 1997.
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SCOUTING BOSTON UNIVERSITY BOSTON UNIVERSITY SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT Boston University has enjoyed a strong season so far, standing 8-2 overall and 3-1 in Patriot League Overall: Lehigh leads, 2-0 BETHLEHEM, Pa. (3/29/16) - Tied at one midway through the first quarter, No. 12 Stony Brook scored nine of the next 10 goals to take play. The Terriers’ lone losses have come to Hartford Last Meeting: Feb. 21, 2015 a 10-2 lead, a deficit the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team couldn’t over- (16-10) and at Bucknell (13-6). Among Boston Uni- Last Result: Lehigh, 10-9 come as the Seawolves went on to a 16-6 win on Tuesday evening versity’s victories are wins over ranked foes Navy Current Streak: Lehigh - 2 wins at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Junior Matt Raposo led the Mountain Last 10: Lehigh, 2-0 Hawks’ offense with two goals while freshman Craig Chick tallied six and Harvard. Jack Wilson leads the offense with 28 groundballs and three caused turnovers, also winning three faceoffs. points behind 19 goals and nine assists. James Burr Last 10 meetings: With the loss, Lehigh falls to 5-4 while Stony Brook improves to 7-2. leads the team with 20 goals, while adding three Feb. 21, 2015 at Lehigh Lehigh, 10-9 Score By Quarter assists. Cal Dearth also owns 23 points (11 goals, 12 Feb. 22, 2014 at Boston University Lehigh, 10-7 Stony Brook 7 3 3 3 16 Lehigh 2 1 1 2 6 assists) while Brendan Homire has 21 (eight goals, LAST GAME VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY (NOTES) Lehigh Scoring team-leading 13 assists). The team’s primary faceoff - Lehigh jumped out to a 6-2 halftime lead, but the Ter- GOALS: Matt Raposo (2), Ian Strain (1), Tristan Rai (1), Reid Weber (1), specialist is Sam Talkow, who leads the Terriers riers pulled closer in the third quarter and eventually Lucas Spence (1) ASSISTS: Ian Strain (1) with 71 groundballs while winning 68.9 percent of even in the fourth. his draws (113-of-164). Greg Wozniak is tied for the - Patrick Corbett answered with his career-high fifth Final Statistics team lead with 15 caused turnovers to go with 39 goal of the game with 2:37 remaining to give Lehigh a Stony Brook Lehigh 10-9 lead, which proved to be the final. Shots 42 22 groundballs. Dominick Calisto has also tallied 15 Groundballs 37 31 - Dan Taylor tallied five assists on the day, including Faceoffs 17-26 9-26 caused turnovers. Christian Carson-Banister has on three of Corbett’s goals. Taylor only fired one shot Clears 16-20 14-17 started all 10 games in goal, recording an 8.33 GAA for the game, but still found a way to tally five points Extra-man opps 1-2 0-0 Saves 10 11 and .566 save percentage. (all assists). Turnovers 13 11 - Reid Weber added four goals while Nolan Apers scored his first-career goal in the fourth quarter to give ALL-TIME SERIES WITH BOSTON U the Mountain Hawks a 9-6 advantage. Lehigh has won the first two games of the all-time - The attack unit of Taylor, Corbett and Weber combined series, winning at Boston University in 2014 by a for 11 groundballs as well. 10-7 final then beating the Terriers last season, 10-9. - Defensively, Casey Eidenshink led the way with three LAST TIME VS. BOSTON U groundballs and a career-high four caused turnovers to earn Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week BETHLEHEM, Pa (2/21/15). - The Lehigh attack combined for nine laurels. Lukas Mikelinich added three groundballs and a goals and 14 points while senior goalie Matt Poillon made 15 saves, NAVY PULLS AWAY (MAR. 26) none bigger than a stop in the final minute, to lead the Mountain - Lehigh enjoyed a strong start, taking a 2-1 lead caused turnover while Matt Poillon made a season-high 15 saves in goal. Hawks past Boston University in the Patriot League opener on after one quarter of play. Navy scored less than one Saturday, 10-9. The game began frigidly cold before snow began - Lehigh won its fifth straight Patriot League opener. falling (heavily at times) late in the contest. The Terriers erased a minute in, but sophomore Ian Strain and senior three-goal fourth-quarter deficit, but senior Patrick Corbett scored responded with goals and the his career-high fifth goal of the game with 2:37 remaining to give Billy Oppenheimer Lehigh the lead back, and the defense came up with a big stop in Mountain Hawks’ defense held the Mids scoreless the weighing minutes. for the next 17:28 until early in the second quarter. Score By Quarter - Navy went on to stage 4-0 runs in the second and Boston U 2 0 4 3 9 third quarters to create separation and earn the INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES Lehigh 3 3 1 3 10 Player Milestone Currently 12-7 victory. Lehigh Scoring Alex Eaton 50 points 54 GOALS: Patrick Corbett (5), Reid Weber (4), Nolan Apers (1) - The Mountain Hawks struggled to gain possession, Casey Eidenshink 100 groundballs 101 ASSISTS: Dan Taylor (5), Alan Henderson (1), Billy Oppenheimer (1) leading to getting outshot 50-28, which proved too 50 caused turnovers 46 Final Statistics much to overcome. Ray Mastroianni 50 groundballs 45 Boston U Lehigh Shots 43 28 - Freshman long-stick midfielder Craig Chick Casey McAdam 100 groundballs 78 Groundballs 36 30 enjoyed a strong all-around game, tallying his Billy Oppenheimer 50 points 67 Faceoffs 13-22 9-22 Clears 17-19 17-24 first-career goal, a career-high two assists, five Adam Sawicki 100 saves 116 Extra-man opps 2-4 3-6 groundballs and two caused turnovers while also Tripp Telesco 100 groundballs 123 Saves 8 15 100 caused turnovers 87 Turnovers 13 16 winning three faceoffs. Senior Reid Weber led the Reid Weber 100 points 131 offense with two goals and an assist while Strain 100 goals 89 AWARDS & HONORS scored a career-high two goals to go with three 50 assists 42 Patriot League Preseason Awards groundballs and a career-high two caused turnovers. 100 groundballs 86 Preseason All-League: Casey Eidenshink Oppenheimer and sophomore John Mehok scored Lehigh’s other goals. SUSTAINED SUCCESS Patriot League Weekly Honors - Freshman Tristan Rai was held without a goal for The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team was tied for third in Offensive Player of the Week: the first time in his young career. the nation in wins from 2002-14, winning 39 games Defensive Player of the Week: - Connors was strong on the afternoon, making 13 over those three seasons. Duke led the way with 48 Goalkeeper of the Week: saves, nine coming in the second half, which includ- wins in that span while Loyola had 44 and Lehigh and Denver tallied 39. Faceoff Specialist of the Week: Matt Ernst (Feb. 29) ed many strong stops. Navy faceoff specialist Brady Dove won 14-of-19 draws, which played a major Rookie of the Week: Tristan Rai (Feb. 8) factor in the game. WINS FROM 2012-14 Honorable Mention: Alex Eaton (Feb. 8), Tristan Rai (Feb. 29), Tripp - Chick, Strain and freshman Eddie Bouhall led the Telesco (Mar. 21) defense with two caused turnovers apiece while Team Wins Win Percentage Senior CLASS Award Candidate senior Tripp Telesco also scooped five groundballs. 1. Duke 48 .787 Casey Eidenshink 2. Loyola 44 .846 Freshman goaltender Chris Kiernan continued to 3 . LEHIGH 39 .750 impress, making a career-high 14 saves including Denver 39 .722 seven in the third quarter. 5. Bryant 38 .655 - The loss marked Lehigh’s first home defeat in 6. Syracuse 36 .679 more than a calendar year, the last being vs. Army Notre Dame 36 .720 8. Maryland 35 .714 West Point on Mar. 21, 2015. The Mountain Hawks 9. Cornell 34 .723 bounced back from that 7-5 defeat to win the next North Carolina 34 .694 five home games (vs. Princeton, Lafayette, NJIT, 10. Drexel 32 .653 Holy Cross and Colgate). Fairfield 32 .681 Johns Hopkins 32 .696 Yale 32 .681
Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 10: LEHIGH AT NO. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY • APRIL 2, 2016 • PAGE 3 PULLING AWAY FROM LAFAYETTE (MAR. 19) AROUND THE - A tight game saw the Leopards score the game’s first two goals, but a 4-0 Lehigh run helped the Moun- tain Hawks surge ahead. The teams went back and forth until the Mountain Hawks ended the game with PATRIOT LEAGUE four straight goals and five of the final six to win 11-6 and clinch their sixth straight win over Lafayette and 15th win in their last 16 tries against the Leopards. PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS - Seniors Reid Weber and Billy Oppenheimer, along with freshman Tristan Rai, all finished with iden- League Overall tical stat lines of three goals and one assist. The three goals marked a career high for Oppenheimer and W L W L Army West Point 4 0 7 2 his first-career hat trick. Navy 4 1 6 2 - Senior Alex Eaton dished three assists. Junior Casey McAdam scored a big man-down goal, and was Boston University 3 1 8 2 solid at the faceoff X, while junior Matt Raposo scored a goal for the seventh straight game. Loyola 3 1 6 3 LEHIGH 3 2 5 4 - Senior Tripp Telesco led the defense with three groundballs and four caused turnovers. Bucknell 2 3 5 4 - Freshman goaltender Chris Kiernan impressed with 11 saves in his first-career start. Ten of those saves Colgate 1 3 3 6 came over the final three quarters, which included stopping seven-of-nine in the second half. - After Holy Cross 0 4 1 9 Lafayette 0 5 1 7 Lafayette took an early 2-0 lead, the Mountain Hawks held the Leopards scoreless for the next 20:46. *As of Wednesday, Mar. 30 Lehigh later held Lafayette scoreless for a span of 19:23 from the end of the second quarter, through the Upcoming Patriot League Schedule entire third quarter until early in the fourth. Saturday - Senior Casey Eidenshink scooped a groundball on Saturday to reach exactly 100 GBs in his career. Holy Cross at Navy ...... 12:00 Lehigh at Boston University ...... 12:30 UMBC at Lafayette ...... 1:00 GRITTY WIN OVER COLGATE (MAR. 5) Bucknell at Army West Point ...... 3:30 Sunday - The Mountain Hawks used a 3-0 surge at the end of the first quarter to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. Loyola at Colgate ...... 12:00 Lehigh scored all three goals in the span of 1:05, including two in a 10-second span. Freshman Tristan Rai began the run at the 2:17 mark before senior Reid Weber scored goals at 1:22 and 1:12. - The Raiders broke the streak early in the second quarter, but the Mountain Hawks staged another 3-0 USILA COACHES POLL (3/28) run to end the half. Senior Billy Oppenheimer finished off an impressive half with two straight goals (exactly one minute apart) before he assisted on classmate Alex Eaton’s goal with 2:08 remaining in the half. Record Pts Last - Colgate used a late third-quarter rally to turn a 9-4 Lehigh lead into a slim 9-7 advantage, and the 1 Yale 7-0 405 (11) 3 2 Notre Dame 6-1 393 (9) 2 Raiders pulled as close as 10-9 in the fourth quarter, but goals from junior Matt Raposo and Rai helped 3 Brown 6-0 375 (1) 4 wrap up the 12-9 victory. 4 Denver 7-1 372 1 - While Oppenheimer impressed with a career-high five points (two goals, three assists) in the first half, 5 Villanova 6-1 322 6 Raposo impressed in the fourth quarter, scoring two big goals. 6 Maryland 5-2 321 7 - In total, five different Mountain Hawks accounted for all 12 Lehigh goals, led by a hat trick from both 7 Syracuse 5-2 260 5 8 Duke 7-4 247 9 Raposo and Weber. All three Weber goals came in the first quarter. Rai, Oppenheimer and Eaton each 9 Albany 5-2 246 10 scored two goals. 10 Towson 8-1 242 11 - With his two goals, Eaton reached exactly 50 points in his career. 11 Johns Hopkins 4-3 227 8 - A pair of long poles dished assists in freshman Craig Chick, off a faceoff, and senior Tripp Telesco, in 12 Stony Brook 6-2 160 12 13 Navy 6-2 150 16 an unsettled situation. 14 Loyola 6-3 127 15 - Senior Casey Eidenshink helped lead the defense with four groundballs while covering Colgate first 15 North Carolina 5-4 87 13 team All-Patriot League honoree Anthony Abbadessa and holding him to just one assist. 16 Army 7-2 86 18 - Sophomore Matt Ernst was strong at the faceoff X, winning 11-of-20 with five groundballs while junior 17 Air Force 8-2 84 20 18 Penn State 6-3 67 - Casey McAdam had two big, timely wins in the fourth quarter (on four attempts) to help Lehigh seal 19 UMass 4-4 53 17 the victory. 20 Penn 5-2 38 - - Junior Ian Strain had a big day with five groundballs and a caused turnover while Telesco tallied three Receiving Votes: Harvard, Hofstra, Boston University, groundballs and three caused turnovers, to go with his assist. Marquette, Richmond, Rutgers, Virginia
