UMASS MEN’S LACROSSE€¦ · 2015 UMass Schedule (3-7 Overall, 1-2 CAA) (2-3 Home, 1-4 Away, 0-0 Neutral) DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME Sat. Feb. 7^ #20/20 Army L, 12-7 Sun. Feb. 14 at

2015 UMass Schedule(3-7 Overall, 1-2 CAA)

(2-3 Home, 1-4 Away, 0-0 Neutral)DAY DATE OPPONENT TIMESat. Feb. 7^ #20/20 Army L, 12-7Sun. Feb. 14 at #6/5 North Carolina L, 20-8Sat. Feb. 21 at #12/13 Harvard L, 14-13

Sat. Feb. 28^ [RV/-] Brown L, 18-12Sat. March 7 at #16/12 Albany L, 10-9Tues. March 10^ Quinnipiac W, 18-5Sat. March 14^ Penn State W, 12-8Tues. March 21 at Hofstra* W, 9-7Sat. March 28 at #18/18 Towson* L, 6-3

Sat. April 4^ [RV/RV] Fairfield* L, 10-9Sat. April 11 at Hartford 2:00 p.m.Sat. April 18+ Drexel* 4:00 p.m.Fri. April 24+ Delaware* 7:00 p.m.

*Denotes Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) op-ponent // Rankings reflect USILA Coaches Top-20/Inside Lacrosse Media polls // Home contests in bold // ^Hosted at McGuirk Stadium // +Site of competition to be determined

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDEGianni Bianchin jee-AH-knee bee-AHN-kinDan Dolan DOUGH-linDylan Gruder GREW-durrBrian Jacovina jack-oh-VEE-nuhKyle Karaska KUH-rask-uhJake Lisauskas lis-SAUCE-skusJames Marusi muh-ROO-seeZach Oliveri all-uh-vehr-EEShane Rinkus RINK-usCharlie Schatz shatzAndrew Sokol SO-kuhlPaul Spinney spin-KNEEVincent Travaglini TRAH-vuh-LEE-kneeLuc Valenza Luke VUH-len-zuhPeter Von Rosenvinge ROSE-en-VING

2015 UMASS PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP & RESERVESNo. Name Pos. Yr. Individual Note(s)8 Peter Lindley A Fr. Leads all CAA freshmen with 15 goals, 24 points23 Nick Mariano A So. At least one point in each of his 23 collegiate games40 Brendan Hegarty A So. Third career hat trick (3 G) at Hofstra (3/21/15)3 Ryan Izzo M R-Sr. Named to 2015 Tewaaraton Award Watch List6 Charlie Schatz FO So. Won 14 of last 26 FOs (53.8 pct) after 23-of-65 start (35.4 pct)28 Austin Spencer M So. Leads UMass with 41 groundballs, 4.1 GBs/game in 201537 Kyle Karaska D Jr. Career-high four caused TOs at No. 12 Harvard (2/21/15)44 Bob Fahey D Jr. 3 groundballs, 3 caused turnovers vs. Quinnipiac (3/10/15)45 Kevin Porzelt D Jr. 2 caused turnovers, 2 groundballs at No. 18 Towson (3/28/15)29 Zach Oliveri G R-Jr. 13 saves, 5 groundballs in win at Hofstra (3/21/15)--1 Joe Romano A/M So. Assisted on one goal during the win vs. Quinnipiac (3/10/15)2 Luc Valenza D Fr. First collegiate appearance came vs. Brown (2/28/15)5 Dylan Gruder M So. First career goal came at No. 12 Harvard (2/21/15)7 Gianni Bianchin A/M So. Six multi-point games in 2015, last at Hofstra (3/21/15)9 Ty Klarner A R-Fr. Notched a goal & groundball vs. Quinnipiac (3/10/15)10 Grant Consoletti A So. Dished out two assists vs. Penn State (3/14/15)12 Shane Rinkus M Fr. Had first appearance, one GB in win over Quinnipiac (3/10/1513 Peter Sconzo D Fr. 2014 United States Lacrosse High School All-American14 Paul Spinney M So. First goal of 2015 (2nd career) came at No. 16 Albany (3/7/15)15 Chas Robino M Sr. First college goal, groundball in win at Brown (3/1/14)16 Jake Lisauskas M Fr. Made first collegiate appearance vs. Brown (2/28/15)17 Vincent Travaglini M R-Jr. First career point came on an assist vs. Harvard (2/22/14)18 Dan Muller M R-So. At least two points in six of last nine games19 Andrew Sokol M Sr. One goal, two assists in win at Hofstra (3/21/15)20 Brendan Schroeder M Sr. Recorded three assists versus Brown (2/28/15)22 Tyler Weeks D/M So. 3 GBs, 1 CT at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14/15)24 Jake Marino M Fr. Harrison HS all-time leading scorer (313 p, 203 g, 110 a)25 Kurt Hunziker M Jr. All four career points (2 G, 2 A) came in last seven games26 Mike Elcock D Fr. First collegiate appearance came vs. Brown (2/28/15)27 Grant Whiteway A Sr. Put 14 of 16 shots taken this year on-cage (.875 SOG pct.)30 Noah Rak FO Fr. 33 GBs most by UMass rookie since Bobby Hayes (39; 2007)32 Dan Dolan G Fr. Led Garden City to the 2013 NY Class B Championship34 P. Von Rosenvinge D R-Sr. Played in eight games on close defense in 201535 Buddy Carr M Fr. 10 points (6 G, 4 A), 7 GBs through 10 games in 201536 James Marusi D So. Notched first points on an assist vs. Quinnipiac (3/10/15)39 Dom St. Laurent M Fr. Tallied twice during the win over Quinnipiac (3/10/15)42 D.J. Smith G So. Made 9 saves vs. Brown (2/28/15) in first collegiate game

