GOLDEN GRIFFIN MEN’S LACROSSE 2008, 2012 & 2018 MAAC CHAMPIONS NO. 4 CANISIUS (8-7) vs. NO. 1 MARIST (8-6) 2019 Schedule Game: No. 4 Canisius (8-7) at No. 1 Marist (8-6) FEBRUARY Date: Thursday, May 2 9 vs. Hobart (1) L 12-21 Time: 7 p.m. 16 at Mercer W 13-10 19 at Furman L 10-12 Location: Tenney Stadium | Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 23 vs. Hartford (1) W 16-12 TV/Webcast: ESPN+ MARCH Series History: Marist leads, 16-11 2 AIR FORCE L 7-13 Last Meeting: Marist 10, Canisius 8 (4/26/19 | Buffalo, N.Y.) 9 at Robert Morris W 12-8 16 No. 19 COLGATE W 8-6 23 * SIENA L 8-9 30 * at Monmouth W 12-2 Griffs Leaders Team Stats APRIL CAN MAR 2 at Cleveland State L 10-19 Points .................................. 41, Jacob Buck (Fr./A) Record 8-7 8-6 6 * QUINNIPIAC W 10-7 Goals ................................... 32, Mario Caito (Sr./A) Scoring Offense 10.6 8.9 9 * at St. Bonaventure W 16-8 Assists ................................. 16, Layne Collins (Sr./A) Scoring Defense 10.1 10.4 13 * at Detroit Mercy W 11-8 Assist Avg. 5.1 4.6 19 * at Manhattan L 6-7 Shooting Pct .................... .435, Mathieu Boissonneault (Jr./A) 26 * MARIST L 8-10 Ground Ball Avg. 28.1 30.2 Man-Up Goals ........................6, Mathieu Boissonneault (Jr./A) Shots Avg. 34.2 34.4 MAY Ground Balls .................... 72, Daniel Balawejder (Jr./FO) Shot Pct. .310 .260 2 No. 1 Marist (2) 7 p.m. Save Pct. .532 .534 4 No. 2 Quinnipiac/No. 3 UDM (2) 10 a.m. Caused Turnovers ......... 25, Holden Garlent (Jr./D) Man-Up Pct. .451 .246 Faceoff Pct ........................ .491, Daniel Balawejder (Jr., FO) Man-Down Pct. .514 .674 HOME GAMES IN CAPS | * MAAC Game | All Times Eastern Save Percentage ............ .547, Brad Nordstrom (Sr./GK) Faceoff Pct. .479 .641 (1) - Victor, N.Y. | (2) - 2019 MAAC Men’s Lacrosse Championship Clear Pct. .802 .781 (Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ) CANISIUS OPENS MAAC TITLE DEFENSE VERSUS TOP-SEED MARIST The Canisius men’s lacrosse team opens the 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Pronunciation Guide Conference Men’s Lacrosse Championship Thursday with a 7 p.m. semifinal-round Aniol ........................................................................................................Ah-Null Balawejder .........................................................................Ball-UH-Wae-Der contest against host and top-seed Marist at Tenney Stadium in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 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Me-Yosh-Ah-Tah SCOUTING CANISIUS - The Golden Griffins begin defense of their 2018 MAAC Pezzimenti ...........................................................................Pez-Uh-Men-Tee Stefaniak ................................................................................Stuh-Fon-Ee-Ak Men’s Lacrosse Championship from a familiar spot as they claimed the program’s Vavonese ....................................................................................Vav-Oh-Nese third tournament title as the No. 4 seed last May at Kessler Stadium in West Long Wierzbicki .................................................................................Weers-Bick-EE Branch, N.J. … Freshman Jacob Buck enters the postseason as Canisius’ leading scorer, having racked up a team-best 41 points while also ranking second in both Media Information goals (27) and assists (14) … Senior Mario Caito ranks second in points (39), thanks Men’s Lacrosse SID .................... Jarrett Abelson in large part to a team-best 32 goals while junior Mathieu Boissonneault is third Office ..................................................................... 716-888-8267 on the team’s scoring chart with 38 points (27g, 11 a) … Junior Daniel Balawejder Cell ......................................................................... 585-732-7120 leads the team in both faceoff wins (142) and ground balls (72) … Junior Holden E-mail .................................................. [email protected] Garlent is first on the team with 25 caused turnovers and sits second on the squad The Canisius College Athletic Communications Staff is with 35 ground balls … Senior Brad Nordstrom ranks among the top 15 goalies available to assist home and visiting media. Contact Jar- in the nation in both save percentage (.547/11th) and goals against average rett Abelson for credentials, releases, statistics or general (9.89/15th), highlighting a Canisius defense that is 17th nationally in scoring lacrosse information and for assistance in arranging inter- defense (10.17) … Offensively, Canisius is one of the best teams in the nation in