Senior Ryan Butten- baum 4 goals at Bucknell Sat.
Senior Kurtis Kaunas 2014 Second Team All-Patriot League LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 9: #18/19 ARMY AT LEHIGH
February 7 MARQUETTE L, 10-9 ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS (5-3, 1-2 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 14 at Furman W, 14-11 at LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (2-6, 1-3 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 21 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* W, 10-9 28 at #14/15 Loyola* L, 11-8 SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2015 • 1:00 PM March 7 BUCKNELL* L, 9-8 (OT) ULRICH SPORTS COMPLEX • BETHLEHEM, PA. 10 at #14/15 Villanova L, 8-3 AMERICAN SPORTS NETWORK (JASON KNAPP & DEBBIE TAYLOR) 14 at Navy* L, 13-12 17 #5/6 DENVER L, 10-4 21 #18/19 ARMY* 1:00 SETTING THE SCENE 24 at Monmouth 3:00 The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team looks to get right back into the thick of the Patriot League standings 28 at Holy Cross* 3:00 when the Mountain Hawks host Army in a big Saturday afternoon showdown. Opening faceoff at April the Ulrich Sports Complex is set for 1 p.m. and will be televised nationally on the American Sports 4 at Colgate 2:00 7 PRINCETON 7:30 Network. Saturday features a rematch of the 2014 Patriot League Semifinals, which the Mountain 12 at Stony Brook 3:00 Hawks won in thrilling fashion, 12-11. 17 LAFAYETTE* 7:00 21 Patriot League Quarterfinals 24 Patriot League Semifinals The preseason #2 and 3 teams in the Patriot League preseason poll have struggled through one month 26 Patriot League Championship Game of league play. Lehigh is 1-3 while Army is 1-2. The Mountain Hawks have been extremely close in their league defeats, falling by three at Loyola and just one against Bucknell and at Navy. The Black May 9-10 NCAA First Round (1) Knights lost to Holy Cross by just one and Loyola by only two. 16-17 NCAA Quarterfinals (2) 23 NCAA Semifinals (3) 25 NCAA Championship (3) Lehigh is coming off a 10-4 loss to #5/6 Denver on Tuesday in a game which featured several bright spots. The Mountain Hawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead less than nine minutes into the game, but the *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS Pioneers used a pair of 5-0 runs to account for their 10 goals. Junior Reid Weber scored his second (1) Campus Sites (2) Quarterfinals at Denver, Colo. or Annapolis, Md. goal of the game early in the fourth quarter, then Lehigh had several opportunities to pull even, but (3) Lincoln Financial Field; Philadelphia, Pa. the Mountain Hawks couldn’t net the equalizer. Denver responded with a 5-0 run over the game’s final 4:44. LEHIGH IN THE POLLS The Lehigh defense, which has been up and down this season, looked dominant in stretches against Date Coaches Cascade/Maverick Media a potent Denver offense. The Mountain Hawks held the Pioneers scoreless for the game’s first 17:34 Preseason 18 16 Feb. 16 RV 19 then again for 28:13 and allowed just six even-strength goals all evening. The Pioneers’ 10 goals tied Feb. 23 RV 20 Mar. 2 RV RV for their fewest scored all season. Freshman Adam Sawicki was stellar in goal in his first-career start, Mar. 9 -- -- making 11 saves including stopping all five shots on goal in the first quarter. Junior Casey Eidenshink Mar. 16 -- -- tallied two caused turnovers, as did senior Dan Taylor. Lehigh impressed in the riding game, forcing six failed clear attempts by the Pioneers, who finished 13-of-19 on clears.
Despite a tough start to league play, Lehigh is very much in the mix in the Patriot League stand- ings. The first-place teams Bucknell and Navy each own 3-1 league marks. In total, the top six teams MEDIA INFORMATION advance to the Patriot League Tournament.
Men’s Lacrosse Contact:...... Justin Lafleur Office...... (610) 758-6631 The last four meetings between Lehigh and Army have come on the road or at a neutral site. The last Cell: ...... (610) 577-5222 game between the sides in Bethlehem was in 2012, a 7-6 Mountain Hawks’ victory. The two sides E-mail:...... [email protected] have developed into an impressive rivalry. Lehigh won just one of the first 17 all-time meetings against Army, but has enjoyed a better fate as of late, winning four of the last five and six of the last BY THE NUMBERS 11 overall. Saturday’s game features two of the top active point-getters in all of Division I men’s lacrosse. Taylor and John Glesener of Army Lehigh Army are currently tied for fifth, each owning 179 career points. Overall Record 2-6 5-3 AT A GLANCE... Goals/Game 8.50 13.00 Goals Allowed/Game 10.12 6.88 • Lehigh’s 39 victories from 2012-14 is Shot Pct. .261 .313 IF LEHIGH BEATS ARMY tied for third in the nation during that Shots/Game 32.6 41.5 • Lehigh would beat Army for the fifth time in its last six tries. span. The win total only trails Duke Shots Allowed/Game 35.2 26.0 and Loyola and is tied with Denver. • The Mountain Hawks would defeat a nationally-ranked team for the • The Mountain Hawks are 24-8 Assists 40 64 first time since last year’s Patriot League Semifinals when the Mountain against Patriot League opponents Man-Up Percentage .481 (13-27) .346 (9-26) since the beginning of 2012 (regular Groundballs 231 251 Hawks beat #14/15 Army 12-11. season and postseason). Turnovers 109 102 • Lehigh would improve to 25-8 over its last 33 games against Patriot • The Mountain Hawks beat Colgate Caused Turnovers 63 66 and Bucknell (in the same season) Faceoffs (W-L) 67-171 102-184 League opponents since the beginning of the 2012 season. from 2012-14 after not doing so Faceoff Percentage .392 .554 • The Mountain Hawks would snap a five-game losing streak (longest since 1997. Clears 121-145 124-136 • Lehigh has reached double-figure Clear Percentage .834 .912 since 2004) and snap a two-game home losing streak. victories each of the last three seasons Penalties/Minutes 36/31:00 18/14:00 after having double-figure wins just Home Attendance 2,296 3,237 four times in the first 112 years of the program: 1969, 1993, 1994 and 1997. Dates/Avg. 4/575 3/1,079
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SCOUTING ARMY ARMY SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT Army won five of its first six games, with the only loss coming to current #1 Syracuse, but the Black Overall: Army leads, 21-7 BETHLEHEM, Pa. (3/17/15) - Junior Reid Weber scored early in the fourth quarter to pull the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team within one, Knights have dropped a pair of Patriot League Last Meeting: April 25, 2014 but #5/6 Denver responded with the game’s final five goals to down games on consecutive Saturdays. The first was Last Result: Lehigh, 12-11 the Mountain Hawks 10-4 on a chilly Tuesday evening. Lehigh held a 7-6 defeat at Holy Cross before falling 12-10 at Current Streak: Lehigh - 1 win a potent Pioneers’ offense scoreless for the game’s first 17:34 then Last 10: Tied, 5-5 again for 28:13 in one of the defense’s strongest efforts of the season. home vs. Loyola last weekend when Greyhounds Making his first-career start, freshman Adam Sawicki was stellar in goal, finishing with 11 saves including five in the first quarter to hold freshman goalie Grant Limone made 18 saves. Cole Last 10 meetings: Denver scoreless until early in the second. Johnson leads the team in scoring with 22 goals and *Apr. 25, 2014 (Neutral) Lehigh, 12-11
