Senior Ryan Butten- baum 4 goals at Bucknell Sat.
Junior Dan Taylor Three straight PL Offensive Player of the Week honors LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 17: #18 LEHIGH VS. #14/15 ARMY | PATRIOT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
February 1 at Furman W, 13-6 #18 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (12-4, 6-2 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 8 MARQUETTE W, 13-6 vs. #14/15 ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS (9-3, 7-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 16 #20 VILLANOVA W, 7-6 (3OT) 22 at Boston University* W, 10-7 FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014 • 7:30 PM
March RIDLEY ATHLETIC COMPLEX• BALTIMORE, Md. 1 #7/8 LOYOLA* L, 14-7 8 at Bucknell* W, 9-3 CBS SPORTS NETWORK (DAVE RYAN & EVAN WASHBURN) 11 at #17 Yale L, 10-2 15 NAVY* W, 13-2 SETTING THE SCENE 22 at Army* L, 6-5 Winners of six of its last seven games, the third-seeded and #18 nationally-ranked Lehigh men’s lacrosse team 26 MONMOUTH W, 13-7 faces second seed and #14/15 Army Black Knights in the Patriot League Semifinals on Friday evening. Opening 29 HOLY CROSS* (SE2) W, 20-4 faceoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Loyola’s Ridley Athletic Complex as the Greyhounds are hosting both semifinal games April Friday and Sunday’s championship game (which is set for 1 p.m.). All three games will air live nation-wide on 5 #16/19 COLGATE* (SE2) W, 11-7 CBS Sports Network with Dave Ryan and Evan Washburn on the call. 8 at #15/17 Princeton (ESPNU) L, 10-9 (2OT) 12 vs. Georgetown (1) W, 12-3 Lehigh is coming off a 10-6 win over sixth-seeded Navy in Tuesday’s Patriot League Quarterfinals. Leading 6-5 18 at Lafayette* W, 17-6 22 NAVY (PL Quarterfinals) W, 10-6 in the fourth quarter, the Mountain Hawks scored four goals in 6:09 to erase any doubt. The Mountain Hawks 25 vs. Army (PL Semifinals) (CBSSN) 7:30 p.m. scored all eight goals over two separate four-goal runs that totaled 8:46. Lehigh scored four goals in 2:37 in the 27 Patriot League Championship Game (CBSSN) 1:00 p.m. second quarter along with the 4-0 fourth-quarter run. Four different Mountain Hawks posted multiple goals led by the first-career hat trick from junior Kurtis Kaunas. He also tied a career-high four points, originally set just May 10-11 NCAA First Round (2) 10 days earlier against Georgetown. Lehigh’s starting attackmen of juniors Dan Taylor and Patrick Corbett along 17-18 NCAA Quarterfinals (3) with sophomore Reid Weber all scored two goals apiece while senior Matt Smith scored a big third-quarter goal 24 NCAA Semifinals (4) to snap more than a 21-minute scoreless drought. 26 NCAA Championship (4) Junior Matt Poillon posted a season-high 15 saves between the pipes, including seven-of-eight in the second quar- *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS ter as the Mountain Hawks outscored the Leopards 4-1 to take a 5-3 halftime lead. Junior (1) Relentless Cup (at Folsom, Pa.; Ridley H.S.) Dylan O’Shaughnessy (2) Campus Sites (3) Quarterfinals at Hempstead, N.Y. or Newark, Del. posted a career-high four groundballs while adding three caused turnovers and senior Lukas Mikelinich had three (4) M&T Bank Stadium; Baltimore, Md. (SE2) Service Electric Ch. 2 groundballs and three caused turnovers. Senior Jimmy Cahill also had three groundballs and two caused turnovers. (CBSSN) CBS Sports Network The Mountain Hawks beat Navy for a fifth straight time after breaking a 98-year drought against the Midshipmen in 2011. Lehigh has won 19 of its last 21 games against Patriot League foes with the only losses coming to Colgate LEHIGH IN THE POLLS during the 2012 regular season and earlier this season against Loyola. Lehigh improved to 10-0 this season when scoring double-figure goals and are just 2-4 when scoring single digits. Since a 6-5 loss at Army, the Mountain Date Coaches Inside Lacrosse/Media Preseason 17 19 Hawks have reached double figures in six of their last seven games (all wins), averaging 13.1 goals in that span. Feb. 17 15 14 Lehigh had been averaging just 8.8 through its first ninth (the ninth game being the loss at Army). Feb. 24 14 14 Mar. 3 16 16 Mar. 10 15 14 Tuesday’s win helped Lehigh match its win total from a season ago (12) and gave the Mountain Hawks their fifth Mar. 17 17 20 Mar. 24 RV RV straight Patriot League Tournament victory. Friday’s matchup features the #1 defense in the nation (Army) against Mar. 31 RV RV the #2 defense (Lehigh). In the first meeting, the Mountain Hawks were leading 5-3 after three quarters before the Apr. 7 20 t-19 Black Knights scored three unanswered in the fourth for the 6-5 victory. This marks the second time in the past Apr. 14 17 19 Apr. 21 18 18 three seasons that Lehigh and Army face-off in the Patriot League Semifinals on a neutral field. The second-seeded Mountain Hawks beat the third-seeded Black Knights in 2012 at Colgate by a 13-7 final. MEDIA INFORMATION LEHIGH’S PROJECTED LINEUP AT A GLANCE... Men’s Lacrosse Contact:...... Justin Lafleur Office...... (610) 758-6631 ATTACK Yr-Ht-Wt G-A-Pts Notable(s) • Lehigh faced two teams this season (Loyola Cell: ...... (610) 577-5222 17 Reid Weber So, 6-0, 200 24-17-41 Multiple points: 10 of last 14 games and Yale) that advanced to both the 2012 and E-mail:...... [email protected] 41 Dan Taylor Jr, 6-3, 207 41-23-64 Patriot League leader in points 2013 NCAA Tournaments. 42 Patrick Corbett Jr, 6-0, 195 28-4-32 5 hat tricks, 10 multi-goal games this season • Senior Ty Souders reached 100 career groundballs vs. Marquette. He currently has 133. Classmate Ryan Buttenbaum FIRST MIDFIELD eclipsed 100 at Lafayette, currently owning 5 Kurtis Kaunas Jr, 5-8, 175 17-7-24 First-career hat trick vs. Navy (4/22) BY THE NUMBERS 105 career GBs. 19 Alex Eaton So, 5-8, 180 11-9-20 Point in 6 of last 7 games • Junior Dan Taylor surpassed 100 career Lehigh Army 21 Matt Smith Sr, 5-10, 174 4-8-12 Career-high 2 assists three times in 2014 points against Holy Cross. He currently Overall Record 12-4 9-3 has 131. FACE-OFFS • The Mountain Hawks are 21-3 against Goals/Game 10.69 9.50 29 Ryan Buttenbaum Sr, 6-1, 201 1-0-1, 61 GB 132-236 faceoffs (55.9%) Patriot League teams over the past two Goals Allowed/Game 6.44 5.92 2 Casey McAdam Fr, 5-11, 165 0-0-0, 20 GB 47-91 faceoffs (51.6%) seasons. Shot Pct. .289 .255 • The Mar. 1 loss to Loyola snapped sev- CLOSE DEFENSE eral streaks: six-game home winning streak, Shots/Game 36.9 37.2 nine-game regular season winning streak Shots Allowed/Game 29.4 26.5 16 Lukas Mikelinich Sr, 5-11, 180 0-0-0, 33 GB 18 CT, 2012 2nd Team All-PL 40 Ty Souders Sr, 6-1, 210 0-1-1, 38 GB 13 CT, Two-Time All-American and 13-game winning streak against Patriot League foes. Assists 106 66 66 Tripp Telesco So, 6-2, 208 0-1-1, 39 GB 33 CT ... 7 GB, 7 CT vs. Nova Man-Up Percentage .340 (18-53) .273 (9-33) • Lehigh faces three first-year programs 1st Team All-Patriot League this season (Furman, Boston University and Groundballs 494 328 SHORT STICK DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD Monmouth) and a second-year program Turnovers 248 156 32 Jimmy Cahill Sr, 5-11, 190 4-0-4, 25 GB 14 CT, Inside Lax All-League Member (Marquette). Caused Turnovers 158 81 34 Sam Lawrence Jr, 6-1, 206 1-3-4, 14 GB 15 CT, Career-high 3 CT vs. Navy (3/15) • The Mountain Hawks have beaten Colgate Faceoffs (W-L) 180-333 125-225 and Bucknell (in the same season) for three LONG STICK DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD straight years after not doing so since 1997. Faceoff Percentage .541 .556 28 Dylan O’Shaughnessy Jr, 6-5, 232 6-2-8, 32 GB 23 CT. Goal in 3 straight games (4/5-4/12) • The Mountain Hawks finished 10-2 last Clears 270-306 177-211 31 Casey Eidenshink So, 5-11, 185 0-1-1, 24 GB 14 CT, #35 incoming D-man by Inside Lax season when allowing single-digit goals; Clear Percentage .882 .839 Lehigh was 13-0 in 2012. In 2014, the Mountain Penalties/Minutes 66/51:30 38/28:00 GOALIE GAA, Save % Hawks are 12-1 . • Lehigh reached double-figure wins in 2012, 30 Matt Poillon Jr, 5-10, 185 6.28, .596 2X All--American ... 35-10 career record Home Attendance 4,463 17,512 13 and now 14 for the first time since 1993-94. It Dates/Avg. 8/558 6/2,919 13 Steve Brodeur So, 5-10, 196 6.43, .600 First-career win vs. Monmouth marked the fourth, fifth and sixth times in program history of reaching double-figure victories.
Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 17: #18 LEHIGH VS. #14/15 ARMY • PATRIOT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS • APRIL 25, 2014 • PAGE 2 MOUNTAIN HAWKS GARNER PATRIOT LEAGUE POSTSEASON AWARDS
Lehigh men’s lacrosse junior Dan Taylor and sophomore Tripp Telesco have Kurtis Kaunus, Lehigh, Jr ,. M earned first team All-Patriot League honors to highlight five Mountain Hawks Pat Hart, Army, Sr., D recognized on Monday as the Patriot League announced its postseason awards. Ty Souders, Lehigh, Sr ,. D Senior Ty Souders and juniors Kurtis Kaunas and Matt Poillon were also named Nik Mullen, Navy, Sr., D to the second team. Pat Kiernan, Navy, Sr., LSM Taylor has been on fire as of late as he enters the postseason with a league- Alex Kinnealey, Colgate, Jr., FOS leading 61 points behind 39 goals and 22 assists. He has posted 33 points over his Brady Dove, Navy, Fr., FOS last five games, featuring nine points at Lafayette, eight vs. Georgetown, seven Sam Somers, Army, Jr., GK against Holy Cross and five goals at Princeton. Taylor has seven hat tricks and 10 Matt Poillon, Lehigh, Jr ,. GK multi-goal games this season, including a point in 13 of his 14 games. He’s been named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week four times this season, includ- Offensive Player of the Year - Justin Ward, Loyola, Sr., A ing three straight weeks to close out the regular season. Defensive Player of the Year - Joe Fletcher, Loyola, Sr., D Telesco has put up big numbers to help a Lehigh defense that stands second Rookie of the Year - Brandon Burke, Colgate, Fr., GK nationally allowing just 6.47 goals per game. The Ridgewood, New Jersey native Goalkeeper of the Year - Jack Runkel, Loyola, Sr. owns 37 groundballs and 32 caused turnovers this season, standing sixth nationally Coach of the Year - Joe Alberici, Army with his 2.29 caused turnovers per game. Telesco had a monster game with seven groundballs and seven caused turnovers in February’s triple overtime win over SOUDERS EARNS THIRD STRAIGHT ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE HONOR Villanova. That earned him Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week laurels. Telesco has posted multiple caused turnovers in 10 games this season, including Continuing with excellence on and off the field, Lehigh senior defenseman Ty his last five games. Telesco had five groundballs and five caused turnovers against Souders has been named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team, as announced Monmouth while adding three caused turnovers in league games vs. Holy Cross on Wednesday. The Macungie, Pennsylvania native owns a strong 3.54 cumulative and Colgate. GPA as a Finance major while on the field, he was recently named an All-Patriot Souders earns All-Patriot League for a third straight season, garnering a spot League honoree for a third straight season. on the second time for the second year in a row. Souders is the quarterback of the Souders is one of just ten finalists in the nation for the prestigious Senior nation’s second-leading defense. Even though he mainly plays off-ball, Souders CLASS Award. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Stay- has still posted 37 groundballs (most among Lehigh close defensemen) along with ing in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and 13 caused turnovers. He had six groundballs and two caused turnovers in the big encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as win over Villanova while adding two caused turnovers in each of the last two leaders in their communities. Lehigh’s lone captain this season, Souders has been games, against Georgetown and at Lafayette. Souders is the team’s lone captain a positive influence to all those around him. and a finalist for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award. In the classroom, Souders has been on the Dean’s List several semesters and Kaunas has emerged as the team’s top offensive threat in the midfield. He has been on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll while garnering the Faculty is fourth on the team with 14 goals and tied for fourth with 20 points. Kaunas has Athletics Council Award as well. turned it on down the stretch, scoring two goals in three of his last four games. On the field, Souders is a three-time All-Patriot League honoree and two-time The local product had two goals vs. Colgate, two at Lafayette and two goals and All-American (this season’s All-Americans have yet to be announced). He is the two assists for a career-high four points against Georgetown. Kaunas also scored anchor and quarterback of the Lehigh defense which stands second in the country the game-winning goal in triple overtime against Villanova in February. allowing just 6.44 goals per game. Including Tuesday night’s 10-6 Patriot League Poillon earns All-Patriot League laurels for a third straight season. The two- Quarterfinal victory over Navy, the Mountain Hawks have now allowed seven time All-American and Patriot League Goalie of the Year is putting up big numbers goals or fewer in eight of their last nine games. once again, owning a 6.30 goals against average (second in the nation) and 58.4 save Souders has helped transform the Lehigh defense which finished second in percentage. Poillon has been named Goalie of the Week twice this season, first after 2012 and sixth in 2013. This season, Souders has 38 groundballs and 13 caused stopping 12-of-18 shots against Villanova then following strong performances at turnovers, owning 133 groundballs and 55 caused turnovers for his career. Souders Princeton (13 saves) and Georgetown (eight saves). He is 10-4 on the season to up scooped a career-high six groundballs in a triple overtime thriller over Villanova his career record to an impressive 35-10. in February. Loyola’s Justin Ward was named Offensive Player of the Year while Joe Fletcher earned Defensive Player of the Year and Jack Runkel garnered Goalkeeper 2014 Patriot League Academic Awards in Men’s Lacrosse of the Year. Colgate goalie Brandon Burke was named Rookie of the Year while Scholar Athlete - Sr. Joe Fletcher, Loyola Army’s Joe Alberici received Coach of the Year. Academic All-Patriot League Team 2014 All-Patriot League Team and Major Awards in Men’s Lacrosse So. Austin Schultz, Army First Team Jr. Sam Somers, Army John Glesener, Army, Jr., A Jr. Sam Grinberg, Bucknell Dan Taylor, Lehigh, Jr ,. A Sr. Todd Heritage, Bucknell Justin Ward, Loyola, Sr., A Sr. Justin Kirchner, Colgate Nikko Pontrello, Loyola, Sr., A Jr. Terry McKenna, Holy Cross Thomas Flibotte, Bucknell, So., M Sr. Jake Hyatt, Lafayette Matt Clarkson, Colgate, Jr. M Sr . Ty Souders, Lehigh Brian Sherlock, Loyola, Fr., M Sr. Kyle Duffy, Loyola Gabe Vournard, Navy, Jr., M Sr. Joe Fletcher, Loyola Jackson Place, Bucknell, Sr., D Sr. Justin Ward, Loyola Bobby Lawrence, Colgate, Jr., D Sr. Erik Hoffstadt, Navy Tripp Telesco, Lehigh, So ,. D Joe Fletcher, Loyola, Sr., D Pat Laconi, Loyola, Sr., SSDM Alex Daly, Army, So., FOS Jack Runkel, Loyola, Sr., GK
Second Team David Dickson, Bucknell, Jr., A Ryan Walsh, Colgate, Jr., A Sam Jones, Navy, Sr., A Eric Foote, Colgate, So., M Kevin Ryan, Loyola, Sr., M Terry McKenna, Holy Cross, Jr., M
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IF LEHIGH BEATS ARMY ARMY SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT • Lehigh would win its sixth straight Patriot League Tournament game and advance to its third straight league BETHLEHEM, Pa. (4/22/14) - The third-seeded and 18th nationally- Overall: Army leads, 21-6 ranked Lehigh men’s lacrosse team used a pair of four-goal runs and championship game set for Sunday at 1 p.m. Last Meeting: Mar. 22, 2014 another strong defensive effort to down sixth-seeded Navy 10-6 in • The Mountain Hawks would improve to 6-3 all-time in Last Result: Army, 6-5 the Patriot League Quarterfinals on Tuesday evening at the Ulrich the Patriot League Tournament. Current Streak: Army - 1 win Sports Complex. The Mountain Hawks scored four goals in the first • Lehigh would beat Army for the fourth time in its last 5:35 of the second quarter to take a lead, than had four in a 6:09 span Last 10: Tied, 5-5 in the fourth to create separation, as Lehigh won its seventh straight five tries and second straight in the Patriot League Tour- Patriot League Tournament game. The Mountain Hawks will now nament. The Mountain Hawks beat the Black Knights Last 10 meetings: play Army on Friday evening in the Patriot League Semifinals. 13-7 in the 2012 league semifinals. Mar. 22, 2014 (Road) Army, 6-5 • The Mountain Hawks would win their fourth straight Score By Quarter Apr. 16, 2013 (Road) Lehigh, 10-6 Navy 2 1 2 1 6 game and seventh in their last eight. Lehigh 1 4 1 4 10 Apr. 27, 2012 (Neutral) Lehigh, 13-7 • Lehigh would win its 13th game this season to surpass Mar. 17, 2012 (Home) Lehigh, 7-6 Lehigh Scoring last year’s total of 12 and pull within one of the school GOALS: Kurtis Kaunas (3), Dan Taylor (2), Reid Weber (2), Patrick Corbett record of 14 wins during the 2012 season. Mar. 22, 2011 (Road) Army, 12-9 (2), Matt Smith (1) Mar. 23, 2010 (Home) Army, 9-5 ASSISTS: Dan Taylor (1), Kurtis Kaunas (1), Reid Weber (1) • Lehigh would beat a Patriot League foe for the 20th time in its last 22 tries. Mar. 17, 2009 (Road) Lehigh, 13-12 (OT) Final Statistics Mar. 19, 2008 (Home) Army, 4-3 Navy Lehigh Shots 34 39 Mar. 20, 2007 (Road) Army, 7-6 Groundballs 26 32 ALL-TIME IN THE PL TOURNAMENT Mar. 4, 2006 (Home) Lehigh, 8-7 Faceoffs 13-19 6-19 Clears 9-13 17-18 This marks the Mountain Hawks’ sixth appearance in the *Patriot League Tournament Extra-man opps 0-3 2-2 Patriot League Tournament and fourth in a row. It marks Saves 13 15 Turnovers 20 14 the first time Lehigh has qualified in four consecutive seasons; the squad qualified two straight years in 2005 and 06, falling to Navy in both occasions. Lehigh is 5-3 all-time in the Patriot League Tournament.
Year Opponent Results LAST TIME VS. ARMY 2005 Navy (at Navy) L, 10-6 2006 Navy (at Colgate) L, 9-2 WEST POINT, N.Y. (3/22/14) - Army scored half its six goals in a 2011 Bucknell (at Bucknell) L, 13-5 5:59 span to turn a 5-3 fourth-quarter deficit into a 6-5 lead as the 2012 Army (at Colgate) W, 13-7 Black Knights held off the #17/20 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team on 2012 Colgate (at Colgate) W, 16-14 Saturday afternoon in Michie Stadium. Junior Dan Taylor scored 2013 Colgate (at Lehigh) W, 15-7 three of Lehigh’s five goals while junior Matt Poillon made nine saves 2013 Bucknell (at Lehigh) W, 11-5 in goal, but the Black Knight’s nation-leading defense allowed just 2014 Navy (at Lehigh) W, 10-6 22 shots on the afternoon.
