Merrimack Warriors Saturday, Mar. 6, 2021 | 11:00 AM #RV Bryant Bulldogs 1-1, 0-0 NEC 2-1, 0-0 NEC Beirne Stadium | Smithfield, R.I. 6 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 NCAA TITLE GAME APPEARANCES 32 ALL-AMERICANS bolstered considerably by the Warrior defense SCHEDULE & RESULTS INSIDE THE MATCHUP core. In the season opener against Boston Uni- FEBRUARY versity, Nicholas Perez-Blanco scored his first 14.0 Goals per Game 10.7 Sat. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L, 15-12 collegiate goal late to tie the game at the time. The Sat. 27 @UMass Lowell W, 16-8 11.5 Goals Against per Game 11.3 following weekend in Lowell, Christian Glover had .277 Shooting % .267 the hot hand with the long stick, as he chipped in with a goal and two assists to help drive a dom- MARCH .600 Man Up % .200 inant performance over the River Hawks. The Sat. 6 @Bryant* 11:00 AM .833 Man Down % .667 duo has now combined for five points in just two Sat. 13 WAGNER* 1:00 PM .554 Faceoff % .618 contests and has eight caused turnovers among Sat. 20 @Saint Joseph’s* 12:00 PM The Merrimack College men’s lacrosse team hits them as well. Sat. 27 BRYANT* 1:00 PM the road again, as it heads down to Rhode Island for a Saturday matchup against Bryant. Saturday’s matchup may very well be won in APRIL the trenches, as two of the nation’s top face-off Sat. 3 LONG ISLAND* 1:00 PM Five Things to Know: teams are set to go at it. Bryant enters with the Sat. 10 @Mount St. Mary’s* 1:00 PM Although Merrimack has now been a member of second-best face-off unit in the NEC and number Sat. 17 SACRED HEART* 1:00 PM NCAA Division I and the NEC for two years, Sat- nine in the nation with its .618 success rate, led by Sat. 24 @Hobart* 1:00 PM urday marks the first ever conference game for freshman Nathan Laliberte’s .657 percentage. Mer- the Warriors. The team was just days away from rimack’s .554 success rate lands them at 15th-best its first ever NEC conference game last spring at in the land and fellow rookie Karl Sutter had the Wagner before the pandemic put an unceremo- hot hand against the River Hawks when he won 14 All Times are EST | Home Games in CAPS nious end to the campaign in mid-March. of the 23 opportunities he had. Sophomore Allyn *NEC Game French enters with a .536 career winning percent- The program welcomed a handful of transfers age to make the Warriors a difficult team to deal for the 2021 season and it’s paid massive divi- with in the category. dends early on, especially thanks to the Rooney brothers. The Long Island natives have com- The Bulldogs are off to a 2-1 start after wins over bined for 15 points in the opening two games, Providence and Vermont and a setback to Stony led by Tommy’s team-leading eight goals and Brook. Three of the team’s top-5 scorers are fresh- two assists. Tommy had a pair of redshirt sea- men, led by Logan McGovern, who tops the team ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS sons at Siena before he came to North Andover, in points with 11 on five goals and six assists. Luke while Jack spent his rookie season at Furman. Caracciolo has played all 180 minutes between LACROSSE SID: Will LeBlond the pipes and enters with a .500 save percentage. OFFICE PHONE: 978-837-5899 EMAIL: [email protected] Merrimack’s offensive attack has averaged 14 Bryant is one of two NEC teams receiving votes in goals per game to open the season and its been both national polls along with Hobart. MerrimackAthletics.com @MerrimackMLAX MerrimackWarriors @MerrimackMLAX @MC_Athletics NEC STANDINGS THE WARRIORS WHEN.. MACK FACTS W L TEAM NEC Overall Overall 1 1 Location ........................North Andover, Mass. Bryant 0-0 2-1 Founded ..............................................................1947 Long Island 0-0 1-1 in NEC play 0 0 in non-conference play 1 1 Total Enrollment ......................................... 