Senior Ryan Butten- baum 4 goals at Bucknell Sat.
Senior Lukas Mikelinich Team Co-Captain LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 7: LEHIGH AT NAVY
February 7 MARQUETTE L, 10-9 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (2-4, 1-2 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 14 at Furman W, 14-11 at NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (4-3, 2-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 21 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* W, 10-9 28 at Loyola* L, 11-8 SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015 • 2:30 PM March 7 BUCKNELL* L, 9-8 (OT) NAVY-MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL STADIUM• ANNAPOLIS, MD. 10 at Villanova L, 8-3 14 at Navy* 2:30 SETTING THE SCENE 17 DENVER 7:00 21 ARMY* 1:00 Riding a three-game losing streak for the first time since 2011, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team will look 24 at Monmouth 3:00 to get back on track when the Mountain Hawks travel to Navy for a Saturday afternoon showdown. 28 at Holy Cross* 3:00 The two teams are in the middle of the tight Patriot League standings which features no unbeaten April teams as eight of the nine teams have either one or two league defeats. 4 at Colgate 2:00 7 PRINCETON 7:30 12 at Stony Brook 3:00 Lehigh has enjoyed success against Navy as of late, winning five straight games after breaking a 17 LAFAYETTE* 7:00 98-year drought against the Midshipmen in 2011. Only one of the games came at Navy, however, as 21 Patriot League Quarterfinals the last three Lehigh-Navy games were played in Bethlehem. Two came last season, including in the 24 Patriot League Semifinals 26 Patriot League Championship Game Patriot League Quarterfinals when the Mountain Hawks pulled out a hard-fought 10-6 victory. In the last meeting in Annapolis, the Midshipmen jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but the Mountain Hawks held May Navy scoreless for the game’s final 40:02 on the way to its 10th win of the season. 9-10 NCAA First Round (1) 16-17 NCAA Quarterfinals (2) 23 NCAA Semifinals (3) Tuesday’s nonleague tilt at Villanova was a tale of two halves. The Wildcats jumped out to a quick 25 NCAA Championship (3) 2-0 lead just minutes in, but the Lehigh defense bore down to hold them scoreless for the next 22:13. *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS The Mountain Hawks allowed just two shots on goal in that span, both stopped by senior goalie Matt Poillon. Meanwhile, the Lehigh offense evened the score as senior Kurtis Kaunas scored at 9:56 of (1) Campus Sites (2) Quarterfinals at Denver, Colo. or Annapolis, Md. (3) Lincoln Financial Field; Philadelphia, Pa. the first quarter and junior Reid Weber made it 2-2 at 2:43 of the second. The Wildcats scored with just five seconds left in the second quarter which sparked a 6-0 run spanning the end of the second through the middle of the fourth quarters. Lehigh kept attacking, finishing with seven fourth-quarter LEHIGH IN THE POLLS shots on goal, but Villanova goalie Dan Willis made six fourth-quarter stops. He finished the game Date Coaches Cascade/Maverick Media with 10 saves, allowing just one goal, playing the second half after Greg Stamatov stopped four of Preseason 18 16 Feb. 16 RV 19 six shots sent his way in the first. Feb. 23 RV 20 Mar. 2 RV RV Mar. 9 -- -- Senior Lukas Mikelinich led Lehigh with four groundballs while junior Corey Eppley had a strong game with three groundballs and a caused turnover. The Mountain Hawks held the statistical edge in most categories, but 15 turnovers proved costly. Freshman goalie Adam Sawicki made his collegiate debut on Tuesday, entering late in the third quarter. Villanova scored on its first three shots on goal vs. Sawicki, but the rookie responded by stopping the final four shots sent his way.
The Midshipmen have enjoyed a strong start to the season which features wins over Holy Cross and MEDIA INFORMATION Towson, ranked #19 and #14 at the times of their victories. Navy dominated Lafayette on Tuesday, Men’s Lacrosse Contact:...... Justin Lafleur 18-4 to improve to 2-1 in league play. Its loss came to Bucknell by an 8-7 final. Office...... (610) 758-6631 Cell: ...... (610) 577-5222 E-mail:...... [email protected] IF LEHIGH BEATS NAVY • Lehigh would win its sixth straight game against Navy BY THE NUMBERS • The Mountain Hawks would snap a three-game losing streak. • Lehigh would improve to 25-6 over its last 31 games against Patriot Lehigh Navy League opponents since the beginning of the 2012 season. Overall Record 2-4 4-3 AT A GLANCE... Goals/Game 8.67 10.00 Goals Allowed/Game 9.67 7.57 • Lehigh’s 39 victories from 2012-14 is Shot Pct. .267 .282 tied for third in the nation during that span. The win total only trails Duke Shots/Game 32.5 35.4 and Loyola and is tied with Denver. Shots Allowed/Game 37.7 26.6 • The Mountain Hawks are 24-6 Assists 32 41 against Patriot League opponents Man-Up Percentage .435 (10-23) .174 (4-23) since the beginning of 2012 (regular Groundballs 172 236 season and postseason). Turnovers 81 100 • The Mountain Hawks beat Colgate Caused Turnovers 46 51 and Bucknell (in the same season) Faceoffs (W-L) 56-127 94-149 from 2012-14 after not doing so Faceoff Percentage .441 .631 since 1997. Clears 90-110 102-121 • Lehigh has reached double-figure Clear Percentage .818 .843 victories each of the last three seasons after having double-figure wins just Penalties/Minutes 27/21:30 22/18:00 four times in the first 112 years of the Home Attendance 1,399 2,780 program: 1969, 1993, 1994 and 1997. Dates/Avg. 3/466 4/695
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SCOUTING NAVY NAVY SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT Navy is 4-3 through seven games, defeating VMI, Holy Cross, Towson and Lafayette while falling to Overall: Navy leads, 29-6 VILLANOVA, Pa. (3/10/15) - #14/15 Villanova scored two quick goals then used a third-quarter surge to down the Lehigh men’s Maryland, Bucknell and Johns Hopkins. The Mid- Last Meeting: Apr. 22, 2014 lacrosse team, 8-3 on a rainy Tuesday evening. Junior Reid Weber shipmen have won games with their offense (beating Last Result: Lehigh, 10-6 tied the score at two in the second quarter, but the Wildcats scored VMI 21-7 and Lafayette 18-4) while also winning Current Streak: Lehigh - 5 wins just seconds before halftime then outscored the Mountain Hawks 4-0 Last 10: Tied, 5-5 in the third quarter on their way to victory. With the loss, Lehigh games with their defense (beating #19 Holy Cross 7-6 falls to 2-4 overall while Villanova improves to 5-1. and #14 Towson 8-7 in triple overtime). Navy also Last 10 meetings: Score By Quarter allowed just eight goals in losses to #8 Maryland and *Apr. 22, 2014 (Home) Lehigh, 10-6 Lehigh 1 1 0 1 3 Villanova 2 1 4 1 8 Bucknell. Patrick Keena leads the team in scoring Mar. 15, 2014 (Home) Lehigh, 13-2 with 21 points behind six goals and a team-high 15 Mar. 30, 2013 (Home) Lehigh, 12-7 Lehigh Scoring GOALS: Dan Taylor (1), Reid Weber (1), Kurtis Kaunas (1) assists. T.J. Hanzsche is next with 20 points (team- Mar. 30, 2012 (Road) Lehigh, 9-4 ASSISTS: None high 13 goals, seven assists). Kevin Wendel (12 goals, Mar. 1, 2011 (Home) Lehigh, 14-10 Mar. 2, 2010 (Home) Navy, 8-3 two assists) and Jack Ray (10 goals, two assists) own Final Statistics Mar. 10, 2009 (Home) Navy, 10-8 Lehigh Villanova 14 and 12 points, respectively. Chris Fennell leads the Shots 32 32 Mar. 11, 2008 (Road) Navy, 14-3 Groundballs 25 18 defense with 26 groundballs (second on the team) Mar. 10, 2007 (Home) Navy, 9-5 Faceoffs 8-14 6-14 Clears 15-18 16-20 and a team-high nine caused turnovers. Brady Dove *Apr. 28, 2006 (Neutral) Navy, 9-2 Extra-man opps 0-3 2-4 has dominated at the faceoff X, winning 70.3 percent *Patriot League Tournament Saves 9 14 Turnovers 15 11 (71-of-101) with a team-high 35 groundballs. John Connors has started all seven games in goal, owning LAST GAME VS. NAVY (APR. 22, 2014) - Leading 6-5 in the fourth quarter, the Mountain Hawks a 7.39 GAA and .542 save percentage. scored four goals in 6:09 to erase any doubt. The Mountain Hawks scored all eight goals over two separate four-goal runs that totaled 8:46. Lehigh scored four goals in 2:37 in the LAST TIME VS. NAVY ALL-TIME SERIES WITH NAVY second quarter along with the 4-0 fourth-quarter run. Lehigh beat Navy in 2011, 14-10, to snap a 26-game - Four different Mountain Hawks posted multiple goals BETHLEHEM, Pa. (4/22/14) - The third-seeded and 18th nationally- losing streak and beat the Midshipmen for the first led by the first-career hat trick from Kurtis Kaunas. He ranked Lehigh men’s lacrosse team used a pair of four-goal runs and also tied a career-high four points, originally set just 10 another strong defensive effort to down sixth-seeded Navy 10-6 in time in 98 years. The prior (and first) win was in 1913 days earlier against Georgetown. Lehigh’s starting attack- the Patriot League Quarterfinals on Tuesday evening at the Ulrich by a 4-3 final. Lehigh has won five straight against men of Dan Taylor and Patrick Corbett along with Reid Sports Complex. The Mountain Hawks scored four goals in the first Weber all scored two goals apiece while Matt Smith scored 5:35 of the second quarter to take a lead, than had four in a 6:09 span Navy to pull within 29-6 in the all-time series. Four in the fourth to create separation, as Lehigh won its seventh straight of those five consecutive victories came at home with a big third-quarter goal to snap more than a 21-minute Patriot League Tournament game. The Mountain Hawks will now scoreless drought. play Army on Friday evening in the Patriot League Semifinals. the lone game in Annapolis finishing 9-4 in favor of - Matt Poillon posted a season-high 15 saves between the Lehigh. The Mountain Hawks went 2-0 against the pipes, including seven-of-eight in the second quarter as Score By Quarter Mids last season, winning 13-2 during the regular the Mountain Hawks outscored the Mids 4-1 to take a 5-3 Navy 2 1 2 1 6 halftime lead. Lehigh 1 4 1 4 10 season before edging Navy 10-6 in a hard-fought - The Mountain Hawks beat Navy for a fifth straight time after Patriot League Quarterfinal matchup. The first Lehigh Scoring breaking a 98-year drought against the Midshipmen in 2011. GOALS: Kurtis Kaunas (3), Reid Weber (2), Dan Taylor (2), Patrick Corbett meeting between Lehigh and Navy came in 1910, a (2), Matt Smith (1) 4-2 Navy victory. ASSISTS: Kurtis Kaunas (1), Reid Weber (1), Dan Taylor (1) INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES Final Statistics Navy Lehigh Player Milestone Currently Shots 34 39 ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS Patrick Corbett 100 points 91 Groundballs 26 32 Several Lehigh players are among the active career Patrick Corbett 100 goals 79 Faceoffs 13-19 6-19 Clears 9-13 17-18 leaders in several statistical categories. Senior Dan Kurtis Kaunas 50 points 49 Extra-man opps 0-3 2-2 Kurtis Kaunas 50 goals 37 Saves 13 15 Taylor is among the leaders in points, goals and as- Turnovers 20 14 sists while classmate Matt Poillon is first in saves. Dan Taylor 100 goals 102 He is currently 59 saves ahead of Blaze Riorden of Dan Taylor 200 points 172 Tripp Telesco 100 GBs 76 Albany in second with 485 career stops. Reid Weber 50 goals 40 Reid Weber 50 points 61 Category Player # Rank Leader # Points Dan Taylor 172 5 Lyle Thompson 292 AWARDS & HONORS Albany SUSTAINED SUCCESS Goals Dan Taylor 102 9 Wesley Berg 140 The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team is tied for third in Preseason National Rankings Denver the nation in wins from 2002-14, winning 39 games Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook: 15 Goals Patrick Corbett 79 9 Wesley Berg 140 over those three seasons. Duke leads the way with Lacrosse Magazine: 14 Denver 48 wins in that span while Loyola has 44 and Lehigh Cascade/Maverick Media Poll: 16 Assists Dan Taylor 70 15 Lyle Thompson 165 USILA Coaches: 18 and Denver has 39. Albany Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans: Matt Poillon, Dan Taylor Saves Matt Poillon 544 1 Matt Poillon 544 Lehigh Major League Lacrosse Draft Picks WINS FROM 2012-14 Matt Poillon: 28th overall to New York Lizards Dan Taylor: 38th overall to Denver Outlaws Lukas Mikelinich: 58th overall to New York Lizards Team Wins Win Percentage TOUGH MIDWEEK L AT NOVA (MAR. 10) 1. Duke 48 .787 Patriot League Preseason Awards - The Wildcats jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead just 2. Loyola 44 .846 Preseason All-League: Matt Poillon Lukas Mikelinich, Dan Taylor minutes in, but the Lehigh defense bore down to 3 . LEHIGH 39 .750 Defensive Player of the Year: Matt Poillon hold them scoreless for the next 22:13. The Mountain Denver 39 .722 Patriot League Weekly Honors Hawks allowed just two shots on goal in that span, 5. Bryant 38 .655 Offensive Player of the Week: Dan Taylor (2/16) 6. Syracuse 36 .679 both stopped by senior goalie Matt Poillon. Defensive Player of the Week: Casey Eidenshink (2/23) Notre Dame 36 .720 - The Lehigh offense evened the score as senior 8. Maryland 35 .714 Goalkeeper of the Week: Kurtis Kaunas scored at 9:56 of the first quarter 9. Cornell 34 .723 North Carolina 34 .694 Rookie of the Week: and junior Reid Weber made it 2-2 at 2:43 of the second. The Wildcats scored with just five seconds 10. Drexel 32 .653 Honorable Mention: Patrick Corbett (2/23), Matt Poillon (2/23) Fairfield 32 .681 left in the second quarter which sparked a 6-0 run Johns Hopkins 32 .696 National Honors USILA Offensive Player of the Week: Dan Taylor (2/16) spanning the end of the second through the middle Yale 32 .681 of the fourth quarters. - Senior Lukas Mikelinich led Lehigh with four Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 2015 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 7: LEHIGH AT NAVY • MARCH 14, 2015 • PAGE 3 groundballs while junior Corey Eppley had a strong game with three groundballs and a caused turn- over. AROUND THE - The Mountain Hawks held the statistical edge in most categories, but 15 turnovers proved costly. - Freshman goalie Adam Sawicki made his collegiate debut on Tuesday, entering late in the third quarter. PATRIOT LEAGUE Villanova scored on its first three shots on goal vs. Sawicki, but the rookie responded by stopping the PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS final four shots on goal sent his way. League Overall W L W L Colgate 2 1 4 1 OT LOSS TO BUCKNELL (MAR. 7) Bucknell 2 1 4 2 - Senior tallied four or more points for the fifth time in as many games. He finished with three goals and Navy 2 1 4 3 Holy Cross 2 1 3 3 one assist, reaching 100 career goals (he entered with 98). Army 1 1 5 2 - Freshman Nolan Apers scored a career-high two goals while junior Billy Oppenheimer had three points Boston U 1 1 4 2 (one goal, two assists). Senior Alan Henderson filled up the stat sheet with two assists, four groundballs Loyola 1 1 3 3 Lehigh 1 2 2 4 and two caused turnovers. Lafayette 0 3 1 4 - All six of Lehigh’s starting midfielders and attackmen tallied at least one point. *Standings as of Mar . 11
