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Senior Reid Weber Patriot League’s leading returner in points (51) LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 5: COLGATE AT LEHIGH February 6 NJIT W, 21-4 COLGATE RAIDERS (2-1, 1-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 14 at #3 Duke (ESPN3) L, 13-11 at LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (3-1, 1-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 20 at Furman W, 15-7 27 HOLY CROSS* W, 12-11 SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2016 • 12:00 PM March 5 COLGATE* 12:00 ULRICH SPORTS COMPLEX•BETHLEHEM, Pa. 12 at Army West Point* 12:00 19 at Lafayette* 1:00 SETTING THE SCENE 26 NAVY* 3:00 29 STONY BROOK 7:00 Coming off an exciting fourth-quarter win over Holy Cross, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team remains home on Saturday to host Colgate in a big Patriot League matchup. Opening faceoff is set for 12 p.m. April Lehigh vs. Colgate has developed into an impressive rivalry as of late, which includes 2012 and 2013 2 at Boston University* 12:30 9 LOYOLA* (Goodman Stadium) 2:00 meetings in the Patriot League Tournament. 12 at Princeton 7:00 16 CORNELL (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) 2:30 Last time out, Lehigh didn’t trail for the entire first half, but Holy Cross scored four straight goals 22 at Bucknell 7:00 beginning at the end of the third quarter to take an 11-9 lead early in the fourth. The Mountain Hawks 26 Patriot League Quarterfinals 29 Patriot League Semifinals responded, however, scoring the final three goals for the 12-11 victory. Freshman Tristan Rai continued his stellar play, corralling a groundball behind the cage and finding senior Ray Mastroianni as Mastroi- May anni’s second goal of the season pulled the Mountain Hawks within 11-10 with 8:24 on the clock. Just 1 Patriot League Championship Game over two minutes later, Rai converted a highlight-reel goal to even the score, then less than two minutes *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS after that, senior Billy Oppenheimer scored his second of the game to give Lehigh a 12-11 advantage, which proved to be the final. In the end, Lehigh remained perfect all-time against Holy Cross, an improving program that was coming off a double overtime loss at No. 14 Harvard. Sophomore Matt Ernst played a big role in the victory, winning 16-of-26 faceoffs for the game, including 9-of-13 in the second half and 4-of-6 in the fourth quarter. His 16 faceoff wins and six groundballs tied a career high while the 26 faceoffs taken marked a new high. For his efforts, Ernst was named the Patriot League’s Faceoff Specialist of the Week. LEHIGH IN THE POLLS Junior Matt Raposo enjoyed a stellar game, posting a career-high six points behind two goals and a Date Coaches Cascade/Maverick Media career-high four assists. Rai finished with five points behind three goals and a career-high two assists, Preseason -- -- Feb. 15 RV RV his fourth straight game with a hat trick and with four or more points. Senior Reid Weber tallied four Feb. 22 RV RV points (one goal, three assists) while classmate Alex Eaton scored twice (already his third game with Feb. 29 RV RV double-figure goals this season). Freshman Eddie Bouhall enjoyed a strong effort defensively, tallying four groundballs and a career-high three caused turnovers. Senior Tripp Telesco also had three caused turnovers to go with two groundballs. The win marked Lehigh’s sixth straight in a Patriot League opener as the Mountain Hawks improved to 18-8 all-time in league openers and 26-0 all-time against the Crusaders. Lehigh has now won eight of its last 11 games dating back to last season as the Mountain Hawks stand 3-1 or better after four games MEDIA INFORMATION for the first time since 2014. Lehigh was 4-0 that season and 3-1 after four games in 2012. Men’s Lacrosse Contact: . Justin Lafleur Lehigh is looking to improve to 2-0 in the Patriot League for the first time since 2013. The Mountain Office ................................. (610) 758-6631 Cell: ......................................