Senior Ian Strain Second-Year Captain LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH (8-6, 5-3 PATRIOT LEAGUE) COLGATE RAIDERS (7-6, 3-5 PATRIOT LEAGUE) AT February LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (8-6, 5-3 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 3 NJIT W, 13-8 10 at Mercer W, 13-8 TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018 • 7:00 P.M. 17 at #13/14 North Carolina L, 12-11 (OT) ULRICH SPORTS COMPLEX • BETHLEHEM, PA. 24 HOLY CROSS* W, 15-4 PATRIOT LEAGUE NETWORK March 3 COLGATE* W, 10-7 SETTING THE SCENE 10 at #12 Army West Point* W, 9-7 For the first time since 2014, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team is set to host a Patriot League Quarterfinal 14 #18/16 RUTGERS L, 8-7 contest as the fourth-seeded Mountain Hawks will host fifth seed Colgate on Tuesday night. Opening 17 at Lafayette* W, 19-11 faceoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Lehigh will square off against Colgate in the Patriot 20 at #18/19 Hofstra W, 13-8 League Tournament for the first time since 2013 when it defeated the Raiders in the semifinal round, 15-7. 24 NAVY* L, 10-7 31 at Boston University* W, 7-6 After a 7-2 start to the season, Lehigh has lost four of its last five, but still finished the regular season with its most overall wins (8) and Patriot League victories (5) since 2014. Each of Lehigh’s last four losses (and April all six losses on the season) have come against nationally-ranked opponents, or a team (Navy) that went 7 #11/12 LOYOLA* L, 16-10 on to be nationally ranked in the ensuing weeks. The Mountain Hawks have also won a pair of games vs. 14 #9/11 CORNELL L, 12-10 ranked foes, beating then No. 12 Army West Point (Mar. 10) and then No. 18/19 Hofstra (Mar. 20). Most 20 at #11/12 Bucknell* L, 14-7 24 COLGATE (PL QUARTERFINALS) 7:00 recently, Lehigh led No. 11/12 Bucknell 5-3 in the second quarter Friday night, but the Bison responded 27 Patriot League Semifinals with 10 of the next 11 goals, on its way to a 14-7 win. The Mountain Hawks hung within 8-6 at the half and 29 Patriot League Championship Game 10-6 after three quarters, but couldn’t get the offense going. Lehigh scored five goals in the game’s first 19:51, but just two over the final 40:09. The loss snapped the Mountain Hawks’ four-game road winning streak. *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS Junior Lucas Spence continued his strong season with a team-high four points via two goals and two assists. He’s up to 49 points on the season (29 goals, 20 assists), needing just one point to give Lehigh two players with 50+ points since Dan Taylor (77) and Reid Weber (51) in 2015. Senior Nolan Apers tied a career-high two goals, both coming in the span of 3:29 in the second quarter. Sophomore Conor Gaffney won 14-of-20 LEHIGH IN THE POLLS faceoffs to up his season percentage to 60.2. Junior Craig Chick had a groundball and caused turnover, moving into a tie for ninth place in NCAA history with 112 career caused turnovers. Date Coaches Cascade/Maverick Media Preseason -- -- Feb. 12 -- -- Lehigh finished 1-of-2 on the extra man as Spence converted a man-up goal with 11:43 remaining in the Feb. 19 -- -- Feb. 26 RV RV second quarter. Bucknell killed the Mountain Hawks’ next advantage, snapping a streak of eight straight Mar. 5 RV RV successful opportunities. Prior to Friday, Lehigh’s previous failed extra-man opportunity came exactly one Mar. 12 17 16 Mar. 19 14 12 month prior (Mar. 20 at Hofstra). Lehigh is still 16 of its last 20 on the man-up and 24 of 36 for the season Mar. 26 19 17 (66.7 percent), which would be second in NCAA history if the season ended today. Apr. 2 15 17 Apr. 9 17 18 Apr. 16 19 RV In the end, Lehigh has advanced to its eighth straight Patriot League Tournament. The Mountain Hawks Apr. 23 RV RV are the only program in the league to reach each of the last eight tournaments. Lehigh will be vying for its first championship since 2013, which marked the second of back-to-back titles. The Mountain Hawks MEDIA INFORMATION reached the championship game in 2014 before falling in the quarterfinal round in 2015 (at Bucknell), 2016 (at Army West Point) and 2017 (at Boston University). The last time Lehigh was home in the postseason, Men’s Lacrosse Contact: . Justin Lafleur the Mountain Hawks were the No. 3 seed in 2014 and defeated sixth-seeded Navy in the quarterfinals, 10-6. Office ................................. (610) 758-6631 Cell: ......................................