- Senior goalie Matt Poillon helped spark the defense, making a season-high 16 saves for a second Upcoming Patriot League Schedule straight game. He made two big saves in the final minute of regulation to help force overtime. Bucknell Tuesday Saturday gained possession to begin the extra session, but junior Casey Eidenshink forced a big turnover to give Loyola Maryland at Army ...... 12:00 the Lehigh offense a chance. Colgate at Fairfield ...... 1:00 Lafayette at Boston University ...... 1:00 - Bucknell scored four late goals on the afternoon, with 1:07 left in the first quarter, 0:07 left in the second, Holy Cross at Bucknell ...... 1:00 0:26 left in the third and 0:09 left in overtime. Lehigh at Navy ...... 2:30 - Eidenshink finished the afternoon with four groundballs and a caused turnover while junior long-stick midfielder Corey Eppley tallied a groundball and two caused turnovers. - Senior short-stick defensive middie Sam Lawrence caused two turnovers while scoring his first goal of the season (and only second of his career). USILA COACHES POLL (3/9) - The loss snapped Lehigh’s four-game winning streak against Bucknell. Record Pts Last 1 Syracuse 5-0 239 (11) 1 2 North Carolina 6-0 227 (1) 2 TAYLOR NAMED SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE (MAR. 4) 3 Denver 4-1 216 (0) 4 Lehigh men’s lacrosse standout Dan Taylor has been named a candidate for the prestigious Senior CLASS 4 Notre Dame 3-1 199 (0) 3 Award, as announced on Wednesday. Taylor is among 20 of the top NCAA men’s lacrosse student-ath- 5 Duke 6-1 199 (0) 5 6 Yale 5-0 175 (0) 6 letes to be named a candidate. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School 7 Virginia 4-1 170 (0) 7 ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their 8 Maryland 4-1 146 (0) 10 platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The award focuses on 9 Cornell 3-2 138 (0) 8 four Cs: community, classroom, character and competition. Lehigh has featured a Senior CLASS Award 10 Harvard 3-1 120 (0) 13 candidate for two straight seasons and three of the last five years. Both of the Mountain Hawks’ previous 11 Princeton 3-1 111 (0) 11 12 Marquette 7-0 108 (0) 15 two candidates (Ty Souders in 2014 and Jonathan Stumpf in 2011) went on to be named finalists and first 13 Army 5-2 88 (0) 9 team Senior CLASS All-Americans. 14 Loyola 3-3 84 (0) 12 15 Albany 2-1 76 (0) 16 To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have 16 Villanova 4-1 58 (0) 19 17 Johns Hopkins 3-3 47 (0) 17 notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. Taylor 18 Towson 4-2 47 (0) 14 is one of five student-athletes from the Patriot League to be recognized (Pat Frazier and Nikko Pontrello 19 Brown 4-0 31 (0) 20 of Loyola, Sam Somers of Army and Terry McKenna of Holy Cross). The 20 candidates will be narrowed 20 Holy Cross 3-2 27 (0) - to 10 finalists later in the season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. The winner will Receiving Votes: Stony Brook, Ohio State, Georgetown, be announced in conjunction with the 2015 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse National Championship in May. Marist, Colgate, Boston University, Penn
EIDENSHINK NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF WEEK (FEB. 22) Following a stellar performance against Boston University, Lehigh junior defenseman Casey Eidenshink CASCADE/MAVERIK MEDIA POLL (3/9) was named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week. Eidenshink has stepped up on the Mountain Hawks’ defense this season, including vs. the Terriers when he tallied three groundballs and a career- Record Pts Last high four caused turnovers in Lehigh’s thrilling 10-9 victory. Seniors and 1 Syracuse 5-0 472 (19) 1 Matt Poillon Patrick Corbett 2 North Carolina 6-0 461 (5) 2 also received honorable mention laurels as Poillon made a season-high 15 saves (just three from tying a 3 Denver 4-1 432 (0) 4 career high) while Corbett scored a career-high five goals. 4 Notre Dame 3-1 398 (0) 3 5 Duke 6-1 394 (0) 5 6 Yale 5-0 346 (0) 6 7 Virginia 4-1 342 (0) 7 8 Maryland 4-1 310 (0) 9 NEAR THE TOP IN THE NATION (Through Games Tuesday, March 10) 9 Cornell 3-2 288 (0) 7 Lehigh rank among the nation’s best in a number of statistical categories, both individually and as a team. The 10 Marquette 7-0 251 (0) 13 11 Albany 2-1 213 (0) 12 Mountain Hawks are in the top 25 in two team categories while six rank in the top 25 for individual stats. Senior Dan 12 Princeton 3-1 206 (0) 10 Taylor is eighth nationally in points/game, 14th in assists/game and 22nd in shot percentage. Junior Reid Weber 13 Harvard 3-1 190 (0) 16 is also seventh with four man-up goals. Please see below for a complete list of statistics . 14 Army 5-2 139 (0) 11 15 Villanova 4-1 128 (0) 19 Team Category Statistic Rank Nation’s Leader Stat 16 Johns Hopkins 3-3 120 (0) 17 Lehigh Caused Turnovers/Game 7.67 16 Michigan 10.67 17 Loyola 3-3 117 (0) 14 Lehigh Saves/Game 12.17 22 Detroit 18.33 18 Brown 4-0 94 (0) - 19 Towson 4-2 79 (0) 15 Player Category Statistic Rank Nation’s Leader Stat 20 Holy Cross 3-2 22 (0) - Reid Weber Man-Up Goals 4 7 Dylan Donahue, Syracuse 8 Receiving Votes: Stony Brook, Boston University, Navy, Dan Taylor Points/Game 4.83 8 Dylan Molloy, Brown 8.25 Colgate, Bucknell, Penn Dan Taylor Assists/Game 2.33 14 Devin Dwyer, Harvard 3.60 Matt Poillon Saves/Game 11.50 19 Jason Weber, Detroit 18.17 2015 Opponents denoted by bold italics. Matt Poillon Save Percentage .556 19 Kyle Bernlohr, Maryland .692 Dan Taylor Shot Percentage .469 22 Chase McIntyre, Jacksonville .643
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PATRIOT LEAGUE OPENING WIN OVER BOSTON U (FEB. 21) Mountain Hawks will play two NCAA Tournament teams from last season. - Lehigh jumped out to a 6-2 halftime lead, but the Terriers pulled closer in Seven of the team’s 15 opponents have made the NCAA Tournament at least the third quarter and eventually even in the fourth. once within the last four years. - Senior Patrick Corbett answered with his career-high fifth goal of the game with 2:37 remaining to give Lehigh a 10-9 lead, which proved to be the LEHIGH FEATURED ON SPORTSCENTER final. Classmate Dan Taylor tallied five assists on the day, including three Seniors Dan Taylor and Patrick Corbett connected for a highlight-reel goal on of Corbett’s goals. Taylor only fired one shot for the game, but still found a Feb. 21 against Boston University which made SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays. way to tally five points (all assists). Corbett recorded a natural hat trick in the second quarter, scoring all three - Junior Reid Weber added four goals to tie a career high while freshman Nolan Apers scored his first-career goal in the fourth quarter to give the goals of the stanza. On one, he took a nifty behind-the-back feed from Tay- Mountain Hawks a 9-6 advantage. lor, who drew two defenders and found a wide-open Corbett with pinpoint - Defensively, junior Casey Eidenshink led the way with three groundballs precision. The play debuted at #10 on Saturday’s 11 p.m. SportsCenter and and a career four caused turnovers to earn Patriot League Defensive Player remained at 10 throughout the night and the next morning. of the Week laurels. Senior Lukas Mikelinich added three groundballs and a caused turnover while classmate Matt Poillon made a season-high THREE SENIORS SELECTED IN MLL COLLEGIATE DRAFT 15 saves in goal. Seniors Matt Poillon, Dan Taylor and Lukas Mikelinich were all selected in - Lehigh won its fifth straight Patriot League opener and improved to 17-8 the 2015 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft on Friday night (Jan. 23) in all-time in league openers. Baltimore. The first goaltender selected, Poillon was drafted 28th overall by the New York Lizards while Taylor was picked 38th by the Denver Outlaws ALL-AMERICAN SENIORS and Mikelinich was selected 58th by the Lizards as well. All three have been Seniors Matt Poillon and Dan Taylor are two of the nation’s best players named All-Patriot League honorees at Lehigh while Poillon is a three-time at their positions. In a February Inside Lacrosse article by Quint Kessenich, All-American and Taylor was a 2014 All-American. The draft took place dur- Poillon was rated the 14th best player in Division I lacrosse while Taylor ing the 2015 US Lacrosse National Convention in the Hilton Baltimore. was ranked 27th . Both were named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on Feb . 26, marking the third straight year Poillon was named to the watch Poillon, Taylor and Mikelinich become the fifth, sixth and seventh Mountain list for college lacrosse’s version of the Heisman Award . Hawks to be selected in the MLL Draft over the last three seasons. The three draft picks were tied for the second most selections overall (only Syracuse Poillon is a three-time All-American with a 39-15 career record, 7.51 goals had more) and tied a school record, originally set in 2013. Ty Souders was against average and .585 save percentage. His 7.51 GAA is currently tied for selected 22nd overall by the Outlaws last season while Dante Fantoni, Noah 11th in NCAA history. He’s won 11 or more games every season, is a two-time Molnar and David DiMaria were all selected in 2013. Patriot League Goalie of the Year and three-time All-League honoree. LEHIGH PICKED THIRD, THREE NAMED PRESEASON ALL-LEAGUE Taylor emerged in 2014 as one of the nation’s top attackmen, ending the season The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team has been picked third in the Patriot League with 76 points (top ten in the nation) behind 37 points and 29 assists. The point preseason poll while Matt Poillon, Dan Taylor and Lukas Mikelinich were total led the Patriot League and stood tops among Canadians in Division I recognized on the preseason All-League Team. Poillon was also named lacrosse. Taylor played his best lacrosse down the stretch, posting multiple Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. The Mountain Hawks will be vying points in his last eight games and earning Patriot League Offensive Player of for their third Patriot League Tournament Title and NCAA Tournament ap- the Week the last three weeks of the regular season. Taylor had seven or more pearance in the last four years. points on five occasions as the Mountain Hawks were 5-0 in those games. His 76 points were good for fifth in Patriot League history and second in school Defending league champion Loyola was picked first in the preseason poll, history during the Patriot League era. Taylor is up to 29 points this season (15 garnering 123 points and 12 first-place votes. Army was next with 110 points goals, 14 assists) and currently owns 172 points in his career (102 goals, 70 assists). and one first-place vote while the Mountain Hawks were one point behind, As of Wednesday, Mar. 11, he stood eighth nationally in points per game. His 172 tallying 109 points and five first-place votes. Lehigh finished last season in career points are currently fifth among active players. On Mar. 4, Taylor was named third place, defeated sixth-place Navy in the Patriot League Quarterfinals a candidate for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award. before topping second-seeded Army in the semifinals. Rounding out the poll was Bucknell in fourth place with 81 points, Colgate (75 points), Navy (56 points), Boston University (46 points), Lafayette (26 points) and Holy NCAA CAREER GAA LEADERS Cross (22 points). Voting was conducted by the league’s coaches and Sports Information Directors. Player Team Years Mins GAA 1. Matt Russell Navy 2003-06 2,750 6.28 2. Trevor Tierney Princeton 1998-01 2,067 6.65 Preseason Poll 3. Scott Rodgers Notre Dame 2006-10 1,834 6.77 1. Loyola Maryland (12 first place votes): 123 4. Robert Bryan Providence 2006-09 1,760 6.99 2. Army (1): 110 5. Brent Herbst Siena 2007-10 3,504 7.02 3 . LEHIGH (5): 109 6. Joey Kemp Notre Dame 2005-08 3,190 7.20 7. Matt McMonagle Cornell 2004-07 3,159 7.27 4. Bucknell: 81 8. John Galloway Syracuse 2008-11 3,776 7.33 5. Colgate: 75 9. Niko Amato Maryland 2011-14 3,856 7.39 6. Navy: 56 10. Kip Turner Johns Hopkins 2004-07 2,496 7.40 7. Boston U: 46 11. Jesse Schwartzman Johns Hopkins 2004-07 2,910 7.48 12. John Kemp Notre Dame 2010-13 2,765 7.51 8. Lafayette: 26 13. Jordan Burke Brown 2006-09 2,540 7.51 9. Holy Cross: 22 14 . Matt Poillon LEHIGH 2012-pres . 3,041 7 .52 15. Brian Phipps Maryland 2007-10 2,651 7.56 Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: John *Minimum 1,500 minutes Glesener, Army (Sr., A) Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Matt STRONG 2015 SCHEDULE Poillon, Lehigh (Sr ,. GK)
