Senior Ryan Butten- baum 4 goals at Bucknell Sat. Senior Dan Taylor 76 points as a junior (seventh in nation) LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 1: MARQUETTE AT #16/18 LEHIGH February 7 MARQUETTE 12:00 MARQUETTE GOLDEN EAGLES (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) 14 at Furman 11:00 AM at #16/18 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-0, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 21 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 1:00 28 at Loyola* 2:00 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2015 • 12:00 PM March ULRICH SPORTS COMPLEX• BETHLEHEM, Pa. 7 BUCKNELL* 1:00 10 at Villanova 7:00 14 at Navy* 2:30 SETTING THE SCENE 17 DENVER 7:00 21 ARMY* 12:00 The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team opens the 2015 season on Saturday when the Mountain Hawks host 24 at Monmouth 3:00 Marquette at 12 p m. This marks the second straight season featuring Marquette as Lehigh’s home- 28 at Holy Cross* 3:00 opening opponent . The Mountain Hawks are coming off a 2014 season which saw them advance to April their third straight Patriot League Championship Game while the Golden Eagles enjoyed a strong 4 at Colgate 2:00 4-2 Big East record to earn the #2 seed in their conference tournament . 7 PRINCETON 7:30 12 at Stony Brook 3:00 17 LAFAYETTE* 7:00 Lehigh is led by a pair of senior All-Americans at attack (Dan Taylor) and in goal (Matt Poillon) . 21 Patriot League Quarterfinals 24 Patriot League Semifinals Taylor emerged as one of the nation’s leading attackmen last season, finishing with 76 points, tops 26 Patriot League Championship Game in the Patriot League and #7 in the nation . Meanwhile, Poillon has been named an honorable men- May tion All-American each of his three seasons and is an Inside Lacrosse preseason All-American this 9-10 NCAA First Round (1) year . Seniors make up the core at the other positions as Kurtis Kaunas spearheads the midfield 16-17 NCAA Quarterfinals (2) and Lukas Mikelinich is the quarterback of the defense . Kaunas enjoyed a breakout season in 23 NCAA Semifinals (3) 25 NCAA Championship (3) 2014, earning All-League honors, while Mikelinich tallied career highs in groundballs and caused turnovers last year . *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS (1) Campus Sites (2) Quarterfinals at Hempstead, N.Y. or Newark, Del. The Mountain Hawks were up-and-down in 2014, but in the end, finished with 13 wins - just one (3) M&T Bank Stadium; Baltimore, Md. shy of a school record. Lehigh finished 6-2 in the Patriot League then defeated Navy and Army in the league tournament to make it back to the championship game and just 60 minutes from another LEHIGH IN THE POLLS NCAA Tournament berth . The team earned a hard-fought and thrilling win over Army in the Pa- triot League Semifinals as junior Reid Weber scored the game-winning goal with just 3 7. seconds Date Coaches Cascade/Maverick Media Preseason 18 16 remaining for the 12-11 victory . The Mountain Hawks are 39-13 over their last three seasons as Lehigh looks to continue the momen- tum in 2015. Lehigh has won five straight season openers, which includes a 13-6 win at Furman to begin last year . The Mountain Hawks followed by hosting Marquette in their home opener, also a 13-6 victory. The Golden Eagles finished last season 6-10 with an impressive 4-2 record in the Big East . That was good for second in the conference standings, an impressive feat in the program’s second year. Marquette’s first season of lacrosse was in 2013. MEDIA INFORMATION Lehigh begins its season by hosting Marquette, traveling to Furman and hosting Boston University Men’s Lacrosse Contact: . .Justin Lafleur before a big early-season rematch of the Patriot League Championship Game, at Loyola on Feb . 28 . Office . (610) 758-6631 An impressive schedule features home games against nationally-ranked caliber opponents Bucknell, Cell: . (610) 577-5222 E-mail: . jul310@lehigh. .edu Denver, Army and Princeton, Denver is the preseason #1 team in the nation in all major polls . BY THE NUMBERS Lehigh Marquette IF LEHIGH BEATS MARQUETTE AT A GLANCE... Overall Record 13-5 6-10 • Lehigh would win its sixth straight season opener . Goals/Game 10 .56 9 .25 Goals Allowed/Game 7 .22 11 .56 • The Mountain Hawks would win their home opener for a fourth • Lehigh has won its last four games Shot Pct. .285 .287 time in the last five seasons. against the Big East, including a perfect 3-0 record last season . Shots/Game 37 .0 32 .2 • Lehigh would improve to 2-0 all-time against Marquette . • The Mountain Hawks are 23-4 against Shots Allowed/Game 30 .6 35 .6 Patriot League opponents since the Assists 114 73 • Lehigh would win its fifth straight game over the Big East. The beginning of 2012 (regular season and Man-Up Percentage .365 (23-63) .411 (23-56) Mountain Hawks were 3-0 against the Big East last season (Marquette, postseason) . Groundballs 563 423 • The Mountain Hawks have beaten Turnovers 278 201 Villanova and Georgetown) while beating Villanova in 2013 . Please Colgate and Bucknell (in the same Caused Turnovers 169 99 note: Lehigh lost to Denver (currently in the Big East) in 2013, but the season) for three straight years after not Faceoffs (W-L) 207-385 171-388 Pioneers were in the ECAC at the time . doing so since 1997 . Faceoff Percentage .538 .441 • Lehigh have reached double-figure Clears 300-343 234-265 victories each of the last three seasons Clear Percentage .875 .883 after having double-figure wins just four times in the first 112 years of the Penalties/Minutes 73/58:30 51/42:00 program: 1969, 1993, 1994 and 1997 . Home Attendance 4,463 3,698 Dates/Avg. 8/558 5/740 Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2015 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 1: MARQUETTE AT #16/18 LEHIGH • FEBRUARY 7, 2015 • PAGE 2 SCOUTING MARQUETTE MARQUETTE SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT Marquette enjoyed a strong second season of lacrosse, finishing 2014 with a 6-10 record and 4-2 mark in Overall: Lehigh leads, 1-0 BALTIMORE (4/27/14) - The third-seeded and #18 nationally- ranked Lehigh men’s lacrosse team took a 1-0 lead in the early going the Big East . The Golden Eagles picked up some big Last Meeting: Feb . 8, 2014 and had several chances to make it more, but #1 Loyola responded in conference wins over St . John’s and Georgetown, Last Result: Lehigh, 13-6 a big way, using runs of 6-0 (in the first half) and 8-1 (in the second Current Streak: Lehigh - 1 win half) on its way to a 16-7 victory in the Patriot League Champion- also beating Rutgers and Providence . The team’s ship Game on Sunday . Junior Dan Taylor posted four points to end four conference wins came by a combined four goals, Last 10: Lehigh, 1-0 the season with a league-leading 76 while classmate Matt Poillon including the St . John’s and Georgetown victories in made 14 saves in goal - including 11 in the first half - to keep Lehigh Last 10 meetings: within striking distance . overtime . Marquette also hung tough in the Big East Tournament, dropping a 9-6 final to Villanova. The Feb . 8, 2014 (Home) Lehigh, 13-6 Score By Quarter Lehigh 1 2 1 3 7 Golden Eagles lose their top two and three of their Loyola 2 5 3 6 16 top four scorers, including Tyler Melnyk who finished 2014 with 51 points via 36 goals and 15 assists. Lehigh Scoring Conor Gately is the team’s top returning scorer after tallying 17 goals and 14 assists last season . Jacob GOALS: Patrick Corbett (3), Dan Taylor (2), Kurtis Kaunas (1), Dylan O’Shaughnessy (1) Richard led the team with 46 groundballs and does return, as does Jimmy Danaher, who saw the major- ASSISTS: Dan Taylor (2) ity of time in goal . He posted an 11 13. GAA and 466. save percentage in 2014 . Final Statistics Lehigh Loyola Shots 42 46 ALL-TIME SERIES WITH MARQUETTE Groundballs 37 41 Lehigh won the only meeting between the two teams, a 13-6 victory last season. Tied at two in the first Faceoffs 15-27 12-27 Clears 16-19 21-22 quarter, the Mountain Hawks scored 11 of the next 13 goals to create separation . Dan Taylor had four Extra-man opps 2-7 2-4 points in that game (two goals, two assists) while Matt Poillon stopped nine-of-15 shots sent his way . Saves 14 17 Turnovers 16 13 LAST GAME VS. MARQUETTE NOTES (FEB. 8, 2014) LAST TIME VS. MARQUETTE - Senior Ryan Buttenbaum posted career highs in faceoffs won (17 in 21 attempts) and groundballs (12) . He won all 12 of his first-half draws as the Mountain Hawks dominated time of possession, allowing the BETHLEHEM, Pa. (2/8/14) - Tied at two in the first quarter, offense to break a 2-2 tie by scoring 11 of the next 13 goals to take a 13-4 lead in the fourth quarter . the #17/19 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored 11 of the next 13 goals to erase any doubt and beat Marquette going away, 13-6 - Junior Patrick Corbett led the offense with a career-high tying four goals, his second hat trick in as many on Saturday afternoon . Senior Ryan Buttenbaum won 17-of-21 games .