Merrimack Warriors Saturday, Apr. 10, 2021 | 1:00 PM Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers 3-4, 2-3 NEC 2-7, 0-3 NEC Waldron Family Stadium | Emmitsburg, Md. 6 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 NCAA TITLE GAME APPEARANCES 32 ALL-AMERICANS turned aside 14 Shark shots to pick up his third SCHEDULE & RESULTS INSIDE THE MATCHUP collegiate victory. He’s stopped .500 or more of the FEBRUARY shots he’s seen in five of his six appearances and 11.1 Goals per Game 7.9 Sat. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L, 15-12 enters Saturday with a .548 season save percent- Sat. 27 @UMass Lowell W, 16-8 11.1 Goals Against per Game 11.4 age, which is fifth in the NEC and second in the na- .285 Shooting % .233 tion among rookies behind Marist’s Logan Covey. MARCH .400 Man Up % .357 Jack Barron has quietly been a massive key to Sat. 6 @Bryant* L, 20-8 .667 Man Down % .750 the Warriors’ success this spring. While he hasn’t Sat. 13 WAGNER* W, 11-5 .425 Faceoff % .454 notched a point yet, he’s gathered at least one Sat. 20 @Saint Joseph’s* L, 9-7 The Merrimack College men’s lacrosse team ground ball in all seven games and tied his sea- Sat. 27 BRYANT* L, 11-10 treks to Maryland for the first time since April son-high with four againtst LIU to bring his 2021 2017 when it takes to Emmitsburg to battle NEC total to 18, which is third on the Warriors. He also APRIL foe, Mount St. Mary’s. came in and won four of seven faceoffs on the day Sat. 3 LIU* W, 14-10 to set a single game career-high in face-off wins. Sat. 10 @Mount St. Mary’s* 1:00 PM Five Things to Know: Sat. 17 SACRED HEART* 1:00 PM Christian Thomas had one of the best perfor- Merrimack has turned the corner defensively in Sat. 24 @Hobart* 1:00 PM mances of his memorable Merrimack career the past month, as it’s held opponents to 8.75 goals Saturday against LIU at Duane Stadium. The per game in the last four contests and has rocketed senior scored six goals, including a hat trick to the top of the nation in caused turnovers in the in the fourth quarter, to push the Warriors past process. The team has caused 10.57 turnovers per All Times are EST | Home Games in CAPS the Sharks, who entered as one of three remain- game, which tops the NEC and ranks second in *NEC Game ing unbeaten teams in the NEC. The effort tied the nation, behind just VMI’s 11.50 CTO per game Thomas’ previous single game career-high of pace. Nicholas Perez-Blanco leads the NEC in the six goals, which happened on May 12, 2018 category individually with 2.14 per game, which is while Merrimack still played in NCAA Division now eighth in the country. II. He is closing in on another career milestone in the program, as he now has 113 career goals, Mount St. Mary’s snapped a seven-game slide which is sixth in Warrior history and eight be- Wednesday with a 16-9 win over VMI in Virginia. hind Greg Melaugh ‘13 for fifth. Luke Frankeny tops the team in goals with 10 and ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Brendan Doyle’s six assists are the most in the cat- The starting goalie job was up in the air to start egory. In the cage, Dylan Furnback has started six LACROSSE SID: Will LeBlond 2021, but Henry Vogt has solidified himself as of the Mountaineers’ eight games and has a .496 OFFICE PHONE: 978-837-5899 EMAIL: [email protected] the go-to man this past month. He’s made 11 save percentage and 11.83 GAA. saves or more in each of his last three starts and MerrimackAthletics.com @MerrimackMLAX MerrimackWarriors @MerrimackMLAX @MC_Athletics NEC STANDINGS THE WARRIORS WHEN.. MACK FACTS W L TEAM NEC Overall Overall 3 4 Location ........................North Andover, Mass. Saint Joseph’s 4-0 4-3 Founded ..............................................................1947 LIU 4-1 5-2 in NEC play 2 3 in non-conference play 1 1 Total Enrollment ......................................... 