Score By Quarter 30 points. All-American John Glesener has 16 goals Mar. 22, 2014 (Road) Army, 6-5 Denver 0 5 0 5 10 and 12 assists for 28 points, taking a team-high 74 Apr. 16, 2013 (Road) Lehigh, 10-6 Lehigh 3 0 0 1 4 shots. Connor Cook is next with 18 points (16 goals, * Apr. 27, 2012 (Neutral) Lehigh, 13-7 Lehigh Scoring two assists) while Alex Newsome has 14 (six goals, Mar. 17, 2012 (Home) Lehigh, 7-6 GOALS: Reid Weber (2), Kurtis Kaunas (1), Alex Eaton (1) Mar. 22, 2011 (Road) Army, 12-9 ASSISTS: Dan Taylor (1) eight assists) and Jimbo Moore owns 11 (six goals, Mar. 23, 2010 (Home) Army, 9-5 five assists). Alex Daly has taken the most faceoffs, Final Statistics Mar. 17, 2009 (Road) Lehigh, 13-12 (OT) Denver Lehigh winning 55.0 percent (44-of-80) with a team-leading Mar. 19, 2008 (Home) Army, 4-3 Shots 25 32 Groundballs 37 21 23 groundballs. Jimbo D’Aprile owns a team-leading Mar. 20, 2007 (Road) Army, 7-6 Faceoffs 12-17 5-17 nine caused turnovers, to go with 21 groundballs. *Patriot League Tournament Clears 13-19 12-15 Extra-man opps 4-5 0-1 Sam Somers has started all eight games in goal, tal- Saves 14 11 lying a 7.19 GAA and .551 save percentage. LAST GAME VS ARMY (APR 25, 2014) Turnovers 15 15 - Dan Taylor was the star offensively, finishing with four goals and four assists, his fourth game this sea- ALL-TIME SERIES WITH ARMY son with eight or more points (all coming in the last LAST TIME VS. ARMY Lehigh has won three of the last four meetings against ten games). Army, including a thrilling 12-11 Patriot League - Lehigh became the first offense to reach double-figure goals against Army, the nation’s #1 ranked defense. BALTIMORE (4/25/14) - Trailing 8-6 at the half, the #18 Lehigh Semifinal victory last April as Reid Weber scored men’s lacrosse team outscored #14/15 Army 6-3 in the second half The previous high was nine goals scored by Rutgers capped off by a goal from sophomore Reid Weber with just 3.7 with just 3.7 seconds remaining to send his squad against the Black Knights. It took just 8:53 for Lehigh to seconds remaining to give the Mountain Hawks a dramatic 12-11 to the championship game. Army won the regular score as many goals as it scored in the regular season win in the Patriot League Semifinals on Friday evening. With the win, Lehigh advances to its third straight Patriot League Champi- season meeting, 6-5. Prior to that, the Mountain meeting against Army (five). onship Game and will face #1 Loyola on Sunday at 1 p.m. on CBS Hawks had won three straight, 7-6, 13-7 then 10-6. - Matt Poillon and the defense struggled in the first Sports Network. Six of Lehigh’s seven wins all-time against Army half as Army’s John Glesener scored five goals on five shots. Lehigh turned it around in the second, though, Score By Quarter have come in the last 11 meetings. Army won the Lehigh 5 1 3 3 12 as Glesener was held pointless over the final 30 minutes Army 3 5 1 2 11 first-ever meeting in 1922 by a 4-1 final. The sides and Poillon stopped eight-of-11 shots sent his way. didn’t reconvene until 1990, a 15-11 Army victory. - Junior Patrick Corbett also scored two goals for a Lehigh Scoring GOALS: Dan Taylor (4), Reid Weber (3), Kurtis Kaunas (2), Patrick Corbett Lehigh’s first win was in 1999 (13-9). second straight game while classmate Kurtis Kaunas (2), Dylan O’Shaughnessy (1) had his fourth straight multi-goal game. ASSISTS: Dan Taylor (4), Tripp Telesco (1), Kurtis Kaunas (1)
Final Statistics ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS Lehigh Army Several Lehigh players are among the active career INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES Shots 33 34 Player Milestone Currently Groundballs 32 24 leaders in several statistical categories. Senior Dan Patrick Corbett 100 points 95 Faceoffs 12-25 13-25 Clears 14-17 10-13 Taylor is among the leaders in points, goals and as- Patrick Corbett 100 goals 82 Extra-man opps 3-3 0-2 sists while classmate Matt Poillon is first in saves. Kurtis Kaunas 50 points 53 Saves 10 4 Turnovers 14 11 He is currently 61 saves ahead of Austin Geisler of Kurtis Kaunas 50 goals 40 High Point in second with 490 career stops. Lukas Mikelinich 100 GBs 78 Dan Taylor 100 goals 106 Category Player # Rank Leader # Dan Taylor 200 points 179 Points Dan Taylor 179 t-5 Lyle Thompson 314 Tripp Telesco 100 GBs 80 Albany Reid Weber 50 goals 44 Goals Dan Taylor 106 t-8 Wesley Berg 144 Denver AWARDS & HONORS Goals Patrick Corbett 82 24 Wesley Berg 144 SUSTAINED SUCCESS The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team is tied for third in Denver Preseason National Rankings the nation in wins from 2002-14, winning 39 games Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook: 15 Assists Dan Taylor 73 t-13 Lyle Thompson 182 Lacrosse Magazine: 14 Albany over those three seasons. Duke leads the way with Cascade/Maverick Media Poll: 16 Saves Matt Poillon 551 1 Matt Poillon 551 48 wins in that span while Loyola has 44 and Lehigh USILA Coaches: 18 Lehigh and Denver has 39. Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans: Matt Poillon, Dan Taylor Major League Lacrosse Draft Picks WINS FROM 2012-14 Matt Poillon: 28th overall to New York Lizards NECK-AND-NECK WITH DENVER (MAR. 17) Dan Taylor: 38th overall to Denver Outlaws - The Mountain Hawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead Lukas Mikelinich: 58th overall to New York Lizards less than nine minutes into the game, but the Pio- Team Wins Win Percentage 1. Duke 48 .787 Patriot League Preseason Awards neers used a pair of 5-0 runs to account for their 2. Loyola 44 .846 Preseason All-League: Matt Poillon Lukas Mikelinich, Dan Taylor Defensive Player of the Year: Matt Poillon 10 goals. 3 . LEHIGH 39 .750 - Junior Reid Weber scored his second goal of the Denver 39 .722 Patriot League Weekly Honors 5. Bryant 38 .655 Offensive Player of the Week: Dan Taylor (2/16) game early in the fourth quarter, then Lehigh had 6. Syracuse 36 .679 several opportunities to pull even, but the Mountain Defensive Player of the Week: Casey Eidenshink (2/23) Notre Dame 36 .720 Hawks couldn’t net the equalizer. Denver responded 8. Maryland 35 .714 Goalkeeper of the Week: with a 5-0 run over the game’s final 4:44. 9. Cornell 34 .723 Rookie of the Week: - The Lehigh defense, which has been up and down North Carolina 34 .694 10. Drexel 32 .653 Honorable Mention: Patrick Corbett (2/23), Matt Poillon (2/23) this season, looked dominant in stretches against a Fairfield 32 .681 potent Denver offense. The Mountain Hawks held National Honors Johns Hopkins 32 .696 USILA Offensive Player of the Week: Dan Taylor (2/16) the Pioneers scoreless for the game’s first 17:34 then Yale 32 .681 again for 28:13 and allowed just six even-strength goals all evening. The Pioneers’ 10 goals tied for Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 2015 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 8: #18/19 ARMY AT LEHIGH• MARCH 21, 2015 • PAGE 3 their fewest scored all season. - Freshman Adam Sawicki was stellar in goal in his first-career start, making 11 saves including stopping AROUND THE all five shots on goal in the first quarter. - Junior Casey Eidenshink tallied two caused turnovers, as did senior Dan Taylor. PATRIOT LEAGUE - Lehigh impressed in the riding game, forcing six failed clear attempts by the Pioneers, who finished PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS 13-of-19 on clears. League Overall W L W L Bucknell 3 1 6 2 TIGHT DEFEAT AT NAVY (MAR. 14) Navy 3 1 5 3 - Saturday’s game at Navy saw a number of momentum shifts. The Midshipmen road strong play at the Boston U 2 1 5 2 faceoff X to take a 6-1 lead, Lehigh responded to take a 11-9 advantage, but Navy scored four straight Colgate 2 1 4 3 Loyola 2 1 4 4 goals and wouldn’t look back. Holy Cross 2 2 4 4 - Senior Dan Taylor led the Lehigh offense with six points via four goals and two assists while classmate Army 1 2 5 3 Patrick Corbett tallied a hat trick with three goals and one assist, his second hat trick in three games Lehigh 1 3 2 6 Lafayette 0 4 1 6 this season. *Standings as of Mar. 19 - Junior Reid Weber and senior Kurtis Kaunas each finished with two goals and one assist. In the process, Upcoming Patriot League Schedule Kaunas eclipsed 50-career points. Saturday - After winning just 1-of-12 first-quarter faceoffs, the Mountain Hawks came back to win 5-of-7 over the Navy at Colgate ...... 12:00 Army at Lehigh ...... 