MASSACHUSETTS (3-7) AT HARTFORD (6-4)Sat., April 11, 2015 // 2:00 p.m. // Al-Marzook Field (2,500) // West Hartford, Conn.

EVENT INFORMATIONLive Stats: Sidearm Sports; linked in game preview on UMassAthletics.comWatch: AmericaEast.TV; linked in game preview on UMassAthletics.comListen: WMUA 91.1 FM; linked in game preview on UMassAthletics.comTickets: Available through the Hartford Athletics Ticket Office

THE MASSACHUSETTS-FAIRFIELD MEN’S LACROSSE SERIESMassachusetts leads, 11-0. Last meeting: #11 Massachusetts 12, Hartford 6; March 22, 2014

WHATCHA LOOKING FOR?Numerical Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2Alphabetical Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3Opponent Series Information. . . . . . . . . Page 4Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5Game Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 5-8, 12-18Greg Cannella’s Bio . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 9-10Assistant Coach Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11Student-Athlete Bios . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 19-332015 Game-By-Game Recaps . . . . Page 34-362015 Season Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 372015 CAA Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 38

University of Massachusetts Men’s Lacrosse Game Notes

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NUMERICAL ROSTERNo. Name Year Pos. Ht./Wt. Hometown/High School1 Joe Romano So. A/M 6-3/190 Shenendehowa, N.Y./Shenendehowa2 Luc Valenza Fr. D 5-7/165 Foxborough, Mass./Foxborough3 Ryan Izzo R-Sr. M 5-9/170 Walpole, Mass./Walpole5 Dylan Gruder So. M 6-1/165 Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West6 Charlie Schatz So. FO 5-11/175 Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy7 Gianni Bianchin So. A/M 5-10/165 Stoney Creek, Ontario/Trinity Pawling (N.Y.)8 Peter Lindley Fr. A 6-2/185 Darien, Conn./Darien9 Ty Klarner R-Fr. A 6-1/175 Port Coquitlam, British Columbia/Terry Fox Secondary10 Grant Consoletti So. A 6-2/215 Thousand Oaks, Calif./Oak Park12 Shane Rinkus Fr. M 5-9/170 Pembroke, Mass./Thayer Academy13 Peter Sconzo Fr. D 6-1/195 Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury14 Paul Spinney So. M 6-2/195 Westford, Mass./Bishop Guertin (N.H.)15 Chas Robino Sr. M 5-9/170 Wilmington, Del./Tower Hill School16 Jake Lisauskas Fr. M 5-10/175 Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy17 Vincent Travaglini R-Jr. M 5-8/175 Media, Pa./Malvern Prep18 Dan Muller R-So. M 6-1/180 Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa19 Andrew Sokol Sr. M 5-10/190 Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport20 Brendan Schroeder Sr. M 5-10/190 