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2010 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S LACROSSELACROSSELACROSSE NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Campus Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Lacrosse Contact: Lindsey Williams Phone: 732-469-0440 / Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Bryant (2012-13) • Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • Saint Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Lacrosse Northeast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Facts & Figures (Week 7 • April 26, 2010) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Mount St. Mary's 3-0 1.000 8-4 .667 L1 3-3 5-1 0-0 Wednesday, April 20 Holy Cross 7, BRYANT 6 Bryant 3-0 1.000 9-5 .643 W1 3-1 6-4 0-0 Quinnipiac 1-0 1.000 6-5 .545 W1 3-2 3-3 0-0 Thursday, April 20 4. Robert Morris 1-2 .333 9-4 .692 W1 5-3 4-1 0-0 Manhattan 7, WAGNER 6 5. Sacred Heart 1-3 .250 3-9 .250 L4 2-4 1-5 0-0 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 18, Saint Joseph’s 8 6. Wagner 0-4 .000 1-11 .083 W1 0-4 1-6 0-1 Saturday, April 24 NEC Player of the Week Siena 8, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7 Max Weisenberg, Bryant QUINNIPIAC 20, Bellarmine 7 So., M, Long Beach, NY/Long Beach WAGNER 8, VMI 7 (OT) Weisenberg scored four goals to lead the Bulldogs on the week, including scoring a game-high three goals and ROBERT MORRIS 12, SACRED HEART 10 adding an assist to lead Bryant to a 9-7 win over No. 11 Yale Saturday night on the road, marking the program's first-ever victory over a nationally ranked opponent since joining the Division I ranks. He added another goal BRYANT 9, #11 Yale 7 against Holy Cross. Against Yale, Weisenberg recorded his sixth hat trick of the season, all three tallies coming Home Team Underlined in the first half. The sophomore leading scorer got the Bulldogs on the board just 13 seconds into the contest, picking up the ground ball off the opening faceoff and carrying it down the field to convert on the first shot of the game. He then scored back-to-back goals spanning the first and second periods, the first coming with 16 NEC Player of the Week seconds left on the clock to put BU up for good, 3-2, and the last coming just 1:10 into the second quarter. All Mar. 15 Trevor Moore, RMU (Player of the Month) three goals were unassisted. The New Yorker also dished out the helper on the goal that opened the third frame Mar. 22 Cody Lehrer, MSM while picking up a team-best four ground balls against Yale and a team-high seven ground balls on the week. He also led the team in goals and points, firing five shots, converting four of them for goals. Weisenberg is now a Mar. 29 Patrick Smith, RMU two-time NEC Player of the Week. Apr. 5 Cody, Lehrer, MSM Apr. 12 Max Weisenberg, BU NEC Defensive Player of the Week Apr. 19 Corbyn Tao-Brambleby, RMU Jameson Love, Bryant Apr. 26 Max Weisenberg, BU So., GK, Darien, CT/Darien Love made 16 stops on the week, eight of them coming in a 9-7 win over No. 11 Yale Saturday afternoon to lead Bryant to the program's first-ever win over a nationally ranked opponent since joining Division I. He made eight NEC Defensive Player of the Week more saves against Holy Cross Tuesday night. Against Yale, the sophomore made four stops in the final period to keep Yale from making a comeback. Love limited an offense that came off a 14-goal game to just seven and also Mar. 15 Jameson Love, BU (Player of the Month) picked up three ground balls in the game and four on the week. The netminder allowed just a single man-up goal Mar. 22 Kevin Benzing, QU in seven opportunities between the two outings while facing 56 shots on the week for a .533 save percentage and 7.00 goals against average. He played in every minute on the 1-1 week en route to nabbing his second NEC Mar. 29 Jameson Love, BU Defensive Player of the Week, not including his NEC Defensive Player of the Month selection during the first Apr. 5 T.C. DiBartolo, MSM week of awards. Apr. 12 T.C. DiBartolo, MSM NEC Rookie of the Week Apr. 19 T.C. DiBartolo, MSM Mason Poli, Bryant Apr. 26 Jameson Love, BU Fr., D, Downingtown, PA/Downingtown East Poli has been a rising star for the Bulldogs not just among freshmen, but among all poles as well. He scored a goal in each of the last two games for the