PL OPENING WIN VS. HOLY CROSS (FEB. 27) - Lehigh didn’t trail for the entire first half, but Holy Cross scored four straight goals beginning at the end of the third quarter to take an 11-9 lead early in the fourth. The Mountain Hawks responded, how- CASCADE/MAVERIK MEDIA POLL (3/28) ever, scoring the final three goals for the 12-11 victory. Freshman Tristan Rai continued his stellar play, Record Pts Last corralling a groundball behind the cage and finding senior Ray Mastroianni as Mastroianni’s second 1 Yale 7-0 534 (10) 3 2 Notre Dame 6-1 522 (11) 2 3 Brown 6-0 509 (5) 4 NEAR THE TOP IN THE NATION (As of Wednesday, Mar . 30) 4 Denver 7-1 497 (2) 1 Lehigh ranks among the nation’s best in a number of statistical categories, both individually and as a team. The 5 Maryland 5-2 447 6 Mountain Hawks are in the top 25 in eight team categories while six rank in the top 25 for individual stats. Freshman 6 Villanova 6-1 415 8 7 Syracuse 5-2 365 5 Tristan Rai is first in the nation in shot percentage and 24th in goals per game while senior Tripp Telesco is fourth in 8 Towson 8-1 351 9 caused turnovers per game and freshman Craig Chick is seventh. Please see below for a complete list of statistics . 9 Johns Hopkins 4-3 305 7 10 Albany 5-2 304 10 Team Category Statistic Rank Nation’s Leader Stat 11 Duke 7-4 298 11 Lehigh Caused Turnovers/Game 8.78 8 Mount St. Mary’s 9.86 12 Stony Brook 6-2 218 13 Lehigh Man-Up Offense 0.469 11 Marist 0.615 13 Navy 6-2 200 14 Lehigh Shot Percentage 0.329 13 Denver 0.393 14 Air Force 8-2 169 20 Lehigh Scoring Offense 11.67 16 Brown 17.57 15 Army 7-2 161 16 Lehigh Points/Game 18.67 17 Brown 28.71 16 Loyola 6-3 137 17 Lehigh Man-Down Defense 0.719 17 Two teams 0.840 17 North Carolina 5-4 123 12 Lehigh Fewest Turnovers/Game 12.22 17 Towson 10.22 18 Penn State 6-3 75 - Lehigh Assists/Game 7.00 18 Brown 11.14 19 UMass 4-4 56 18 20 Boston University 8-2 37 - Player Category Statistic Rank Nation’s Leader Stat Receiving Votes: Hofstra, Virginia, Richmond, Penn, Har- Tristan Rai Shot Percentage 0.622 1 Tristan Rai, Lehigh 0.622 vard, Marquette, Rutgers Tripp Telesco Caused Turnovers/Game 2.22 4 Robert Duvnjak, Harvard 2.44 Craig Chick Caused Turnovers/Game 1.89 7 Robert Duvnjak, Harvard 2.44 2016 opponents in Bold Italics Alex Eaton Man-Up Goals 4 14 Brendan Bomberry, Denver 8 Reid Weber Man-Up Goals 4 14 Brendan Bomberry, Denver 8 Tristan Rai Goals/Game 2.56 24 Jake Froccaro, Villanova 3.88
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goal of the season pulled the Mountain Hawks within 11-10 with 8:24 on the RESILIENT EFFORT AT NO. 3 DUKE (FEB. 14) clock. Just over two minutes later, Rai converted a highlight-reel goal to even - The Mountain Hawks fell behind Duke 9-2 in the second quarter on Sunday, the score, then less than two minutes after that, senior Billy Oppenheimer but they wouldn’t back down. Lehigh responded with the next three goals scored his second of the game to give Lehigh a 12-11 advantage, which and six of the next eight to pull within 11-8 following an Alex Eaton goal proved to be the final. early in the fourth quarter. The Blue Devils scored the next two goals, but - In the end, Lehigh remained perfect all-time against Holy Cross. Lehigh had one last push, scoring at the 1:30, 0:45 and 0:24 marks to pull - Sophomore Matt Ernst played a big role in the victory, winning 16-of-26 within 13-11. However, Duke won the ensuing faceoff to wrap up the victory. faceoffs for the game, including 9-of-13 in the second half and 4-of-6 in the - Lehigh’s seniors had a big day, scoring six of the team’s 11 goals, with fourth quarter. His 16 faceoff wins and six groundballs tied a career high freshman Tristan Rai scoring four and junior Matt Raposo tallying one. while the 26 faceoffs taken marked a new high. Rai scored his four goals on five shots and has now converted 10 shots into - Junior Matt Raposo enjoyed a stellar game, posting a career-high six points nine goals this season. Senior Reid Weber also had a hat trick, the 12th of his behind two goals and a career-high four assists. career, including a pair of extra man goals. Classmate Billy Oppenheimer - Rai finished with five points behind three goals and a career-high two as- tied a career-high three points for a second straight week to eclipse 50 points sists, his fourth straight game with a hat trick and with four or more points. in his career, while Ray Mastroianni set career highs in assists (3) and points - Senior Reid Weber tallied four points (one goal, three assists) while class- (3). Eaton, another senior, also scored two goals. mate Alex Eaton scored twice (already his third game with double-figure goals this season). - The close defense was led by seniors Casey Eidenshink and Tripp Telesco. - Freshman Eddie Bouhall enjoyed a strong effort defensively, tallying four Eidenshink had five groundballs and three caused turnovers while Telesco groundballs and a career-high three caused turnovers. recorded three groundballs and two caused turnovers. Junior Jason Kozel - Senior Tripp Telesco also had three caused turnovers to go with two chipped in three GBs and a caused turnover as well. The freshman duo of groundballs. Craig Chick and Eddie Bouhall played long-stick midfield and helped shut - The win marked Lehigh’s sixth straight in a Patriot League opener as the down Tewaaraton Award Finalist Myles Jones, holding him to just one point Mountain Hawks improved to 26-0 all-time against the Crusaders. (a goal). The defense also helped force 20 Duke turnovers, which helped negate the Blue Devils’ success at the faceoff X. - The game was a homecoming for Lehigh ninth-year head coach Kevin ERNST NAMED PL FACEOFF SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK Cassese, who was an All-American player and an assistant coach at Duke. Following a strong performance in Lehigh’s thrilling 12-11 win over Holy It marked the second time Cassese has taken his Mountain Hawks to Duke Cross Saturday, sophomore Matt Ernst has been named the Patriot League (also his first season in 2008). Faceoff Specialist of the Week. Ernst tied a career high in faceoff wins with - It marked Lehigh’s closest game against Duke since an overtime loss to 16, helping the Mountain Hawks come back from a two-goal fourth-quarter the Blue Devils in 1994. deficit to earn their sixth straight Patriot League opening victory. Ernst set a career high with 26 faceoff attempts on Saturday, taking every faceoff for the Mountain Hawks. Ernst won 16-of-26 for the game, also tying a career-high EIDENSHINK NAMED SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE six groundballs. The effort came against a strong opponent in Holy Cross’ Excelling in the classroom, on the field and in the community, standout Casey Joe Reilly, who entered the game having won 55.4 percent on the season Eidenshink has been named a candidate for the prestigious Senior CLASS (41-of-74). Ernst won 5-of-7 first-quarter faceoffs to help Lehigh open a 4-1 Award, as announced on Tuesday. Eidenshink is one of just 20 players in lead with 2:23 remaining in the first quarter. He also won 9-of-14 second-half the nation named a candidate and one of only three from the Patriot League. faceoffs, including 4-of-6 in the fourth quarter, which proved critical for the The award focuses on notable achievements in four areas of excellence: com- Mountain Hawks. munity, classroom, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award RAI’S SCORING focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their plat- - Freshman Tristan Rai has enjoyed a sensational start to his collegiate career, form in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. currently leading the team in goals (23) and second in points (28). He is 24th in the nation in goals per game and first in shooting percentage. This marks the third straight season a Mountain Hawk has been named a - Rai has already finished several sensational goals that have gone viral. Senior CLASS Award candidate, following Dan Taylor last season and Ty In his collegiate debut vs. NJIT (Feb. 6), he scored five goals (all in the first Souders in 2014. Jonathan Stumpf was also a candidate in 2011. Both Stumpf half), including a behind-the-back goal that was posted online by ESPN, CBS and Souders were named finalists for the award. The 20 candidates will be Sports and Yahoo, among others. narrowed to 10 finalists later in the season, and those 10 names will be placed - Rai then scored a team-high four goals at No. 3 Duke (Feb. 14). on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting - On Feb. 20 at Furman, Rai scored four more goals while dishing an assist. system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one candidate who best Two were especially dazzling. At the 9:07 mark of the third quarter, Rai exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character corralled a groundball off a goalie save and in one motion, fired a shot into and competition. the open net. Then, just nine seconds into the fourth quarter, he took a pass from junior Ray Mastroianni and effortlessly beat the goaltender with a behind-the-back shot. RAI NAMED PATRIOT LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK (FEB. 8) - Rai continued his strong play with three goals and two assists in the Patriot After an outstanding debut performance in the Brown and White, freshman League opening win over Holy Cross (Feb. 27). It marked his fourth straight Tristan Rai has garnered Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors, as an- game with a hat trick and at least four points. Another highlight-reel goal nounced on Monday, Feb. 8. Rai tallied a game-high five goals in a 21-4 Lehigh tied the score at 11 with 6:20 remaining as the Mountain Hawks went on victory over NJIT Saturday. All five goals came in the first half, helping the to win, 12-11. Mountain Hawks take a 16-2 lead at the half. Lehigh inserted the majority of - Rai scored two goals vs. Colgate (Mar. 5), including a big goal with 37 its backups for the second half. Rai took advantage of every opportunity he seconds remaining to help seal the 12-9 victory. had, converting the five shots he took into five goals. The Edmonton, Alberta - Rai tallied his fifth-career hat trick in just game number seven when he native’s performance was highlighted by a behind-the-back goal that gave recorded three goals and one assist at Lafayette (Mar. 19). the Mountain Hawks a 4-0 lead with 8:11 remaining in the first quarter. The - After his first game without a goal vs. Navy, Rai came with a goal against goal has been featured on many major news outlets, including ESPN, CBS No. 12 Stony Brook (Mar. 29). Sports, Yahoo and MSN. - Rai’s 23 goals this season have come on 37 shots (and 30 shots on goal) . He is currently first in the nation in shot percentage (.622) (see page three). EIDENSHINK - PRESEASON ALL-LEAGUE 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
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the league’s head coaches and Sports Information Directors. Eidenshink November is a month-long journey during which participants forgo shaving enjoyed a breakout season in 2015, earning second team All-League honors and grooming in order to evoke conversation and raise cancer awareness. after leading the Mountain Hawks in both groundballs (50) and caused Lehigh, along with every Lehigh Athletics team, took part in Adopt-A-Family turnovers (23). Eidenshink was one of three defensemen named preseason where the Mountain Hawks provided a holiday for a local underprivileged All-Patriot League, along with Cam Williams (Colgate) and Chris Fennell family. The process included shopping for gifts, wrapping them and deliv- (Navy). The Wyncote, Pa. native started all 16 games last season, also dishing ering them on December 3. an assist to go with his career-high groundball and caused turnover totals. One highlight came against Stony Brook when he held the nation’s leading scorer Brody Eastwood to just two shots and one goal. Eidenshink tallied TAYLOR SELECTED IN NLL DRAFT Former Lehigh men’s lacrosse standout Dan Taylor was selected in the a career-high six groundballs at Furman and at Navy while recording a National Lacrosse League Draft in September, going in the second round career-high four caused turnovers against Boston University. He was also (12th overall) to the Saskatchewan Rush. Taylor owns extensive indoor (box) named to the Academic All-Patriot League team. lacrosse experience as he looks to become just the second Lehigh Lacrosse Preseason Poll (First-place votes) alum to ever play in the NLL. Chris Cameron ‘89 was the other Lehigh alum to Loyola Maryland (12), 122 points play in the National Lacrosse League. Cameron played for the Boston Blazers Navy (5), 108 points from 1992 to 1994, tallying 11 goals and 22 assists in 19 career games. Former Colgate (1), 105 points Lehigh assistant coach (and current Saint Joseph’s head coach) Taylor Wray Army, 85 points was a former No. 2 overall draft pick who played in the NLL from 2004 to Bucknell, 70 points 2012. The Rush relocated from Edmonton to Saskatchewan following last Boston University, 58 points season. The defending NLL Champions, Saskatchewan play at the SaskTel Lehigh, 54 points Holy Cross, 29 points Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, one province to the east of Taylor’s Lafayette, 17 points hometown of Calgary, Alberta.