Deer Park, N.Y./St. Anthony’s22 Tyler Weeks So. D/M 6-1/195 Andover, Mass./Andover23 Nick Mariano So. A 6-0/180 Yorktown, N.Y./Yorktown24 Jake Marino Fr. M 5-9/180 Harrison, N.Y./Harrison25 Kurt Hunziker Jr. M 6-2/215 Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet26 Mike Elcock Fr. D 6-3/205 Needham, Mass./Needham27 Grant Whiteway Sr. A 5-10/165 Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial28 Austin Spencer So. D/M 6-0/190 Naperville, Ill./Culver Academy (Ind.)29 Zach Oliveri R-Jr. G 5-8/200 Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot30 Noah Rak Fr. FO 5-10/190 Norwich, Conn./Canterbury School32 Dan Dolan Fr. G 6-0/180 Garden City, N.J./Garden City34 Peter Von Rosenvinge R-Sr. D 6-4/215 Weston, Mass./Weston35 Buddy Carr Fr. M 6-0/195 Exeter, N.H./Exeter36 James Marusi So. M 6-0/170 Newton, Conn./Fairfield Prep37 Kyle Karaska Jr. D 6-1/205 Groton, Mass./Bishop Guertin (N.H.)39 Dom St. Laurent Fr. M 5-8/170 Nashua, N.H./Bishop Guertin (N.H.)40 Brendan Hegarty So. A 6-1/225 Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville42 D.J. Smith So. G 5-10/165 Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial44 Bob Fahey Jr. D 6-2/205 Westford, Mass./Bishop Guertin (N.H.)45 Kevin Porzelt Jr. D 6-0/200 Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor

Head Coach: Greg Cannella (Massachusetts ‘88), 21st SeasonAssistant Coach: Brian Jacovina (Massachusetts ‘07), Fourth SeasonAssistant Coach: Craig McDonald (Albany ‘08), First SeasonVolunteer Assistant Coach: Doc Schneider (Massachusetts ‘09), Fifth Season/First As VolunteerUndergraduate Volunteer: James Fahey (Massachusetts ‘15), First Season

BY POSSIBLE POSITIONSAttack (8)Gianni BianchinGrant ConsolettiBrendan HegartyTy KlarnerPeter LindleyNick MarianoJoe RomanoGrant Whiteway

Defense (10)Mike ElcockBob FaheyKyle KaraskaJames MarusiKevin PorzeltPeter SconzoAustin SpencerLuc ValenzaPeter Von RosenvingeTyler Weeks

Faceoff (2)Noah RakCharlie Schatz

BY ELIGIBILITYSenior (6)Ryan Izzo (RS)Chas RobinoBrendan SchroederAndrew SokolPeter Von Rosenvinge (RS)Grant Whiteway

Sophomore (13)Gianni BianchinGrant ConsolettiDylan GruderBrendan HegartyNick MarianoJames MarusiDan Muller (RS)Joe RomanoCharlie SchatzD.J. SmithAusitn SpencerPaul SpinneyTyler Weeks

(RS) denotes redshirt

Midfield (19)Gianni BianchinBuddy CarrDylan GruderKurt HunzikerRyan IzzoJake LisauskasJake MarinoJames MarusiDan MullerShane RinkusChas RobinoJoe RomanoBrendan SchroederAndrew SokolAustin SpencerPaul SpinneyDom St. LaurentVincent TravagliniTyler Weeks

Goalie (3)Dan DolanZach OliveriD.J. Smith

Junior (6)Bob FaheyKurt HunzikerKyle KaraskaZach Oliveri (RS)Kevin PorzeltVincent Travaglini (RS)

