GOLDEN GRIFFIN MEN’S LACROSSE 2008, 2012 & 2018 MAAC CHAMPIONS CANISIUS (8-8) vs. No. 18/RV ROBERT MORRIS (12-4) 2018 Schedule Game: Canisius (8-8) vs. No. 18/RV Robert Morris (12-4) FEBRUARY Date: Wednesday, May 9 17 at Dartmouth L 12-13 20 at Binghamton W 12-10 Time: 4 p.m. 24 vs. Furman W 14-13 (ot) Location: Demske Sports Complex | Buffalo, N.Y. MARCH TV/Webcast: ESPN3 4 CLEVELAND STATE W, 12-11 Series History: Robert Morris leads, 6-5 17 at Colgate L 5-18 20 at No. 1 Albany L 11-19 Last Meeting: Robert Morris 11, Canisius 9 (April 10, 2018) 24 * at Siena W 13-12 27 HOBART L 9-19 31 * at Marist W 16-5 APRIL Griffs Leaders Team Stats 7 * DETROIT MERCY L 10-12 CAN RMU 10 ROBERT MORRIS L 9-11 Points .................................. 80, Connor Kearnan (Sr., A) Record 8-8 12-4 14 * at Quinnipiac L 14-19 20 * MANHATTAN W 19-11 Goals ................................... 37, Mathieu Boissonneault (So./A) Scoring Offense 11.8 11.6 27 * MONMOUTH (ESPNU) L 12-13 Assists ................................. 49, Connor Kearnan (Sr., A) Scoring Defense 12.8 7.8 Assist Avg. 7.4 7.2 MAY Shooting Pct .................... .561, Mathieu Boissonneault (So./A) Ground Ball Avg. 26.0 28.3 2018 MAAC Men’s Lacrosse Tournament Man-Up Goals ........................ 6, Boissonneault (So./A)/McKee (Sr.A) Shots Avg. 32.3 33.6 3 No. 1 Quinnipiac (2) W 11-10 (ot) Ground Balls .................... 79, Reece Eddy (So./LSM) Shot Pct. .367 .345 5 No. 2 Detroit Mercy (2) (ESPNU) W 10-9 (ot) Save Pct. .437 .599 Caused Turnovers ......... 28, Reece Eddy (So./LSM) Man-Up Pct. .488 .455 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship 9 vs. No. 18/RV Robert Morris (3) 4 p.m. Faceoff Pct ........................ .414, D. Balawejder(So., FO) Man-Down Pct. .564 .771 Save Percentage ............ .442, Liam Ganzhorn (Sr., G) Faceoff Pct. .389 .420 HOME GAMES IN CAPS | * MAAC Game | All Times Eastern Clear Pct. .897 .910 (1) - Philadelphia, Pa. | (2) - West Long Branch, N.J. | (3) - Buffalo, N.Y. CANISIUS ENTERTAINS ROBERT MORRIS IN NCAA OPENING ROUND CONTEST Pronunciation Guide The Canisius men’s lacrosse team makes its third appearance in the NCAA Tournament when it hosts No. 18 Robert Morris in the opening round game of Balawejder ................................................. Ball-UH-Way-DER Boissonneault .................................................Bois-EN-Neaut the 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Wednesday at the Demske Sports Caito ................................................................................ KAY-toe Complex. Hornung ....................................................................Hor-Nung Kearnan .......................................................................KEYR-nan Opening faceoff between the Golden Griffins (8-8) and Colonials (12-4) is set for Miyashita .......................................................ME-Osh-UH-Tuh 4 p.m. The game will air live on ESPN3. Pravato ....................................................................pra-VOT-oh Sotomayor ...........................................................So-Ta-My-Or The winner of Wednesday’s game advances to the first round, where it will take Stefaniak .................................................. Steph-On-NEe-Ack Wizniuk ...............................................................WHIZ-nee-ack on defending national champion and No. 1 overall seed Maryland Sunday in a noon matchup at Capital One Field in College Park, Md. Media Information HOW THEY GOT HERE Men’s Lacrosse SID .................... Jarrett Abelson Office ..................................................................... 716-888-8267 • Under the guidance of first-year head coachMark Miyashita, the Griffs will make Cell ......................................................................... 585-732-7120 their third NCAA Tournament appearance on Wednesday after capturing the E-mail .................................................. [email protected] program’s first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship in six seasons The Canisius College Athletic Communications Staff is last weekend at Kessler Stadium on the campus of Monmouth University. available to assist home and visiting media. Contact Jar- rett Abelson for credentials, releases, statistics or general • Serving as the tournament’s No. 4 seed, Canisius claimed both games of the lacrosse information and for assistance in arranging inter- tournament in dramatic fashion, recording overtime victories against No. 1 seed views with players and/or coaches. Quinnipiac in the semifinals (11-10) and No. 2 seed Detroit Mercy in the title MAAC Standings matchup (10-9). • Robert Morris secured its first trip to the postseason after claiming the program’s l-----MAAC-----l l-----Overall-----l W L Pct. W L Pct. first Northeast