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2021 NAVY MEN’S LACROSSE NAVY LACROSSE SID: STACIE MICHAUD | [email protected] | 410.293.8773 (W) | 410.212.3761 (C) GM 1: NAVY VS. MOUNT ST. MARY’S STAT LEADERS (TOP RETURNERS FROM 2020) SATURDAY, FEB. 20 | 6:00 PM | NAVY-MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL STADIUM | ANNAPOLIS, MD. NAVY MOUNT ST. MARY’S NAVY MIDSHIPMEN MOUNT ST. MARY’S MOUNTAINEERS TEAM AVG NCAA CONF AVG NCAA CONF 2021 Record: 0-0, 0-0 Patriot League 2021 Record: 1-0, 0-0 Northeast Scoring Offense 11.80 40 4 8.75 63 6 Ranking: RV (USILA Coaches); NR (IL Media) Ranking: NR (USILA Coaches); NR (IL Media) Scoring Defense 9.40 11 3 11.63 40 2 Head Coach: Joe Amplo Head Coach: Tom Gravante Points / Game 20.00 28 4 13.38 63 6 Career Record: 55-55, 9th Year Career Record: 162-218, 27th Year Assists / Game 8.20 20 4 4.63 63 6 Navy Record: 3-2, 2nd Year School Record: 162-218, 27th Year Extra-Man Offense 66.7 3 1 38.7 30 3 Last Game: March 7, 2020 // Navy 16, Colgate 14 Last Game: Feb. 17, 2021 // MSM 10, Delaware 7 Man-Down Defense 78.6 11 2 62.5 34 5 Next Game: Feb. 28 // Jacksonville, 12:00 pm Next Game: Feb. 24 // Towson, 5:00 pm Faceoff % 50.8 38 7 51.6 35 3 Streak: Won 1 Streak: Won 1 Ground Balls / Gm 37.20 12 3 30.38 43 3 Turnovers / Gm 17.00 44 4 16.63 39 4 Caused TO / Gm 9.00 18 7 8.00 30 1 MULTIMEDIA INDIVIDUAL PLAYER AVG NCAA PLAYER AVG NCAA Television: None Twitter: @NavyAthletics and @navymlax Points / Gm Daniel 3.40 92 McCarthy 2.75 --- Live Video: ESPN+ Facebook: NavyAthletics Goals / Gm Perreten 2.20 84 Gouin 2.00 103 Announcers: Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller Instagram: @NavyAthletics Assists / Gm Daniel 1.80 48 McCarthy 1.25 98 Radio: WNAV 1430 AM, 99.9 FM GAA --- Furnback 11.53 35 Announcers: Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller Saves / Gm --- Furnback 10.88 38 Live Stats: NavyStats.com Save % --- Furnback 48.3 44 Faceoff % Barry 51.7 46 Stephan 53.6 41 Caused TO / Gm Franchuk 1.40 52 McIntosh 1.38 56 Team NCAA - NCAA ranking, Conf - Conference ranking // Individual NCAA ranking GAME DAY STORYLINES NAVY’S SCHEDULE • INSIDE THE GAME: One of the most historic programs in the sport of men’s lacrosse, Navy opens its 114th season when it plays host to Mount St. Mary’s (1-0, 0-0 Northeast) on Saturday evening (6:00 pm) at Navy- 0-0 Overall | 0-0 Patriot League | 0-0 Home | 0-0 Away | 0-0 Neutral Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Navy is led by second-year head coach Joe Amplo, who guided the Mids to a 3-2 record before the 2020 season was abruptly cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the DATE NAVY RK OPPONENT (RK) RESULT TV/VIDEO Mountaineers are under the direction of Tom Gravante who is in his 27th year at Mount St. Mary’s. Saturday’s 2.10 RV / NR MOUNT ST. MARY’S (-- / --) 6:00 PM ESPN+ contest marks the eighth meeting in a series that dates back to 1998. Last meeting in 2009, Navy has won all 2.28 -- / -- Jacksonville (-- / --) 12:00 pm seven games in the series. 3.6 -- / -- Bucknell * (-- / --) 12:00 pm • FOLLOW THE ACTION: The Navy-Mount St. Mary’s contest will be streamed online via ESPN+ with Pete 3.20 -- / -- at Lafayette * (-- / --) 2:00 pm Medhurst and Joe Miller on the call. Fans can either subscribe to ESPN+ for $5.99 per month or $59.99 per 3.27 -- / -- Holy Cross * (-- / --) 12:00 pm year, while a subscription to the Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ bundle is available for $12.99 per month. Additionally, 4.3 -- / -- Loyola * (-- / --) TBA the game will be carried live on 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV with coverage beginning at 5:45 pm with the Navy 4.10 -- / -- at Lehigh * (-- / --) 4:00 pm Lacrosse Pregame Show. 4.17 -- / -- at Loyola * (-- / --) 1:00 pm • MIDS PICKED FOURTH: Navy has been picked to finish fourth in the 2021 Patriot League Preseason Poll. 4.24 -- / -- Army * (-- / --) TBA Loyola, who received 13 of the 18 first-place votes, is the preseason favorite, followed by Army, Lehigh, Navy, 5.1 -- / -- Virginia (-- / --) TBA Boston U., Bucknell, Holy Cross, Colgate and Lafayette. 