UPDATE: Taylor has played four games this season, dishing two assists in CHALLENGING 2016 SCHEDULE his debut vs. Rochester on Feb. 19. He had a monster game with two goals The Mountain Hawks’ 2016 schedule features 14 games against quality and three assists on Feb. 26 against Buffalo. Taylor then scored two goals competition. Highlighting the nonleague slate is an early-season game at and tallied three loose balls on Mar. 26 vs. Toronto. For the season, Taylor Duke and late-season games at Princeton and home vs. Cornell. In total, the owns 10 points (four goals, six assists) in four games. Mountain Hawks face three teams who made the NCAA Tournament last year. Lehigh will also face several strong programs in Patriot League play, including home games against defending champion Colgate and 2014 Patriot PATRIOT LEAGUE 25TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM League Champion and 2012 National Champion Loyola. 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 school that participates in men’s lacrosse selected 25 players in the voting for TRIO NAMED CAPTAINS the 25th Anniversary Team, and could not vote for its own student-athletes. Lehigh head men’s lacrosse coach Kevin Cassese announced in November that seniors Reid Weber, Casey Eidenshink and Tripp Telesco have been DiMaria played a key role in the rise of the Lehigh men’s lacrosse program. named team captains. The trio showed strong leadership this fall and are As a freshman, he tallied 33 points (nine goals, 24 assists) before reaching leading a young Mountain Hawks’ squad this season. Weber closed out his 52 points as a sophomore (22 goals, 30 assists). DiMaria followed with 47 junior season with a bang. In the shadows of All-American Dan Taylor, Weber points as a junior (24 goals, 23 assists), earning second team All-Patriot finished with 51 points behind 38 goals and 13 assists. He tallied 19 points League recognition and All-Tournament Team honors as Lehigh won its over his last four games and 30 over his last seven contests. On the other first Patriot League Tournament in program history to qualify for its first end of the field, Eidenshink and Telesco return as former All-Patriot League NCAA Tournament. He wrapped up his career with 73 points (33 goals, 40 defensemen who look to take charge in not only their on-field production, assists) as a senior in 2013, leading Lehigh to its second straight league title but also as leaders. Last season, Eidenshink led the Mountain Hawks in and NCAA Tournament appearance. Taylor recently concluded a stellar four- groundballs (50) and caused turnovers (23) while Telesco was second on the year career this past spring by earning Patriot League Offensive Player of the team in caused turnovers (17) to go with 21 groundballs. As a sophomore, Year laurels. An honorable mention All-American and first team All-League Telesco was a first team All-Patriot League honoree and honorable mention honoree his final two seasons, Taylor won Lehigh Athletics’ Graduating Male All-American who posted 44 groundballs and 36 caused turnovers. Athlete Award this past May. Like DiMaria, Taylor was one of 25 players nationally named a Tewaaraton Award candidate. Taylor finished his senior season with 77 points (41 goals, 36 assists), 20 points more than anyone else BUSY FALL IN THE COMMUNITY in the Patriot League. The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team continued to make a difference in the com- 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 MASSA NAMED ASSISTANT COACH their annual community service kickoff for the City of Bethlehem Parks and Former All-American Kevin Massa has joined the Lehigh men’s lacrosse Recreation. This year, the team handled cleanup under the Fahey Bridge, staff as an assistant coach, as announced by head coach Kevin Cassese in went into the woods and cleaned up trash and helped clean up parts of November. The former Bryant standout finished his playing career last spring South Bethlehem. as the NCAA record holder in several different categories, including career faceoffs won (1,118) and taken (1,630). Massa will coach the faceoff and sub Next for the Mountain Hawks was Community Night on Oct. 3 when Lehigh game for the Mountain Hawks. opened its doors to all members of the community for an hour-long free la- crosse clinic. Following pacing break in October, the Mountain Hawks were POILLON AND SOUDERS SELECTED IN SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT the first Lehigh Athletics team to head to Donegan Elementary School for A pair of Lehigh men’s lacrosse alums were selected in the Major League the Reading Rocks program. The whole team spent approximately one hour Lacrosse Supplemental Draft in December as goaltender Matt Poillon was with the students, helping them read before getting to know the youngsters picked by the Atlanta Blaze and defenseman Ty Souders went to the Ohio through playing games and other activities. Lehigh’s lone fall weekend of Machine. In addition, former Lehigh assistant coach Tom Compitello was outside competition in the fall came at the HEADstrong SJU Fall Scrimmage. selected by the Boston Cannons. The Supplemental Draft consists of 12 The HEADstrong Foundation™ is a 501(c)(3) committed to improving the rounds, allowing each team one selection from the player pool per round quality of life for cancer patients and their families through providing es- until they reach a maximum of 35 players. At the end of last season, each team sential programs and services. The Mountain Hawks also participated in selected a protected roster of 23 players. Any players who were not placed No-Shave November as a team to help grow cancer awareness. No-Shave on a protected roster were automatically registered into the player pool.
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The Mountain Hawks and Big Red last played on Mar. 15, 2006, a 12-3 3/30 at Navy W, 9-4 Lehigh defeat at then No. 5 Cornell which marked the first meeting between the sides since 1955. SHUTOUT STREAKS • In 2012 the Lehigh defense was dominant in stretches, pitching a shutout DEFENSE IS KEY streak of 15 or more minutes in 15-of-17 games, including 13-of-14 wins. • Lehigh owned the nation’s second-ranked defense in 2012 (6.61 goals per Then in 2013, the defense posted 17 separate shutout streaks of 15+ minutes game) and followed by finishing sixth in 2013 (7.94) and second in 2014 (7.22). including in 10 of its 12 wins. In 2014, the Mountain Hawks had 15 streaks In 2015, the Mountain Hawks allowed 10.06 goals per game. So far in 2016, of 15+ minutes and 25 streaks of 10+ minutes. In 2015, Lehigh had 11 streaks Lehigh is allowing 10 .11 goals per contest . of 15+ minutes and 25 of 10+ minutes. • Lehigh struggled against Stony Brook (Mar. 29), especially early on, but • So far in 2016, the Mountain Hawks own four streaks of 20+ minutes, after allowing eight goals in the first 16:23, the Mountain Hawks allowed seven streaks of 15+ minutes and 11 of 10+ minutes . just five goals over the next 33:53 and eight over the final 43:37. •Navy (Mar. 26) scored 44 seconds into the game, but the Lehigh defense • Despite Navy dominating possession due to winning 16-of-22 faceoffs, the held the Midshipmen scoreless for the next 17:28, allowing its offense to take Lehigh defense allowed just 12 goals (Mar. 26). a 2-1 lead after one quarter of play. The Mountain Hawks later held Navy • The Mountain Hawks gave up just six goals at Lafayette (Mar. 19), including scoreless for exactly 12 minutes from the end of the third quarter until late just four goals over the game’s final 56:32. Lehigh shut-out the Leopards in in the fourth. the third quarter and allowed just two second-half goals. •After Lafayette (Mar. 19) took an early 2-0 lead, Lehigh held the Leopards • Lehigh enjoyed an especially strong first half at Army West Point (Mar. 12), scoreless for the next 20:46, until 5:48 left in the second quarter. Lehigh also allowing just four first-half goals. Over the first, second and fourth quarters, held Lafayette scoreless for a span of 19:23 from the end of the second quar- the Mountain Hawks gave up a total of just six goals against a high-powered ter through the entire third quarter until early in the fourth. The Mountain Black Knights’ offense. Hawks also held the Leopards scoreless for the game’s final 12:56. • The Mountain Hawks held Colgate to just nine goals on Feb. 27 after the • The Mountain Hawks held Colgate (Feb. 27) scoreless for a stretch of 16:25 Raiders had scored 11 in each of their previous two games. Lehigh gave up from the beginning of the second quarter through the beginning of the third. just four goals over the game’s first 42:35. The shutout streak helped Lehigh turn a 4-3 lead into a 7-4 advantage. • Lehigh allowed just seven goals at Furman (Feb. 20), holding the Paladins • Lehigh held Furman (Feb. 20) scoreless for three long stretches. The Moun- scoreless in the first quarter and to just one goal in the third. Furman scored tain Hawks held the Paladins scoreless for the game’s first 20:27 and later four goals in a span of 3:48 in the second quarter, but the Mountain Hawks held them scoreless for 20:13 bridging the second and third quarters. Lehigh held the Paladins to just three goals over the other 56:12. also held Furman scoreless for 10:41 in the fourth quarter. • After allowing nine goals over the game’s first 27 minutes at No. 3 Duke • In the season opener against NJIT (Feb. 6), Lehigh held the Highlanders (Feb. 14), the Mountain Hawk defense bounced back to allow just four over scoreless for exactly 20 minutes bridging the