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- Height:
- 5-11
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- Weight:
- 180
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- Year:
- Sr
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- Hometown:
- Bedford, N.H.
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- High School:
- Bishop Guertin
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- Position:
- A
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- gp
- 13
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- p
- 42
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- g
- 29
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- a
- 13
Bio
2018: Finished season second on team in each of goals (22), assists (12) and points (34) … had a career high six points on three goals and three assists in win over Franklin Pierce (March 31) … scored hat tricks in consecutive games against Roberts Wesleyan (March 10) and Le Moyne (March 17) … also scored three goals in games against Assumption (April 11) and AIC (April 28).
2017: Scored 4th most goals on team (16) and had 4th most points (25) … had 3rd most assists on squad (9) … lead Bentley to win at Franklin Pierce (March 18) with three goals and two assists … had two goals in wins over AIC (April 8) and Saint Michael’s (April 25) … also had two goals in game at Southern N.H. (March 28).
2016: Finished freshman season 3rd on team in both goals (19) and points (23) … named to the Northeast-10 All-Rookie team … scored in collegiate debut, vs. New York Tech (March 5) … had a hat trick in 11-8 win over Franklin Pierce (March 19) … scored the winning goal in OT to beat Assumption 10-9 (March 26) … netted a hat trick one game later at Southern N.H. (March 30) … helped Bentley to 12-2 win at AIC with two goals and one assist (April 8).
Before Bentley: 2015 graduate of Bishop Guertin ... as a senior was named a US Lacrosse All-American and was also named the New Hampshire Player of the Year ... helped Bishop to three NHIAA Division I state championships (2012, 2013, 2014).
Personal: Majoring in finance ... parents' names are Jimmy and Peggy ... both older brothers, Nick and Mike, played four seasons for the Bentley lacrosse program and graduated in 2014 and 2016, respectively.
Player Profile
| Overall | Conf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 13 | 10 | ||
| Points | 42 | 32 | ||
| Goals | 29 | 22 | ||
| Assists | 13 | 10 | ||
| Man-up goals | 2 | 2 | ||
| Man-down goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ground balls | 13 | 9 | ||
| Turnovers | 20 | 13 | ||
| Caused turnovers | 3 | 2 | ||
| Faceoffs | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Faceoff percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Shots | 83 | 62 | ||
| Shooting percentage | 34.9 | 35.5 | ||
| Shots on goal | 53 | 40 | ||
| Shots on goal percentage | 63.9 | 64.5 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2 | at New York Tech | W, 8-5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 12.5 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Mar 9 | Roberts Wesleyan | W, 12-8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 | 42.9 | 5 | 71.4 |
| Mar 13 | at Le Moyne | L, 21-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mar 23 | Saint Rose | W, 13-8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 | 42.9 | 5 | 71.4 |
| Mar 27 | at Merrimack | L, 16-12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 25.0 | 5 | 62.5 |
| Mar 30 | at Franklin Pierce | W, 10-7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 | 44.4 | 6 | 66.7 |
| Apr 2 | Southern N.H. | W, 14-5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Apr 6 | St. Michael's | W, 12-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Apr 10 | at Assumption | W, 11-8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 | 30.8 | 8 | 61.5 |
| Apr 13 | Saint Anselm | W, 10-8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 | 20.0 | 7 | 70.0 |
| Apr 16 | Adelphi | L, 15-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Apr 20 | at Pace | L, 21-16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 5 | 60.0 | 3 | 60.0 |
| Apr 23 | American International | W, 17-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apr 27 | at Pace | L, 16-10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 6 | 50.0 | 4 | 66.7 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 0-0 | 53 | 35.8 | 35 | 66.0 |
| 2016-17 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0-0 | 65 | 24.6 | 38 | 58.5 |
| 2017-18 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0-0 | 66 | 33.3 | 38 | 57.6 |
| 2018-19 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 13 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0-0 | 83 | 34.9 | 53 | 63.9 |
| Total | 52 | 50 | 86 | 38 | 124 | 9 | 1 | 50 | 82 | 11 | 0-0 | 267 | 32.2 | 164 | 61.4 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 13 | 13 | 29 | 13 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0-0 | 83 | 34.9 | 53 | 63.9 |
| Conference | 10 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0-0 | 62 | 35.5 | 40 | 64.5 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Location | Home | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0-0 | 32 | 37.5 | 23 | 71.9 |
| Away | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0-0 | 51 | 33.3 | 30 | 58.8 | |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Result | Wins | 8 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0-0 | 60 | 33.3 | 39 | 65.0 |
| Losses | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0-0 | 23 | 39.1 | 14 | 60.9 | |
| Month | March | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0-0 | 41 | 31.7 | 25 | 61.0 |
| April | 7 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0-0 | 42 | 38.1 | 28 | 66.7 |
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