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2021 NAVY MEN’S LACROSSE NAVY LACROSSE CONTACT: STACIE MICHAUD | [email protected] | 410.293.8773 (W) | 410.212.3761 (C) GM 8: #13 NAVY AT LAFAYETTE STAT LEADERS SATURDAY, MAY 1 | 2:30 PM | FISHER STADIUM | EASTON, PA. NAVY LAFAYETTE NAVY MIDSHIPMEN LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS TEAM AVG NCAA CONF AVG NCAA CONF 2021 Record: 5-2, 3-2 Patriot League 2021 Record: 0-10, 0-7 Patriot League Scoring Offense 10.56 40 6 8.80 57 8 Ranking: 13 (USILA Coaches); 12 (IL Media) Ranking: NR (USILA Coaches); NR (IL Media) Scoring Defense 9.14 9 2 14.60 60 9 Head Coach: Joe Amplo Head Coach: Patrick Myers Points / Game 17.00 37 6 13.40 59 8 Career Record: 60-57, 9th Year Career Record: 4-27, 3rd Year Assists / Game 6.43 33 6 4.60 60 8 Navy Record: 8-4, 2nd Year School Record: 4-27, 3rd Year Extra-Man Offense 45.8 9 1 19.4 62 9 Last Game: April 24 // #16 Navy 9, #10 Army 4 Last Game: April 17 // #19 Loyola 11, Lafayette 7 Man-Down Defense 68.0 29 5 54.2 61 9 Next Game: May 4 // at Loyola (PLT), TBA Next Game: Season Concluded Faceoff % 45.1 45 4 40.7 54 9 Streak: Won 2 Streak: Lost 26 Ground Balls / Gm 35.71 9 2 30.00 39 7 Turnovers / Gm 15.71 21 5 17.80 45 7 Caused TO / Gm 7.86 35 7 8.00 27 5 MULTIMEDIA INDIVIDUAL PLAYER AVG NCAA PLAYER AVG NCAA Television: CBS Sports Network Points / Gm Daniel 3.29 79 Lehman 2.40 --- Announcers: Jason Knapp and Steve Panarelli Goals / Gm Daniel 1.71 131 Lehman 1.90 105 Live Video: None Assists / Gm Daniel/Skalniak 1.57 54 Cunniffe 1.10 101 Radio: None GAA Rees 9.21 13 Ness 14.43 59 Live Stats: NavySports.com Save % Rees 60.7 3 Ness 48.3 51 Saves / Gm Rees 14.14 5 Ness 12.70 18 Twitter: @NavyAthletics and @navymlax Faceoff % Jarosz 56.2 29 Turco 49.6 47 Facebook: NavyAthletics Ground Balls / Gm Jarosz 3.67 72 Hess 3.60 71 Instagram: @NavyAthletics Caused TO / Gm Bonitz 1.43 39 Robinson 1.00 --- Team NCAA - NCAA ranking, Conf - Conference ranking // Individual NCAA ranking SETTING THE STAGE NAVY’S SCHEDULE • Winners of back-to-back games over nationally-ranked opponents, Navy (5-2, 3-2 Patriot League) will close out the regular season on Saturday when it travels to Easton, Pa. to face Lafayette (0-10, 0-7 PL). Faceoff is slated 5-2 Overall | 3-2 Patriot League | 4-1 Home | 1-1 Away | 0-0 Neutral for 2:30 pm at Fisher Stadium. • Saturday’s contest will be televised live by CBS Sports Network with Jason Knapp and Steve Panarelli calling DATE NAVY RK OPPONENT (RK) RESULT TV/VIDEO the action. 2.20 RV / NR Mount St. Mary’s (-- / --) W 8-5 ESPN+ • Please be advised, visiting team spectators are not allowed at Lafayette home events. 2.28 19 / 19 Jacksonville (-- / RV) W 13-6 ESPN+ 3.28 18 / 16 Bucknell * (-- / --) W 13-10 ESPN+ 4.3 17 / 14 Loyola * (15 / 18) L 10-14 CBS SN GAME DAY STORYLINES 4.10 RV / 19 at Lehigh * (8 / 7) L 7-13 ESPN+ • REES AND FRANCHUK GARNER NATIONAL AND CONFERENCE ACCOLADES: Spencer Rees (Sr /GK) 4.17 RV / RV at Loyola * (15 / 14) W 14-12 ESPN+ garnered multiple honors this week following his 19-save performance that led Navy to a 9-4 victory over then 4.24 16 / 19 Army * (10 / 10) W 9-4 CBS SN 10th-ranked Army and held the Black Knights to its lowest goal output since 2017. It was also the fewest goals 5.1 13 / 12 AT LAFAYETTE * (-- / --) 2:30 PM CBS SN scored by Army in an Army-Navy Game (Star Game or otherwise) since the Mids beat the Black Knights 8-4 on 5.4 at Loyola (PL Qtrs) 5:00 pm ESPN+ April 11, 2009. Rees was named the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week on Monday and a day later was 5.7 PL Semifinals 4:00 / 7:00 pm CBS SN named the US Lacrosse Div. I National Player of the Week, while also being named to the 10-player USILA Div. 5.9 PL Championship 12:00 pm CBS SN I National Team of the Week. Meanwhile, co-captain Nick Franchuk (Sr / D) was named the Patriot League * Patriot League Game Defensive Player of the Week, as well as the Baltimore Sun’s Div. I National Player of the Week after shutting Rankings - USILA Coaches Poll / Inside Lacrosse Media Poll down the