views with players and/or coaches. shooting percentage, ranking 11th in shooting percentage (.312). MAAC Standings SECOND-HALF SURGE LIFTS MARIST PAST CANISIUS - Canisius closed out the l-----MAAC-----l l-----Overall-----l regular season with a 10-8 setback to regular-season champion Marist on April 26 W L Pct. W L Pct. at the Demske Sports Complex … The Griffs held a 6-5 lead early in the third quarter Marist 6 1 .857 8 6 .571 before the Red Foxes rattled off five straight goals in a 14:08 span to build a four- Quinnipiac 5 2 .714 8 6 .571 goal cushion early in the fourth … Freshman Jacob Buck scored twice in the fourth Detroit Mercy 5 2 .714 8 6 .571 quarter, part of his five-point outing (4g, 1a), but Marist held on to claim the league’s Canisius 4 3 .571 8 7 .533 regular-season title … Senior Mario Caito and junior Carter Stefaniak tallied two Monmouth 3 4 .429 4 8 .333 goals each to pace the Griffs attack … Marist won 17-of-21 faceoffs during the Siena 3 4 .429 6 7 .462 contest, including all 11 contested in the second half … The Red Foxes’ victory over Manhattan 2 5 .286 6 8 .429 the Griffs marked the fifth win by the road team in the last nine matchups between St. Bonaventure 0 7 .000 0 13 .000 the two programs. NO. 4 CANISIUS (8-7) vs. NO. 1 MARIST (8-6) Last Time That SERIES NOTES VERSUS MARIST – In a series that began during the Griffs’ inaugural season of 1990, Marist holds a 16-11 advantage against Canisius … Marist has held the edge in recent Canisius SERIES RESULTS Scored 15+ goals .......................................19, vs. Manhattan, 4/20/18 contests, winning five of the last eight Date Site Result Date Site Result Scored 20+ goals ...................................................... 20, at VMI, 4/19/15 matchups dating back to the 2013 3/13/90 H W, 13-4 4/5/08 H W, 12-5 Won by 10+ goals ..................................................... 14, at VMI, 4/19/15 4/2/92 A W, 19-9 3/14/09 A L, 6-7 (ot) Won an overtime game...............................vs. Detroit Mercy, 5/5/18 campaign … The road team has won 3/31/96 A L, 10-11 4/10/10 H L, 6-9 4/12/97 H W, 26-15 3/26/11 H W, 7-5 Won 20+ faceoffs ....................................22, vs. Binghamton, 4/15/13 five of the last nine meetings and six 4/19/98 A L, 12-19 4/28/12 A W, 7-5 Recorded 50+ shots ................................................. 53, at VMI, 4/19/15 4/9/99 H L, 12-13 3/23/13 H L, 5-13 of the last 11 contests ... Prior to the 4/2/00 A L, 6-13 4/26/14 A L, 7-13 Recorded 40+ ground balls ..............................40, vs. Albany, 3/9/13 current 11-game stretch, the home 3/24/01 H W, 17-12 3/21/15 H L, 7-9 Recorded 50+ ground balls ............................... 57, at Siena, 4/28/02 3/16/02 A L, 6-11 3/26/16 A L , 10-13 team was 14-2 in the series … Marist 3/22/03 H W, 11-4 3/18/17 N W, 17-6 Scored 5+ extra-man goals ............................. 5, vs. Wagner, 3/24/07 4/8/04 A L, 8-10 5/5/17 A L, 5-8 claimed their regular-season matchup 4/7/05 A L, 6-10 3/31/18 A W, 16-5 Canisius Individual just six days ago at the Demske Sports 4/29/06 H W, 8-3 4/26/19 H L, 8-10 4/7/07 A L, 11-14 Scored 5+ goals............. 5, Mario Caito, at St. Bonaventure, 4/9/19 Complex, using a five-goal spurt in the Scored 6+ goals................... 6, Mario Caito, at Robert Morris, 3/9/18 Scored 7+ goals....................... 7, Cort Knodel, vs. Vermont, 4/21/96 second half to claim a 10-8 victory and secure the MAAC regular season title … The teams are squaring off in the MAAC Recorded 5+ assists .5, Connor Kearnan, vs. Monmouth, 4/27/18 Recorded 6+ assists ........ 7, Connor Kearnan, vs. Furman, 2/24/18 Men’s Lacrosse Championship semifinals for the second time in three seasons Recorded 7+ assists ........ 7, Connor Kearnan, vs. Furman, 2/24/18 ... In their previous postseason matchup, the No. 3 seed Red Foxes defeated the Recorded 7+ points ....7, Jeff Edwards, at Cleveland State, 3/4/17 Recorded 8+ points . 8, Kearnan/Boissoneault, at Marist, 3/31/18 No. 2 Griffs, 8-5, in the semifinals of the 2017 championship, also held at Tenney Recorded 9+ points ........ 9, Connor Kearnan, vs. Furman, 2/24/18 Stadium. Recorded 10+ points ............ 10, Scott Ronson, vs. Niagara, 5/1/96 Recorded 10+ ground balls ..11, Daniel Balawejder, vs. Hartford, 2/23/19 Recorded 15+ ground balls ... 15, Mike Moran, vs. Jacksonville, 4/20/13 CANISIUS IN THE MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP - Canisius is making its 11th overall Won 15+ faceoffs ......17, Daniel Balawejder, vs. Hartford, 2/23/19 and fourth consecutive appearance in the MAAC Men’s Lacrosse Championship, Won 20+ faceoffs ..........22, Mike Moran, vs.