Score By Quarter Lehigh 2 2 1 0 5 SCOUTING ARMY Army 0 3 0 3 6 Army enters the postseason with a 9-3 record and 7-1 mark in Patriot League play. The Black Knights lone league
Lehigh Scoring loss came to #1 Loyola while they have had some hard-fought league wins as well over Lehigh (6-5), Boston GOALS: Dan Taylor (3), Alex Eaton (1), Kurtis Kaunas (1) University (8-7) and Colgate (8-7). John Glesener leads the team in scoring with 32 goals and 12 assists for 44 ASSISTS: Alex Eaton (1), Reid Weber (1) points. It has come on 130 shots which is almost three times more than anyone else on the team. Will Mazzone is Final Statistics second with 28 points (14 goals, 14 assists) while Connor Cook has 25 points (14 goals, 11 assists). The strength of Lehigh Army Shots 22 36 the Black Knights is its nation-leading defense which allows just 5.92 goals per game. Jimbo D’Aprille leads the Groundballs 15 29 team in caused turnovers with 16 while Pat Hart has 10. Sam Somers has been strong between the pipes, starting Faceoffs 3-15 12-15 10 games while posting a 5.43 GAA and 62.2 save percentage. Bobby Sincero has started twice including stop- Clears 17-18 12-18 Extra-man opps 0-1 2-5 ping eight shots in the regular season finale at Colgate. Sincero owns a 7.57 GAA and 52.4 save percentage. Army Saves 9 7 features the first team All-Patriot League faceoff man in Alex Daly, who has won 59.3 percent (118-of-199) while Turnovers 15 12 scooping a team-leading 70 groundballs.
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH ARMY With their 6-5 win in March, the Black Knights snapped Lehigh’s three-game winning streak. Army leads the all-time series, 21-6. The Mountain Hawks have still won four of the last seven. Army won the first-ever meeting in 1922 by a 4-1 final. The sides didn’t reconvene until 1990, a 15-11 Army victory. Lehigh’s first win was in 1999 AWARDS & HONORS (13-9). Friday will be the fourth straight meeting between the two sides away from Lehigh (two at Army and two neutral sites).
Preseason National Rankings Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook: 21 Lacrosse Magazine: 16 LAST TIME VS. ARMY: ARMY 6, LEHIGH 5 (MAR. 22) Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll: 17 - Junior Dan Taylor led the offense with three goals, all in the first half. USILA Coaches: 19 - Sophomore Alex Eaton scored the only third-quarter goal for either side, but the Black Knights scored the only Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans: Matt Poillon, Ty Souders
Tewaaraton Award Watch List: Matt Poillon and Ty Souders
Major League Lacrosse Draft Picks RETURNING CAST Ty Souders: 22nd overall to Denver Outlaws Here is the breakdown of what returns from Lehigh’s 2013 Patriot League Championship squad.
Patriot League Preseason Awards Preseason All-League: Matt Poillon Ty Souders Category 2013 Returns in Percent Goalie of the Year: Matt Poillon Total 2014 Lost Returning Patriot League Weekly Honors Goals 184 79 105 42.9% Offensive Player of the Week: Dan Taylor (3/17, 4/7, 4/14) Assists 120 41 79 34.1% Defensive Player of the Week: Tripp Telesco (2/17, 4/7) Points 304 120 184 39.4%
Goalkeeper of the Week: Matt Poillon (2/17, 4/14) Shots 605 247 358 40.8% Shots on Goal 346 158 188 45.7% Rookie of the Week: Casey McAdam (3/31) Man-Up Goals 23 8 15 34.8% Honorable Mention: Groundballs 511 303 208 59.3% Ryan Buttenbaum (2/10), Patrick Corbett (2/10), Tripp Telesco (2/24), Tripp Telesco (3/31), Dan Taylor (3/31), Lukas Mikelinich (4/14) Caused Turnovers 138 65 63 54.3% Faceoff Wins 185 62 123 33.5%
Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 17: #18 LEHIGH VS. #14/15 ARMY • PATRIOT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS • APRIL 25, 2014 • PAGE 4 three fourth-quarter goals to escape with the 6-5 win. - The Lehigh defense continued to impress, allowing six or fewer goals for the sixth time in nine games this season. AROUND THE Junior Dylan O’Shaughnessy led the defense, finishing with a career-high four caused turnovers. - Army scored all six of its goals in two outbursts that equaled 9:13 - one of 3:14 in the second quarter and another PATRIOT LEAGUE 5:59 stretch in the fourth. - The Mountain Hawks had beaten Army three straight times before Saturday’s loss. PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS League Overall W L W L QUARTERFINAL WIN OVER NAVY (APR. 22) Loyola* 8 0 12 1 - Leading 6-5 in the fourth quarter, the Mountain Hawks scored four goals in 6:09 to erase any doubt. The Mountain Army* 7 1 9 3 Hawks scored all eight goals over two separate four-goal runs that totaled 8:46. Lehigh scored four goals in 2:37 in LEHIGH* 6 2 11 4 Colgate* 4 4 8 5 the second quarter along with the 4-0 fourth-quarter run. Bucknell* 4 4 7 7 - Four different Mountain Hawks posted multiple goals led by the first-career hat trick from junior Kurtis Kaunas. Navy* 3 5 4 8 He also tied a career-high four points, originally set just 10 days earlier against Georgetown. Lehigh’s starting at- Boston University 2 6 2 11 tackmen of juniors Dan Taylor and Patrick Corbett along with sophomore Reid Weber all scored two goals apiece Holy Cross 1 7 3 11 Lafayette 1 7 2 11 while senior Matt Smith scored a big third-quarter goal to snap more than a 21-minute scoreless drought. *Clinched Patriot League Tournament Berth - Junior Matt Poillon posted a season-high 15 saves between the pipes, including seven-of-eight in the second quarter as the Mountain Hawks outscored the Leopards 4-1 to take a 5-3 halftime lead. Junior Dylan O’Shaughnessy posted Upcoming Patriot League Schedule Tuesday a career-high four groundballs while adding three caused turnovers and senior Lukas Mikelinich had three ground- #5 Bucknell at #4 Lehigh ...... 4:00 balls and three caused turnovers. Senior Jimmy Cahill also had three groundballs and two caused turnovers. #6 Navy at #3 Lehigh ...... 7:00 - The Mountain Hawks beat Navy for a fifth straight time after breaking a 98-year drought against the Midship- Friday men in 2011. Patriot League Semifinals ...... 4:30/7:30
Sunday CONVINCING VICTORY OVER LAFAYETTE (APR. 18) Patriot League Championship ...... 1:00 - Lehigh used an 11-0 run to turn a 5-3 second-quarter lead into a dominating 16-3 third-quarter advantage. Junior Dan Taylor scored six straight goals during that run as he finished the game with a career-high seven goals and USILA COACHES POLL (4/21) nine points. That earned him Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week laurels for a third straight week and fourth time this season . He has posted 33 points over his last five games. Record Pts Last - Sophomore Reid Weber scored three goals in the game’s first 16:36 for his third-career hat trick. Junior Kurtis 1 Loyola 12-1 239 (11) 1 Kaunas tied a career high with two goals for a second straight game. 2 Duke 12-2 229 (1) 2 3 Denver 11-2 213 3 - Four different Mountain Hawks posted two caused turnovers to help lead another strong defensive effort: senior 4 Syracuse 9-3 200 4 Ty Souders, senior Jimmy Cahill, junior Sam Lawrence and sophomore Tripp Telesco. 5 Maryland 10-2 194 5 - The defense allowed seven goals or fewer for the seventh time in the last eight games. The Mountain Hawks held 6 North Carolina 10-3 176 7 Lafayette scoreless for a stretch of 26:07 allowing the Lehigh offense to score its 11 straight goals. 7 Johns Hopkins 9-3 169 6 8 Virginia 9-5 145 9 9 Notre Dame 6-5 142 8 GEORGETOWN WIN FOR RELENTLESS CUP (APR. 12) 10 Penn 7-3 130 10 - The Mountain Hawks held a 51-23 edge in shots and 33-30 in groundballs. The last time Lehigh reached 50 shots was 11 Cornell 10-3 115 12 last March against VMI. The Mountain Hawks also eclipsed 50 in the 2013 season opener vs. Saint Joseph’s. 12 Hofstra 10-3 106 12 - Lehigh outshot Georgetown 21-4 in that stanza to turn a 4-1 halftime lead into a 7-2 edge after 45 minutes of play. 13 Yale 8-3 104 11 14 Fairfield 10-3 63 15 - Junior Dan Taylor led the offense with a career-high tying eight points behind four goals and four assists. He had a 15 Army 9-3 56 16 hand in seven of the team’s eight second-half goals (four goals, three assists). Coupled with his five-goal performance 16 Harvard 8-5 55 20 at Princeton, Taylor was named Patriot League Offensive Player for a second straight week . 17 Drexel 9-4 55 18 - Sophomore Reid Weber and juniors Kurtis Kaunas and Patrick Corbett each scored two goals while sophomore 18 LEHIGH 11-4 40 17 Billy Oppenheimer had a goal and assist. Kaunas also dished two assists for a career-high four points. 19 Princeton 7-5 33 14 - Junior long-pole Dylan O’Shaughnessy also scored a goal for a third straight game, opening the game with a man- 20 Bryant 11-3 29 18 up goal at 10:25 of the first quarter. In total, 10 of the team’s 12 goals were assisted. Receiving Votes: Albany, UMass, Ohio State, Saint Joseph’s, Siena
NEAR THE TOP IN THE NATION (As of Monday, April 21) Lehigh ranks among the nation’s best in a number of statistical categories, both individually and as a team. The Mountain Hawks are in the top 25 in 11 team categories while 11 rank in the top 50 for individual stats. Lehigh WARRIOR MEDIA POLL (4/21) is second nationally in scoring defense. Junior Matt Poillon is second in goals against average and sixth in save percentage. Please see below for a complete list of statistics (as of Monday, April 7) . Record Pts Last 1 Loyola 12-1 433 (15) 1 Team Category Statistic Rank Nation’s Leader Stat 2 Duke 12-2 425 (7) 2 Lehigh Scoring Defense 6.47 2 Army 5.92 3 Denver 11-2 391 3 Lehigh Caused Turnovers/Game 9.73 6 Wagner 10.50 4 Syracuse 9-3 370 4 Lehigh Scoring Margin 4.27 6 Loyola 6.23 5 Johns Hopkins 9-3 339 5 Lehigh Win Percentage 0.733 14 Loyola 0.923 6 North Carolina 10-3 333 6 Lehigh Assists/Game 6.87 14 Albany 9.83 7 Maryland 10-2 324 7 Lehigh Groundballs/Game 30.80 19 Virginia 37.43 8 Penn 7-3 264 9 Lehigh Man-Down Defense 0.704 16 Saint Joseph’s 0.800 9 Notre Dame 6-5 243 8 Lehigh Points/Game 17.60 20 Albany 25.17 10 Virginia 9-5 242 10 Lehigh Face-Off Win Percentage 0.554 21 Bryant 0.701 11 Hofstra 10-3 232 11 Lehigh Scoring Offense 10.73 23 Albany 15.33 12 Cornell 10-3 212 12 Lehigh Shot Percentage 0.292 24 Fairfield 0.392 13 Yale 8-3 191 13 14 Army 9-3 119 16 Player Category Statistic Rank Nation’s Leader Stat 15 Bryant 11-3 117 15 Matt Poillon Goals Against Average 6.30 2 Sam Somers, Army 5.43 16 Drexel 9-4 98 18 Tripp Telesco Caused Turnovers/Game 2.29 6 Sean Meagher, Robert Morris 3.00 17 Fairfield 10-3 89 17 Matt Poillon Save Percentage 0.584 6 Jason Weber, Detroit 0.636 18 LEHIGH 11-4 63 19 Dan Taylor Points/Game 4.36 7 Lyle Thompson, Albany 6.67 19 Harvard 8-5 62 - Dan Taylor Goals/Game 2.79 10 Miles Thompson, Albany 4.25 20 Princeton 7-5 33 - Dan Taylor Shot Percentage 0.448 18 Brody Eastwood, Stony Brook 0.563 Receiving Votes: Albany, Saint Joseph’s, UMass, Ohio Ryan Buttenbaum Face-Off Win Percentage 0.575 20 Kevin Massa, Bryant 0.706 State Dan Taylor Assists/Game 1.57 36 Lyle Thompson, Albany 4.58 Dylan O’Shaughnessy Caused Turnovers/Game 1.33 42 Sean Meagher, Robert Morris 3.00 2014 Opponents denoted by bold italics. Patrick Corbett Shot Percentage 0.388 44 Brody Eastwood, Stony Brook 0.563 Ryan Buttenbaum Groundballs/Game 4.54 48 Joseph Nardella, Rutgers 10.92
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- Lehigh’s defense shined, allowing just 23 shots led by four groundballs and three OFFENSIVE OUTBURST VS. HOLY CROSS (MAR. 29) caused turnovers from senior Lukas Mikelinich. Sophomore Casey Eidenshink tied - The Mountain Hawks took control in the early going against Holy Cross, scoring a career-high three caused turnovers in his first-career start while the starting close six first-quarter goals from five different goal scorers. They also added eight third- defense combined for nine groundballs and eight caused turnovers. quarter goals, a season high for goals in a quarter. - The backstop of the defense was junior Matt Poillon, who stopped eight-of-11 shots - Junior Patrick Corbett scored twice and finished the day with a career-high six including six-of-seven in the first half. Along with his 13 saves at Princeton, Poillon points behind four goals and two assists. Classmate Dan Taylor posted seven points was named Patriot League Goalie of the Week for the second time this season . behind three goals and a career-high four assists. - The game was part of the Relentless Cup in support of HEADstrong Foundation’s - Sophomore Reid Weber posted five points (two goals, three assists) for a second fight against blood cancers. The Relentless Cup is a special fundraising lacrosse straight game while sophomore Alex Eaton had three (two goals, one assist), as event uniting communities in support of the HEADstrong Foundation by combining did Billy Oppenheimer. interstate youth games, high school games, highlighted by Lehigh vs. Georgetown - Lehigh reached 20 goals for the first time since March 15, 2010, a 21-9 win over under the lights. Proceeds from the Relentless Cup directly supported the essential Detroit Mercy. The Mountain Hawks scored 20 for the first time in a Patriot League quality life services provided by the HEADstrong Foundation, supporting cancer game since a 20-6 win over Holy Cross in 2001. patients and their families. - Freshman Casey McAdam was stellar at the faceoff X, winning 15-of-20. Coupled with his 17-of-23 effort against Monmouth, he was named Patriot League Rookie of HEARTBREAKING OT DEFEAT VS. #15/17 PRINCETON (APR. 8) the Week. - Just seconds from pulling out a 9-8 regulation victory, Princeton evened the score with 2.7 seconds left in regulation before winning it in a second overtime. DOMINANT DEFENSE - It marked Lehigh’s second multiple overtime game of the season, to go with a thrill- - Lehigh’s defense has become one of the nation’s best over the past three seasons. ing 7-6 triple overtime victory over #20 Villanova in February. The last time Lehigh The Mountain Hawks’ defense was second nationally in 2012, allowing just 6.61 had more than one multiple overtime game in a single season was 1985 when the goals per game. Last season, Lehigh finished sixth (7.94 goals per game). So far in squad went to two overtimes against Lafayette and three vs. Salisbury State. 2014, the Mountain Hawks have allowed just 6 .44 goals per game (second nation- - Junior Dan Taylor led the offense, tying his career high with five goals. He scored ally as of Monday) . Lehigh’s first four goals and four of its first five. Four other Mountain Hawks had - The Mountain Hawks have allowed five or fewer goals 16 times in 49 games a single goal. spanning the past three seasons. Lehigh has allowed single-digit goals 37 times - Lehigh continued its third-quarter success, erasing a one-goal halftime deficit by in those 49 games. Please see below for the complete rundown of games allowing scoring three of the first four goals. The Mountain Hawks outscored the Tigers 4-3 five goals or fewer. in that stanza to even the score after 45 minutes of play. - The Mountain Hawks defense held one of the nation’s most potent offenses to 2014 nine regulation goals. Despite 52 shots for the game, Lehigh limited Princeton’s 3/8 at Bucknell W, 9-3 3/15 vs. Navy W, 13-2 quality scoring chances. 3/29 vs. Holy Cross W, 20-4 4/12 vs. Georgetown W, 12-3 2013 SENIOR DAY WIN OVER COLGATE (APR. 5) 2/10 vs. Saint Joseph’s W, 14-1 - Lehigh used a 6-1 run from the end of the second quarter through the beginning 3/2 vs. VMI W, 18-2 of the fourth to turn a 4-4 tie into a 10-5 lead. 3/23 at Holy Cross W, 8-5 - Junior Dan Taylor led the way with four points behind two goals and two assists. 4/20 at Lafayette W, 14-5 4/28 vs. Bucknell W, 11-5 He began the run with the last goal of the second quarter and first of the third to take a 6-4 lead. He added both of his assists during that run, including one to junior 2012 long-pole Dylan O’Shaughnessy who rocketed a shot past Colgate goalie Brandon 2/11 at Saint Joseph’s W, 11-4 Burke to make it 10-5 at 14:33 of the fourth quarter. Junior Kurtis Kaunas also scored 2/25 vs. Manhattan W, 13-0 twice in a 2:09 span to make it 8-5 then 9-5. Sophomore Ray Mastroianni scored 2/28 at Penn W, 10-4 3/6 at VMI W, 6-2 Lehigh’s other goal in that run. 3/20 at Penn State W, 9-5 - Sophomore Tripp Telesco was the story defensively, shutting down Colgate’s 3/24 vs. Holy Cross W, 12-3 leading scorer and All-Patriot League attackman Ryan Walsh. Not only did Walsh 3/30 at Navy W, 9-4 fail to post a point, but he was held to only three shots by Telesco. Telesco finished with four groundballs and three caused turnovers. - Taylor and Telesco each garnered Patriot League weekly honors as Taylor was LEHIGH DOMINATES NAVY (MAR. 15) named Offensive Player of the Week and Telesco received Defensive Player of the - After Navy pulled within 2-1 midway through the first quarter, junior Dan Taylor Week laurels for their efforts against the Raiders . scored two straight goals to begin a run of eight straight Mountain Hawks’ tallies. - The victory made Lehigh’s senior class the winningest class in program history. - Corbett finished with three goals for his seventh-career hat trick while junior Klay Heston had two goals. Sophomore Reid Weber dished a career-high four assists. SOUDERS HAS CLASS - Taylor had a hand in Lehigh’s final three goals to reach a career-high eight points behind a career-high five goals and career-high tying three assists. For his success on and off the field, Lehigh senior defenseman Ty Souders has been For his efforts, named a finalist for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award, as announced on Wednes- Taylor garnered Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week recognition . day (Apr. 2). The Macungie, Pa. native is one of just 10 players in the nation and three - Senior Lukas Mikelinich helped lead the defense, holding the nation’s fifth-lead- in the Patriot League named a finalist. The original list of 20 candidates was cut in ing scorer (in points) Sam Jones without a single point and only three shots (one on half. A two-time All American, Souders leads one of the nation’s top defenses and has goal). Lehigh held Navy scoreless for a stretch of 31:54 in the middle of the game, impressed in the classroom, owning a 3.54 GPA as a Finance major. An acronym for and held the Midshipmen without an even strength goal for the final 51:59. Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award - It marked Lehigh’s largest-ever victory over the Midshipmen. Lehigh had gone 98 focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in years between wins over Navy, but snapped the drought in 2010 and has won four athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Fans are encour- straight. The 11-goal margin was Navy’s largest ever Patriot League defeat. aged to vote on the Senior CLASS Award website through May 12. Fan votes will be combined with media and Division I head coaches’ votes to determine the winner. The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2014 NCAA Lacrosse POILLON, SOUDERS NAMED TO TEWAARATON WATCH LIST Championships in Baltimore May 24-26. Lehigh junior goalie Matt Poillon and senior defenseman Ty Souders have been named to the watch list for the Tewaaraton Award, which is presented to the top male and top Lacrosse Finalists female college lacrosse player in the United States. The lists, which were announced Troy Dennis, Detroit Joe Meurer, Ohio State on Feb. 28, include the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and Michael Ehrhardt, Maryland Stephen O’Hara, Notre Dame highlight the early contenders for the 2014 Tewaaraton Award. Poillon and Souders are Rob Emery, Virginia Tom Schreiber, Princeton both two-time All-Americans and leaders of one of the nation’s top defenses. They’re Joe Fletcher, Loyola (Maryland) Ty Souders, Lehigh two of 52 players in the nation (across Division I, II and III) named to the watch list, six John LoCascio, Villanova Justin Ward, Loyola (Maryland) coming from the Patriot League. Other league players recognized are Joe Fletcher and Justin Ward of Loyola, David Dickson of Bucknell and John Glesener of Army. Last season, David DiMaria, Dante Fantoni and Poillon were all named to the watch list before DiMaria was one of the 25 players named a nominee in April.