Bulldogs, including recording the first goal of his career Tuesday night NEC Rookie of the Week against Holy Cross. He also scored an unassisted goal with 6:49 to go in the second as part of a four-goal streak Mar. 15 JK Poirier, BU (Player of the Month) for Bryant. The freshman scored another tally in BU's 9-7 win over No. 11 nationally ranked Yale Saturday night, Mar. 22 Brett Schmidt, MSM also chipping in an assist in the contest. The defenseman then scored to open third-period play to put the Bulldogs up, 7-3, after forcing a big Yale turnover in BU's defensive end. Poli's helper came with 13:33 to play Mar. 29 Peter McMahon, BU in the second after he fought to win a key ground ball off the faceoff to give BU a 5-2 lead. He picked up four Apr. 5 Bryant Schmidt, MSM ground balls on the week, two in each outing. The Pennsylvanian was part of a man-down defense that allowed just a single goal in seven EMO attempts between the two contests, and he had two shots, both going on target Apr. 12 Peter McMahon, BU and finding net for a 1.000 shot percentage on the week. This marks the Bulldog’s first selection as NEC Rookie Apr. 19 Cody Isdaner, WC of the Week. Apr. 26 Mason Poli, BU This Week’s Schedule Tuesday, April 27 Wednesday, April 28 (cont.) Saturday, May 1 (cont.) NEC Website Dartmouth at BRYANT 4:00 pm VMI at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 4:00 pm BRYANT at QUINNIPIAC 1:00 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit QUINNIPIAC at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm WAGNER at Detroit Mercy 1:00 pm Saturday, May 1 St. John’s at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org Wednesday, April 28 Marist at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 1:00 pm Saint Joseph’s at WAGNER 3:30 pm ROBERT MORRIS at Virginia 1:00 pm NEC Men’s Lacrosse Notes (through games of April 25) NEC vs... ACC 1-3 Bryant (9-5, 3-0 NEC) America East 2-2 The Bulldogs earned the program's biggest win since joining the Division I ranks with a 9-7 victory over Big East 2-2 Colonial 1-2 No. 11 Yale Saturday on the road, marking the program's first-ever win over a nationally ranked opponent ECAC 7-4 (DI). Sophomore Max Weisenberg (Long Beach, NY/Long Beach) led the Bulldogs with four goals Independents 2-2 and an assist on the week, including recording his sixth hat trick of the season against Yale, also adding a Ivy 1-2 helper. Weisenberg also picked up a team-best seven ground balls on the week. Junior Matt Larson MAAC 10-7 Patriot 1-5 (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) added two goals and an assist on the week, both tallies coming against Yale, Total 27-30 including the eventual game winner with 8:31 to play in the third. Linemate Gary Crowley (Scituate, Mass./Scituate) recorded four points off three goals on the week, scoring twice against the Elis Saturday. Senior captain Andrew Hennessey (Wading River, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) was integral in both contests, going a combined 22-for-34 from the faceoff X, including winning 12-of-19 against Yale Saturday night. Sophomore goalie Jameson Love (Darien, CT/Darien) posted a pair of strong performances, making 16 stops on the week, eight in each game. Love made four of his eight saves in the fourth quarter against the Elis to keep Yale from making a comeback. The stock of rookie defenseman Mason Poli (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown East) continued to rise as the frosh scored his first career goal Tuesday against the Crusaders and followed it with a two-point performance against Yale, scoring one and assisting on another. Sophomore Travis Harrington (Vestal, NY/Vestal) chipped in three scores for Bryant on the week, leading the Bulldogs against Holy Cross Tuesday with a pair of tallies. Another pair of rookies in Peter McMahon (Wilton, CT/Wilton) and JK Poirier (Coatesville, PA/Malvern Prep) each chipped in two points apiece on the 1-1 week. The Bryant defense allowed just a single man-up goal in seven attempts between the two outings. Mount St. Mary’s (8-4, 3-0 NEC) Mount St. Mary's defeated Saint Joseph's, 18-8, on Wednesday before being stunned by a late Siena rally in an 8-7 loss on Saturday. Against Saint Joseph's, the Mount exploded for 10 goals over the final 21 minutes to earn the win.