(610) 577-5222 E-mail: [email protected] Lehigh will look to snap a four-game home losing streak on Tuesday with its last home vcitory coming against Colgate on Mar. 3. Ironically, the Mountain Hawks began the year 3-0 at home, marking just the second time in seven years that Lehigh won its first three home games. The teams Lehigh has lost to during BY THE NUMBERS its four-game home skid currently stand No. 9 (Rutgers), No. 13 (Navy), No. Lehigh Colgate 6 (Loyola) and No. 8 (Cornell) in this week’s USILA Coaches Poll. LEHIGH LACROSSE Overall Record 8-6 7-6 Goals/Game 10.79 12.85 IF LEHIGH BEATS COLGATE AT A GLANCE... Goals Allowed/Game 9.36 9.92 • Lehigh would advance to the Patriot League Semifinals for the first time Shot Pct. .324 .334 • Lehigh’s 39 victories from 2012- Shots/Game 33.3 38.5 since 2014. The semifinals are set for Friday at Loyola. The lowest advancing 14 was tied for third in the nation Shots Allowed/Game 28.4 31.2 seed plays top seed Loyola in the semifinals. If No. 3 Bucknell beats No. 6 during that span. The win total Assists 94 93 Boston University, Lehigh would face Loyola Friday. If Boston University only trailed Duke and Loyola and Man-Up Percentage .667 (24-36) .386 (17-44) was tied with Denver. Groundballs 450 382 wins, the Mountain Hawks would face second-seeded Navy. • The Mountain Hawks are 33-20 Turnovers 191 156 • The Mountain Hawks would snap a four-game home losing streak. against Patriot League opponents Caused Turnovers 112 72 • Lehigh would win its fourth straight game against Colgate and beat the since the beginning of 2012 (regu- Faceoffs (W-L) 198-329 204-332 Raiders for the eighth time in its last nine tries. lar season and postseason). Faceoff Percentage .602 .614 • Lehigh has reached double-fig- Clears 211-242 165-189 • The Mountain Hawks would improve to 7-1 this season against unranked ure victories in three of the last Clear Percentage .872 .873 opponents. six seasons (2012, 2013, 2014) after Penalties/Minutes 48/39:00 48/33:30 • Lehigh would win its ninth game of the season. The Mountain Hawks’ having double-figure wins just Home Attendance 4,797 2,196 four times in the first 112 years of Dates/Avg. 7/685 7/314 eight wins are already their most since the 2014 campaign (when they program history: 1969, 1993, 1994 finished 13-5). and 1997. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 2018 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 15: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • APRIL 24, 2018 • PAGE 2 in all but two contests, helping the Mountain Hawks hold their opponent SIX MOUNTAIN HAWKS NAMED ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE to single-digit goals in eight of the first 11 games in 2018. BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Following a strong regular season which includes a top-four seed for the first time since 2014, six members of the Lehigh men’s Leggett has enjoyed a tremendous rookie campaign, earning second team lacrosse team were named All-Patriot League honorees on Monday. Juniors All-League at long-stick midfielder after a regular season which saw him record 55 groundballs (second on the team) and 20 caused turnovers (tied Craig Chick and Andrew Pettit, and sophomore Conor Gaffney garnered for second). Chick is second in the Patriot League in caused turnovers (35) first team All-League while juniors Eddie Bouhall and Lucas Spence, and while Bouhall and Leggett are each tied for fourth with 20 apiece. In addition, freshman Teddy Leggett were named second team honorees. Lehigh’s six All-Patriot League performers mark its most since 2013, when the Mountain Leggett, Chick and Casey Eidenshink are the only three non-faceoff special- Hawks had seven. ists to eclipse 50 groundballs in a season in Kevin Cassese’s 11 seasons as Lehigh head coach. The Vaughan, Ontario native has multiple groundballs Chick was named first team All-League for a second straight season after in 13-of-14 games this season, including seven at Army, to go with a caused posting 37 groundballs and 35 caused turnovers (second nationally) through turnover. Leggett tallied a career-high four caused turnovers vs. Holy Cross 14 regular-season games. Chick was named Patriot League Defensive Player while causing two turnovers on six different occasions. Leggett recorded five of the Week on Mar. 12 following Lehigh’s 9-7 win at No. 12 Army West groundballs and two caused turnovers in Lehigh’s big win at Hofstra while Point, a game which saw him post seven groundballs and three caused following with the same stat line vs.