(610) 577-5222 Hawks will face Colgate on Saturday, looking to avenge a 12-8 loss last season as the Raiders went on E-mail: [email protected] to win the league championship. The defeat snapped Lehigh’s four-game winning streak against the Raiders. The Lehigh vs. Colgate rivalry heated up in 2012, a season which saw both programs make the NCAA Tournament. The Mountain Hawks lost an 11-10 overtime game in BY THE NUMBERS the regular season, but came back to beat the Raiders 16-14 in the champi- Lehigh Colgate onship game. The two programs have combined to win three of the last four LEHIGH LACROSSE Overall Record 3-1 2-1 league titles (Lehigh in 2012 and 2013, Colgate in 2015). Lehigh or Colgate AT A GLANCE... Goals/Game 14.75 10.00 has appeared in each of the last four championship games (the Mountain Goals Allowed/Game 8.75 7.67 Hawks advanced to the finals in 2014). Shot Pct. .360 .242 • Lehigh’s 39 victories from 2012- Shots/Game 41.0 41.3 14 was tied for third in the nation Shots Allowed/Game 26.8 30.3 during that span. The win total Assists 40 17 IF LEHIGH BEATS COLGATE only trailed Duke and Loyola and Man-Up Percentage .550 (11-20) .091 (1-11) • The Mountain Hawks would win their third straight game. was tied with Denver. Groundballs 118 72 • The Mountain Hawks are 26-10 Turnovers 51 38 • Lehigh would improve to 2-0 in league play for the first time since 2013. against Patriot League opponents Caused Turnovers 35 17 • The Mountain Hawks would beat Colgate for the fifth time in its last since the beginning of 2012 (regu- Faceoffs (W-L) 45-104 27-63 six tries. lar season and postseason). Faceoff Percentage .433 .429 • Lehigh has reached double-fig- Clears 61-71 45-53 • Lehigh would stand 4-1 after five games for the first time since the 2014 ure victories in three of the last four Clear Percentage .859 .849 season. seasons after having double-figure Penalties/Minutes 14/12:00 7/5:30 • The Mountain Hawks would win for the ninth time in their last 12 games wins just four times in the first 112 Home Attendance 968 752 years of the program: 1969, 1993, Dates/Avg. 2/484 2/376 (dating back to last season) and fifth straight time at home. 1994 and 1997. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 NCAA First Round: Lehigh at #5 Seed North Carolina Saturday, May 11, 2012 12:00 PM 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 5: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • MARCH 5, 2016 • PAGE 2 SCOUTING COLGATE COLGATE SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT Colgate enters the weekend with a 2-1 record and 1-0 mark in the Patriot League. The Raiders are coming Overall: Colgate leads, 28-14 BETHLEHEM, Pa. (2/27/16) – Trailing 11-9 midway through the fourth quarter, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored the game’s off an 11-10 overtime win over Bucknell last weekend Last Meeting: Apr. 4, 2015 final three goals to defeat visiting Holy Cross, 12-11 in the Patriot while also beating Binghamton (11-4) with its only Last Result: Colgate, 12-8 League opener for both sides on Saturday afternoon. The win marked loss coming at Michigan (9-8). Sam Cleveland leads Current Streak: Colgate - 1 win Lehigh’s sixth straight in league openers. Junior Matt Raposo led the Last 10: Colgate, 6-4 Mountain Hawks’ offense with a career-high six points behind two Colgate in points with eight behind four goals and goals and a career-high four assists. four assists. He’s followed by Anthony Abbadessa Last 10 meetings: Score By Quarter (six goals, one assist), Eric Foote (five goals, two Apr. 4, 2015 at Colgate Colgate, 12-8 Holy Cross 3 2 4 2 11 assists) and Peter Donato (two goals, five assists) Apr. 5, 2014 at Lehigh Lehigh, 11-7 Lehigh 4 2 3 3 12 with seven points apiece. Cleveland and Colin Orr * Apr. 26, 2013 at Lehigh Lehigh, 15-7 Lehigh Scoring have each scooped eight groundballs, two behind Apr. 6, 2013 at Lehigh Lehigh, 13-10 GOALS: Tristan Rai (3), Matt Raposo (2), Billy Oppenheimer (2), Alex Eaton * Apr. 29, 2012 at Colgate Lehigh, 16-14 (2), Reid Weber (1), Ray Mastroianni (1), Ian Strain (1) team-leader Connor Murphy. Orr has taken the ASSISTS: Matt Raposo (4), Reid Weber (3), Tristan Rai (2) Apr. 7, 2012 at Colgate Colgate, 11-10 (OT) majority of the faceoffs, winning 21-of-41 on the Apr. 9, 2011 at Lehigh Colgate, 11-8 Final Statistics season. Brandon Burke has played every minute in Apr. 10, 2010 at Colgate Colgate, 12-4 Holy Cross Lehigh Shots 27 39 goal and owns a 7.59 goals against average and .540 Apr. 4, 2009 at Lehigh Colgate, 10-8 Groundballs 29 31 save percentage. Apr. 5, 2008 at Colgate Colgate, 5-3 Faceoffs 10-26 16-26 *Patriot League Tournament Clears 17-19 14-14 Extra-man opps 1-3 1-3 Saves 14 6 ALL-TIME SERIES WITH COLGATE LAST GAME VS COLGATE (NOTES) Turnovers 16 12 Colgate’s 12-8 win last season gave the Raiders a - In a game of runs, the Mountain Hawks scored the first 28-14 lead in the all-time series.