1:00 middle quarters and outscore Navy 6-2 in that span. Lehigh was 0-for-7 from the faceoff X in the fourth St. John’s at Holy Cross ...... 1:00 quarter and struggled to get much going. Bucknell at Boston University ...... 2:30 Loyola at Lafayette ...... 4:30 - Junior Casey Eidenshink led the close defense with six groundballs and two caused turnovers. Class- Tuesday mate Tripp Telesco had two groundballs and a caused turnover while senior Lukas Mikelinich tallied Lehigh at Monmouth ...... 3:00 three groundballs. - Lehigh was strong on the ground as Weber had five and Corbett tied a career high with four. The Mountain Hawks held a 38-37 edge in GBs for the game, including a 21-10 advantage over the middle quarters. USILA COACHES POLL (3/16) - The loss snapped a five-game winning streak against Navy. In 2011, Lehigh beat Navy for the first time Record Pts Last in 98 years and hadn’t lost since. 1 Syracuse 6-0 320 (16) 1 - Taylor has enjoyed tremendous success against Navy, especially over the last two seasons. Over the last 2 North Carolina 8-0 302 (0) 2 three games, he’s tallied 11 goals and six assists for 17 points. Going back to his sophomore year, he’s 3 Notre Dame 4-1 281 (0) 4 posted 21 points (14 goals and seven assists) over his last four games against the Midshipen. 4 Duke 7-1 272 (0) 5 5 Denver 4-2 246 (0) 3 - Two of Corbett’s three goals were assisted by Taylor as five of his eight goals this season have been 6 Maryland 5-1 228 (0) 8 assisted by Taylor. 7 Cornell 4-2 216 (0) 9 8 Virginia 5-2 216 (0) 7 9 Yale 5-1 172 (0) 6 TAYLOR NAMED SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE (MAR. 4) 10 Princeton 4-1 171 (0) 11 Lehigh men’s lacrosse standout Dan Taylor has been named a candidate for the prestigious Senior CLASS 11 Marquette 7-0 151 (0) 12 Award, as announced on Wednesday. Taylor is among 20 of the top NCAA men’s lacrosse student-ath- 12 Brown 5-0 149 (0) 19 13 Albany 3-1 129 (0) 15 letes to be named a candidate. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School 14 Loyola 4-3 114 (0) 14 ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their 15 Harvard 4-2 84 (0) 10 platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The award focuses on 16 Towson 5-2 73 (0) 18 four Cs: community, classroom, character and competition. Lehigh has featured a Senior CLASS Award 17 Ohio State 6-2 56 (0) - 18 Army 5-3 54 (0) 13 candidate for two straight seasons and three of the last five years. Both of the Mountain Hawks’ previous 19 Johns Hopkins 3-4 51 (0) 17 two candidates (Ty Souders in 2014 and Jonathan Stumpf in 2011) went on to be named finalists and first 20 Villanova 5-2 50 (0) 16 team Senior CLASS All-Americans. Receiving Votes: Bucknell, Stony Brook, Boston Univer- sity, Navy, Georgetown To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. Taylor is one of five student-athletes from the Patriot League to be recognized (Pat Frazier and Nikko Pontrello of Loyola, Sam Somers of Army and Terry McKenna of Holy Cross). The 20 candidates will be narrowed CASCADE/MAVERIK MEDIA POLL (3/16) to 10 finalists later in the season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. The winner will Record Pts Last be announced in conjunction with the 2015 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse National Championship in May. 1 Syracuse 6-0 475 (20) 1 2 North Carolina 8-0 459 (4) 2 3 Notre Dame 4-1 426 (0) 4 4 Duke 7-1 410 (0) 5 5 Maryland 5-1 365 (0) 8 6 Denver 4-2 337 (0) 3 7 Cornell 4-2 325 (0) 9 8 Virginia 5-2 303 (0) 7 NEAR THE TOP IN THE NATION (Through Games Wednesday, March 18) 9 Marquette 7-0 279 (0) 10 Lehigh rank among the nation’s best in a number of statistical categories, both individually and as a team. The 10 Yale 5-1 279 (0) 6 Mountain Hawks are in the top 30 in five team categories while four rank in the top 25 for individual stats. Senior 11 Albany 3-1 240 (0) 11 12 Brown 5-0 225 (0) 18 Dan Taylor is 15th nationally in points/game and 17th in assists/game. Junior Reid Weber is also seventh with five 13 Princeton 4-1 215 (0) 12 man-up goals. Please see below for a complete list of statistics. 14 Loyola 4-3 149 (0) 17 15 Ohio State 6-2 124 (0) - Team Category Statistic Rank Nation’s Leader Stat 16 Harvard 4-2 103 (0) 13 Lehigh Caused Turnovers/Game 7.88 11 Brown 11.50 17 Villanova 5-2 85 (0) 15 Lehigh Man-Up Offense .481 13 Notre Dame .750 18 Towson 5-2 83 (0) 19 Lehigh Saves/Game 11.38 29 Detroit 16.71 19 Army 5-3 70 (0) 14 Lehigh Scoring Defense 10.13 29 Maryland 4.50 20 Johns Hopkins 3-4 62 (0) 15 Lehigh Turnovers/Game 13.63 30 Virginia 11.00 Receiving Votes: Navy, Bucknell, Boston University, Georgetown, Stony Brook Player Category Statistic Rank Nation’s Leader Stat Reid Weber Man-Up Goals 5 7 Three with 8 2015 Opponents denoted by bold italics. Dan Taylor Points/Game 4.50 15 Dylan Molloy, Brown 7.17 Dan Taylor Assists/Game 2.13 17 Lyle Thompson, Albany 5.20 Matt Poillon Saves/Game 10.86 20 Jason Weber, Detroit 16.57
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EIDENSHINK NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF WEEK (FEB. 22) LEHIGH FEATURED ON SPORTSCENTER Following a stellar performance against Boston University, Lehigh junior Seniors Dan Taylor and Patrick Corbett connected for a highlight-reel goal on defenseman Casey Eidenshink was named Patriot League Defensive Player Feb. 21 against Boston University which made SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays. of the Week. Eidenshink has stepped up on the Mountain Hawks’ defense Corbett recorded a natural hat trick in the second quarter, scoring all three this season, including vs. the Terriers when he tallied three groundballs and goals of the stanza. On one, he took a nifty behind-the-back feed from Tay- a career-high four caused turnovers in Lehigh’s thrilling 10-9 victory. Seniors lor, who drew two defenders and found a wide-open Corbett with pinpoint Matt Poillon and Patrick Corbett also received honorable mention laurels precision. The play debuted at #10 on Saturday’s 11 p.m. SportsCenter and as Poillon made a season-high 15 saves (just three from tying a career high) remained at 10 throughout the night and the next morning. while Corbett scored a career-high five goals. THREE SENIORS SELECTED IN MLL COLLEGIATE DRAFT ALL-AMERICAN SENIORS Seniors Matt Poillon, Dan Taylor and Lukas Mikelinich were all selected in Seniors Matt Poillon and Dan Taylor are two of the nation’s best players the 2015 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft on Friday night (Jan. 23) in at their positions. In a February Inside Lacrosse article by Quint Kessenich, Baltimore. The first goaltender selected, Poillon was drafted 28th overall by Poillon was rated the 14th best player in Division I lacrosse while Taylor the New York Lizards while Taylor was picked 38th by the Denver Outlaws was ranked 27th. Both were named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List and Mikelinich was selected 58th by the Lizards as well. All three have been on Feb. 26, marking the third straight year Poillon was named to the watch named All-Patriot League honorees at Lehigh while Poillon is a three-time list for college lacrosse’s version of the Heisman Award. All-American and Taylor was a 2014 All-American. The draft took place dur- ing the 2015 US Lacrosse National Convention in the Hilton Baltimore. Poillon is a three-time All-American with a 39-16 career record, 7.62 goals against average and .580 save percentage. His 7.62 GAA is among the best in Poillon, Taylor and Mikelinich become the fifth, sixth and seventh Mountain NCAA history. He’s won 11 or more games every season, is a two-time Patriot Hawks to be selected in the MLL Draft over the last three seasons. The three League Goalie of the Year and three-time All-League honoree. draft picks were tied for the second most selections overall (only Syracuse had more) and tied a school record, originally set in 2013. Ty Souders was Taylor emerged in 2014 as one of the nation’s top attackmen, ending