Freshman (12)Buddy CarrDan DolanMike ElcockTy Klarner (RS)Peter LindleyJake LisauskasJake MarinoNoah RakShane RinkusPeter SconzoDom St. Laurent Luc Valenza

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ALPHABETICAL ROSTERNo. Name Year Pos. Ht./Wt. Hometown/High School7 Gianni Bianchin So. A/M 5-10/165 Stoney Creek, Ontario/Trinity Pawling (N.Y.)35 Buddy Carr Fr. M 6-0/195 Exeter, N.H./Exeter10 Grant Consoletti So. A 6-2/215 Thousand Oaks, Calif./Oak Park32 Dan Dolan Fr. G 6-0/180 Garden City, N.J./Garden City26 Mike Elcock Fr. D 6-3/205 Needham, Mass./Needham44 Bob Fahey Jr. D 6-2/205 Westford, Mass./Bishop Guertin (N.H.)5 Dylan Gruder So. M 6-1/165 Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West40 Brendan Hegarty So. A 6-1/225 Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville3 Ryan Izzo R-Sr. M 5-9/170 Walpole, Mass./Walpole37 Kyle Karaska Jr. D 6-1/205 Groton, Mass./Bishop Guertin (N.H.)9 Ty Klarner R-Fr. A 6-1/175 Port Coquitlam, British Columbia/Terry Fox Secondary8 Peter Lindley Fr. A 6-2/185 Darien, Conn./Darien16 Jake Lisauskas Fr. M 5-10/175 Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy23 Nick Mariano So. A 6-0/180 Yorktown, N.Y./Yorktown24 Jake Marino Fr. M 5-9/180 Harrison, N.Y./Harrison36 James Marusi So. M 6-0/170 Newton, Conn./Fairfield Prep18 Dan Muller R-So. M 6-1/180 Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa29 Zach Oliveri R-Jr. G 5-8/200 Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot45 Kevin Porzelt Jr. D 6-0/200 Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor30 Noah Rak Fr. FO 5-10/190 Norwich, Conn./Canterbury School12 Shane Rinkus Fr. M 5-9/170 Pembroke, Mass./Thayer Academy15 Chas Robino Sr. M 5-9/170 Wilmington, Del./Tower Hill School1 Joe Romano So. A/M 6-3/190 Shenendehowa, N.Y./Shenendehowa6 Charlie Schatz So. FO 5-11/175 Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy20 Brendan Schroeder Sr. M 5-10/190 Deer Park, N.Y./St. Anthony’s13 Peter Sconzo Fr. D 6-1/195 Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury42 D.J. Smith So. G 5-10/165 Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial19 Andrew Sokol Sr. M 5-10/190 Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport28 Austin Spencer So. D/M 6-0/190 Naperville, Ill./Culver Academy (Ind.)14 Paul Spinney So. M 6-2/195 Westford, Mass./Bishop Guertin (N.H.)39 Dom St. Laurent Fr. M 5-8/170 Nashua, N.H./Bishop Guertin (N.H.)17 Vincent Travaglini R-Jr. M 5-8/175 Media, Pa./Malvern Prep2 Luc Valenza Fr. D 5-7/165 Foxborough, Mass./Foxborough34 Peter Von Rosenvinge R-Sr. D 6-4/215 Weston, Mass./Weston22 Tyler Weeks So. D/M 6-1/195 Andover, Mass./Andover27 Grant Whiteway Sr. A 5-10/165 Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial

Head Coach: Greg Cannella (Massachusetts ‘88), 21st SeasonAssistant Coach: Brian Jacovina (Massachusetts ‘07), Fourth SeasonAssistant Coach: Craig McDonald (Albany ‘08), First SeasonVolunteer Assistant Coach: Doc Schneider (Massachusetts ‘09), Sixth Season/First As VolunteerUndergraduate Volunteer: James Fahey (Massachusetts ‘15), First Season