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HOME LOSS TO LOYOLA (MAR. 3) East to just 23 shots and three goals in a 12-3 victory at the Relentless Cup. - The teams were tied at three after one quarter. Junior Patrick Corbett gave the • Lehigh held Lafayette to just six goals in the regular season finale (Apr. 18) includ- ing just four over the first three quarters when Lehigh cleared its bench. Mountain Hawks a 1-0 lead then after three straight Greyhounds goals, sophomore • In the Patriot League Quarterfinals, the Mountain Hawks held Navy to six goals. Kurtis Kaunas scored a nifty transition goal then sophomore Alex Eaton added an Junior goalie Matt Poillon was a standout, making a season-high 15 saves including unassisted tally to tie the score at three. stopping 15-of-19 over the final three quarters. - Loyola held a 4-0 edge in the second quarter to take a 7-3 lead, then sophomore Reid Weber pulled the Mountain Hawks within 7-4. However, the Greyhounds scored the next four for an 11-4 advantage. The Mountain Hawks scored two straight and SHUTOUT STREAKS three of the next four, but couldn’t pull any closer than five. • In 2012 the Lehigh defense was dominant in stretches, pitching a shutout streak of 15 or more minutes in 15-of-17 games, including 13-of-14 wins. Then in 2013, the defense posted 17 separate shutout streaks of 15+ minutes including 10 of its 12 wins . TRIPLE OVERTIME THRILLER OVER #20 VILLANOVA (FEB. 16) • Lehigh has 15 streaks of 15 or more minutes so far in 2014 and 24 of 10 or more minutes. - Two of Lehigh’s last three home games vs. Villanova have gone to multiple over- • In their season opener (Feb. 1), the Mountain Hawks held Furman scoreless for times. Dante Fantoni ended a classic in 2010, giving the Mountain Hawks a 15-14 16:14 between the first and second quarters and 14:56 between the third and fourth double overtime victory. quarters. - Junior Kurtis Kaunas scored the game-winning goal in the third overtime. • The following game (Feb. 8), Lehigh held Marquette scoreless for 20:07 (bridging - Villanova finished with 29 turnovers, 17 caused by the Lehigh defense. the first and second quarters) and 22:31 (bridging the third and fourth). - Sophomore Tripp Telesco had a monster game with career highs in groundballs • The Mountain Hawks held Villanova (Feb. 16) scoreless for stretches of 20:19 (7) and caused turnovers (2). Two groundballs and two caused turnovers happened bridging the second and third quarters, and the game’s final 23:14. in the second overtime alone. • Lehigh held Boston University (Feb. 22) scoreless for 19:43 bridging the second - Sophomore Reid Weber led the offense with two goals, career-high two assists and and third quarters, allowing the offense to score seven straight and turn a 4-2 deficit career-high four points. Junior Dan Taylor had two goals and an assist, including into a 9-4 lead. two in a 1:25 span as part of Lehigh’s 5-0 run. • Despite giving up 14 goals to Loyola (Mar. 1), Lehigh held the Greyhounds scoreless - Junior goalie Matt Poillon made 12 saves to earn Patriot League Goalie of the for one stretch of 12:51 bridging the third and fourth quarters, allowing the offense Week while Telesco also garnered Defensive Player of the Week honors . to pull within 11-6 with 6:23 still remaining. • Bucknell (Mar. 8) scored at 10:10 of the first quarter, but the Mountain Hawks HAT TRICKING didn’t allow a goal for the - Lehigh has 17 hat tricks so far this season. next 50:28. The offense - Here is the rundown by game: scored nine times to take a 2014 SHUTOUT STREAKS - vs. Navy (1): Kurtis Kaunas dominant 9-1 fourth-quarter - at Lafayette (2): Dan Taylor, Reid Weber lead. Lehigh allowed just six The Lehigh defense has held its opponent off the score- - vs. Georgetown (1): Dan Taylor shots on goal in that 50:28 board for one - or multiple - long stretches . - at Princeton (1): Dan Taylor span and junior Matt Poil- - vs. Holy Cross (2): Dan Taylor, Patrick Corbett lon was there to stop every at Furman (2/1) 16:14 & 14:56 - vs. Monmouth (2): Patrick Corbett, Reid Weber one of them. vs. Marquette (2/8) 20:07 & 22:31 - at Army (1): Dan Taylor • Lehigh struggled at #17 vs. #20 Villanova (2/16) 20:19 & 23:14 - vs. Navy (2): Dan Taylor, Patrick Corbett Yale (Mar. 11), but the de- at Boston University (2/22) 19:43 - at Bucknell (1): Dan Taylor fense still held fairly strong vs. #7/8 Loyola (3/1) 12:51 - vs. Marquette (1): Patrick Corbett including one stretch of at Bucknell (3/8) 50:28 - at Furman (3): Patrick Corbett, Cody Ferraro, Reid Weber 12:44 (bridging the second at #17 Yale (3/11) 12:44 - Here is the breakdown of hat tricks by player: junior Dan Taylor (7), junior Patrick Corbett and third quarters) in which vs. Navy (3/15) 31:54 (5), sophomore Reid Weber (3), junior Kurtis Kaunas (1) and senior Cody Ferraro (1). the Bulldogs didn’t score. It at Army (3/22) 21:04 & 21:49 gave the offense a chance to vs. Monmouth (3/26) 20:07 get back in the game. DEFENSE IS KEY vs. Holy Cross (3/29) 17:19 & 20:57 • Lehigh owned the nation’s second-ranked defense in 2012 (6.61 goals per game) • After Navy (Mar. 15) vs. Colgate (4/5) 14:39 and followed by finishing sixth in 2013 (7.94) . scored midway through the at Princeton (4/8) 16:08 • So far this season, the Mountain Hawks have allowed just 6 .44 goals per game first quarter, the Mountain (second in the country as of Monday). That includes just six in triple overtime against Hawks held the Midship- vs. Georgetown (4/12) 33:29 & 10:35 #20 and 2013 Big East Finalist Villanova and only three in a dominant effort at Buck- men scoreless for the next at Lafayette (4/18) 26:07 nell, two vs. Navy, four against Holy Cross and three vs. Georgetown. 31:54 and holding them vs. Navy (4/22) 13:05, 10:43 & 13:43 • The Mountain Hawks allowed just 15 shots in their season opener at Furman (Feb. without an even strength 1), the fewest shots allowed since the 2011 season when they allowed just eight in a goal for the game’s final 13-0 shutout over Manhattan. 51:49. •Lehigh followed by allowing just six goals in an identical 13-6 win over Marquette • Lehigh held Army (Mar. 22) scoreless for the game’s first 21:04 then after the Black in their home opener (Feb. 8), holding a 38-27 shot advantage. Knights scored three times in 3:14, held Army off the board for the next 21:49. • The Mountain Hawks then allowed just six goals to #20 Villanova (Feb.16) in 71:53 • Lehigh held Monmouth (Mar. 26) scoreless for a stretch of 20:07 in the second half in a game that went almost three full overtimes. The Mountain Hawks caused 17 in a 13-7 midweek victory over the Hawks. of Villanova’s 29 turnovers. • The Mountain Hawks didn’t allow a Holy Cross (Mar. 29) goal for the first 17:19 • Lehigh allowed seven goals to Boston U in its Patriot League opener on Feb. 22. then held the Crusaders scoreless for one stretch of 20:57 bridging the second through • The Mountain Hawks put forth a stifling defensive effort at Bucknell (Mar. 8), fourth quarters. holding the Bison to just 20 shots (and 10 on goal). Lehigh led 9-1 late in the fourth • Lehigh held #16/19 Colgate (Apr. 5) scoreless for one stretch of 14:39 bridging quarter until Bucknell snapped a 50:28 scoreless streak with two late goals. the third and fourth quarters and to just one goal over 21:09 during a 6-1 Mountain • Lehigh struggled at Yale (Mar. 11), but its defense allowed just 10 goals to a strong Hawks run. Bulldogs offense. • The Mountain Hawks didn’t allow a goal against a strong #15/17 Princeton (Apr. • The Mountain Hawks held Navy (Mar. 15) to just two goals and only one even 8) offense for the game’s first 16:08. strength goal. • Lehigh held Georgetown (Apr. 12) scoreless for a stretch of 33:29 bridging the • Lehigh allowed just six goals (four even strength goals) at Army (Mar. 22). All first through third quarters then also held the Hoyas off the board for the game’s six of the Black Knight’s goals came over two stretches that totaled 9:13 (3:14 in the final 10:35. second quarter and 5:59 in the fourth). • The Mountain Hawks held Lafayette (Apr. 18) scoreless for one stretch of 26:07 • The Mountain Hawks allowed just seven goals (and just four even strength goals) between the second and third quarters, allowing its offense to score 11 straight for in a 13-7 nonleague win over Monmouth (Mar. 26). a 16-3 lead. • Lehigh shut down Holy Cross (Mar. 29), allowing just 20 shots in a 20-4 win. • Lehigh held Navy (Apr. 22) scoreless for three separate streaks in the Patriot League • The Mountain Hawks held Colgate (Apr. 5) to just seven goals as sophomore Tripp Quarterfinals: 13:05, 10:43 & 13:43. Telesco held the Raiders leading scorer Ryan Walsh without a point. One of those goals was on the extra man and Colgate’s seventh was with 1:27 remaining and the UP NEXT.... Mountain Hawks firmly in control. With a win, the third-seeded Mountain Hawks would advance to the Patriot League • Lehigh contained one of the nation’s most potent offenses Princeton (Apr. 8), al- Championship Game to face the winner of fourth seed Colgate at #1 Loyola which is lowing just nine goals through regulation (eight even strength goals). set for 4:30 p.m. Friday. The title game is set for 1 p.m. Sunday on CBS Sports Network. • One game later, the Mountain Hawks held Georgetown (Apr. 12) out of the Big Lehigh is vying for its third straight league title and NCAA Tournament berth.
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No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last College Major 1 Anthony Ramaizel Fr. A 5-11 185 Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East Arts and Sciences 2 Casey McAdam Fr. M 5-11 165 Somerville, N.J./Somerville Engineering 3 Klay Heston Jr. A 6-0 210 Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas Institute Finance 4 Mike Sammarro Fr. M 5-10 180 Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes Business 5 Kurtis Kaunas Jr. M/A 5-8 175 Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland High School Finance 6 Billy Oppenheimer So. A 6-0 180 Conshohocken, Pa./Germantown Academy Economics and English 7 Cody Ferraro Sr. M 6-2 213 East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville History 8 Cody Triolo Fr. M 5-8 170 Princeton, N.J./Princeton Day School Engineering 9 Matt Raposo Fr. A/M 6-2 185 Brachburg, N.J./Somerville Business 10 Jack Bogorowski Jr. M 6-3 216 Newtown, Pa./La Salle College High School Economics 11 Ray Mastroianni So. M 6-2 185 Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan Finance 12 Kevin Dougherty Fr. M 6-2 190 Kensington, Md./St. Albans Arts and Sciences 13 Steve Brodeur So. G 5-10 196 Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven High School Arts and Sciences 14 Jason Kozel Fr. D 6-1 210 Westport, Conn./Kent School Business 15 Chris Appell So. A 5-10 180 Locust Valley, N.Y./Locust Valley High School Business 16 Lukas Mikelinich Sr. D 5-11 180 Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West Psychology 17 Reid Weber So. A 6-0 200 Oreland, Pa./Germantown Academy Business 18 Bryson Craft Sr. D 6-3 190 Newton Square, Pa./Episcopal Academy Management 19 Alex Eaton So. M 5-8 180 Westford, Mass./Westford Academy Arts and Sciences 20 Pat Dougherty Jr. M 5-9 180 Kensington, Md./St. Albans Political Science 21 Matt Smith Sr. M/A 5-10 174 Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga Mechanical Engineering 22 Ian Strain Fr. M 6-0 190 Springfield, Pa./Episcopal Academy Business 23 Conor Duffy Fr. D 6-3 205 Leonardtown, Md./Choate Rosemary Hall Business 24 Harrison Lawrence Sr. M 6-1 182 Wayne, Pa./Radnor English 25 Andrew Mower Sr. D 6-0 196 St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade Prep Supply Chain Management 27 Austin Orr Sr. M 5-11 170 Hopewell, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central Industrial Engineering 28 Dylan O’Shaughnessy Jr. D 6-5 232 Merrick, N.Y./Chaminade High School Civil Engineering 29 Ryan Buttenbaum Sr. M 6-1 201 Malvern, Pa./Conestoga Biology 30 Matt Poillon Jr. G 5-10 185 Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai High School Economics 31 Casey Eidenshink So. D 5-11 185 Wyncote, Pa./La Salle College High School Business 32 Jimmy Cahill Sr. M 5-11 190 Silver Spring, Md./St. Albans Mechanical Engineering 33 Cody Newton Sr. M 6-0 187 New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan High School Journalism 34 Sam Lawrence Jr. M 6-1 206 Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley High School Finance 35 Chester Toye Fr. M 6-3 190 South Orange, N.J./Seton Hall Prep IDEAS 36 Sam Cunard Sr. D 6-2 214 Seattle, Wash./South River Supply Chain Management 39 Eddie DeDomenico So. M 6-1 200 Rye, N.Y./The Brunswick School (Conn.) Business 40 Ty Souders Sr. D 6-1 210 Macungie, Pa./Emmaus Finance 41 Dan Taylor Jr. A 6-3 207 Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial High School English 42 Patrick Corbett Jr. A 6-0 195 Burlington, Ontario/The Hill Academy Finance 44 Alan Henderson Jr. M 5-11 183 Manorville, N.Y./Eastport/South Manor High School Finance 45 Matt Risk Sr. M/A 6-2 202 Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill Finance 46 Garrett Miers Fr. G 5-9 180 Allentown, Pa./Emmaus Business 50 Donny Stires Fr. G 6-5 218 Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan Engineering 66 Tripp Telesco So. D 6-2 208 Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood High School Supply Chain Management 77 Corey Eppley So. D 6-1 190 Darien, Conn./Darien High School Business
Smith Family Head Lacrosse Coach: Kevin Cassese (Duke ’03), Seventh Season Assistant Coaches: Brendan Callahan (Stony Brook ’07), Errol Wilson (Stony Brook ’06) and Will Scudder (Lehigh ’11) Director of Quality Control: Tom Cassese (C.W. Post ’67)
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The up-and-coming Mountain Hawks posted the nation’s eighth biggest improvement in 2011, according to LaxPower.com’s computer rankings, which takes into account many of the KEVIN CASSESE factors used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee. Other highlights included defeating MAAC Finalist Detroit Mercy on the road while winning three-of-four in one stretch in late March. Smith Family Head Coach In that stretch was a convincing 13-7 win over America East Tournament qualifier Binghamton. A young Mountain Hawk squad will graduate only eight seniors and return six of Lehigh’s Seventh Year as Lehigh Head Coach eight All-League performers in 2013 as the anticipation and excitement around the program con- tinues to rise. Cassese has mentored an impressive array of offensive talent, led by one of college lacrosse’s most prolific scoring duos of David DiMaria and Dante Fantoni, who combined for 99 points in 2011 and 90 in 2012. They’re a big reason why Lehigh’s attack unit was ranked 10th by Inside Lacrosse in the 2013 Face-Off Yearbook. In his first four years at Lehigh, Cassese mentored a total of nine All-Patriot League honorees, including four in 2011. Faceoff specialist Ryan Snyder cracked the First Team after winning 61.6 percent of his draws and scooping a Patriot League record 118 groundballs. Jonathan Stumpf was not only named to the Second Team, but also earned endless other academic and athletic honors. He became Lehigh’s first-ever CoSIDA Academic All-American while being named a Lowe’s Senior First Team All-American, USILA Scholar All-American and Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Kevin Cassese enters his seventh season as Lehigh’s head men’s lacrosse coach in 2014. Year. Stumpf (along with teammate Will Scudder) also played in the USILA North-South All-Star Cassese’s impact has been immediate in his short time, leading the Mountain Hawks to back- Game where he netted the eventual game-winning goal for the South. to-back Patriot League Championships. The two-time defending champs went 14-2 in 2012 and During the fall of 2009, Cassese was named to the 2010 United States Men’s National Lacrosse won their first-ever tournament title to advance to the program’s first NCAA Tournament. Lehigh Team, traveling to Manchester, England in July. That marked the third time Cassese earned a spot followed that up with a 12-5 campaign in 2013, winning both the Regular Season and Tournament on the National Team. Just months later, he worked with the U.S. National Team as the squad’s Championship. head coach. In October, he led Team USA to a win over Harvard. Then in January, 2011, Cassese In 2012, Cassese led the Mountain Hawks to a school-record 14 wins, a program record coached the United States to a 12-7 win over No. 7 Notre Dame in the Champion Challenge at the nine-game winning streak and their highest-ever national ranking; Lehigh came in at #4 nationally ESPN Wide World of Sports. in the final Coaches Poll following the regular season. Cassese’s players have been involved in US Lacrosse as well as defenseman Ty Souders tried The excitement around the program has never been higher as Lehigh finished 10th in the out for the U.S. Under-19 Team as part of a three-day training camp at UMBC. Recent graduates final Coaches Poll of 2013, in or near the top 10 for the last two seasons. Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney have also participated in numerous scrimmages for Team USA, Following a home opening loss to Villanova in 2012, Lehigh promptly won nine straight beginning with the Capital Lacrosse Classic on Oct. 7, 2012. games and 13-of-14 to advance to the NCAA Tournament as the #7 seed. The Mountain Hawks In his first season as the Mountain Hawks’ leader in 2008, Cassese led a young Lehigh squad hosted eventual National Finalist Maryland and gave the Terps their toughest fight on their road to more home wins and more overall victories than the season prior. The Brown and White also to the title game. Despite falling down 6-1 in the first half, Lehigh responded with seven straight ranked in the top 10 nationally in man-down defense and in the top 25 in scoring defense. Success goals in front of a standing room only crowd of 2,278 at the Ulrich Sports Complex (and in front continued into 2009 campaign, highlighted by back-to-back wins over ranked foes; the Mountain of a national audience on ESPNU). Hawks defeated #16 Army and #20 St. John’s in succession. Lehigh posted an impressive 8-3 record against nationally-ranked foes. That included a big In 2010, the Mountain Hawks posted their first winning overall record since 2006 by go- 9-8 win at #4 North Carolina in March, propelling the Mountain Hawks into the national polls ing 8-7. A resilient group, Lehigh went a perfect 3-0 in overtime games, including wins over #9 for the first time. Lehigh ended a number of long droughts, defeating UNC for the first time since Villanova and #19 Lafayette in consecutive weeks to close out the season. Villanova marked the 1951, Yale for the first time since 1918 and Penn State for the first time since 1971. Mountain Hawks’ first top-10 win since downing #7 Georgetown in 1997. Fantoni scored both Lehigh owned the nation’s #2 scoring defense (only behind Notre Dame), holding opponents overtime game-winners to set the tone for what has been an impressive career to date. to only 6.81 goals per game. The Mountain Hawks picked up their first shutout in 40 years with One of the most decorated student-athletes in Duke history, Cassese served as an assistant a 13-0 triumph over Manhattan, allowed only two goals to VMI and five or fewer to Penn State, coach at his alma mater from 2005-07, helping lead the Blue Devils to the 2007 National Champion- Navy, Holy Cross, Penn and Saint Joseph’s. Cassese was named Patriot League Coach of the Year ship Game. He also served as Duke’s interim head coach for part of the summer of 2006. Prior to while freshman Matt Poillon became Lehigh’s first-ever Goalkeeper of the Year. Eight cracked Duke, Cassese spent one season at Stony Brook as an assistant where he directed the nation’s top the All-Patriot League Team, tied for most in school history and the most in Coach Cassese’s extra man offense and helped the Seawolves to a 10-6 record in 2004. tenure. A two-time captain and three-time All-ACC selection while at Duke, Cassese helped lead the After six games in 2013, the Mountain Hawks stood at 3-3 and was just 5-4 after nine. The Blue Devils to three NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of ACC Championships during team responded in a big way, winning seven straight games to finish undefeated in Patriot League his collegiate career. Cassese earned All-America honors on three separate occasions, including play and earn the right to host the league tournament. Lehigh went on to dominate Bucknell on First Team accolades in 2002 and 2003. Cassese, who scored 80 goals and handed out 38 assists its home turf (11-5) for its second straight championship. in his career, was a two-time Tewaaraton Trophy finalist and garnered ACC Player of the Year The awards continued to roll in for the Mountain Hawks as Poillon was named Patriot League honors in 2001. In 2002, Cassese was the recipient of the Lt. Donald MacLaughlin, Jr. Award as Goalie of the Year for a second straight season and a school-record four players were named USILA the nation’s top midfielder. All-Americans, breaking the record of three set a season prior. In addition, the Mountain Hawks An accomplished player on the international level as well, Cassese helped the United States placed a league best three players on the Academic All-Patriot to the gold medal at the 2002 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships. He was League Team. also a member of the United States team that placed second at the 2006 ILF World Championships Lehigh saw three of its players drafted by in London, Ontario. Major League Lacrosse teams in 2013: Dante Fantoni Cassese was the second overall selection in the 2003 Major League Lacrosse Draft by the (Denver), Noah Molnar (Rochester) and David Di- Rochester Rattlers. Among his professional accomplishments are a pair of MLL Rookie of the Maria (Boston). In addition, Mike Noone (Ohio) and Week honors and a spot on the 2005 All-Star Team. Cassese, who was traded to the Philadelphia Ryan Snyder (Denver) signed contracts following the Barrage during the summer of 2007, helped lead his new team to the 2007 Major League Lacrosse season. They joined Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney Championship, as well as a spot in Championship Weekend in 2008. Cassese was signed by the (Hamilton) in the professional ranks. Boston Cannons prior to the 2009 MLL season and appeared in 12 games during the regular season On a personal level, Cassese continues to while helping lead them into the postseason. make his mark on the U.S. Lacrosse scene as he’s A native of Port Jefferson Station, New York and graduate of Comsewogue High School, coached the United States in Stars & Stripes Week- Cassese earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Duke in 2003. He garnered USILA Scholar end and Champion Challenge each of the last two All-America and ACC Academic Honor Roll honors as well as the ACC’s Weaver-James-Corrigan years. In February, Cassese was named an assistant Honorary Award for outstanding athletic and academic achievement. coach for the 2014 U.S. men’s national team, join- Cassese and his wife, Katie Granson Cassese who attended nearby Freedom High School, ing a staff led by former Navy head coach Richie were married in Bethlehem in December of 2006. Katie is currently a Realtor for RE/MAX Central Meade. Cassese will serve as one of three assis- in the Lehigh Valley. They had their first child, Drew Cassese, in July of 2011, and their second tant coaches along with Dave Pietramala (Johns child Anna in August of 2013. Hopkins) and Jeff Tambroni (Penn State). The 2011 season saw Cassese lead the Mountain Hawks to their first Patriot League Tournament appearance since 2006. Lehigh got Cassese’s Coaching Resume off to a quick 3-1 start, which included a 14-10 triumph over Navy, the program’s first victory Year Record PL Home Notables over the Midshipmen in nearly 100 years. 2008 6-9 2-4 4-4 The Mountain Hawks jumped squarely into 2009 4-11 2-4 0-6 Won at #16 Army and #20 St. John’s the national lacrosse picture in 2011 by not only 2010 8-7 2-4 4-3 Defeated #9 Villanova and #19 Lafayette qualifying for the Patriot League postseason, but 2011 7-9 3-3 5-4 PL Semifinals also proving they could compete with anyone in the 2012 14-3 5-1 5-2 School-record 14 wins country. Lehigh played an increasingly tough sched- Highest ranking in school history (#4) ule in ’11 and wouldn’t back away from the challenge. First Patriot League Championship All nine of the team’s losses came against ranked op- 2013 12-5 6-0 7-2 Second Straight PL Championship ponents, with seven coming by a combined 17 goals. Hosted PL Tournament for 1st time The Mountain Hawks nearly topped a pair of NCAA 2014 12-4 6-2 7-1 Tournament qualifiers (Villanova and Bucknell), fall- Total 63-48 ( .568) 26-18 ( .591) 32-22 ( .593) ing by a single goal each time. They also took a ranked Penn State squad to overtime, just one week after the Nittany Lions dominated eventual CAA Champion Delaware. Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 17: #18 LEHIGH VS. #14/15 ARMY • PATRIOT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS • APRIL 25, 2014 • PAGE 9 BRENDAN CALLAHAN ERROL WILSON Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Seventh Season at Lehigh Third Season at Lehigh
