Senior Ian Strain Second-Year Captain LEHIGH MEN’S SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH

(8-6, 5-3 ) COLGATE RAIDERS (7-6, 3-5 PATRIOT LEAGUE) AT February (8-6, 5-3 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 3 NJIT W, 13-8 10 at Mercer W, 13-8 TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018 • 7:00 P.M. 17 at #13/14 North Carolina L, 12-11 (OT) ULRICH COMPLEX • BETHLEHEM, PA. 24 HOLY CROSS* W, 15-4 PATRIOT LEAGUE NETWORK March 3 COLGATE* W, 10-7 SETTING THE SCENE 10 at #12 Army West Point* W, 9-7 For the first time since 2014, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team is set to host a Patriot League Quarterfinal 14 #18/16 RUTGERS L, 8-7 contest as the fourth-seeded Mountain Hawks will host fifth seed Colgate on Tuesday night. Opening 17 at Lafayette* W, 19-11 faceoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Lehigh will square off against Colgate in the Patriot 20 at #18/19 Hofstra W, 13-8 League Tournament for the first time since 2013 when it defeated the Raiders in the semifinal round, 15-7. 24 NAVY* L, 10-7 31 at * W, 7-6 After a 7-2 start to the season, Lehigh has lost four of its last five, but still finished the regular season with its most overall wins (8) and Patriot League victories (5) since 2014. Each of Lehigh’s last four losses (and April all six losses on the season) have come against nationally-ranked opponents, or a team (Navy) that went 7 #11/12 LOYOLA* L, 16-10 on to be nationally ranked in the ensuing weeks. The Mountain Hawks have also won a pair of games vs. 14 #9/11 CORNELL L, 12-10 ranked foes, beating then No. 12 Army West Point (Mar. 10) and then No. 18/19 Hofstra (Mar. 20). Most 20 at #11/12 Bucknell* L, 14-7 24 COLGATE (PL QUARTERFINALS) 7:00 recently, Lehigh led No. 11/12 Bucknell 5-3 in the second quarter Friday night, but the Bison responded 27 Patriot League Semifinals with 10 of the next 11 goals, on its way to a 14-7 win. The Mountain Hawks hung within 8-6 at the half and 29 Patriot League Championship Game 10-6 after three quarters, but couldn’t get the offense going. Lehigh scored five goals in the game’s first 19:51, but just two over the final 40:09. The loss snapped the Mountain Hawks’ four-game road winning streak. *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS Junior Lucas Spence continued his strong season with a team-high four points via two goals and two assists. He’s up to 49 points on the season (29 goals, 20 assists), needing just one point to give Lehigh two players with 50+ points since Dan Taylor (77) and Reid Weber (51) in 2015. Senior Nolan Apers tied a career-high two goals, both coming in the span of 3:29 in the second quarter. Sophomore Conor Gaffney won 14-of-20 LEHIGH IN THE POLLS faceoffs to up his season percentage to 60.2. Junior Craig Chick had a groundball and caused turnover, moving into a tie for ninth place in NCAA history with 112 career caused turnovers. Date Coaches Cascade/Maverick Media Preseason -- -- Feb. 12 -- -- Lehigh finished 1-of-2 on the extra man as Spence converted a man-up goal with 11:43 remaining in the Feb. 19 -- -- Feb. 26 RV RV second quarter. Bucknell killed the Mountain Hawks’ next advantage, snapping a streak of eight straight Mar. 5 RV RV successful opportunities. Prior to Friday, Lehigh’s previous failed extra-man opportunity came exactly one Mar. 12 17 16 Mar. 19 14 12 month prior (Mar. 20 at Hofstra). Lehigh is still 16 of its last 20 on the man-up and 24 of 36 for the season Mar. 26 19 17 (66.7 percent), which would be second in NCAA history if the season ended today. Apr. 2 15 17 Apr. 9 17 18 Apr. 16 19 RV In the end, Lehigh has advanced to its eighth straight Patriot League Tournament. The Mountain Hawks Apr. 23 RV RV are the only program in the league to reach each of the last eight tournaments. Lehigh will be vying for its first championship since 2013, which marked the second of back-to-back titles. The Mountain Hawks MEDIA INFORMATION reached the championship game in 2014 before falling in the quarterfinal round in 2015 (at Bucknell), 2016 (at Army West Point) and 2017 (at Boston University). The last time Lehigh was home in the postseason, Men’s Lacrosse Contact:...... Justin Lafleur the Mountain Hawks were the No. 3 seed in 2014 and defeated sixth-seeded Navy in the quarterfinals, 10-6. Office...... (610) 758-6631 Cell: ...... (610) 577-5222 E-mail:...... [email protected] Lehigh will look to snap a four-game home losing streak on Tuesday with its last home vcitory coming against Colgate on Mar. 3. Ironically, the Mountain Hawks began the year 3-0 at home, marking just the second time in seven years that Lehigh won its first three home games. The teams Lehigh has lost to during BY THE NUMBERS its four-game home skid currently stand No. 9 (Rutgers), No. 13 (Navy), No. Lehigh Colgate 6 (Loyola) and No. 8 (Cornell) in this week’s USILA Coaches Poll. LEHIGH LACROSSE Overall Record 8-6 7-6 Goals/Game 10.79 12.85 IF LEHIGH BEATS COLGATE AT A GLANCE... Goals Allowed/Game 9.36 9.92 • Lehigh would advance to the Patriot League Semifinals for the first time Shot Pct. .324 .334 • Lehigh’s 39 victories from 2012- Shots/Game 33.3 38.5 since 2014. The semifinals are set for Friday at Loyola. The lowest advancing 14 was tied for third in the nation Shots Allowed/Game 28.4 31.2 seed plays top seed Loyola in the semifinals. If No. 3 Bucknell beats No. 6 during that span. The win total Assists 94 93 Boston University, Lehigh would face Loyola Friday. If Boston University only trailed Duke and Loyola and Man-Up Percentage .667 (24-36) .386 (17-44) was tied with Denver. Groundballs 450 382 wins, the Mountain Hawks would face second-seeded Navy. • The Mountain Hawks are 33-20 Turnovers 191 156 • The Mountain Hawks would snap a four-game home losing streak. against Patriot League opponents Caused Turnovers 112 72 • Lehigh would win its fourth straight game against Colgate and beat the since the beginning of 2012 (regu- Faceoffs (W-L) 198-329 204-332 Raiders for the eighth time in its last nine tries. lar season and postseason). Faceoff Percentage .602 .614 • Lehigh has reached double-fig- Clears 211-242 165-189 • The Mountain Hawks would improve to 7-1 this season against unranked ure victories in three of the last Clear Percentage .872 .873 opponents. six seasons (2012, 2013, 2014) after Penalties/Minutes 48/39:00 48/33:30 • Lehigh would win its ninth game of the season. The Mountain Hawks’ having double-figure wins just Home Attendance 4,797 2,196 four times in the first 112 years of Dates/Avg. 7/685 7/314 eight wins are already their most since the 2014 campaign (when they program history: 1969, 1993, 1994 finished 13-5). and 1997. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 2

in all but two contests, helping the Mountain Hawks hold their opponent SIX MOUNTAIN HAWKS NAMED ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE to single-digit goals in eight of the first 11 games in 2018. BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Following a strong regular season which includes a top-four seed for the first time since 2014, six members of the Lehigh men’s Leggett has enjoyed a tremendous rookie campaign, earning second team lacrosse team were named All-Patriot League honorees on Monday. Juniors All-League at long-stick midfielder after a regular season which saw him record 55 groundballs (second on the team) and 20 caused turnovers (tied Craig Chick and Andrew Pettit, and sophomore Conor Gaffney garnered for second). Chick is second in the Patriot League in caused turnovers (35) first team All-League while juniors Eddie Bouhall and Lucas Spence, and while Bouhall and Leggett are each tied for fourth with 20 apiece. In addition, freshman Teddy Leggett were named second team honorees. Lehigh’s six All-Patriot League performers mark its most since 2013, when the Mountain Leggett, Chick and Casey Eidenshink are the only three non-faceoff special- Hawks had seven. ists to eclipse 50 groundballs in a season in Kevin Cassese’s 11 seasons as Lehigh head coach. The Vaughan, Ontario native has multiple groundballs Chick was named first team All-League for a second straight season after in 13-of-14 games this season, including seven at Army, to go with a caused posting 37 groundballs and 35 caused turnovers (second nationally) through turnover. Leggett tallied a career-high four caused turnovers vs. Holy Cross 14 regular-season games. Chick was named Patriot League Defensive Player while causing two turnovers on six different occasions. Leggett recorded five of the Week on Mar. 12 following Lehigh’s 9-7 win at No. 12 Army West groundballs and two caused turnovers in Lehigh’s big win at Hofstra while Point, a game which saw him post seven groundballs and three caused following with the same stat line vs. Navy and posting five groundballs and turnovers, holding the Black Knights to a then-season low seven goals. An a caused turnover in Lehigh’s last-second win at Boston University. anchor of Lehigh’s defense, which has been ranked as high as sixth nationally, Chick has broken the Lehigh and Patriot League career records for caused 2018 Men’s Lacrosse All-Patriot League and Major Awards turnovers - breaking the school record on Mar. 20 at No. 18/19 Hofstra and Offensive Player of the Year – Pat Spencer, Loyola Maryland, Jr., A breaking the league mark two games later at Boston University. Chick is up Defensive Player of the Year – Foster Huggins, Loyola Maryland, Sr., D to 112 career caused turnovers, tied for ninth in NCAA history. He has at Faceoff Specialist of the Year – Joe Varello, Navy, Sr., FO least one caused turnover in every game this season, including multiple in Goalkeeper of the Year – Jacob Stover, Loyola Maryland, Jr., GK 10-of-14 contests. Rookie of the Year – Chris Gray, Boston University, Fr., A The William Lawson Coach of the Year – Frank Fedorjaka, Bucknell Named to the Watch List in March, Pettit leads Lehigh in goals (34) and points (53), standing fourth in the league in both categories. First Team* The Wilmington, Delaware native has at least one point in every game this Chris Gray, Boston U., Fr., A season, with multiple points in 13-of-14 contests. Earlier this season, Pettit Will Sands, Bucknell, Sr., A tied a career-high seven points vs. Holy Cross (two goals, five assists) while Andrew Pettit, Lehigh, Jr ., A adding seven points at Hofstra (three goals, four assists) as well. Hofstra Pat Spencer, Loyola Maryland, Jr., A stood as the nation’s No. 1 defense and Pettit went on to have more points David Symmes, Army West Point, Sr., M himself (7) than it was allowing opponent teams on average (6.33) entering Sean O’Brien, Bucknell, Sr., M the day. Pettit also scored five goals at Army, including the first three goals Jay Drapeau, Loyola Maryland, Sr., M of the fourth quarter, to turn a 6-5 Lehigh deficit into an 8-6 lead. That effort Greyson Torrain, Navy, Jr., M earned Pettit Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week honors. Pettit is John Surdick, Army West Point, Jr., D up to 76 goals and 107 points in his career. Craig Chick, Lehigh, Jr ., D Foster Huggins, Loyola Maryland, Sr., D Gaffney garnered All-League recognition for the first time in his career, Mike Strack, Loyola Maryland, Sr., D sharing first team faceoff specialist honors with Navy’s Joe Varello (Varello Joe Varello, Navy, Sr., FO was named Faceoff Specialist of the Year due to receiving more first-place Conor Gaffney, Lehigh, So ., FO votes). Gaffney leads the Patriot League in faceoff percentage, winning 60.3 Jon Lamonica, Army West Point, Sr., LSM percent of his draws (178-of-295). He has impressed against some of the Brian Begley, Loyola Maryland, Sr., SSDM league’s top faceoff specialists, including winning 13-of-21 against Varello Jacob Stover, Loyola Maryland, Jr., GK (who has won 59.6 percent on the year), 11-of-20 vs. Colgate’s Colin Orr (who has won 60.1 percent) and 12-of-20 against Army’s John Ragno (who has won Second Team^ 55.5 percent). Gaffney also won 17-of-20 at Lafayette, 16-of-23 against Cornell Jack Wilson, Boston U., Sr., A and most recently, 14-20 at Bucknell. Gaffney has been named Patriot League Connor O’Hara, Bucknell, Sr., A Faceoff Specialist of the Week four times this season, including a stretch of Mike Hawkins, Colgate, Fr., A three straight weeks in March. He has won 10 weekly awards over the first Lucas Spence, Lehigh, Jr ., A two years of his career. Reed Malas, Bucknell, Jr., M Sam Cleveland, Colgate, So., M Spence earned his first-career All-League recognition after quietly putting Griffin Brown, Colgate, So., M together a very impressive season. The Springfield, Pa. native has multiple Jon Duffy, Loyola Maryland, Jr., M points in every game of 2018, standing second on the team in goals (29) and Ryan Wade, Navy, Jr., M points (49) while his 20 assists are tied for the team lead. Spence is tied for Matt Gilray, Bucknell, Sr., D fifth in the Patriot League in points, stands eighth in goals and tied for seventh Benny Borgognone, Bucknell, Sr., D in assists. He enjoyed a breakout performance in the league opener vs. Holy Matt Farrell, Holy Cross, Jr., D Cross, tallying career highs in goals (6) and points (7) while adding six points Eddie Bouhall, Lehigh, Jr ., D (four goals, two assists) at Lafayette. Included in that effort was a personal 3-0 Ryan Kern, Navy, So., GK run in the span of 35 seconds. Spence recorded five points (two goals, three Teddy Leggett, Lehigh, Fr ., LSM assists) at Hofstra while posting four points in each of the last two games DJ Plumer, Navy, Sr., SSDM entering the postseason, vs. No. 9/11 Cornell and at No. 11/12 Bucknell. *Due to a tie, there are two faceoff specialist on the first team and no faceoff Bouhall was named second team All-Patriot League for a second straight specialist on the second team season as a key part of Lehigh’s defense. Bouhall is tied for fourth in the league ^Due to a tie, there are five midfielders on the second team with 20 caused turnovers while adding 37 groundballs. Among his strong performances was six groundballs and four caused turnovers against Navy to tie a career high in both categories. Bouhall recorded three groundballs and three caused turnovers at No. 13/14 North Carolina while following with five groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. Holy Cross. 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ALL-TIME IN THE PL TOURNAMENT COLGATE SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT This marks the Mountain Hawks’ 10th appearance in the Patriot League Tournament and eighth in a Overall: Colgate leads, 28-17 LEWISBURG, Pa. (4/20/18) - The No. 19 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored three straight first-half goals to take a 5-3 lead, but No. row. It marks the first time Lehigh has qualified in Last Meeting: Mar. 3, 2018 11/12 Bucknell answered with a pair of 5-0 runs separated by an eight consecutive seasons. The Mountain Hawks are Last Result: Lehigh, 10-7 Ian Strain goal, to pull away, 14-7 on Friday evening in the regular Current Streak: Lehigh - 3 wins season finale for both teams. With the loss, Lehigh falls to 8-6, 5-3 in the only team to advance to each of the last eight Last 10: North Lehigh, 7-3 Patriot League play. The Mountain Hawks will be the No. 4 seed in Patriot League Tournaments. Lehigh qualified two the upcoming Patriot League Tournament and will host fifth-seeded Colgate in the quarterfinals this Tuesday at 7 p.m. straight years in 2005 and 06, falling to Navy in both Last 10 meetings: occasions. Lehigh is 6-7 all-time in the Patriot League Mar. 3, 2018 at Lehigh Lehigh, 10-7 Score By Quarter Tournament, all wins coming in a row from 2012-14. Mar. 5, 2017 at Colgate Lehigh, 11-5 Lehigh 2 4 0 1 7 Mar. 5, 2016 at Lehigh Lehigh, 12-9 Bucknell 3 5 2 4 14 Apr. 4, 2015 at Colgate Colgate, 12-8 Year Opponent Results Lehigh Scoring Apr. 5, 2014 at Lehigh Lehigh, 11-7 GOALS: Lucas Spence (2), Nolan Apers (2), Ian Strain (1), Andrew 2005 Navy (at Navy) L, 10-6 * Apr. 26, 2013 at Lehigh Lehigh, 15-7 Pettit (1), Ryan Klose (1) 2006 Navy (at Colgate) L, 9-2 Apr. 6, 2013 at Lehigh Lehigh, 13-10 ASSISTS: Lucas Spence (2), Tristan Rai (1), Ian Strain (1) 2011 Bucknell (at Bucknell) L, 13-5 * Apr. 29, 2012 at Colgate Lehigh, 16-14 Army (at Colgate) W, 13-7 2012 Apr. 7, 2012 at Colgate Colgate, 11-10 (OT) Final Statistics 2012 Colgate (at Colgate) W, 16-14 Apr. 9, 2011 at Lehigh Colgate, 11-8 Lehigh Bucknell 2013 Colgate (at Lehigh) W, 15-7 Shots 25 43 *Patriot League Tournament Groundballs 23 33 2013 Bucknell (at Lehigh) W, 11-5 Faceoffs 15-24 9-24 2014 Navy (at Lehigh) W, 10-6 Clears 8-10 15-16 2014 Army (at Loyola) W, 12-11 LAST GAME VS. COLGATE (NOTES) Extra-man opps 1-2 1-4 2014 Loyola (at Loyola) L, 16-7 - The Mountain Hawks scored the game’s first two Saves 6 9 2015 Bucknell (at Bucknell) L, 13-8 goals and final four to defeat visiting Colgate, 10-7. Turnovers 13 8 2016 Army West Point (at Army) L, 13-6 Trailing 7-6 late in the third quarter, Lehigh outscored 2017 Boston University (at Boston U) L, 10-4 Colgate 4-0 the rest of the way. - Senior John Mehok had a hand in three of those scores (two goals, one assist), finishing the game with SCOUTING COLGATE career highs in goals (4) and points (5). LAST TIME VS. COLGATE Colgate is in the midst of an up-and-down season, - Equally as impressive was Lehigh’s defense, which finishing the regular season 7-6 overall, 3-5 in Patriot held the nation’s No. 3 scoring offense entering the BETHLEHEM, Pa. (3/3/18) - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored League play. Most recently, the Raiders snapped a day to fewer shots on goal (13) than it was averaging the game’s first two goals, and the final four, as the Mountain Hawks goals entering the day (15.75). The Mountain Hawks improved to 2-0 in Patriot League play with a 10-7 win over visiting three-game losing streak with a 17-9 win at Lafayette held the Raiders scoreless for the game’s final 19:48 Colgate on Saturday afternoon at the Ulrich Sports Complex. In the to clinch a Patriot League Tournament berth. Colgate along with the game’s first 14:45 and later for a stretch end, Lehigh shut-out the Raiders for the game’s final 19:48, holding Colgate – the nation’s No. 3 scoring offense entering the day – more also has an impressive nonleague win on its resume of 12:11, bridging the second and third quarters. than eight goals under its average entering the day (15.75). over Cornell on Feb. 17. Sam Cleveland leads the - Junior Craig Chick helped lead the defense with three groundballs and three caused turnovers, reach- Score By Quarter Raiders with 29 assists and is tied for the team lead in ing 90-career caused turnovers. Colgate 1 4 2 0 7 points (38). Mike Hawkins also has 38 points behind - Junior Eddie Bouhall recorded four groundballs and Lehigh 2 3 2 3 10 30 goals and eight assists while Griffin Brown comes a caused turnover while freshman Teddy Leggett tied Lehigh Scoring in at 35 points (team-leading 32 goals, three assists). a career-high four groundballs. Sophomore short-stick GOALS: John Mehok (4), Tristan Rai (2), Andrew Pettit (2), Mickey defensive midfielder Christian McHugh was strong, Fitzpatrick (2) Colin Orr has won 60.1 percent of his faceoffs (187-of- tying a career-high two groundballs while causing a ASSISTS: Lucas Spence (3), Mickey Fitzpatrick (1), John Mehok (1), 311) with a team-leading 69 groundballs while Jack key turnover. Andrew Pettit (1), Tristan Rai (1), Ian Strain (1) Donaghue owns a team-leading 12 caused turnovers. - Freshman goaltender James Spence was strong in Final Statistics A pair of goalies have started games between the stopping three-of-four shots in the first quarter and Colgate Lehigh three-of-five in the second half to finish with six stops. Shots 19 26 pipes, led by Connor Mullen, who has tallied a 9.70 - Sophomore Conor Gaffney won just one of his first Groundballs 18 33 goals against average and 0.492 save percentage in five faceoffs, but responded to win 10 of his final 15 Faceoffs 9-20 11-20 Clears 11-16 15-15 10 games (all starts). to finish 11-of-20 with four groundballs. Extra-man opps 0-2 0-3 - One week after scoring six goals, Lucas Spence Saves 3 6 dished three assists. Senior Ian Strain also tallied Turnovers 17 13 ALL-TIME SERIES WITH COLGATE an assist. Every Lehigh goal or assist on Saturday Lehigh has won three straight and seven of the last was recorded by the Mountain Hawks’ six starting eight meetings against Colgate. The Mountain Hawks attackmen/midfielders. AWARDS & HONORS - The Mountain Hawks improved to 3-0 at home for Tewaaraton Award Watch List: Andrew Pettit won 10-7 in the regular season, won at Colgate last just the second time in the last seven years. Patriot League Preseason Honors March (11-5) and defeated the Raiders in 2016 (12-9). Preseason All-League: Craig Chick, Eddie Bouhall, Conor Gaffney The teams played in the 2013 Patriot League Semi- Patriot League Weekly Honors finals (15-7 Lehigh win) and 2012 league title game SUSTAINED SUCCESS Offensive Player of the Week: Andrew Pettit (3/12) The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team was tied for third in Defensive Player of the Week: Craig Chick (3/12) (16-14 Mountain Hawks’ victory). Lehigh’s only loss the nation in wins from 2002-14, winning 39 games Goalkeeper of the Week: James Spence (3/12) in its last eight meetings came at Colgate on Apr. 4, Faceoff Specialist of the Week: Conor Gaffney (2/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26) over those three seasons. Duke led the way with 48 Rookie of the Week: James Spence (4/2) 2015, a 12-8 Raiders’ victory. Lehigh has won four wins in that span while Loyola had 44 and Lehigh Honorable Mentions: Craig Chick (2/12), Lucas Spence (2/26), John Mehok (3/5), Craig Chick (4/2), Conor Gaffney (4/16), Conor Gaffney (4/23) straight at home vs. Colgate. The schools first met in and Denver tallied 39. 1956, a 16-0 Colgate victory. Lehigh’s first win was USILA National Team of the Week: Andrew Pettit (3/13) in 1960 by an 8-6 final. WINS FROM 2012-14 Misc Awards/Honors Tewaaraton Award Watch List: Andrew Pettit Team Wins Win Percentage 1. Duke 48 .787 INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES 2. Loyola 44 .846 Player Milestone Currently 3 . LEHIGH 39 .750 MOST CAUSED TURNOVERS Eddie Bouhall 100 groundballs 114 Denver 39 .722 50 caused turnovers 58 5. Bryant 38 .655 (Among Teammates, 2017 Season) Conor Gaffney 150 groundballs 183 6. Syracuse 36 .679 Players Combined CTs 250 faceoff wins 317 Notre Dame 36 .720 1. Brendan Hynes (50) & Ryan Dennis (30) 80 Craig Chick 100 caused turnovers 112 8. Maryland 35 .714 Richmond 150 groundballs 154 9. Cornell 34 .723 2. Ryan O’Donoghue (45) & Chase Godfrey (24) 69 Teddy Leggett 50 groundballs 55 North Carolina 34 .694 Sacred Heart Andrew Pettit 50 goals 76 10. Drexel 32 .653 3. Craig Chick (40) & Eddie Bouhall (20) 60 100 points 107 Fairfield 32 .681 Lehigh Lucas Spence 50 goals 45 Johns Hopkins 32 .696 50 points 69 Yale 32 .681 Ian Strain 50 points 50 100 groundballs 93

Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 4 RISE OF THE DEFENSE AROUND THE Stellar defense played a key role in Lehigh’s success from 2012-14 when it won two consecutive Patriot League Championships in 2012 and 2013 then made it back to the title game in 2014. This season, the PATRIOT LEAGUE Mountain Hawks are once again featuring one of the nation’s top defenses. PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS Year National Rank Goals Allowed/Game League Overall 2018 21st 9.36 W L W L 2017 26th 10.00 Loyola 7 1 10 3 2016 47th 10.87 Navy 7 1 9 4 Bucknell 7 1 11 3 2015 30th 10.06 LEHIGH 5 3 8 6 2014 2nd 7.22 Colgate 3 5 7 6 2013 6th 7.94 Boston University 3 5 7 7 2012 2nd 6.82 Army West Point 2 6 5 7 Holy Cross 2 6 4 9 *As of Tuesday, Apr . 17 Lafayette 0 8 3 12 *As of Monday, Apr. 23

Upcoming Patriot League Schedule (Out-of-town games) TREMENDOUS TRIO Tuesday Junior Craig Chick, freshman Teddy Leggett and junior Eddie Bouhall have had a knack of taking the ball No. 5 Colgate at No. 4 Lehigh ...... 7 p.m. away. This season, the three by far and away lead the nation in caused turnovers among three teammates. No. 6 Boston U at No. 3 Bucknell ...... 7:30 p.m. The 75 combined caused turnovers this season are tied for third by any Lehigh trio in school history. Friday Patriot League Semifinals Caused Turnovers among three teammates 1 . Chick (35) - Leggett (20) - Bouhall (20) (Lehigh) - 75 2. Bryant (31) - Christianson (20) - Toomb (15) (Robert Morris) - 66 3. Huggins (44) - McNulty (11) - Two Players (10) (Loyola) - 65 4. Hughes (32) - O’Brien (15) - DeHueck (15) (Mercer) - 62 USILA COACHES POLL (4/23) 5. Walsh (31) - Lane (22) - O’Donnell (8) (VMI) - 61 Record Pts Last 6. Hayes (28) - Horton (16) - Masterson (15) (Detroit) - 59 1 Duke 12-2 409 (14) T-3 7. Park (30) - Stofko (17) - Two Players (8) (Wagner) - 55 2 Yale 11-2 391 (5) 5 *As of Monday, Apr. 23 3 Maryland 10-2 369 1 4 Denver 10-2 350 (2) T-3 Caused Turnovers among three Lehigh teammates, single season 5 Albany 11-2 331 2 (Since 2010 when caused turnovers became an official NCAA statistic) 6 Loyola 10-3 321 6 7 Johns Hopkins 9-3 291 7 1. Chick (37) - Telesco (30) - Bouhall (18) (2016) - 85 8 Cornell 10-3 284 8 2. Telesco (36) - O’Shaughnessy (24) - Mikelinich (18) (2014) - 78 9 Rutgers 9-4 258 10 3. Chick (40) - Bouhall (20) - Norris (15) (2017) - 75 10 Bucknell 11-3 224 11 Chick (35) - Leggett (20) - Bouhall (20) (2018) - 75 11 Virginia 10-4 194 13 5. Noone (26) - Souders (19) - Lanius (19) (2013) - 64 12 Syracuse 7-5 172 9 Noone (28) - Molnar (21) - Souders (15) (2012) - 64 13 Navy 9-4 171 16 14 Penn State 8-5 135 12 15 Villanova 9-4 122 15 RANKED WIN ON LONG ISLAND (MAR. 20) 16 Notre Dame 6-5 92 14 - Lehigh trailed 3-0, but went on to post two separate 5-0 runs, including five straight goals to end the 17 Georgetown 9-4 64 18 18 Robert Morris 10-3 63 17 game. Hofstra scored its third straight goal to tie the score at eight with 1:17 left in the third quarter, but 19 Ohio State 7-6 61 N/R sophomore Andrew Eichelberger answered with nine seconds remaining in the stanza and Lehigh fol- 20 UMass 9-4 60 N/R lowed by outscoring the Pride 4-0 in the fourth, on the way to the program’s first-ever win over Hofstra. Others Receiving Votes: North Carolina, Saint Joseph’s, - The Mountain Hawks also ended the Pride’s four-game winning streak, scoring double-figure goals against Penn, LEHIGH, Vermont, Bryant, Princeton, Michigan Hofstra for the first time this season; the most goals Hofstra had previously allowed was nine against Ohio

State. The Pride had allowed just 22 total goals over their four-game winning streak. - Junior Andrew Pettit helped lead a Lehigh offense which scored 13 goals against the nation’s No. 1 de- fense. Pettit finished with three goals and four assists, having a hand in more goals (seven) than the Pride MAVERICK MEDIA POLL (4/23) were allowing all season (6.33 entering Tuesday). Pettit had a hand in seven of Lehigh’s first eight goals, helping the Mountain Hawks stage an 8-2 run to turn a 3-0 deficit into an 8-5 lead. Record Pts Last 1 Yale 11 - 2 624 (22) 5 - In total, Lehigh’s starting attackmen combined for 17 points as junior Tristan Rai added three goals and 2 Duke 12 - 2 607 (9) 3 two assists while classmate Lucas Spence had two goals and a career-high tying three assists. 3 Maryland 10 - 2 557 (1) 1 - Senior Nolan Apers scored two goals, which came consecutively in the fourth quarter to give Lehigh 4 Denver 10 - 2 542 4 a 12-8 lead. Sophomore Austin Pierce scored a man-up goal earlier in the quarter while a Spence goal 5 Albany 11 - 2 506 2 rounded out the scoring in the fourth. 6 Cornell 10 - 3 473 6 7 Johns Hopkins 9 - 3 446 7 - Eichelberger tied a career-high two goals for a second straight game. Lehigh assisted on 10 of its 13 goals 8 Loyola 10 - 3 428 8 Tuesday and has assisted on 23-of-32 goals over its past two games. 9 Rutgers 9 - 4 382 10 - Lehigh’s defense continued its strong play; after allowing three goals in the game’s first 10:43, the Moun- 10 Bucknell 11 - 3 337 12 tain Hawks allowed just five over the final 49:17 to lower its already strong goals against average to 8.11, 11 Navy 9 - 4 310 14 12 Syracuse 7 - 5 257 9 still No. 6 nationally. 13 Virginia 10 - 4 249 13 - Junior Craig Chick led the way with four caused turnovers to move him from 96 to 100 in his career, 14 Penn State 8 - 5 235 11 eclipsing Tripp Telesco’s school record of 97. Chick is currently No. 16 in NCAA history in career caused 15 Villanova 9 - 4 177 16 turnovers, just six from tying the Patriot League career mark of 106 held by Colgate’s Bobby Lawrence. 16 UMass 9 - 4 145 18 - Freshman excelled as well, recording five groundballs and two caused turnovers. 17 Georgetown 9 - 4 114 17 Teddy Leggett 18 Notre Dame 6 - 5 80 15 - Sophomore Conor Gaffney continued his strong play in the faceoff circle, winning 15-of-24 against 19 Ohio State 7 - 6 77 24 Hofstra’s Kyle Gallagher, who entered the day having won 61.8 percent on the year. Gaffney reached 250 20 Robert Morris 10 - 3 74 19 career faceoff wins and 150 groundballs in the victory. Receiving Votes: Vermont, Saint Joseph’s, Penn, LEHIGH, Michigan, North Carolina, UMBC, Richmond

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Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 5 LEHIGH RISES INTO NATIONAL RANKINGS; FOUR EARN WEEKLY 10 dating back to 2016. AWARDS (MAR. 12) So far this season, Pettit has 53 points (34 goals, 19 assists) through 14 Following an exciting 9-7 win at No. 12 Army West Point, four members of games . Pettit is currently 25th in the nation in points per game (3.79) (as of the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team have earned Patriot League weekly awards Monday, Apr. 24). He’s also second nationally in extra-man goals (8). He while the Mountain Hawks have jumped into the national polls for the first has led the Mountain Hawks in goals (or tied for the lead) seven times in 14 time since 2015. Juniors Andrew Pettit and Craig Chick were named the games, and has six hat tricks so far in 2018. One highlight was a career-high league’s Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, sopho- tying five-goal effort at Army West Point, which included a natural hat trick more Conor Gaffney was named Faceoff Specialist of the Week and freshman (three straight goals) in the fourth quarter to turn a one-goal deficit into a James Spence garnered Goalie of the Week. Also on Monday, the Mountain two-goal lead. He also had seven points (three goals, four assists) in a 13-8 Hawks were ranked No. 16 in the Maverick Media Poll and 17 in the USILA win at No. 18/19 Hofstra (Mar. 20), contributing to more goals himself (7) Coaches Poll as Lehigh jumped into the national rankings for the first time in than Hofstra (the nation’s No. 1 scoring defense) were allowing entering the more than three years. Lehigh was also ranked No. 14 in this week’s Nike/U.S. day (6.33). He was added to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on Mar. 22. Lacrosse Division I Men’s Top 20. The last time the Mountain Hawks were nationally-ranked, they stood No. 20 in the Feb. 23, 2015 Maverick Media Poll. Pettit has recorded multiple goals in 24 of his last 29 games dating back to the end of his freshman season . He owns 25-career multi-goal games, 28-career LEHIGH PICKED SIXTH, THREE NAMED PRESEASON ALL-LEAGUE multi-point games and 13-career hat tricks. The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team has been picked sixth in the Patriot League preseason poll while juniors Craig Chick and Eddie Bouhall and sophomore NOONE WINS MLL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH MACHINE Conor Gaffney were named preseason All-League, as announced on Tuesday, One year after falling to former Lehigh teammate Noah Molnar and his Jan. 30. The Mountain Hawks are coming off their seventh straight Patriot in the MLL Finals, Mike Noone got revenge as his Ohio Ma- League Tournament berth last season; Lehigh and Army West Point are the chine captured the 2017 title with a 17-12 win over Molnar’s Outlaws. Noone only two teams to advance to each of the last seven league tourneys. played in 10 games during the regular season, posting 10 groundballs and a caused turnover. Molnar finished the 2017 regular season with four goals, two TEAM CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED assists, 19 groundballs and seven caused turnovers. Noone had a groundball Lehigh head men’s lacrosse coach Kevin Cassese announced in the fall that and caused turnover in the championship game held Saturday, Aug. 19 at senior Ian Strain will serve as the Mountain Hawks’ 2018 captain while junior Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas, while Molnar collected a groundball. Craig Chick and seniors John Mehok and Nolan Apers were named assistant captains. Strain has plenty of experience in a leadership role after serving as EXTRA-MAN PROFICIENCY co-captain with Cody Triolo and Donny Stires last season. The captains were The Mountain Hawks have converted an impressive 66 .7 percent of their voted on by the team. Junior Andrew Pettit was added as an assistant captain man-up opportunities this season (24-of-36). That percentage is good for first during the season, as announced on Mar. 20. in the nation, ahead of Maryland’s 63.6 percentage. Both Lehigh would be No. 2 in NCAA history if the season ended today. Detroit holds the all-time record, converting at a 70.8 percent clip in 2014. Second place entering the MOLNAR NAMED TO TEAM ISRAEL year was Marist at 60.7 percent in 2016. In November, former Lehigh men’s lacrosse standout Noah Molnar ‘13 was named to the roster for the men’s national team which is set to compete in the All-Time Man-Up Efficiency (Entering 2018) upcoming 2018 FIL World Championships. The championships will take place Team Year Man-Up Goals Opportunities Pct. from July 12-21 in Netanya, Israel. Molnar is a two-time Patriot League Cham- Detroit 2014 34 48 .708 pion with the Mountain Hawks and is currently a mainstay for the Denver Marist 2016 17 28 .607 Outlaws of . Israel is coming off a seventh-place finish Johns Hopkins 2017 26 43 .605 at the 2014 championships, with nine players from that team set to return in Denver 2015 38 63 .603 North Carolina 1985 41 70 .586 2018. The roster is composed of both Israeli players, as well as members of the Jewish diaspora, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Fed- eration of International Lacrosse (FIL). In conjunction with the Israel Lacrosse CHAOTIC CHICK Junior Craig Chick has emerged as a premier defensive player in the country Tzedakah Program, each player will be competing in honor of a charity of as he is first in caused turnovers since the beginning of 2016 (112) (as of Mon- his choosing. Molnar finished his Lehigh career with 71 groundballs and 49 day, Apr . 23) . He is already ninth in NCAA history in career caused turnovers. caused turnovers (currently tied for eighth in school history). Chick finished his freshman season as the national leader in caused turnovers IMPRESSIVE JUNIORS with 37. His big breakout came on Apr. 12 at Princeton when he posted 10 Lehigh’s current junior class has been stellar. Last year, they combined for 80 groundballs and eight caused turnovers. The eight caused turnovers were the goals (58.4% of team total), 42 assists (46.7%), 145 groundballs (32.6%) and most by a Lehigh player since Evan Guerrero had nine against Saint Joseph’s 76 caused turnovers (65.5%) last season (2017). As a team, Lehigh finished on Feb. 14, 2009. Chick tied for the most caused turnovers in the nation in with 137 goals, 90 assists, 445 groundballs and 116 caused turnovers. Seven 2016 (Division I) and tied Princeton’s Sherrerd Field record, originally set by started much of last season (Eddie Bouhall, Craig Chick and Matt Rimol on Villanova’s Brian Karalunas. Chick followed with seven groundballs and defense, Lucas Spence in the midfield and Andrew Pettit and Tristan Rai seven caused turnovers just four days later against Cornell. Chick finished at attack, and Chris Kiernan in goal). Mickey Fitzpatrick also started three the season with 41 groundballs and 25 caused turnovers over his last eight games in the midfield. games. As a sophomore, Chick posted 58 groundballs and school-record 40 caused turnovers (third in the nation). On five different occasions, Chick So far this year, the class has combined for 104 goals (out of 151, 68 .9% of tallied four or more caused turnovers and had a stretch of 10 straight games team total) and 66 assists (out of 94, 70 .2%) . Defensively, the junior class with multiple caused turnovers. has tallied 176 groundballs (out of 450, 39 .1%) and 69 caused turnovers (out of 112, 61 .6%) . So far in 2018, Chick has 35 caused turnovers, currently second in the nation. Here are some game-by-game highlights. PROLIFIC PETTIT - Recorded a groundball and caused turnover at No. 11/12 Bucknell (Apr. 20) Junior Andrew Pettit was one of the Patriot League’s, and nation’s, top to move into a tie for ninth place in NCAA history with 112. goal scorers last season. He finished the year with 35 goals in 14 games. - Posted four groundballs and two caused turnovers against No. 9/11 Cornell His goal total was second in the league while his 2.5 goals per contest was (Apr. 14), moving into the top 10 in NCAA history in career caused turnovers No. 1 in the Patriot League and No. 17 nationally. Pettit began last season with No. 111. with multiple goals in his first nine games of the season before he was held - Tallied two groundballs and a caused turnover vs. No. 11/12 Loyola (Apr. goal-less at Loyola on Apr. 8. Pettit was the only player in the nation to 7) while scoring Lehigh’s first goal of the game. score multiple goals in every game up until that point as his streak reached Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 Notes continued on page eight 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 6

NCAA SNEARtatistics THE TOP OF THE NATION (THROUGH GAMES APR. 22)

Lehigh - 2017-18 Men's Lacrosse Ranking Summary thru games 04/22/2018

National Conference Conference Statistic Value National Leader Value Value Rank Rank Leader Assists Per Game (69 ranked) 19 4 6.79 Cornell 10.54 Loyola Maryland 7.85 Caused Turnovers Per Game (69 ranked) 15 3 8.00 Hampton 12.09 Loyola Maryland 10.31 Clearing Percentage (69 ranked) 39 4 0.872 Ohio St. 0.937 Bucknell 0.893 Face-Off Winning Percentage (69 ranked) 11 2 0.602 Albany (NY) 0.787 Colgate 0.614 Ground Balls Per Game (69 ranked) 7 1 32.14 Virginia 37.71 Lehigh 32.14 Man-Down Defense (69 ranked) 42 6 0.643 Bellarmine 0.857 Colgate 0.738 Man-Up Offense (69 ranked) 1 1 0.667 Lehigh 0.667 Lehigh 0.667 Points Per Game (69 ranked) 23 4 17.57 Cornell 25.69 Loyola Maryland 21.38 Saves Per Game (69 ranked) 66 8 8.29 Brown 14.33 Boston U. 12.21 Scoring Defense (69 ranked) 21 5 9.36 Hofstra 7.17 Army West Point 7.67 Scoring Margin (69 ranked) 23 5 1.43 Albany (NY) 6.38 Loyola Maryland 4.92 Scoring Offense (69 ranked) 31 4 10.79 Cornell 15.15 Loyola Maryland 13.54 Shot Percentage (69 ranked) 21 4 0.324 Cornell 0.420 Loyola Maryland 0.358 Turnovers Per Game (69 ranked) 45 6 13.64 Maryland 9.67 Bucknell 10.64 Winning Percentage (68 ranked) 25 4 0.571 Duke 0.857 Bucknell 0.786

National Conference Conference Statistic Player Value National Leader Value Value Rank Rank Leader Assists Per Game (150 ranked) Tristan Rai 48 6 1.43 Michael Sowers, Princeton 4.50 Will Sands, Bucknell 3.79 Lucas Spence 48 6 1.43 Andrew Pettit 60 9 1.36 Caused Turnovers Per Game (73 ranked) Craig Chick 3 2 2.50 Foster Huggins, Loyola Maryland 3.38 Foster Huggins, Loyola Maryland 3.38 Eddie Bouhall 28 5 1.43 Teddy Leggett 28 5 1.43 Face-Off Winning Pct (74 ranked) Conor Gaffney 13 1 0.602 TD Ierlan, Albany (NY) 0.816 Conor Gaffney, Lehigh 0.602 Goals Per Game (147 ranked) Andrew Pettit 34 6 2.43 Justin Guterding, Duke 3.50 Sean O'Brien, Bucknell 2.86 Lucas Spence 69 9 2.07 Goals-Against Average (64 ranked) James Spence 21 5 8.97 Jack Concannon, Hofstra 7.11 AJ Barretto, Army West Point 7.64 Ground Balls Per Game (74 ranked) Conor Gaffney 18 1 6.21 TD Ierlan, Albany (NY) 13.46 Conor Gaffney, Lehigh 6.21 Teddy Leggett 50 9 3.93 Individual Man-up Goals (45 ranked) Andrew Pettit 2 1 8 William Perry, North Carolina 11 Andrew Pettit, Lehigh 8 Austin Pierce 24 5 5 Lucas Spence 24 5 5 Points Per Game (149 ranked) Andrew Pettit 25 4 3.79 Jeff Teat, Cornell 6.69 Pat Spencer, Loyola Maryland 5.85 Lucas Spence 40 5 3.50 Tristan Rai 91 13 2.86 Save Percentage (64 ranked) James Spence 46 7 0.490 Alex Heger, Robert Morris 0.608 Joe McSorley, Boston U. 0.523 Saves Per Game (67 ranked) James Spence 59 9 7.36 Hunter Braun, UMass Lowell 13.77 Joe McSorley, Boston U. 11.50 Shot Percentage (75 ranked) Tristan Rai 49 6 0.400 Phillip Robertson, Princeton 0.646 Jay Drapeau, Loyola Maryland 0.485

AMONG THE NATION’S ELITE - A number of Mountain Hawks currently stand (As of Monday, Apr . 23) among the nation’s leaders in career categories.