BY HOME STATE/PROVINCEBritish Columbia (1)Ty Klarner

California (1)Grant Consoletti

Connecticut (4)Peter LindleyJames MarusiPeter SconzoNoah Rak

Delaware (1)Chas Robino

Illinois (2)Charlie SchatzAustin Spencer

New York (10)Dan DolanDylan GruderBrendan HegartyNick MarianoJake MarinoDan MullerZach OliveriKeivn PorzeltJoe RomanoBrendan Schroeder

Massachusetts (13)Mike ElcockBob FaheyKurt HunzikerRyan IzzoKyle KaraskaShane RinkusAndrew SokolD.J. SmithPaul SpinneyLuc ValenzaPeter Von RosenvingeTyler WeeksGrant Whiteway

New Hampshire (3)Buddy CarrJake LisauskasDom St. Laurent

Ontario (1)Gianni Bianchin

Pennsylvania (1)Vincent Travaglini

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HARTFORD MEN’S LACROSSE QUICK FACTS2015 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Overall, 3-1 America East2014 Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Overall, 1-4 America East2014 Postseason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NoneHead Coach (Alma Mater) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Lawrence (Roanoke College ‘98)Lawrence At Hartford/Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-95/10thLawrence Career Head Coaching Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-119/14th

MASSACHUSETTS-HARTFORD SERIES BREAKDOWNAll-Time Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Massachusetts leads, 11-0Last Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #11 Massachusetts 12, Hartford 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 24, 2014 - Garber Field; Amherst, Mass.All-Time At UMass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Massachusetts leads, 7-0All-Time At Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Massachusetts leads, 2-0All-Time At A Neutral Venue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Massachusetts leads, 2-0Current Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Massachusetts, 11 gamesThe Series Under Head Coach Greg Cannella . . . . . . . . Massachusetts leads, 11-0When Going To Overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/ALongest UMass Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 games (current)Longest UMass Home Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seven games (current)Longest UMass Away Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Two games (current)Longest Hartford Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/ALongest Hartford Home Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/ALongest Hartford Away Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/AMost Goals By Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 on Feb. 20, 2010Most Goals By Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 on March 23, 2013 Fewest Goals By Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seven on March 11, 1997Fewest Goals By Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Three on March 21, 2003Highest Scoring Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 goals on Feb. 20, 2010 (W, 20-10)Lowest Scoring Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 goals on March 11, 1997 (W, 7-4)

(Results in parenthesis list UMass win/loss outcome)

GAME-BY-GAME SERIES HISTORYMarch 12, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 14-9March 11, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 7-4March 10, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 18-7March 23, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 19-5March 21, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 14-3March 2, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 13-7Feb. 20, 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 20-10Feb. 19, 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Away. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 14-10March 10, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 14-5March 23, 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Away. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 13-11March 22, 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 12-6

SCOUTING THE HARTFORD HAWKSHartford men’s lacrosse is in the midst of one of its strongest starts to a season in program history as the squad is 6-4 overall and 3-1 during America East games ahead of the 12th all-time meeting with UMass. The Hawks are 3-1 at home on Al-Marzook Field and are currently on a three-game winning streak.

Kevin O’Shea leads the squad with 32 points through 19 goals and 13 assists. The next-closest points producer is Griffin Feiner (18 through 13 goals, five assists), followed by Justin Huggins (15, 11, 4).

Ryan Vanderford holds down the cage with a 10.60 goals-against average and .500 save percentage in 515 minutes of action. The true-freshman from Montclair, N.J., pulled in his second America East Rookie of the Week laurel on April 6 after he provided 12.5 saves and registered an 8.37 goals-against average during the recent wins over Siena, 14-9, and UMBC in overtime, 9-8.

Peter Lawrence is in his 10th season as the head coach at the University of Hartford. Lawrence took the team to the 2011 NCAA Tournament after the squad won the America East Championship that year. He holds a 47-95 record at Hartford and 63-119 mark as a collegiate program leader.

LAST MEETING: #11 UMASS 12, HARTFORD 6; APRIL 11, 2015UMass netted a 12-6 victory over Hartford at Garber Field through a balanced attack as eight Minutemen combined to produce the 12 goals. Connor Mooney paced the offense with six points on a pair of tallies and four assists while Nick Mariano added four points through three goals and one helper.