Lehigh’s 2015 schedule is highlighted by an impressive slate of home games Men’s Lacrosse Preseason All-Patriot League Team which features reigning National Semifinalist Denver and six-time NCAA Attack: John Glesener, Army (Sr.) National Champion Princeton. The Mountain Hawks play 15 games, seven Attack: Nikko Pontrello, Loyola (Sr.) home and eight away, as they search for their third Patriot League Cham- pionship and NCAA Tournament berth in the last four years. In total, the Attack: Dan Taylor, Lehigh (Sr ).
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Midfield: Thomas Flibotte, Bucknell (Jr.) 3/6 at VMI W, 6-2 3/20 at Penn State W, 9-5 Midfield: Brian Sherlock, Loyola (So.) 3/24 vs. Holy Cross W, 12-3 Midfield: Gabe Voumard, Navy (Sr.) 3/30 at Navy W, 9-4 Defense: Pat Frazier, Loyola (Sr.) Defense: Lukas Mikelinich, Lehigh (Sr ). Defense: Matt Yeager, Colgate (Sr.) HAT TRICKING Face-Off Specialist: Alex Daly, Army (Jr.) - Lehigh currently has seven hat trick this season. Defensive Midfield Specialist: Ryan Fournier, Loyola (So.) - Here is the rundown by game: Defensive Midfield Specialist: Alex Spring, Bucknell (Jr.) - vs. Bucknell (1): Dan Taylor Goalkeeper: Matt Poillon, Lehigh (Sr ). - at Loyola (1): Dan Taylor - vs. Boston University (2): Patrick Corbett, Reid Weber (1) - at Furman (2): Dan Taylor, Reid Weber PRESEASON RECOGNITION FROM INSIDE LACROSSE - vs. Marquette (1): Dan Taylor Senior goalie Matt Poillon was named an Inside Lacrosse second team pre- - Here is the breakdown of hat tricks by player: Dan Taylor (4), Reid Weber season All-American while classmate Dan Taylor earned honorable mention (2) and Patrick Corbett (1). Taylor now has 18 career hat tricks, Corbett 11 and recognition. In addition, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team was ranked 15th in Weber six. Inside Lacrosse’s annual Face-Off Yearbook. The Mountain Hawks’ defense was ranked sixth in the nation while junior defenseman Tripp Telesco was named preseason All-Patriot League by the publication. DEFENSE IS KEY • Lehigh owned the nation’s second-ranked defense in 2012 (6.61 goals per Lehigh was the second-ranked Patriot League team in the Faceoff Yearbook game) and followed by finishing sixth in 2013 (7.94) and second in 2014 national rankings, only trailing Loyola (seven) while standing ahead of (7.22). Army (18). The Mountain Hawks also host Denver on Mar. 17, ranked #1 in • Lehigh allowed nine goals in a 10-9 win over Boston University (Feb. 21) to the preseason rankings, and Princeton (ranked 20th). Lehigh is also ranked win its fifth straight Patriot League opener. Three of the Terriers’ nine goals #18 in the preseason Coaches Poll. The Mountain Hawks have stood in the were scored in a 3:44 stretch during a driving snowstorm. national rankings for most of the last three seasons, reaching as high as #4 • Despite Loyola controlling possession (Feb. 28), the Mountain Hawks late in 2011-12. held the Greyhounds to 11 goals which marked their second fewest in their first five games. • Lehigh held Bucknell to nine goals on Mar. 7 including just one over the TAYLOR AND MIKELINICH NAMED TEAM CAPTAINS game’s final 18:58. Seniors Dan Taylor and Lukas Mikelinich were named Lehigh men’s lacrosse • The Mountain Hawks held Villanova to just eight goals on Mar. 10 including team captains, as announced by head coach Kevin Cassese late in the fall. just three in the first half. The eight goals were a season low as the Wildcats Taylor and Mikelinich have emerged as leaders of the offense and defense, reached double figures in each of their first five games. respectively. They will lead the 2015 Mountain Hawks, who are eying their third Patriot League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in SHUTOUT STREAKS the last four years. • In 2012 the Lehigh defense was dominant in stretches, pitching a shutout streak of 15 or more minutes in 15-of-17 games, including 13-of-14 wins. GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY Then in 2013, the defense posted 17 separate shutout streaks of 15+ minutes The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team wrapped up another fall semester filled including in 10 of its 12 wins. Last season, the Mountain Hawks had 15 with community service initiatives and making a difference in the lives of streaks of 15+ minutes and 25 streaks of 10+ minutes. So far in 2015, Lehigh others. For ten weeks, the Mountain Hawks separated into four groups and has three streaks of 15+ minutes and seven of 10+ minutes . spent Wednesday afternoons at four locations: Calypso Elementary School, • In their season opener, the Mountain Hawks allowed didn’t allow a goal Nitschmann Middle School, Lehigh Child Care Center and South Bethlehem for the game’s first 16:40 against Marquette (Feb. 7). Boys & Girls Club. The fall community service initiative has been in place • Lehigh shut-out Furman for three stretches of 10+ minutes on Feb. 14: every year since head coach Kevin Cassese’s first season at Lehigh in 2007. 11:58, 12:21 and 10:05. Ultimately, the community service turned into one-hour sessions on Wednes- • In the Patriot League opener against Boston University (Feb. 21), the days. Groups of approximately 11-12 players went to the same location for Mountain Hawks held the Terriers scoreless for a stretch of 19:53 bridging all ten weeks. the end of the first quarter and beginning of the third quarter. During that stretch, the Lehigh offense turned a 2-2 tie into a 6-2 lead. • The Mountain Hawks held Bucknell (Mar. 7) scoreless for a stretch of 18:58 DOMINANT DEFENSE from the end of the third quarter until the Bison scored the game-winning - Lehigh’s defense has turned into one of the nation’s best since 2012. The goal with nine seconds left in overtime. Mountain Hawks’ defense was second nationally in 2012, allowing just 6.61 • After allowing two quick goals at Villanova (Mar. 10), the Mountain Hawks goals per game. In 2013, Lehigh finished sixth (7.94 goals per game) and in held the Wildcats scoreless for the next 22:13, allowing just two shots on 2014, the Mountain Hawks finished second (7.22 goals per game). goal in that span. Lehigh also held Villanova scoreless for the game’s final - The Mountain Hawks have allowed five or fewer goals 16 times in 58 11:28. games since 2012. Lehigh has allowed single-digit goals 40 times in those 58 games. Please see below for the complete rundown of games allowing . five goals or fewer. UP NEXT... The Mountain Hawks return home on Tuesday for a big nonleague matchup 2014 against #3 Denver. Lehigh will then host #13/14 Army next Saturday (Mar. 3/8 at Bucknell W, 9-3 21) at 1 p.m. 3/15 vs. Navy W, 13-2 3/29 vs. Holy Cross W, 20-4 4/12 vs. Georgetown W, 12-3 FOLLOW LEHIGH LACROSSE 2013 Facebook - Facebook.com/LehighMensLacrosse 2/10 vs. Saint Joseph’s W, 14-1 Facebook.com/LehighAthletics 3/2 vs. VMI W, 18-2 3/23 at Holy Cross W, 8-5 Twitter - Twitter.com/LehighLacrosse 4/20 at Lafayette W, 14-5 Twitter.com/LehighSports 4/28 vs. Bucknell W, 11-5 Instagram- Instagram.com/Lehigh_Sports
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No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last College Major 1 Anthony Ramaizel So. A 5-11 185 Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East Arts and Sciences 2 Casey McAdam So. M/FO 5-11 175 Neshanic Station, N.J./Somerville Mechanical Engineering 3 Klay Heston Sr. M 6-1 220 Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas Institute Finance 4 Mike Sammarro So. M 5-10 187 Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes Business 5 Kurtis Kaunas Sr. M 5-8 175 Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland High School Finance 6 Billy Oppenheimer Jr. M/A 6-0 180 Conshohocken, Pa./Germantown Academy Economics and English 7 Cody Ferraro Sr. M 6-2 213 East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville History 8 Cody Triolo So. M 5-9 175 Burlington, N.J./Princeton Day School Civil Engineering 9 Matt Raposo So. A 6-2 185 Neshanic Station, N.J./Somerville Business 10 Jack Bogorowski Sr. M 6-3 210 Newtown, Pa./La Salle College High School Economics 11 Ray Mastroianni Jr. M 6-3 195 Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan Finance 12 Kevin Dougherty So. M 6-2 210 Kensington, Md./St. Albans Arts and Sciences 13 Steve Brodeur Jr. G 5-11 196 Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven High School Economics 14 Nathan McKenzie Fr. D 6-1 195 Guelph, Ontario/Brewster Academy Arts and Sciences 15 Chris Appell Jr. A/M 5-10 180 Locust Valley, N.Y./Locust Valley High School Finance 16 Lukas Mikelinich Sr. D 5-11 185 Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West Psychology 17 Reid Weber Jr. A 6-1 190 Oreland, Pa./Germantown Academy Arts and Sciences 18 Adam Sawicki Fr. G 5-10 172 Winter Park, Fla./Lake Highland Prep Business 19 Alex Eaton Jr. M 5-8 180 Westford, Mass./Westford Academy Finance 20 Pat Dougherty Sr. M 5-9 170 Kensington, Md./St. Albans Political Science 21 Brady Thompson Fr. M 5-10 185 Bowie, Md./DeMatha Catholic Business 22 Ian Strain So. M 6-0 190 Springfield, Pa./Episcopal Academy Business 23 Conor Duffy So. D 6-3 195 Leonardtown, Md./Choate Rosemary Hall Business 24 Matt Ernst Fr. M/FO 5-10 175 Haverford, Pa./Episcopal Academy Business 25 John Mehok Fr. A 6-0 180 West Chester, Pa./Bishop Shanahan Arts and Sciences 26 Jason Kozel So. D/M 6-2 217 Westport, Conn./Kent School Business 27 Lee Belland Fr. M 6-1 200 Dallas, Texas/Dallas Jesuit Business 29 TaShan Mitchell Sr. D 6-3 200 Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers High School Finance 30 Matt Poillon Sr. G 5-10 180 Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai High School Economics 31 Casey Eidenshink Jr. D 5-10 183 Wyncote, Pa./La Salle College High School Accounting 33 Danny Norris Fr. D 6-0 175 Lincoln University, Pa./Avon Grove Engineering 34 Sam Lawrence Sr. M 6-2 210 Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley High School Finance 36 JJ Foley Fr. D 6-3 215 Kings Park, N.Y./Smithtown West Business 38 Steven Sanczyk Fr. D 6-0 190 Kinnelon, N.J./Seton Hall Prep Arts and Sciences 41 Dan Taylor Sr. A 6-3 212 Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial High School English 42 Patrick Corbett Sr. A 6-0 195 Burlington, Ontario/The Hill Academy Finance 43 Nick Fraboni Jr. M/FO 5-11 185 East Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow Finance 44 Alan Henderson Sr. M 6-0 187 Manorville, N.Y./Eastport/South Manor High School Finance 45 Nolan Apers Fr. A/M 6-0 201 Oakville, Ontario/The Hill Academy Business 50 Donny Stires So. G 6-5 224 Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan Materials Science and Engineering 55 Bo Lori Fr. M 6-1 185 Hudson, Ohio/Hudson High School Arts and Sciences 66 Tripp Telesco Jr. D 6-2 208 Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood High School Supply Chain Management 77 Corey Eppley Jr. D 6-2 182 Darien, Conn./Darien High School Supply Chain Management 88 Brandon Plante Fr. A 5-9 171 Frederick, Md./Urbana Arts and Sciences
Smith Family Head Lacrosse Coach: Kevin Cassese (Duke ’03), Eighth Season Associate Head Coach: Errol Wilson (Stony Brook ’06) Assistant Coaches: Will Scudder (Lehigh ’11) and Chad Surman (Salisbury ‘12) Director of Quality Control: Tom Cassese (C.W. Post ’67) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 Anthony RAM-a-zel 4 Mike SAH-marrow 5 Kurtis CONN-iss 8 Cody TREE-O-low 11 Ray MASS-tree-on-E 14 Jason KOH-zull 15 Chris AH-pell 16 Lukas MIKE-a-lin-ich 25 John ME-hoke 30 Matt Pool-E-on 31 Casey EYE-din-shank 38 Steven SAN-zick 45 Nolan A-pers