Errol Wilson is in his third season as Lehigh assistant coach following successful Brendan Callahan is in his seventh season with the Mountain Hawks as an assis- stints at Brown and Rutgers. One of two Stony Brook alums on staff, Wilson came to the tant coach. Callahan came to Lehigh following a very successful career at Stony Brook Lehigh Valley after one season as assistant coach at Rutgers. He serves as associate of- University. fensive coordinator, goalie coordinator and camps/clinics/tournaments coordinator at In his first season as defensive coordinator, Callahan led the unit to new heights in Lehigh. 2012. Each one of Lehigh’s close defensemen was named All-Patriot League: Ty Souders In his first season on staff, Wilson helped lead the squad to new heights, including (First Team), Mike Noone (Second Team) and Lukas Mikelinich (Second Team) while a school-record 14 wins, a program record nine-game winning streak and its highest-ever freshman Matt Poillon became Lehigh’s first-ever Patriot League Goalie of the Year. The national ranking (#4) along with its first Patriot League Tournament Title and NCAA Mountain Hawks finished with the nation’s #2 scoring defense (only behind Notre Dame), Tournament appearance. It marked Wilson’s second NCAA Tournament appearance as holding opponents to only 6.61 goals per game. Lehigh tallied its first shutout in 40 years assistant coach after leading Brown to the 2009 tournament where it dropped an overtime with a 13-0 triumph over Manhattan, allowed only two goals to VMI and five or fewer to heartbreaker at Johns Hopkins. Penn State, Navy, Holy Cross, Penn and Saint Joseph’s. The squad extended its shutout Wilson worked with All-American goalie Matt Poillon, who finished second nation- streak to an incredible 90:14 before the Quakers scored with 5:04 remaining in the second ally with a 6.75 GAA and fourth with a 59.7 save percentage, becoming Lehigh’s first-ever quarter. The streak spanned from the fourth quarter against Villanova, through the entire Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year. Poillon earned four Patriot League Goalie of the Manhattan contest and the first 24:56 at Penn. Week honors while garnering Rookie of the Week twice. In addition, each one of Lehigh’s Callahan helped guide Lehigh to a school-record 14 wins, a program record nine- close defensemen was named All-Patriot League: Ty Souders (First), Mike Noone (second) game winning streak and its highest-ever national ranking (#4) along with its first Patriot and Lukas Mikelinich (second). League Tournament Title and NCAA Tournament appearance. The Mountain Hawks owned the nation’s #2 scoring defense (only behind Notre The Mountain Hawks followed in 2013 by finishing sixth nationally in scoring Dame), holding opponents to only 6.81 goals per game. Lehigh picked up its first shutout defense (7.94 goals per game) with Poillon earning Goalie of the Year honors for a second in 40 years with a 13-0 triumph over Manhattan, allowed only two goals to VMI and five straight season. Noone and Souders also garnered All-League honors for the second year or fewer to Penn State, Navy, Holy Cross, Penn and Saint Joseph’s. The squad extended in a row while both garnering honorable mention All-America recognition. Lehigh held its shutout streak to an incredible 90:14 before the Quakers scored with 5:04 remaining in Saint Joseph’s to only one goal, VMI to only two, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Bucknell the second quarter. The streak spanned from the fourth quarter against Villanova, through to five and Army, UMass and Penn to just six goals apiece. One of the most dominant the entire Manhattan contest and the first 24:56 at Penn. performances came in the Patriot League Championship game as the Mountain Hawks The Mountain Hawks followed in 2013 by finishing sixth nationally in scoring won 11-5 for their second straight league title and NCAA Tournament berth. defense (7.94 goals per game) with Poillon earning Goalie of the Year honors for a second In 2010, Callahan helped lead the Mountain Hawks to eight wins, their most since straight season. Noone and Souders also garnered All-League honors for the second year 2006. He also worked with a defense and man-down unit that ranked ninth nationally. in a row while both garnering honorable mention All-America recognition. Lehigh held At Stony Brook, Callahan served as captain of the Seawolves in 2007 and garnered Saint Joseph’s to only one goal, VMI to only two, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Bucknell Second-Team All-America East laurels as a goaltender. He was also selected for the to five and Army, UMass and Penn to just six goals apiece. One of the most dominant North/South All-Star Game, was named the team MVP and led the America East in save performances came in the Patriot League Championship game as the Mountain Hawks percentage. A member of the 2007 America East All-Academic Team, Callahan was an won 11-5 for their second straight league title and NCAA Tournament berth. All-Rookie Team selection in 2004 as well as an STX/USILA All-American after leading At Rutgers, Wilson helped the Scarlet Knights win five of their first six games in the nation in save percentage and goals against average. 2011 and coached a defense which allowed only 8.27 goals per game. Off the field, Callahan was involved in a number of activities, including the Student- Prior to Rutgers, Wilson served as assistant coach at Brown for four seasons (2007- Athlete Advisory Committee, the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Board and he was selected by 10). While there, he was both offensive coordinator and goalie coach, helping the Bears the NCAA to represent Stony Brook at the 2005 NCAA Leadership Conference in Orlando, reach new heights by winning an Ivy League Championship in 2008, then earning an Florida. NCAA Tournament berth in ’09. Wilson worked with and mentored one of the nation’s A native of Hanover, Maryland, Callahan graduated from Gonzaga High School top goalies in Jordan Burke. The 2009 USILA Goalie of the Year, Burke was twice named in Washington, D.C. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook in Health Care the Ivy League Player of the Year and New England Player of the Year, while earning Management in the spring of 2007 and later earned his master’s degree in Education from First Team All-America honors as well. Lehigh. Callahan resides in Bethlehem with his wife Jen and son Mac. Wilson was a four-year letterwinner at Stony Brook where he was teammates with goalie and current Lehigh assistant coach Brendan Callahan. Wilson resides in Bethlehem with his wife Pat and son Roman. WILL SCUDDER Assistant Coach TOM CASSESE First Season at Lehigh Director of Quality Control Seventh Season at Lehigh
Former Lehigh men’s lacrosse standout Will Scudder ‘11 enters his first season on the coaching staff in 2014. Scudder replaces Tom Compitello who accepted a position at Sacred Heart. Scudder was a former team captain and All-Patriot League honoree as a Mountain Hawk. Tom Cassese is in his seventh season on the Lehigh men’s lacrosse coaching staff Scudder played in 51 games over his career in the Brown and White, highlighted by and his second as Director of Quality Control. In 2007, Cassese retired as the Head Football his junior campaign when he won 56 percent of his faceoffs (140-of-251) to earn Second Coach at Comsewogue High School, a public school found on the North Shore of Suffolk Team All-Patriot League honors. This came after a sophomore season which saw him win County, Long Island. 56 percent (152-of-273) with 69 groundballs. Cassese began his tenure at Comsewogue in 1973 and is the winningest coach in Scudder ended his career by winning 331-of-612 faceoffs (54.1 percent) with 156 Suffolk County history and the first to reach 200 career victories. During his tenure, Comse- groundballs. He also added three goals and four assists. Scudder played in the prestigious wogue made 18 appearances in the playoffs, earned 14 league or division championships, North-South Senior All-Star Game following his senior campaign. six Suffolk County Championships, and one Long Island crown. His 1990 squad earned Upon graduation, Scudder worked with A.G. Administrators, Inc. in the sports the Rutgers Trophy as the top team in the county. insurance industry from Summer 2011 until Spring 2013, while also serving as an as- Cassese has been named either League or Division Coach of the Year an astounding sistant lacrosse coach at Great Valley High School in Fall 2012 and Spring 2013. While 16 times, County Coach of the Year twice and participated in the Boomer Esiason Outback at Great Valley, he helped lead the school to its first league title, coached six First Team Steakhouse Challenge four times. Tom was also selected by Madison Square Garden as All-Chesmont players, two members of the All-State team and one ALL American. He its Coach of the Year in 1998 and earned two New York Jets Coach of the Week awards then moved onto Fever Lacrosse Inc. in Haverford, Pa. where he served and continues to during the 1998 and 2003 campaigns. serve as Director of Operations, in charge of managing tournaments, camps, clinics, and Tom graduated from C.W. Post College in 1967 with a degree in Business Admin- the 14 club teams within the Fever Program. istration. He went on to enjoy a five-year career in professional football with the Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints, and the Montreal Allouettes and B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League. Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 17: #18 LEHIGH VS. #14/15 ARMY • PATRIOT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS • APRIL 25, 2014 • PAGE 10
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INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS: GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS, GROUNDBALLS
PLAYER Furman Marquette Villanova Boston U Loyola Bucknell Yale Navy Army Monmouth Holy Cross Colgate Princeton Georgetown Lafayette Navy 1 Anthony Ramaizel DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 2 Casey McAdam DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 12 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 3 Klay Heston 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 2-0-2, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 1 DNP 4 Mike Sammarro DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 1-0-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 5 Kurtis Kaunas 1-0-1, 1 1-2-3, 0 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 1-0-1, 1 1-1-2, 0 2-0-2, 2 1-0-1, 1 2-2-4, 0 2-0-2, 0 3-1-4, 0 6 Billy Oppenheimer 0-1-1, 0 0-1-1, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 0 0-3-3, 1 0-0-0, 0 1-1-2, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 4 2-1-3, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 4 1-1-2, 0 1-1-2, 0 0-0-0, 0 7 Cody Ferraro 3-1-4, 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 8 Cody Triolo DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 9 Matt Raposo DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 1-0-1, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 10 Jack Bogorowski 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 DNP DNP 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 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, 0 11 Ray Mastroianni 0-1-1, 4 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 1-0-1, 3 1-0-1, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-1-1, 2 0-1-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 12 Kevin Dougherty 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 13 Steve Brodeur DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 14 Jason Kozel 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 15 Chris Appell 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 DNP 0-1-1, 1 0-1-1, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 16 Lukas Mikelinich 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 3 17 Reid Weber 3-0-3, 2 0-1-1, 1 2-2-4, 3 2-0-2, 1 1-2-3, 2 1-2-3, 4 0-0-0, 1 0-4-4, 2 0-1-1, 1 4-1-5, 0 2-3-5, 1 1-0-1, 0 1-0-1, 0 2-0-2, 1 3-0-3, 1 2-1-3, 6 18 Bryson Craft DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 19 Alex Eaton 1-1-2, 0 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-1-2, 0 1-0-1, 0 2-0-2, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-1-2, 0 2-2-4, 0 2-1-3, 1 1-0-1, 0 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 1 20 Pat Dougherty 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-2-2, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 21 Matt Smith 0-2-2, 1 0-1-1, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-1-1, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 1 0-2-2, 0 0-2-2, 0 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 1 1-0-1, 0 22 Ian Strain DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 23 Conor Duffy DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 24 Harrison Lawrence 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-1-1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 25 Andrew Mower DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 DNP 27 Austin Orr DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 28 Dylan O’Shaughnessy 0-1-1, 2 1-0-1, 0 1-0-1, 3 1-0-1, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 2 1-0-1, 3 1-0-1, 2 0-1-1, 1 0-0-0, 4 29 Ryan Buttenbaum 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 12 0-0-0, 4 1-0-1, 2 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 7 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 4 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 8 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 6 0-0-0, 2 30 Matt Poillon 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 31 Casey Eidenshink 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-1-1, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 32 Jimmy Cahill DNP 1-0-1, 1 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 3 1-0-1, 1 DNP 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 3 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 3 33 Cody Newton 0-0-0, 2 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-1-1, 0 0-1-1, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 1 34 Sam Lawrence 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-1-1, 1 0-1-1, 0 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 2 0-0-0, 1 35 Chester Toye DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 36 Sam Cunard DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 39 Eddie DeDomenico DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 40 Ty Souders 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 6 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 5 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 41 Dan Taylor 1-0-1, 0 2-2-4, 2 2-1-3, 4 DNP 0-1-1, 1 4-1-5, 2 0-0-0, 0 5-3-8, 1 3-0-3, 0 1-2-3, 2 3-4-7, 2 2-2-4, 2 5-0-5, 4 4-4-8, 3 7-2-9, 1 2-1-3, 1 42 Patrick Corbett 3-0-3, 1 4-0-4, 2 0-0-0, 2 2-0-2, 1 2-0-2, 1 2-0-2, 0 0-1-1, 0 3-0-3, 3 0-0-0, 2 3-0-3, 1 4-2-6, 0 0-0-0, 2 1-0-1, 2 2-0-2, 2 0-1-1, 0 2-0-2, 2 44 Alan Henderson DNP 0-1-1, 2 0-0-0, 0 1-3-4, 2 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 1-0-1, 0 0-1-1, 1 0-0-0, 2 2-1-3, 2 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 2 0-1-1, 3 0-1-1, 3 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 2 45 Matt Risk 0-0-0, 1 1-0-1, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-1-1, 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 1-0-1, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0 46 Garrett Miers DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 50 Donny Stires DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP 66 Tripp Telesco 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 7 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 1 0-1-1, 5 0-0-0, 3 0-0-0, 4 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 2 77 Corey Eppley DNP 0-0-0, 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 2 0-0-0, 0 DNP 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 1 0-0-0, 0
INDIVIDUAL GOALIE STATISTICS: SAVES-GOALS ALLOWED, MINUTES
PLAYER Furman Marquette Villanova Boston U Loyola Bucknell Yale Navy Army Monmouth Holy Cross Colgate Princeton Georgetown Lafayette Navy 13 Steve Brodeur DNP 0-0, 2:46 0-0, 0:31 DNP DNP 1-1, 3:41 3-1, 13:53 1-0, 5:21 DNP 6-7, 60:00 4-2, 15:00 DNP DNP DNP 3-1, 10:48 DNP 30 Matt Poillon 6-6, 60:00 9-6, 57:14 12-6, 71:22 10-7, 60:00 11-14, 60:00 6-2, 56:19 7-9, 46:07 10-2, 54:39 9-6, 60:00 DNP 5-2, 45:00 6-7, 60:00 13-10, 65:09 8-3, 60:00 6-4, 44:15 15-6, 60:00 46 Garrett Miers DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0, 2:52 DNP 50 Donny Stires DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-1, 2:05 DNP
INDIVIDUAL FACEOFF STATS: WIN/TOTAL, PCT.
PLAYER Furman Marquette Villanova Boston U Loyola Bucknell Yale Navy Army Monmouth Holy Cross Colgate Princeton Georgetown Lafayette Navy 2 Casey McAdam DNP 1-1, 100 DNP 0-1, 0 2-5, 40 1-1, 100 2-3, 67 1-2, 50 2-10, 20 17-23, 74 15-20, 75 1-5, 20 DNP 4-11, 36 1-8, 13 0-1, 0 29 Ryan Buttenbaum 14-23, 61 17-21, 81 10-18, 56 9-20, 45 7-19, 37 11-15, 73 7-12, 58 8-17, 47 DNP DNP 4-7, 57 10-17, 59 16-23, 70 2-8, 25 11-19, 58 6-17, 35
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2014 TEAM TENDENCIES Overall Record 12-4 Lehigh scores less than 10 goals 2-4 Lehigh in February 4-0 Home 7-1 Lehigh scores 10-14 goals 8-0 Lehigh in March 4-3 Road 4-3 Lehigh scores 15 or more goals 2-0 Lehigh in April 4-1 Neutral 1-0 Opponent scores less than 5 goals 4-0 vs . the conferences Patriot League Record 7-2 Opponent scores 5-9 goals 8-1 Atlantic Sun 1-0 Non-League Record 5-2 Opponent scores 10 or more goals 0-3 Big East 3-0 Ivy League 0-2 Leading after one quarter 7-2 vs. Unranked Teams 10-1 MAAC 1-0 Trailing after one quarter 4-1 vs. Ranked Teams 2-3 Patriot League 7-2 Tied after one quarter 1-1 Leading at the half 11-1 2014 TOP PERFORMANCES Trailing at the half 1-3 Tied at the half 0-0 Leading after three quarters 12-1 Trailing after three quarters 0-2 Tied after three quarters 0-1 In overtime 1-1 Lehigh has more shots 12-0 Opponent has more shots 0-4 Shots are even 0-0 Lehigh has more saves 4-3 Opponent has more saves 7-1 Saves are even 1-0 Lehigh wins more faceoffs 6-2 Opponent wins more faceoffs 5-2 Faceoffs are even 1-0
Lehigh has more groundballs 9-1 Opponent has more groundballs 3-3 Groundballs are even 0-0
Lehigh scores an EMO goal 10-3 Lehigh doesn’t score an EMO goal 2-1
Games decided by one goal 1-2 Games decided by 2-4 goals 3-0 Games decided by 5-8 goals 4-2 Games decided by 9+ goals 4-0 Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 17: #18 LEHIGH VS. #14/15 ARMY • PATRIOT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS • APRIL 25, 2014 • PAGE 14
Villanova (2/16). #2 CASEY MCADAM #6 BILLY OPPENHEIMER • Scooped four groundballs while dishing an assist in collegiate debut Sr. • M • 6-1 • 201 • Malvern, Pa. So. • A • 6-0 • 180 • Conshohocken, Pa. at Furman (2/1).
