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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 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 2 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.