5.7 PL Semifinals TBA CBSSN • RETURNING FOR THE MIDS: Navy fields a 60-man roster this spring that features 15 seniors, 14 juniors, 14 5.9 PL Championship TBA CBSSN sophomores and 17 freshmen. Thirty of the 36 letter winners return off last year’s squad, including eight starters * Patriot League Game - 3 at attack, 3 at midfield, 2 on defense. Navy returns 98 percent of its scoring (98 of 100 pts), including play- Rankings - USILA Coaches Poll / Inside Lacrosse Media Poll ers who scored 58 of its 59 goals. While Navy graduated just 6 players off last year’s team, 3 were key players on defense - four-year starting goalkeeper Ryan Kern, starting close defenseman Tom Evans and short-stick defensive midfielder Brad Alexander. PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS • BALANCED SCORING: In its five games a year ago, Navy saw 22 different players record points including 13 players who produced their first career point. In its game against Furman, 18 players recorded a point while 14 PATRIOT LEAGUE OVERALL different players scored goals, including five first-time scorers. W L Pct. W L Pct. • COUNTDOWN TO 100: Senior attackman Christian Daniel is just 9 points shy of joining Navy’s 100-point club. NORTH In 2019, teammates Greyson Torain and Ryan Wade became the 34th and 35th players, respectively, to add their Boston U. 0 0 00.0 0 0 00.0 names to the list and just the fifth set of classmates to achieve the feat. Daniel, who has been held without a point Colgate 0 0 00.0 0 0 00.0 in just 2 of the 31 games he has played in over his career, has amassed 91 points on 60 goals and 30 assists. Holy Cross 0 0 00.0 0 0 1.000 Army 0 0 00.0 0 1 00.0 START ME UP • Navy owns a 95-17-1 record in season openers, including an 80-10-1 mark when opening at home. SOUTH • This is the third year in a row Navy has opened its season at home, earning wins over Vermont (13-8) in 2019 Loyola 0 0 00.0 1 0 1.000 and Manhattan (9-4) in 2020. Bucknell 0 0 00.0 0 0 00.0 • The Mids have played 15 of their last 20 openers at home. Navy played its 2004, ‘05, ‘06, ‘17 and ‘18 openers Lafayette 0 0 00.0 0 0 00.0 on the road. Lehigh 0 0 00.0 0 0 00.0 • The Midshipmen had won 15 consecutive openers dating back to a 16-2 win over Saint Joseph’s in 2002 before NAVY 0 0 00.0 0 0 00.0 dropping back-to-back openers to Johns Hopkins in 2017 (15-8) and Jacksonville in 2018 (12-7). Both of those openers were played on the road. • The Mids outscored their foes 209-63 (13.9-4.2) during that stretch of 15 wins from 2002-2016. • In what is Navy’s 114th season, this marks the 29th time Navy has opened its season in the month of February. The first time Navy played a game in the month of February was Feb. 29, 1992, when the Mids opened their season at #18 Penn State in a 16-9 losing effort. 1 WWW.NAVYSPORTS.COM 2021 NAVY LACROSSE NAVY NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No Name Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown / High School No Name Pos Yr 2 Jimmy Rubino (ruh-BEAN-oh) LSM Jr 6-1 180 Potomac, Md. / Winston Churchill 62 Phil Arnold D So 3 Jeff Durden LSM Sr 5-10 205 Cumming, Ga. / The McCallie School (Tenn.) 4 Nick Barry FO Jr 4 Nick Barry FO Jr 5-10 180 Islip, N.Y. / Islip 34 Jackson Bonitz D Fr 5 Augie Fratt DM Jr 6-1 195 Bellevue, Wash. / Bellevue 13 Joe Byrne A Sr 6 Jon Jarosz (JAIR-is) A/M Fr 6-6 224 Gambrills, Md. / Severn School 50 Andrew Calabrese GK Fr 7 Chris Smith D So 5-11 214 Mount Airy, Md. / McDonogh School 46 Brian Calabrese A So 8 Jacob Mandish LSM Sr 6-5 208 Davidsonville, Md. / Severn School 37 Ryan Chase DM Jr 9 Joel Mandish DM Jr 6-1 182 Davidsonville, Md. / Severn School 54 Dom Cole A So 10 Colin Meehan (ME-han) DM Sr 5-10 189 Chantilly, Va. / Chantilly 21 Nick Cole A Jr 11 Logan Spilker M Sr 6-2 183 Severna Park, Md. / Severna Park 15 Gabe Craven GK Fr 12 Keegan Houser M Fr 6-4 213 Annapolis, Md. / Broadneck 17 Christian Daniel A Sr 13 Joe Byrne A Sr 6-2 184 Coronado, Calif. / Coronado 66 Joe deLyra M Sr 14 Matty Mayer A Jr 6-0 177 Baltimore, Md. / St. Paul’s School 36 Jack Dennehy A So 15 Gabe Craven GK Fr 5-8 170 Monroe Township, N.J. / The Hun School of Princeton 64 Sam Dracobly M So 16 Tommy Hovivian (hoe-VIV-ee-un) A Fr 6-2 203 Dallas, Texas / 3 Jeff Durden LSM Sr Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas 68 Kyle Fairbanks D So 17 Christian Daniel A Sr 5-10 176 Owings, Md.