Career Faceoff Percentage Career Points Per Game Career Goals Per Game 1 TD Ierlan , Albany (NY) 0.750 1 Jeff Teat , Cornell 6.12 1 Connor Fields , Albany (NY) 3.02 2 Trevor Baptiste , Denver 0.718 2 Michael Sowers , Princeton 5.96 2 Mac O’Keefe , Penn St. 2.93 3 Gerard Arceri , Penn St. 0.655 3 Connor Fields , Albany (NY) 5.38 3 Justin Guterding , Duke 2.83 4 Dylan Protesto , Hartford 0.642 4 Pat Spencer , Loyola Maryland 5.28 4 Ethan Walker , Denver 2.79 5 Conor Gaffney , Lehigh 0 .605 5 Justin Guterding , Duke 4.68 5 Jeff Teat , Cornell 2.62 6 Kenny Massa , Bryant 0.605 6 Ben Reeves , Yale 4.53 6 Ben Reeves , Yale 2.50 7 Hunter Forbes , Jacksonville 0.605 7 Ethan Walker , Denver 4.48 7 Michael Kraus , Virginia 2.48 8 Alex Woodall , Towson 0.590 8 Michael Kraus , Virginia 4.38 8 Michael Sowers , Princeton 2.44 9 Conor Mackie , Yale 0.589 9 Will Sands , Bucknell 4.23 9 Ian MacKay , Vermont 2.42 10 AJ Krstulovic , VMI 0.586 10 Connor Kearnan , Canisius 4.08 10 Brent Noseworthy , Michigan 2.41 11 Ted Ottens , Brown 0.585 ...... 12 Noah Rak , Massachusetts 0.584 31 Matthew Vangalen , Detroit Mercy 2.97 21 Connor Kearnan , Canisius 2.13 13 Matthew Pedicine , Hobart & William Smith 0.576 32 Tristan Rai , Lehigh 2 .95 22 Dox Aitken , Virginia 2.10 14 Hunter Moreland , Johns Hopkins 0.576 33 Joe Saggese , Sacred Heart 2.93 23 Griffin Feiner , Hartford 2.10 15 Dan O’Connell , Holy Cross 0.574 34 Chris DiPretoro , Mt. St. Mary’s 2.92 24 Gavin McBride , Princeton 2.08 16 Will Vitelli , Quinnipiac 0.571 35 Tre Leclaire , Ohio St. 2.91 25 Chris Walsch , Air Force 2.08 26 Jake Carraway , Georgetown 2.07 17 Joe Varello , Navy 0.569 36 Parker Giarrantana , Manhattan 2.90 27 Justin Scott , Hobart and William Smith 2.07 18 Will Fox , Fairfield 0.559 37 Andrew Pettit , Lehigh 2 .89 28 Andrew Pettit , Lehigh 2 .05 19 Justin Schwenk , Virginia 0.558 38 Chris Aslanian , Hobart and William Smith 2.89 20 John Ragno , Army West Point 0.553 29 Max Tuttle , Sacred Heart 2.05

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- At Boston University (Mar. 31), recorded four caused turnovers for a third Caused Turnovers - NCAA History (As of Monday, Apr . 23) consecutive game. In the process, he became the Patriot League all-time ca- Since 2010 when caused turnovers became an official NCAA statistic reer leader for caused turnovers, eclipsing the previous record of 106 held by Player Years Games CTs Colgate’s Bobby Lawrence. 1. Jordan Houtby, Detroit 2010-13 61 158 - Against Navy (Mar. 24), posted four caused turnovers for a second straight 2. Brendan Hynes, Richmond 2014-17 65 151 game while adding four groundballs. 3. Ryan O’Donoghue, Sacred Heart 2014-17 57 124 4. Jamie Hebden, Detroit 2010-13 60 123 - Recorded four groundballs at No. 18/19 Hofstra (Mar. 20), passing Tripp John LoCascio, Villanova 2011-14 61 123 Telesco for the Lehigh career record and also reaching 100 career caused 6. Brian Karalunas, Villanova 2010-11 31 122 turnovers in the process. He became just the 16th player in NCAA history to 7. Larken Kemp, Brown 2014-17 65 119 reach that milestone . 8. Jason Noble, Cornell 2010-13 65 115 - Had a groundball and two caused turnovers at Lafayette (Mar. 17). 9. Craig Chick, Lehigh 2016-pres . 43 112* - Tallied a groundball and caused turnover against No. 16/18 Rutgers (Mar. 14). Tyler Prasnicki, VMI 2012-15 53 112 - Collected seven groundballs and three caused turnovers to lead Lehigh to a 11. Ryan Dennis, Richmond 2014-17 65 110 big 9-7 win at No. 12 Army West Point (Mar. 10). Chick was rewarded with 12. Michael McCormack, Yale 2010-13 61 109 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second time in 13. Bobby Lawrence, Colgate 2011-14 65 106* 14. Brian Megill, Syracuse 2010-13 69 103 his career. 15. Liam Byrnes, Marquette 2013-16 61 102 - Finished with three groundballs and three caused turnovers, helping the 16. Jackson Place, Bucknell 2011-14 62 101* Mountain Hawks hold Colgate (Mar. 3) to fewer shots on goal (13) than it 17. Sean Meagher, Robert Morris 2011-14 45 98 was averaging goals (15.75) entering the game. The Raiders entered as the 18. Tripp Telesco, Lehigh 2013-16 61 97* No. 3 scoring offense in the nation. 19. Tyler Mayes, Towson 2014-17 68 93 - Posted five groundballs and three caused turnovers in dominant win over 20. Will Farrell, Saint Joseph’s 2012-15 56 92 Holy Cross (Feb. 24). Also scored first goal of the season. 21. Erik Cannon, Lafayette 2014-17 51 91* - Recorded a groundball and caused turnover at No. 13/14 UNC (Feb. 17). 22. Peter Johnson, Yale 2010-13 61 90 - Tallied two groundballs and four caused turnovers at Mercer (Feb. 10) to 23. Jesse Bernhardt, Maryland 2010-13 66 89 24. Scott Ratliff, Loyola Maryland 2010-13 58 88 earn honorable mention recognition on the Patriot League weekly honor roll. Luke Duprey, Duke 2011-14 76 88 - Began the season with three groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. 26. Scott McWilliams, Virginia 2011-14 65 87 NJIT (Feb. 3). 27. Nicholas Contino, Rutgers 2011-14 61 84 28. Matt Rees, Navy 2014-17 58 84* Caused Turnovers - Past two seasons - since start of 2016 season 29. Zach Esser, UMBC 2013-16 56 79 (As of Monday, Apr . 23) 30. Dominick Calisto, Boston U. 2014-17 58 79* Player Games CT Per Game *Patriot League student-athlete 1 Craig Chick (Lehigh) 43 112 2 .60 2 Brendan Hynes (Richmond) 32 86 2.69 RAI’S SCORING 3 Ryan O’Donoghue (Sacred Heart) 31 78 2.52 - Junior Tristan Rai enjoyed a sensational start to his collegiate career, fin- *Hynes and O’Donoghue graduated in 2017 ishing 2016 second on the Mountain Hawks in goals (31) and points (41). He led the nation in shooting percentage (.534), turning 58 shots into 31 goals. 2018 Caused Turnovers (As of Monday, Apr . 23) - As a sophomore, Rai tied for the team lead with 46 points (24 goals, Player Cl Games CT Per Game team-leading 22 assists). 1 Foster Huggins, Loyola Maryland (Patriot) Sr. 13 44 3.38 - So far as a junior, Rai owns 40 points via 20 goals and 20 assists . 2 Craig Chick, Lehigh (Patriot) Jr . 14 35 2 .50 3 Matt Hughes, Mercer (SoCon) Fr. 13 32 2.46 - For his career, Rai has double-figure goals in 20 games, multiple points in 4 Zachary Bryant, Robert Morris (NEC) Sr. 13 31 2.38 30 and 15 hat tricks. Kyle Walsh, VMI (SoCon) Jr. 11 31 2.82 6 Andrew Park, Wagner (NEC) Sr. 13 30 2.31 DEFENSE IS KEY • Lehigh owned the nation’s second-ranked defense in 2012 (6.61 goals per Final 2017 Caused Turnovers game) and followed by finishing sixth in 2013 (7.94) and second in 2014 Player Cl Games CT Per Game (7.22). In 2015, the Mountain Hawks allowed 10.06 goals per game while 1 Brendan Hynes, Richmond (Southern) Sr. 16 50 3.13 2 Ryan O’Donoghue, Sacred Heart (Northeast) Sr. 15 45 3.00 they allowed 10.87 per contest in 2016. Last season (2017), Lehigh allowed 3 Craig Chick, Lehigh (Patriot) So . 14 40 2 .86 10.00 goals per game. So far this year, the Mountain Hawks are allowing Tyler Mayes, Towson (Colonial) Sr. 17 40 2.35 9 .36 goals per game, 21st in the nation . 5 Scott Hooper, Virginia (Atlantic Coast) Jr. 15 35 2.33 • Lehigh enjoyed a strong start at No. 11/12 Bucknell (Apr. 20), holding the Bison to three goals over the game’s first 22:48. Final 2016 Caused Turnovers • The Mountain Hawks held No. 9/11 Cornell (Apr. 14) to 12 goals, its Player Cl Games CT Per Game fewest goals in six games - since scoring 11 on Mar. 17 vs. Yale. Cornell had 1 Craig Chick, Lehigh (Patriot) Fr . 15 37 2 .47 been averaging 18.6 goals over its previous five games entering the day. 2 Brendan Hynes, Richmond (Southern) Jr. 16 36 2.25 Lehigh held the Big Red to just six goals over the game’s final 42:44. Lehigh 3 Larken Kemp, Brown (Ivy League) Jr. 19 35 1.84 held Cornell to by far its lowest shot total of the season (23). The Big Red’s 4 Christopher Keating, Yale (Ivy League) Jr. 16 34 2.13 previous lowest was 30 5 Ryan O’Donoghue, Sacred Heart (Northeast) Jr. 16 33 2.06 • Lehigh’s defense allowed just six goals at Boston University (Mar. 31), Robert Duvnjak, Harvard (Ivy League) Sr. 16 33 2.06 exactly five goals below the Terriers’ season average. The six goals were a season low; the Terriers hadn’t scored fewer than eight in a game all season. Lehigh all-time career caused turnovers (As of Monday, Apr . 23) It also came just 11 days after Boston University scored 18 goals at Harvard Rank Number Player Years • The Mountain Hawks held No. 18/19 Hofstra (Mar. 20) to just eight goals, 1. 112 Craig Chick 2016-pres . 2. 97 Tripp Telesco 2013-16 including only five over the game’s final 49:17, allowing Lehigh to turn an 3. 71 Mike Noone 2010-13 early 3-0 deficit into a 13-8 win. 4. 65 Evan Guerrero 2007-10 • Lehigh held No. 16/18 Rutgers to eight goals (Mar. 14), just the second time 5. 59 Richard Bradley 2008-11 the Scarlet Knights were held to single digits and just one more goal than 6. 56 Ty Souders 2011-14 their previous season low of seven at Army. The Mountain Hawks allowed 7. 56 Dan Honeywell 2006-09 just 25 shots and 15 shots on goal, well below Rutgers’ averages of 34.8 and 8. 49 Casey Eidenshink 2013-16 22.3 entering the game. 49 Noah Molnar 2010-13 • The Mountain Hawks held No. 12 Army West Point (Mar. 10) to a sea- 10. 41 Dylan O’Shaughnessy 2012-14 son-low seven goals, two fewer goals than its previous season low of nine vs. Rutgers. Lehigh held Army almost six goals fewer than its average entering the game (12.80). • Lehigh held Colgate (Mar. 3) to just 19 shots for the game, only 13 on goal Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 8

- 2.75 fewer shots on goal than the Raiders were averaging goals through Below, please find the complete rundown of 10 + minute scoreless streaks four games. The 19 shots were 22 fewer shots than Colgate’s average of 41.0 this season . entering the game. The Mountain Hawks held Raiders’ leading scorer Mike Hawkins to just two points (two goals). Hawkins had been averaging 4.75 10+ minute shutout streaks (2018) 3/10 at Army: 10:10, 15:16, 11:39 points per game (19 in his first four games). Lehigh held Colgate scoreless 4/20 at Bucknell: 10:06 3/3 vs. Colgate: 14:45, 12:11, 19:48 for the game’s final 19:48, allowing the Mountain Hawks to end the game 4/14 vs. Cornell: 13:29 2/24 vs. Holy Cross: 15:07, 13:04, on a 4-0 run to turn a 7-6 deficit into a 10-7 victory. 3/31 at Boston U: 16:03, 13:02, 18:57 22:52 • Lehigh dominated against Holy Cross (Feb. 24), shutting out a team in the 3/24 vs. Navy: 11:56 2/17 at UNC: 10:49, 10:59, 10:02 first quarter for the first time since Mar. 5, 2017 at Colgate. The Mountain 3/20 at Hofstra: 16:02, 16:17 2/10 at Mercer: 15:56, 15:48, 14:31 Hawks allowed their fewest goals (4) since the 2016 season opener vs. NJIT 3/14 vs. Rutgers: 10:31, 12:50, 14:22 2/3 vs. NJIT: 12:25, 12:17, 10:15 and fewest in a Patriot League game since Mar. 29, 2014. Only three goals came in half-field offense; one came in transition off a faceoff win. • The Mountain Hawks fell down 6-3 early at Mercer (Feb. 10), but re- HAT TRICKING sponded to allow just two goals over the game’s final 46:15. After allowing - So far this year, Lehigh has 15 hat tricks with one in all but three games. 11 first-quarter shots, Lehigh allowed just 18 over the final three quarters. - vs. Cornell (1): Lucas Spence • Lehigh’s defense allowed eight goals in the season opener vs. NJIT (Feb. 3), - vs. Loyola (1): Andrew Pettit including just four goals over the game’s final 42:40. The Mountain Hawks - at Hofstra (2): Andrew Pettit, Tristan Rai allowed just eight second-half shots and only 20 shots for the game. - vs. Lafayette (3): Lucas Spence, Tristan Rai, Mickey Fitzpatrick - at Army (1): Andrew Pettit SHUTOUT STREAKS - vs. Colgate (1): John Mehok • In 2012, the Lehigh defense was dominant in stretches, pitching a shutout - vs. Holy Cross (1): Lucas Spence streak of 15 or more minutes in 15-of-17 games, including 13-of-14 wins. - at North Carolina (2): Andrew Pettit, Tristan Rai Then in 2013, the defense posted 17 separate shutout streaks of 15+ minutes - at Mercer (1): Andrew Pettit including in 10 of its 12 wins. In 2014, the Mountain Hawks had 15 streaks - vs. NJIT (2): Mickey Fitzpatrick, Andrew Pettit of 15+ minutes and 25 streaks of 10+ minutes. In 2015, Lehigh had 11 streaks - Here is the breakdown of hat tricks by player this season: Andrew Pettit (6), of 15+ minutes and 25 of 10+ minutes. Tristan Rai (3), Lucas Spence (3), Mickey Fitzpatrick (2) and John Mehok (1). • In 2016, the Mountain Hawks owned four streaks of 20+ minutes, eight - Rai leads the current team in active career hat tricks with 15 while Pettit streaks of 15+ minutes and 20 of 10+ minutes. owns 13, Spence has five and Fitzpatrick has two. • In 2017, Lehigh owned 11 streaks of 15+ minutes and 20 of 10+ minutes. • So far in 2018, the Mountain Hawks own 10 streaks of 15+ minutes and 29 of 10+ minutes . CHALLENGING 2018 SCHEDULE • The Mountain Hawks held No. 11/12 Bucknell (Apr. 20) scoreless for a The Mountain Hawks’ 2018 schedule is highlighted by nonleague matchups stretch of 10:06 bridging the end of the first quarter and beginning of the at North Carolina, vs. Rutgers, at Hofstra and vs. Cornell. North Carolina second, allowing Lehigh to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 lead. finished the 2017 season ranked No. 10 in the national USILA Coaches Poll, • Lehigh held No. 9/11 Cornell (Apr. 14) scoreless for a stretch of 13:29 Rutgers finished No. 12, and Hofstra No.16. Lehigh plays five teams ranked bridging the second and third quarters. It was the longest stretch the Big in the preseason USILA Coaches Poll: Rutgers (7), North Carolina (9), Loyola Red had been held scoreless since their Mar. 17 game against Yale when it (13), Army West Point (16) and Hofstra (19). The Mountain Hawks face five was held goal-less for 14:44. teams ranked in the preseason Maverick Media Poll: Rutgers (8), North • The Mountain Hawks’ defense was stellar at Boston University (Mar. 31), Carolina (9), Loyola (10), Army West Point (16) and Boston University (20). holding the Terriers scoreless for the game’s first 16:03, for a stretch of 13:02 between the second and third quarters and then for the game’s final 18:57. • Lehigh held Navy (Mar. 24) scoreless for 11:56 between the first and second UP NEXT.... quarters, helping the Mountain Hawks erase an early 2-0 deficit and pull With a win, the Mountain Hawks would advance to the Patriot League even at four at the half. Semifinals at Loyola Friday and face either the host Greyhounds or sec- • The Mountain Hawks held Hofstra (Mar. 20) scoreless for two long stretch- ond-seeded Navy. es: 16:02 (bridging the second and third quarters) and the game’s final 16:17. In both instances, Lehigh’s offense staged a 5-0 run. FOLLOW LEHIGH LACROSSE • Lehigh held a strong Rutgers (Mar. 14) offense scoreless for 10:31 (bridging Facebook Facebook.com/LehighMensLacrosse the second and third quarters), 12:50 (bridging the second and third) and Facebook.com/LehighAthletics 14:22 (bridging the third and fourth). Twitter Twitter.com/LehighLacrosse • The Mountain Hawks held a strong Army (Mar. 10) offense scoreless for Twitter.com/LehighSports three long stretches: 10:10 (bridging the first and second quarters), 15:16 Instagram Instagram.com/LehighLacrosse (bridging the second and third) and 11:39 (bridging the third and fourth), Instagram.com/Lehigh_Sports allowing the Lehigh offense to post a pair of 4-0 runs on its way to a 9-7 win. • Lehigh held Colgate (Mar. 3) scoreless for the game’s first 14:45 and later for a stretch of 12:11 bridging the second and third quarters. The Mountain Hawks later held Colgate scoreless for the game’s final 19:48, allowing the Mountain Hawks to end the game on a 4-0 run to turn a 7-6 deficit into a 10-7 victory. • The Mountain Hawks held Holy Cross (Feb. 24) scoreless for stretches of 15:07, 13:04 and 22:52 in a dominant 15-4 Patriot League opening win. The last streak marked Lehigh’s longest since holding Bucknell scoreless for 24:58 in the 2017 regular season finale. • Lehigh held No. 13/14 North Carolina (Feb. 17) scoreless for three stretches of 10+ minutes: 10:49 (in the second quarter), 10:59 (bridging the second and third quarters) and 10:02 (in the fourth). • The Mountain Hawks held Mercer (Feb. 10) scoreless for three long stretches on Feb. 10: 15:56 (bridging the first and second quarters), 15:48 (bridging the second through fourth quarters) and 14:31 (to end the game). • In the season opener against NJIT (Feb. 3), Lehigh held the Highlanders scoreless for three long stretches of 12:25 (in the second quarter), 12:17 (bridg- ing the second and third quarters) and 10:15 (in the fourth).