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squad to overtime, just one week after the Nittany Lions dominated eventual CAA Champion Delaware. KEVIN CASSESE The up-and-coming Mountain Hawks posted the nation’s eighth biggest improvement in 2011, according to LaxPower.com’s computer rankings, which takes into account many of the Smith Family Head Coach factors used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee. Other highlights included defeating MAAC Finalist Detroit Mercy on the road while winning three-of-four in one stretch in late March. Eighth Year as Lehigh Head Coach In that stretch was a convincing 13-7 win over America East Tournament qualifier Binghamton. Cassese has mentored an impressive array of offensive talent, led by one of college lacrosse’s most prolific scoring duos of David DiMaria and Dante Fantoni, who combined for 99 points in Kevin Cassese enters his eighth season as Lehigh’s head 2011 and 90 in 2012. They’re a big reason why Lehigh’s attack unit was ranked 10th by Inside men’s lacrosse coach in 2015. Cassese’s impact has been immedi- Lacrosse in the 2013 Face-Off Yearbook. ate, leading the Mountain Hawks to back-to-back Patriot League In his first four years at Lehigh, Cassese mentored a total of nine All-Patriot League honorees, Championships in 2012 and 2013 followed by a third straight ap- including four in 2011. Faceoff specialist Ryan Snyder cracked the first team after winning 61.6 pearance in the league title game in 2014. percent of his draws and scooping a Patriot League record 118 groundballs. Jonathan Stumpf was Lehigh went 14-2 in 2012 and won its first-ever tourna- not only named to the second team, but also earned endless other academic and athletic honors. He ment championship to advance to the program’s first NCAA became Lehigh’s first-ever CoSIDA Academic All-American while being named a Lowe’s Senior Tournament. The Mountain Hawks followed that up with a 12-5 campaign in 2013, winning both first team All-American, USILA Scholar All-American and Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the the Regular Season and Tournament Championships. Despite losing a large and talented senior Year. Stumpf (along with teammate Will Scudder) also played in the USILA North-South All-Star class, Lehigh still went 13-5 in 2014 and advanced to the Patriot League Championship Game once Game where he netted the eventual game-winning goal for the South. again. During the fall of 2009, Cassese was named to the 2010 United States Men’s National Lacrosse 5832 Team, traveling to Manchester, England in July. That marked the third time Cassese earned a spot In 2012, Cassese led the Mountain Hawks to a school-record 14 wins, a program record on the National Team. Just months later, he worked with the U.S. National Team as the squad’s nine-game winning streak and their highest-ever national ranking; Lehigh came in at #4 nationally head coach. In October, he led Team USA to a win over Harvard. Then in January, 2011, Cassese in the final Coaches Poll following the regular season. The excitement around the program has coached the United States to a 12-7 win over No. 7 Notre Dame in the Champion Challenge at the never been higher as Lehigh finished 10th in the final Coaches Poll of 2013, and among the top 20 ESPN Wide World of Sports. practically every week since the early stages of 2012. Cassese’s players have been involved in US Lacrosse as well as defenseman Ty Souders tried Following a home opening loss to Villanova in 2012, Lehigh promptly won nine straight out for the U.S. Under-19 Team as part of a three-day training camp at UMBC. Recent graduates games and 13-of-14 to advance to the NCAA Tournament as the #7 seed. The Mountain Hawks Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney have also participated in numerous scrimmages for Team USA, hosted eventual National Finalist Maryland and gave the Terps their toughest fight on their road beginning with the Capital Lacrosse Classic on Oct. 7, 2012. to the title game. Despite falling down 6-1 in the first half, Lehigh responded with seven straight In his first season as the Mountain Hawks’ leader in 2008, Cassese led a young Lehigh squad goals in front of a standing room only crowd of 2,278 at the Ulrich Sports Complex (and in front to more home wins and more overall victories than the season prior. The Brown and White also of a national audience on ESPNU). ranked in the top 10 nationally in man-down defense and in the top 25 in scoring defense. Success Lehigh posted an impressive 8-3 record against nationally-ranked foes. That included a big continued into 2009 campaign, highlighted by back-to-back wins over ranked foes; the Mountain 9-8 win at #4 North Carolina in March, propelling the Mountain Hawks into the national polls Hawks defeated #16 Army and #20 St. John’s in succession. for the first time since 2000. Lehigh ended a number of long droughts, defeating UNC for the first In 2010, the Mountain Hawks posted their first winning overall record since 2006 by go- time since 1951, Yale for the first time since 1918 and Penn State for the first time since 1971. ing 8-7. A resilient group, Lehigh went a perfect 3-0 in overtime games, including wins over #9 Lehigh owned the nation’s #2 scoring defense (only behind Notre Dame), holding opponents Villanova and #19 Lafayette in consecutive weeks to close out the season. Villanova marked the to only 6.81 goals per game. The Mountain Hawks picked up their first shutout in 40 years with Mountain Hawks’ first top-10 win since downing #7 Georgetown in 1997. Fantoni scored both a 13-0 triumph over Manhattan, allowed only two goals to VMI and five or fewer to Penn State, overtime game-winners to set the tone for what has been an impressive career to date. Navy, Holy Cross, Penn and Saint Joseph’s. Cassese was named Patriot League Coach of the Year One of the most decorated student-athletes in Duke history, Cassese served as an assistant while freshman Matt Poillon became Lehigh’s first-ever Goalkeeper of the Year. Eight cracked coach at his alma mater from 2005-07, helping lead the Blue Devils to the 2007 National Champion- the All-Patriot League Team, tied for most in school history and the most in Coach Cassese’s ship Game. He also served as Duke’s interim head coach for part of the summer of 2006. Prior to tenure. Duke, Cassese spent one season at Stony Brook as an assistant where he directed the nation’s top After six games in 2013, the Mountain Hawks stood at 3-3 and was just 5-4 after nine. The extra man offense and helped the Seawolves to a 10-6 record in 2004. team responded in a big way, winning seven straight games to finish undefeated in Patriot League A two-time captain and three-time All-ACC selection while at Duke, Cassese helped lead the play and earn the right to host the league tournament. Lehigh went on to dominate Bucknell on Blue Devils to three NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of ACC Championships during its home turf (11-5) for its second straight championship. his collegiate career. Cassese earned All-America honors on three separate occasions, including The awards continued to roll in for the Mountain Hawks as Poillon was named Patriot First Team accolades in 2002 and 2003. Cassese, who scored 80 goals and handed out 38 assists League Goalie of the Year for a second straight season and a school-record four players were named in his career, was a two-time Tewaaraton Trophy finalist and garnered ACC Player of the Year USILA All-Americans, breaking the record of three set a season prior. In addition, the Mountain honors in 2001. In 2002, Cassese was the recipient of the Lt. Donald MacLaughlin, Jr. Award as Hawks placed a league best three players on the Academic All-Patriot League Team. the nation’s top midfielder. Lehigh saw three of its players drafted by Major League Lacrosse teams in 2013: Dante An accomplished player on the international level as well, Cassese helped the United States Fantoni (Denver), Noah Molnar (Rochester) and David DiMaria (Boston). In addition, Mike Noone to the gold medal at the 2002 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships. He was (Ohio) and Ryan Snyder (Denver) signed contracts following the season. They joined Cameron also a member of the United States team that placed second at the 2006 ILF World Championships and Roman Lao-Gosney (Hamilton) in the professional ranks. in London, Ontario. The success continued into 2014 as the Mountain Hawks won 13 games, just one shy of tying Cassese was the second overall selection in the 2003 Major League Lacrosse Draft by the the school record set just two years prior. Lehigh earned a thrilling 7-6 triple overtime victory over Rochester Rattlers. Among his professional accomplishments are a pair of MLL Rookie of the #20 Villanova in February and earned convincing league wins over Bucknell (9-3), Navy (13-2), Week honors and a spot on the 2005 All-Star Team. Cassese, who was traded to the Philadelphia Holy Cross (20-4) and Lafayette (17-6). The Mountain Hawks defeated Navy in the Patriot League Barrage during the summer of 2007, helped lead his new team to the 2007 Major League Lacrosse Quarterfinals at home before earning a 12-11 semifinal victory over Army behind a Reid Weber Championship, as well as a spot in Championship Weekend in 2008. Cassese was signed by the goal with just three seconds remaining. Boston Cannons prior to the 2009 MLL season and appeared in 12 games during the regular season Several Mountain Hawks enjoyed breakout seasons, led by attackman Dan Taylor who while helping lead them into the postseason. recorded 45 points over his last seven games to finish with 76 points, which far and away led the A native of Port Jefferson Station, New York and graduate of Comsewogue High School, Patriot League and was most among Canadian players in all of Division I Lacrosse. Taylor was Cassese earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Duke in 2003. He garnered USILA Scholar named a first team All-Patriot League honoree, as was defenseman Tripp Telesco who finished All-America and ACC Academic Honor Roll honors as well as the ACC’s Weaver-James-Corrigan with 44 groundballs and 36 caused turnovers. He enjoyed a career game with seven groundballs Honorary Award for outstanding athletic and academic achievement. and seven caused turnovers in that February victory over the Wildcats. Also earning All-League Cassese and his wife, Katie Granson Cassese who attended nearby Freedom High School, recognition were Kurtis Kaunas, Ty Souders and Poillon. Poillon, Taylor and Telesco were named were married in Bethlehem in December of 2006. Katie is currently a Realtor for RE/MAX Central honorable mention All-Americans as well while Souders was named to the Academic All-Patriot in the Lehigh Valley. They had their first child, Drew Cassese, in July of 2011, and their second League Team for a third straight season. child Anna in August of 2013. 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. Cassese’s Coaching Resume On a personal level, Cassese continues to make his mark on the U.S. Lacrosse scene, serving as an assistant coach under Team USA head coach Richie Meade’s staff for the 2014 World Lacrosse Year Record PL Home Notables Championships in Denver, joining a staff of Dave Pietramala (Johns Hopkins) and Jeff Tambroni 2008 6-9 2-4 4-4 (Penn State). Cassese’s responsibilities included faceoff coordinator and goalie coordinator while 2009 4-11 2-4 0-6 Won at #16 Army and #20 St. John’s handling rides, clears and the sub game. Team USA’s two faceoff men combined to win over 80 percent of their faceoffs in the tournament. 2010 8-7 2-4 4-3 Defeated #9 Villanova and #19 Lafayette Cassese will team with Tambroni to coach the Red, White and Blue in the Seatown Classic 2011 7-9 3-3 5-4 PL Semifinals against Notre Dame in October while Cassese has also coached the United States in Stars & Stripes 2012 14-3 5-1 5-2 School-record 14 wins Weekend and Champion Challenge. Highest ranking in school history (#4) The 2011 season saw Cassese lead the Mountain Hawks to their first Patriot League Tourna- First Patriot League Championship ment appearance since 2006. Lehigh got off to a quick 3-1 start, which included a 14-10 triumph 2013 12-5 6-0 7-2 Second Straight PL Championship over Navy, the program’s first victory over the Midshipmen in nearly 100 years. Hosted PL Tournament for 1st time The Mountain Hawks jumped squarely into the national lacrosse picture in 2011 by not only 2014 13-5 6-2 7-1 Third Straight PL Title Game Appearance qualifying for the Patriot League postseason, but also proving they could compete with anyone in 2015 2-3 1-2 1-2 the country. Lehigh played an increasingly tough schedule in ’11 and wouldn’t back away from Total 66-52 ( .559) 27-20 ( .575) 33-24 ( .579) the challenge. All nine of the team’s losses came against ranked opponents, with seven coming by a combined 17 goals. The Mountain Hawks nearly topped a pair of NCAA Tournament qualifiers (Villanova and Bucknell), falling by a single goal each time. They also took a ranked Penn State Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2015 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 7: LEHIGH AT NAVY • MARCH 14, 2015 • PAGE 8