end of the first quarter through the final 33 minutes, allowing the offense to pull within three early in the the beginning of the third then for 14:40 in a stretch bridging the third and fourth quarter and within two in the final minute. Lehigh allowed just 16 fourth quarters. second-half shots (compared to 27 for the Mountain Hawks). Lehigh also held Tewaaraton Award Finalist Myles Jones to just one point (a goal), held HAT TRICKING in check primarily by freshmen long-stick midfielders Craig Chick and - The Mountain Hawks have 15 hat tricks so far this season, including three Eddie Bouhall. in the season opener vs. NJIT and at Lafayette. • In the season opener vs. NJIT (Feb. 6), the Mountain Hawks allowed just - Here is the rundown by game: four goals and just 14 shots (10 shots on goal) against the Highlanders. It - at Lafayette (3): Billy Oppenheimer, Tristan Rai, Reid Weber marked the fewest shots on goal Lehigh has given up since also allowing 10 - at Army West Point (2): Ray Mastroianni, Reid Weber in a 9-3 win at Bucknell on Mar. 8, 2014, and fewest shots since allowing just - vs. Colgate (2): Matt Raposo, Reid Weber eight to Manhattan in a 13-0 win over Manhattan on Feb. 25, 2012. - vs. Holy Cross (1): Tristan Rai - at Furman (2): Tristan Rai, Reid Weber - at Duke (2): Tristan Rai, Reid Weber DOMINANT DEFENSIVE EFFORTS - vs. NJIT (3): Tristan Rai, Alex Eaton, Matt Raposo - The Mountain Hawks have allowed five or fewer goals 18 times in 77 - Here is the breakdown of hat tricks by player in 2016: Tristan Rai (5), Reid games since 2012. Lehigh has allowed single-digit goals 47 times in those 77 Weber (5), Matt Raposo (2), Alex Eaton (1), Ray Mastroianni (1) and Billy contests, including four times in nine games this year. Please see below for Oppenheimer (1). the complete rundown of games allowing five goals or fewer. - 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 2016 tricks last season followed by Weber with seven. 2/6 vs. NJIT, W, 21-4 - Weber currently leads the way in career hat tricks with 16 . 2015 3/24 at Monmouth, W, 16-5 UP NEXT.... 2014 The Mountain Hawks return home next Saturday (Apr. 9) to host Loyola at 3/8 at Bucknell W, 9-3 2 p.m. in Goodman Stadium. 3/15 vs. Navy W, 13-2 3/29 vs. Holy Cross W, 20-4 FOLLOW LEHIGH LACROSSE 4/12 vs. Georgetown W, 12-3 Facebook Facebook.com/LehighMensLacrosse Facebook.com/LehighAthletics 2013 Twitter Twitter.com/LehighLacrosse 2/10 vs. Saint Joseph’s W, 14-1 Twitter.com/LehighSports 3/2 vs. VMI W, 18-2 Instagram Instagram.com/LehighLacrosse 3/23 at Holy Cross W, 8-5 Instagram.com/Lehigh_Sports
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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
Smith Family Head Lacrosse Coach: Kevin Cassese (Duke ’03), Ninth Season Associate Head Coach: Errol Wilson (Stony Brook ’06) Assistant Coaches: Will Scudder (Lehigh ’11) and Kevin Massa (Bryant ‘15) Director of Quality Control: Tom Cassese (C.W. Post ’67) Lacrosse Operations Assistant: Mark Wirth
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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 10: LEHIGH AT NO. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY • APRIL 2, 2016 • PAGE 9 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 5-4 3-2 3-2 Total 76-62 ( .551) 32-25 ( .561) 38-28 ( .576)
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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 10: LEHIGH AT NO. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY • APRIL 2, 2016 • PAGE 11
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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 DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 2 Casey McAdam 0-0-0, 6 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 1-0-1, 4 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 3 3 Mickey Fitzpatrick 1-0-1, 1 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 4 Mike Sammarro 0-0-0, 1 DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 5 Jackson Monnin 1-0-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 5 6 Billy Oppenheimer 0-3-3, 1 1-2-3, 0 2-0-2, 0 2-0-2, 3 2-3-5, 0 1-1-2, 1 3-1-4, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 7 Andrew Pettit 1-1-2, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP 8 Cody Triolo 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 9 Matt Raposo 3-2-5, 1 1-1-2, 0 1-2-3, 0 2-4-6, 4 3-0-3, 2 1-1-2, 0 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 1 2-0-2, 0 10 Jonathan Klobus 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 11 Ray Mastroianni 0-1-1, 0 0-3-3, 1 1-1-2, 2 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 2 3-0-3, 1 0-1-1, 2 0-0-0, 1 DNP 13 Craig Chick 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-1-1, 3 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 1-2-3, 5 0-0-0, 6 15 Chris Appell 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 17 Reid Weber 2-2-4, 1 3-0-3, 3 4-2-6, 2 1-3-4, 3 3-0-3, 2 3-2-5, 1 3-1-4, 1 2-1-3, 0 1-0-1, 1 18 Adam Sawicki 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 2 19 Alex Eaton 4-2-6, 2 2-0-2, 2 1-4-5, 0 2-0-2, 0 2-0-2, 0 0-1-1, 1 0-3-3, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 20 Sam Shearin 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 21 Brady Thompson 0-1-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 22 Ian Strain 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-1-1, 3 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 3 2-0-2, 3 1-1-2, 3 23 Conor Duffy DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 24 Matt Ernst 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 6 0-0-0, 5 DNP DNP DNP DNP 25 John Mehok 2-0-2, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 1 26 Jason Kozel 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP DNP 28 Matt Rimol 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 31 Casey Eidenshink 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 DNP 33 Danny Norris 0-0-0, 1 DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 34 Michael Di Rienzo 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 35 Ralph Shields 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 36 JJ Foley 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 39 William Gunn 0-1-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 40 Eddie Bouhall 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 3 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 4 43 Nick Fraboni 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 44 Tristan Rai 5-0-5, 1 4-0-4, 1 4-1-5, 1 3-2-5, 1 2-0-2, 2 1-0-1, 1 3-1-4, 1 0-1-1, 2 1-0-1, 1 45 Nolan Apers 1-1-2, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 46 Garrett Miers DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 47 Kevin Tsao 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 48 Zach Drake DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 49 Chris Kiernan DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 50 Donny Stires 0-0-0, 1 DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 55 Eddie DeDomenico DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 66 Tripp Telesco 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-1-1, 3 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 3 77 Corey Eppley DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 99 Lucas Spence 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 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 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 18 Adam Sawicki 3-3, 37:54 8-13, 60:00 15-6, 56:34 6-11, 60:00 11-9, 60:00 5-10, 40:55 DNP DNP 5-3, 15:00 49 Chris Kiernan DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 6-3, 19:05 11-6, 60:00 14-12, 60:00 6-13, 45:00 50 Donny Stires 2-1, 17:40 DNP 0-1, 3:26 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
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 4-14, 28.6 3-11, 21.4 DNP 2-4, 50.0 4-19, 21.1 9-19, 47.3 0-5, 0.0 6-20, 30.0 24 Matt Ernst 1-5, 20.0 5-13, 38.5 5-14, 35.7 16-26, 62.0 11-20, 55.0 DNP DNP DNP DNP
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2016 TEAM TENDENCIES Lehigh scores less than 10 goals 0-2 Lehigh in February 3-1 Overall Record 5-4 Lehigh scores 10-14 goals 3-2 Lehigh in March 2-3 Home 3-2 Lehigh scores 15 or more goals 2-0 Road 2-2 vs . the conferences Neutral 0-0 Opponent scores less than 5 goals 1-0 ACC 0-1 Opponent scores 5-9 goals 3-0 America East 0-1 Patriot League Record 3-2 Opponent scores 10 or more goals 1-4 Independent 1-0 Non-League Record 2-2 Patriot League 3-2 vs. Unranked Teams 5-1 Southern Conference 1-0 vs. Ranked Teams 0-3 Leading after one quarter 5-1 Trailing after one quarter 0-2 Tied after one quarter 0-1 2016 TOP PERFORMANCES Leading at the half 5-1 Trailing at the half 0-3 Tied at the half 0-0 Leading after three quarters 4-0 Trailing after three quarters 0-4 Tied after three quarters 1-0 In overtime 0-0 Lehigh has more shots 5-1 Opponent has more shots 0-3 Shots are even 0-0 Lehigh has more saves 2-3 Opponent has more saves 3-1 Saves are even 0-0 Lehigh wins more faceoffs 2-0 Opponent wins more faceoffs 3-4 Faceoffs are even 0-0 Lehigh has more groundballs 3-0 Opponent has more groundballs 2-4 Groundballs are even 0-0
Lehigh scores an EMO goal 5-3 Lehigh doesn’t score an EMO goal 0-1
Games decided by one goal 1-0 Games decided by 2-4 goals 1-2 Games decided by 5-8 goals 2-1 Games decided by 9+ goals 1-1
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#2 CASEY MCADAM #8 CODY TRIOLO #13 CRAIG CHICK Jr. • M/FO • 5-11 • 175 • Neshanic Station, N.J. Jr. • M • 5-9 • 175 • Burlington, N.J. Fr. • D • 5-11 • 190 • Edgewater, Md.