The Minutemen made use of a six-goal run covering just under 10 minutes of game action to turn a 5-5 tie game after back-to-back Hartford scores into an 11-5 mar-gin. Mariano had two of his three goals in the streak, both on feeds from Mooney, while Mariano added an assist when Grant Whiteway closed the stretch his with 15th tally of the year at the eight minute, 35 second mark of the fourth.

Defensive play in front stymied the Hartford attack, as the Hawks were unable to generate a shot in the first quarter and committed 14 turnovers during the game. James Fahey spearheaded the effort with three caused turnovers and as many groundballs in support of goalie Zach Oliveri, who tallied seven stops.

Lacrosse Box Score (Final)2014 UMass Men's Lacrosse Statistics

Hartford vs #11 Massachusetts (Mar 22, 2014 at Amherst, Mass.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalHartford 0 2 3 1 6Massachusetts 2 1 6 3 12

Hartford (4-4) vs.Massachusetts (7-2)Date: Mar 22, 2014 • Attendance: 879Weather: Low-40s, rainy with 10 MPH winds from SW

Hartford SCORING: GOALS: Kevin O'Shea 3; Jaedon Henderson 1; Conner Yatauro 1;Andrew Cacchio 1.ASSISTS: Kevin O'Shea 1; Greg Reynolds 1.

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Mariano, Nick 3; Mooney, Connor 2; Whiteway, Grant2; Sokol, Andrew 1; Curley, Ryan 1; Whippen, Matt 1; Lynott, Rob 1; Consoletti,Grant 1.ASSISTS: Mooney, Connor 4; Curley, Ryan 1; Mariano, Nick 1; Sokol, Andrew 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalHartford 0 11 10 7 28Massachusetts 13 7 11 7 38

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalHartford 7 6 5 4 22Massachusetts 6 5 12 7 30

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalHartford 0 0 1 0 1Massachusetts 0 2 1 0 3

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalHartford 6 4 4 0 14Massachusetts 0 3 2 2 7

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalHartford 7 3 1 3 14Massachusetts 3 1 4 5 13

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalHartford 1-3 3-4 2-9 1-5 7-21Massachusetts 2-3 1-4 7-9 4-5 14-21

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalHartford 5-6 5-5 4-4 1-1 15-16Massachusetts 2-2 4-4 4-4 2-2 12-12

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalHartford 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1Massachusetts 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-3

Stadium: Garber FieldPenalties - Hartford 3/2:00; Massachusetts 1/0:30.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Hartford 0/1 (0); Massachusetts 0/1 (0).Officials: John Hill; John Scoliard; Eric Farno. Scorer: Cody Lahl.