56 percent (152-of-273) with 69 groundballs. Scudder ended his career by winning 331-of-612 faceoffs (54.1 percent) with 156 ERROL WILSON groundballs. He also added three goals and four assists. Scudder played in the prestigious Associate Head Coach North-South Senior All-Star Game following his senior campaign. Upon graduation, Scudder worked with A.G. Administrators, Inc. in the sports Fourth Season at Lehigh insurance industry from Summer 2011 until Spring 2013, while also serving as an as- sistant lacrosse coach at Great Valley High School in Fall 2012 and Spring 2013. While at Great Valley, he helped lead the school to its first league title, coached six First Team Errol Wilson is in his fourth season as a Lehigh assistant coach All-Chesmont players, two members of the All-State team and one ALL American. He following successful stints at Brown and Rutgers. The former Stony then moved onto Fever Lacrosse Inc. in Haverford, Pa. where he served and continues to Brook goalie is in his first season as the Mountain Hawks’ associate serve as Director of Operations, in charge of managing tournaments, camps, clinics, and head coach, defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator. Wilson has also served the 14 club teams within the Fever Program. as associate offensive coordinator, goalie coordinator and camps/clinics/tournaments coordinator in his time at Lehigh. In his first season on staff, Wilson helped lead the squad to new heights, including a school-record 14 wins, a program record nine-game winning streak and its highest-ever CHAD SURMAN national ranking (#4) along with its first Patriot League Tournament Title and NCAA Tournament appearance. It marked Wilson’s second NCAA Tournament appearance as Assistant Coach assistant coach after leading Brown to the 2009 tournament where it dropped an overtime First Season at Lehigh heartbreaker at Johns Hopkins. Wilson worked with All-American goalie Matt Poillon, who finished second nation- Chad Surman enters his first season at Lehigh after serving as ally with a 6.75 GAA and fourth with a 59.7 save percentage, becoming Lehigh’s first-ever graduate assistant coach at Division III Salisbury University since Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year. Poillon earned four Patriot League Goalie of the May of 2012. While there, he assisted the head coach in all areas, Week honors while garnering Rookie of the Week twice. In addition, each one of Lehigh’s including recruiting, training, film breakdown and more. Surman close defensemen was named All-Patriot League: Ty Souders (First), Mike Noone (second) helped coached the defense in 2013 and 2014 after graduating Salisbury with a History and Lukas Mikelinich (second). degree in May, 2012. The Sea Gulls’ defense ranked fifth nationally in 2013 (allowing just The Mountain Hawks owned the nation’s #2 scoring defense (only behind Notre six goals per game) and 14th in 2014 (allowing 6.6 goals per game) as Salisbury advanced Dame), holding opponents to only 6.81 goals per game. Lehigh picked up its first shutout to the National Semifinals and Finals, respectively. A local product out of Center Valley, in 40 years with a 13-0 triumph over Manhattan, allowed only two goals to VMI and five Pennsylvania, Surman has also served as head coach of the Lehigh Valley Skyhawks youth or fewer to Penn State, Navy, Holy Cross, Penn and Saint Joseph’s. The squad extended team. its shutout streak to an incredible 90:14 before the Quakers scored with 5:04 remaining in As a player, Surman won the 2011 and 2012 National Championships at Salisbury, the second quarter. The streak spanned from the fourth quarter against Villanova, through helping lead a defense which ranked second nationally both years. The 2012 season the entire Manhattan contest and the first 24:56 at Penn. featured a 30-game winning streak. Surman began his collegiate career at Division II Le The Mountain Hawks followed in 2013 by finishing sixth nationally in scoring Moyne, advancing to the National Finals as the defense allowed just 3.9 goals per game. defense (7.94 goals per game) with Poillon earning Goalie of the Year honors for a second He then won a NJCAA National Title with Onondaga Community College. straight season. Noone and Souders also garnered All-League honors for the second year At Lehigh, Surman will work on the offensive side of the ball and be responsible for in a row while both garnering honorable mention All-America recognition. Lehigh held individual offense skill development and film breakdown. He will also coach the scout Saint Joseph’s to only one goal, VMI to only two, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Bucknell team defense, the man-down units and run the substitution box. In the office, Surman will to five and Army, UMass and Penn to just six goals apiece. One of the most dominant assist in all areas of day-to-day operations and take over as staff film exchange coordinator performances came in the Patriot League Championship game as the Mountain Hawks and point person for community relations. won 11-5 for their second straight league title and NCAA Tournament berth. Lehigh advanced to its third straight Patriot League Championship Game in 2014, finishing the season 13-5 and within just one win of tying the school record set two years prior. The defense allowed just 7.22 goals per game, good for second in the nation and TOM CASSESE just 0.01 behind the nation’s leader. Over the three-year timeframe from 2012-14, Lehigh Director of Quality Control owned the nation’s lowest goals against average. Wilson also worked with an offense that came into its own as the season progressed. Dan Taylor finished the season with 76 Eighth Season at Lehigh points, leading the team and Patriot League in scoring which also stood seventh in the nation. He was named an All-American after the season, as was Poillon and defenseman Tom Cassese is in his eighth season on the Lehigh men’s lacrosse Tripp Telesco. coaching staff and his fifth as director of quality control after serving At Rutgers, Wilson helped the Scarlet Knights win five of their first six games in as volunteer assistant coach the first three seasons. In 2007, Cassese 2011 and coached a defense which allowed only 8.27 goals per game. retired as the Head Football Coach at Comsewogue High School, a Prior to Rutgers, Wilson served as assistant coach at Brown for four seasons (2007- public school found on the North Shore of Suffolk County, Long Island. 10). While there, he was both offensive coordinator and goalie coach, helping the Bears Cassese began his tenure at Comsewogue in 1973 and is the winningest coach in reach new heights by winning an Ivy League Championship in 2008, then earning an Suffolk County history and the first to reach 200 career victories. During his tenure, Comse- NCAA Tournament berth in ’09. Wilson worked with and mentored one of the nation’s wogue made 18 appearances in the playoffs, earned 14 league or division championships, top goalies in Jordan Burke. The 2009 USILA Goalie of the Year, Burke was twice named six Suffolk County Championships, and one Long Island crown. His 1990 squad earned the Ivy League Player of the Year and New England Player of the Year, while earning the Rutgers Trophy as the top team in the county. First Team All-America honors as well. Cassese has been named either League or Division Coach of the Year an astounding Wilson was a four-year letterwinner at Stony Brook where he was teammates 16 times, County Coach of the Year twice and participated in the Boomer Esiason Outback with goalie and former Lehigh assistant and current Dartmouth head coach Brendan Steakhouse Challenge four times. Tom was also selected by Madison Square Garden as Callahan. Wilson resides in Bethlehem with his wife Pat and son Roman. its Coach of the Year in 1998 and earned two New York Jets Coach of the Week awards during the 1998 and 2003 campaigns. Tom graduated from C.W. Post College in 1967 with a degree in Business Admin- istration. He went on to enjoy a five-year career in professional football with the Denver WILL SCUDDER Broncos, San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints, and the Montreal Allouettes and B.C. Assistant Coach Lions of the Canadian Football League. Upon the conclusion of his playing career, Cassese attended the University of Second Season at Lehigh Vermont where he earned a master’s degree in Physical Education and coached the wide receivers and defensive backs on the football team. Former Lehigh men’s lacrosse standout Will Scudder ‘11 enters Cassese assumed his teaching duties at Comsewogue High School in 1973 and his second season on the coaching staff in 2015. Scudder replaced retired in 2003. He is married to Barbara, his wife of 40 years. Tom Compitello who accepted a position at Sacred Heart, then was promoted prior to the 2015 season. Scudder was promoted to associate defensive coordinator, faceoff coordinator and camps/clinics/tournaments coordinator after Brendan Callahan was named head coach at Dartmouth. Scudder was a former team captain and All-Patriot League honoree as a Mountain Hawk. Scudder helped coach a strong tandem at faceoff in 2014 that won 54 percent of its draws; Ryan Buttenbaum won 55 percent and Casey McAdam won 52 percent at the X. McAdam was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week after winning 17-of-23 faceoffs against Monmouth then 15-20 vs. Holy Cross. Scudder played in 51 games over his career in the Brown and White, highlighted by his junior campaign when he won 56 percent of his faceoffs (140-of-251) to earn Second Team All-Patriot League honors. This came after a sophomore season which saw him win Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2015 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 7: LEHIGH AT NAVY • MARCH 14, 2015 • PAGE 9
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Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2015 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 7: LEHIGH AT NAVY • MARCH 14, 2015 • PAGE 11 INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS: GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS, GROUNDBALLS
PLAYER Marquette Furman Boston U Loyola Bucknell Villanova 1 Anthony Ramaizel 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 2 Casey McAdam 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 3 3 Klay Heston DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 4 Mike Sammarro 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 DNP 5 Kurtis Kaunas 2-0-2, 2 2-0-2, 0 0-0-0, 2 2-0-2, 1 0-1-1, 0 1-0-1, 0 6 Billy Oppenheimer 0-0-0, 0 2-0-2, 0 0-1-1, 0 1-1-2, 0 1-2-3, 1 0-0-0, 3 7 Cody Ferraro DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 8 Cody Triolo 0-0-0, 3 DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 9 Matt Raposo 0-2-2, 1 1-0-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 10 Jack Bogorowski 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 11 Ray Mastroianni 0-1-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 12 Kevin Dougherty DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 13 Steve Brodeur DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 14 Nathan McKenzie DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 15 Chris Appell DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 16 Lukas Mikelinich 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 4 17 Reid Weber 2-0-2, 3 3-2-5, 1 4-0-4, 4 0-1-1, 3 1-0-1, 2 1-0-1, 2 18 Adam Sawicki DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 19 Alex Eaton DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 20 Pat Dougherty DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 21 Brady Thompson DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 22 Ian Strain 1-1-2, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 23 Conor Duffy DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 24 Matt Ernst DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 1 25 John Mehok DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 26 Jason Kozel DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 27 Lee Belland DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 29 TaShan Mitchell DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 30 Matt Poillon 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 31 Casey Eidenshink 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 6 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 0 33 Danny Norris DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 34 Sam Lawrence 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 1 36 JJ Foley 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 38 Steven Sanczyk 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 41 Dan Taylor 3-2-5, 1 5-5-10, 2 0-5-5, 4 3-1-4, 4 3-1-4, 2 1-0-1, 0 42 Patrick Corbett DNP DNP 5-0-5, 3 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 43 Nick Fraboni DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 44 Alan Henderson 1-0-1, 1 0-1-1, 3 0-1-1, 0 1-2-3, 2 0-2-2, 4 0-0-0, 0 45 Nolan Apers 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 2-0-2, 2 0-0-0, 1 50 Donny Stires DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 55 Bo Lori DNP DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 66 Tripp Telesco DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 77 Corey Eppley 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 3 88 Brandon Plante DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
INDIVIDUAL GOALIE STATISTICS: SAVES-GOALS ALLOWED, MINUTES
PLAYER Marquette Furman Boston U Loyola Bucknell Villanova 13 Steve Brodeur DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 18 Adam Sawicki DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 4-3, 41:12 30 Matt Poillon 8-10, 60:00 9-11, 60:00 15-9, 60:00 16-11, 60:00 16-9, 63:51 5-5, 60:00 50 Donny Stires DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
INDIVIDUAL FACEOFF STATS: WIN-TOTAL, PCT.