- Was 6-of-20 on faceoffs with three groundballs against No. 12 - Fired three shots while scooping two groundballs against - Strong effort with a career-high six groundballs to go with three Stony Brook (3/29). Colgate (3/5). caused turnovers vs. No. 12 Stony Brook (3/29). Also won 3-of-5 - Solid effort at archrival Lafayette (3/19), winning 9-of-19 faceoffs - Scored first goal of the season while adding a groundball at faceoffs. with four groundballs, one caused turnover and a go-ahead goal Furman (2/20). - Filled up the stat sheet against No. 14/16 Navy (3/26), tallying in the second quarter. - Had a groundball at No. 3 Duke (2/14). career highs in goals (1), assists (2) and points (3) while adding five - Entered in the fourth quarter vs. Colgate (3/5) and won two big - Scooped a groundball in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6). groundballs, two caused turnovers and winning three faceoffs (on faceoffs (in four attempts) to help Lehigh seal the win. 10 attempts). Entered the game with one career point (an assist). - Won 11-of-21 faceoffs with six groundballs in the season opener CAREER STATISTICS - Scooped two groundballs at archrival Lafayette (3/19). vs. NJIT (2/6). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Posted three groundballs and three caused turnovers in strong 2014 5/0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 effort at Army West Point (3/12). CAREER STATISTICS 2015 15/0 2 0 2 10 0 12 0 - Another strong effort, posting three groundballs, two caused turn- Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB CT FO % 2016 6/0 1 0 1 11 0 5 0 overs and first-career point (an assist) vs. Colgate (3/5). 2014 13/0 0 0 0 20 0 47-91 .516 Total 26/0 3 0 3 24 0 17 0 - Had two groundballs and a caused turnover in Patriot League 2015 16/0 1 0 1 38 4 88-191 .461 opener against Holy Cross (2/27). CAREER HIGHS 2016 9/0 1 0 1 20 4 39-113 .345 - Recorded two groundballs and two caused turnovers at Furman Total 38/0 2 0 2 78 8 174-395 .448 Goals: 2 at Holy Cross (3/28/15) Assists: -- (2/20). - Scooped two groundballs at No. 3 Duke, helping hold down CAREER HIGHS Points: 2 at Holy Cross (3/28/15) Tewaaraton Award Finalist Myles Jones to just one point. Goals: 1, two times; last at Lafayette (3/19/16) Groundballs: 3 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Points: 1, two times; last at Lafayette (3/19/16) Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0 - Tallied a game-high four caused turnovers while adding four Faceoffs Won: 17 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) groundballs in collegiate debut vs. NJIT (2/6). Faceoffs Taken: 24 at Furman (2/14/15) Groundballs: 12 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) CAREER STATISTICS #9 MATT RAPOSO Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Jr. • A • 6-2 • 185 • Neshanic Station, N.J. 2016 9/0 1 3 4 3 0 29 17 #6 BILLY OPPENHEIMER Total 9/0 1 3 4 3 0 29 17 - Scored a team-high two goals against No. 12 Stony Brook (3/29). Sr. • M/A • 6-0 • 180 • Conshohocken, Pa. - Posted a groundball and caused turnover against No. 14/16 CAREER HIGHS Navy (3/26). Goals: 1 vs. Navy (3/26/16) - Scored a first-quarter goal vs. No. 14/16 Navy (3/26). - Tallied a goal and groundball at rival Lafayette (3/19). Assists: 2 vs. Navy (3/26/16) Points: 3 vs. Navy (3/26/16) - Another strong effort with a career-high three goals along with - Had a goal and assist at Army West Point (3/12). one assist at Lafayette (3/19). Marked first-career hat trick. Groundballs: 4 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) - Recorded second-career hat trick with a career-high tying three Caused Turnovers: 4 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) - Recorded a goal, assist and groundball at Army West Point (3/12). goals vs. Colgate (3/5), including two big goals in the fourth - Impressive effort vs. Colgate (3/5), posting a career-high five quarter. points, all in the first half. Two goals and three assists both tied - Posted a career-high six points behind two goals and a career-high a career high. four assists in the Patriot League opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27). Also #15 CHRIS APPELL - Another multi-point game, scoring two goals in the Patriot League shattered a career high with five groundballs. Sr. • A/M • 5-10 • 180 • Locust Valley, N.Y. opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27), including the game-winner with 4:42 - Had one goal and two assists at Furman (2/20). remaining which broke an 11-11 tie. Added three groundballs. - Recorded a goal, assist and (first-career) caused turnover at No. - Recorded a groundball vs. No. 12 Stony Brook (3/29). - Third straight multi-point game to start the season, scoring two 3 Duke (2/14). - Tallied two groundballs and a caused turnover against No. goals at Furman (2/20) to tie a career high. - Tallied first-career hat trick in season opener vs. NJIT (2/6), 14/16 Navy (3/26). - Tied a career-high three points for second straight week, posting finishing with a career high in goals (3) and points (5). Two assists - Had a groundball and caused turnover at Army West Point (3/12). one goal and two assists at No. 3 Duke (2/14). tied a career high. - Recorded a groundball and caused turnover against Colgate (3/5). - Tallied three assists to tie a career high in the season opener - Scooped a groundball in the league opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27). against NJIT (2/6). All came in the first quarter to help the Moun- CAREER STATISTICS tain Hawks score the game’s first six goals. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER STATISTICS 2014 5/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER STATISTICS 2015 7/2 3 3 6 9 0 3 0 2013 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 12/0 2 2 4 9 0 5 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2016 9/9 14 10 24 37 1 10 2 2013 9/0 5 8 13 15 0 4 1 2015 12/0 1 0 1 1 0 12 0 Total 21/11 18 13 31 47 1 13 2 (at Quinnipiac) 2016 8/0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 2014 18/3 7 9 16 39 2 14 0 Total 36/0 3 2 5 10 0 23 3 2015 14/6 10 6 16 40 3 8 1 CAREER HIGHS 2016 9/7 12 10 22 41 2 5 0 Goals: 3, two times; last vs. Colgate (3/5/16) CAREER HIGHS Total 50/16 34 33 67 135 7 31 2 Assists: 4 vs. Holy Cross (2/27/16) Goals: 1, three times; last at Holy Cross (3/28/15) Points: 6 vs. Holy Cross (2/27/16) Assists: 1, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) CAREER HIGHS (at Lehigh) Groundballs: 5 vs. Holy Cross (2/27/16) Points: 1, five times; last at Holy Cross (3/28/15) Goals: 3 at Lafayette (3/19/16) Caused Turnovers: 1, two times; last vs. Navy (3/26/16) Groundballs: 4 at Stony Brook (4/12/15) Assists: 3, three times; last vs. Colgate (3/5/16) Multi-Goal Games: 5; Multi-Point Games: 9; Hat Tricks: 2 Caused Turnovers: 1, three times; last vs. Navy (3/26/16) Points: 5 vs. Colgate (3/5/16) Groundballs: 4 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Multi-Goal Games: 7; Multi-Point Games: 18; Hat Tricks: 1 #11 RAY MASTROIANNI Sr. • M • 6-2 • 185 • Martinsville, N.J. #7 ANDREW PETTIT Fr. • A • 5-11 • 170 • Wilmington, Del. - Scooped a groundball against No. 14/16 Navy (3/26). - Dished an assist and scooped two groundballs at Lafayette (3/19). - Scored three goals for first-career hat trick while adding a ground- - Scored an extra man goal at Army West Point (3/12). ball and caused turnover at Army West Point (3/12). - Scooped first-career groundball at No. 3 Duke (2/14). - Posted two groundballs and a caused turnover vs. Colgate (3/5). - Finished with a goal and assist in collegiate debut vs. NJIT (2/6). - Tallied a goal and groundball in the league opener vs. Holy Scored Lehigh’s first goal of the season just 1:12 into the game. Cross (2/27). - Scored first goal of the season while adding an assist and two CAREER STATISTICS groundballs at Furman (2/20). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Posted a career-high three points (via a career-high three assits) 2016 6/0 2 1 3 8 1 1 0 at No. 3 Duke (2/14). Also scooped a groundball. Total 6/0 2 1 3 8 1 1 0 - Dished an assist in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6), making first-career start. CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, two times; last at Army West Point (3/12/16) CAREER STATISTICS Assists: 1 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Points: 2 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) 2014 18/0 3 3 6 22 0 22 4 Groundballs: 1 at Duke (2/14/16) 2015 16/0 1 2 3 13 0 13 3 Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0 2016 8/8 5 6 11 20 0 10 2 Total 42/8 9 11 20 55 0 45 9
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 3 at Army West Point (3/12/16) Assists: 3 at Duke (2/14/16) Points: 3, two times; last at Army West Point (3/12/16) Groundballs: 4, two times; last at Bucknell (3/8/14) Caused Turnovers: 1, nine times; last at Army West Point (3/12/16) Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 3; Hat Tricks: 1
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CAREER STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS #17 REID WEBER Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Sr. • A • 6-0 • 200 • Oreland, Pa. 2013 6/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2014 11/0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 2014 18/10 11 9 20 42 0 8 1 2015 9/1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 - Posted Lehigh’s first goal against No. 12 Stony Brook (3/29) while 2015 11/6 8 4 12 31 2 7 1 2016 6/6 0 0 0 1 0 10 4 adding a groundball and caused turnover. 2016 9/9 11 10 21 39 4 10 2 Total 26/7 1 0 1 2 0 15 8 Total 44/25 31 23 54 113 6 25 4 - Scored two goals and dished an assist against No. 14/16 Navy CAREER HIGHS (3/26). CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1 vs. Colgate (4/5/14) - Recorded third consecutive hat trick with three goals and one Goals: 4 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Points: 1 vs. Colgate (4/5/14) assist at archrival Lafayette (3/19). Assists: 4 at Furman (2/20/16) Groundballs: 3, two times; last at Furman (2/20/16) - Tallied a hat trick before halftime for a second straight week, Points: 6 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Caused Turnovers: 1, eight times; last at Army West Point (3/12/16) finishing the game at Army West Point (3/12) with three goals Groundballs: 3 at Lafayette (3/19/16) and two assists. Caused Turnovers: 1, four times; last at Army West Point (3/12/16) - Finished with third hat trick of the season and 14th of his career Multi-Goal Games: 8; Multi-Point Games: 14; Hat Tricks: 2 with three goals, two groundballs and a caused turnover vs. #28 MATT RIMOL Colgate (3/5). Fr. • D • 6-2 • 210 • Londonberry, N.H. - Tallied a goal, three assists and three groundballs in the Patriot #22 IAN STRAIN League opener against Holy Cross (2/27). Jr. • M • 6-0 • 190 • Springfield, Pa. - Scooped a groundball vs. No. 12 Stony Brook (3/29). - Tied a career-high six points at Furman (2/20) behind four goals - Made first-career start against No. 14/16 Navy (3/26). and two assists. - Recorded a goal, assist and three groundballs vs. No. 12 Stony - Made collegiate debut in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6). - Posted 12th career hat trick at No. 3 Duke (2/14), including a Brook (3/29). Made first-career start. pair of fourth-quarter extra man goals. Also had three groundballs - Scored a career-high two goals while adding three groundballs CAREER STATISTICS and a caused turnover. and a career-high two caused turnovers in strong effort vs. No. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Recorded two goals, two assists, a groundball and caused turn- 2016 4/2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14/16 Navy (3/26). over in the season opener against NJIT (2/6). In the process, Weber Total 4/2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Tallied three groundballs at archrival Lafayette (3/19). eclipsed 100 career points, reaching 102. - Scooped a groundball at Army West Point (3/12). CAREER HIGHS CAREER STATISTICS - Recorded five groundballs and a caused turnover in big win Groundballs: 1 vs. Stony Brook (3/29/16) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT over Colgate (3/5). Caused Turnovers: -- 2013 6/0 2 1 3 4 0 3 0 - Scored first goal of the season while adding a groundball in the 2014 18/18 27 17 44 89 4 30 6 Patriot League opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27). 