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MEN’S LACROSSE QUICK HITSUMass men’s lacrosse... •Faced the fifth-toughest slate in NCAA Division I through 10 games and the hardest among CAA programs according to strength of schedule. It is the most treacherous schedule the Minutemen have faced in available year-by-year rankings, which date back to the 2005 season. •Has a 12-member freshman class in 2015, the combined size of the junior and senior groups. •Went as the only team in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse that faced three consecutive ranked opponents to start 2015 in No. 20 Army (Feb. 7), No. 6 North Carolina (Feb. 14) and No. 12 Harvard (Feb. 21). The Minutemen’s fourth opponent, Brown, now ranks No. 12 in the nation while foe No. 5, Albany, was 16th at the time of the game. •FreshmanPeter Lindley earned CAA Rookie of the Week on Monday, March 16 after he had eight points on five goals and three assists in the wins over Quinnipiac and Penn State. He also took home ECAC Rookie of the Week. •Underclassmen in their first or second years playing collegiately scored 77.6 percent of the team’s points (132 of 170) over the opening 10 games of 2015. •Explodedonoffensefor31pointson18goalsand13assistsagainstQuinnipiac, the first game with 30 or more points by the Minutemen since an 18-12 win over Drexel on May 5, 2012 in the CAA Championship Game. It was 34 games between 30-point outings. •Attackman Peter Lindley ranks first among all CAA freshmen with his 15 goals and 24 points. Lindley has at least one point in all 10 games and a minimum of one goal in eight of those contests. •Redshirt-sophomore midfielder Dan Muller is the fourth-leading scorer on the team with 16 points in his return from a knee injury that kept him out for the entirety of the 2014 campaign. He has multi-point efforts in six of the last nine games. •Freshman faceoff specialist Noah Rak is 45-for-81 in his last five games for a 55.6 win percentage at the X during the streak. Rak has 33 groundballs through nine appearances, the most by a true-freshman since Bobby Hayes had 39 in 2007. He missed the contest against Fairfield due to injury. •Earned five preseason NEILA all-New England awards in 2015: Ryan Izzo (first team; short-stick defensive midfield), Kyle Karaska (second team; close defense), Nick Mariano (first team; attack), Zach Oliveri (second team; goalie) and Andrew Sokol (first team; midfield). •Had two players named to the 2015 preseason all-CAA team: Kyle Karaska at close defense and Nick Mariano on attack. •Brought back 24 letterwinners from the 2014 team, including seven starters. • Earned its 14th winning season in the last 20 years in 2014, tied for the 12th-most nationally among programs playing NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse during the time span. •Played Quinnipiac for the first time in program history on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. •Faced the Brown Bears for the 54th time since the Minutemen elevated to varsity status, the longest-running series in the history of the team. Brown leads the all-time series, 28-25-1 while the Minutemen hold the edge, 11-9 under current head coach Greg Cannella. • Head coach Greg Cannella won his 175th game as the program leader with a 15-2 victory over Brown on March 2, 2014.

ON TOP OF THE TWEET GAMEInstant information about the men’s lacrosse program, including an inside look at key points and statistics in each game as well as updates from practice and other team events can be found through the Twitter handle @UMassMLacrosse. Follow the Minutemen there and catch information about each UMass Athletic Department program through @UMassAthletics.

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2014-15 TEAM QUICK FACTSUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS INFORMATIONLocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amherst, Mass.Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1863Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28,236Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MinutemenColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maroon (PMS 506) and WhiteConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert L. CaretChancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kumble SubbaswamyInterim Athletic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert M. GoodhueFacility (Capacity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard F. Garber Field (5,000)

MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM HISTORYProgram Founded/Total Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1954/62nd All-Time Program Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520-278-3 (.651)All-Time CAA Record/Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-15 (.531)/SixthCAA Tournament Appearances/Most Recent . . . . . . . . . . . 4/2013CAA Tournament Championships/Most Recent . . . . . . . . . . 1/2012NCAA Tournament Appearances/Most Recent . . . . . . . . . 19/2012NCAA Final Four Appearances/Recent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2006NCAA Championship Game Appearances/Recent . . . . . . . 1/2006

COACHING STAFFHead Coach (Alma Mater) . . Greg Cannella (Massachusetts ‘88)Overall Record at UMass/Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181-117 (.607)/20thCareer Head Coaching Record/Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SameCAA Record at UMass (2010-present) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-15 (.531)ECAC Record at UMass (2000-09 seasons) . . . . . . . . . . . 41-9 (.820)Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . .Brian Jacovina (Massachusetts ‘07). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig McDonald (Albany ‘08)Volunteer Assistant Coach . . Doc Schneider (Massachusetts ‘09)Academic Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete MontagueAthletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Kuzmeski

TEAM INFORMATION2014 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-62014 CAA Record/Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4/Tied-Fifth2014 Postseason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NoneStarters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/3Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24/12Newcomers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SPORTS INFORMATIONMen’s Lacrosse Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody LahlPhone (Preferred Method of Contact) . . . . . . . . . . . . .845-750-4225Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UMassAthletics.comTwitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .@UMassAthletics; @UMassMLacrosseFacebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . facebook.com/UMassAthleticsMailing Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Media Relations Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boyden Building Room 290. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Commonwealth Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amherst, Mass. 01003


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COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION(Through games on Tuesday, April 7, 2015)

Rk. Team CAA Pct. Overall Pct.1. Towson 2-0 1.000 8-3 .727 Fairfield 2-0 1.000 7-4 .6363. Drexel 1-1 .500 5-6 .4554. Massachusetts 1-2 .333 3-7 .300 Hofstra 1-2 .333 3-8 .2736. Delaware 0-2 .000 4-7 .363