the season selected 22nd overall by the Outlaws last season while Dante Fantoni, Noah with 76 points (top ten in the nation) behind 37 points and 29 assists. The point Molnar and David DiMaria were all selected in 2013. total led the Patriot League and stood tops among Canadians in Division I lacrosse. Taylor played his best lacrosse down the stretch, posting multiple points in his last eight games and earning Patriot League Offensive Player of LEHIGH PICKED THIRD, THREE NAMED PRESEASON ALL-LEAGUE The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team has been picked third in the Patriot League the Week the last three weeks of the regular season. Taylor had seven or more preseason poll while Matt Poillon, Dan Taylor and Lukas Mikelinich were points on five occasions as the Mountain Hawks were 5-0 in those games. His recognized on the preseason All-League Team. Poillon was also named 76 points were good for fifth in Patriot League history and second in school Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. The Mountain Hawks will be vying history during the Patriot League era. Taylor is up to 36 points this season (19 for their third Patriot League Tournament Title and NCAA Tournament ap- goals, 17 assists) and currently owns 179 points in his career (106 goals, 73 assists). pearance in the last four years. As of Monday, Mar. 16, he stood 15th nationally in points per game this season. His 179 career points are tied for fifth among active players. On Mar. 4, Taylor was Defending league champion Loyola was picked first in the preseason poll, named a candidate for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award. garnering 123 points and 12 first-place votes. Army was next with 110 points and one first-place vote while the Mountain Hawks were one point behind, PATRIOT LEAGUE OPENING WIN OVER BOSTON U (FEB. 21) tallying 109 points and five first-place votes. Lehigh finished last season in - Lehigh jumped out to a 6-2 halftime lead, but the Terriers pulled closer in third place, defeated sixth-place Navy in the Patriot League Quarterfinals the third quarter and eventually even in the fourth. before topping second-seeded Army in the semifinals. Rounding out the - Senior Patrick Corbett answered with his career-high fifth goal of the poll was Bucknell in fourth place with 81 points, Colgate (75 points), Navy game with 2:37 remaining to give Lehigh a 10-9 lead, which proved to be the (56 points), Boston University (46 points), Lafayette (26 points) and Holy final. Classmate Dan Taylor tallied five assists on the day, including three Cross (22 points). Voting was conducted by the league’s coaches and Sports of Corbett’s goals. Taylor only fired one shot for the game, but still found a Information Directors. way to tally five points (all assists). - Junior Reid Weber added four goals to tie a career high while freshman Preseason Poll Nolan Apers scored his first-career goal in the fourth quarter to give the 1. Loyola Maryland (12 first place votes): 123 Mountain Hawks a 9-6 advantage. 2. Army (1): 110 - Defensively, junior Casey Eidenshink led the way with three groundballs 3 . LEHIGH (5): 109 and a career four caused turnovers to earn Patriot League Defensive Player 4. Bucknell: 81 of the Week laurels. Senior Lukas Mikelinich added three groundballs 5. Colgate: 75 and a caused turnover while classmate Matt Poillon made a season-high 6. Navy: 56 15 saves in goal. 7. Boston U: 46 - Lehigh won its fifth straight Patriot League opener and improved to 17-8 8. Lafayette: 26 all-time in league openers. 9. Holy Cross: 22
STRONG 2015 SCHEDULE Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: John Lehigh’s 2015 schedule is highlighted by an impressive slate of home games Glesener, Army (Sr., A) which features reigning National Semifinalist Denver and six-time NCAA Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Matt National Champion Princeton. The Mountain Hawks play 15 games, seven Poillon, Lehigh (Sr., GK) 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 Men’s Lacrosse Preseason All-Patriot League Team Mountain Hawks will play two NCAA Tournament teams from last season. Attack: John Glesener, Army (Sr.) Seven of the team’s 15 opponents have made the NCAA Tournament at least Attack: Nikko Pontrello, Loyola (Sr.) once within the last four years. Attack: Dan Taylor, Lehigh (Sr.) Midfield: Thomas Flibotte, Bucknell (Jr.) Midfield: Brian Sherlock, Loyola (So.) Midfield: Gabe Voumard, Navy (Sr.) Defense: Pat Frazier, Loyola (Sr.) Defense: Lukas Mikelinich, Lehigh (Sr.) Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 2015 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 8: #18/19 ARMY AT LEHIGH• MARCH 21, 2015 • PAGE 5 Defense: Matt Yeager, Colgate (Sr.) HAT TRICKING Face-Off Specialist: Alex Daly, Army (Jr.) - Lehigh currently has nine hat tricks this season. Defensive Midfield Specialist: Ryan Fournier, Loyola (So.) - Here is the rundown by game: Defensive Midfield Specialist: Alex Spring, Bucknell (Jr.) - at Navy (2): Patrick Corbett, Dan Taylor Goalkeeper: Matt Poillon, Lehigh (Sr.) - vs. Bucknell (1): Dan Taylor - at Loyola (1): Dan Taylor PRESEASON RECOGNITION FROM INSIDE LACROSSE - vs. Boston University (2): Patrick Corbett, Reid Weber Senior goalie Matt Poillon was named an Inside Lacrosse second team pre- - at Furman (2): Dan Taylor, Reid Weber season All-American while classmate Dan Taylor earned honorable mention - vs. Marquette (1): Dan Taylor recognition. In addition, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team was ranked 15th in - Here is the breakdown of hat tricks by player: Dan Taylor (5), Reid Weber Inside Lacrosse’s annual Face-Off Yearbook. The Mountain Hawks’ defense (2) and Patrick Corbett (2). Taylor now has 19 career hat tricks, Corbett 12 and was ranked sixth in the nation while junior defenseman Tripp Telesco was Weber six. named preseason All-Patriot League by the publication. DEFENSE IS KEY Lehigh was the second-ranked Patriot League team in the Faceoff Yearbook • Lehigh owned the nation’s second-ranked defense in 2012 (6.61 goals per national rankings, only trailing Loyola (seven) while standing ahead of game) and followed by finishing sixth in 2013 (7.94) and second in 2014 Army (18). The Mountain Hawks also host Denver on Mar. 17, ranked #1 in (7.22). the preseason rankings, and Princeton (ranked 20th). Lehigh is also ranked • Lehigh allowed nine goals in a 10-9 win over Boston University (Feb. 21) to #18 in the preseason Coaches Poll. The Mountain Hawks have stood in the win its fifth straight Patriot League opener. Three of the Terriers’ nine goals national rankings for most of the last three seasons, reaching as high as #4 were scored in a 3:44 stretch during a driving snowstorm. late in 2011-12. • Despite Loyola controlling possession (Feb. 28), the Mountain Hawks held the Greyhounds to 11 goals which marked their second fewest in their TAYLOR AND MIKELINICH NAMED TEAM CAPTAINS first five games. Seniors Dan Taylor and Lukas Mikelinich were named Lehigh men’s lacrosse • Lehigh held Bucknell to nine goals on Mar. 7 including just one over the team captains, as announced by head coach Kevin Cassese late in the fall. game’s final 18:58. Taylor and Mikelinich have emerged as leaders of the offense and defense, • The Mountain Hawks held Villanova to just eight goals on Mar. 10 including respectively. They will lead the 2015 Mountain Hawks, who are eying their only three in the first half. The eight goals were a season low as the Wildcats third Patriot League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in reached double figures in each of their first five games. the last four years. • Lehigh’s defense impressed in long stretches against #5/6 Denver (Mar. 17), allowing just six even-strength goals. The 10 total goals allowed were GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY tied for the fewest the Pioneers have scored all