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No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School Major 1 Crew Cintron So. A 6-1 185 Rocky River, Ohio/Saint Ignatius Business 2 Joel Trucksess Fr. M/FO 5-11 165 Perkasie, Pa./Haverford School Arts and Sciences 3 Mickey Fitzpatrick Jr. A/M 6-1 187 Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury Economics 4 Sam Charlton Fr. LSM/D 5-10 180 Berwyn, Pa./Malvern Prep Arts and Sciences 5 Jackson Monnin Jr. M 6-2 200 Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Latin Financial Engineering 6 Matt Ilchuk Fr. A 6-0 170 Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore High School Arts and Sciences 7 Andrew Pettit Jr. A/M 5-11 185 Wilmington, Del./Tower Hill School Finance 8 Kevin Gersbeck Fr. M 5-9 175 Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place High School Arts and Sciences 10 Parker Kent So. M 6-1 185 Norwell, Mass./The Roxbury Latin School Business 11 Colin Kirst So. G 5-9 190 Bernardsville, N.J./Seton Hall Prep Arts and Sciences 12 Ryan Klose So. A 6-2 190 West Linn, Ore./West Linn Business 13 Craig Chick Jr. D/LSM 6-0 195 Edgewater, Md./South River Finance 14 Denny Nealon Fr. A 5-10 175 Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley High School Arts and Sciences 15 Austin Clibanoff So. M 5-9 160 Ambler, Pa./La Salle College High School Journalism 16 Austin Pierce So. A/M 5-10 185 Chatham, N.J./Chatham Business 17 Justin Angelel Fr. M 6-2 190 Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue High School Computer Science and Management 18 Teddy Leggett Fr. LSM/D 5-8 165 Vaughan, Ontario/The Hill Academy Engineering 19 James Spence Fr. G 5-10 170 Springfield, Pa./Springfield High School Engineering 20 Sam Shearin Jr. LSM/M 6-1 196 Dunbarton, N.H./Goffstown Mechanical Engineering 21 Brady Thompson Sr. M 5-10 186 Bowie, Md./DeMatha Catholic Finance 22 Ian Strain Sr. M 6-0 190 Springfield, Pa./Episcopal Academy Finance 23 Hayden Trautmann Fr. D 6-4 220 Huntington Valley, Pa./Academy of the New Church Engineering 25 John Mehok Sr. A/M 6-2 185 West Chester, Pa./Bishop Shanahan Marketing 26 Nick Marren Fr. D 6-0 205 Perkiomenville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley High School Arts and Sciences 27 Erik DiGirolamo So. D 5-9 185 Allentown, Pa./Parkland Business 28 Matt Rimol Jr. D 6-3 205 Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry Finance 29 Josh Reiss Fr. M 6-0 175 Charlottesville, Va./St. Anne’s-Belfield Business 30 Brian Meyer Jr. M/FO 5-11 170 Penn Valley, Pa./Washington College Finance 31 Liam Lynch Fr. M 5-7 180 Foxboro, Mass./Brewster Academy Arts and Sciences 34 Michael Di Rienzo Jr. D 6-3 210 Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem High School East Marketing 35 Ralph Shields Jr. M 5-10 184 Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh High School IDEAS 36 JJ Foley Sr. D 6-4 222 Kings Park, N.Y./Smithtown West Finance 38 Conor Gaffney So. M/FO 5-10 190 Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape Mechanical Engineering 39 William Gunn Jr. A/M 6-0 163 Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs Finance 40 Eddie Bouhall Jr. D 6-1 200 Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook International Relations 41 Alexander Tumminello Jr. M 5-10 185 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./University of Maryland Economics 42 Michael Donaghy Fr. M 6-3 190 Old Tappan, N.J./IMG Academy (Fla). Business 43 David Peterson Fr. D/LSM 6-0 200 Menlo Park, Calif./Sacred Heart Prep Business 44 Tristan Rai Jr. A 6-0 175 Edmonton, Alberta/Westminster School Psychology 45 Nolan Apers Sr. M/A 6-0 200 Oakville, Ontario/The Hill Academy Finance 47 Kevin Tsao Jr. M 5-11 175 Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown High School Finance 49 Chris Kiernan Jr. G 5-11 171 Chevy Chase, Md./St. Albans Political Science 50 Daniel Rivera So. D 6-5 210 Newtown, Pa./La Salle College High School Business 55 Andrew Eichelberger So. M 6-4 225 The Woodlands, Texas/Jesuit College Preparatory Business 66 Matt Douglas Fr. D 6-3 210 Randolph, N.J./Delbarton School Civil Engineering 77 Christian McHugh So. M 6-3 180 Bronxville, N.Y./Iona Prep Computer Science and Business 99 Lucas Spence Jr. A/M 5-11 175 Springfield, Pa./Springfield Finance

Smith Family Head Lacrosse Coach: Kevin Cassese (Duke ’03), 11th Season Associate Head Coach: Errol Wilson (Stony Brook ’06) Assistant Coaches: Will Scudder (Lehigh ’11), Casey Eidenshink (Lehigh ‘16) Director of Quality Control: Tom Cassese (C.W. Post ’67)

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In 2013, Lehigh won seven straight games to finish undefeated in KEVIN CASSESE Patriot League play and earn the right to host the league tournament. Smith Family Head Coach Lehigh went on to dominate Bucknell on its home turf (11-5) for its second straight league championship. The awards continued to roll 11th Season as Lehigh Head Coach in for the Mountain Hawks as Poillon was named Patriot League Goalie of the Year for a second straight season and a school-record four players were named USILA All-Americans, breaking the record of three set a season prior. In addition, the Mountain Hawks placed a league-best three players on the Academic All-Patriot League Team. The success continued into 2014 as the Mountain Hawks won 13 games, just one shy of tying the school record set just two years Kevin Cassese enters his 11th season as Lehigh’s head men’s prior. Lehigh earned a thrilling 7-6 triple overtime victory over lacrosse coach in 2018. Cassese’s impact has been immediate, leading No. 20 Villanova in February and earned convincing league wins the Mountain Hawks to back-to-back Patriot League Championships over Bucknell (9-3), Navy (13-2), Holy Cross (20-4) and Lafayette in 2012 and 2013 followed by a third straight appearance in the (17-6). The Mountain Hawks defeated Navy in the Patriot League league title game in 2014. Cassese has led to Lehigh to seven straight Quarterfinals at home before earning a 12-11 semifinal victory over Patriot League Tournaments. Army behind a Reid Weber goal with just three seconds remaining. The Mountain Hawks finished last season with a 7-7 record Several Mountain Hawks enjoyed breakout seasons, led by and 4-4 mark in league play. Lehigh’s season was highlighted by attackman Dan Taylor who recorded 45 points over his last seven two consecutive home wins over nationally-ranked foes, defeating games to finish with 76 points, which far and away led the Patriot No. 16/18 Boston University (10-6) and No. 13/14 Princeton (15-10) League and was most among Canadian players in all of Division I while earning a 9-6 home victory over rival Bucknell on Senior Night Lacrosse. Taylor was named a first team All-Patriot League honoree, to earn the program’s seventh straight Patriot League Tournament as was defenseman Tripp Telesco who finished with 44 groundballs berth. Three Mountain Hawks earned All-League, including Craig and 36 caused turnovers. Three others were named All-League Chick, who was named to the first team and garnered honorable while Poillon, Taylor and Telesco were named honorable mention mention All-America recognition by . Chick broke a All-Americans as well. school record with 40 caused turnovers, one year after leading the After struggling to begin 2015, the Mountain Hawks ended nation in that category. the season on a high note, winning five of their last six regular The program’s breakthrough came in 2012 when Lehigh finished season games, defeating a pair of nationally-ranked opponents 14-3 and won its first-ever Patriot League Tournament Champi- in a five-day span (No. 14 Princeton and No. 18 Stony Brook) and onship to advance to the program’s first NCAA Tournament. The advancing to their fifth straight Patriot League Tournament. Taylor Mountain Hawks followed that with a 12-5 campaign in 2013, win- enjoyed another sensational season, posting 77 points to earn Patriot ning both the regular season and tournament titles. Despite losing League Offensive Player of the Year honors and honorable mention a large and talented senior class, Lehigh still went 13-5 in 2014 and All-America recognition. A young team in 2016 went on to advance advanced to the Patriot League Championship Game once again. to the program’s sixth straight Patriot League Tournament, finishing In 2012, Cassese led the Mountain Hawks to a school-record 4-4 in league play highlighted by a thrilling 8-7 win at No. 20 Boston 14 wins, a program record nine-game winning streak and their University. highest-ever national ranking; Lehigh came in at No. 4 nationally Setting the stage for the program’s breakthrough of 2012, the in the final Coaches Poll following the regular season. Mountain Hawks jumped squarely into the national lacrosse picture Following a home-opening loss to Villanova in 2012, Lehigh in 2011 by not only qualifying for the Patriot League postseason, promptly won nine straight games and 13-of-14 to advance to the but also proving they could compete with anyone in the country. NCAA Tournament as the No. 7 overall seed. The Mountain Hawks Lehigh advanced to its first Patriot League Tournament since 2006. hosted eventual National Finalist Maryland and gave the Terps their The Mountain Hawks got off to a quick 3-1 start, which included toughest fight on their road to the title game. Despite falling down a 14-10 triumph over Navy, the program’s first victory over the 6-1 in the first half, Lehigh responded with seven straight goals in Midshipmen in nearly 100 years. Lehigh posted the nation’s eighth front of a standing room only crowd of 2,278 at the Ulrich Sports biggest improvement in 2011, according to LaxPower.com’s com- Complex (and in front of a national audience on ESPNU). puter rankings, which takes into account many of the factors used Lehigh posted an impressive 8-3 record against national- by the NCAA Tournament selection committee. ly-ranked foes, including a big 9-8 win at No. 4 North Carolina in In his first four years at Lehigh, Cassese mentored a total of March, propelling the Mountain Hawks into the national polls for nine All-Patriot League honorees, including four in 2011. Faceoff the first time since 2000. Lehigh ended a number of long droughts, specialist Ryan Snyder cracked the first team after winning 61.6 defeating UNC for the first time since 1951, Yale for the first time percent of his draws and scooping a then-Patriot League record since 1918 and Penn State for the first time since 1971. A big part of 118 groundballs. Jonathan Stumpf was not only named to the sec- the success came from the Mountain Hawks’ defense, which stood ond team, but also became Lehigh’s first-ever CoSIDA Academic as the No. 2 scoring defense (only behind Notre Dame), holding All-American while being named a Senior CLASS Award first team opponents to only 6.81 goals per game. Lehigh picked up its first All-American, USILA Scholar All-American and Patriot League shutout in 40 years with a 13-0 triumph over Manhattan, allowed Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Stumpf (along with teammate and only two goals to VMI and five or fewer to Penn State, Navy, Holy current Lehigh assistant coach Will Scudder) also played in the Cross, Penn and Saint Joseph’s. Cassese was named Patriot League USILA North-South All-Star Game where he netted the eventual Coach of the Year while freshman Matt Poillon became Lehigh’s game-winning goal for the South. first-ever Goalkeeper of the Year. Eight cracked the All-Patriot Under Cassese’s watch, Lehigh has sent several players to League Team, tied for most in school history. professional lacrosse. Seven have been selected in the Major League

