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FURMAN PALADINS MEN’S LACROSSE 2020 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: 3300 Poinsett Highway | Timmons Arena | Greenville, S.C. |MLAX Contact: Wesley Herring ([email protected]) 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date .....................................Tuesday, March 10 FEBRUARY Site ................Greenville, S.C. / Paladin Stadium Feb. 1 vs. Bucknell¹ L, 16-9 Time ..................................................7:00 p.m. FEB. 8 HAMPTON W, 19-4 Live Stats ................................FurmanPaladins.com Feb. 15 at Navy L, 19-3 TV/Stream .................... SoCon Digital Network Feb. 22 at Utah L, 17-9 Series ...............................Penn State leads 2-0 #7 Penn State (4-2) Trend ........................................2 by Penn State Furman (1-5) NITTANY LIONS PALADINS MARCH Mar. 1 at #13 Duke L, 19-6 @FurmanPaladins @FURMANMLAX #FUAllTheTime MAR. 6 #3/4 NORTH CAROLINA L, 18-11 GAME PREVIEW MAR. 10 #7 PENN STATE 7:00 P.M. The Furman men’s lacrosse team will play its third consecutive ranked opponent on Tuesday evening when it welcomes the Mar. 14 at Air Force* 1:00 p.m. seventh-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions to Paladin Stadium for a 7 p.m. matchup. Mar. 21 at Mercer* 12:00 p.m. Fans can follow the action on www.furmanpaladins.com via live stats. The game is being streamed on the SoCon Digital Network. Updates will also be posted on the Furman men’s lacrosse Twitter page (@FURMANMLAX). MAR. 28 JACKSONVILLE* 12:00 P.M. Tickets for Tuesday’s game, and all of Furman’s home games this season, are available online at www.furmanpaladins.com. Admission is $5. APRIL The Paladins (1-5) returned home from a three-game road trip on Friday evening and dropped an 18-11 decision to third- ranked North Carolina. Furman concluded the game with 22 shots and 20 ground balls. The Paladins forced the Tar Heels into 17 APR. 4 HIGH POINT* 12:00 P.M. turnovers and held a 14-6 advantage in saves. Apr. 11 at Bellarmine* 12:00 p.m. Brett Tenaglia led Furman offensively with career-highs in points (5), goals (3) and assists (2). Anders Erickson, Tucker APR. 18 RICHMOND* 12:00 p.m. Brown and Jack Dowd all scored two goals. Chad Kreuzer and Carson Sorrells each contributed one goal. Austin Leonard, Jarrett Birch, Keegan Pearl and Will Farrell dished out one assist apiece. Corey Hall picked up six ground balls while eight different players Apr. 25 at VMI* 12:00 p.m. caused one turnover. In goal, Alec Van de Bovenkamp made 14 saves. Apr. 30 SoCon MLAX Championship TBA Tenaglia has a team-high 17 points this season for the Paladins on 11 goals and six assists. He is tied for the team-lead of six assists with Erickson, who adds 13 points on seven goals. Sorrells and Brown have both scored eight goals. Defensively, Corey Hall has a team-best 14 ground balls while Will O’Grady has caused six turnovers. In goal, Van de Bovenkamp contributes 82 assists and MAY a .491 save percentage. May 2 SoCon MLAX Championship TBA Penn State is ranked seventh nationally this week in both the Maverick Media and USILA Coaches Polls. The Nittany Lions are 4-2 following a 18-17 loss to seventh-ranked Cornell on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C. Grant Ament leads Penn State offensively with 39 goals on 11 goals and a team-high 28 assists. Mac O’Keefe has scored a team-leading 25 goals this season. In goal, Colby Kneese has All Times Are Eastern and Subject to Change made 72 saves to go with a .518 save percentage. The Nittany Lions are under the direction of 10th-year head coach Jeff Tambroni. * - SoCon Game Furman and Penn State are meeting for the third time in program history with the Nittany Lions leading the all-time series 2-0. Home Games in BOLD CAPS The Paladins start conference play with a two-game road trip beginning on Saturday, March 14 when they head to Air Force 1 - in Durham, N.C. for a 1 p.m. EST matchup. 2020 SOCON STANDINGS (as of 3/8/20) SoCon Overall W L PCT. W L PCT. Richmond 1 0 1.000 4 3 .571 Mercer 0 0 .000 5 1 .833 Jacksonville 0 0 .000 3 2 .600 Air Force 0 0 .000 4 3 .571 Bellarmine 0 0 .000 2 6 .250 High Point 0 0 .000 2 6 .250 FURMAN 0 0 .000 1 5 .167 VMI 0 0 .000 0 4 .000 2020 FURMAN MEN’S LACROSSE NOTES ALL ABOUT FURMAN... Meade Approaching Career Coaching Milestone Furman head coach Richie Meade is on the brink of reaching a career • Among America’s Best Colleges; U.S. News and World Report ranks Furman University the No. 1 college in South Carolina, Top 5 in the Southeast, and 51st nationally. Forbes recognizes coaching milestone. With eight more victories, Meade will reach the 200- Furman 21st on its list of “Top 25 Colleges in the South.” Furman consistently appears among win plateau. the nation’s elite for campus beauty, including a recent No. 9 ranking on the Times Higher Meade would become the 12th coach in NCAA