season. The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team wrapped up another fall semester filled with community service initiatives and making a difference in the lives of SHUTOUT STREAKS • In 2012 the Lehigh defense was dominant in stretches, pitching a shutout others. For ten weeks, the Mountain Hawks separated into four groups and streak of 15 or more minutes in 15-of-17 games, including 13-of-14 wins. spent Wednesday afternoons at four locations: Calypso Elementary School, Then in 2013, the defense posted 17 separate shutout streaks of 15+ minutes Nitschmann Middle School, Lehigh Child Care Center and South Bethlehem including in 10 of its 12 wins. Last season, the Mountain Hawks had 15 Boys & Girls Club. The fall community service initiative has been in place streaks of 15+ minutes and 25 streaks of 10+ minutes. So far in 2015, Lehigh every year since head coach Kevin Cassese’s first season at Lehigh in 2007. Ultimately, the community service turned into one-hour sessions on Wednes- has six streaks of 15+ minutes and 10 of 10+ minutes. • In their season opener, the Mountain Hawks allowed didn’t allow a goal days. Groups of approximately 11-12 players went to the same location for for the game’s first 16:40 against Marquette (Feb. 7). all ten weeks. • Lehigh shut-out Furman for three stretches of 10+ minutes on Feb. 14: 11:58, 12:21 and 10:05. DOMINANT DEFENSE • In the Patriot League opener against Boston University (Feb. 21), the - Lehigh’s defense has turned into one of the nation’s best since 2012. The Mountain Hawks held the Terriers scoreless for a stretch of 19:53 bridging Mountain Hawks’ defense was second nationally in 2012, allowing just 6.61 the end of the first quarter and beginning of the third quarter. During that goals per game. In 2013, Lehigh finished sixth (7.94 goals per game) and in stretch, the Lehigh offense turned a 2-2 tie into a 6-2 lead. 2014, the Mountain Hawks finished second (7.22 goals per game). • The Mountain Hawks held Bucknell (Mar. 7) scoreless for a stretch of 18:58 - The Mountain Hawks have allowed five or fewer goals 16 times in 60 from the end of the third quarter until the Bison scored the game-winning games since 2012. Lehigh has allowed single-digit goals 40 times in those goal with nine seconds left in overtime. 60 games. Please see below for the complete rundown of games allowing • After allowing two quick goals at Villanova (Mar. 10), the Mountain Hawks five goals or fewer. held the Wildcats scoreless for the next 22:13, allowing just two shots on 2014 goal in that span. Lehigh also held Villanova scoreless for the game’s final 3/8 at Bucknell W, 9-3 11:28. 3/15 vs. Navy W, 13-2 • Lehigh fell down 6-1 early at Navy (3/14), but held the Midshipmen score- 3/29 vs. Holy Cross W, 20-4 4/12 vs. Georgetown W, 12-3 less for a stretch of 17:34 bridging the second and third quarters to allow the 2013 Mountain Hawks’ offense to turn an 8-5 deficit into a 10-8 lead. 2/10 vs. Saint Joseph’s W, 14-1 • The Mountain Hawks held a high-powered Denver offense (3/17) at bay 3/2 vs. VMI W, 18-2 3/23 at Holy Cross W, 8-5 for long stretches, including for the game’s first 17:34 then again for 28:13, 4/20 at Lafayette W, 14-5 including a scoreless third quarter to stay within 5-3 heading to the fourth. 4/28 vs. Bucknell W, 11-5 2012 UP NEXT.... 2/11 at Saint Joseph’s W, 11-4 2/25 vs. Manhattan W, 13-0 Lehigh returns to action at Monmouth Tuesday in a game that will air live 2/28 at Penn W, 10-4 online through ESPN3. The Mountain Hawks return to league play next 3/6 at VMI W, 6-2 Saturday (Mar. 28) at Holy Cross. 3/20 at Penn State W, 9-5 3/24 vs. Holy Cross W, 12-3 3/30 at Navy W, 9-4
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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 2-6 1-3 1-3 the country. Lehigh played an increasingly tough schedule in ’11 and wouldn’t back away from Total 66-55 (.545) 27-21 (.563) 33-25 (.569) 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 8: #18/19 ARMY AT LEHIGH• MARCH 21, 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 8: #18/19 ARMY AT LEHIGH• MARCH 21, 2015 • PAGE 9
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PLAYER Marquette Furman Boston U Loyola Bucknell Villanova Navy Denver 1 Anthony Ramaizel 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 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 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 3 Klay Heston DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 4 Mike Sammarro 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP 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 2-1-3, 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 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 7 Cody Ferraro DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 8 Cody Triolo 0-0-0, 3 DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 9 Matt Raposo 0-2-2, 1 1-0-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 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 0-0-0, 1 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 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 12 Kevin Dougherty DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 13 Steve Brodeur DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 14 Nathan McKenzie DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 15 Chris Appell DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 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 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 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 2-1-3, 5 2-0-2, 1 18 Adam Sawicki DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 2 19 Alex Eaton DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-1-1, 1 1-0-1, 1 20 Pat Dougherty DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP 21 Brady Thompson DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 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 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 23 Conor Duffy DNP DNP 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 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 25 John Mehok DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 26 Jason Kozel DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 27 Lee Belland DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 29 TaShan Mitchell DNP DNP 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 0-0-0, 1 DNP 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 0-0-0, 6 0-0-0, 2 33 Danny Norris DNP DNP 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 0-0-0, 2 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 0-0-0, 0 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 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 4-2-6, 1 0-1-1, 3 42 Patrick Corbett DNP DNP 5-0-5, 3 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 3-1-4, 4 0-0-0, 1 43 Nick Fraboni DNP DNP 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 0-1-1, 3 0-0-0, 1 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 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 50 Donny Stires DNP DNP 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 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 66 Tripp Telesco DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 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 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 88 Brandon Plante DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
INDIVIDUAL GOALIE STATISTICS: SAVES-GOALS ALLOWED, MINUTES
PLAYER Marquette Furman Boston U Loyola Bucknell Villanova Navy Denver 13 Steve Brodeur DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 18 Adam Sawicki DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 4-3, 41:12 DNP 11-10, 60:00 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 7-13, 60:00 DNP 50 Donny Stires DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
INDIVIDUAL FACEOFF STATS: WIN-TOTAL, PCT.