PLAYER Marquette Furman Boston U Loyola Bucknell Villanova 2 Casey McAdam 11-23, 48 13-24, 54 9-22, 41 1-4, 25 4-8, 50 7-13, 54 24 Matt Ernst DNP DNP DNP 1-4, 25 6-13, 46 1-1, 100
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2015 TEAM TENDENCIES Overall Record 2-4 Lehigh scores less than 10 goals 0-4 Lehigh in February 2-2 Home 1-2 Lehigh scores 10-14 goals 2-0 Lehigh in March 0-2 Road 1-2 Lehigh scores 15 or more goals 0-0 Neutral 0-0 vs . the conferences Opponent scores less than 5 goals 0-0 Big East 0-1 Patriot League Record 1-2 Opponent scores 5-9 goals 1-2 Big South 1-0 Non-League Record 1-2 Opponent scores 10 or more goals 1-2 Patriot League 1-3 Leading after one quarter 1-2 vs. Unranked Teams 2-2 vs. Ranked Teams 0-2 Trailing after one quarter 0-2 Tied after one quarter 1-0 Leading at the half 2-1 2015 TOP PERFORMANCES Trailing at the half 0-3 Tied at the half 0-0 Leading after three quarters 2-0 Trailing after three quarters 0-2 Tied after three quarters 0-2 In overtime 0-0 Lehigh has more shots 0-1 Opponent has more shots 2-2 Shots are even 0-1 Lehigh has more saves 1-2 Opponent has more saves 1-2 Saves are even 0-0 Lehigh wins more faceoffs 0-1 Opponent wins more faceoffs 1-3 Faceoffs are even 1-0 Lehigh has more groundballs 1-3 Opponent has more groundballs 1-1 Groundballs are even 0-0
Lehigh scores an EMO goal 2-3 Lehigh doesn’t score an EMO goal 0-1
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#1 ANTHONY RAMAIZEL #5 KURTIS KAUNAS #8 CODY TRIOLO So. • A • 5-11 • 185 • Melville, N.Y. Sr. • M • 5-8 • 175 • Schnecksville, Pa. So. • M • 5-9 • 175 • Burlington, N.J.
- Made first-career start in season opener vs. Marquette - Scored Lehigh’s first goal of the game at #15/16 Villanova - Tallied a groundball against Bucknell (3/7). (2/7). (3/10). - Finished with a groundball at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). - Dished an assist against Bucknell (3/7). - Had two groundballs against Boston University (2/21). CAREER STATISTICS - Scored two goals at #14/15 Loyola (2/28) while adding a - Scooped three groundballs in the season opener against Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT groundball and caused turnover. Marquette (2/7). 2014 4/0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - Scooped a pair of groundballs in win over Boston Univer- 2015 3/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 sity (2/21). CAREER STATISTICS Total 7/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Tallied a pair of goals (including a man-up tally) in win at Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Furman (2/14). 2014 5/0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 CAREER HIGHS - Scored two goals in the season opener against Marquette 2015 5/0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 Goals: -- Total 10/0 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 Assists: -- (2/7). Also tied a career-high two groundballs. Points: -- CAREER HIGHS CAREER STATISTICS Groundballs: -- Goals: -- Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Multi-Goal Games: --; Multi-Point Games: --; Hat Tricks: -- Assists: -- 2012 15/0 2 1 3 4 1 3 1 Points: -- 2013 17/6 8 2 10 28 1 5 1 Groundballs: 3 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) 2014 18/18 20 8 28 72 4 6 2 #2 CASEY MCADAM Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 So. • M/FO • 6-1 • 201 • Malvern, Pa. 2015 6/6 7 1 8 25 0 5 1 Total 56/30 37 12 49 129 6 19 5
- Won 7-of-13 faceoffs with three groundballs at #15/16 CAREER HIGHS #9 MATT RAPOSO Villanova (3/10). Goals: 3 vs. Navy (4/22/14) So. • A • 6-2 • 185 • Neshanic Station, N.J. - Finished 4-of-8 from the faceoff X vs. Bucknell (3/7). Assists: 2, two times; last vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) - Was 9-for-22 at the faceoff X in win over Boston University Points: 4, two times; last vs. Navy (4/22/14) - Scored first goal of the season in road win at Furman (2/21) including 5-of-6 in the first quarter. Groundballs: 2, two times; last vs. Marquette (2/7/15) (2/14). - Won 13-of-24 faceoffs with three groundballs at Furman Multi-Goal Games: 9; Multi-Point Games: 12; Hat Tricks: 1 - Dished a pair of assists vs. Marquette (2/7) in first-career (2/14). Marked a career high for faceoffs taken. start. - Won 11-of-23 faceoffs and scooped five groundballs vs. Marquette (2/7). #6 BILLY OPPENHEIMER CAREER STATISTICS Jr. • M/A • 6-0 • 180 • Conshohocken, Pa. 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. GB CT FO % - Scooped three groundballs at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). 2015 3/2 1 2 3 6 0 1 0 2014 13/0 0 0 0 20 0 47-91 .516 - Finished with a goal and two assists against Bucknell Total 8/2 2 2 4 7 0 1 0 2015 6/0 0 0 0 15 0 45-94 .479 (3/7). Total 19/0 0 0 0 35 0 92-185 .497 - Tallied a goal and assist, including a man-up goal, at #14/15 CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) CAREER HIGHS Loyola (2/28). - Dished an assist against Boston University (2/21). Assists: 2 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Faceoffs Won: 17 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Points: 2 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) - Tied a career high with two goals in road win at Furman Faceoffs Taken: 24 at Furman (2/14/15) Groundballs: 1 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Groundballs: 12 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) (2/14), including the game-winning goal in the fourth Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0 quarter.
CAREER STATISTICS #4 MIKE SAMMARRO Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT #10 JACK BOGOROWSKI So. • M • 5-10 • 210 • Mountain Lakes, N.J. 2013 9/0 5 8 13 15 0 4 1 Sr. • M • 6-3 • 216 • Newtown, Pa. (at Quinnipiac)
- Two groudballs and a caused turnover against Bucknell 2014 18/3 7 9 16 39 2 14 0 - Had a groundball at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). (3/7). 2015 6/5 4 4 8 26 1 4 0 - Had a goal and caused turnover in win at Furman (2/14). Total 33/8 16 21 37 80 3 22 1 - Strong effort in the season opener, tallying career highs - Scooped a groundball in the season opener vs. Marquette in groundballs (3) and caused turnovers (2) vs. Marquette (2/7). CAREER HIGHS (at Lehigh) (2/7). Goals: 2, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) CAREER STATISTICS Assists: 3 at Bucknell (3/8/14) CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Points: 3, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2014 3/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Groundballs: 4 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) 2012 (JH) 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 5/0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 Multi-Goal Games: 2; Multi-Point Games: 8; Hat Tricks: 0 2013 15/0 0 0 0 6 0 9 1 Total 8/0 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 2014 15/3 2 1 3 10 1 4 0 2015 6/0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 CAREER HIGHS #7 CODY FERRARO Total 39/3 2 1 3 18 1 17 3 Goals: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) Sr. • M • 6-2 • 215 • East Setauket, N.Y. Assists: -- CAREER HIGHS Points: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) - Made season debut at Furman (2/14), a year after he last Goals: 1, two times; last at Yale (3/11/14) Assists: 1 vs. Loyola (3/1/14) Groundballs: 2 vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) played. Caused Turnovers: 1, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Points: 1, two times; last at Yale (3/11/14) Groundballs: 3 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) CAREER STATISTICS Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 2011 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2012 8/3 2 1 3 11 0 4 0 2013 15/0 4 0 4 20 3 5 0 2014 1/0 3 1 4 6 0 1 0 2015 4/0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Total 31/3 9 2 11 42 3 11 0
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 3 at Furman (2/1/14) Assists: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/1/14) Points: 4 at Furman (2/1/14) Groundballs: 2 vs. Manhattan (2/25/12) Multi-Goal Games: 2; Multi-Point Games: 2; Hat Tricks: 1
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- Tallied a shot and groundball against Boston University - Caused a turnover at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). - Posted a groundball at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). (2/21). - Strong game with four groundballs and a big caused turn- - Had an assist and groundball in the season opener vs. CAREER STATISTICS over in the overtime period against Bucknell (3/7). Marquette (2/7). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Another strong effort with five groundballs and a caused 2013 6/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 turnover at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). CAREER STATISTICS 2014 18/10 11 9 20 42 0 8 1 - Tallied three groundballs and a career-high four caused Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2015 2/0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Total 26/10 12 9 21 44 0 8 2 turnovers against Boston University (2/21) to earn Patriot 2014 18/0 3 3 6 22 0 22 4 League Defensive Player of the Week. 2015 6/0 0 1 1 9 0 2 0 CAREER HIGHS (at Lehigh) - Monster game with a career-high six groundballs to go with Total 24/0 3 4 7 31 0 24 4 Goals: 2, three times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) one caused turnover at Furman (2/14). Doubled previous Assists: 2 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) career high of three groundballs. CAREER HIGHS Points: 4 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Goals: 1, three times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) - Posted two groundballs in the season opener against Groundballs: 1, three times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) Marquette (2/7). Assists: 1, four times; last vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Multi-Goal Games: 3; Multi-Point Games: 5; Hat Tricks: 0 Points: 1, seven times; last vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Groundballs: 4, two times; last at Bucknell (3/8/14) CAREER STATISTICS Caused Turnovers: 1, four times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 #22 IAN STRAIN 2013 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 So. • M • 6-0 • 190 • Springfield, Pa. 2014 18/1 0 1 1 2 0 29 16 2015 5/5 0 0 0 3 0 20 7 #16 LUKAS MIKELINICH - Had a groundball at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). Total 30/6 0 1 1 5 0 53 24 - Caused a turnover against Bucknell (3/7). Sr. • D • 5-11 • 180 • Dix Hills, N.Y. CAREER HIGHS - Scored a big third-quarter goal while adding a groundball Assists: 1 vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) - Finished with four groundballs at #15/16 Villanova at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). Points: 1 vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) (3/10). - Caused a turnover in win over Boston University (2/21). Groundballs: 6 at Furman (2/14/15) - Scooped a groundball against Bucknell (3/7). - Scooped first-career groundball at Furman (2/14). Caused Turnovers: 4 vs. Boston University (2/21/15) - Had a groundball and two caused turnovers at #14/15 - Tallied two points (one goal, one assist) in collegiate debut Loyola (2/28). against Marquette (2/7). - Posted three groundballs and a caused turnover against #34 SAM LAWRENCE Boston University (2/21). CAREER STATISTICS Sr. • M • 6-1 • 206 • Wellesley, Mass. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Tallied two groundballs and a team-high three caused 2015 6/0 2 1 3 9 0 3 2 - Tallied a groundball and caused turnover at #15/16 Vil- turnovers in win at Furman (2/14). Total 6/0 2 1 3 9 0 3 2 - Finished the season opener vs. Marquette (2/7) with four lanova (3/10). groundballs and a caused turnover. - Scored a goal while tallying a groundball and two caused CAREER HIGHS turnovers against Bucknell (3/7). Goals: 1, two times; last at Loyola (2/28/15) - Had two groundballs at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). CAREER STATISTICS Assists: 1 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) - Groundball and caused turnover in win over Boston Uni- Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Points: 2 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) 6/0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2011 Groundballs: 1, three times; last at Villanova (3/10/15) versity (2/21). 2012 15/11 0 0 0 0 0 17 10 Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0 - Strong season-opening effort, tallying a game-high three 2014 18/18 0 0 0 1 0 37 18 caused turnovers against Marquette (2/7) which tied a 2015 6/6 0 0 0 1 0 15 7 career high. Total 45/35 0 0 0 2 0 73 36 #30 MATT POILLON CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS Sr. • G • 5-10 • 180 • Mount Sinai, N.Y. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Groundballs: 5, two times; last vs. Villanova (2/16/14) 2013 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Caused Turnovers: 4 at Penn (2/28/12) - Made five saves, allowing five goals in 41:12 at #15/16 2014 18/1 1 3 4 8 0 15 15 Villanova (3/10). 