3,726 Hobart 3-1 3-1 President..........Christopher E. Hopey, PhD. Bryant 3-1 5-2 at home 2 2 Director of Athletics ........... Jeremy Gibson Merrimack 2-3 3-4 on the road 1 2 Mount St. Mary’s 0-3 2-7 Colors ......................................... Blue and Yellow leading at the half 3 2 Sacred Heart 0-3 1-7 Affiliation ................................NCAA Division I trailing at the half 0 2 Conference ................Northeast Conference Wagner 0-4 0-6 tied at the half 0 0 Field (Capacity) .................... Duane Stadium outshooting the opposition 3 1 (3,500) out-shot by the opposition 0 3 shots are even 0 0 NATIONAL POLLS in one-goal games 0 1 2021 TEAM INFORMATION Maverik Inside Lacrosse in two-goal games 0 1 Division I Men’s Poll (4/5/21) Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Pts. in three-goal games 0 1 1 Duke (17) 10 - 0 435 in four+ goal games 3 1 COACHING/STAFF INFORMATION 2 Maryland (5) 7 - 0 419 3 North Carolina 8 - 1 400 Head Coach............................................Mike Morgan 4 Notre Dame 5 - 1 345 scoring first 2 3 5 Denver 8 - 2 344 6 Virginia 8 - 2 329 opposition scores first 1 1 (Merrimack ‘00/14th season) 7 Lehigh 5 - 0 311 8 Rutgers 5 - 2 274 Record.............................................................168-50 9 Syracuse 4 - 3 272 in February 1 1 10 Georgetown 7 - 1 249 in March 1 3 Associate Head Coach ................Kyle Smith 10 Army 4 - 2 249 12 Delaware 7 - 1 179 in April 1 0 (UMass ‘13/7th season) 13 Loyola 5 - 3 168 14 Ohio State 3 - 4 95 Director of Operations .....Chris Diantgikis 15 Richmond 4 - 4 85 vs. Patriot League 0 1 16 UMBC 5 - 1 77 vs. America East 1 0 (Dowling ‘13/4th season) 17 Stony Brook 6 - 3 75 18 Hofstra 5 - 2 53 Vol. Assistant Coach .........Hunter Schmell 19 Navy 3 - 1 50 20 Villanova 4 - 2 47 (Merrimack ‘19/3rd season) Receiving Votes UMass, Drexel, Albany, Vermont, Bryant, Boston University, Hobart, Michigan, Penn, Jacksonville, High Point, Marist, Penn State TEAM INFORMATION USILA COACHES Division I Men’s Poll (4/5/21) Rank Team (first-place votes) Pts. Record Captains .............................................. Carlin Joyal 1 Duke (16) 377 10-0 2 Maryland (3) 360 7-0 Christian Thomas 3 North Carolina 345 8-1 4 Virginia 300 8-2 QUARTER BY QUARTER STATS Newcomers ..............................................................19 5 NotreDame 294 5-1 6 Denver 288 8-2 2020 Record.......................................................... 1-5 7 Rutgers 262 5-2 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total 8 Lehigh 238 4-0 Shots (F) 61 69 79 65 0 274 9 Syracuse 234 4-3 10 Georgetown 217 6-1 Shots (A) 63 63 75 62 0 263 11 Army 207 4-2 Shots on Goal (F) 44 45 44 39 0 172 12 Delaware 152 7-1 Shots on Goal (A) 29 43 44 36 0 152 13 Loyola 125 5-3 Goals (F) 21 19 24 14 0 78 14 Ohio State 92 3-4 15 Richmond 88 4-4 Goals (A) 12 20 23 23 0 78 16 Villanova 70 4-2 Saves (F) 17 23 21 13 0 74 17 Stony Brook 52 6-3 Saves (A) 23 26 20 25 0 94 18 UMBC 46 5-1 Ground Balls (F) 56 59 61 58 0 234 19 Massachusetts 40 3-2 20 Hofstra 33 5-2 Ground Balls (A) 45 51 59 58 0 213 Receiving Votes Face-Offs (F) 20 20 18 18 0 76 Vermont 29, Drexel 28, Albany 27, Navy 23, Penn Face-Offs (A) 19 25 34 25 0 103 State 22, Bryant 11, Johns Hopkins 10, High Point 9, Michigan 7, Towson 3, Robert Morris 1 2021 MERRIMACK COLLEGE MEN’S LACROSSE Num Player Pos Ht Wt Cl Hometown/H.S./Previous School 1 Michael Ferrara M 5-8 170 So. Frisco, Texas / Reedy 2 Andrew Caron A/M 5-10 175 So. Sun Prairie, Wisc. / Sun Prairie 3 Jack Rooney M 6-1 185 So. Syosset, N.Y. / St. Dominic / Furman 4 Drew Hailey M 6-2 195 Jr. Salem, N.H. / Bishop Guertin 5 Christian Glover D 5-11 170 Jr. Brunswick, Maine / Brunswick/Phillips Exeter Academy 6 Casey Barnes D 6-2 190 Fr. Clayton, Calif. / Clayton Valley Charter 7 Andrew Jenet GK 5-11 185 So. Malverne, N.Y. / Chaminade / Furman 8 Riley Reed D 5-10 165 So. Falmouth, Maine / Falmouth 9 Jack Barron M 5-9 175 So. Longmeadow, Mass. / Longmeadow 10 Lance Crate A 6-1 195 Jr. Enfield, N.H. / Proctor Academy 11 Matthew Brooks M 5-11 200 Gr. Brunswick, Maine / Brunswick / Bentley 12 Max Morrill M 5-10 170 Jr. Upton, Mass. / NIPMUC Regional 13 Joey Ford III A/M 5-11 190 So. East Longmeadow, Mass. / Williston Northampton 14 Lucas Gauch M 6-1 190 So. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas 15 Kyle Heeren D 5-7 165 Jr. Rockford, Mich. / Rockford 16 Aiden Glover A/M 5-11 175 Fr. Brunswick, Maine / Brunswick 17 Nicholas Perez-Blanco D 6-3 205 Jr. Miami, Fla. / Belen Jesuit Prep 18 Jack Richards A/M 6-2 180 So. Reading, Mass. / Austin Preparatory School 19 Brennan McInnis M 6-0 175 Jr. Bedford, N.H. / Bishop Guertin 20 Henry Vogt GK 5-10 170 Fr.