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Lacrosse Collegiate Draft since 2013 while multiple others have been where he directed the nation’s top extra man offense and helped the picked in the player pool. Roman Lao-Gosney (Florida) has played in Seawolves to a 10-6 record in the spring of 2005. more than 50 career games since joining the league in 2012 while twin A native of Port Jefferson Station, and graduate of brother Cameron (Florida), Mike Noone (Ohio) and Noah Molnar Comsewogue High School, Cassese and his wife, Katie Granson (Denver) are all veterans of the league with Molnar winning an MLL Cassese who attended nearby Freedom High School, were married Championship in 2016 and Noone in 2017. In addition, Taylor was in Bethlehem in December of 2006. They had their first child, Drew, the first selection of defending Champion in July of 2011, their second child, Anna, in August of 2013 and third Saskatchewan Rush in the 2015 NLL Collegiate Draft. He was picked child, Claire, in July of 2016. 12th overall and went on to win a championship with the Rush in 2016. Cassese’s Coaching Resume Cassese’s players have been involved in US Lacrosse as well as defenseman Ty Souders tried out for the U.S. Under-19 Team as Year Record PL Home Notables part of a three-day training camp at UMBC. Cameron and Roman 2008 6-9 2-4 4-4 2009 4-11 2-4 0-6 Won at #16 Army and #20 St. John’s Lao-Gosney also participated in numerous scrimmages for Team 2010 8-7 2-4 4-3 Defeated #9 Villanova and #19 Lafayette USA, beginning with the Capital Lacrosse Classic on Oct. 7, 2012. 2011 7-9 3-3 5-4 PL Semifinals On a personal level, Cassese made his coaching debut for US 2012 14-3 5-1 5-2 School-record 14 wins Highest ranking in school history (#4) Lacrosse at the 2014 World Lacrosse Championships in Denver, First Patriot League Championship serving as an assistant coach under Team USA head coach Richie 2013 12-5 6-0 7-2 Second Straight PL Championship Hosted PL Tournament for 1st time Meade (Furman), alongside assistants Dave Pietramala (Johns 2014 13-5 6-2 7-1 Third Straight PL Title Game Appearance Hopkins) and Jeff Tambroni (Penn State). Cassese’s responsibilities 2015 7-9 3-5 3-4 Wins over ranked Princeton & Stony Brook included faceoff coordinator and goalie coordinator while handling 2016 6-9 4-4 3-4 Win over ranked Boston U 2017 7-7 4-4 5-1 Wins over ranked Boston U & Princeton rides, clears and the sub game. 2018 8-6 5-3 3-4 Wins at #12 Army and #18/19 Hofstra As a player, Cassese had an impressive career representing Total 92-80 ( .535) 42-34 ( .553) 46-35 ( .568) the USA. He was named to the 2010 United States Men’s National Lacrosse Team, traveling to Manchester, England. He was named co-captain of that gold medal winning team, alongside Ryan Powell (Syracuse). That marked the third time Cassese earned a spot on the National Team. Cassese also helped the United States to the gold medal at the 2002 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships, while still an undergraduate at Duke University. He was also a member of the United States team that placed second at the 2006 ILF World Championships in London, Ontario. Cassese is one of the most decorated student-athletes in Duke history. He was a two-time captain and three-time All-ACC selec- tion. Cassese helped lead the Blue Devils to three NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of ACC Championships during his colle- giate career. Cassese earned All-America honors on three separate occasions, including first-team accolades in 2002 and 2003. Cassese, who scored 80 goals and handed out 38 assists in his career, was a two-time Tewaaraton Trophy finalist and garnered ACC Player of the Year honors in 2001. In 2002, Cassese was the recipient of the Lt. Donald MacLaughlin, Jr. Award as the nation’s top midfielder. He was also a standout in the classroom, graduating with a 3.59 GPA while earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Duke. He was selected as a USILA Scholar All-American, ACC Academic Honor Roll member, and was named the ACC’s Weaver-James-Corrigan Honorary Award recipient for outstanding athletic and academic achievement. After his time at Duke, Cassese continued his playing career in Major League Lacrosse for seven years. He was the second overall selection in the 2003 MLL Draft by the Rochester Rattlers. Among his professional accomplishments are a pair of MLL Rookie of the Week honors and a spot in both the 2006 and 2010 MLL All-Star Games. He was named MVP of the 2006 All-Star Game. Cassese was traded to the Philadelphia Barrage during the summer of 2007 (which coincided with his hiring at Lehigh) and helped lead his new team to the 2007 Major League Lacrosse Championship, as well as a spot in Championship Weekend in 2008. Cassese’s coaching career before Lehigh included a stint as an assistant coach at his alma mater from 2005-07, helping lead the Blue Devils to the 2007 National Championship Game. He also served as Duke’s interim head coach for part of the summer of 2006. Prior to Duke, Cassese spent one season at Stony Brook as an assistant Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 12 ly-ranked opponents – defeating No. 16/18 Boston University 10-6 and No. ERROL WILSON 13/14 Princeton 15-10. The 15 goals tied for a season high, also set against NIJT and Lafayette. Rai continued his strong play with 46 points (22 goals, Associate Head Coach team-high 24 assists) while classmate Andrew Pettit emerged as well, tallying Seventh Season at Lehigh 46 himself behind a team-high 35 goals. Pettit began the season with nine straight multi-goal games. His first game without multiple goals came Apr. Errol Wilson is in his seventh season as a Lehigh 8 at Loyola as he was the only player in the nation to score multiple goals assistant coach, and fourth as associate head coach in 2017. in every game up until that point. The former Stony Brook goalie has held several roles At Rutgers, Wilson helped the Scarlet Knights win five of their first with the Mountain Hawks. After his first season as defensive coordinator in six games in 2011 and coached a defense which allowed only 8.27 goals per 2015, Wilson has served as offensive coordinator since 2016, a role he held game. at . Over his tenure at Lehigh, has also served as associate Prior to Rutgers, Wilson served as assistant coach at Brown for four offensive coordinator, goalie coordinator and camps/clinics/tournaments seasons (2007-10). While there, he was both offensive coordinator and goalie coordinator. coach, helping the Bears reach new heights by winning an Ivy League Cham- In his first season on staff, Wilson helped lead the Mountain Hawks to pionship in 2008, then earning an NCAA Tournament berth in ’09. Wilson new heights, including a school-record 14 wins, a program record nine-game worked with and mentored one of the nation’s top goalies in Jordan Burke. winning streak and its highest-ever national ranking (No. 4) along with its The 2009 USILA Goalie of the Year, Burke was twice named the Ivy League first Patriot League Tournament Title and NCAA Tournament appearance. It Player of the Year and New England Player of the Year, while earning First marked Wilson’s second NCAA Tournament appearance as assistant coach Team All-America honors as well. after leading Brown to the 2009 tournament where it dropped an overtime Wilson was a four-year letterwinner at Stony Brook where he was heartbreaker at Johns Hopkins. teammates with goalie and former Lehigh assistant and current Dartmouth Wilson worked with All-American goalie Matt Poillon, who finished head coach Brendan Callahan. Wilson resides in Bethlehem with his wife second nationally with a 6.75 GAA and fourth with a 59.7 save percentage, Pat and sons Roman and Solomon. becoming Lehigh’s first-ever Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year. Poillon earned four Patriot League Goalie of the Week honors while garnering Rookie of the Week twice. In addition, each one of Lehigh’s close defensemen was WILL SCUDDER named All-Patriot League: Ty Souders (First), Mike Noone (second) and Assistant Coach Lukas Mikelinich (second). The Mountain Hawks owned the nation’s No. 2 scoring defense (only Fifth Season at Lehigh behind Notre Dame), holding opponents to only 6.81 goals per game. Lehigh picked up its first shutout in 40 years with a 13-0 triumph over Manhattan, Former Lehigh men’s lacrosse standout Will Scudder allowed only two goals to VMI and five or fewer to Penn State, Navy, Holy ‘11 enters his fifth season on the coaching staff in 2018 and Cross, Penn and Saint Joseph’s. The squad extended its shutout streak to an third as defensive coordinator. Scudder replaced Tom incredible 90:14 before the Quakers scored with 5:04 remaining in the sec- Compitello who accepted a position at Sacred Heart, then was promoted ond quarter. The streak spanned from the fourth quarter against Villanova, prior to the 2015 season. Scudder was promoted to associate defensive co- through the entire Manhattan contest and the first 24:56 at Penn. ordinator, faceoff coordinator and camps/clinics/tournaments coordinator The Mountain Hawks followed in 2013 by finishing sixth nationally after Brendan Callahan was named head coach at Dartmouth. He was then in scoring defense (7.94 goals per game) with Poillon earning Goalie of named defensive coordinator prior to the 2016 season when Errol Wilson the Year honors for a second straight season. Noone and Souders also gar- was named offensive coordinator. Scudder was a former team captain and nered All-League honors for the second year in a row while both garnering All-Patriot League honoree as a Mountain Hawk. honorable mention All-America recognition. Lehigh held Saint Joseph’s to In his first year on the Lehigh staff, Scudder helped coach a strong only one goal, VMI to only two, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Bucknell to five tandem at faceoff in 2014 that won 54 percent of its draws; Ryan Buttenbaum and Army, UMass and Penn to just six goals apiece. One of the most dom- won 55 percent and Casey McAdam won 52 percent at the X. McAdam was inant performances came in the Patriot League Championship game as the named Patriot League Rookie of the Week after winning 17-of-23 faceoffs Mountain Hawks won 11-5 for their second straight league title and NCAA against Monmouth then 15-of-20 vs. Holy Cross. Tournament berth. As a team, Lehigh advanced to its third straight Patriot League Cham- Lehigh advanced to its third straight Patriot League Championship pionship Game in 2014, finishing the season 13-5 and within just one win Game in 2014, finishing the season 13-5 and within just one win of tying the of tying the school record set two years prior. The defense allowed just school record set two years prior. The defense allowed just 7.22 goals per 7.22 goals per game, good for second in the nation and just 0.01 behind the game, good for second in the nation and just 0.01 behind the nation’s leader. nation’s leader. Over the three-year timeframe from 2012-14, Lehigh owned the nation’s In 2015, a pair of Mountain Hawks split time at faceoff, both impressing lowest goals against average. Wilson also worked with an offense that came down the stretch. Freshman Matt Ernst showed flashes of greatness, which into its own as the season progressed. Dan Taylor finished the season with included a four-game stretch (at Monmouth, Holy Cross, Colgate and vs. 76 points, leading the team and Patriot League in scoring which also stood Princeton), which saw him win 58 percent of his draws (49-of-85). McAdam seventh in the nation. He was named an All-American after the season, as ended his season on a high note, winning 14-of-21 faceoffs in the Patriot was Poillon and defenseman Tripp Telesco. League Quarterfinals at Bucknell. The Mountain Hawks struggled to begin 2015, but bounced back in a The Mountain Hawks struggled to begin 2015, but bounced back in a big way. Lehigh defeated a pair of nationally-ranked opponents in a five- big way. Lehigh defeated a pair of nationally-ranked opponents in a five- day span, earning wins over No. 14 Princeton and at Wilson’s alma mater day span, earning wins over No. 14 Princeton and at Wilson’s alma mater and No. 18 Stony Brook. The Mountain Hawks defeated Lafayette in their and No. 18 Stony Brook. The Mountain Hawks defeated Lafayette in their regular season finale, their fifth win in six games, to reach their fifth straight regular season finale, their fifth win in six games, to reach their fifth straight Patriot League Tournament. Patriot League Tournament. Lehigh went onto its sixth straight league tournament appearance in Lehigh advanced to its sixth straight league tournament in 2016, fin- 2016, highlighted by an exciting 8-7 win at No. 20 Boston University. In ishing 4-4 in Patriot League play. The Mountain Hawks’ defense had plenty Wilson’s first season as offensive coordinator in 2016, senior attackman Reid of highlight moments. Individually, freshman long-stick midfielder Craig Weber was named first team All-Patriot League while freshman Tristan Rai Chick led the nation in caused turnovers with 37 while senior Tripp Telesco jumped onto the national scene with a vengeance; scoring 31 goals on just finished tied for ninth with 90. Lehigh allowed just four goals to NJIT, six to 58 shots; his .534 shooting percentage was good for second in the nation. Lafayette and seven in a dramatic win at No. 20 Boston University, which The Mountain Hawks followed in 2017 by reaching their seventh straight essentially clinched the Mountain Hawks’ berth into the league tournament. league tournament, highlighted by consecutive home wins over national- Scudder helped lead Lehigh to its seventh straight league tournament berth in 2017. As a team, the Mountain Hawks allowed just six goals in a Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 13 home win over No. 16/18 Boston University. In the next home game, Lehigh allowed just 10 in a win over No. 13/14 Princeton, holding the nation’s No. 3 ranked offense to its second lowest total of the season which was five goals less than its season average entering the game. Individually, Chick contin- ued his stellar play, setting a school record with 40 caused turnovers. He and classmate Eddie Bouhall combined for 100 groundballs and 60 caused turnovers on the season, both earning All-Patriot League honors. Chick was named to the first team and garnered Inside Lacrosse honorable mention All-America recognition. As a player, 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 56 percent (152-of-273) with 69 groundballs. Scudder played a key role in the rise of the Mountain Hawks’ program, advancing to the league tournament as a senior in 2011 and helping set the stage for the two straight Patriot League Championships that followed in 2012 and 2013. Scudder ended his collegiate career by winning 331-of-612 faceoffs (54.1 percent) with 156 groundballs. He also added three goals and four assists. Scudder played in the prestigious North-South Senior All-Star Game following his senior campaign. Upon graduation, Scudder worked with A.G. Administrators, Inc. in the sports insurance industry from Summer 2011 until Spring 2013, while also serving as an assistant 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 All-Chesmont players, two members of the All-State team and one ALL American. He then moved onto Fever Lacrosse Inc. in Haverford, Pa. where he served and continues to serve as Director of Operations, in charge of managing tournaments, camps, clinics, and the 14 club teams within the Fever Program. CASEY EIDENSHINK Assistant Coach First Season at Lehigh

Former Mountain Hawks’ standout Casey Eidenshink begins his first season at Lehigh as assistant coach in 2018. Both a close defenseman and long-stick midfielder as a player, the 2016 graduate was an All-Patriot League and Academic All-League honoree at Lehigh, finishing his collegiate career with a GPA over 3.3. Eidenshink played in 55 games over his career, with 30 starts, tallying 115 groundballs and 49 caused turnovers (tied for eighth in school history). He played in seven games during Lehigh’s 2013 Patriot League Champi- onship campaign. Eidenshink then played in all 18 games as a sophomore, recording 29 groundballs and 16 caused turnovers to help the Mountain Hawks back to the league title game. He had a career-high 50 groundballs and 23 caused turnovers as a junior, along with 32 groundballs and nine caused turnovers as a senior. As a senior, Eidenshink was named a candidate for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award, played in the USILA North-South All-Star Game and was a USILA Scholar-All-American. He was selected by the in the 2016 Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft. Following his playing days, Eidenshink has worked for Lincoln In- vestment Planning as a Junior Research Analyst. He worked under two Portfolio/Wealth Managers, assisting with Mutual Fund and ETF research for their portfolios, which are globally diversified and set up to help clients save and prepare for their retirements. Eidenshink has taught the game of lacrosse as part of the HeadStrong Lacrosse Club. He graduated Lehigh in May of 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                     

                                         

                                                    

 

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

                                                                                             

                                         

                                         

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PLAYER NJIT Mercer UNC Holy Cross Colgate Army Rutgers Lafayette Hofstra Navy Boston U Loyola Cornell Bucknell 1 Crew Cintron 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-1-2, 1 0-0-0, 0 2-1-3, 4 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 2 Joel Trucksess DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 4 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 3 Mickey Fitzpatrick 3-0-3, 1 1-0-1, 0 0-1-1, 1 0-0-0, 1 2-1-3, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 3-0-3, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 1-1-2, 1 1-1-2, 3 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 1 4 Sam Charlton DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 5 Jackson Monnin DNP DNP DNP 1-0-1, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 6 Matt Ilchuk 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-1-1, 2 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 7 Andrew Pettit 3-2-5, 2 3-0-3, 1 4-1-5, 6 2-5-7, 3 2-1-3, 1 5-0-5, 1 1-1-2, 1 2-3-5, 2 3-4-7, 2 2-1-3, 4 1-1-2, 0 3-0-3, 2 2-0-2, 4 1-0-1, 1 8 Kevin Gersbeck DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 10 Parker Kent 0-0-0, 2 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 11 Colin Kirst 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 12 Ryan Klose 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-1-1, 1 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 13 Craig Chick 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 5 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 7 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 4 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 1 14 Denny Nealon DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 15 Austin Clibanoff DNP DNP DNP 0-1-1, 1 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP 0-0-0, 0 16 Austin Pierce 1-0-1, 0 2-0-2, 0 DNP 0-1-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 1-0-1, 0 1-0-1, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 2 2-0-2, 2 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 17 Justin Angelel DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 18 Teddy Leggett 0-0-0, 4 0-1-1, 5 0-0-0, 3 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 7 1-0-1, 5 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 2 19 James Spence 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 21 Brady Thompson DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 22 Ian Strain 0-3-3, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-1-1, 4 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 1-1-2, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-2-2, 1 1-0-1, 6 1-1-2, 1 23 Hayden Trautmann DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 25 John Mehok 2-1-3, 0 2-1-3, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-1-1, 0 4-1-5, 0 0-1-1, 0 1-0-1, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-1-1, 0 26 Nick Marren DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 27 Erik DiGirolamo 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 28 Matt Rimol 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 29 Josh Reiss DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 30 Brian Meyer DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 31 Liam Lynch DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 34 Michael Di Rienzo DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 35 Ralph Shields DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 36 JJ Foley 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 38 Conor Gaffney 0-0-0, 12 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 7 0-0-0, 8 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 5 0-1-1, 10 0-0-0, 6 0-0-0, 8 0-0-0, 6 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 9 0-0-0, 3 39 William Gunn DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 40 Eddie Bouhall 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 6 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 41 Alex Tumminello 0-0-0, 0 1-1-2, 0 1-0-1, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-1-2, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 42 Michael Donaghy DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 43 David Peterson DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 44 Tristan Rai 1-2-3, 3 1-2-3, 0 3-1-4, 0 2-1-3, 2 2-1-3, 0 0-1-1, 0 0-1-1, 0 3-4-7, 0 3-2-5, 0 1-2-3, 0 1-0-1, 2 1-1-2, 1 2-1-3, 0 0-1-1, 0 45 Nolan Apers 1-0-1, 0 0-1-1, 0 0-1-1, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 2-0-2, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 2-0-2, 0 47 Kevin Tsao DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 49 Chris Kiernan DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 50 Daniel Rivera DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 55 Andrew Eichelberger 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-1-2, 0 0-1-1, 1 0-0-0, 1 2-1-3, 0 1-0-1, 1 2-0-2, 0 2-0-2, 1 0-0-0, 0 2-0-2, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 4 66 Matt Douglas 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 77 Christian McHugh 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 99 Lucas Spence 1-1-2, 3 1-2-3, 1 2-1-3, 2 6-1-7, 4 0-3-3, 2 1-1-2, 2 2-1-3, 2 4-2-6, 0 2-3-5, 3 2-1-3, 4 1-1-2, 2 1-1-2, 2 4-0-4, 4 2-2-4, 0

INDIVIDUAL GOALIE STATISTICS: SAVES-GOALS ALLOWED, MINUTES

PLAYER NJIT Mercer UNC Holy Cross Colgate Army Rutgers Lafayette Hofstra Navy Boston U Loyola Cornell Bucknell 11 Colin Kirst 0-1, 2:22 DNP DNP 3-2, 13:59 DNP DNP DNP 2-3, 20:03 DNP DNP DNP 2-3, 18:23 2-3, 21:17 1-8, 30:00 19 James Spence 9-7, 57:38 10-8, 60:00 11-12, 60:36 7-2, 45:00 6-7, 60:00 9-7, 60:00 7-8, 60:00 5-6, 30:16 6-8, 60:00 6-10, 60:00 13-6, 60:00 6-13, 41:37 3-9, 37:30 5-4, 22:53 49 Chris Kiernan DNP DNP DNP 1-0, 1:01 DNP DNP DNP 2-2, 9:41 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0, 1:13 0-2, 7:07

INDIVIDUAL FACEOFF STATS: WIN-TOTAL, PCT.

PLAYER NJIT Mercer UNC Holy Cross Colgate Army Rutgers Rutgers Hofstra Navy Boston U Loyola Cornell Bucknell 2 Joel Trucksess DNP DNP DNP 1-2, 50 DNP DNP DNP 7-10, 70 DNP DNP DNP 6-9, 66 2-2, 100 1-4, 25 30 Brian Meyer DNP DNP DNP 0-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP 3-3, 100 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 38 Conor Gaffney 18-25, 72 14-23, 61 11-26, 42 12-19, 63 11-20, 55 12-20, 60 11-19, 58 17-20, 85 15-24, 63 13-21, 62 8-17, 47 6-18, 33 16-23, 70 14-20, 70

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                                                                                                                                                                                              

 2018 TEAM TENDENCIES Overall Record 8-6 Lehigh scores less than 10 goals 2-3 Lehigh in February 3-1 Home 3-4 Lehigh scores 10-14 goals 4-3 Lehigh in March 5-2 Road 5-2 Lehigh scores 15 or more goals 2-0 Lehigh in April 0-3 Neutral 0-0 Opponent scores less than 5 goals 1-0 vs . the conferences Patriot League Record 5-3 Opponent scores 5-9 goals 6-1 ACC 0-1 Non-League Record 3-3 Opponent scores 10 or more goals 1-5 CAA 1-0 Big Ten 0-1  vs. Unranked Teams 6-1 Independent 1-0 Leading after one quarter 5-0  Trailing after one quarter 2-5 vs. Ranked Teams 2-5 Ivy League 0-1 Tied after one quarter 1-1 Patriot League 5-3 2018 TOP PERFORMANCES Southern Conference 1-0 Leading at the half 7-0 Trailing at the half 0-4    Tied at the half 1-2       Leading after three quarters 5-0    Trailing after three quarters 2-6   Tied after three quarters 1-0      In overtime 0-1      Lehigh has more shots 7-3   Opponent has more shots 1-2    Shots are even 0-1     Lehigh has more saves 6-2    Opponent has more saves 1-4      Saves are even 1-0      Lehigh wins more faceoffs 7-4   Opponent wins more faceoffs 1-2   Faceoffs are even 0-0     Lehigh has more groundballs 7-4   Opponent has more groundballs 1-2    Groundballs are even 0-0  

Lehigh scores an EMO goal 6-6 Lehigh doesn’t score an EMO goal 2-0

Games decided by one goal 1-2 Games decided by 2-4 goals 2-2 Games decided by 5-8 goals 4-2 Games decided by 9+ goals 1-0

Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631  2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 18                            CAREER HIGHS                   #3 MICKEY FITZPATRICK Goals: 1, five times; last vs. Rutgers (3/14/18)       Jr. • A/M • 6-1 • 187 • Duxbury, Mass. Assists: 1 vs. Boston University (4/1/17) Points: 1, five  times;  last vs. Mercer   (2/10/18)                  2018 UPDATE: Groundballs: 2, five times; last vs. Loyola (4/7/18) Caused Turnovers: 1, five times;  last  vs. NJIT  (2/3/18)      - Dished an assist against No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14).            Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 - Tallied a goal and assist against No. 11/12 Loyola (4/7).            - Dished a second-quarter assist while scoring the game-winning goal with 39 seconds remaining to  give Lehigh a thrilling 7-6 win at Boston University (3/31). Added a groundball. - Scooped a groundball and posted first-career caused turnover against Navy (3/24). #12 RYAN KLOSE  - Posted a groundball at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20). So. • A • 6-2 •  190  •  West  Linn, Ore.          - Scored three goals at Lafayette (3/17) for second-career hat trick at Lafayette.           - Tied career-high three points against Colgate (3/3), posting two goals and second-career assist.           - Tallied a groundball vs. Holy Cross (2/24). 2018 UPDATE:         - Scored a goal at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20). - Dished first-career assist while adding a groundball at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17).            - Recorded a groundball in consecutive games, at Boston University (3/31) and vs. No. 11/12 Loyola - Scored a big first-quarter goal at Mercer.            - Scored a career-high three goals in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/3). Marked first-career multi-point (4/7).           - Dished a third-quarter  assist  in  big win at  No.  18/19 Hofstra  (3/20).   and multi-goal game. All three shots on goal found the back of the net. - Had an assist and groundball at Lafayette (3/17).                  - Collected a groundball against Colgate (3/3).                  - Scored first goal of the season, a man-up tally, at Mercer (2/10).                                                                                                        CAREER HIGHS                  Goals: 3, two times; last at Lafayette (3/17/18)  CAREER HIGHS Assists: 1, five times; last vs. Cornell (4/14/18)                  Goals: 1, four times; last at Bucknell (4/20/18) Points: 3, three times; last at Lafayette (3/17/18) Assists: 1, four times; last at Hofstra (3/20/18) Groundballs:  3 at Jacksonville (2/11/17)                  Points: 1, eight times; last at Bucknell (4/20/18) 3; 5; 2 Multi-Goal  Games:Multi-Point Games:  Hat Tricks:     Groundballs: 2 vs. Lafayette (3/18/17)           Caused Turnovers: --           Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 #7 ANDREW PETTIT Jr. • A/M • 5-11 • 185 • Wilmington, Del.  #13 CRAIG CHICK 2018 UPDATE:                 Jr. • D/LSM • 6-0 • 195 • Edgewater, Md. - Has tallied multiple goals  in 24  of last 29 games   dating  back  to  end  of freshman   season .  - Scored a first-quarter goal  at No.  11/12  Bucknell   (4/20).                          2018 UPDATE: - Scored two goals while adding four groundballs vs. No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14). - Recorded a groundball and caused turnover at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20). - Recorded a hat trick along with two groundballs against No. 11/12 Loyola (4/7). - Four groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14). Moved into 10th place in - Posted a goal and assist in dramatic win at Boston University (3/31). NCAA history for career caused turnovers with 111. - Scored two man-up goals in the span of 46 seconds in the second quarter while adding an assist - Scored a goal while adding two groundballs and a caused turnover against No. 11/12 Loyola (4/7). vs. Navy (3/24).                - Tallied four caused turnovers for a third straight contest, while adding two groundballs, at Boston - Stellar at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20),  tying  a career-high   seven points (three goals, four assists). Had a           University (3/31). In the process, broke the Patriot League all-time career record for caused turnovers, hand in seven of Lehigh’s first eight goals. Effort came against Hofstra’s No. 1 ranked scoring defense breaking the previous mark of 106 held by Colgate’s Bobby Lawrence. in the nation, allowing just 6.33 goals per game entering the contest. - Recorded four caused turnovers for a second straight game while adding a goal and four groundballs - Finished with two goals, three assists and two groundballs at Lafayette (3/17). against Navy (3/24). - Posted a goal, assist and groundball vs. No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14). - Posted a groundball and four caused turnovers at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20), in the process becoming - Tied a career-high five goals in big 9-7 win at No. 12 Army West Point (3/10). Scored three straight Lehigh’s all-time career record holder for caused turnovers - passing Tripp Telesco’s previous record goals in the fourth quarter to turn a 6-5 Lehigh deficit into an 8-6 lead. The five goals marked the most of 97. Reached 100 career caused turnovers in the process. by a player vs. Army since the 2016 season and most by an opponent at Army since 2015. Named - Impressed with a groundball and two caused turnovers at Lafayette (3/17). Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week and named to the USILA National Team of the Week . - Recorded a groundball and caused turnover vs. No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14). - Recorded two groundballs, an assist and caused turnover against Colgate (3/3). - Monster game with seven groundballs and three caused turnovers in big 9-7 win at No. 12 Army - Tied career-high seven points behind two goals and career-high five assists vs. Holy Cross (2/24). West Point (3/10). Led a Lehigh defense which allowed a season-low seven goals to the Black Knights. - Third consecutive   hat  trick,   posting  four  goals  and an  assist  at  No.  13/14  North  Carolina   (2/17).           Named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts . Collected a career-high six groundballs.        - Tallied three groundballs and three caused turnovers vs. Colgate (3/3). - Second straight hat trick, scoring three goals and collecting a groundball at Mercer (2/10). - Scored first goal of the season while adding five groundballs and three caused turnovers vs. Holy  - Posted five points (three goals, two assists) in season-opening win over NJIT (2/3). Added two Cross (2/24). groundballs.  - Had a groundball and caused turnover at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17). - Posted two groundballs and four caused turnovers at Mercer (2/10).                  - Began season with three groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. NJIT (2/3).                                                                                                                                          CAREER HIGHS                  Goals: 5, two times; last vs. Army West Point (3/10/18)  Assists: 5 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18) CAREER HIGHS 7, three times; last at Hofstra (3/20/18) Goals: 2 vs. NJIT (2/4/17) Points:                  Groundballs:  6 at North Carolina (2/17/18)        Assists: 2, two times; last at Navy (3/25/17) Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Cornell  (4/16/16)             Points: 3 vs.  Navy (3/26/16)                                 Multi-Goal Games: 25; Multi-Point Games: 28; Hat Tricks: 13 Groundballs:  10 at Princeton  (4/12/16)                8 at Princeton   (4/12/16)              Caused Turnovers:   Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point   Games:   3; Hat Tricks:   0          #10 PARKER KENT    So. • M  • 6-1 • 185  • Norwell,   Mass.                                                         #16 AUSTIN  PIERCE        2018 UPDATE:                                                                               So. • A/M • 5-10 • 185 •  Chatham,   N.J.     - Recorded a groundball  in consecutive   games,  against No. 9/11  Cornell   (4/14) and at No. 11/12                      Bucknell (4/20).                2018 UPDATE:   - Tied a career-high two groundballs in consecutive games, at Boston University (3/31) and vs. No. - Recorded fifth man-up goal of the season against No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14). 11/12 Loyola (4/7). - Scored two  fourth-quarter    goals  in the span  of 16  seconds  vs.  No.  11/12  Loyola   (4/7). Two  goals  and - Collected a groundball against Navy (3/24).  two points tied career highs.   Posted  two groundballs   for  a second   straight  week.   - Posted a groundball in consecutive road games at Lafayette (3/17) and No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20). - Had a man-up  goal  at   No.  18/19   Hofstra   (3/20).                                                                - Scored Lehigh’s first goal of the game vs. No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14). - Scored a second-half  goal  at Lafayette   (3/17).                                             - Tallied a groundball in each  of  first  three Patriot   League  games,   all  wins:  vs. Holy  Cross (2/24),  - Posted first-career  assist, groundball  and  caused  turnover  vs. Holy Cross (2/24).    against Colgate (3/3) and at No. 12 Army West Point (3/10). - Scored career-high  two  goals,  both  on the extra  man,  at Mercer  (2/10).       - Scored a goal while adding a groundball vs. Mercer (2/10). - Scored first-career goal in season opener vs. NJIT (2/3).   - Recorded two groundballs and a caused turnover in the season opener against NJIT (2/3).                                                                                                                                    

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                                                                                     2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 19  CAREER HIGHS                  Goals: 2, two times; last vs. Cornell (4/14/18)                  Assists: 1 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18)                  Points: 2, two times; last vs. Cornell (4/14/18)                  Groundballs: 2, two times; last vs. Loyola (4/7/18)                  Caused Turnovers: 1 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18)                  Multi-Goal Games: 2; Multi-Point Games: 2; Hat Tricks: 0  CAREER HIGHS Goals: 3 vs. Bucknell (4/21/17) Assists: 3, two times; last vs. NJIT (2/3/18) #18 TEDDY LEGGETT Points: 5 vs. Princeton (4/11/17) Fr. • LSM/D • 5-8 • 165 • Vaughan, Ontario Groundballs: 7 vs. Army (3/21/15) Caused Turnovers: 3 at Boston University (4/2/16) 2018 UPDATE: Multi-Goal Games: 5; Multi-Point Games: 13; Hat Tricks: 1 - Collected two groundballs at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20). - Finished with four groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14). - Corralled three groundballs against No. 11/12 Loyola (4/7). - Five groundballs and a caused turnover in dramatic win at Boston University (3/31). #25 JOHN MEHOK - Tallied five groundballs and two caused turnovers against Navy (3/24). Sr. • A/M • 6-2 • 185 • West Chester, Pa. - Had five groundballs and two caused turnovers in big win at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20). - Posted two groundballs and two caused turnovers at Lafayette (3/17). 2018 UPDATE: - Strong effort vs. No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14), scoring second-career goal just 13 seconds into the fourth - Dished an assist at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20). quarter whiel adding five groundballs and a caused turnover. - Posted a groundball vs. No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14). - Monster game with a career-high seven groundballs, to go with a caused turnover, in 9-7 win at - Tallied a groundball against No. 11/12 Loyola (4/7). No. 12 Army (3/10). Tallied four groundballs and a caused turnover in the fourth quarter alone as - Scooped a groundball in big win at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20). Lehigh outscored the Black Knights 4-1 in the stanza to turn a 6-5 deficit into a 9-7 lead (and win). - Scored a goal while adding a career-high two groundballs against No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14). - Tied career-high four groundballs against Colgate (3/3). - Recorded an assist in big win at No. 12 Army West point (3/10). - Scored first-career goal while adding a groundball and career-high four caused turnovers vs. Holy - Shattered career highs in goals (4) and points (5) to lead Lehigh to 10-7 win over Colgate (3/3). Cross (2/24). - Dished an assist vs. Holy Cross (2/24). - Three groundballs and a caused turnover at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17). - Tied a career-high three points (two goals, one assist) at Mercer (2/10). - Impressive effort at Mercer (2/10), tallying five groundballs and two caused turnovers while tallying - Posted a career-high three points vs. NJIT (2/3) behind a career-high tying two goals and an assist. first-career point, an assist. - Strong collegiate debut, posting four groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. NJIT (2/3).                                                                                                                                                    CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, two times; last vs. Rutgers (3/14/18)  Goals: 4 vs. Colgate (3/3/18) Assists: 1 at Mercer (2/10/18) Assists: 2 at Holy Cross (2/25/17)                   Points: 1, two times; last vs. Rutgers (3/14/18) Points: 5 vs.  Colgate  (3/3/18)               Groundballs:  7 at Army West Point  (3/10/18)       Groundballs: 2 vs. Rutgers (3/14/18)                     Caused Turnovers: 4 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18) Multi-Goal  Games: 4; Multi-Point Games: 5; Hat  Tricks:  1    Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0            #27 ERIK DIGIROLAMO                   So. • D • 5-9 • 185 • Allentown, Pa. #19 JAMES  SPENCE                         Fr. • G • 5-10 • 170 • Springfield,   Pa.     2018 UPDATE:                                  2018 UPDATE: - Recorded a groundball  against  No.  11/12 Loyola   (4/7).         - Entered in the second half at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20) and stopped five of nine shots sent his way. - Had a groundball vs. Navy (3/24).  - Tremendous at Boston University (3/31), posting a career-high 13 saves while allowing just six goals - Posted a groundball in consecutive games, at Lafayette (3/17) and No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20)..                  to earn Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors. - Tallied a groundball at Mercer (2/10).  - Tallied three saves and  two  groundballs   vs.  Navy  (3/24).                           - Corralled a groundball in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/3).  - Made six saves in big  13-8  win at No.  18/19  Hofstra  (3/20).                          - Finished with five saves, allowing just six goals playing the first 30:16 at Lafayette (3/17).                   - Had seven saves, five coming in the middle two quarters, vs. No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14).                  - Made nine saves, allowing just seven goals in big win at No. 12 Army West Point (3/10). Seven                  goals marked a season low for the Black Knights. Was named Patriot League Goalie of the Week.  - Was strong vs. Colgate (3/3), especially early and late, tallying six saves against Colgate (3/3). CAREER HIGHS Helped hold the Raiders (No. 3 in the nation in scoring offense at the time), 8.75 goals under its Goals: 1, two times; last at Cornell (4/15/17)  Assists: 1 at Holy Cross (2/25/17) scoring average entering the contest. Points: 1, three times; last at Cornell (4/15/17) - Posted seven saves while allowing just two goals against Holy Cross (2/24). Groundballs: 2, two times; last at Boston University (4/25/17) - Strong at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17), posting 11 saves, which included stopping 4-of-5 shots  sent his way in the third quarter and 6-of-9 in the second half. Added two groundballs.                  - Made 10 saves, allowing eight goals at Mercer (2/10).                  - Tallied nine saves, allowing seven goals in collegiate debut vs. NJIT (2/3). Was especially strong in #28 MATT  RIMOL              the middle two quarters, stopping 7-of-10 shots sent his way. Jr. • D • 6-3 • 205 • Londonberry, N.H.                   2018 UPDATE:            - Had two groundballs to tie a career high at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20).                            - Tallied a groundball vs.  No.  9/11  Cornell  (4/14).                       - Caused a turnover against   No.  11/12  Loyoola  (4/7).                                                            - Tied a career-high two groundballs at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20).           - Collected a groundball at Lafayette (3/17). CAREER HIGHS - Recorded a groundball against No. 18/16  Rutgers  (3/14).     Saves: 13 at Boston University (3/31/18)  - Tied a career-high two groundballs vs. Colgate (3/3). Fewest Goals Allowed (in start): 2 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18) - Posted a groundball at Mercer (2/10). Groundballs:  3 vs. Rutgers   (3/14/18)              - Tallied a caused turnover in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/3).                                                                                                          #22 IAN STRAIN           Sr. • M • 6-0 • 190 • Springfield, Pa.                 

CAREER HIGHS 2018 UPDATE:  Groundballs: 2, six times; last at Bucknell (4/20/18) - Posted a  goal, assist  and  groundball   at No.  11/12  Bucknell   (4/20).       Caused Turnovers: 2, two times; last vs. Army West Point (3/11/17). - Scored a goal while adding   six  groundballs   and  two caused   turnovers   in  strong Senior Day effort                  vs. No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14).                                          - Recorded two assists and  a groundball   against  No. 11/12  Loyola   (4/7).                - Scored first goal of the  season   while  dishing  an assist vs.  Navy  (3/24).                - Had a groundball at Lafayette (3/17).   - Posted two groundballs against No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14). - Dished an assist while adding four groundballs against Colgate (3/3). 

- Collected a groundball vs. Holy Cross (2/24).                  - Tied a career-high three assists in season opener vs. NJIT (2/3).                     Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631                 

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#36 JJ FOLEY  #41 ALEXANDER TUMMINELLO Sr. • D • 6-4 • 222 • Kings Park, N.Y. Jr. • M • 5-10 • 185 • Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

2018 UPDATE:                 2018 UPDATE:                  - Had a groundball against No. 11/12 Loyoola (4/7). - Caused a turnover at No.  11/12   Bucknell  (4/20).           - Tied career highs in groundballs    (2)  and caused  turnovers  (1)  vs.  No. 11/12  Loyola (4/7).  - Tied a career-high two points via a goal and assist at Boston University (3/31). Added first-career - Posted a groundball at  Boston  University  (3/31).           caused turnover. - Collected a groundball against Colgate (3/3). - Scored a second-quarter goal at Lafayette (3/17). - Tied a career-high two groundballs and one caused turnover vs. Holy Cross (2/24). - Recorded first-career groundball against Colgate (3/3). - Tallied a groundball at Mercer (2/10).  - Scored a goal for a third straight game vs. Holy Cross (2/24). - Scored a second-quarter extra-man goal at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17).                             - Posted first-career goal and assist at Mercer (2/10) finishing with two points on the afternoon (one           goal, one assist).                                                                                   CAREER HIGHS Groundballs: 2, six times; last vs. Loyola (4/7/18)  Caused Turnovers: 1, eight times; last vs. Loyola (4/7/18) CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, five times; last at Boston University (3/31/18)                  Assists: 1, two times; last at Boston University (3/31/18)                  Points: 2, two times; last at Boston University (3/31/18)                  #38 CONOR GAFFNEY Groundballs: 1 vs. Colgate (3/3/18)                  So. • FO/M • 5-10 • 190 • Mount Laurel, N.J. Caused Turnovers: 1 at Boston University (3/31/18)  Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 2; Hat Tricks: 0 2018 UPDATE:  - Strong once again, winning 14-of-20 faceoffs with three groundballs at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20).  -  Was 16-of-23  facing   off  with  nine  groundballs   against   No.  9/11  Cornell   (4/14),  facing  Paul            Rasimowicz  who entered the day at 54.8 percent  on the  year    #44 TRISTAN RAI - Finished 8-of-17 facing off, including a perfect 3-of-3 in the fourth quarter to lead Lehigh to dramatic Jr. • A • 6-0 •  170  •  Edmonton,   Alberta          win at Boston University (3/31). Collected six groundballs.                      - Won 13-of-21 faceoff vs. Navy (3/24), facing the Mids’ Joe Varello, who entered the day at 63.2 2018 UPDATE: percent on the season.  - Dished an assist at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20). - Another strong game at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20), winning 15-of-24 faceoffs against an opponent - Scored two goals and dished an assist vs. No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14). Kyle Gallagher,  who  won  61.8  percent  of his  draws  entering   the day.      - Posted a goal, assist and groundball against No. 11/12 Loyola (4/7).                  - Stellar at Lafayette (3/17), winning 17-of-20 faceoffs with 10 groundballs (all in the first half). Also                                   - Scored a goal while adding two groundballs at Boston University (3/31).                  posted first-career  point,  an  assist.             - Recorded a goal, two assists and a career-high two caused turnovers vs. Navy (3/24).                                   - Won 11-of-19 faceoffs, including a perfect 4-of-4 in the fourth quarter, against No. 18/16 Rutgers - Second straight hat trick  with three  goals and  two  assists  at No.  18/19  Hofstra  (3/20).  Also caused  (3/14).                   a turnover for a second straight game. - Impressed at No. 12 Army West Point (3/10), winning 12-of-20 faceoffs with three groundballs. - Finished with a career-high seven points behind three goals and career-high tying four assists at  Won nine of his final 16 draws, including 6-of-8 in the middle two quarters. Lafayette (3/17). - Won 10 of his final 15 faceoffs to finish 11-of-20 with four groundballs against Colgate (3/3).                   - Recorded an assist vs. No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14). - Finished 12-of-19 in the faceoff circle with eight groundballs vs. Holy Cross (2/24). - Dished an assist in big win at No. 12 Army West Point (3/10).                            - Won 11-of-26 faceoffs with seven  groundballs   at No.  13/14 North Carolina (2/17).   - Tallied two goals and an assist while  adding   a caused  turnover against Colgate (3/3).            - Another strong effort, winning 14-of-23 faceoffs with four groundballs at Mercer (2/10). Won 5-of-6 - Scored two goals while  adding   an assist and  two  groundballs   vs.  Holy  Cross (2/24).  Assist came                            in the second quarter to help turn  a 6-5 deficit   into a 9-7 halftime lead.    early in the fourth quarter and marked 100th-career point. - Stellar in season opener vs. NJIT (2/3), winning 18-of-25 faceoffs including 12 of last 13. Added - Posted first hat trick of the season, tallying three goals and an assist at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/18). 12 groundballs and a caused turnover. Was named Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week - One goal and two assists at Mercer (2/10).  for his efforts .  - Had a goal, two assists and three groundballs in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/3).

                                                                                                                                                          CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Assists: 1 at Lafayette (3/17/18)  Goals: 5 vs. NJIT (2/6/16) Points: 1 at Lafayette (3/17/18) Assists: 4, two times; last at Lafayette (3/17/18) Faceoffs Won:  19, two  times;   last  at Cornell  (4/15/17)           Points: 7 at Lafayette (3/17/18) Faceoffs Taken: 26 at North Carolina  (2/17/18)       Groundballs: 3 at Jacksonville (2/11/17)           Groundballs: 16 vs. NJIT (2/4/17) Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Navy (3/24/18)  Multi-Goal Games: 20; Multi-Point Games: 30; Hat Tricks: 15 #40 EDDIE BOUHALL Jr. • D • 6-1 • 200 • Lynbrook, N.Y. #45 NOLAN APERS  Sr. • M/A • 6-0 • 200 • Oakville, Ontario 2018 UPDATE: - Tallied two groundballs and a caused turnover at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20). 2018 UPDATE: - Posted a  groundball  and  two  caused  turnovers   against  No.  9/11  Cornell   (4/14).    - Scored two goals to tie a career high at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20). They came in the span of 3:29 - Recorded a caused turnover vs. No. 11/12  Loyola  (4/7).     in the second quarter.           - Caused a big fourth-quarter turnover while adding two groundballs at Boston University (3/31). - Posted a groundball in consecutive games vs. Navy (3/24) and at Boston University (3/31). - Tied a career-high six groundballs and four caused turnovers against Navy (3/24). - Tied a career-high two goals in 13-8 win at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20). Goals came consecutively in - Posted a groundball in big win at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20). the fourth quarter as part of Lehigh’s 5-0 run to end the game. - Caused a turnover at Lafayette (3/17).  - Scored a goal in big win at No. 12 Army West Point (3/10).                  - Tallied three groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14). - Collected a groundball vs. Colgate (3/3).                            - Recorded three groundballs   and  a caused turnover  in big  win  at No.  12 Army West Point (3/10).  - Had a groundball  vs. Holy Cross  (2/24).       Helped lead a Lehigh defense   which  allowed a season-low   seven  goals  to the  Black Knights.  - Tallied an assist and groundball at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17).                   - Had four groundballs  and  a caused   turnover  vs.  Colgate  (3/3).        - Dished an assist at Mercer (2/10). - Posted five groundballs  and  two  caused  turnovers   against  Holy   Cross  (2/24).     - Scored a goal in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/3). - Strong effort with three groundballs and three caused turnovers at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17).  - Finished with two groundballs at Mercer (2/10).                                   - Opened season with five groundballs and a caused turnover in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/3).                                                                                                                                                           CAREER HIGHS Goals: 2, three times; last at Bucknell (4/20/18)  CAREER HIGHS Assists: 1, four times; last at North Carolina (2/17/18) Goals: 1, two times; last at Cornell (4/15/17) Points: 2, four times;  last  at Bucknell  (4/20/18)                              Points: 1, two times; last at Cornell (4/15/17) Groundballs: 2, four times; last at Stony Brook (4/12/15) Groundballs: 6, two times; last vs. Navy (3/24/18)                                   Caused Turnovers:  1, two  times;  last  vs.  Army West  Point (3/21/15)         4, four times; last vs. Navy (3/24/18) Caused Turnovers:         Multi-Goal  Games: 1; Multi-Point   Games:  2; Hat Tricks:  0                     

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 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 21  #55 ANDREW      EICHELBERGER            #99 LUCAS SPENCE                  So. • M • 6-4 • 225  •  The  Woodlands,   Texas          Jr. • A/M • 5-11 • 175 • Springfield, Pa.                 