• Second straight strong game, winning 15-of-20 faceoffs with three • Had two points for a second straight game, scoring a goal while CAREER STATISTICS groundballs against Holy Cross (3/29). Went on to earn Patriot adding an assist against Lafayette (4/18). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT League Rookie of the Week honors. • Posted a goal and assist in win over Georgetown (4/12). 2014 16/0 3 3 6 22 0 22 4 • Won 17-of-23 faceoffs with 12 groundballs vs. Monmouth (3/26). • Scored a man-up goal in win over #16/19 Colgate (4/5). Total 16/0 3 3 6 22 0 22 4 Marked career highs in all three categories. • First multi-goal game at Lehigh, scoring two goals and adding an • Won 2-of-3 faceoffs and added two groundballs at #17 Yale (3/11). assist in dominant win over Holy Cross (3/29). CAREER HIGHS • Scooped a career-high four groundballs vs. Monmouth (3/26). Goals: 1, three times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) CAREER STATISTICS • Had a goal, assist and groundball in rout of Navy (3/15). Assists: 1, three times; last at Lafayette (4/18/14) Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB CT FO % • Dished a career-high three assists in impressive 9-3 win at Buck- Points: 1, six times; last at Lafayette (4/18/14) 2014 13/0 0 0 0 20 0 47-91 .516 nell (3/8). Groundballs: 4, two times; last at Bucknell (3/8/14) Total 13/0 0 0 0 20 0 47-91 .516 • Scored first Lehigh goal against #7/8 Loyola (3/1). Caused Turnovers: 1, four times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) • Had an assist and three groundballs vs. Marquette (2/8). Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 CAREER HIGHS • Dished an assist in the season opener at Furman (2/1). Faceoffs Won: 17 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Faceoffs Taken: 23 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) CAREER STATISTICS #16 LUKAS MIKELINICH Groundballs: 12 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Sr. • D • 5-11 • 180 • Dix Hills, N.Y. 2013 9/0 5 8 13 15 0 4 1 (at Quinnipiac) 2014 16/3 7 9 16 38 2 12 0 • Strong game with three groundballs and three caused turnovers in #3 KLAY HESTON Total 25/3 12 17 29 53 2 16 1 Patriot League Quarterfinal win over Navy (4/22). Jr. • A • 6-0 • 210 • Rochester, N.Y. • Had a pair of groundballs in the regular season finale at Lafayette CAREER HIGHS (at Lehigh) (4/18). • Had a groundball and first-career caused turnover in the regular Goals: 2 vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) • Posted four groundballs and three caused turnovers as the defense season finale at Lafayette (4/18). Assists: 3 at Bucknell (3/8/14) allowed just three goals to Georgetown (4/12). • Posted a groundball against Monmouth (3/26). Points: 3, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) • Scooped four groundballs and caused a turnover against #15/17 • Scored a career-high two goals in rout of Navy (3/15). Groundballs: 4 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) Princeton (4/8). • Scored first goal of the season in the home opener against Mar- Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 5; Hat Tricks: 0 • Finished with two groundballs and a caused turnover in win over quette (2/8). #16/19 Colgate (4/5). • Had a shot on goal and groundball in the season opener at Fur- • Posted a groundball and three caused turnovers in dominant 20-4 man (2/1). win over Holy Cross (3/29). #7 CODY FERRARO • Scooped a pair of groundballs against Monmouth (3/26). CAREER STATISTICS Sr. • M • 6-2 • 213 • East Setauket, N.Y. • Had a groundball at Army (3/22) on a defense that allowed just Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT six goals and four even-strength goals. 2013 7/0 3 2 5 5 0 2 0 • Posted first-career hat trick, scoring three goals while adding an assist • Finished with a groundball and two caused turnovers vs. Navy 2014 10/0 3 0 3 13 1 4 1 and groundball for a career-high four points at Furman (2/1). (3/15), holding Sam Jones scoreless who entered the game fifth Total 17/0 6 2 8 18 1 6 1 nationally in points. CAREER STATISTICS • Scooped three groundballs at #17 Yale (3/11). CAREER HIGHS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT • Posted a caused turnover as part of a defense that shut down Bucknell Goals: 2 vs. Navy (3/15/14) 2011 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (3/8) in a dominant 9-3 win. Assists: 1, two tmes; last vs. Lafayette (4/20/13) 2012 8/3 2 1 3 11 0 4 0 • Had two groundballs and two caused turnovers against #7/8 Points: 2, two times; last vs. Navy (3/15/14) 2013 15/0 4 0 4 20 3 5 0 Loyola (3/1). Groundballs: 1, six times; last at Lafayette (4/18/14) 2014 1/0 3 1 4 6 0 1 0 • Caused a turnover in win at Boston University (2/22). Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 2; Hat Tricks: 0 Total 27/3 9 2 11 37 3 11 0 • Tied a career-high five groundballs while adding a caused turnover in triple overtime win over #20 Villanova (2/16). CAREER HIGHS • Had a groundball in the home opener vs. Marquette (2/8). #5 KURTIS KAUNAS Goals: 3 at Furman (2/1/14) • Scooped two groundballs in the season opener at Furman (2/1). Assists: 1, two times; last at Furman (2/1/14) Jr. • M/A • 5-8 • 175 • Schnecksville, Pa. Points: 4 at Furman (2/1/14) CAREER STATISTICS Groundballs: 2 vs. Manhattan (2/25/12) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT • Had first-career hat trick while adding an assist for career-high tying Multi-Goal Games: 2; Multi-Point Games: 2; Hat Tricks: 1 2011 6/0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 four points in PL Quarterfinal win over Navy (4/22) 2012 15/11 0 0 0 0 0 17 10 • Tied a career-high two goals for a second straight game in the 2014 16/16 0 0 0 0 0 33 18 regular season finale at Lafayette (4/18). #10 JACK BOGOROWSKI Total 37/27 0 0 0 0 0 54 29 • Posted a career-high four points behind two goals and two assists Jr. • M • 6-3 • 216 • Newtown, Pa. against Georgetown (4/12). CAREER HIGHS • Scored go-ahead goal with 1:22 left in regulation against #15/17 • Had a groundball at Army (3/22). Groundballs: 5, two times; last vs. Villanova (2/16/14) Princeton (4/8). Caused Turnovers: 4 at Penn (2/28/12) • Tied a career high with two goals vs. #16/19 Colgate (4/5). Added • Scored a late goal at #17 Yale (3/11). a career-high two groundballs and a caused turnover. • Scored first-career goal in season opener at Furman (2/1). • Scored a goal and added an assist in dominant win over Holy Cross (3/29). CAREER STATISTICS #17 REID WEBER • Had a goal and groundball against Monmouth (3/26). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT So. • A • 6-0 • 200 • Oreland, Pa. • Scored game’s first goal at Army (3/22). 2012 (JMU) 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Dished an assist at Bucknell (3/8). 2013 15/0 0 0 0 6 0 9 1 • Third straight multi-goal game, posting two in PL Quarterfinal win • Scored a transition goal in the first quarter against #7/8 Loyola 2014 14/3 2 0 2 10 1 4 0 over Navy (4/22). Added an assist and career-high six groundballs. (3/1). Total 32/3 2 0 2 16 1 13 1 • Posted third-career hat trick, all coming in the game’s first 16:36 in • Scored the game-winning goal with seven seconds left in the the regular season finale at Lafayette (4/18). third overtime to give Lehigh a dramatic 7-6 victory over #20 Vil- CAREER HIGHS • Scored twice, including a man-up goal, vs. Georgetown (4/12). lanova (2/16). Goals: 1, two times; last at Yale (3/11/14) • Scored a big third-quarter transition goal at #15/17 Princeton • Posted a career-high two assists and three goals in the home opener Assists: -- (4/8). against Marquette (2/8). Points: 1, two times; last at Yale (3/11/14) • Scored Lehigh’s first goal of the game in win over #16/19 Colgate • Scored a goal on three shots while adding a groundball in the season Groundballs: 2, two times; last at Army (3/16/13) (4/5). opener at Furman (2/1). Caused Turnovers: 1 vs. VMI (3/2/13) • Tied a career-high five points for second straight game, posting two Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0 goals and three assists in dominant win over Holy Cross (3/29). Also CAREER STATISTICS had two caused turnovers. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT • Scored a career-high four goals and had an assist for a career-high 2012 15/0 2 1 3 4 1 3 1 #11 RAY MASTROIANNI five points against Monmouth (3/26). • Dished an assist and had a groundball at Army (3/22). 2013 17/6 8 2 10 28 1 5 1 Fr. • M • 6-2 • 185 • Martinsville, N.J. 2014 16/16 17 7 24 62 2 6 2 • Fifth straight multi-point game, dishing a career-high four assists
Total 48/22 27 10 37 94 4 14 4 in a rout of Navy (3/15). • Finished with an assist and groundball at Lafayette (4/18). • Posted a goal and two assists in dominant win at Bucknell (3/8). • Dished an assist and scooped three groundballs vs. Georgetown CAREER HIGHS Also scooped a career-high four groundballs. (4/12). Goals: 3 vs. Navy (4/22/14) • Finished with a goal and two assists vs. #7/8 Loyola (3/1). Added • Scored a goal for a second straight game against #16/19 Colgate Assists: 2, two times; last vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) two groundballs. (4/5). Added two groundballs and a caused turnover. Points: 4, two times; last vs. Navy (4/22/14) • Second straight multi-goal game, scoring twice while adding a • Scored second-career goal and had three groundballs in dominant Groundballs: 2 vs. Colgate (4/5/14) groundball and caused turnover at Boston U (2/22). win over Holy Cross (3/29). Multi-Goal Games: 5; Multi-Point Games: 8; Hat Tricks: 1 • Posted two goals, a career-high two assists and four points in triple • Finished with two groundballs vs. Monmouth (3/26). overtime win over #20 Villanova (2/16). • Had a groundball and caused turnover at #17 Yale (3/11). • Dished an assist and added a groundball and caused turnover • Tied a career high with four groundballs at Bucknell (3/8). against Marquette (2/8). • Scooped a groundball against #7/8 Loyola (3/1). • Posted first-career hat trick with three goals in the season opener • Scored first-career goal at Boston University (2/22) while adding at Furman (2/1). two groundballs and a caused turnover. • Caused a turnover in dramatic 7-6 triple overtime win over #20
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CAREER STATISTICS over #16/19 Colgate (4/5). at Army (3/22). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT • Posted three groundballs (to tie a career high) and a caused turn- • Stopped 10-of-12 shots in rout of Navy (3/15). 2013 6/0 2 1 3 4 0 3 1 over against Monmouth (3/26). • Finished with seven saves, allowing nine goals at #17 Yale 2014 16/16 24 17 41 80 3 26 6 • Finished with a career-high four caused turnovers while adding (3/11). Total 22/16 26 18 44 84 3 29 7 two groundballs at Army (3/22). • Made six saves, allowing just two goals in dominant defensive ef- • Had a groundball and caused turnover in rout of Navy (3/15). fort at Bucknell (3/8). Stopped all six shots sent his way in Lehigh’s CAREER HIGHS • Posted two groundballs and a caused turnover at #17 Yale 50:28 shutout streak. Goals: 4 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) (3/11). • Finished with 11 saves against #7/8 Loyola (3/1). Assists: 4 vs. Navy (3/15/14) • Finished with two groundballs and a caused turnover as part of • Reached double-figure saves for a second straight week, making Points: 5, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) team’s dominant defensive effort at Bucknell (3/8). 10 at Boston University (2/22). Groundballs: 6 vs. Navy (4/22/14) • Had two groundballs and a caused turnover against #7/8 Loyola • Made 12 saves on 18 shots in triple overtime thriller over #20 Multi-Goal Games: 8; Multi-Point Games: 11; Hat Tricks: 3 (3/1). Villanova (2/16). Earned Patriot League Goalie of the Week for • Scored a goal for a third straight game while adding a career- his efforts. high tying three groundballs and a caused turnover at Boston • Finished with nine saves on 15 shots in the home opener against #19 ALEX EATON University (2/22). Marquette (2/8) • Scored a goal while tying a career-high three groundballs and set- • Made six saves, allowing just six goals in the season opener at So. • M • 5-8 • 180 • Westford, Mass. ting a career-high three caused turnovers in dramatic triple overtime Furman (2/1). win over #20 Villanova (2/16). • Had an assist in the regular season finale at Lafayette (4/18). • Caused two turnovers (to tie a career high) and scored a goal in CAREER STATISTICS • Dished an assist at #15/17 Princeton (4/8). the home opener against Marquette (2/8). Year GP/GS Svs. GA Sv.% GAA W-L GB • Scored a goal for a fourth straight game in win over #16/19 • Dished first-career assist while adding two groundballs in the 2012 17/17 166 112 .597 6.75 14-3 31 Colgate (4/5). season opener at Furman (2/1). 2013 14/14 152 103 .596 7.92 11-3 24 • Scored two goals for a second straight game while adding an assist 2014 15/15 133 90 .596 6.28 11-4 21 in rout of Holy Cross (3/29). CAREER STATISTICS Total 46/46 451 305 .597 6.88 36-10 76 • Posted a career-high four points against Monmouth (3/26) behind Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT two goals and a career-high two assists. 2012 17/2 1 0 1 1 0 13 11 CAREER HIGHS • Finished with a goal and assist at Army (3/22). 2013 12/0 0 0 0 2 0 19 6 Saves: 18 at North Carolina (5/11/13) • Scored a career-high two goals in win at Bucknell (3/8). 2014 16/0 6 2 8 16 1 32 23 Fewest Goals Allowed: 0 vs. Manhattan (2/25/12) • Scored a nifty goal vs. #7/8 Loyola (3/1) to tie the score at three. Total 45/2 7 2 9 19 1 64 40 Groundballs: 5, two times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) • Posted a goal and assist at Boston University (2/22). • Had an assist in the home opener vs. Marquette (2/8). CAREER HIGHS • Scored a goal and added an assist in the season opener at Fur- Goals: 1, seven times; last vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) man (2/1). #31 CASEY EIDENSHINK Assists: 1, two times; last at Lafayette (4/18/14) So. • D • 5-11 • 185 • Wyncote, Pa. Points: 1, nine times; last at Lafayette (4/18/14) CAREER STATISTICS Groundballs: 4 vs. Navy (4/22/14) Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT • Tied a career-high three groundballs while adding a caused turn- Caused Turnovers: 4 at Army (3/22/14) 2013 6/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 over in the Patriot League Quarterfinals vs. Navy (4/22). 2014 16/7 11 9 20 34 0 5 0 • Had two groundballs and three caused turnovers against George- Total 22/7 12 9 21 35 0 5 0 town (4/12) in first-career start. #29 RYAN BUTTENBAUM • Scooped two groundballs at #15/17 Princeton (4/8). CAREER HIGHS (at Lehigh) Sr. • M • 6-1 • 201 • Malvern, Pa. • Posted a groundball and caused turnover against #16/19 Colgate Goals: 2, three times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) (4/5). Assists: 2 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) • Strong performance, winning 11-of-19 faceoffs while scooping six • Tallied a career-high three groundballs in rout of Holy Cross Points: 4 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) (3/29). groundballs in the regular season finale at Lafayette (4/18). Groundballs: 1, three times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) • Finished with two groundballs at Army (3/22). • Stellar effort winning 16-of-23 faceoffs at #15/17 Princeton Multi-Goal Games: 3; Multi-Point Games: 5; Hat Tricks: 0 • Had a groundball in rout of Navy (3/15). (4/8). • Scooped a groundball and added a caused turnover at #17 Yale • Strong against #16/19 Colgate (4/5), winning 10-of-17 faceoffs (3/11). with two groundballs. • Posted a groundball and team-high (and career-high) three #21 MATT SMITH • Was 4-of-7 with four groundballs at the faceoff X in rout of Holy caused turnovers as part of defense’s dominant performance at Sr. • M/A • 5-10 • 174 • Berwyn, Pa. Cross (3/29). Bucknell (3/8). • Won 8-of-17 faceoffs while scooping four groundballs in rout of • Scooped a pair of groundballs against #7/8 Loyola (3/1). • Scored a goal for a second straight game, in the Patriot League Navy (3/15). • Finished with a groundball and two caused turnovers at Boston Quarterfinals against Navy (4/22). • Won 7-of-12 faceoffs with two groundballs at #17 Yale (3/11). University (2/22). • Scored a goal for the first time in over a month in the regular season • Dominant, winning 11-of-15 faceoffs with seven groundballs at • Had a groundball and caused turnover in triple overtime thriller finale at Lafayette (4/18). Bucknell (3/8). over #20 Villanova (2/16). • Had two assists for a second straight game at #15/17 Princeton • Was 7-of-19 with three groundballs against #7/8 Loyola (3/1). • Posted a career-high two caused turnovers while tying a career (4/8). • Finished 9-of-20 at the faceoff X with two groundballs at Boston high two GBs against Marquette (2/8). • Tied a career-high two assists vs. #16/19 Colgate (4/5). U (2/22). Scored first-career goal as well. • Scooped two groundballs in the season opener at Furman (2/1). • Scooped a groundball vs. Holy Cross (3/29). • Won 10-of-18 faceoffs with four groundballs against #20 Vil- • Scored a goal in rout of Navy (3/15). lanova (2/16). • Scored first goal of the season in the fourth quarter against #7/8 • Stellar, winning 17-of-21 faceoffs with a career-high 12 groundballs CAREER STATISTICS Loyola (3/1). in the home opener vs. Marquette (2/8). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT • Had an assist at Boston University (2/22). • Won 14-of-23 faceoffs while adding four groundballs in the 2013 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 • Dished an assist and added a groundball in the home opener season opener at Furman (2/1). Marked a career high for faceoffs 2014 16/1 0 0 0 0 0 24 14 against Marquette (2/8). won and taken. Total 23/1 0 0 0 0 0 28 15 • Tied a career-high two assists in the season opener at Furman CAREER HIGHS (2/1). CAREER STATISTICS Groundballs: 3, two times; last vs. Navy (4/22/14) Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB CT FO % Caused Turnovers: 3, two times; last vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) CAREER STATISTICS 2011 6/0 0 0 0 4 0 15-27 .556 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2012 11/0 0 0 0 16 0 26-62 .419 2011 5/1 1 0 1 4 0 2 1 2013 13/0 0 1 1 24 0 55-106 .519 2012 17/1 3 1 4 7 0 6 1 2014 14/0 0 0 0 61 0 132-236 .559 #32 JIMMY CAHILL 2013 14/0 3 3 6 8 0 5 0 Total 44/0 0 1 0 105 0 228-431 .529 Sr. • M • 5-11 • 190 • Silver Spring, Md. 2014 14/7 4 8 12 34 0 5 0 Total 50/9 11 12 23 53 0 18 2 CAREER HIGHS • Strong game, tying career highs with three groundballs and two Faceoffs Won: 17 vs. Marquette (2/8/14) caused turnovers in the PL Quarterfinals vs. Navy (4/22). CAREER HIGHS Faceoffs Taken: 23, two times; last at Princeton (4/8/14) • Posted a groundball and two caused turnovers in the regular season Goals: 2 vs. Manhattan (2/25/12) Groundballs: 12 vs. Marquette (2/8/14) finale at Lafayette (4/18). Assists: 2, four times; last at Princeton (4/8/14) • Had a groundball and caused turnover at #15/17 Princeton Points: 3 vs. VMI (3/2/13) (4/8). Groundballs: 3 vs. VMI (3/2/13) #30 MATT POILLON • Posted three groundballs and two caused turnovers on Senior Day Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 5; Hat Tricks: 0 win over #16/19 Colgate (4/5). Jr. • G • 5-10 • 185 • Mount Sinai, N.Y. • Finished with a goal, three groundballs and a caused turnover in dominant win over Holy Cross (3/29). • Made a season-high 15 saves, allowing just six goals in the Patriot • Scored first goal of the game in rout of Navy (3/15). Added a #28 DYLAN O’SHAUGHNESSY League Quarterfinals vs. Navy (4/22). groundball and caused turnover. Jr. • D • 6-5 • 232 • Merrick, N.Y. • Stopped six-of-ten shots sent his way before being relieved by • Had three groundballs for a second straight game while causing Steve Brodeur in rout of Lafayette (4/18). a turnover at #17 Yale (3/11). • Big game with a career-high four groundballs and three caused • Impressed vs. Georgetown (4/12), stopping eight-of-11 shots in • Scooped three groundballs (to tie a career high) at Bucknell turnovers in the Patriot League Quarterfinals vs. Navy (4/22). 12-3 win. Was named Patriot League Goalie of the Week on Monday (3/8). • Had an assist, groundball and caused turnover in rout of Lafay- for that effort, combined with his 13 saves vs. Princeton. • Strong game with two groundballs and career-high tying two ette (4/18). • Strong game, making 13 saves including six in the first quarter at caused turnovers vs. #7/8 Loyola (3/1). • Third straight game with a goal, scoring an extra man goal in the #15/17 Princeton (4/8). • Finished with three groundballs (to tie a career high) and a caused turnover at Boston University (2/22). first quarter vs. Georgetown (4/12). Added two groundballs. • Made six saves in win over #16/19 Colgate (4/5). Also tied a • Posted a goal, groundball and caused turnover in triple overtime • Scored a third-quarter goal while adding three groundballs and career-high five groundballs. thriller over #20 Villanova (2/16). two caused turnovers at #15/17 Princeton (4/8). • Finished with five saves, allowing just two goals in first three • Had a goal, groundball and caused turnover in first action of the • Posted a goal, two groundballs and two caused turnovers in win quarters against Holy Cross (3/29). • Was strong in making nine saves while allowing just six goals season, against Marquette (2/8). Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 17: #18 LEHIGH VS. #14/15 ARMY • PATRIOT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS • APRIL 25, 2014 • PAGE 16
CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Goals: 1 at Colgate (4/29/12) #44 ALAN HENDERSON 2011 7/0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 Points: 1 at Colgate (4/29/12) Jr. • M • 5-11 • 183 • Manorville, N.Y. 2012 17/0 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 Groundballs: 6 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) 2013 16/0 1 1 2 6 0 12 7 Caused Turnovers: 3 vs. Penn State (3/9/13) • Had two groundballs in the PL Quarterfinals vs. Navy (4/22). 2014 15/0 4 0 4 9 0 25 14 • Finished with an assist, three groundballs and a caused turnover Total 55/0 5 1 6 16 0 55 30 vs. Georgetown (4/12). #41 DAN TAYLOR • Dished an assist and added three groundballs at #15/17 Princeton CAREER HIGHS Jr. • A • 6-3 • 207 • Calgary, Alberta (4/8). Goals: 1, five times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) • Posted a goal and two groundballs vs. #16/19 Colgate (4/5). Assists: 1 vs. Penn State (3/9/13) • Had three points (two goals, one assist) in Patriot League Quar- • Had a groundball and caused turnover against Holy Cross Points: 1, six times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) terfinal win over Navy (4/22). (3/29). Groundballs: 3, seven times; last vs. Navy (4/22/14) • Monster game with a career-high seven goals and career-high nine • Scored a career-high two goals and added an assist vs. Monmouth Caused Turnovers: 2, three times; last vs. Navy (4/22/14) points in rout of Lafayette (4/18). Scored six straight goals at one (3/26). point bridging the second and third quarters. • Finished with two groundballs and a caused turnover at Army • Tied a career-high four assists and eight points against Georgetown (3/22). #34 SAM LAWRENCE (4/12). Couple with his five points at Princeton, was named Patriot • Had an assist and groundball in rout of Navy (3/15). Jr. • M • 6-1 • 206 • Wellesley, Mass. League Offensive Player of the Week. • Scored second goal of the season at #17 Yale (3/11). • Tied a career high with five goals in nationally-televised showdown • Scooped a groundball against #7/8 Loyola (3/1). at #15/17 Princeton (4/8). • Posted a goal, career-high three assists and career-high four points • Had a groundball and caused turnover in the Patriot League in league opener at Boston U (2/22). Quarterfinals vs. Navy (4/22). • Posted a game-high four points vs. #16/19 Colgate (4/5) behind two goals and two assists. • Dished an assist while adding two groundballs in first action of • Scored first-career goal while adding two groundballs and two the season against Marquette (2/8). caused turnovers at Lafayette (4/18). • Stellar game with three goals and a career-high four assists in rout • Scooped a pair of groundballs at #15/17 Princeton (4/8). of Holy Cross (3/29). • Posted a goal and two assists against Monmouth (3/26). CAREER STATISTICS • Caused two turnovers and dished an assist in win over #16/19 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT Colgate (4/5). • Third hat trick in last four games, scoring three of Lehigh’s six goals at Army (3/22). 2012 17/0 3 3 6 5 0 8 3 • Strong all-around game with an assist, groundball and two caused 2013 17/6 2 6 8 19 0 33 3 turnovers vs. Holy Cross (3/29). • Finished with a career-high five goals and three assists for a career- high eight points in rout of Navy (3/15). Was named Patriot League 2014 15/11 5 8 13 28 0 21 3 • Had a groundball and caused turnover against Monmouth Total 49/17 10 17 27 52 0 62 9 (3/26). Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts. • Tied a career-high four goals while adding an assist at Bucknell • Posted a groundball and career-high three caused turnovers in CAREER HIGHS rout of Navy (3/15). (3/8). Scored four of Lehigh’s first five goals including a natural hat trick. Added two groundballs. Goals: 2 vs. Monmouth (3/26/14) • Finished with two groundballs and a caused turnover as part of Assists: 3 at Boston University (2/22/14) dominant defensive effort at Bucknell (3/8). • Dished an assist while scooping a groundball against #7/8 Loyola (3/1). Points: 4 at Boston University (2/22/14) • Posted first-career point (an assist) while setting a career-high two Groundballs: 5 vs. Navy (3/30/13) caused turnovers against #7/8 Loyola (3/1). • Had two goals and an assist in triple overtime thriller over #20 Villanova (2/16). Posted a career-high four GBs. Caused Turnovers: 1, nine times; last vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) • Had two shots and a groundball at Boston U (2/22). Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 3; Hat Tricks: 0 • Posted three groundballs and a caused turnover in triple overtime • Finished with four points vs. Marquette (2/8) behind two goals thriller over #20 Villanova (2/16). and two assists. • Scored a goal in the season opener at Furman (2/1). CAREER STATISTICS #66 TRIPP TELESCO Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER STATISTICS So. • D • 6-2 • 208 • Ridgewood, N.J. 2013 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT 2014 16/0 1 3 4 7 0 14 15 2012 17/9 11 6 17 31 3 8 1 • Posted two groundballs and a caused turnover in the Patriot 17/17 29 21 50 79 1 29 2 Total 20/0 1 3 4 7 0 14 15 2013 League Quarterfinal victory over Navy (4/22). 2014 15/14 41 23 64 93 1 25 0 • Had two groundballs and two caused turnovers in regular season Total 49/40 81 50 131 203 5 62 3 CAREER HIGHS finale at Lafayette (4/18). Goals: 1 at Lafayette (4/18/14) • Finished with two caused turnovers at #15/17 Princeton CAREER HIGHS Assists: 1, three times; last vs. Colgate (4/5/14) (4/8). Points: 1, four times; last at Lafayette (4/18/14) Goals: 7 at Lafayette (4/18/14) Assists: 4, two times; last vs. Georgetown (4/12/14) • Posted three groundballs and three caused turnovers in 20-4 Groundballs: 3 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) rout of Holy Cross (3/29). Caused Turnovers: 3 vs. Navy (3/15/14) Points: 9 at Lafayette (4/18/14) Groundballs: 4 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) • Strong game with five groundballs and five caused turnovers vs. Multi-Goal Games: 25; Multi-Point Games: 29; Hat Tricks: 13 Monmouth (3/26) while adding first-career point (an assist). • Had a groundball at Army (3/22). #40 TY SOUDERS • Scooped three groundballs while adding three caused turnovers Sr. • D • 6-1 • 210 • Macungie, Pa. in rout of Navy (3/15). #42 PATRICK CORBETT • Finished with two groundballs and two caused turnovers at Jr. • A • 6-0 • 195 • Burlington, Ontario • Scooped a groundball in PL Quarterfinal win over Navy (4/22). Bucknell (3/8) as part of dominant defensive effort. • Finished with a groundball and two caused turnovers in the regular • Continued strong play vs. #7/8 Loyola (3/1) with three ground- season finale at Lafayette (4/18). • Scored two goals and had two groundballs and a big fourth-quarter balls and two caused turnovers for a second straight week. • Tallied three groundballs and two caused turnovers as the defense caused turnover in PL Quarterfinals vs. Navy (4/22). • Another strong game with three groundballs and two caused allowed just three goals against Georgetown (4/12). • Dished an assist at Lafayette (4/18). turnovers at Boston University (2/22). • Helped lead a defense that allowed just 10 goals (and nine in regula- • Posted two goals and two groundballs vs. Georgetown (4/12). • Monster game with career highs in groundballs (7) and caused tion) to the high-powered #15/17 Princeton offense (4/8). • Scored a big fourth-quarter extra man goal while adding two turnovers (7) in triple overtime thriller over #20 Villanova (2/16). • Posted three groundballs and a caused turnover in Senior Day groundballs at #15/17 Princeton (4/8). Was named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week for victory over #16/19 Colgate (4/5).- • Set a career high with six points while tying career highs in goals his efforts. • Recorded a game-high five groundballs in dominant win over (4) and assists (2) in rout of Holy Cross (3/29). • Scooped a groundball in the home opener vs. Marquette (2/8). Holy Cross (3/29). • Posted eighth-career hat trick along with a groundball and caused • Had three groundballs and a caused turnover in the season turnover vs. Monmouth (3/26). • Scooped four groundballs and added a caused turnover against opener at Furman (2/1). Monmouth (3/26). • Scooped a pair of groundballs at Army (3/22). • Finished with three groundballs and a caused turnover at Army • Tallied seventh-career hat trick in rout of Navy (3/15). Added CAREER STATISTICS (3/22). three groundballs. Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT • Posted two groundballs and a caused turnover in rout of Navy • Dished an assist and caused a turnover at #17 Yale (3/11). 2013 17/10 0 0 0 0 0 29 14 (3/15). • Finished with two goals, including an extra man goal, at Bucknell 2014 15/15 0 1 0 1 0 39 33 • Had a groundball at #17 Yale (3/11). (3/8). • Helped spearhead a dominant defense that held Bucknell (3/8) to • Scored two goals, including a man-up tally against #7/8 Loyola Total 32/24 0 1 0 1 0 68 47 just two goals and none in a 50:28 span. (3/1). • Finished with a groundball and caused turnover against #7/8 • Scored two goals in the Patriot League opener at Boston Uni- CAREER HIGHS Loyola (3/1). versity (2/22). Groundballs: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) • Posted two groundballs and a caused turnover in the Patriot League • Tied a career-high four goals in the home opener vs. Marquette Caused Turnovers: 7 vs. Villanova (2/16/14) opener at Boston University (2/22). (2/8). Scored Lehigh’s first man-up goal of the season. • Set a career-high six groundballs while causing two turnovers in • Posted fifth-career hat trick in season opener at Furman (2/1). triple overtime thriller over #20 Villanova (2/16). • Had four groundballs and a caused turnover against Marquette CAREER STATISTICS (2/8). Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT • Dished an assist while adding a groundball in the season opener 2012 16/9 18 5 23 35 5 17 5 at Furman (2/1). 2013 16/10 21 3 24 50 3 20 4 2014 16/15 28 4 32 73 6 21 3 Total 48/34 67 12 79 158 14 58 12 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. Shots EMG GB CT CAREER HIGHS 2011 16/16 0 0 0 0 0 29 8 Goals: 4, three times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) 2012 17/17 1 1 2 4 0 31 15 Assists: 2, two times; last vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) 2013 17/17 0 0 0 1 0 35 19 Points: 6 vs. Holy Cross (3/29/14) 2014 16/16 0 1 1 2 0 38 13 Groundballs: 4, two times; last at Navy (3/31/12) Total 66/66 1 2 3 7 0 133 55 Multi-Goal Games: 21; Multi-Point Games: 22; Hat Tricks: 9 Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 17: #18 LEHIGH VS. #14/15 ARMY • PATRIOT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS • APRIL 25, 2014 • PAGE 17 GAME 1•FEB. 1, 2014 GAME 2•FEB. 8, 2014 GREENVILLE, S.C. BETHLEHEM, Pa. #17/19 LEHIGH 13, FURMAN 6 #17/19 LEHIGH 13, MARQUETTE 6
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Senior Cody Ferraro, junior Patrick Corbett and BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Tied at two in the first quarter, the #17/19 Lehigh men’s sophomore Reid Weber paced the offense with hat tricks while the defense held lacrosse team scored 11 of the next 13 goals to erase any doubt and beat Marquette Furman to just 15 shots as the No. 17/19 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team opened the going away, 13-6 on Saturday afternoon. Senior Ryan Buttenbaum won 17-of-21 2014 season with a 13-6 win on Saturday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks broke faceoffs and the offense converted those opportunities, led by junior Patrick Corbett a 2-2 tie with a 4-1 second quarter on their way to a fifth straight season opening who tied a career-high four goals. The Mountain Hawks improve to 2-0 on the season victory. heading into a showdown with #20 Villanova. The hat tricks were the first of both Ferraro and Weber’s careers and fifth “I thought our guys did a good job being ready to play, especially on the by Corbett. Juniors Jack Bogorowski, Kurtis Kaunas and Dan Taylor along with offensive end,” said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. “We had some good sets sophomore Alex Eaton added Lehigh’s other goals. Ferraro added an assist for a and really carried the tempo early. Defensively, we weren’t on high alert in the first game (and career) high four points. Senior Matt Smith dished a pair of assists. quarter, giving up two goals on the interior of our defense. Once that settled down, we played a ton of offense because Ryan Buttenbaum was winning so many faceoffs. Sophomore Tripp Telesco had three groundballs and a caused turnover to The defense got a chance to settle in a little bit and the offense played pretty well in help lead the defense while fellow close defenseman Lukas Mikelinich had two the third quarter.” and Ty Souders one. Senior Dan Taylor added four points behind two goals and two assists. Junior Goals from Ferraro and Corbett gave Lehigh an early 2-0 lead less than five Kurtis Kaunas set a career high with three points via a goal and two assists while minutes into the game. eleven other Mountain Hawks posted a single point. Furman responded with goals at 5:29 and 4:28 to even the score after one Senior Ty Souders led the defense with four groundballs and two caused quarter of play. turnovers. Buttenbaum scooped a game and career-high 12 groundballs, also setting Taylor broke the tie at 8:52 of the second quarter before Corbett made it a career high for faceoffs won. 4-2 just over a minute later. After Kaunas made it three straight Lehigh goals, Seniors Matt Risk and Cody Newton got the scoring started, scoring at 12:39 Furman pulled within 5-3 but Corbett scored her third of the first half with just and 11:45 to give Lehigh a 2-0 advantage. seven seconds left on the clock. “It’s a theme for our program; when guys graduate, the next wave of guys Junior Ryan Buttenbaum won 5-of-6 third-quarter faceoffs while the steps up,” said Cassese. “These are guys who might be relatively inexperienced, but Mountain Hawks held a 13-3 edge in groundballs to help gain separation. After they’re not freshmen. They’re sophomores, they’re junior , they’re seniors, they’re the Paladins pulled within 6-4, Lehigh scored four straight to end the third quar- guys who have been around the block a time or two. The expectation is that they’ll ter capped off by two in a row from Weber, making it 10-4 after 45 minutes of step up and we won’t miss a beat.” play. Marquette responded with goals at 9:13 and 7:13, but Corbett scored his first goal The success continued in the fourth as the Mountain Hawks outscored the of the afternoon, off a feed from Kaunas, to make it 3-2 after one quarter of play. Paladins 3-2 for the 13-6 final. The Mountain Hawks controlled most of the second quarter. After a Taylor Lehigh held a 42-15 edge in shots and 30-19 in groundballs. Buttenbaum goal at 10:10, junior Alan Henderson scooped the groundball off the ensuing faceoff won 13-of-22 faceoffs while senior Matt Poillon made six saves. Furman goalie and found Corbett who made it 5-2 just eight seconds later. Goals from juniors Klay Frazer Kinsley was strong, making 12 saves including nine in the first half. Heston and Pat Dougherty made it 7-2 before the Golden Eagles pulled within 7-3 Graham Dabbs and Clay Adams tallied two goals apiece for Furman, which at the half. was playing its first-ever Division I lacrosse game. The Paladins are coached Marquette scored less than two minutes into the third quarter, but Lehigh by former Navy coach Richie Meade, who is also head coach of the U.S. Men’s answered with six straight goals bridging the rest of the third and midway through the fourth. Junior long pole Dylan O’Shaughnessy got the scoring started on an National Team. Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese is one of Meade’s assistants. unsettled situation then Taylor followed. Corbett scored twice in 18 seconds for his “I was very impressed by Coach Meade,” Cassese said. “He had his guys third and fourth goals and with it, his second straight hat trick and sixth of his career. ready to play. They played like a Coach Meade coached team. They were ready Kaunas added a third-quarter goal to make it 12-4 after 45 minutes of play. to play. Their goalie played well. That was a big difference in the game. We could Senior Jimmy Cahill made it 13-4 at 10:05 of the fourth quarter before Marquette have been up four or five goals, but had to work really hard to be up three.” answered with the final two goals. Blaine Flemin’s tally at 6:00 ended the Golden Eagles’ drought of 22:31 without a goal. Lehigh’s defense stood tall to allow just six goals for a second straight week. Lehigh held a 38-27 edge in shots and 36-18 in groundballs. Junior Matt Poillon was strong, making nine saves while Marquette goalie J.J. Sagl finished with four.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Lehigh and Villanova were stuck at 6-6 for more than 23 minutes BOSTON - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team used a 7-0 run bridging the second and spanning most of the fourth quarter and multiple overtimes until junior Kurtis Kaunas beginning of the third quarters to win its fourth straight Patriot League opener as the ended the marathon with seven seconds left in the third overtime. His goal avoided a Mountain Hawks topped Boston University 10-7 on Saturday. Junior Patrick Corbett fourth overtime period and gave the Mountain Hawks a thrilling 7-6 victory on a cold and sophomore Reid Weber scored two goals apiece as Lehigh improves to 4-0 for the Sunday afternoon. A game that saw 83 combined shots and 16 extra man opportunities first time since 1997. saw Lehigh score five of its goals in a 12:38 stretch in the third quarter. The Wildcats “I want to credit BU for playing a great game today,” said Lehigh head coach responded with the final three goals of regulation, but it was Kaunas who had the final Kevin Cassese. “They really showed up and took it to us for a good part of the game. answer. They won the first 20 minutes and the last 15 minutes of the game. Fortunately for us, “You had both teams going extra man in overtime, goalies making spectacular saves, we were able to win 25 minutes towards the middle part of the game and that proved both teams hitting pipes and crossbars,” said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. “You to be the difference.” had a lot of mistakes, a lot of errors, but the guys played really hard on both sides of the Junior Alan Henderson posted one goal and career highs in assists (3) and points ball. I give Villanova credit; it’s their first game. They played hard and well, especially (4). Five other Mountain Hawks scored one goal apiece, including first-career goals from on the defensive end. I thought our guys did too. It shows with the amount of turnovers freshman Ray Mastroianni, sophomore Chris Appell and senior Ryan Buttenbaum. there were, but I attribute a lot of that to the defenses.” Junior long-stick midfielder Dylan O’Shaughnessy added his third goal in as many Both defenses impressed as Lehigh caused 17 of Villanova’s 29 turnovers while the games. Wildcats caused 13 of the Mountain Hawks’ 24. Sophomore Tripp Telesco had a monster “We’re happy to get the win,” said Cassese. “It’s always nice to win; it doesn’t day with a career-high seven groundballs and seven caused turnovers, including two matter how you do it. We’re happy to be 4-0 and we’re happy to be 1-0 in the Patriot groundballs and two caused turnovers in the second overtime alone. League, but I can honestly say that as the leader of this program, that I am not content Senior close defensemen Ty Souders (career-high six groundballs, two caused with our overall level of play today.” turnovers) and Lukas Mikelinich (five groundballs, one caused turnover) were stellar as well. After Villanova took a 3-1 lead early in the second quarter, Lehigh didn’t allow a Sophomore and reigning Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week Tripp goal for the next 20:19. The Mountain Hawks shut-out the Wildcats over the game’s final Telesco had three groundballs and two caused turnovers to help pace the defense. 23:14. Junior Matt Poillon was a big part, finishing with 12 saves including eight after After the Terriers’ Pat Myers opened the scoring at 13:25 of the first quarter, But- halftime as he improves to 3-0 and an eye-popping 28-6 in his collegiate career. tenbaum answered just eight seconds later off the ensuing faceoff. Corbett scored his With the win, the Mountain Hawks improve to 3-0 for the first time since the 2000 first at 12:13, but the Terriers scored the next three goals spanning more than 15 minutes season. Lehigh has now won two straight and three of its last five against the Wildcats. until Lehigh scored its third early in the second quarter. The victory marks Lehigh’s eighth straight regular season win and sixth consecutive at Eaton took a pass from Risk and finished to pull within 4-3 at 11:36 of the second home dating back to last season. quarter. That sparked a 7-0 run as Weber followed at 9:43 then Mastroianni gave Lehigh Sophomore Reid Weber led the offense with four points behind two goals and two a 5-4 lead at the 7:55 mark. O’Shaughnessy rounded out the first-half scoring at 4:58 of assists. Junior Dan Taylor had three (two goals one assist). the second quarter. Villanova’s Kevin O’Neil opened the scoring at 13:19 of the first quarter, but Weber After almost 10 minutes of scoreless third-quarter action, Appell made it 9-4 at took a feed from Taylor and evened the score just under six minutes later. 5:26. Henderson picked up his third assist on that goal. The Terriers answered just 35 The Wildcats responded with the next two goals. Lehigh was unable to score for seconds later before Henderson made it 10-5 with 3:29 left in the third quarter. the final 22:21 of the first half as Villanova held a 3-1 lead after 30 minutes of play. That marked Lehigh’s last goal of the game as Terriers goalie Christian Carson Senior Jimmy Cahill opened the second-half scoring just 21 seconds into the third made five fourth-quarter saves, allowing his offense to score two goals and pull within quarter. Just over seven minutes later, Taylor answered with his first of the day, using 10-7. Boston U couldn’t pull any closer, however, as the Mountain Hawks held on for a sneaky behind-the-back shot from a tough angle to beat Villanova goalie Dan Willis. their 13th straight win over a Patriot League foe (dating back to 2012) and ninth straight Taylor added a second goal just 1:25 later to give the Mountain Hawks a 4-3 lead. Weber regular season victory (dating back to last season). scored his second just 46 seconds after that to make it 5-3 at 5:04 of the third quarter. Lehigh held a 35-32 edge in final shots while the Terriers had a 25-24 advantage Junior Dylan O’Shaughnessy rounded out the run with his second goal in as many in groundballs. Carson finished with 16 saves for the Terriers while junior Matt Poillon games, making it 6-3 late in the third. However, the Wildcats scored with 1:25 left in the had 10. third quarter and added two early fourth-quarter goals to deadlock the score at six. The Mountain Hawks return home next Saturday (Mar. 1) to host #9/10 ranked Both teams had several chances in the fourth quarter and the overtime periods. Loyola in a huge early-season Patriot League matchup. Opening faceoff is set for 12 p.m. The goaltenders combined for four overtime saves, pipes were hit and eight turnovers “This is a big week for us,” said Cassese. “We need to continue to search for people were committed (five for Villanova and three for Lehigh). In the end, with the Mountain who want to step up. We need to continue to search for ways to get better. We are Hawks holding for the final shot, Taylor made a pass to Kaunas, who made a dodge to about to play a team that could be considered one of the hottest teams in the country. his left and beat Willis low for the 7-6 final. They are 3-1 and are a controversial last second goal vs. UVA away from being 4-0. Lehigh held a 46-37 edge in shots and 45-44 advantage in groundballs. Senior Ryan Loyola is an excellent team. We’ll need to be at our best if we hope to compete. We are Buttenbaum won 10-of-18 faceoffs at the X, scooping four groundballs. Each goalie finished about to find out exactly what type of team we have and what we’re made of.” with 12 saves.