men’s lacrosse history Education list of “Ten Most Beautiful Universities in the U.S.” to achieve 200 wins joining: Joe Breschi (Ohio State/UNC), Greg Cannella (UMass), Kevin Corrigan (Randolph-Macon/Notre Dame), Mike Daly DID YOU KNOW... (Tufts/Brown), John Danowski (LIU Post/Hofstra/Duke), John Desko • Among Furman’s most notable graduates are Charles Townes, Nobel Prize-winning inventor (Syracuse), Kyle Hannan (Va. Wesleyan/Colorado College/Goucher/Mer- of the laser; John Watson, the “father of behavioral psychology”; Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops; Alexander Stubb, former prime minister of Finland; Richard Riley, former cer), Jim Nagle (SUNY Oneonta/Colgate/Stony Brook), Dave Pietranala governor of South Carolina and U.S. Department of Education Secretary; Mike McConnell, (Cornell/Johns Hopkins), Mike Pressler (VMI/Ohio Wesleyan/Duke/Bry- former vice admiral, Director of the National Security Agency, and Director of National Intel- ant) and Bill Tierney (RIT/Princeton/Denver). ligence; Betsy King and Beth Daniel, Ladies Professional Golf Association Hall-of-Famers; Clint Dempsey, member of the 2006, ‘10, & ‘14 (captain) U.S. World Cup Teams and recently retired Senior Goalie Sets New Saves Record star of the Seattle Sounders;Brad Faxon, nine-time winner on the PGA & Champions Tours; Senior goalkeeper Alec Van de Bovenkamp set a new school record for Sam Wyche, former head coach of the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals; Bear Rinehart, lead singer/ songwriter of the popular band NeedToBreathe. saves in a game on February 22 during a road game at Utah. Van de Bovenkamp broke his own school record after finishing with 22 2019-20 FURMAN MEN’S LACROSSE QUICK FACTS saves against the Utes. The senior actually hold the top four saves marks in program history, GENERAL INFORMATION School ........................................................................................................Furman University all coming in 2019. He recorded 21 saves against Mercer (4/6/19), 20 at Location........................................................................................................... Greenville, S.C. North Carolina (2/9/19) and 19 at Jacksonville (4/20/19). Enrollment ......................................................................................................................2,700 Founded...........................................................................................................................1826 Colors ..............................................................................................................Purple & White Van de Bovenkamp Tabbed SoCon Preseason All-Conference Nickname .................................................................................................................. Paladins Senior goalkeeper Alec Van de Bovenkamp was named Preseason Mascot ..............................................................................................Knight On A White Horse All-SoCon as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Conference (Affiliation) .............................................................................Southern (NCAA I) He started in all 14 games in 2019 and finished with 182 saves and a Stadium (Capacity) ..........................................................................Paladin Stadium (16,000) President ................................................................................................... Dr. Elizabeth Davis .510 save percentage. Van de Bovenkamp logged double figure saves 10 Faculty Athletics Representative .................................................................Dr. Danielle Vinson times including 20 or more twice. Director of Athletics......................................................................................... Jason Donnelly MEN’S LACROSSE INFORMATION Furman Picked Sixth in SoCon Preseason Poll Head Coach .........................................................................................................Richie Meade The Paladins have been predicted to finish in sixth place according to Record at Furman ..........................................................................................23-65 (7th Year) the league’s head coaches in the SoCon Preseason Poll. Overall Record ..........................................................................................192-185 (28th Year) Assistant Coaches ................................................................. Andrew Athens, Patrick Emmer Furman received a total of 19 points in the preseason poll. Volunteer Assistant Coach ................................................................................Joseph Manna Richmond is favored to win the Southern Conference in 2020 after re- 2020 Record .....................................................................................................................