2015 6/0 1 0 1 2 0 5 7 - Tied a season-high 16 saves for a second straight game, Total 28/1 2 3 5 10 0 20 22 #17 REID WEBER stopping 16-of-25 against Bucknell (3/7). - Second straight strong effort, making a season-high 16 saves CAREER HIGHS Jr. • A • 6-0 • 200 • Oreland, Pa. to keep Lehigh close at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). Goals: 1, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Assists: 1, three times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) - Stellar effort, posting 15 saves on 24 shots on goal in 10-9 - Scored a goal while scooping two groundballs at #15/16 Points: 1, five times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) win over Boston University (2/21). Villanova (3/10). Groundballs: 3 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) - Tallied nine saves in road win at Furman (2/14). - Had a goal and two groundballs vs. Bucknell (3/7). Caused Turnovers: 3, two times; last vs. Marquette (2/7/15) - Made eight saves in season opener against Marquette (2/7). - Dished an assist and posted three groundballs and a caused turnover at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). - Tied a career-high four goals in thrilling 10-9 victory over CAREER STATISTICS #36 JJ FOLEY Year GP/GS Svs. GA Sv.% GAA W-L GB Fr. • D • 6-3 • 215 • Kings Park, N.Y. Boston University (2/21). 2012 17/17 166 112 .597 6.75 14-3 31 - Tied a career high with five points (three goals, two assists) 2013 14/14 152 103 .596 7.92 11-3 24 - Had a pair of groundballs and one caused turnover against at Furman (2/14). 2014 17/17 157 116 .575 7.23 12-5 23 - Scored two goals, including a man-up tally, in the season 2015 6/6 69 55 .556 9.56 2-4 7 Bucknell (3/7). opener against Marquette (2/7). Added three groundballs. Total 54/54 544 386 .585 7.51 39-15 85 - Finished with two groundballs and a caused turnover at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). CAREER HIGHS - Started the season opener against Marquette (2/7). CAREER STATISTICS Saves: 18 at North Carolina (5/11/13) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Fewest Goals Allowed: 0 vs. Manhattan (2/25/12) CAREER STATISTICS 2013 6/0 2 1 3 4 0 3 1 Groundballs: 5 at North Carolina (3/3/12) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2014 18/18 27 17 44 89 4 30 6 2015 6/4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2015 6/6 11 3 14 42 4 15 1 Total 6/4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Total 30/24 40 21 61 135 8 48 8 CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Assists: -- Goals: 4, two times; last vs. Boston University (2/21/15) Points: -- Assists: 4 vs. Navy (3/15/14) Groundballs: 2, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Points: 5, three times; last at Furman (2/14/15) Caused Turnovers: 1, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Groundballs: 6 vs. Navy (4/22/14) Multi-Goal Games: 12; Multi-Point Games: 15; Hat Tricks: 6
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- Finished with a groundball at Furman (2/14). - Dished two assists while adding four groundballs and a - Career-high tying three groundballs and a caused turnover - Scooped a groundball from the faceoff wing in season opener career-high two caused turnovers against Bucknell (3/7). at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). and collegiate debut vs. Marquette (2/7). - Scored a goal and added two assists at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). - Posted a groundball and two caused turnovers against Added two groundballs and a caused turnover. Bucknell (3/7). CAREER STATISTICS - Tallied an assist in Patriot League opener vs. Boston Uni- - Posted a career-high three groundballs and two caused Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT versity (2/21). turnovers at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). 2015 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - Dished an assist while scooping three groundballs in road - Tallied a groundball and caused turnover against Boston Total 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 win at Furman (2/14). University (2/21). CAREER HIGHS - Had a goal and groundballs in the season opener vs. - Had a groundballs and caused turnover in road win at Assists: -- Marquette (2/7). Furman (2/14). Points: -- - Scooped a groundball in the season opener vs. Marquette Groundballs: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) CAREER STATISTICS (2/7). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Caused Turnovers: -- 2012 17/0 3 3 6 5 0 8 3 CAREER STATISTICS 2013 17/6 2 6 8 19 0 33 3 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2014 17/11 5 8 13 28 0 22 3 2013 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 #41 DAN TAYLOR 2015 6/6 2 6 8 8 0 10 3 2014 13/0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Sr. • A • 6-3 • 212 • Calgary, Alberta Total 57/23 12 23 35 60 0 73 12 2015 6/0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 Total 22/0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 - Scored a fourth-quarter goal at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). CAREER HIGHS - Yet another hat trick with three goals and one assist against Goals: 2 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) CAREER HIGHS Assists: 3 at Boston University (2/22/14) Bucknell (3/7). His second goal gave him 100 for his career. Groundballs: 3 at #14/15 Loyola (2/28/15) Points: 4 at Boston University (2/22/14) Caused Turnovers: 2, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) - Scored three goals while dishing an assist and scooping four Groundballs: 5 vs. Navy (3/30/13) groundballs at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) - Tied a career-high five assists and four groundballs in Patriot Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 4; Hat Tricks: 0 League opening victory over Boston University (2/21). - Set a career high with 10 points (five goals, career-high five assists) in dominant effort at Furman (2/14). Scored on all #45 NOLAN APERS five shots he took. Named Patriot League Offensive Player Fr. • A/M • 6-0 • 201 • Oakville, Ontario of the Week for his efforts. - Tallied a team-high five points (three goals, two assists) in - Groundball at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). season opener vs. Marquette (2/7). Added a groundball. - Career-high two goals (including a man-up tally) against Bucknell (3/7). Added two groundballs and a caused CAREER STATISTICS turnover. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Scored first-career goal in the fourth quarter of first Patriot 2012 17/9 11 6 17 31 3 8 1 League game against Boston University (2/21). 2013 17/17 29 21 50 79 1 29 2 2014 17/16 47 29 76 114 1 28 0 - Scooped a pair of groundballs at Furman (2/14). 2015 6/6 15 14 29 32 0 13 0 - Made collegiate debut in season opener against Marquette Total 57/48 102 70 172 256 5 78 3 (2/7).
CAREER HIGHS CAREER STATISTICS Goals: 7 at Lafayette (4/18/14) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Assists: 5, two times; last vs. Boston University (2/21/15) 2015 6/3 3 0 3 15 1 5 1 Points: 10 at Furman (2/14/15) Total 6/3 3 0 3 15 1 5 1 Groundballs: 4, three times; last at Loyola (2/28/15) Multi-Goal Games: 31; Multi-Point Games: 36; Hat Tricks: 18 CAREER HIGHS Active Point Streak: 17 (3/15/14 - pres.) Goals: 2 vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Assists: -- Points: 2 vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) #42 PATRICK CORBETT Groundballs: 2, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Sr. • A • 6-0 • 195 • Burlington, Ontario Caused Turnovers: 1 vs. Bucknell (3/7/15)
- Scored a career-high five goals vs. Boston University (2/21) in first action of the season. Included was two extra #66 TRIPP TELESCO man goals and the game-winning goal with less than three Jr. • D • 6-2 • 208 • Ridgewood, N.J. minutes remaining. - Tallied a groundball at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). CAREER STATISTICS - Scooped a pair of groundballs against Bucknell (3/7) in first Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT action of the season. 2012 16/9 18 5 23 35 5 17 5 2013 17/11 23 3 26 55 3 20 5 CAREER STATISTICS 2014 18/17 33 4 37 77 7 26 4 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2015 2/1 5 0 5 6 2 3 0 2013 17/10 0 0 0 0 0 29 14 Total 52/38 79 12 91 178 17 66 14 2014 17/17 0 2 2 1 0 44 36 2015 2/2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 CAREER HIGHS Total 36/29 0 2 2 1 0 76 50 Goals: 5 vs. Boston University (2/21/15) Assists: 2, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) CAREER HIGHS Points: 6 vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) Groundballs: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) Groundballs: 4, two times; last at Navy (3/31/12) Caused Turnovers: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) Multi-Goal Games: 24; Multi-Point Games: 25; Hat Tricks: 11
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The #16/18 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored the GREENVILLE, S.C. - #16/18 Lehigh and Furman went back and forth game’s first goal, but Marquette responded with the next three and wouldn’t for most of the game as the Paladins scored four straight fourth-quarter goals trail the rest of the game as the Mountain Hawks dropped a tough 10-9 season to take an 11-10 lead, but the Mountain Hawks responded with the final four opener to the Golden Eagles on Saturday. Senior Dan Taylor led the Lehigh tallies for a 14-11 win on Saturday. Senior Dan Taylor led the offense with a offense with five points (three goals, two assists), three of the points coming career-high 10 points (five goals, five assists) while defensively, junior Casey in the game’s final 17:32, as the Mountain Hawks’ offense came alive down Eidenshink posted a career-high six groundballs and senior Lukas Mikelinich the stretch. had three caused turnovers. After scoring four goals in the game’s first 42:28, Lehigh scored five the Along with Taylor, junior Reid Weber tied a career high with five points, rest of the way as the Mountain Hawks pulled within one on several occa- finishing with three goals (for his fifth-career hat trick) and two assists. Se- sions, but couldn’t get any closer. nior Kurtis Kaunas and junior Billy Oppenheimer each scored twice while The teams combined for just 21 turnovers - 11 for Marquette and 10 for sophomores Matt Raposo and Mike Sammarro posted their first goals of the Lehigh. Taylor’s effort was good for his 15th-career hat trick. Junior Reid season. Weber and senior Kurtis Kaunas each tallied two goals while sophomore Sophomore Casey McAdam was strong at the faceoff X, winning 13-of- Matt Raposo dished two assists in his first-career start. Sophomore Ian Strain 24 draws with three groundballs. Senior Alan Henderson also scooped three had a goal and assist in his first-career game. groundballs. Furman was led by Kenny Meinsen, who had six goals and seven Senior short-stick defensive midfielders Sam Lawrence and Jack Bo- assists. gorowski enjoyed strong games, combining for five caused turnovers. Senior Lehigh got off to a fast start, scoring the game’s first two goals including Lukas Mikelinich had four groundballs and a caused turnover while junior a Weber tally just 38 seconds into the game. Raposo scored his first goal of the Casey Eidenshink scooped a pair of groundballs. season just over two minutes later for the 2-0 advantage. Jordan Greenfield led Marquette with five points behind three goals and Furman responded with the next three goals to take a late first-quarter two assists. lead, but the Mountain Hawks scored the next two, from Sammarro and Op- After over 13 minutes without any scoring, Weber scored Lehigh’s first penheimer, to make it 4-3 early in the second quarter. goal of 2015 off a nifty feed from Taylor with 1:40 left in the first quarter. Tied at four, Taylor took over, having a hand in the Mountain Hawks’ next seven goals. He began by dishing assists to Weber and Kaunas, then scoring Taylor made it 2-0 Mountain Hawks just 35 seconds into the second quar- goals at 2:57 and 0:12 of the second quarter to make it 8-5 Lehigh at the half. ter off a highlight-reel behind-the-back shot. The Golden Eagles answered with The Paladins scored the first two goals of the third quarter, but Eidenshink their first goal just over one minute later, to help spark a 3-0 run. Greenfield’s made a big defensive play as Furman was looking to tie, forcing a turnover and second goal with 9:34 on the clock gave Marquette its first lead of the game. scooping the groundball which led to a Taylor transition goal with 5:10 left in Late in the half, Strain pulled Lehigh even off an assist from junior Ray the third quarter. Mastroianni, but Marquette scored just over a minute later to make it 4-3 Taylor added his fourth goal of the game with just four seconds remain- Golden Eagles at the half. ing, a highlight-reed goal off a feed from Weber that made it 10-7 after three Marquette continued its run into the second half, scoring three of the quarters of play. first four third-quarter goals to take a 7-4 lead. Weber scored his second of The Paladins scored two goals in the first 38 seconds of the fourth quar- the game on the extra man with 2:32 remaining to pull Lehigh within two ter and carried that momentum to two more goals and an 11-10 lead. Taylor after three quarters of play. responded with a goal, off a Henderson feed, at 6:50 to even the score at 11. Trailing 8-5, two straight Mountain Hawks’ goals, from senior Alan Oppenheimer gave the Mountain Hawks a 12-11 advantage just 1:42 later. Henderson and Taylor, pulled Lehigh within 8-7 with 8:28 on the clock. Then, after a long possession, Kaunas gave the Mountain Hawks insur- Marquette continued to have an answer, however, as Lehigh pulled within ance and a two-goal lead with 1:47 on the clock. Weber added a man-up goal 9-8 and 10-9, but could never pull even as the Golden Eagles hung on for the with 23 seconds remaining for the 14-11 final. 