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Tied 3-3 after one quarter, #7/8 Loyola scored all four LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell scored first, but wouldn’t score for another 50:28 as second-quarter goals to create separation as the Greyhounds downed the #14 Lehigh the #16 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored nine straight goals on its way to a dominant men’s lacrosse team 14-7 on Saturday at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Sophomore 9-3 victory on Saturday. In a rematch of the 2013 Patriot League Championship game, Reid Weber led the way with a goal and two assists for his third straight multi-point the Mountain Hawks (5-1, 2-1 Patriot League) held the Bison (2-3, 1-2) to just 20 shots game. Four Mountain Hawks caused two turnovers apiece while junior Matt Poillon on the way to their fourth straight win over Bucknell. The Bison turned the ball over made 11 saves between the pipes. The loss snaps a six-game home winning streak, 15 times to Lehigh’s seven, and when they could get a quality shot off, Lehigh junior nine-game regular season winning streak and 13-game winning streak against Patriot goalie Matt Poillon was there to make the save. League foes. “I’m proud of our guys,” said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. “This was our “Loyola played a full 60-minute game,” said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. best team effort of the early season. It wasn’t a complete 60 minutes, but it was an “They played well on offense, they played well on defense. They got great faceoff outstanding effort overall.” play and great goalie play. Typically when you do that, you’re going to win the Junior Dan Taylor led the offense with four goals to tie a career high. Classmate game.” Patrick Corbett scored twice while sophomore Alex Eaton added a career-high two Junior Patrick Corbett got the scoring started just 1:59 into the game and goals as well. Senior Ryan Buttenbaum was strong at the faceoff X, winning 11-of-15 finished with two on the afternoon to up his season total to a team-leading 11. Four with seven groundballs. other Mountain Hawks tallied a single goal while six finished with a single point. “I thought our faceoff personnel did a nice job today,” said Cassese. “Not only Sophomore Tripp Telesco posted three groundballs and two caused turnovers Ryan Buttenbaum in the middle, but also our wing play was terrific all day. We got a and senior Lukas Mikelinich had two and two, respectively. Short-stick defensive nice spark from Ray Mastroianni on the wing (four GBs).” The Mountain Hawks caused nine of Bucknell’s turnovers led by a career-high midfielders Jimmy Cahill and Sam Lawrence caused two turnovers each. three caused turnovers from sophomore long-stick midfielder . “I thought our guys battled hard and were ready to play,” said Cassese. “I Casey Eidenshink Sophomore Tripp Telesco continued his strong play with two groundballs and two don’t think we executed as well as we could have. A lot of that was because of them caused turnovers. He now has 15 groundballs and 13 caused turnovers over his last as opposed to us.” four games. Corbett scooped a groundball off a Jack Runkel save and beat the senior goal- “The defensive effort was solid all around,” said Cassese. “Coach Brendan tender to make it 1-0 in the early going. Loyola responded with three straight goals, Callahan had the fellas ready to play today and it was a full unit effort from start to but a transition opportunity led to a nifty goal from junior Kurtis Kaunas. Sophomore finish. They played our style, with great composure, and full support and trust of one tacked on an unassisted tally at 51 seconds of the first quarter to make Alex Eaton another. It was fun to watch.” it 3-3 after 15 minutes of play. Bucknell got on the board early as Thomas Flibotte made it 1-0 at 10:10. The The Greyhounds controlled the second quarter as Nikko Pontrello scored Mountain Hawks only got five first-quarter shots off and couldn’t find the back of the two man-up goals, with an even strength goal in between, for the natural hat trick. net as the Bison maintained its lead into the second quarter. That gave Loyola a 6-3 lead at 9:10 of the second quarter. Brian Schultz gave the Taylor scored his first of the afternoon (from sophomore Reid Weber) to make Greyhounds a 7-3 advantage heading into halftime. it 1-1 at 10:49 of the second. Weber took a feed from sophomore Billy Oppenheimer Weber scored the first goal of the second half, but Loyola responded with four and made it 2-1 just over four minutes later before Taylor added Lehigh’s third straight straight to take an 11-4 lead after three quarters. with 3:55 on the clock. The Mountain Hawks wouldn’t go away quietly as Corbett scored at 12:55 and Taylor single-handedly gave the Mountain Hawks a 5-1 advantage with goals sophomore Billy Oppenheimer added his first in a Lehigh uniform at 6:23 to pull at 13:59 and 11:28 of the third quarter, then after more than eight minutes of scoreless within 11-6. However, Loyola scored three of the game’s final four goals for the 14-7 action, Lehigh scored three times in the final 2:51 to take a commanding 8-1 lead after final. three quarters of play. Eaton scored twice, including one with four seconds on the Loyola held a 33-30 edge in shots and 27-22 in groundballs. Both teams took clock. care of the ball, turning the ball over just 11 times each. Poillon’s 11 saves came across Corbett tallied an extra man goal at 8:27 of the fourth from Oppenheimer, who Runkel who impressed with 13. dished his third assist of the afternoon. Bucknell finally solved Lehigh’s defense, “I think this game exposed our weaknesses. Loyola is a really good team,” breaking a 50:28 scoreless drought with a goal at 4:42. The Bison added a goal at 1:45 said Cassese. “Whenever you play a good and well-coached team, they’re going to with the Mountain Hawks’ backups in for the 9-3 final. exploit your weaknesses. I think today, we learned a lot about what those are and Lehigh held a dominant 37-20 shot advantage and 36-24 edge in groundballs. The hopefully they’re pretty obvious for our guys. If they’re not, they will be after our Mountain Hawks won 12-of-16 faceoffs led by Buttenbaum’s 11-of-15. Poillon made film session tomorrow. We have to start cranking away on getting those weaknesses six saves before being replaced by sophomore Steve Brodeur who stopped 1-of-2 over better and hopefully turn them into strengths.” the final 3:41. Bucknell goalie Sam Grinberg made 15 stops.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale jumped out to a 4-0 lead and the Lehigh BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Following Tuesday’s loss at #17 Yale, the #14/15 Lehigh men’s men’s lacrosse team could never get anything going as the Mountain Hawks lacrosse team responded in a big way, defeating Navy 13-2 on Saturday afternoon at fell 10-2 on Tuesday evening in a matchup of nationally-ranked foes. Lehigh the Ulrich Sports Complex. Junior Dan Taylor paced the offense with a career-high five goals and eight points while senior Lukas Mikelinich held the nation’s fifth-leading turned the ball over 21 times and could only muster 17 shots (along with five point scorer Sam Jones without a point. shots on goal) against a physical Bulldogs’ defense. Juniors Alan Henderson “Tuesday’s game at Yale was a tough one for our team and our program,” said and Jack Bogorowski scored the Mountain Hawks’ goals. Lehigh falls to 5-2 Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. “We talked a lot about what happened on Tuesday. on the season while Yale improves to 3-1. Our job as coaches and the team is to make sure it never happens again. I thought the “Give a lot of credit to Yale. They took the game to us today,” said Lehigh energy was good today and the guys were excited to get back out there. We were fortunate head coach Kevin Cassese. “They played harder, they played tougher. They enough to have a game only a few days after that output.” played with more of a chip on their shoulder than we did. Our guys just failed The 11-goal win marked Lehigh’s largest-ever margin of victory over the Mid- to show up. It wasn’t our Lehigh team, unfortunately. I told [Yale] Coach Shay shipmen. The previous largest was five goals set each of the last two seasons. Lehigh has now won four straight over Navy after snapping a 98-year losing streak against the they might have gotten more out of practicing than playing Lehigh tonight.” Midshipmen in 2010. Lehigh improves to 6-2 on the season and 3-1 in Patriot League Lehigh only had three first-quarter shots as it struggled against the Yale play while Navy falls to 3-4 and 2-2 in the league. defense from the onset. The Bulldogs opened the scoring at 9:00 of the first Over their last two Patriot League games, the Mountain Hawks have allowed just quarter and added goals at 7:41 and 3:45 to make it 3-0 after one quarter of five goals (three to Bucknell and two to Navy). Lehigh gave up just one even strength play. goal on Saturday and none over the game’s final 51:59. Yale took a 4-0 lead just 21 seconds into the second quarter, but Hender- Junior Patrick Corbett added his seventh-career hat trick while sophomore Reid son fired a shot past Bulldogs goalie Eric Natale to pull within 4-1 at the 11:28 Weber dished a career-high four assists. In total, the starting attack combined for eight mark. However, Yale’s Dylan Levings won the ensuing faceoff and went all goals and seven assists. Junior Klay Heston scored a career-high two goals while senior Matt Smith and Jimmy Cahill scored a goal and sophomore Billy Oppenheimer had a the way for his first goal of the season to make it 5-1 just nine seconds later. goal and assist. The Bulldogs carried the momentum, scoring five more goals to take a Mikelinich finished with a groundball and two caused turnovers while sophomore 10-1 lead in the fourth quarter. Bogorowski scored a man-up goal at 2:30 of Tripp Telesco had three groundballs and three caused turnovers and senior Ty Soud- the fourth quarter to account for the 10-2 final. ers posted two groundballs and a caused turnover. Junior Sam Lawrence was strong Yale held a 39-17 edge in shots and 25-22 advantage in groundballs. Junior at defensive midfield, finishing with a groundball and three caused turnovers. Junior Matt Poillon made seven saves, allowing nine goals before being replaced goalie Matt Poillon impressed with 10 saves, allowing just two goals. by sophomore Steve Brodeur, who stopped 3-of-4 shots sent his way. One Cahill opened the scoring just over a minute into the game, converting a transition opportunity to make it 1-0. Corbett scored his first at the 11:02 mark, but Navy pulled bright spot was senior Ryan Buttenbaum, who won 7-of-12 faceoffs with two within 2-1 at 6:59. That marked Navy’s last goal in over 30 minutes as Taylor scored groundballs. Freshman Casey McAdam also won 2-of-3 draws. two straight to give Lehigh a 5-1 lead, sparking the Mountain Hawks to eight straight “We try to treat every game like it’s the most important one,” said Cassese. goals. “We have a team motto that says 1-0. Unfortunately our guys weren’t very Lehigh took a 5-1 lead after one quarter then goals from Smith and Corbett made it focused on going 1-0 today and Yale was. They deserved to win the game and 7-1 at the half. Taylor, Oppenheimer and Corbett made it 10-1 before Navy’s T.J. Hanzsche they deserved to win in a lopsided fashion.” scored his second goal of the day, on the extra man, to make it 10-2 at 5:05 of the fourth quarter. Taylor came back with the next two goals and an assist on Lehigh’s final goal - a man-up goal scored by Heston - to account for the 13-2 final. Lehigh held a 32-26 edge in shots and 27-26 advantage in groundballs. Senior Ryan Buttenbaum was 8-of-17 at the faceoff X while freshman Casey McAdam was 1-of-2. After Poillon made 10 saves, sophomore Steve Brodeur came in to make one over the final 5:21. John Connors made six stops for the Mids. The Mountain Hawks return to action when they travel to Army next Saturday (Mar. 22) to face the Black Knights. Army dropped a slim 7-6 final to #2 Loyola on Saturday. “They played Loyola a whole lot tougher than we did,” said Cassese. “Army is a team we know very well. It’s a team that will be fired up to play Lehigh in its home stadium. We’ll need to have a great week of practice and we’ll need to make sure that we’re ready to play.”
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WEST POINT, N.Y. - Army scored half its six goals in a 5:59 span to turn a BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Five Mountain Hawks finished with multiple points, 5-3 fourth-quarter deficit into a 6-5 lead as the Black Knights held off the #17/20 freshman Casey McAdam won 17-of-23 faceoffs and sophomore Tripp Telesco led Lehigh men’s lacrosse team on Saturday afternoon in Michie Stadium. Junior the defense with five groundballs and five caused turnovers as the Lehigh men’s Dan Taylor scored three of Lehigh’s five goals while junior Matt Poillon made lacrosse team topped Monmouth 13-7 on a chilly Wednesday evening at the Ulrich nine saves in goal, but the Black Knight’s nation-leading defense allowed just 22 Sports Complex. Sophomore Reid Weber led the offense with a career-high four shots on the afternoon. goals and five points while junior Patrick Corbett posted his eighth-career hat trick The Mountain Hawks struggled at the faceoff X, which proved critical as as the Mountain Hawks improve to 7-3 on the season. Army won 12-of-15 draws and held a 29-15 edge in groundballs and 36-22 ad- “I am proud of the way the guys finished tonight,” said Lehigh head coach vantage in shots. Lehigh made the most of its 10 first-half shots, putting seven on Kevin Cassese. “We’ve been struggling in the fourth quarter a little bit and our stats will show that. I was happy to be able to win the fourth quarter, and the third goal including four that beat Army goalie Sam Somers. However, Lehigh only quarter as well. It was a good second half for us.” scored one second-half goal and none over the game’s final 22:25. Lehigh extended a 7-5 halftime lead to 10-6 after three quarters and 13-7 at the Taylor posted his ninth-career hat trick and third in the last four games final horn. while sophomore had a goal and assist. Junior s scored Alex Eaton Kurtis Kauna “The guys played with good energy,” said Cassese. “I thought Monmouth as well. Senior Ty Souders led the defense with three groundballs and a caused played with good energy as well. It was a pretty evenly-matched game in the first turnover. half, but our guys rose to the occasion. I think some of our experience came to the Kaunas got the scoring started at 10:45 of the first quarter then Taylor added forefront. It’s good to get the win.” his first of the day (from Eaton) at 6:19. Taylor took a feed from sophomore Reid Sophomore Alex Eaton set a career high with four points (two goals, two as- Weber and beat Somers to make it 3-0 at 11:17 of the second quarter. sists) while junior Alan Henderson had a career-high two goals and assist. Junior After more than 21 minutes without a goal, Will Mazzone got Army on the Dan Taylor scored a goal and added two assists. scoreboard at 8:56 of the second then John Glesener made it 3-2 just 29 seconds McAdam was dominant at the faceoff X, going a perfect 10-of-10 in the second later. Glesener’s second straight goal tied the score at three at 5:42, but Taylor half to help Lehigh pull away. He finished the evening with 12 groundballs. quickly answered just 12 seconds later to make it 4-3 Lehigh, which stood as the “I’m really proud of Casey,” said Cassese. “He had a tough go against Army halftime score. on Saturday and I know that’s been eating at him. To go back with him and have Eaton scored the only third-quarter goal, but after another scoreless drought him with this output tonight is great for a young guy, to get rid of that taste. He did eclipsing 21 minutes, the Black Knights scored twice in a 2:01 span early in the a great job, not only winning the draw, but also creating some offense and unsettled fourth to tie the score. Henry White then tallied his first of the season to give Army situations. I am proud of his effort. Our faceoff unit in general was great today.” a 6-5 lead with 7:54 still remaining. Along with Telesco’s big night, senior Ty Souders had four groundballs and The Mountain Hawks had their chances to pull even, but couldn’t put another a caused turnover as Lehigh’s starting close defense collected 11 groundballs and one past Somers as they dropped their first road Patriot League game since April, six caused turnovers on the evening. 2012 at Colgate. Taylor got the scoring started at 13:19 of the first quarter off a feed from Eaton. Poillon was strong throughout, making nine saves including six in the first Weber scored his first of the day just 1:30 later, but Monmouth responded with two half. Somers made seven stops for the Black Knights. straight goals to pull even. Two goals in a 28-second span, from junior Kurtis Kaunas and another from Weber, made it 4-2 after one quarter. Monmouth pulled within 4-3 less than a minute into the second quarter, but goals from Weber and Henderson made it 6-3. However, Monmouth answered with two of the final three first-half goals to pull within 7-5 after 30 minutes of play. Lehigh came out of halftime with a vengeance, scoring the first two in the first 2:29 to take a 9-5 lead. Monmouth answered, but the Mountain Hawks erased any doubt by scoring three straight bridging the third and fourth quarters to take a 12-6 lead. Monmouth scored at 6:22 of the fourth, but Weber scored his fourth goal of the game in transition off a feed from Telesco (his first-career point) for the 13-7 final. The Mountain Hawks held a 43-22 lead in both shots and groundballs. Sophomore Steve Brodeur made six saves in goal while a pair of Monmouth goalies combined for 13 stops. Monmouth was 3-of-5 on the extra man while Lehigh was 1-for-1.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored early and often, BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored five of the first six taking a 6-0 lead after one quarter and exploding for eight in the third on its way second-half goals to turn a one-goal lead into a 10-5 advantage on its way to an impres- to a 20-4 win over Holy Cross on a rainy Saturday afternoon at the Ulrich Sports sive 11-7 win over #16/19 ColgateColgate on Saturday at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Complex. In the process, Lehigh reached 20 goals for the first time since March The Mountain Hawks allowed just 21 Raiders shots, only three coming from Colgate’s leading scorer Ryan Walsh who was held pointless by Lehigh sophomore defenseman of 2010. The Mountain Hawks improve to 8-3 overall and 4-2 in Patriot League Tripp Telesco. With the win, Lehigh improves to 9-3 and 4-2 in the Patriot League while play. ColgateColgate falls to 7-4 and 3-3 in the league. “I was proud of our offensive effort today,” said Lehigh head coach Kevin “It was a great day,” said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. “I was proud of our Cassese. “We’ve struggled to get to the teens this year and when we’ve gotten guys’ effort. I thought the guys played hard today, played with purpose and with fire. to the teens, it’s been 13 and we haven’t been able to get passed that. Our attack That was really important for us. I don’t think we had a great start, but our play in the did a great job today. I really challenged those guys to step up and carry us and third quarter was inspired. Guys played really hard, trying to pick up groundballs and they did that.” make the simple plays. That proved to be the difference today.” Junior Dan Taylor paced the offense with seven points behind three goals After 42 straight games with a point, Walsh was held pointless for a second straight and a career-high four assists. Classmate Patrick Corbett posted his second straight game. He only had three shots, one on goal as Telesco continued his tremendous season. hat trick (and ninth of his career), finishing with a game-high four goals along He finished with four groundballs and three caused turnovers to up his season totals to with two assists for a career-high six points. One game after a career-high five 35 and 28, respectively. points, sophomore Reid Weber matched that behind two goals and three assists. Junior Dan Taylor led the offense with four points behind two goals and two as- The starting attack combined for nine goals and eight assists on the afternoon. sists. Junior Kurtis Kaunas also had two goals and senior Matt Smith dished two assists. Eight other Mountain Hawks posted a single point in a balanced all-around effort. Sophomore Billy Oppenheimer also tallied two goals and an assist while Saturday was Senior Day as Lehigh’s 13 seniors were recognized prior to their junior Pat Dougherty had two assists and classmate Kurtis Kaunas scored a goal final home game in the Brown and White. With the win over ColgateColgate, this senior and added an assist. class became the winningest in program history. The Mountain Hawks have defeated Freshman Casey McAdam was sensational once again at the faceoff X, win- the Raiders four straight times after a seven-game losing streak against Colgate was ning 15-of-20 while scooping three groundballs. He has now won 32-of-43 over snapped in the 2012 Patriot League Championship Game. the last two games. Senior Ryan Buttenbaum also won 4-of-7 faceoffs with four The Mountain Hawks played a physical, aggressive style, forcing 15 of ColgateCol- groundballs. gate’s 24 turnovers. Junior Dylan O’Shaughnessy had two groundballs and two caused Sophomore defenseman Tripp Telesco finished with three groundballs and turnovers while classmate Sam Lawrence also caused a pair of turnovers. Lehigh’s three caused turnovers while senior Lukas Mikelinich also caused three turnovers. starting defense of Telesco and seniors Ty Souders and Lukas Mikelinich combined Senior Ty Souders scooped a game-high five groundballs. for nine groundballs and five caused turnovers on the afternoon. Senior Jimmy Cahill got the scoring started just 20 seconds into the game A back and forth first half began with a ColgateColgate goal at 6:36 of the first while Corbett made it 2-0 less than two minutes later. The lead swelled to 4-0 after quarter. Lehigh responded with the next two, from sophomores Reid Weber at 4:45 and at 1:09. goals from sophomore Ray Mastroianni and senior Matt Risk before Taylor and Billy Oppenheimer The teams traded goals in the second quarter, each scoring three times. After Col- Corbett rounded out the first-quarter scoring. gateColgate pulled even, freshman Jason Kozel scored his first-career goal in transition Kevin Lux got Holy Cross on the board at 12:51 of the second quarter, off a feed from Lawrence to make it 3-2 at the 8:37 mark. Junior Alan Henderson and but Lehigh answered with the next three. Lux’s second of the game pulled the Taylor scored Lehigh’s other second-quarter goals. Crusaders within 9-2, but the Mountain Hawks answered in a big way. Weber’s Coming out of halftime, Lehigh outscored ColgateColgate 4-1 in the third quarter second goal rounded out the first-half scoring and began a string of 10 straight to improve its season total to 42-14 in that stanza. Taylor began the scoring at 12:35 Mountain Hawk goals bridging the end of the second and beginning of the fourth followed by a Mastroianni rocket from Smith less than a minute later. After a Raiders quarters. Lehigh outscored Holy Cross 8-0 in the third quarter. Taylor assisted on goal, Kaunas scored twice in 2:09 to make it 9-5 after 45 minutes of play. two straight Corbett goals in the span of 1:34 as part of the run. Lehigh and Colgate both scored twice in the fourth quarter as O’Shaughnessy and Freshmen Matt Raposo and Mike Sammarro scored Lehigh’s fourth-quarter sophomore Alex Eaton gave the Mountain Hawks their 10th and 11th goals. Lehigh’s goals as the Mountain Hawks closed out the dominant 20-4 victory. offense has now scored 44 times over its last three games. Colgate scored with 1:27 Lehigh finished with a 51-20 edge in shots and 37-22 advantage in ground- remaining, but it wasn’t nearly enough. balls. Junior goalie Matt Poillon stopped five-of-seven shots sent his way over Final shots were 35-21 in favor of Lehigh. The Raiders held a 34-33 edge in ground- balls. Faceoffs were even at 11, but Buttenbaum was strong in his time, winning 10-of-17 the first three quarters before sophomore Steve Brodeur relieved him and made at the X. Junior goalie Matt Poillon made six saves between the pipes while Colgate four saves, allowing two goals. A pair of Crusaders goalies combined to make 10 netminder Brandon Burke finished with 14. saves.