PLAYER Marquette Furman Boston U Loyola Bucknell Villanova Navy Denver 2 Casey McAdam 11-23, 48 13-24, 54 9-22, 41 1-4, 25 4-8, 50 7-13, 54 5-22, 23 3-8, 38 24 Matt Ernst DNP DNP DNP 1-4, 25 6-13, 46 1-1, 100 0-1, 0 2-7, 29
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2015 TEAM TENDENCIES Overall Record 2-6 Lehigh scores less than 10 goals 0-5 Lehigh in February 2-2 Home 1-3 Lehigh scores 10-14 goals 2-1 Lehigh in March 0-4 Road 1-3 Lehigh scores 15 or more goals 0-0 Neutral 0-0 vs. the conferences Opponent scores less than 5 goals 0-0 Big East 0-3 Patriot League Record 1-3 Opponent scores 5-9 goals 1-2 Big South 1-0 Non-League Record 1-3 Opponent scores 10 or more goals 1-4 Patriot League 1-3 Leading after one quarter 1-3 vs. Unranked Teams 2-3 vs. Ranked Teams 0-3 Trailing after one quarter 0-3 Tied after one quarter 1-0 Leading at the half 2-1 2015 TOP PERFORMANCES Trailing at the half 0-5 Tied at the half 0-0 Leading after three quarters 2-1 Trailing after three quarters 0-3 Tied after three quarters 0-2 In overtime 0-0 Lehigh has more shots 0-3 Opponent has more shots 2-2 Shots are even 0-1 Lehigh has more saves 1-2 Opponent has more saves 1-4 Saves are even 0-0
Lehigh wins more faceoffs 0-1 Opponent wins more faceoffs 1-5 Faceoffs are even 1-0
Lehigh has more groundballs 1-4 Opponent has more groundballs 1-2 Groundballs are even 0-0
Lehigh scores an EMO goal 2-4 Lehigh doesn’t score an EMO goal 0-2
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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 the first goal of the game against #5/6 Denver - Scooped a pair of groundballs vs. #5/6 Denver (3/17). (2/7). (3/17). - Tallied a groundball against Bucknell (3/7). - Had two goals and an assist at Navy (3/14). - Finished with a groundball at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). CAREER STATISTICS - Scored Lehigh’s first goal of the game at #15/16 Villanova - Had two groundballs against Boston University (2/21). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT (3/10). - Scooped three groundballs in the season opener against 2014 4/0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - Dished an assist against Bucknell (3/7). Marquette (2/7). 2015 3/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Scored two goals at #14/15 Loyola (2/28) while adding a Total 7/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 groundball and caused turnover. CAREER STATISTICS - Scooped a pair of groundballs in win over Boston Univer- Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER HIGHS 2014 5/0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Goals: -- sity (2/21). 2015 7/0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 Assists: -- - Tallied a pair of goals (including a man-up tally) in win at Total 12/0 0 0 0 6 0 9 0 Points: -- Furman (2/14). Groundballs: -- - Scored two goals in the season opener against Marquette CAREER HIGHS Multi-Goal Games: --; Multi-Point Games: --; Hat Tricks: -- (2/7). Also tied a career-high two groundballs. Goals: -- Assists: -- CAREER STATISTICS Points: -- #2 CASEY MCADAM Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Groundballs: 3 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) So. • M/FO • 6-1 • 201 • Malvern, Pa. 2012 15/0 2 1 3 4 1 3 1 Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 2013 17/6 8 2 10 28 1 5 1 - Won 3-of-8 faceoffs against #5/6 Denver (3/17). 2014 18/18 20 8 28 72 4 6 2 2015 8/8 10 2 12 36 1 5 1 - Won 7-of-13 faceoffs with three groundballs at #15/16 Total 58/32 40 13 53 140 7 19 5 #9 MATT RAPOSO Villanova (3/10). So. • A • 6-2 • 185 • Neshanic Station, N.J. - Finished 4-of-8 from the faceoff X vs. Bucknell (3/7). CAREER HIGHS - Was 9-for-22 at the faceoff X in win over Boston University Goals: 3 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. Assists: 2, two times; last vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) (2/14). - Won 13-of-24 faceoffs with three groundballs at Furman Points: 4, two times; last vs. Navy (4/22/14) - Dished a pair of assists vs. Marquette (2/7) in first-career (2/14). Marked a career high for faceoffs taken. Groundballs: 2, two times; last vs. Marquette (2/7/15) start. - Won 11-of-23 faceoffs and scooped five groundballs vs. Multi-Goal Games: 10; Multi-Point Games: 13; Hat Tricks: 1 Marquette (2/7). CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER STATISTICS #6 BILLY OPPENHEIMER 2014 5/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB CT FO % Jr. • M/A • 6-0 • 180 • Conshohocken, Pa. 2015 3/2 1 2 3 6 0 1 0 2014 13/0 0 0 0 20 0 47-91 .516 Total 8/2 2 2 4 7 0 1 0 2015 8/0 0 0 0 17 1 53-124 .427 - Scored a big goal with one second remaining until halftime Total 21/0 0 0 0 37 1 100-215 .465 vs. Navy (3/14). CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) CAREER HIGHS - Scooped three groundballs at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). - Finished with a goal and two assists against Bucknell Assists: 2 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Faceoffs Won: 17 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Points: 2 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) (3/7). Faceoffs Taken: 24 at Furman (2/14/15) Groundballs: 1 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Groundballs: 12 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) - Tallied a goal and assist, including a man-up goal, at #14/15 Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0 Loyola (2/28). - Dished an assist against Boston University (2/21). #4 MIKE SAMMARRO - Tied a career high with two goals in road win at Furman (2/14), including the game-winning goal in the fourth #10 JACK BOGOROWSKI So. • M • 5-10 • 210 • Mountain Lakes, N.J. quarter. Sr. • M • 6-3 • 216 • Newtown, Pa. - Two groudballs and a caused turnover against Bucknell CAREER STATISTICS - Tallied a groundball at Navy (3/14). (3/7). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Had a goal and caused turnover in win at Furman (2/14). - Had a groundball at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). 2013 9/0 5 8 13 15 0 4 1 - Strong effort in the season opener, tallying career highs - Scooped a groundball in the season opener vs. Marquette (at Quinnipiac) in groundballs (3) and caused turnovers (2) vs. Marquette (2/7). 2014 18/3 7 9 16 39 2 14 0 (2/7). 2015 8/6 5 4 9 29 1 5 0 CAREER STATISTICS Total 35/9 17 21 38 83 3 23 1 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER STATISTICS 2014 3/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 CAREER HIGHS (at Lehigh) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2015 5/0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 Goals: 2, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) 2012 (JH) 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 8/0 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 Assists: 3 at Bucknell (3/8/14) 2013 15/0 0 0 0 6 0 9 1 Points: 3, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) 2014 15/3 2 1 3 10 1 4 0 CAREER HIGHS Groundballs: 4 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) 2015 8/0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 Goals: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) Multi-Goal Games: 2; Multi-Point Games: 8; Hat Tricks: 0 Total 41/3 2 1 3 18 1 18 3 Assists: -- Points: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) CAREER HIGHS Groundballs: 2 vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) #7 CODY FERRARO Goals: 1, two times; last at Yale (3/11/14) Caused Turnovers: 1, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Sr. • M • 6-2 • 215 • East Setauket, N.Y. Assists: 1 vs. Loyola (3/1/14) Points: 1, two times; last at Yale (3/11/14) Groundballs: 3 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) - Made season debut at Furman (2/14), a year after he last Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) played. Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 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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- Scooped a groundball against #5/6 Denver (3/17). - Scored first goal of the season vs. #5/6 Denver (3/17). - Two groundballs and two caused turnovers in strong defen- - Tallied a shot and groundball against Boston University - Dished an assist and added a groundball at Navy (3/14). sive effort against high-powered, #5/6 Denver (3/17). (2/21). - Caused a turnover at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). - Big effort with a career-high tying six groundballs to go with - Had an assist and groundball in the season opener vs. two caused turnovers at Navy (3/14). Marquette (2/7). CAREER STATISTICS - Posted a groundball at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Strong game with four groundballs and a big caused turn- CAREER STATISTICS 2013 6/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 over in the overtime period against Bucknell (3/7). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2014 18/10 11 9 20 42 0 8 1 - Another strong effort with five groundballs and a caused 2014 18/0 3 3 6 22 0 22 4 2015 4/0 1 1 2 6 0 2 1 Total 28/10 13 10 23 49 0 10 2 turnover at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). 2015 8/0 0 1 1 9 0 3 0 - Tallied three groundballs and a career-high four caused Total 26/0 3 4 7 31 0 25 4 CAREER HIGHS (at Lehigh) turnovers against Boston University (2/21) to earn Patriot Goals: 2, three times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) League Defensive Player of the Week. CAREER HIGHS Assists: 2 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Goals: 1, three times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) - Monster game with a career-high six groundballs to go with Points: 4 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Assists: 1, four times; last vs. Marquette (2/7/15) one caused turnover at Furman (2/14). Doubled previous Groundballs: 2 at Loyola (4/27/14) Points: 1, seven times; last vs. Marquette (2/7/15) career high of three groundballs. Multi-Goal Games: 3; Multi-Point Games: 5; Hat Tricks: 0 Groundballs: 4, two times; last at Bucknell (3/8/14) - Posted two groundballs in the season opener against Caused Turnovers: 1, four times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) Marquette (2/7). Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 #22 IAN STRAIN CAREER STATISTICS So. • M • 6-0 • 190 • Springfield, Pa. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT #16 LUKAS MIKELINICH 2013 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Sr. • D • 5-11 • 180 • Dix Hills, N.Y. - Two groundballs and a caused turnover at Navy (3/14). 2014 18/1 0 1 1 2 0 29 16 - Had a groundball at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). 2015 8/8 0 0 0 3 0 29 11 Total 33/9 0 1 1 5 0 62 28 - Two groundballs in strong defensive effort against #5/6 - Caused a turnover against Bucknell (3/7). - Scored a big third-quarter goal while adding a groundball Denver (3/17). CAREER HIGHS at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). - Scooped three groundballs at Navy (3/14). Assists: 1 vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) - Finished with four groundballs at #15/16 Villanova - Caused a turnover in win over Boston University (2/21). Points: 1 vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) (3/10). - Scooped first-career groundball at Furman (2/14). Groundballs: 6, two times; last at Navy (3/14/15) - Scooped a groundball against Bucknell (3/7). - Tallied two points (one goal, one assist) in collegiate debut Caused Turnovers: 4 vs. Boston University (2/21/15) - Had a groundball and two caused turnovers at #14/15 against Marquette (2/7). Loyola (2/28). - Posted three groundballs and a caused turnover against CAREER STATISTICS #34 SAM LAWRENCE Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Boston University (2/21). Sr. • M • 6-1 • 206 • Wellesley, Mass. 2015 8/0 2 1 3 10 0 5 3 - Tallied two groundballs and a team-high three caused Total 8/0 2 1 3 10 0 5 3 turnovers in win at Furman (2/14). - Had a groundball and caused turnover vs. #5/6 Denver - Finished the season opener vs. Marquette (2/7) with four (3/17). CAREER HIGHS groundballs and a caused turnover. - Two groundballs at Navy (3/14). Goals: 1, two times; last at Loyola (2/28/15) - Tallied a groundball and caused turnover at #15/16 Vil- Assists: 1 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) lanova (3/10). CAREER STATISTICS Points: 2 vs. Marquette (2/7/15) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Groundballs: 2 at Navy (3/14/15) - Scored a goal while tallying a groundball and two caused 2011 6/0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Caused Turnovers: 1, three times; last at Navy (3/14/15) turnovers against Bucknell (3/7). 15/11 0 0 0 0 0 17 10 2012 Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0 - Had two groundballs at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). 2014 18/18 0 0 0 1 0 37 18 - Groundball and caused turnover in win over Boston Uni- 2015 8/8 0 0 0 1 0 20 7 versity (2/21). Total 47/37 0 0 0 2 0 78 36 #30 MATT POILLON - Strong season-opening effort, tallying a game-high three caused turnovers against Marquette (2/7) which tied a CAREER HIGHS Sr. • G • 5-10 • 180 • Mount Sinai, N.Y. career high. Groundballs: 5, two times; last vs. Villanova (2/16/14) Caused Turnovers: 4 at Penn (2/28/12) - After a slow start, made six second-half saves at Navy (3/14) CAREER STATISTICS including stopping four-of-five in a big third-quarter effort. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Made five saves, allowing five goals in 41:12 at #15/16 2013 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #17 REID WEBER Villanova (3/10). 2014 18/1 1 3 4 8 0 15 15 Jr. • A • 6-0 • 200 • Oreland, Pa. - Tied a season-high 16 saves for a second straight game, 2015 8/0 1 0 1 2 0 8 8 stopping 16-of-25 against Bucknell (3/7). Total 30/1 2 3 5 10 0 23 23 - Scored twice against #5/6 Denver (3/17). - Second straight strong effort, making a season-high 16 saves - Tallied two goals, one assist and five groundballs at Navy to keep Lehigh close at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). CAREER HIGHS (3/14). - Stellar effort, posting 15 saves on 24 shots on goal in 10-9 Goals: 1, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) - Scored a goal while scooping two groundballs at #15/16 win over Boston University (2/21). Assists: 1, three times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) Points: 1, five times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Villanova (3/10). - Tallied nine saves in road win at Furman (2/14). Groundballs: 3 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) - Had a goal and two groundballs vs. Bucknell (3/7). - Made eight saves in season opener against Marquette (2/7). Caused Turnovers: 3, two times; last vs. Marquette (2/7/15) - Dished an assist and posted three groundballs and a caused turnover at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). CAREER STATISTICS - Tied a career-high four goals in thrilling 10-9 victory over Year GP/GS Svs. GA Sv.% GAA W-L GB #36 JJ FOLEY Boston University (2/21). 2012 17/17 166 112 .597 6.75 14-3 31 Fr. • D • 6-3 • 215 • Kings Park, N.Y. - Tied a career high with five points (three goals, two assists) 2013 14/14 152 103 .596 7.92 11-3 24 2014 17/17 157 116 .575 7.23 12-5 23 at Furman (2/14). - Had a pair of groundballs and one caused turnover against - Scored two goals, including a man-up tally, in the season 2015 7/7 76 68 .528 10.07 2-5 8 Total 55/55 551 399 .580 7.62 39-16 86 Bucknell (3/7). opener against Marquette (2/7). Added three groundballs. - Finished with two groundballs and a caused turnover at CAREER HIGHS #14/15 Loyola (2/28). Saves: 18 at North Carolina (5/11/13) - Started the season opener against Marquette (2/7). CAREER STATISTICS Fewest Goals Allowed: 0 vs. Manhattan (2/25/12) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Groundballs: 5 at North Carolina (3/3/12) 2013 6/0 2 1 3 4 0 3 1 CAREER STATISTICS 2014 18/18 27 17 44 89 4 30 6 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2015 8/8 15 4 19 57 5 21 2 2015 8/4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Total 32/26 44 22 66 150 9 54 9 Total 8/4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Goals: 4, two times; last vs. Boston University (2/21/15) Assists: -- Assists: 4 vs. Navy (3/15/14) Points: -- Points: 5, three times; last at Furman (2/14/15) Groundballs: 2, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Groundballs: 6 vs. Navy (4/22/14) Caused Turnovers: 1, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Multi-Goal Games: 14; Multi-Point Games: 17; Hat Tricks: 6
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#38 STEVEN SANCZYK #44 ALAN HENDERSON #66 TRIPP TELESCO Fr. • D • 6-0 • 190 • Kinnelon, N.J. Sr. • M • 5-11 • 183 • Manorville, N.Y. Jr. • D • 6-2 • 208 • Ridgewood, N.J.
- Finished with a groundball at Furman (2/14). - Scooped a groundball against #5/6 Denver (3/17). - Two groundballs and a caused turnover in strong defensive - Scooped a groundball from the faceoff wing in season opener - Had an assist and three groundballs at Navy (3/14). effort against #5/6 Denver (3/17). and collegiate debut vs. Marquette (2/7). - Dished two assists while adding four groundballs and a - Finished with two groundballs and a caused turnover at career-high two caused turnovers against Bucknell (3/7). Navy (3/14). CAREER STATISTICS - Scored a goal and added two assists at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). - Tallied a groundball at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Added two groundballs and a caused turnover. - Scooped a pair of groundballs against Bucknell (3/7) in first 2015 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - Tallied an assist in Patriot League opener vs. Boston Uni- action of the season. Total 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 versity (2/21). CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS - Dished an assist while scooping three groundballs in road Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Assists: -- win at Furman (2/14). 2013 17/10 0 0 0 0 0 29 14 Points: -- - Had a goal and groundballs in the season opener vs. 2014 17/17 0 2 2 1 0 44 36 Groundballs: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/14/15) Marquette (2/7). 2015 4/4 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 Caused Turnovers: -- Total 38/31 0 2 2 1 0 80 52 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER HIGHS 2012 17/0 3 3 6 5 0 8 3 Groundballs: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) #41 DAN TAYLOR 2013 17/6 2 6 8 19 0 33 3 Caused Turnovers: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) Sr. • A • 6-3 • 212 • Calgary, Alberta 2014 17/11 5 8 13 28 0 22 3 2015 8/8 2 7 9 11 0 14 3 - Dished a first-quarter assist at #5/6 Denver (3/17). Added Total 59/25 12 24 36 63 0 77 12 three groundballs and two caused turnovers. #77 COREY EPPLEY - Big game with four goals and two assists at Navy (3/14). CAREER HIGHS Jr. • D • 6-2 • 182 • Darien, Conn. - Scored a fourth-quarter goal at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). Goals: 2 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Assists: 3 at Boston University (2/22/14) - Yet another hat trick with three goals and one assist against - Had a groundball and caused turnover at Navy (3/14). Points: 4 at Boston University (2/22/14) - Career-high tying three groundballs and a caused turnover Bucknell (3/7). His second goal gave him 100 for his career. Groundballs: 5 vs. Navy (3/30/13) - Scored three goals while dishing an assist and scooping four Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). groundballs at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 4; Hat Tricks: 0 - Posted a groundball and two caused turnovers against - Tied a career-high five assists and four groundballs in Patriot Bucknell (3/7). League opening victory over Boston University (2/21). - Posted a career-high three groundballs and two caused - Set a career high with 10 points (five goals, career-high five #45 NOLAN APERS turnovers at #14/15 Loyola (2/28). assists) in dominant effort at Furman (2/14). Scored on all Fr. • A/M • 6-0 • 201 • Oakville, Ontario - Tallied a groundball and caused turnover against Boston five shots he took. Named Patriot League Offensive Player University (2/21). of the Week for his efforts. - Tallied a groundball at Navy (3/14). - Had a groundballs and caused turnover in road win at - Tallied a team-high five points (three goals, two assists) in - Groundball at #15/16 Villanova (3/10). Furman (2/14). season opener vs. Marquette (2/7). Added a groundball. - Career-high two goals (including a man-up tally) against - Scooped a groundball in the season opener vs. Marquette Bucknell (3/7). Added two groundballs and a caused (2/7). CAREER STATISTICS turnover. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Scored first-career goal in the fourth quarter of first Patriot CAREER STATISTICS 2012 17/9 11 6 17 31 3 8 1 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT League game against Boston University (2/21). 2013 17/17 29 21 50 79 1 29 2 2013 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2014 17/16 47 29 76 114 1 28 0 - Scooped a pair of groundballs at Furman (2/14). 2014 13/0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2015 8/8 19 17 36 44 1 17 4 - Made collegiate debut in season opener against Marquette 2015 8/0 0 0 0 1 0 11 8 Total 59/50 106 73 179 268 6 82 7 (2/7). Total 24/0 0 0 0 1 0 18 9
CAREER HIGHS CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS Goals: 7 at Lafayette (4/18/14) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Groundballs: 3 at #14/15 Loyola (2/28/15) Assists: 5, two times; last vs. Boston University (2/21/15) 2015 8/3 3 0 3 16 1 6 1 Caused Turnovers: 2, two times; last vs. Bucknell (3/7/15) Points: 10 at Furman (2/14/15) Total 8/3 3 0 3 16 1 6 1 Groundballs: 4, three times; last at Loyola (2/28/15) Multi-Goal Games: 32; Multi-Point Games: 37; Hat Tricks: 19 CAREER HIGHS Active Point Streak: 18 (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)
- Groundball and caused turnover against #5/6 Denver (3/17). #55 BO LORI - Second hat trick of the season, scoring three goals and dish- Fr. • D • 6-1 • 185 • Hudson, Ohio ing an assist at Navy (3/14). Added four groundballs. - Scored a career-high five goals vs. Boston University - Sooped a groundball against #5/6 Denver (3/17). (2/21) in first action of the season. Included was two extra - Had a groundball and caused turnover at Navy (3/14). man goals and the game-winning goal with less than three - Two groundballs and a caused turnover at #14/15 Vil- minutes remaining. lanova (3/10). - Scooped a pair of groundballs in league opener vs. Boston CAREER STATISTICS University (2/21). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT - Tallied a groundball at Furman (2/14) in collegiate debut. 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 4/3 8 1 9 17 3 8 1 2015 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 Total 54/40 82 13 95 189 18 71 15 Total 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Goals: 5 vs. Boston University (2/21/15) Groundballs: 2, two times; last at Villanova (3/10/15) Assists: 2, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) Caused Turnovers: 1, two times; last at Navy (3/14/15) Points: 6 vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) Groundballs: 4, three times; last at Navy (3/14/15) Multi-Goal Games: 25; Multi-Point Games: 26; Hat Tricks: 12
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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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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy scored six of the game’s first seven goals and BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Junior Reid Weiber scored early in the fourth quarter four of the last five to hand the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team a tough 13-12 loss to pull the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team within one, but #5/6 Denver responded on Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. In between, the Moun- with the game’s final five goals to down the Mountain Hawks 10-4 on a chilly tain Hawks outscored the Midshipmen 10-3, but it wasn’t enough. Senior Dan Tuesday evening. Lehigh held a potent Pioneers’ offense scoreless for the game’s Taylor led the Lehigh offense with six points behind four goals and two assists first 17:34 then again for 28:13 in one of the defense’s strongest efforts of the while classmate Patrick Corbett had three goals for his second hat trick in three season. Making his first-career start, freshman Adam Sawicki was stellar in games this season. goal, finishing with 11 saves including five in the first quarter to hold Denver Navy controlled possession for much of the game, winning 21-of-27 faceoffs scoreless until early in the second. which proved critical, especially in the Mids’ strong start and finish. With the Lehigh came out on fire, scoring the game’s first three goals and riding loss, Lehigh falls to 2-5 and 1-3 in Patriot League play while Navy improves to Sawicki’s saves to a 3-0 lead after one quarter of play. 5-3 and 3-1 in the league. Three of the Mountain Hawks’ losses have come by A game of runs saw the Pioneers go on a pair of 5-0 runs to account for just one goal. their 10 goals. Weber led the Mountain Hawks with a pair of goals while senior Corbett added an assist for four points on the afternoon. Junior Reid Weber Kurtis Kaunas and junior Alex Eaton scored the others. Junior defenseman tallied two goals and an assist as the starting attack accounted for nine goals Casey Eidenshink had two caused turnovers, as did senior attackman Dan and four assists. Senior Kurtis Kaunas led the midfield with two goals and an Taylor. assist. Junior Casey Eidenshink was stellar on defense, tallying six groundballs Kaunas opened the scoring at 12:41 of the first quarter, making a move (to tie a career high) and two caused turnovers. from behind the goal and beating Denver goaltender Ryan LaPlante to make Leading 2-1, the Midshipmen scored three goals in 14 seconds, the last it 1-0. Less than two minutes later, Eaton took a feed from senior Taylor in an two coming directly off faceoff wins, to take a 5-1 advantage with 9:54 on the unsettled situation, firing home his first goal of the season to make it 2-0. first-quarter clock. Navy made it 6-1 just over a minute later. Weber gave the Mountain Hawks a 3-0 advantage with 6:40 left in the first Lehigh bounced back nicely, scoring three of the final four first-quarter quarter on a sensational individual effort to dodge defenders and get himself goals. Corbett scored on the extra man then Taylor added consecutive tallies free for a shot, which he buried. to pull within 6-4 with 1:46 remaining. Denver took advantage of the extra man, scoring two man-up goals in less Navy scored with 27 seconds left in the first to make it 7-4, but after almost than four minutes, the second of which tied the score at three midway through seven minutes without a second-quarter goal, Kaunas pulled Lehigh within 7-5. the second quarter. The Pioneers added two more goals, with 6:51 and 2:57 on After trading goals, junior Billy Oppenheimer took a great feed from Weber the clock to take a 5-3 halftime advantage. to pull the Mountain Hawks within 8-7 with just one second on the clock. Lehigh held a 10-4 edge in third-quarter shots, but neither team could find Lehigh came out of the locker room on fire as two straight goals from the back of the net until early in the fourth. It wasn’t for a lack of chances as the Corbett tied the score then gave the Mountain Hawks their first lead of the Mountain Hawks fired six shots on goal, all of which were stopped by LaPlante. game, making it 9-8 with 7:53 remaining. Just under three minutes later, an Following another LaPlante save early in the fourth quarter, Weber corralled unassisted tally from Taylor made it 10-8. the rebound and lit the lamp to snap over a 40-minute scoreless drought and Kaunas’ second goal with 13:02 left in the fourth quarter made it 11-9, but pull Lehigh right back to within one (5-4) with 11:27 still remaining. Navy responded less than one minute later, which helped spark a 4-0 run. The The Mountain Hawks had numerous chances to pull even, but couldn’t Mids took the lead back with 4:25 on the clock then made it 13-11 with 3:38 net the equalizer and the Denver offense took advantage with five goals in the remaining. game’s final 4:44, including two on the man advantage, for the 10-4 final. With just under one minute to go, Lehigh had a six-on-four man advantage Final shots were 32-25 in favor of the Mountain Hawks while Denver held which led to a great point-blank opportunity from Corbett, but Navy goalie a 37-21 edge in groundballs due in large part to an 18-5 groundball advantage in John Connors made the big save. Eventually, Weber corralled a groundball the fourth quarter. Sawicki made 11 saves in his first-career start while LaPlante and converted a long, tough-angle shot. That pulled Lehigh within 13-12 with finished with 14. four seconds remaining, but it proved to be too little, too late. Lehigh finished with a 34-31 edge in shots and 38-37 advantage in ground- balls. Senior goalie Matt Poillon made seven saves on the afternoon including four-of-five in the third quarter while Connors finished with 12 stops.
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