10-9 victory. The Paladins finished with a 39-38 edge in shots while the Mountain Final shots were 35-28 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain Hawks Hawks had a 24-18 advantage in groundballs. There were just 21 combined had a 30-27 edge in groundballs. Sophomore Casey McAdam won 11-of-23 turnovers in the game (11 for Furman and 10 for Lehigh). Senior Matt Poillon faceoffs for Lehigh while senior Matt Poillon made eight saves in goal. made nine saves in goal, across Furman’s Reilly McDermott who made 12.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh attack combined for nine goals and 14 BALTIMORE - The 20th ranked Lehigh men’s lacrosse team outscored #14/15 points while senior goalie Matt Poillon made 15 saves, none bigger than a Loyola 5-2 in the third quarter to pull even after 45 minutes of play, but the Grey- stop in the final minute, to lead the Mountain Hawks past Boston University hounds scored all three fourth-quarter goals to down the Mountain Hawks 11-8 in the Patriot League opener on Saturday, 10-9. The game began frigidly cold in an early-season Patriot League showdown on Saturday. Loyola won 16-of-21 before snow began falling (heavily at times) late in the contest. The Terriers faceoffs and turned that into a 47-29 edge in shots. Senior goalie Matt Poillon was erased a three-goal fourth-quarter deficit, but senior Patrick Corbett scored stellar to give the Mountain Hawks a chance for their first-ever win against the his career-high fifth goal of the game with 2:37 remaining to give Lehigh the Greyhounds, finishing with a season-high 16 saves. lead back, and the defense came up with a big stop in the weighing minutes Saturday featured a rematch of the 2014 Patriot League Championship Game. The Greyhounds outscored the Mountain Hawks 2-1 in the first quarter and 4-2 in for the Mountain Hawks’ fifth straight Patriot League opening victory. the second, but a big third quarter gave Lehigh a chance going down the stretch. Corbett finished with his career-high five goals on six shots, while also Senior Dan Taylor led the offense with three goals and one assist to reach 24 scooping three groundballs. Junior Reid Weber tied a career high with four points through four games (11 goals, 13 assists). He now has 98 career goals as well. goals, adding four groundballs as well. Senior Dan Taylor didn’t score on the Senior Kurtis Kaunas finished with two goals while junior Billy Oppenheimer afternoon (only firing one shot), but he did tie a career-high five assists set last tallied two points, including the game-tying goal in the third quarter. Senior Alan week. The hat tricks for Corbett and Weber were the 11th and sixth of their Henderson tallied three points (one goal, two assists). careers, respectively. Junior Casey Eidenshink led the defense with five groundballs to go with Poillon was stellar between the pipes, making 15 saves including six in a caused turnover. Senior Lukas Mikelinich tallied a groundball and two caused the first quarter and fourth in the fourth. On defense, junior Casey Eidenshink turnovers. tallied three groundballs and a career-high four caused turnovers. Lehigh Kaunas opened the scoring less than one minute into the game, but Loyola’s caused 10 of the Terriers’ 13 turnovers on the afternoon. Nikko Pontrello answered less than a minute later. With 10:29 left in the first Just over four minutes into the game, Weber got the scoring started on the quarter, Zach Herreweyers scored his first of six goals on the afternoon, making extra man, taking a feed from Taylor and firing a shot past Boston University it 2-1 which stood as the score after one quarter of play. goalie Christian Carson-Banister to make it 1-0. The teams traded goals over Taylor ended a stretch of 12:34 without either team scoring, and 16:16 with- the ensuing minutes until a Weber unassisted tally made it 3-2 after one quarter out a Lehigh goal, evening the score at two early in the second quarter. The teams of play. traded goals over the ensuing minutes before the Greyhounds ended the half on a Corbett was the story of the second quarter, posting a natural hat trick 3-0 run, with Herreweyers scoring all three goals, to make it 6-3 after 30 minutes and all three goals of the stanza by either side. Junior Billy Oppenheimer of play. The Mountain Hawks came out of the locker room with a vengeance as assisted on the first on the extra man while Taylor assisted on the final two, Henderson scored on the extra man just 49 seconds into the third quarter before which helped make it 6-2 at the half. Kaunas pulled his squad within 6-5 just minutes later. The teams traded goals until Boston University controlled the third quarter, scoring four of the five late in the third when Taylor took it himself from behind the goal, pulling Lehigh goals including a goal as the quarter expired, to pull within 7-6 after 45 min- within 8-7. There was a delayed penalty and the Mountain Hawks converted on utes of play. Weber opened the scoring in the fourth quarter while freshman the ensuing man-up. Oppenheimer made an impressive catch of a Taylor feed in Nolan Apers scored his first-career goal just 58 seconds later to make it 9-6 traffic and fired a shot past Loyola goalie Grant Limone to make it 8-8 with 1:13 Mountain Hawks with 9:40 remaining. However, as the snow began to fall, left in the third quarter. Boston University made its final charge, scoring three straight goals to tie the The Greyhounds had possession through most of the beginning stages of the score at nine with just under five minutes remaining. fourth and converted when Herreweyers scored his sixth to make it 9-8 Loyola with Lehigh had an answer, converting its third man-up goal of the game as 12:31 remaining. Loyola added goals at 7:19 and 1:35 for a 11-8 lead. The Mountain Taylor found Corbett for a third time, making it 10-9 with 2:37 remaining. The Hawks actually held an 8-7 shots advantage in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t pull Mountain Hawks held on down the stretch as Poillon made a big stop with 42 any closer. seconds remaining and Lehigh cleared the ball to hold on for the victory. Final shots were 47-29 in favor of Loyola while the Greyhounds held a 44-32 Final shots were 43-28 in favor of the Terriers while Boston University edge in groundballs. Loyola’s Graham Savio won 16-of-21 faceoffs on the afternoon held a 36-30 edge in groundballs. Boston University won 13-of-22 faceoffs while as five different Mountain Hawks took at least four faceoffs, but none could win the Terriers were 2-for-4 on the extra man compared to Lehigh’s 3-for-6. more than once. Six of Poillon’s 16 saves came in the third quarter as he stopped six of eight that stanza. Limone finished with six stops for the Greyhounds.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored five second-quarter VILLANOVA, Pa. - #14/15 Villanova scored two quick goals then used goals to take a 7-6 lead at the half, but the Mountain Hawks only scored once the a third-quarter surge to down the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team, 8-3 on a rainy rest of the way and Bucknell took advantage as the Bison pulled out a 9-8 overtime Tuesday evening. Junior Reid Weber tied the score at two in the second quarter, victory on Saturday at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Senior Dan Taylor led the offense but the Wildcats scored just seconds before halftime then outscored the Mountain with three goals and an assist to exceed 100 goals in his career while all six starting Hawks 4-0 in the third quarter on their way to victory. With the loss, Lehigh falls midfielders and attackmen tallied at least one point. With the loss, Lehigh falls to to 2-4 overall while Villanova improves to 5-1. 2-3 and 1-2 in the Patriot League while the Bison improve to 3-2 and 2-1 in league The loss marks Lehigh’s third in a row as the Mountain Hawks will look to play. bounce back when they play a big early-season Patriot League contest at Navy Taylor finished with four or more points for the fifth time in as many games Saturday. Seniors Kurtis Kaunas and Dan Taylor scored Lehigh’s other goals this season. The hat trick was his fourth this season and 18th of his career. Junior while senior Lukas Mikelinich scooped a team-high three groundballs and Billy Oppenheimer added three points (one goal, two assists) while senior Alan sophomore Casey McAdam won 7-of-13 faceoffs. Junior long-stick midfielder Henderson dished two assists. Freshman Nolan Apers scored a career-high two Corey Eppley also had three groundballs and a caused turnover. goals. The Wildcats took a 2-0 lead just 2:39 into the game, but the Mountain Defensively, junior Casey Eidenshink had four groundballs and a big caused Hawks’ defense bore down to keep them scoreless for more than a quarter and turnover in overtime to give the Mountain Hawks the ball. That led to a great oppor- a half. In the mean time, the Lehigh offense evened the score as Kaunas pulled tunity from Oppenheimer which was stopped by Bucknell goalie Sam Grinberg. his squad within 2-1 with 9:56 left in the first quarter. Both goaltenders were sensational as Grinberg made 14 stops while Poillon From there, both defenses took over as neither team scored for the next tied a season-high 16 saves for a second straight week. The Bison took a quick 2-0 lead less than five minutes into the game, but the 22:13. Weber broke the drought with an unassisted goal on a delayed penalty, Mountain Hawks had an answer. Apers took a feed from Taylor and scored an pulling his squad even with 2:43 remaining in the stanza. extra-man goal at 5:58 to get Lehigh on the board. Just over four minutes later, The Wildcats scored with five seconds on the clock and took that momentum senior Sam Lawrence scored his first goal of the season, corralling a loose ball after into the third quarter, outscoring Lehigh 4-0 to take a commanding 7-2 advantage a save and beating Grinberg to tie the score late in the first quarter. after 45 minutes of play. The teams traded goals in the fourth quarter for the 8-3 Bucknell answered just 45 seconds later, but the Mountain Hawks’ offense final. came alive in the second quarter. Oppenheimer scored the first goal of the stanza Final shots were even at 32 while the Mountain Hawks held a 25-18 edge then assisted on the second (a Taylor goal) to give the Mountain Hawks their first in groudballs. Senior Matt Poillon made five saves before being replaced by lead, 4-3. Bucknell evened the score at 6:54, but Lehigh scored three of the next freshman Adam Sawicki late in the third quarter, who stopped four-of-seven four goals as Apers’ second of the game made it 7-5 Lehigh with 47 seconds on shots sent his way. the second-quarter clock. The Bison scored with seven seconds on the clock to pull within 7-6 at the half. The second half turned extremely defensive. Bucknell’s Tommy O’Connor evened the score at 8:45 of the third quarter, but Taylor had an answer just over three minutes later, finishing a nifty move from behind the goal on a delayed penalty to make it 8-7. Bucknell evened the score at 8-8 with 26 seconds left in the third quarter, but neither team could score the go-ahead goal in a fourth quarter that featured just 13 combined shots and 12 turnovers. Poillon came up with two big saves in the final minute to preserve the tie and force overtime. Eidenshink came up with a big caused turnover in overtime, which classmate Tripp Telesco scooped up to give Lehigh possession. The Mountain Hawks had a golden opportunity on a feed to Oppenheimer in front of the goal, but Grinberg made the stop, setting up Ryan Joseph for his third goal of the game. It was the first goal scored by either side in 19:17 and gave Bucknell the victory. Final shots were 37-33 in favor of the Bison while the Mountain Hawks held a 31-27 edge in groundballs. Lehigh turned the ball over 19 times to 15 for Bucknell. The Bison won 11-of-21 faceoffs on the afternoon.
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