3,726 Merrimack 0-0 1-1 President..........Christopher E. Hopey, PhD. Sacred Heart 0-0 1-2 at home 0 1 Director of Athletics ........... Jeremy Gibson Mount St. Mary’s 0-0 1-4 on the road 1 0 Hobart 0-0 0-0 Colors ......................................... Blue and Yellow leading at the half 1 0 Wagner 0-0 0-2 Affiliation ................................NCAA Division I trailing at the half 0 1 Conference ................Northeast Conference Saint Joseph’s 0-0 0-3 tied at the half 0 0 Field (Capacity) .................... Duane Stadium outshooting the opposition 1 1 (3,500) out-shot by the opposition 0 0 shots are even 0 0 NATIONAL POLLS in one-goal games 0 0 2021 TEAM INFORMATION Maverik Inside Lacrosse in two-goal games 0 0 Division I Men’s Poll (3/1/21) Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Pts. in three-goal games 0 1 1 Duke (10) 5 - 0 442 in four+ goal games 1 0 COACHING/STAFF INFORMATION 2 North Carolina (9) 5 - 0 441 3 Maryland (2) 2 - 0 415 4 Georgetown (1) 2 - 0 367 Head Coach............................................Mike Morgan 5 Rutgers 2 - 0 347 scoring first 1 1 6 Syracuse (1) 1 - 1 339 opposition scores first 0 0 (Merrimack ‘00/14th season) 7 Army 2 - 1 331 8 Notre Dame 1 - 0 310 Record.............................................................166-47 9 Virginia 3 - 1 301 in February 1 1 10 Loyola 2 - 1 241 Associate Head Coach ................Kyle Smith 11 Denver 4 - 2 235 in March 0 0 12 Ohio State 1 - 1 198 in April 0 0 (UMass ‘13/7th season) 13 Lehigh 1 - 0 149 14 UMass 0 - 0 133 15 Penn State 0 - 2 130 Director of Operations .....Chris Diantgikis 16 Richmond 1 - 2 95 vs. Patriot League 0 1 17 Navy 2 - 0 74 vs. America East 1 0 (Dowling ‘13/4th season) 18 Albany 1 - 0 67 19 High Point 1 - 2 65 Vol. Assistant Coach .........Hunter Schmell 20 Hofstra 2 - 1 48 Receiving Votes (Merrimack ‘19/3rd season) Johns Hopkins, Stony Brook, Villanova, Delaware, Hobart, Bryant, UMBC, Bucknell, Towson, Marist, Boston University USILA COACHES TEAM INFORMATION Division I Men’s Poll (3/1/21) Rank Team (first-place votes) Pts. Record 1 North Carolina (14) 445 4-0 Captains .............................................. Carlin Joyal 2 Duke (7) 424 5-0 3 Maryland (1) 391 2-0 Christian Thomas 4 Georgetown 355 2-0 5 Rutgers 337 2-0 QUARTER BY QUARTER STATS Newcomers ..............................................................19 6 Army 312 2-1 7 Syracuse 310 1-1 2020 Record.......................................................... 1-5 8 Virginia 288 3-1 9 Notre Dame 283 1-0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total 10 Denver 229 4-2 Shots (F) 23 29 26 23 0 101 11 Loyola 224 2-1 Shots (A) 19 13 19 21 0 72 12 Ohio State 193 1-1 13 Lehigh 139 1-0 Shots on Goal (F) 15 17 15 12 0 59 14 Penn State 123 0-2 Shots on Goal (A) 7 10 8 10 0 35 15 Massachusetts 113 0-0 Goals (F) 8 7 8 5 0 28 16 Richmond 94 1-2 17 Navy 89 2-0 Goals (A) 3 7 6 7 0 23 18 Albany 82 1-0 Saves (F) 4 3 2 3 0 12 19 High Point 56 1-1 Saves (A) 7 10 7 7 0 31 20 Johns Hopkins 45 1-1 Ground Balls (F) 16 25 18 21 0 80 Receiving Votes Hofstra (22), Stony Brook (18), Villanova (17), UMBC Ground Balls (A) 15 15 18 15 0 63 (15), Bucknell (10), Delaware (6), Bryant (4), Drexel Face-Offs (F) 8 9 6 8 0 31 (4), Boston University (3), Marquette (5), Cornell (2), Face-Offs (A) 4 7 8 6 0 25 Hobart (2), Towson (1), Princeton (1), Marist (1), and Delaware (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.