2015 16/16 38 13 51 117 9 39 4 - Posted an assist and three groundballs in strong effort at Fur- 2016 9/9 22 11 33 69 4 14 4 man (2/20). #31 CASEY EIDENSHINK Total 49/43 89 42 131 279 17 86 14 - Had two groundballs at No. 3 Duke (2/14). Sr. • D • 5-11 • 185 • Wyncote, Pa. - Tallied three groundballs in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6). CAREER HIGHS - Tallied a groundball against No. 14/16 Navy (3/26). Goals: 5, two times; last at Bucknell (4/21/15) CAREER STATISTICS - Had a groundball (the 100th of his career) and caused turnover Assists: 4 vs. Navy (3/15/14) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Points: 6, three times; last at Furman (2/20/16) in win at Lafayette (3/19). 2015 16/0 2 1 3 11 0 18 6 Groundballs: 6 vs. Navy (4/22/14) - Scooped four groundballs at Army West Point (3/12). 2016 9/1 4 2 6 11 0 24 3 Multi-Goal Games: 27; Multi-Point Games: 32; Hat Tricks: 16 - Strong vs. Colgate (3/5), recording four groundballs while Total 25/1 6 3 9 22 0 42 9 holding first team All-League honoree Anthony Abbadessa to just one assist. CAREER HIGHS - Had a caused turnover in the Patriot League opener vs. Holy #18 ADAM SAWICKI Goals: 2 vs. Navy (3/26/16) Assists: 1, three times; last vs. Stony Brook (3/29/16) Cross (2/27). So. • G • 5-10 • 172 • Winter Park, Fla. Points: 2, three times; last vs. Stony Brook (3/29/16) - Named a Senior CLASS Award candidate on Feb. 16. Groundballs: 7 vs. Army (3/21/15) - Strong effort at No. 3 Duke (2/14) with a team-high five ground- - Entered in the fourth quarter against No. 12 Stony Brook (3/29) Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Navy (3/26/16) balls and three caused turnovers. Part of a defense which allowed and made five saves, allowing just three goals while adding two Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 3; Hat Tricks: 0 just four goals over the game’s final 33 minutes. groundballs and a caused turnover. - Finished with three groundballs and a caused turnover in the - Finished with 11 saves, allowing nine goals in big win over season opener against NJIT (2/6). Colgate (3/5). Tallied four saves in both the second and fourth quarters. #24 MATT ERNST CAREER STATISTICS - Made six saves, including five in the second quarter, in the Patriot So. • M/FO • 5-10 • 175 • Haverford, Pa. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT League opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27). 2013 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 - Tallied 15 saves, allowing just six goals at Furman (2/20). - Won 11-of-20 faceoffs with five groundballs in strong effort vs. 2014 18/1 0 1 1 2 0 29 16 16/16 0 1 1 5 0 50 23 - Finished with eight saves at No. 3 Duke (2/14) along with two Colgate (3/5). 2015 2016 8/8 0 0 0 2 0 18 6 groundballs. - Stellar effort in the league opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27), win- Total 49/25 0 2 2 9 0 101 46 - Made three saves, allowing just three goals in season opener ning 16-of-26 while scooping six groundballs. Tied a career high vs. NJIT (2/6). Played the first 37:54 before being relieved by in faceoffs won and groundballs while setting a career high in CAREER HIGHS Donny Stires. faceoffs taken. Earned Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Assists: 1, two times; last vs. Princeton (4/7/15) Week for his efforts . Points: 1, two times; last vs. Princeton (4/7/15) CAREER STATISTICS - Provided a spark off the bench at No. 3 Duke (2/14), winning Groundballs: 6, two times; last at Navy (3/14/15) Year GP/GS Svs. GA Sv.% GAA W-L GB some second-half faceoffs to help spark a Lehigh comeback. Caused Turnovers: 4 vs. Boston University (2/21/15) 2015 9/7 63 62 .504 10.25 3-4 6 Finished 5-of-13 on the day. 2016 7/6 53 55 .491 9.99 4-2 4 - Won 1-of-5 faceoffs in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6). Total 16/13 116 117 .498 10.13 7-6 10 #40 EDDIE BOUHALL CAREER STATISTICS Fr. • D • 6-1 • 201 • Lynbrook, N.Y. CAREER HIGHS Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB CT FO % Saves: 17 vs. Lafayette (4/17/16) 2015 14/0 0 0 0 27 0 76-157 .484 Fewest Goals Allowed: 3 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) - Four groundballs to tie a career high and a caused turnover 2016 5/0 0 0 0 14 0 38-78 .487 against No. 12 Stony Brook (3/29). Groundballs: 2, two times; last at Duke (2/14/16) Total 19/0 0 0 0 41 0 114-235 .485 - Strong vs. Navy (3/26), tallying two groundballs and two caused CAREER HIGHS turnovers while also winning 2-of-6 faceoffs. Faceoffs Won: 16, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (2/27/16) - Tallied three groundballs at Lafayette (3/19) in first-career start. #19 ALEX EATON Faceoffs Taken: 26 vs. Holy Cross (2/27/16) - Caused a turnover at Army West Point (3/12). Sr. • M • 5-8 • 180 • Westford, Mass. Groundballs: 6, three times; last vs. Holy Cross (2/27/16) - Had a pair of groundballs against Colgate (3/5). - Strong effort with four groundballs and a career-high three caused - Scooped two groundballs against No. 14/16 Navy (3/26). turnovers in the Patriot League opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27). - Dished three assists and scooped a career-high three groundballs - Scored first-career goal at Furman (2/20) while adding a in win at archrival Lafayette (3/19). #26 JASON KOZEL groundball. - Posted an assist, groundball and caused turnover at Army West Jr. • D/M • 6-2 • 217 • Westport, Conn. - Tallied three groundballs in strong effort and fired first-career Point (3/12). shots (2) at No. 3 Duke (2/14). Helped hold Tewaaraton Award - Finished with two goals in big win over Colgate (3/5). - Recorded a groundball and caused turnover at Army West Finalist Myles Jones to just one point. - Scored two goals, including a man-up tally, in Patriot League Point (3/12). - Recorded a groundball and caused turnover in collegiate debut opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27). Fourth straight game with multiple - Scooped two groundballs in big league victory vs. Colgate (3/5). against NJIT (2/6). points to start the season. - Had a groundball in the Patriot League opener vs. Holy Cross - Scored a goal while dishing a career-high four assists at Furman (2/27). CAREER STATISTICS (2/20). - Finished with three groundballs to tie a career high, along with Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Scored two goals while adding two groundballs (to tie a career a caused turnover at Furman (2/20). 2016 9/2 1 0 1 4 0 20 8 high) at No. 3 Duke (2/14). - Posted a career-high three groundballs to go with a caused Total 9/2 1 0 1 4 0 20 8 - Monster season opener vs. NJIT (2/6), tallying career highs in turnover at No. 3 Duke (2/14). Defense allowed just four goals over the game’s final 33 minutes. CAREER HIGHS goals (4) and points (6) while tying a career high in assists (2) and Goals: 1 at Furman (2/20/16) - Recorded a caused turnover in the season opener against NJIT groundballs (2). Marked second-career hat trick. Points: 1 at Furman (2/20/16) (2/6), making second-career start. Groundballs: 4, three times; last vs. Stony Brook (3/29/16) Caused Turnovers: 3 vs. Holy Cross (2/27/16) Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 10: LEHIGH AT NO. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY • APRIL 2, 2016 • PAGE 17
CAREER STATISTICS #44 TRISTAN RAI Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Fr. • A/M • 6-0 • 170 • Edmonton, Alberta 2013 17/10 0 0 0 0 0 29 14 2014 17/17 0 2 2 1 0 44 36 - Scored a goal and added a groundball against No. 12 Stony 2015 12/12 0 0 0 0 0 21 17 Brook (3/29). 2016 9/9 0 1 1 2 0 29 20 Total 55/48 0 3 3 3 0 123 87 - Dished an assist and added two groundballs and first-career caused turnover vs. No. 14/16 Navy (3/26). CAREER HIGHS - Tallied yet another hat trick with three goals and one assist at Groundballs: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) archrival Lafayette (3/19), converting all three shots he took into Caused Turnovers: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) goals. Also recorded a groundball. - Scored a third-quarter goal at Army West Point (3/12). - Scored two goals vs. Colgate (3/5), including one with 37 seconds remaining to help seal the 12-9 victory. #77 COREY EPPLEY - Posted three goals, including the game-tying goal with 6:20 Sr. • D • 6-2 • 182 • Darien, Conn. remaining, along with a career-high two assists in the Patriot League opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27). - Was 1-of-1 on faceoffs vs. Navy (3/26). - Another dazzling performance, scoring four goals while - Scooped a groundball at Lafayette (3/19). dishing first-career assist at Furman (2/20). Several goals were - Made season debut at Furman (2/20). highlight-reel tallies, including a man-down marker just seconds into the fourth quarter. CAREER STATISTICS - Second straight strong effort to start collegiate career, scoring a Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT game-high four goals at No. 3 Duke (2/14). Four goals came on 2013 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 just five shots and just four shots on goal. Also had a groundball. 2014 13/0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - Sensational collegiate debut, scoring five goals on five shots 2015 16/0 0 0 0 1 0 16 12 (all in the first half) vs. NJIT (2/6). Included was a highlight-reel 2016 6/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 behind-the-back goal which was featured on several national Total 38/0 0 0 0 1 0 24 13 outlets including ESPN and CBS Sports. Had two extra man goals. CAREER HIGHS Groundballs: 3, two times; last vs. Princeton (4/7/15) CAREER STATISTICS Caused Turnovers: 2, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2016 9/9 23 5 28 37 2 11 1 Total 9/9 23 5 28 37 2 11 1 #99 LUCAS SPENCE CAREER HIGHS Fr. • A • 5-11 • 175 • Springfield, Pa. Goals: 5 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Assists: 2 vs. Holy Cross (2/27/16) - Tallied a fourth-quarter goal against No. 12 Stony Brook (3/29). Points: 5, two times; last at Furman (2/20/16) - Scored a goal in collegiate debut vs. NJIT (2/6). Groundballs: 2, two times; last vs. Navy (3/26/16) Caused Turnovers: 1 vs. Navy (3/26/16) CAREER STATISTICS Multi-Goal Games: 6; Multi-Point Games: 6; Hat Tricks: 5 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2016 8/2 2 0 2 8 0 0 0 Total 8/2 2 0 2 8 0 0 0
#49 CHRIS KIERNAN CAREER HIGHS Fr. • G • 5-10 • 170 • Chevy Chase, Md. Goals: 1, two times; last vs. Stony Brook (3/29/16) Points: 1, two times; last vs. Stony Brook (3/29/16) - Made six saves over the first three quarters against No. 12 Stony Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 Brook (3/29). - Another strong game with a career-high 14 saves, seven coming in the third quarter, vs. No. 14/16 Navy (3/26). - Made 11 saves, allowing just six goals in win at archrival Lafayette (3/19). Stopped seven-of-nine shots sent his way in the second half. - Entered in relief and made six saves, allowing just three goals at Army West Point (3/12) in collegiate debut.
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS Svs. GA Sv.% GAA W-L GB 2016 4/3 37 34 .521 11.08 1-2 3 Total 4/3 37 34 .521 11.08 1-2 3
CAREER HIGHS Saves: 14 vs. Navy (3/26/16) Fewest Goals Allowed: 6 at Lafayette (3/19/16)
#66 TRIPP TELESCO Sr. • D • 6-2 • 208 • Ridgewood, N.J.
- Had three groundballs and a caused turnover vs. Stony Brook (3/29). - Scooped five groundballs against No. 14/16 Navy (3/26). - Impressed with three groundballs and four caused turnovers while spearheading a defense that allowed just six goals at Lafayette (3/19). - Recorded a team-high five groundballs, along with two caused turnovers, at Army West Point (3/12). - Dished an assist while adding three groundballs and three caused turnovers in win over Colgate (3/5). - Strong effort with two groundballs and three caused turnovers in the league opener vs. Holy Cross (2/27). - Had three groundballs and two caused turnovers at Furman (2/20). - Sensational effort at No. 3 Duke (2/14), posting three groundballs and two caused turnovers. Part of a defense which allowed just four goals over the game’s final 33 minutes. - Scooped two groundballs in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/6).