2018 UPDATE: 2018 UPDATE: - Set a career-high four groundballs at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20). - Continued strong play, posting two goals, two assists and a caused turnover at No. 11/12 Bucknell - Scored two goals at Boston University (3/31), his fourth time in six games scoring twice goals. (4/20).

- Scored two goals for second consecutive game at No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20). - Scored four goals and tied a career-high four groundballs against No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14). - Tied a career-high two goals at Lafayette (3/17). - Tallied a goal, assist and two groundballs vs. No. 11/12 Loyola (4/7). - Scored a big goal with eight seconds left in the second quarter to even the score vs. No. 18/16 - Recorded a goal, assist and groundball at Boston University (3/31).

Rutgers (3/14).  Added  an assist.             - Posted two goals, an assist and career-high tying four groundballs vs. Navy (3/24). - Recorded a career-high  three  points  (two  goals,  one  assist) in big  win  at No.  12  Army West Point (3/10).  - Another stellar effort, posting five points (two goals, career-high tying three assists) in big win at - Posted a groundball  vs.  Colgate   (3/3).            No. 18/19 Hofstra (3/20). - Had an assist against Holy Cross (2/24). - Tied a career-high six points (four goals, two assists) at Lafayette (3/17).  - Tied a career-high two points at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17) via a goal and assist. - Scored two  goals  and  added   an assist  and  groundball  vs. No.  18/16   Rutgers   (3/14).   - Scored a goal in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/3). - Scored Lehigh’s final goal, and dished an assist  while  collecting two groundballs in big win at No. 12 Army West Poin (3/10).                                          - Posted a  career-high  three  assists  vs.  Colgate  (3/3) while  adding   two  groundballs and a caused                  turnover.                            - Shattered career highs in  goals (6), points  (7) and groundballs   (4) against  Holy Cross (2/24). - Had two goals and an assist at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17). CAREER HIGHS  2, five times; last at Boston University (3/31/18) - Tallied a goal, two assists and groundball at Mercer (2/10). Goals:  Assists: 1, four times; last at Army West Point (3/10/18) - Recorded two points (one goal, one assist) and career-high three groundballs vs. NJIT (2/3). Points: 3 at Army West Point (3/10/18)                  Groundballs: 4 at Bucknell (4/20/18)                          Multi-Goal Games: 5; Multi-Point Games: 6; Hat Tricks: 0                                                    #66 MATT DOUGLAS CAREER HIGHS Goals: 6 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18) Fr. • D • 6-3 • 210 • Randolph, N.J.  Assists: 3, two times; last at Hofstra (3/20/18)  Points: 6 at  Lafayette  (3/17/18)               2018 UPDATE: Groundballs:  4, three times;  last  vs.  Cornell  (4/14/18)           - Had two groundballs at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20). Caused Turnovers: 2 at Cornell   (4/15/17)             - Caused a turnover against No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14). Multi-Goal  Games: 12; Multi-Point    Games:  19; Hat  Tricks:  5         - Recorded  a groundball   and  caused   turnover  vs.  No. 11/12  Loyola  (4/7).                                        - Posted a groundball  at  No.  18/19  Hofstra  (3/20).                             - Finished with a career-high   four  groundballs   at Lafayette  (3/17).        - Caused a turnover against No. 18/16 Rutgers (3/14). - Tallied a groundball in big win at No. 12 Army West Point (3/10). - Posted a groundball vs. Colgate (3/3).  - Recorded two groundballs and first two career caused turnovers against Holy Cross (2/24). - Collected a career-high three groundballs at No. 13/14 North Carolina (2/17). - Had two groundballs in collegiate debut vs. NJIT (2/3).

                                                  

CAREER HIGHS  Goals: --  Assists: --  Points: --                                    4 at Lafayette  (3/17/18)              Groundballs:                                  Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Holy  Cross  (2/24/18)                               #77 CHRISTIAN MCHUGH So. • M • 6-3 • 180 • Bronxville, N.Y.                            2018 UPDATE:         - Tied a career-high two groundballs at No. 11/12 Bucknell (4/20).  - Had a groundball and caused turnover vs. No. 9/11 Cornell (4/14). - Recorded two groundballs against Navy (3/24). - Collected a groundball in consecutive games at Lafayette (3/17) and at Hofstra (3/20).                  - Had two groundballs  while assisting  on  Lehigh’s  final  goal in big win at No. 12 Army West Point (3/10).          - Tied a career-high two groundballs while adding a caused turnover vs. Colgate (3/3).  - Posted a career-high two groundballs against Holy Cross (2/24). - Tallied a caused turnover in season opener vs. NJIT (2/3).

                                                                   

 CAREER HIGHS Assists: 1, two times; last at Army West Point (3/10/18) Points: 1, two times; last at Army West Point (3/10/18) Groundballs: 2, four times; last at Bucknell (4/20/18) Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Boston University (4/1/17)

Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 22 GAME 1•FEB. 3, 2018 GAME 2•FEB. 10, 2018 BETHLEHEM, PA. MACON, GA. LEHIGH 13, NJIT 8 LEHIGH 13,MERCER 8

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – All six of the Mountain Hawks’ starting mid- MACON, Ga. - Mercer scored six goals over the game’s first 13:45, fielders and attackmen tallied multiple points while sophomore Conor but the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team held the Bears to just two over the Gaffney won 11-of-12 second-half faceoffs and freshman James Spence remaining 46:15, on its way to a 13-8 win on Saturday. The Mountain made nine saves in goal to lead the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team to a 13-8 Hawks (2-0) used a 6-0 run to turn a 6-3 deficit into a 9-6 second-quar- season-opening win over NJIT on Saturday afternoon. Juniors Mickey ter lead and extended the lead even further in the second half. Junior Fitzpatrick posted his first-career hat trick while classmate Andrew Andrew Pettit led Lehigh’s offense with three goals, his second straight Pettit tallied a game-high five points behind three goals and two assists. hat trick to begin the season. The Mountain Hawks 4-3 early in the second quarter, but went on a 7-1 Along with Pettit’s three goals, sophomore Austin Pierce scored a run to create separation and pick up their eighth season-opening victory career-high two goals, both on the extra man, while senior John Mehok in their last nine tries. scored twice and posted three points as well to tie a career high. Juniors Along with Fitzpatrick and Pettit, senior John Mehok also set a Tristan Rai and Lucas Spence each had three points via a goal and two career high with three points (career-high tying two goals, one assist). assists. Junior Tristan Rai tallied a goal and two assists, senior Ian Strain tied Defensively, junior Craig Chick had two groundballs and four a career-high three assists and junior Lucas Spence posted a goal and caused turnovers while freshman long-stick midfielder Teddy Leggett assist. tallied five groundballs and two caused turnovers to up his season total Gaffney finished 18-of-25 with 12 groundballs while freshman to nine groundballs and four caused turnovers through two games. long-stick midfielder Teddy Leggett impressed in his collegiate debut, Mercer used an early 4-0 run, which extended to 6-2, to take a late recording four goals and two assists. Junior Eddie Bouhall had five 6-3 first-quarter advantage. Lehigh responded by scoring twice in the groundballs and a caused turnover while classmate Craig Chick re- final 34 seconds of the first quarter, as Spence and junior Mickey Fitz- corded three groundballs and two caused turnovers. patrick pulled Lehigh within 6-5 after 15 minutes of play. Mehok and Rai opened the scoring with two quick goals before the The Mountain Hawks carried the momentum into the second quar- game was five minutes old. The teams traded goals before the High- ter as Pettit, Pierce, sophomore Parker Kent and Mehok scored to give landers went on a 3-0 run to take a 4-3 lead with 12:40 remaining in the Lehigh a 9-6 advantage late in the stanza, on its way to a 9-7 halftime second quarter. The Mountain Hawks answered with a three-goal surge advantage. of their own, beginning with Fitzpatrick’s first of the game (at 10:03). Both defenses stood tall in the second half with just five combined He was followed by Mehok’s second (at 8:23) and Pettit’s first (at 0:43). goals, four from Lehigh. Pierce scored his second extra-man goal mid- NJIT responded with 15 seconds on the clock to pull within 6-5 at the way through the third quarter, Mercer responded early in the fourth, half. but Lehigh ended the game with three unanswered goals, including the Lehigh gained control early in the second, scoring the first four goals first of the season from sophomore Ryan Klose, to wrap up Lehigh’s of the stanza. The run included Pettit’s second, a goal from sophomore second straight 13-8 win to begin the season (after also defeating NJIT Andrew Eichelberger, along with Fitzpatrick’s second and third goals 13-8 last Saturday). as the Mountain Hawks took a 10-5 lead with 7:44 remaining in the third For the game, Lehigh held a 42-29 edge in shots while Mercer held quarter. a 25-19 edge in groundballs. Freshman goalie James Spence made 10 Each side scored three goals the rest of the way, including the saves across Mercer’s Bradley Hodoval, who tallied nine. first-career goal from sophomore Austin Pierce, a man-up tally with Sophomore Conor Gaffney was strong in the faceoff circle, winning 13:36 remaining in the fourth quarter. 14-of-23 draws with four groundballs. For the game, Lehigh held a commanding 48-20 edge in shots and 41-25 advantage in groundballs. Spence stopped seven of ten shots over the middle two quarters to finish with nine saves for the game. Kirst.    NJIT’s Nick Marzullo was stellar, making 16 stops. 

                                           

               

                                                                       

                                                                       

                                   

                                   

                                   

                                   

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Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 23 GAME 3•FEB. 17, 2018 GAME 4•FEB. 24, 2018 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. BETHLEHEM, PA. NO. 13/14 NORTH CAROLINA 12, LEHIGH 11 (OT) LEHIGH 15, HOLY CROSS 4

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team fought BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Junior Lucas Spence led the offense with a back from an early 5-2 deficit to take a late 11-10 lead, but No. 13/14 career-high six goals and seven points, while classmate Andrew Pettit added a career-high tying seven points as well to help lead the Lehigh North Carolina evened the score with 2:22 remaining and scored the men’s lacrosse team to a convincing 15-4 Patriot League opening victory game-winner just 36 seconds into overtime to hand the Mountain over Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon. The defense stood tall, allowing Hawks a heartbreaking 12-11 defeat on Saturday afternoon. Junior just two goals over the game’s first 51:03 as a trio of Mountain Hawks’ Andrew Pettit led the offense with four goals, good for his third hat goaltenders made 11 saves. The 11-goal win marks Lehigh’s largest trick in as many games, while junior Eddie Bouhall recorded three margin of victory in a Patriot League opener since 1998. groundballs and three caused turnovers. Spence’s six goals and seven points shattered his previous career Pettit added an assist to give him a team-high five points, while high of four in both categories. Pettit tied his career high with seven also recording a career-high six groundballs. Classmate Tristan Rai points behind two goals and a career-high five assists. Classmate Tristan Rai finished with two goals and an assist to reach exactly 100 career tallied three goals and an assist while fellow junior Lucas Spence points. Five other Mountain Hawks scored a single goal, including the had two goals and an assist. In total, nine of Lehigh’s goals came first-career tallies from freshman Teddy Leggett and sophomore Crew from its starting attack while junior Alexander Tumminello and Cintron, and first goals of the season from juniors Craig Chick and sophomore Andrew Eichelberger scored the others. Jackson Monnin. Sophomore Austin Clibanoff recorded his first-career Defensively, Bouhall posted a game-high three caused turnovers point, an assist, in the fourth quarter. while junior Craig Chick had a groundball and caused turnover. Defensively, Chick had five groundballs and three caused turnovers Freshman Teddy Leggett tallied three groundballs and a caused while fellow junior Eddie Bouhall recorded five groundballs and two turnover. caused turnovers. Freshman Matt Douglas had two groundballs and two caused turnovers while Leggett recorded a groundball and four The Tar Heels jumped out to an early 4-1 lead, which reached caused turnovers, to go with his goal. Sophomore Conor Gaffney won 5-2 late in the first quarter. The Mountain Hawks responded with 10 of his first 11 faceoffs to finish 12-of-19 with eight groundballs. four of the next five goals as Eichelberger’s second of the season It took nearly 12 minutes for either team to get on the scoreboard, evened the score at six early in the second quarter. when Rai gave Lehigh a 1-0 lead with 3:29 remaining in the first quarter. From there, the teams traded the next eight goals deep into Lucas Spence added two more goals before the first quarter was over, the second half when Pettit ended that streak with Lehigh’s second at 2:29 and 0:01 to give the Mountain Hawks a 3-0 advantage after a straight tally. His 10th goal of the season gave the Mountain Hawks quarter of play. their first lead at 11-10 with 3:04 on the clock. However, UNC’s Holy Cross scored off a faceoff just seven seconds into the second quarter, but the Mountain Hawks answered with the next six goals, be- Timmy Kelly pulled his side even with 2:22 remaining, setting the ginning with Spence’s third of the game. He added another goal while stage for William Perry to score a game-winner on a rocket that was junior Alexander Tumminello rounded out the run, giving Lehigh a 9-2 ticketed for the top corner. lead with 2:52 remaining. The Crusaders pulled within 9-3 at the half. For the game, UNC held a 39-35 edge in shots while the Moun- The Mountain Hawks continued the momentum in the second, tain Hawks held a 30-20 advantage in groundballs. Sophomore beginning with the first four goals, including two more from Spence. Conor Gaffney was 11-of-26 at the faceoff X with seven groundballs. The Crusaders scored at 8:57 and 3:33 of the fourth quarter, but Cintron Freshman James Spence finished with 11 saves, including stopping and Monnin rounded out the scoring, giving Lehigh the 15-4 win. 5-of-6 sent his way in the third quarter. Final shots were 33-27 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain Hawks held a 45-33 edge in groundballs. After freshman James Spence made seven saves through the first three quarters, sophomore Colin Kirst

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                                              

               

                                                                             

                                                                             

                                      

                                      

                                      

                                      

          Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 24 GAME 5•MAR. 3, 2018 GAME 6•MAR. 10, 2018 BETHLEHEM, PA. WEST POINT, N.Y. LEHIGH 10, COLGATE 7 LEHIGH 9, NO. 12 ARMY WEST POINT 7

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored the WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team posted a pair game’s first two goals, and the final four, as the Mountain Hawks of 4-0 runs, including one in the fourth quarter to turn a 6-5 deficit into improved to 2-0 in Patriot League play with a 10-7 win over visiting a 9-6 lead, on its way to a big 9-7 win at No. 12 Army West Point on Colgate on Saturday afternoon at the Ulrich Sports Complex. In the end, Saturday afternoon. Lehigh scored nine goals against a Black Knights’ Lehigh shut-out the Raiders for the game’s final 19:48, holding Colgate defense allowing just 6.60 per game entering the day, while on the other – the nation’s No. 3 scoring offense entering the day – more than eight end, the Mountain Hawks’ defense held Army to a season-low seven goals under its average entering the day (15.75). Senior John Mehok led goals. Junior Andrew Pettit tied a career-high five goals, including three Lehigh’s offense with a career-high four goals and five points. straight in the fourth quarter, while classmate Craig Chick recorded Along with Mehok’s four goals, juniors Andrew Pettit, Tristan Rai seven groundballs and three caused turnovers. With the win, Lehigh and Mickey Fitzpatrick each scored two apiece. All three added one improves to 5-1 on the season and 3-0 in Patriot League play. assist for three points on the afternoon. Junior Lucas Spence dished a Sophomore Andrew Eichelberger also posted a career-high three career-high three assists. points with two goals and one assist. Junior Lucas Spence had a goal Junior Craig Chick led the defense with three caused turnovers, and assist, while senior Nolan Apers scored a goal as well. to go with three groundballs. He is up to 90 career caused turnovers, needing just eight more to become Lehigh’s all-time career record holder. Chick’s three caused turnovers gave him 93 for his career, moving Classmate Eddie Bouhall had four groundballs and a caused turnover him into a tie for 18th place in NCAA history in that category. Freshman while sophomore defensive midfielder Christian McHugh impressed Teddy Leggett added a career-high seven groundballs to go with three with two groundballs and a caused turnover. caused turnovers. Junior Eddie Bouhall collected three groundballs and Spence assisted goals from Fitzpatrick and Rai to give Lehigh a 2-0 caused a turnover while sophomore Christian McHugh had two, along lead with less than a minute remaining in the first quarter. Colgate got with an assist. on the board with 15 seconds on the first-quarter clock, which helped Lehigh was able to frustrate Army offensively for most of the game spark a 4-0 run to give the Raiders a 4-2 mid-second quarter lead. using its zone defense. After trading goals, the Mountain Hawks scored the next three Army jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead with 6:58 remaining in the bridging the end of the second and beginning of the third. Mehok’s first quarter, but the Mountain Hawks answered with four consecutive second of the afternoon tied the score at five at halftime, then Fitzpatrick goals, two of which were scored by Pettit. Lehigh went in front 4-2 early began the second half like he did the first - giving Lehigh a 6-5 advantage in the second quarter after the first of two Eichelberger goals. at 12:25 of the third quarter. With Lehigh leading 5-3 at the half, the Black Knights outscored the The Raiders scored the next two to go up 7-6 with 4:48 remaining Mountain Hawks 3-0 in the third quarter to take a 6-5 lead. However, in the third, but Mehok took over down the stretch. He had a hand in Pettit had an answer in the fourth quarter, scoring three consecutive three of the game’s final four goals (two goals, one assist). After evening goals - at the 11:02 mark to pull even at six, at 9:18 to give Lehigh a 7-6 the score late in the third, he found Pettit early in the fourth to put the lead, and at 8:42 on the extra man to give the Mountain Hawks an 8-6 Mountain Hawks up 8-7. On the ensuing faceoff, Pettit found Rai in advantage. an unsettled situation, then Mehok added a key insurance goal with Spence added a transition goal less than two minutes later to give 3:07 remaining. The defense caused five of Colgate’s six fourth-quarter Lehigh a 9-6 lead, Army got one back at 5:47, but the Mountain Hawks’ turnovers to help wrap up Lehigh’s third straight win over Colgate and defense stood tall to close out the impressive victory. seventh in its last eight tries. Army finished with a 33-29 edge in shots while Lehigh held a 28- The Mountain Hawks finished with a 26-19 edge in shots and 33-18 23 advantage in groundballs. Sophomore Conor Gaffney won 12-of-20 edge in groundballs. After losing five of his first six faceoffs, sophomore faceoffs, including 9-of-14 over the final three quarters. Freshman James Conor Gaffney won 10 of his final 15 to finish 11-of-20 on the afternoon Spence was strong in goal, making nine saves, five coming in the second with four groundballs. Freshman James Spence posted six saves, stop-   half. ping 3-of-4 in the first quarter and 3-of-5 in the second half.   