nation’s eighth-leading scorer and Tewaaraton Award nominee Brendan Nichtern. It was just the third game in Nichtern’s 35-game career in which he was held without a point. PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS • TOURNAMENT BOUND: Just a day after thePatriot League announced it would expand the 2021 Patriot League PATRIOT LEAGUE OVERALL Men’s Lacrosse Championship to its traditional six-team format, Navy secured a berth in the tournament by DIVISION OVERALL PL upsetting 10th-ranked Army, 9-4, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Navy, the No. 3 seed in the South W L Pct W L Pct W L Pct Division, will play at second-seeded Loyola on Tuesday evening beginning at 5:00 pm in the quarterfinals. While NORTH Army, Boston U. and Colgate have all clinched tournament berths via the North Division, the seeds have not yet Army * 2 0 1.000 4 2 66.7 6 3 66.7 been determined. The winners of the two quarterfinal games will advance to the semifinals hosted by undefeated Boston U. * 2 1 66.7 4 2 66.7 6 4 60.0 Lehigh on Friday where the winner of the South quarterfinal will play the top seed of the North Division and the Colgate * 1 1 50.0 2 3 40.0 2 5 28.6 winner of the North quarterfinal will play Lehigh, the No. 1 seed in the South. Both semifinal games (4:00 / 7:00 Holy Cross 0 3 00.0 1 3 25.0 2 4 33.3 pm) will be televised by CBS Sports Network, as will the championship game slated for 12:00 pm on Sunday, May 9. SOUTH • BACK-TO-BACK: Navy has defeated nationally-ranked Loyola (#15) and Army (#10) in the last 2 weeks. It’s Lehigh * 4 0 1.000 8 0 1.000 9 0 1.000 the first time Navy has won back-to-back games against nationally-ranked opponents since 2009 when the Mids Loyola * 3 1 75.0 4 3 57.1 7 5 58.3 needed triple overtime to beat #17 Colgate (9-8) in the Patriot League Tournament Semifinals before taking NAVY * 1 2 33.3 3 2 60.0 5 2 71.4 the title with a 9-8 win over #15 Bucknell in Lewisburg. It’s the first time it has beaten two top-15 opponents in Bucknell 1 3 25.0 1 5 16.7 2 6 25.0 consecutive games since 2005 when Navy claimed a 9-8 win over #6 Maryland and defeated #4 Army (12-9) Lafayette 0 3 00.0 0 7 00.0 0 10 00.0 * clinched berth in Patriot League Championship a week later. • REACHING 100: With his first (14:07, 3Qtr) of 3 goals against Loyola on April 3, Christian Daniel (Sr / A) Thursday, April 29 became the 36th player in program history to reach 100 career points and the 12th-fastest to achieve the • Georgetown at Loyola Loyola, 11-9 feat. Daniel, who has been held without a point in just 2 of the 38 games he has played in over his career, has Friday, April 30 amassed 114 points on 72 goals and 42 assists and is ranked 25th on the Mids’ all-time scoring list. He is just 7 • Colgate at Army 2:00 pm points outside of the top 20 (121 by Brendan Schneck, 1977-78). Saturday, May 1 • Lehigh at Villanova 12:00 pm • NAVY AT LAFAYETTE 2:30 PM 1 WWW.NAVYSPORTS.COM 2021 NAVY LACROSSE NAVY NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No Name Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown / High School No Name Pos Yr 2 Jimmy Rubino (ruh-BEAN-oh) LSM Jr 6-1 180 Potomac, Md. / Winston Churchill 62 Phil Arnold D So 3 Jeff Durden LSM Sr 5-10 205 Cumming, Ga. / The McCallie School (Tenn.) 4 Nick Barry FO Jr 4 Nick Barry FO Jr 5-10 180 Islip, N.Y. / Islip 34 Jackson Bonitz D Fr 5 Augie Fratt DM Jr 6-1 195 Bellevue, Wash. / Bellevue 13 Joe Byrne A Sr 6 Jon Jarosz (JAIR-is) A/M Fr 6-6 224 Gambrills, Md. / Severn School 50 Andrew Calabrese GK Fr 8 Jacob Mandish LSM Sr 6-5 208 Davidsonville, Md. / Severn School 46 Brian Calabrese A So 9 Joel Mandish DM Jr 6-1 182 Davidsonville, Md. / Severn School 37 Ryan Chase DM Jr 10 Colin Meehan (ME-han) DM Sr 5-10 189 Chantilly, Va. / Chantilly 54 Dom Cole A So 11 Logan Spilker M Sr 6-2 183 Severna Park, Md. / Severna Park 21 Nick Cole A Jr 12 Keegan Houser M Fr 6-4 213 Annapolis, Md. / Broadneck 15 Gabe Craven GK Fr 13 Joe Byrne A Sr 6-2 184 Coronado, Calif. / Coronado 17 Christian Daniel A Sr 14 Matty Mayer A Jr 6-0 177 Baltimore, Md.