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team jumped out to a DURHAM, N.C. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team outscored No. 3 Duke 9-4 over 16-2 halftime lead on its way to a convincing 21-4 season-opening victory over the final 33 minutes of the game, but the Mountain Hawks fell just short in a 13-11 defeat on Sunday afternoon. Lehigh scored with 1:30, 45 seconds and 24 seconds remaining, NJIT on Saturday afternoon at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Freshman Tristan but the Blue Devils won the ensuing faceoff to end any hopes of a comeback. Freshman Rai paced the offense with five first-half goals while Senior Alex Eaton set Tristan Rai led the offense with four goals on the afternoon while senior Casey Eidenshink a career high with four goals and six points. The 21 goals marked Lehigh’s spearhead a defensive effort that helped force 20 Duke turnovers. Individually, Eidenshink most since a 21-9 win at Detroit Mercy on Mar. 15, 2010 while Saturday was finished the game with a team-high five groundballs and three caused turnovers. the Mountain Hawks’ largest margin of victory since a 22-3 win over VMI The game was a homecoming for Cassese, who was an All-American player and also assistant coach at Duke. on Apr. 17, 1999. Rai now owns a team-leading nine goals through two collegiate games, converting Rai and Eaton had plenty of help. Junior Matt Raposo recorded his nine of his 10 shots and all nine of his shots on goal. Four seniors recorded multi-point first-career hat trick, tallying career highs in goals (3) and points (5) while efforts as Reid Weber tallied his 12th career hat trick with three goals, Alex Eaton scored tying a career high in assists (2). Sophomore John Mehok scored his first twice, Billy Oppenheimer had a goal and two assists and Ray Mastroianni dished three two career goals while senior Reid Weber tallied two goals and two assists. assists. Junior Matt Raposo added a goal and assist. Mastroianni’s three points set a new career high while Oppenheimer’s three points tied a career high. In total, six different freshmen recorded at least one point, with five scoring Senior Tripp Telesco tallied three groundballs and two caused turnovers. Lehigh’s goals: Rai (five goals), Andrew Pettit (one goal, one assist), Lucas Spence starting close defensemen of Eidenshink, Telesco and junior Jason Kozel combined for (one goal), Mickey Fitzpatrick (one goal), Jackson Monnin (one goal) and 11 groundballs and six caused turnovers. The Mountain Hawk defense held Tewaaraton William Gunn (one assist) Award Finalist Myles Jones to just one point (a goal) on the afternoon. Senior Tripp Telesco enjoyed a big day on the defensive end, tallying Duke opened the scoring just 27 seconds into the game on an extra man opportunity, but the Mountain Hawks pulled even with 11:10 on the first-quarter clock as Rai scored two goals and three assists. Freshman Craig Chick had a game-high four his sixth goal of the season off a nifty feed from Raposo. caused turnovers to go with four groundballs. A transition goal from long pole Greg Pelton gave the Blue Devils a 2-1 lead, sparking The Mountain Hawks came out with a vengeance, taking a 6-0 lead a 5-0 run. Duke led 5-1 after one quarter of play, reaching 6-1 early in the second quarter. before the game was nine minutes old. Three of the goals were scored by Weber scored his first of the game at the 12:04 mark of the second to pull Lehigh within Rai, including a highlight-reel behind-the-back goal that gave Lehigh a 4-0 6-2, but Duke responded with the next three goals to take its largest lead of the game at 9-2 with exactly three minutes on the second-quarter clock. advantage with 8:11 left in the first quarter. Lehigh wouldn’t go away, slowly chipping into Duke’s lead. It began when Eaton NJIT pulled within 6-1 with 5:06 on the first-quarter clock, but the scored an unassisted goal at 1:32 of the second quarter to pull his squad within 9-3 at the Mountain Hawks stormed back with 10 of the next 11 goals, including an 8-0 half. edge in the second quarter. Eaton began the run with 3:49 on the first-quarter The Mountain Hawks came out of the locker room on fire as sophomore Matt Ernst clock, then went on to score two straight in the second quarter, at 11:24 and took his first faceoff of the afternoon and won the draw, which led to a Rai goal off a great feed from Mastroianni, pulling the Mountain Hawks within 9-4 just 15 seconds into the 6:14, to give Lehigh an 11-2 advantage. Rai followed with his fourth and fifth third. goals of the game, then sophomore Nolan Apers, Weber and Eaton rounded Oppenheimer followed just over three minutes later, but the Blue Devils answered out the first-half scoring as Lehigh took a 16-2 lead at the half. with two in a row to retake a six-goal, 11-5 advantage late in the third quarter. The Highlanders opened the scoring in the third quarter, but the Moun- Again, Lehigh wouldn’t go away quietly, scoring the next three goals as Raposo tain Hawks answered with the next four, from Fitzpatrick, Mehok (twice) converted a centering pass from Oppenheimer, Weber scored a man-up goal just 19 seconds into the fourth quarter and Eaton scored his second goal of the afternoon to pull and Spence. The teams traded goals in the fourth quarter, wrapping up the the Mountain Hawks within 11-8 with 10:41 still remaining in the third. 21-4 final. Duke responded with two straight goals to regain control, but Lehigh had one last- The Mountain Hawks were able to clear their bench in the third and ditch effort. Rai began the run at the 1:30 mark while Weber scored an unassisted tally fourth quarters, giving many players valuable minutes. on a delayed penalty 45 seconds later. On the ensuing extra man, Rai scored his fourth Final shots were 49-14 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain Hawks of the game to pull Lehigh within 13-11 with 24 seconds remaining. However, the Blue Devils won the ensuing faceoff to wrap up the victory. held a 32-26 edge in groundballs. A trio of Lehigh goaltenders combined for Final shots were 44-36 in favor of Lehigh while Duke held a 34-31 edge in groundballs. six saves. Junior Casey McAdam finished 11-of-21 from the faceoff X. Lehigh The Blue Devils won 18-of-27 faceoffs on the afternoon. Sophomore Adam Sawicki made was 5-of-6 on the extra man. eight saves in goal (seven over the final three quarters), across Duke’s Danny Fowler, who made 14 including six in the fourth quarter. The Mountain Hawks were 2-of-6 on extra man opportunities compared to Duke’s 1-of-5.
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GREENSVILLE, S.C. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored the game’s BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Trailing 11-9 midway through the fourth quarter, the first four goals, Furman responded with the next four, but the Mountain Hawks Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored the game’s final three goals to defeat visit- answered with another 6-0 run to put the game away, on their way to a 15-7 win ing Holy Cross, 12-11 in the Patriot League opener for both sides on Saturday on Saturday. Senior Reid Weber led Lehigh with six points to tie a career high afternoon. The win marked Lehigh’s sixth straight in league openers. Junior while freshman Tristan Rai tallied five points behind four goals and one assist. Matt Raposo led the Mountain Hawks’ offense with a career-high six points Sophomore Adam Sawicki was sensational in goal, making a career-high 15 behind two goals and a career-high four assists. saves. With the win, the Mountain Hawks improve to 2-1 on the season heading Trailing by two, freshman Tristan Rai corralled a groundball behind into next Saturday’s Patriot League opener vs. Holy Cross. the goal and found senior Ray Mastroianni in front of the net. Mastroianni Weber finished the day with four goals and two assists for his 13th career promptly scored his second goal of the season to pull Lehigh within 11-10 hat trick while Rai recorded his third hat trick in as many collegiate games. The with 8:24 remaining. Rai added his third goal of the game at the 6:20 mark on four goals came on seven shots as he now owns 13 goals on 17 shots this season. a highlight-reel behind-the-back goal and senior Billy Oppenheimer scored Senior Billy Oppenheimer scored twice for the Mountain Hawks while with 4:42 remaining to give Lehigh a 12-11 advantage, which proved to be the senior Alex Eaton posted five points (one goal, career-high four assists) and final. junior Matt Raposo had three points (one goal, two assists). Senior Ray Mas- Rai finished with four or more points for a fourth straight game, posting troianni, junior Cody Triolo and freshman Eddie Bouhall all scored a goal as three goals and two assists, his fourth consecutive hat trick to begin his career. well. Senior Reid Weber added four points (one goal, three assists) while seniors Defensively, freshman Craig Chick recorded two groundballs and two Oppenheimer and Alex Eaton each scored twice. caused turnovers while junior Jason Kozel scooped three groundballs and Freshman Eddie Bouhall led the Lehigh defense with four groundballs senior Tripp Telesco had three grounballs and two caused turnovers. and a career-high three caused turnovers while senior Tripp Telesco had two The Mountain Hawks began the game on fire, scoring the first six goals, groundballs and three caused turnovers. beginning with a quick three-goal spurt in a one-minute span. Oppenheimer Raposo opened the scoring with an unassisted goal at the 11:58 mark began the scoring with 12:18 remaining in the first quarter on the extra man, of the first quarter. Just over a minute later, Rai scored off a nifty feed from then Bouhall and Rai followed at the 11:39 and 11:23 marks. Bouhall’s goal was Weber to give the Mountain Hawks a 2-0 advantage. After a Holy Cross goal, the first point of his career. the Mountain Hawks answered with two straight tallies, from junior Ian Strain Triolo scored his first goal of the season at 4:45 to give Lehigh a 4-0 ad- and Oppenheimer, to take a 4-1 lead with 2:23 remaining in the first quarter. vantage before Weber and Eaton rounded out the first-quarter scoring. The Crusaders responded with three straight goals and four of the next The Paladins quickly got back into the game with four goals in the span five, pulling within 4-3 after 15 minutes of play then tying the score at 12:07 of of 3:48 in the second quarter. The fourth was scored with 5:45 on the clock to the second quarter. Weber ended the run with a goal off an assist from Raposo. pull within 6-4. However, Rai scored his second goal of the game with 3:31 Raposo then dished his career-high third assist with 53 seconds remaining as remaining in the first to give Lehigh a 7-4 halftime advantage. Eaton scored to give the Mountain Hawks a 6-5 halftime lead. The momentum carried over into the second half as Weber scored his sec- Holy Cross quickly evened the score less than one minute into the third ond of the day at the 12:59 mark, then Oppenheimer, Weber, Rai and Mastroianni quarter, but Eaton responded with a man-up goal less than a minute later. The followed in successful to give Lehigh a 12-4 advantage midway through the teams went back-and-forth over most of the quarter as Rai and Raposo scored third quarter. Rai’s goal was a highlight-reel tally, snatching a groundball off a at 10:28 and 8:43, respectively, to give Lehigh a 9-7 advantage. However, from Furman save and in one motion, firing a shot past Paladins’ goaltender Reilly there, the Crusaders began a 4-0 run to turn a 9-7 Lehigh lead into an 11-9 McDermott. Crusaders’ advantage with 9:07 on the clock, setting the stage for the Mountain Furman scored an extra man goal in the final minute of the third. However, Hawks’ comeback. just nine seconds into the fourth quarter, Rai scored his fourth goal of the game, Final shots were 39-27 in favor of the Mountain Hawks while Lehigh held man down, to give Lehigh a 13-5 lead as the Mountain Hawks went on to the a 31-29 edge in groundballs. Sophomore Matt Ernst won 16-of-26 faceoffs with 15-7 victory. six groundballs in a strong performance at the X. The 16 faceoff wins tied a Final shots were 32-30 in favor of Lehigh while Furman held a 25-24 edge career high, set last season at Holy Cross. in groundballs. Sawicki’s 15 saves came across McDermott, who had five. The Sophomore Adam Sawicki made six saves in goal, across Holy Cross Mountain Hawks struggled from the faceoff X, winning 8-of-25. goalie Michael Ortlieb, who made 14.