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PRINCETON, N.J. - Junior Kurtis Kaunas scored the go-ahead goal with 1:22 left FOLSOM, Pa. - Led by a career-high tying eight points from junior Dan Taylor and in regulation, but #15/17 Princeton evened the score with 2.7 seconds left before scoring another strong defensive effort, the #19/20 Lehigh men’s lacrosse dominated Georgetown in double overtime to hand the #19/20 Mountain Hawks a heartbreaking 10-9 loss on in a 12-3 win on Saturday evening. The game was played at Ridley High School as part Tuesday evening. Junior Dan Taylor led the offense with five goals to tie a career high of the second annual Relentless Cup in support of the HEADstrong Foundation’s fight while classmate Matt Poillon finished with 13 saves, including six in the first quarter. against blood cancers. “It was a great game. It was two teams battling hard,” said Lehigh head coach Kevin “I thought tonight was big for us coming off Tuesday against Princeton,” said Cassese. “There was good energy on both sides of the ball. Both teams really wanted this Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. “Our focus was on energy, trying to get the energy game. Both teams fought tooth and nail for it and that’s how you get a double overtime back. That was a deflating loss for us on national TV against a great opponent. I was game. It was a great environment and great to play on national TV (ESPNU). Congrats to nervous our guys would be a little flat coming out, so I was proud the way they came Princeton for getting the job done.” out. I’m proud of the effort throughout, especially on the defensive end.” Tied at eight late in regulation, Kaunas scored on a delayed penalty to make it 9-8. The Mountain Hawks improve to 10-4 overall, reaching double-figure victories for Lehigh won the ensuing faceoff, but Princeton forced a turnover. Poillon came up with a a third straight season after going 18 years between double-digit victories. save with less than a minute remaining, but the Tigers eventually got the ball back with The Relentless Cup is a special fundraising lacrosse event uniting communities just over 20 seconds on the clock. They capitalized as Kip Orban scored in an unsettled in support of the HEADstrong Foundation by combining interstate youth games, high situation with 2.7 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. school games, highlighted by Lehigh vs. Georgetown under the lights. Proceeds from Lehigh won the opening faceoff of both overtimes, but couldn’t put away the game the Relentless Cup directly supported the essential quality life services provided by the winner. Early in the second overtime, Kaunas had a good look that was stopped. After HEADstrong Foundation, supporting cancer patients and their families. a timeout, Tigers All-American midfielder Tom Schreiber scored his fourth goal of the “We play at the HEADstrong fall tournament for the Colleluori Classic. We didn’t night with 2:51 on the clock to end it. come this year, so it was good to get back to Ridley and be a part of this event,” said Four Mountain Hawks scored a single goal to go with Taylor’s five: juniors Kaunas, Cassese. “I have so much respect for the Colleluori family and for the HEADstrong Patrick Corbett and Dylan O’Shaughnessy, along with sophomore Reid Weber. Sopho- foundation that when they approached me with the opportunity of moving this game more Tripp Telesco and junior Dylan O’Shaughnessy each had two caused turnovers to Ridley, I said absolutely, we would love to be a part of the cause and support the while senior Lukas Mikelinich scooped four groundballs to lead the defense. The Moun- cause.” tain Hawks gave up a season-high 52 shots, but many were from the outside, allowing One game after scoring five goals at Princeton, Taylor finished with four goals Poillon to gobble up many saves. and four assists. Sophomores Kurtis Kaunas and Reid Weber, along with junior Patrick Schreiber was limited to four goals on 21 shots as only eight of his shots were on Corbett, all scored two goals apiece. Kaunas added two assists for a career-high four target. The Mountain Hawks allowed 10 goals to a Princeton team averaging almost 13 points. per game. The Lehigh defense continued its strong play, causing 11 of the Hoyas 16 turnovers “We played great defense all day,” said Cassese. “That’s one of the top offenses in while allowing four goals or fewer for a fourth time this season. Senior Lukas Mikelinich the country. Unfortunately, at the end of regulation, we couldn’t seal the deal. We had an and sophomore Casey Eidenshink each finished with three caused turnovers. Along opportunity to win the game. It didn’t have to go to overtime. We were just playing stick with senior Ty Souders, the starting close defense combined for nine groundballs and to it defense [against Schreiber]. We were quick to help to him and slow to leave from eight caused turnovers. him. Unfortunately at the end there, we just didn’t do our jobs.” Junior Matt Poillon was strong in goal, making eight saves on the evening. Hoyas Senior Ryan Buttenbaum was stellar at the faceoff X, winning 16-of-23 while scoop- goalie Jake Haley was stellar as well, making 17 saves. ing eight groundballs. Junior Dylan O’Shaughnessy opened the scoring at 10:25 of the first quarter with Neither team could find the back of the net until 1.7 seconds left in the first quarter a man-up goal to make it 1-0. Corbett scored an unassisted goal just over oneminute later when Taylor took a restart and brought it in front, beating Princeton goalie Eric Sanschagrin for a 2-0 lead. to make it 1-0 after one quarter of play. After Georgetown pulled within 2-1 at 7:03 of the first quarter, Lehigh scored the The Tigers responded in the second quarter by outscoring the Mountain Hawks 3-1 next five straight capped off by two straight from Taylor in the span of 24 seconds and to take a 3-2 halftime lead. Taylor scored Lehigh’s goal at the 5:15 mark. a Taylor feed to Weber on the extra man that made it 7-1 at 4:26 of the third quarter. After five goals in the first half, the third quarter saw seven by itself. The Mountain The Hoyas finally solved the Lehigh defense just over one minute later, but not Hawks scored four, including three of the first four. Taylor tallied his third less than a before the Mountain Hawks held Georgetown scoreless for 33:39. minute in, then after a Princeton goal, O’Shaughnessy scored off a faceoff as junior Alan The Hoyas pulled within 8-3 early in the fourth quarter, but the Mountain Hawks Henderson made the scoop and found the long pole in the middle of the field. Taylor scored the final four goals including the final two from Taylor in the span of 1:06 for the gave Lehigh a 5-4 lead just over one minute later. 12-3 final. However, Princeton scored three of the next four goals to eventually take a 7-6 Final shots were 51-23 in favor of Lehigh as the Mountain Hawks eclipsed 50 shots lead early in the fourth quarter. A Corbett extra man goal evened the score at seven, then for the first time since last March 2 vs. VMI. Groundballs were 33-30 Lehigh. The Hoyas after Schreiber gave the Tigers an 8-7 lead, Taylor tied the score exactly a minute later, won 13-of-19 faceoffs. Lehigh was 2-for-5 on the man advantage while Georgetown did setting up Kaunas’ go-ahead goal and the dramatic end of regulation and back-and-forth overtime. not have an extra man opportunity.
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EASTON, Pa. - Leading 5-3 in the second quarter, the #17/19 Lehigh men’s BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The third-seeded and 18th nationally-ranked Lehigh men’s lacrosse team went on an 11-0 run over the next 26:07 to break the game wide open as lacrosse team used a pair of four-goal runs and another strong defensive effort to down the Mountain Hawks cruised to a 17-6 win over Lafayette on Friday evening at Fisher sixth-seeded Navy 10-6 in the Patriot League Quarterfinals on Tuesday evening at Field. Lehigh beat the Leopards for a fifth straight time and 13th time in its last 14 tries the Ulrich Sports Complex. The Mountain Hawks scored four goals in the first 5:35 as the Mountain Hawks head into the Patriot League Tournament with an 11-4 record of the second quarter to take a lead, than had four in a 6:09 span in the fourth to cre- and 6-2 league mark. Junior Dan Taylor continued his stellar play with a career-high ate separation, as Lehigh won its seventh straight Patriot League Tournament game. seven goals including six straight goals to turn an 8-3 lead into a 14-3 advantage. The Mountain Hawks will now play Army on Friday evening in the Patriot League “Dan did a nice job. Our offense really goes as Dan goes,” said Lehigh head coach Semifinals. Kevin Cassese. “I had a conversation with him before the game tonight and told him I “That was an absolute battle,” said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. “I give all wanted him to be super aggressive and really set the tone for us on the offensive end. the credit in the world to Navy. They showed up and they played their hearts out. I He did a good job of that and the other guys followed suit.” thought they carried the pace of play early in the game. I thought our guys responded Taylor has now reached 61 points on the season behind 39 goals and 22 assists. well late in the first half and late in the game. We were fortunate enough to get the The two-time defending Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week set a career high victory. It was everything that I expect when we play a service academy.” with nine points (seven goals, two assists) as well. He has now posted 22 points over Junior midfielder Kurtis Kaunas sparked the offense with his first-career hat his last three games (16 goals, six assists). trick, with all three goals coming at crucial times. He added an assist to tie a career- Sophomore Reid Weber added three goals, all in the game’s first 16:36, for his high four points, originally set just two games ago against Georgetown. third-career hat trick. Junior Kurtis Kaunas scored twice while five others tallied a Junior goalie Matt Poillon was stellar between the pipes. After making no first- single goal. quarter saves, he stopped 15-of-19 over the final three quarters including seven-of-eight “I thought it was a six-man unit on offense today,” said Taylor. “I thought we in the second. Lehigh outscored the Midshipmen 4-1 in that stanza to turn a 2-1 deficit shot the ball really well and were working hard off the ground and moving the ball into a 5-3 halftime lead. well, so I’m really excited about today.” Three other Mountain Hawks scored a pair of goals - juniors Patrick Corbett The Lehigh defense impressed as junior goalie Matt Poillon stopped six-of-ten and Dan Taylor along with sophomore Reid Weber - while senior Matt Smith added shots in just under 45 minutes of action. The Mountain Hawks emptied their bench in a big third-quarter goal to snap more than a 21-minute scoreless drought. the fourth quarter, including the first-career action for freshmen goaltenders Donny Navy came out with a vengeance, taking a 2-1 lead after one quarter of play until Stires and Garrett Miers who each made a save. Lehigh scored four times in the first 5:35 of the second quarter to take a 5-2 advantage. Weber got the scoring started at 13:44 of the first quarter, making a move from Kaunas got Lehigh on the scoreboard in the first quarter then finished an extra man behind the goal and beating Lafayette netminder Jake Hyatt to make it 1-0. The goal at 9:25 of the second to make it 5-2 which forced a Navy timeout. Leopards tied the score with an extra man goal just over one minute later, but three The Midshipmen rallied to score three of the next four goals, including one with straight Mountain Hawk goals, beginning with Taylor’s first of the evening, made it six seconds left in the third quarter, to pull within 6-5 after 45 minutes of play. 4-1 with 5:41 left in the opening stanza. Kaunas came up big once again, beating Navy goalie John Connors low at 8:09 Lafayette scored two of the next three to pull within 5-3, but that’s when the of the fourth quarter to give Lehigh an all-important two-goal lead at 7-5. That goal Mountain Hawks took over. Lehigh went on to score 11 straight goals over the next sparked the Mountain Hawks as Weber, Taylor and Corbett followed with goals to 26:07 beginning with an extra man goal from senior Cody Newton. Taylor added his give Lehigh a 10-5 advantage with two minutes remaining. Corbett also had a big natural hat trick (times two) as the run ended with the first-career goal from junior caused turnover as Navy was trying to clear. That led to Weber’s goal which made it Sam Lawrence and Kaunas’ second of the evening to make it 16-3 at 1:30 of the third 8-5 Mountain Hawks with 6:38 remaining. The Mids were in the midst of a transition quarter. opportunity looking to pull within one. From there, several Lehigh players saw action as sophomore Chris Appell scored Navy’s Tucker Hull scored his third goal of the game with 1:23 left in the fourth, his second goal of the season in the fourth quarter and sophomore Steve Brodeur, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Stires and Miers all played between the pipes and each made at least one save. For Lehigh’s defense finished the evening with 12 caused turnovers including three the game, the Mountain Hawk goalies stopped 11-of-17 shots sent their way. Lehigh’s each from senior Lukas Mikelinich and junior Dylan O’Shaughnessy. O’Shaughnessy defense has allowed seven goals or fewer in seven of the last eight games. also set a career high with four groundballs while Weber shattered his career high, Senior Ty Souders led the defense with a groundball and two caused turnovers. scooping six. Sophomore Tripp Telesco and short-stick defensive midfielders Lawrence and senior With the win, the Mountain Hawks advance to the Patriot League Semifinals Jimmy Cahill each posted two caused turnovers as well. to face second-seeded Army on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Loyola hosts Colgate in the first Final shots were 42-33 in favor of Lehigh while the Leopards held a 29-25 edge semifinal of the day. The semifinals and championship game (set for Sunday at 1 p.m.) in groundballs. Senior won 11 of his 19 faceoffs while scooping six will be hosted by #1 overall seed and #1 nationally-ranked Loyola. All three games Ryan ButtenbaumLacrosse Box Score (Final) Lacrosse Box Score (Final) groundballs. 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Lehigh (11-4, 6-2 PL) vs. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Total Navy (4-9) vs. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Total Lafayette (2-11, 1-7 PL) Lehigh 4 6 6 1 17 Lehigh (12-4) Navy 2 1 2 1 6 Date: Apr 18, 2014 • Attendance: 1114 Lafayette 2 1 1 2 6 Date: Apr 22, 2014 • Attendance: 551 Lehigh 1 4 1 4 10 Weather: Weather: Overcast, passing showers
Lehigh SCORING: GOALS: Taylor, Dan 7; Weber, Reid 3; Kaunas, Kurtis 2; Navy SCORING: GOALS: Hull, Tucker 3; Jones, Sam 2; Wendel, Kevin 1. Oppenheimer, Billy 1; Lawrence, Sam 1; Smith, Matt 1; Newton, Cody 1; Appell, ASSISTS: Heneveld, Austin 1; Jones, Sam 1. Chris 1. ASSISTS: Taylor, Dan 2; Corbett, Patrick 1; Eaton, Alex 1; Mastroianni, Ray 1; Lehigh SCORING: GOALS: Kaunas, Kurtis 3; Weber, Reid 2; Taylor, Dan 2; Corbett, O'Shaughnessy, Dylan 1; Oppenheimer, Billy 1. Patrick 2; Smith, Matt 1. ASSISTS: Kaunas, Kurtis 1; Taylor, Dan 1; Weber, Reid 1. Lafayette SCORING: GOALS: Sands, Jason 2; Joseph, Eric 1; Westby, Morgan 1; Lewis, Kevin 1; Orazietti, Robert 1. Shots by period 1 2 3 4 Total Saves by period 1 2 3 4 Total ASSISTS: Buchanan, Nicholas 1; Floyd, John 1; Joseph, Eric 1; Round, Sonny 1. Navy 3 15 10 6 34 Navy 3 3 6 1 13 Lehigh 10 8 11 10 39 Lehigh 0 7 4 4 15 Shots by period 1 2 3 4 Total Saves by period 1 2 3 4 Total Lehigh 9 12 16 5 42 Lehigh 1 4 1 5 11 Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 Total Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 Total Lafayette 5 9 2 17 33 Lafayette 1 0 3 1 5 Navy 7 8 5 6 26 Navy 4 7 2 7 20 Lehigh 7 8 6 11 32 Lehigh 5 4 1 4 14 Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 Total Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 Total Lehigh 4 9 10 2 25 Lehigh 3 2 1 4 10 Lafayette 4 7 7 11 29 Lafayette 2 5 7 3 17 F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 Total Navy 0 0 1 0 1 F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 Total Lehigh 1 0 0 1 2 Lehigh 2 1 0 0 3 Lafayette 2 0 1 0 3 Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 Total Navy 2-4 4-5 3-4 4-6 13-19 Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 Total Lehigh 2-4 1-5 1-4 2-6 6-19 Lehigh 5-7 4-8 3-8 0-4 12-27 Lafayette 2-7 4-8 5-8 4-4 15-27 Clears by period 1 2 3 4 Total Navy 3-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 9-13 Clears by period 1 2 3 4 Total Lehigh 5-5 5-5 2-2 5-6 17-18 Lehigh 2-2 3-4 4-4 4-5 13-15 Lafayette 3-3 1-1 2-3 2-4 8-11 Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 Total Navy 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-3 Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 Total Lehigh 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 Lehigh 0-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-4 Lafayette 1-1 0-4 0-0 0-0 1-5 Stadium: Ulrich Sports Cmplx. Official's signature Penalties - Navy 2/2:00; Lehigh 3/2:30. Stadium: Fisher Stadium Official's signature 30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Navy 0/3 (0); Lehigh 0/0 (0). Penalties - Lehigh 5/4:00; Lafayette 4/3:30. Officials: John Hill; Mike Infantino; Jim Beery. Scorer: Justin Lafleur. 30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Lehigh 0/0 (0); Lafayette 0/1 (0). Patriot League Quarterfinals Officials: Ken Rizzo; Mike Hinfey; Tony Pironti. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407