                                           

             

                                                                       

                                                                       

                                   

                                   

                                   

                                   

          Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 25 GAME 7•MAR. 14, 2018 GAME 8•MAR. 17, 2018 BETHLEHEM, PA. EASTON, PA. NO. 18/16 RUTGERS 8, NO. 16/17 LEHIGH 7 NO. 16/17 LEHIGH 19, LAFAYETTE 11

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A back-and-forth game saw four ties, with nei- EASTON, Pa. - The No. 16/17 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team broke out for ther team leading by more than two goals, as No. 18/17 Rutgers scored 11 goals in the span of 11:14 in the second quarter, on its way to an impres- the game-winning goal with 4:17 remaining to down the No. 16/18 Lehigh sive 19-11 win at archrival Lafayette on Saturday afternoon. The Mountain men’s lacrosse team 8-7 on a cold and windy Wednesday night at the Hawks’ starting attackmen combined for 18 points (nine goals, nine assists) while sophomore Conor Gaffney won 17-of-20 faceoffs, all in the first half, Ulrich Sports Complex. An even matchup saw nearly identical statistics to help spark the second-quarter surge. The win improves Lehigh’s record across the board, which included 25 shots apiece. to 6-2, including 4-0 in the Patriot League for the first time since 2013. The Wednesday marked just the second time this season that Rutgers Mountain Hawks and Loyola are currently the only two undefeated teams was held to single-digit goals. Junior Eddie Bouhall finished with three in league play. groundballs to eclipse 100 in his career, while adding two caused turn- As a team, Lehigh won 27 faceoffs on the day (compared to just six overs. Classmate Craig Chick had a groundball and caused turnover, losses), which is the most faceoff wins in a game by any team in the nation moving him to 94 career caused turnovers - within three of tying Tripp this season. The Mountain Hawks’ 19 goals tied for the third most in the Telesco’s school record of 97. Freshman Teddy Leggett had five ground- country in 2018. balls, caused a turnover and scored his second-career goal just 13 seconds Junior Tristan Rai posted a career-high seven points to lead the offense (three goals, career-high tying four assists). Classmate Lucas Spence tied a into the fourth quarter. career-high six points (four goals, two assists) while junior Andrew Pettit Junior Lucas Spence led Lehigh offensively with two goals, which had five points (two goals, three assists). Another junior, Mickey Fitzpatrick, included the game-tying score with 6:30 remaining in the fourth quarter. also tied a career high with three goals. Classmate Andrew Pettit had a goal and assist. Defensively, junior Craig Chick had a groundball and two caused turn- For the second straight game, Lehigh’s opponent jumped out to a over to move to 96 in his career, within one of tying Tripp Telesco’s school 2-0 lead, but for the second consecutive contest, the Mountain Hawks record. Freshman Teddy Leggett continued his strong play, recording two immediately answered. Sophomore Parker Kent scored in transition groundballs and two caused turnovers. at 3:35 of the first quarter to get Lehigh on the board, then senior John Fitzpatrick scored two of Lehigh’s first three goals as the Mountain Hawks took a quick 3-0 advantage just 5:35 into the game. Lafayette re- Mehok tallied his ninth of the season just 1:28 later to pull the Mountain sponded with two straight, three of the next four and four of the next six Hawks even after 15 minutes of play. to pull within 5-4 with 11:12 remaining in the second quarter. The second The second quarter saw just one goal aside. Rutgers took a 3-2 lead quarter featured 11 Mountain Hawk goals, including eight in a row to end at 9:28, but sophomore Andrew Eichelberger scored the equalizer with the stanza. Leading 7-5 with less than six minutes remaining, Spence scored just eight seconds remaining in the frame to send the game into halftime three goals in the span of 35 seconds, the last on the extra man to give Lehigh tied at three. a 10-5 lead with 4:36 on the clock. Pettit scored on the extra man less than two minutes into the third The Mountain Hawks went on to score five more, which included the quarter, but the Scarlet Knights reeled off the next three goals to take a first-career goal from freshman Joel Trucksess, who won the faceoff and went in all alone to give Lehigh a 14-5 lead with 1:49 remaining. Rai capped 6-4 lead as Rutgers headed to the fourth with a 7-5 advantage. off the run just 19 seconds later to give the Mountain Hawks a 15-5 halftime Leggett scored off the first faceoff of the fourth quarter to pull Le- advantage. In the end, Lehigh’s 8-0 run happened in the span of just 3:41. high within one, then Spence scored his second at the 6:30 mark to tie The Leopards tallied the first three goals of the second half, but sopho- the score at seven. However, Rutgers’ Jules Heningburg answered with more Andrew Eichelberger scored his second of the game with 28 seconds what proved to be the game-winning goal with 4:17 on the clock. remaining in the third quarter, sparking a 4-1 Mountain Hawks’ run. Pettit Final shots were even at 25 while Lehigh held a 26-20 edge in added a man-up goal in the fourth quarter while sophomores Jackson Mon- groundballs. Sophomore Conor Gaffney bounced back from winning nin and Austin Pierce also scored to give Lehigh a 19-9 lead, on its way to 2-of-7 faceoffs in the third quarter to win all four in the fourth, finishing the 19-11 victory. Along with Gaffney, Trucksess finished 7-of-10 while junior 11-of-19 for the game. Freshman James Spence made seven saves, five Brian Meyer was a perfect 3-of-3. Freshman James Spence made five first-half of which were in the middle two quarters.   saves while sophomore Colin Kirst and junior Chris Kiernan made two  stops apiece in the second half.

                                           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

          Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 26 GAME 9•MAR. 20, 2018 GAME 10•MAR. 24, 2018 HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. BETHLEHEM, PA. NO. 12/14 LEHIGH 13, NO. 18/19 HOFSTRA 8 NAVY 10, NO. 12/14 LEHIGH 7

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - After trailing 3-0 early, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The No. 12/14 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team team staged a 7-1 run to take a 7-4 lead, later breaking an 8-8 tie with five held the advantage in practically every statistical category, but Navy unanswered goals to lead the No. 12/14 Mountain Hawks a big 13-8 road goaltender Ryan Kern made a career-high 18 saves to shut the door on win at No. 18/19 Hofstra on Tuesday evening. The win marks Lehigh’s first every Mountain Hawks’ comeback attempt as Lehigh dropped a 10-7 in program history over the Pride as the Mountain Hawks improve to 7-2 on final on Saturday afternoon in front of 1,178 fans at the Ulrich Sports the season, picking up their third straight road victory overall, two coming Complex. Two consecutive man-up goals from junior Andrew Pettit against ranked opponents. Junior Andrew Pettit led the offense with seven points (three goals, four assists) to tie a career high. Classmate Craig Chick pulled Lehigh even at four at the half, but Navy began the second half tallied four caused turnovers to become the Lehigh all-time career record on a 3-0 run and would never trail. The loss marks Lehigh’s first Patriot holder and reach exactly 100 caused turnovers in his career. League defeat of the season as the Mountain Hawks fall to 7-3 overall, Pettit had a hand in seven of Lehigh’s first eight goals, helping the 4-1 in league play. Mountain Hawks score the most goals this season against the nation’s No. Lehigh’s starting attackmen each recorded three points as Pettit 1 ranked scoring defense. The Pride were allowing just 6.33 goals per game. and junior Lucas Spence had two goals and an assist while classmate Prior to Lehigh’s 13 goals, the most goals Hofstra had allowed all season was Tristan Rai recorded a goal and two assists. Senior Ian Strain finished nine to Ohio State. Hofstra entered the game on a four-game winning streak with a goal and assist. in which it allowed just 22 total goals in that span. Defensively, junior Eddie Bouhall had six groundballs and four Each of Lehigh’s starting attackmen tallied five points or more. Along caused turnovers to eclipse 50 caused turnovers in his career, while Craig with Pettit, junior Tristan Rai recorded his second consecutive hat trick with Chick scored his second goal of the season and added four groundballs three goals and two assists while Lucas Spence had two goals and three and four caused turnovers. Sophomore was stellar facing assists. Sophomore Andrew Eichelberger and senior Nolan Apers each Conor Gaffney scored twice. off, winning 13-of-21 on the day against Navy’s Joe Varello, who entered Chick’s four caused turnovers gave him exactly 100 for his career, the day winning 63.2 percent of his draws on the day. passing Tripp Telesco’s previous school record of 97. Freshman Teddy Leg- Navy jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 5:03 into the game before Strain gett added five groundballs and two caused turnovers. Sophomore Conor scored his first of the season at the 6:52 mark. The teams traded goals Gaffney won 15-of-24 faceoffs, facing Hofstra’s Kyle Gallagher, who had until late in the second quarter when Pettit and the Mountain Hawks won 62 percent entering the day. scored twice on a nonreleasable Navy penalty, at the 2:50 and 2:04 marks, The Pride jumped out to the quick 3-0 lead and it took time for Lehigh’s to pull Lehigh even at 4-4 at the half. offense to settle in, but the Mountain Hawks scored two goals in the final The Midshipmen began the third quarter on a 3-0 run before Chick 34 seconds of the first quarter to help spark the offense - Pettit on the extra and Spence scored in the span of 1:08. Lehigh attempted to pull even man and Rai even strength. Hofstra responded to take a 4-2 lead, but the in the final minute, but Bouhall’s shot was saved by Kern, leading to a Mountain Hawks had another answer. Pettit scored at 6:37 of the second transition goal on the other end as Navy took an 8-6 lead into the fourth. quarter to pull Lehigh within 4-3, then Pettit found Rai for goals at 2:17 and 0:19 to give the Mountain Hawks a 5-4 halftime advantage. That advantage swelled to 10-6 with 3:59 remaining in the fourth Eichelberger and Spence began the third quarter with goals to give quarter. Rai scored just 13 seconds later and Lehigh won the ensuing Lehigh a 7-4 lead. Later in the stanza, the Pride scored three in a row to even faceoff looking to pull even closer, but Kern made his 17th stop of the the score at eight, but Eichelberger netted his second with nine seconds left afternoon on sophomore Andrew Eichelberger, all but ending the in the third quarter to give Lehigh a 9-8 lead. Mountain Hawks’ hopes of a comeback. The Mountain Hawks carried the momentum into the fourth quarter Final shots were 38-26 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain as an Austin Pierce man-up goal gave Lehigh a 10-8 lead. Apers added Hawks held a 39-27 edge in groundballs. Lehigh caused 14 of Navy’s consecutive goals and Spence rounded out the scoring. Freshman goalkeeper 19 turnovers while the Mountain Hawks turned the ball over just 11 James Spence made two fourth-quarter saves as the Mountain Hawks shut- times themselves. Lehigh was 2-of-2 on the extra man and improved to out Hofstra for the game’s final 16:17. 62.1 percent on the year. If the season ended today, that mark would be Final shots were 31-24 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain Hawks  second in NCAA history for a single season. held a 31-20 edge in groundballs. Spence finished with six saves in goal.                                                     

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                                                                       

                                   

                                   

                                                                                 

Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 27 GAME 11•MAR. 31, 2018 GAME 12•APR. 7, 2018 BOSTON, MASS. BETHLEHEM, PA. NO. 17/19 LEHIGH 7, BOSTON UNIVERSITY 6 NO. 11/12 LOYOLA 16, NO. 15/17 LEHIGH 10

BOSTON - Trailing 6-4 with 3:57 remaining in the third quarter, No. BETHLEHEM, Pa. – No. 11/12 Loyola jumped out to a 7-0 sec- 17/19 Lehigh didn’t allow a goal for the game’s final 18:57 while ending the ond-quarter lead, which proved too much for the No. 15/17 Lehigh game with three unanswered goals to pick up a dramatic 7-6 win at Boston men’s lacrosse team to overcome in a 16-10 defeat on Saturday at the University on Saturday. The Lehigh defense shut-out the Terriers for the Ulrich Sports Complex. The Mountain Hawks scored seven of the game’s fourth quarter despite playing defense for the majority of the stanza. It set the stage for junior Mickey Fitpzatrick as the Duxbury, Massachusetts native final nine goals, holding a 6-2 fourth-quarter edge, but it wasn’t enough. collected a groundball off a save and fired home the game-winner with just Junior Andrew Pettit led the offense with his 13th-career hat trick while 38 seconds remaining. In doing so, the Mountain Hawks clinched their eighth sophomore Austin Pierce scored two goals in the span of 16 seconds in consecutive Patriot League Tournament berth. the fourth and senior Brady Thompson netted his first-career goal. With the win, the Mountain Hawks improve to 8-3 on the season, in- Along with Pettit and Pierce, juniors Tristan Rai, Lucas Spence and cluding 5-1 in Patriot League play as they remain in a three-way tie for first Mickey Fitzpatrick all tallied a goal and assist while senior Ian Strain place in the league standings. dished two assists. In the end, the Mountain Hawks won just 6-of-21 Junior Craig Chick led the defense with two groundballs and four caused turnovers to break the Patriot League career caused turnover record, faceoffs through the first three quarters and couldn’t get into any rhythm. ending the game with 108 in his career. The record came in Chick’s 40th Spencer finished the day with seven points (four goals, three assists) career game, passing Colgate’s Bobby Lawrence, who recorded 106 caused and had a hat trick by the end of the first quarter. turnovers in 65 contests. The Greyhounds opened a 7-0 lead before Craig Chick fired home Boston University scored three goals in the first 4:59 of the third quarter a shot with 3:38 remaining in the second quarter. Loyola extended its to quickly turn a 4-2 Mountain Hawks’ lead into a 5-4 Terriers’ advantage. lead to 10-1 just minutes into the third quarter. Pettit scored two straight The lead reached 6-4 later in the stanza, forcing Lehigh head coach Kevin goals, but the Greyhounds erased any doubt by scoring four times in the Cassese to call timeout. span of 3:03 to take a 14-3 advantage late in the third. Sophomore Andrew Eichelberger led Lehigh’s offense with two goals while juniors Andrew Pettit, Lucas Spence, Alexander Tumminello and Fitzpatrick converted on the extra man late in the third, then Lehigh Fitzpatrick all had a goal and assist. Freshman Teddy Leggett added five went on to outscore the Greyhounds 6-2 in the fourth. That quarter groundballs and a caused turnover. included Pettit’s third goal, two goals from Pierce at the 2:48 and 2:32 Tumminello opened the scoring with an extra-man goal late in the first marks, then the first-career from Thompson to pull Lehigh within 16-10 quarter. Lehigh has now recorded a man-up goal in six straight games, con- at the final horn. verting 11-of-14 extra-man opportunities in that span to increase its season The Mountain Hawks outshot Loyola 14-6 in the fourth to lead percentage to 63.3 (19-of-30). 33-32 for the game. The Greyhounds held a 33-30 edge in groundballs. The Terriers responded with two goals in the first 2:13 of the second quarter to take a 2-1 advantage, but the Mountain Hawks answered with the Loyola won 18-of-30 faceoffs. One bright spot for Lehigh was freshman final three goals of the half, from junior Tristan Rai, Pettit and Eichelberger, Joel Trucksess, who won 6-of-9. The Mountain Hawks converted their to take a 4-2 halftime lead. only extra-man opportunity and have now converted 12 of their last 15. After Boston University’s third-quarter surge to retake the lead, Spence Despite the loss, Lehigh did clinch at least a top-four seed in the pulled Lehigh within 6-5 at 1:52 of the third and Eichelberger scored his Patriot League Tournament due to out-of-town scores. If it finishes as the second just 1:27 into the fourth, knotting the game at six. Boston University No. 3 or 4 seed, Lehigh will be home for a Patriot League Quarterfinal controlled possession over the ensuing minutes, but the Mountain Hawks’ game for the first time since 2014. The Mountain Hawks are still math- defense limited the Terriers’ opportunities and when they had chances, ematically alive to earn a top-two seed and bye into the Patriot League freshman James Spence came up big between the pipes. After Fitzpatrick’s go-ahead goal, the Mountain Hawks won the ensuing faceoff and wouldn’t Semifinals. give up possession as they wrapped up the hard-fought victory. Lehigh finished with a 30-29 edge in shots while the Mountain Hawks held a 29-23 advantage in groundballs. Sophomore faceoff specialist Conor Gaffney bounced back from going 0-for-6 in the third quarter to win all three    taken in the fourth. Spence was stellar in goal, making a career-high 13 saves. 

                                           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                   

          Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 28 GAME 13•APR. 14, 2018 GAME 14•APR. 20, 2018 BETHLEHEM, Pa. LEWISBURG, Pa. NO. 9/11 CORNELL 12, NO. 17/18 LEHIGH 10 NO. 11/12 BUCKNELL 14, NO. 19 LEHIGH 7

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – No. 9/11 Cornell used a 4-0 first-half run to turn a 2-2 LEWISBURG, Pa. - The No. 19 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored three tie into a 6-2 lead as the Big Red topped the No. 17/18 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team, straight first-half goals to take a 5-3 lead, but No. 11/12 Bucknell answered 12-10 on Saturday afternoon in front of 1,231 fans at the Ulrich Sports Complex. The with a pair of 5-0 runs separated by an Ian Strain goal, to pull away, 14-7 Mountain Hawks pulled within 6-4 at the half, but Cornell slowly built its lead back on Friday evening in the regular season finale for both teams. With the loss, up in the second. Junior Lucas Spence led the Lehigh offense with four goals while Lehigh falls to 8-6, 5-3 in Patriot League play. The Mountain Hawks will be sophomore Conor Gaffney enjoyed a strong bounce-back game, winning 16-of-23 the No. 4 seed in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament and will host faceoffs with nine groundballs. Saturday was Senior Day as the Mountain Hawks recognized their five fifth-seeded Colgate in the quarterfinals this Tuesday at 7 p.m. seniors - Nolan Apers, JJ Foley, John Mehok, Ian Strain and Brady Thompson - Junior Lucas Spence led the Lehigh offense with four points behind prior to opening faceoff. With the loss, Lehigh falls to 8-5 on the season with one two goals and two assists as he continued his streak of multiple points in regular-season game remaining, at Bucknell next Friday night. Currently standing every game this season. Senior Nolan Apers tied a career-high two goals 5-2 in league play, the Mountain Hawks will be the No. 3 seed with a win against while senior Ian Strain, junior Andrew Pettit and sophomore Ryan Klose the Bison and the No. 4 seed with a loss. Either way, Lehigh is guaranteed to host scored the others. Sophomore Conor Gaffney continued his strong play in a Patriot League Quarterfinal game on Tuesday, Apr. 24. the faceoff circle, winning 14-of-20 draws with three groundballs. In the end, Lehigh’s defense held the nation’s No. 1 offense more than three The loss snapped Lehigh’s four-game road winning streak. goals below its season average. The Mountain Hawks held the Big Red to their Bucknell scored first, but goals from Spence and Pettit, separated by fewest goals in six games, since they scored 11 on Mar. 17 vs. Yale. Cornell had been 6:47, gave Lehigh its first lead at 2-1 late in the first quarter. After the Bison averaging 18.6 goals over its last five games entering the day. Lehigh held the Big Red to just six goals over the game’s final 42:44. netted the next two, Apers scored at 13:38 of the second quarter before Spence Along with Spence’s four goals, junior Tristan Rai tallied two goals and an scored on the extra man, Lehigh’s eighth straight success man-up opportunity assist while classmate Andrew Pettit had two goals and four groundballs. Defen- and 16th in its last 19 tries. sively, junior Craig Chick recorded four groundballs and two caused turnovers to Less than two minutes later, Apers added his second in the span of 3:29 reach 111 in his career. He moved into sole possession of 10th place in NCAA history to give the Mountain Hawks a 5-3 advantage. However, the Bison reeled off in that category. With his four groundballs, Chick eclipsed 150 GBs in his career. the next five goals with the first four assisted by Will Sands, who finished Three others also tallied two caused turnovers apiece – junior Eddie Bouhall, with seven helpers on the evening. Strain added a big goal with just one freshman Teddy Leggett and Strain. Strain added a goal and six groundballs on his second remaining in the quarter to pull Lehigh within 8-6 after 30 minutes Senior Day. Leggett recorded four groundballs to eclipse 50 on the season. of play. The Mountain Hawks’ extra man continued to impress, finishing 3-of-3 on the The Bison erased much doubt by opening the second half on a 5-0 run. day. Lehigh has now converted seven straight man-up opportunities and 15 of its last 18 to improve to a nation’s leading 67.6 percent on the season (23-of-34). Bucknell outscored Lehigh 2-0 in the third quarter, but created separation Spence began the scoring just over a minute into the game on the extra man. with goals at 14:22, 7:07 and 5:15 of the fourth. Klose scored his second of the Later in the quarter, a tremendous individual effort by Pettit evened the score at two. season at 1:45 to end Lehigh’s 28:16 scoreless drought, but Bucknell scored The Big Red reeled off the next four goals, but a man-up tally from Pettit, followed its final goal at the 1:07 mark to account for the 14-7 final. by an even-strength goal from Rai on a delayed penalty, pulled Lehigh within 6-4 Bucknell finished with a 43-25 edge in shots and 33-23 advantage in at the half. groundballs. Three Lehigh goalies combined for six saves, led by five stops Cornell scored the first two second-half goals and five of the first seven to open from freshman James Spence. an 11-6 lead early in the fourth. Lehigh didn’t back down as junior Austin Pierce scored on the man advantage at 12:20 and Rai finished a pass from sophomore Crew Cintron at 7:30 to pull within 11-8. The Big Red took a 12-8 lead at the 4:44 mark, but Spence scored his third goal with 3:45 remaining and fourth with 36 seconds on the clock. Freshman Joel Trucksess won the ensuing faceoff, but his shot was wide as the 12-10 score proved to be the final. Lehigh finished with a 32-23 edge in shots and 39-30 advantage in groundballs. Freshman James Spence made three saves in the first 37:30 before being relieved by sophomore Colin Kirst who made two stops. Caelahn Bullen had 10 saves for  Cornell.    

                                           

             

                                                                       

                                                                       

                                   

                                   

                                   

                                   

          Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631