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team jumped out to a 9-4 WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team took a 6-4 lead lead early in the second half, Colgate pulled as close as one, but the Mountain into halftime, but Army West Point outscored the Mountain Hawks 7-2 in Hawks responded with the game’s final two goals to earn their third straight the third quarter, which proved too much to overcome as Lehigh dropped win, 12-9 on Saturday. With the win, Lehigh improves to 4-1 on the season and its first Patriot League game of the season, 13-10 on Saturday afternoon at 2-0 in Patriot League play. Senior Billy Oppenheimer helped pace the offense Michie Stadium. For the second straight week, senior Reid Weber tallied in the first half while junior Matt Raposo scored two big fourth-quarter goals a hat trick before halftime, finishing the game with three goals and two to help seal the victory. assists. Senior Ray Mastroianni also posted his first-career hat trick in the Oppenheimer finished with a career-high five points (two goals, three loss. The Mountain Hawks fall to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in league play while assists), all in the first half, while Raposo scored three goals for his second-ca- Army improves to 4-2 and 2-0 in the Patriot League. reer hat trick. Raposo’s second goal of the game gave Lehigh a 10-7 advantage Along with the goals from Weber and Mastroianni, four others tallied with 7:37 remaining while his third gave Lehigh an 11-9 lead with 3:12 left in one goal apiece. Senior Billy Oppenheimer and junior Matt Raposo each regulation. posted one goal and one assist while freshmen Andrew Pettit and Tristan Senior Reid Weber tallied a hat trick, all three goals coming in the first Rai scored a goal. Senior Tripp Telesco led the defense with a team-high quarter. Freshman Tristan Rai and senior Alex Eaton each scored two goals. five groundballs, along with two caused turnover. Freshman Craig Chick Junior Ian Strain tallied five groundballs and a caused turnover, senior Tripp tallied three groundballs and three caused turnovers while senior Casey had three groundballs and three caused turnovers while classmate Telesco Eidenshink had four groundballs. scooped four groundballs. Sophomore was Casey Eidenshink Matt Ernst The Mountain Hawks opened the scoring with two quick goals, from strong at the faceoff X, winning 11-of-20 draws with five groundballs. Mastroianni just 56 seconds into the game and Weber with 11:20 remain- Weber opened the scoring with a man-up goal with 8:45 remaining in the ing in the first quarter. The Black Knights answered with the next three to first half. Colgate responded with the next two goals, but the Mountain Hawks take a 3-2 advantage early in the second quarter, but the Mountain Hawks used a three-goal run late in the quarter, scoring at 1:22 and 1:12 to quickly responded with a 3-0 run of their own. Weber scored the first two, includ- take a 4-2 lead. Rai began the run with his 17th goal of the season then Weber ing a highlight-reel score from behind the cage when he dove in front and scored twice in a 10-second span. Following a faceoff win, freshman Craig backhanded a shot past Army goaltender A.J. Barretto. Chick scooped the groundball and Weber fired a shot past Colgate goaltender Brandon Burke. The teams traded goals over the final five minutes as Lehigh took a 6-4 The Raiders ended the run with an early second-quarter goal to pull lead at the half. within 4-3, but Lehigh had an answer. Oppenheimer began with a goal, assisted The Black Knights turned around their fortunes in the third quarter, by Telesco in an unsettled situation. Oppenheimer then scored an unassisted scoring three times in the first 2:19 to quickly retake a lead. Lehigh responded goal exactly one minute later and assisted on an Eaton goal with 2:08 left in with two of the next three to pull even at eight following an Oppenheimer the second quarter to give the Mountain Hawks a 7-3 lead at the half. score at the 4:48 mark. However, the Black Knights ended the third quarter as Lehigh scored two of the first three third-quarter goals to take a 9-4 lead, they started it, with three straight goals to take an 11-8 lead after 45 minutes but Colgate had an answer, ending the quarter on a 3-0 run and extending its of play. run to 5-1 in the fourth. A Sam Cleveland goal marked Colgate’s second in Army’s lead reached 12-8, but the Mountain Hawks had one last push. a 35-second span, pulling the Raiders within 10-9 with 6:17 left in the fourth Mastroianni scored at the 6:24 mark then Raposo finished a sensational indi- quarter. That’s when Raposo scored his second unassisted goal in less than vidual effort just 11 seconds later, but it wasn’t enough as the Black Knights five minutes, giving the Mountain Hawks an 11-9 lead. closed out the 13-10 victory. Sophomore goaltender Adam Sawicki finished with four fourth-quarter Final shots were 34-24 in favor of Army while the Black Knights held a saves as Lehigh didn’t let Colgate get any closer. Rai added a nifty goal in the 40-22 lead in groundballs. Sophomore goaltender Adam Sawicki made five final minute, corralling a groundball off a Burke save, and beating the Raiders’ saves over the first 40:55 before being replaced by freshman Chris Kiernan, netminder to account for the 12-9 final. who impressed in stopping six-of-nine in his collegiate debut. Lehigh strug- Final shots were 39-32 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain Hawks held gled in winning just 5-of-27 faceoffs on the afternoon. a 36-28 edge in groundballs. Sawicki finished with 11 saves, across Burke who made 12. Lehigh was 1-of-4 on the extra man while Colgate was 1-of-3.
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EASTON, Pa. - Leading 6-5 in the fourth quarter, the Lehigh men’s BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team took a lacrosse team scored five of the game’s final six goals to erase any doubt 2-1 lead following one quarter, Navy outscored the Mountain Hawks in as the Mountain Hawks earned their seventh straight win over Lafay- the second, 4-0, on its way to a 12-7 win on a sunny Sunday afternoon ette, 11-6. Lehigh also defeated its archrival for the 15th time in its last in front of 1,470 fans at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Senior Reid Weber 16 opportunities as the Mountain Hawks improve to 5-2 overall and 3-1 led the offense with two goals and one assist while freshman goaltender in Patriot League play. Seniors Billy Oppenheimer, Reid Weber and Chris Kiernan made 14 saves. Lehigh falls to 5-3 on the season and 3-2 freshman Tristan Rai each posted three goals and one assist to lead the in Patriot League play while Navy improves to 6-2 and 4-1 in the league. offense while freshman Chris Kiernan made 11 saves in his first-career Along with Weber’s three points, freshman long-stick midfielder start between the pipes. Craig Chick had one goal and two assists along with five groundballs and Along with the three hat tricks, juniors Matt Raposo and Casey two caused turnovers. Junior Ian Strain scored a career-high two goals McAdam added Lehigh’s other goals while senior Alex Eaton dished as well while senior Billy Oppenheimer and sophomore John Mehok three assists. scored Lehigh’s other goals. McAdam won 9-of-19 faceoffs in a solid performance, including 4-of-8 Navy controlled possession, winning 16-of-22 faceoffs, while Mids’ in the second half. In addition, his second-quarter man-down goal gave goalie John Connors tallied 13 saves. Lehigh a 5-4 lead late in the second quarter. Senior Tripp Telesco led the After Navy scored first less than one minute into the game, the defense with an impressive effort of three groundballs and four caused Mountain Hawks answered with goals at the 3:59 and 49-second marks, turnovers. from Strain and Oppenheimer, respectively. Lafayette scored the first two goals, taking a 2-0 lead with 11:32 re- The 2-1 scored stood held until early in the second when Patrick maining in the second quarter, but the Mountain Hawks had an answer. Keena netted his first of the game at the 11:48 mark, ending a 17:28 Navy Rai got Lehigh on the board with his team-leading 20th goal of the season scoreless drought. Keena went on to post three straight goals before John then Weber, Raposo and Oppenheimer followed as Oppenheimer’s man- Trainor wrapped up the 4-0 run with 3:55 on the second-quarter clock, up goal gave the Mountain Hawks a 4-2 advantage early in the second giving the Midshipmen a 5-2 lead at the half. quarter. The Mountain Hawks looked to have momentum when Chick scored The Leopards scored at the 5:48 and 3:24 marks to tie the score, but a man-down goal off a feed from Weber just 1:21 into the third quarter. McAdam’s man-down goal gave Lehigh a 5-4 lead at the half. However, the Mids responded with another 4-0 run. The fourth gave Navy Lehigh scored the only goal of the third quarter as Oppenheimer a 9-3 lead with 37 seconds on the third-quarter clock. Weber responded tallied his second of the day at the 1:44 mark. Lafayette again pulled within just seven seconds later off a faceoff win, but Jack Ray scored as the third one on an extra man goal early in the fourth, but the Mountain Hawks’ quarter expired to give the Midshipmen a 10-4 lead. offense came alive with five goals the rest of the way, which included a Early in the fourth, Strain scored his second goal on a delayed pen- 4-0 run to end the game. Rai scored two of the final three goals, the last alty, the teams traded man-up goals, then each team scored in the final coming with 1:46 remaining, for his fifth-career trick as the Mountain 30 seconds to account for the 12-7 final. Hawks wrapped up their third Patriot League win of the season to match Navy held a 50-28 edge in final shots and 32-26 advantage in ground- their number of league wins all of last season. balls. Brady Dove led the faceoff charge for Navy, winning 14-of-19. The Final shots were 42-29 in favor of Lehigh while the Leopards held a Midshipmen finished with 10 turnovers to just nine for Lehigh. Chick 32-26 edge in groundballs. Kiernan impressed in goal, making 11 saves, caused two turnovers, as did Strain and freshman Eddie Bouhall. Senior including seven in the second half across Lafayette goaltender Ben Falcone, Tripp Telesco scooped five groundballs for the Mountain Hawks. who finished with seven. Both teams were 1-for-3 on the man advantage.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Tied at one midway through the first quarter, No. 12 Stony Brook scored nine of the next 10 goals to take a 10-2 lead, a deficit the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team couldn’t overcome as the Seawolves went on to a 16-6 win on Tuesday evening at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Junior Matt Raposo led the Mountain Hawks’ offense with two goals while freshman Craig Chick tallied six groundballs and three caused turnovers, also winning three faceoffs. With the loss, Lehigh falls to 5-4 while Stony Brook improves to 7-2. Along with Raposo’s two goals, senior Reid Weber, junior Ian Strain and freshmen Tristan Rai and Lucas Spence scored for the Mountain Hawks. Freshman Eddie Bouhall recorded four groundballs and one caused turnover while senior Tripp Telesco had three groundballs and a caused turnover. Weber evened the score at one at the 8:37 mark of the first quarter on a nifty unassisted goal. The Seawolves answered with the next three goals before Raposo’s first goal of the evening pulled Lehigh within 4-2 with exactly three minutes remaining in the opening stanza. Stony Brook answered in a big way, scoring the next six goals to take a 10-2 lead at 2:21 of the second quarter. Lehigh responded with the next two goals, from Rai with 54 seconds left in the second and Raposo at 13:37 of the third to pull his squad within 10-4. From there, Stony Brook’s Ryan Bitzer recorded a natural hat trick, scoring three straight goals, including the final two with the 30-second shot clock running. The Seawolves led, 13-4 after three quarter of play. Two early fourth-quarter goals, from Strain and Spence, pulled the Mountain Hawks within 13-6 with 13:27 left in the fourth quarter, but that’s as close as they would get. Bitzer rounded out the game’s scoring with two more mid fourth-quarter goals for the 16-6 final. Final shots were 42-22 in favor of Stony Brook while the Seawolves held a 37-31 edge in groundballs. The Mountain Hawks struggled in win- ning just 9-of-26 faceoffs; Chick led the way by winning 3-of-5. Freshman Chris Kiernan played the first three quarters in goal, making six saves, while sophomore Adam Sawicki entered in the fourth quarter and stopped five-of-eight sent his way.
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