Conference title last weekend at Sweeney Field in Philadelphia. Quinnipiac 6 0 1.000 9 6 .600 • The third-seeded Colonials dispatched of defending champion and No. 2 seed Detroit Mercy 5 1 .833 9 7 .562 Bryant in the semifinals, 12-5, before upending top seed and host Saint Joseph’s Monmouth 4 2 .667 7 8 .467 Canisius 3 3 .500 8 8 .500 in overtime of the championship game, 9-8. Marist 2 4 .400 3 12 .200 Siena 1 5 .187 3 9 .250 Manhattan 0 6 .000 4 10 .286 CANISIUS (8-8) vs. No. 18/RV ROBERT MORRIS (12-4) Last Time That SCOUTING CANISIUS • One of the most potent offenses in the nation, Canisius heads into the NCAA Canisius Tournament ranked in the top teams in the nation in scoring offense (11.8/11th), man-up offense (0.488/7th), assists (7.4/9th), points per game (19.2/9th) and Scored 15+ goals .......................................19, vs. Manhattan, 4/20/18 Scored 20+ goals ...................................................... 20, at VMI, 4/19/15 shooting percentage (.367/3rd). Won by 10+ goals ..................................................... 14, at VMI, 4/19/15 • Senior Connor Kearnan has been one of the top offensive players this Won an overtime game...............................vs. Detroit Mercy, 5/5/18 season as the attack ranks in the top 10 nationally in both points (5.0/7th) Won 20+ faceoffs ....................................22, vs. Binghamton, 4/15/13 and assists (3.1/6th) per game. Kearnan was named the MAAC Championship Recorded 50+ shots ................................................. 53, at VMI, 4/19/15 Tournament MVP last weekend after recording nine points (4g, 5a) during the Recorded 40+ ground balls ..............................40, vs. Albany, 3/9/13 Recorded 50+ ground balls ............................... 57, at Siena, 4/28/02 two championship contests. • Senior Steven Coss sits second on the team’s scoring chart with 51 points. Scored 5+ extra-man goals ............................. 5, vs. Wagner, 3/24/07 Coss, a MAAC Championship All-Tournament Team selection, also ranks second Canisius Individual on the team with 28 assists. Scored 5+ goals.......................5, Carter Stefaniak, at Siena, 3/24/18 • Sophomore Mathieu Boissonneault ranks second on the team in goals (37) Scored 6+ goals.........6, Mathieu Boissonneault, at Marist, 3/31/18 and third in points (47). Boissonneault scored the game-winning goal in the Scored 7+ goals....................... 7, Cort Knodel, vs. Vermont, 4/21/96 championship game on Saturday. Recorded 5+ assists .5, Connor Kearnan, vs. Monmouth, 4/27/18 Recorded 6+ assists ........ 7, Connor Kearnan, vs. Furman, 2/24/18 • Sophomore Carter Stefaniak is third on the squad in goals (36) and fourth Recorded 7+ assists ........ 7, Connor Kearnan, vs. Furman, 2/24/18 in points (46). Stefaniak earned MAAC Championship All-Tournament Team Recorded 7+ points ....7, Jeff Edwards, at Cleveland State, 3/4/17 accolades after registering six goals last weekend. Recorded 8+ points . 8, Kearnan/Boissoneault, at Marist, 3/31/18 • Sophomore Reece Eddy highlights the team’s defensive efforts as he leads Recorded 9+ points ........ 9, Connor Kearnan, vs. Furman, 2/24/18 Recorded 10+ points ............ 10, Scott Ronson, vs. Niagara, 5/1/96 the squad in both ground balls (79) and caused turnovers (28). Eddy enters the NCAA Tournament in the top 35 players in the nation in both ground balls Recorded 10+ ground balls ..10, Steven Coss, vs. Manhattan, 4/9/16 Recorded 15+ ground balls ... 15, Mike Moran, vs. Jacksonville, 4/20/13 (4.94/31st) and caused turnovers (1.75/13th) per game. Won 15+ faceoffs .............. 15, Tim Edwards, at Monmouth, 4/4/15 Won 20+ faceoffs ..........22, Mike Moran, vs. Binghamton, 4/15/13 • Senior Liam Ganzhorn has started all 16 games in goal for the Griffs, posting a 12.80 goals against average and a .442 save percentage in 928 minutes of Made 15+ saves .................. 18, Alex Govenettio, at Cornell, 4/7/15 Made 20+ saves ............. 21, Thomas Kucharczak, at Butler, 3/1/03 action. Ganzhorn recorded double-digit saves in both games of the MAAC Championship last weekend. Opponent Scored 15+ goals ........................................ 19, at Quinnipiac, 4/14/18 GRIFFS WIN MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST DETROIT MERCY Scored 20+ goals ...............................................20, vs. Albany, 3/21/17 • Sophomore Mathieu Boissonneault’s goal six seconds into overtime lifted Won by 10+ goals ..............................................13, at Colgate, 3/17/18 Won an overtime game..........................................vs. Hobart, 3/15/16 the Golden Griffins to a 10-9 victory over Detroit Mercy and allowed the Blue Won 20+ faceoffs ........................................ 23, at Quinnipiac, 4/14/18 and Gold to win the 2018 MAAC Men’s Lacrosse