2015 CAA SCHEDULE/RESULTSSaturday, March 14Hofstra 15, Providence 4Massachusetts 12, Penn State 8#T17/19 Towson 9, Hobart 6Rutgers 17, Delaware 12St. John’s 10, Drexel 9Fairfield13, [RV/RV] Colgate 9

Tuesday, March 17Fairfield 11, UMass-Lowell 5Hofstra 10, St. John’s 7Ohio State 7, Towson 6

Wednesday, March 18Delaware 12, Manhattan 5

Saturday, March 21Massachusetts 9, Hofstra 7Drexel 9, Michigan 7Towson 9, Binghamton 8Saint Joseph’s 14, Delaware 6Villanova 11, Fairfield 4

Tuesday, March 24Drexel 9, Binghamton 5

Saturday, March 28#18/18 Towson 6, Massachusetts 3Hofstra 9, Delaware 5[RV/RV] Fairfield 7, Drexel 4

Saturday, April 4[RV/RV] Fairfield 10, Massachusetts 9Drexel 8, Hofstra 7#16/16 Towson 12, Delaware 7

Tuesday, April 7Marist 11, Hofstra 8

Saturday, April 11Hofstra at Cornell - NoonTowson at Fairfield - 2:00 p.m.Massachusetts at Hartford - 2:00 p.m.Delaware at Drexel - 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 18Hofstra at Towson - NoonDelaware at Fairfield - 1:00 p.m.Drexel at Massachusetts - 4:00 p.m.

Friday, April 24Delaware at Massachusetts - 7:00 p.m.Hofstra at Fairfield - 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 18 (end of regular season)Towson at Drexel - 1:00 p.m.

2015 OPPONENT TEAM SUPERLATIVESPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14)Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14)Assists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14)Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Hofstra (March 21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Groundballs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14)Caused Turnovers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vs. #20 Army (Feb. 7)Faceoffs Won . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Faceoffs Taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . twice, last vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Saves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .at #16 Albany (March 7)

2015 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVESPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dylan Molloy, vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dylan Molloy, vs. Brown (Feb. 28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deke Burns, at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21)Assists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lyle Thompson, at #16 Albany (March 7)Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TJ Neubauer, vs. Fairfield (April 4)Groundballs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Kelly, at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14)Caused Turnovers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Pifani, at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14)Faceoffs Won . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Gural, vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Faceoffs Taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Gural, vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Saves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blaze Riorden, at #16 Albany (March 7)

2015 MASSACHUSETTS TEAM SUPERLATIVESPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Quinnipiac (March 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Quinnipiac (March 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21)Assists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Quinnipiac (March 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .at #16 Albany (March 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Quinnipiac (March 10)Groundballs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .at #16 Albany (March 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Quinnipiac (March 10)Caused Turnovers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Penn State (March 14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Quinnipiac (March 10)Faceoffs Won . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .at #16 Albany (March 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Quinnipiac (March 10)Faceoffs Taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Saves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .at #16 Albany (March 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Hofstra (March 21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Quinnipiac (March 10)

2015 MASSACHUSETTS INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVESPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick Mariano, vs. Penn State (March 14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Lindley, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Mariano, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10)Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Hegarty, at Hofstra (March 21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick Mariano, vs. Penn State (March 14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Lindley, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Lindley, vs. Brown (Feb. 28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Whiteway, vs. Brown (Feb. 28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Hegarty, at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Mariano, at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick Mariano, vs. #20 Army (Feb. 28)Assists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Mariano, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Schroeder, vs. Brown (Feb. 28)Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Mariano, at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14)Shots On Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Mariano, at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21)Saves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Oliveri, at #16 Albany (March 7)Groundballs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noah Rak, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10)Caused Turnovers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Karaska, at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21)


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TESTING THEM EARLY AND OFTENUMass was the only team in NCAA D-I that played three consecutive USILA Top-20 Coaches Poll ranked opponents to begin 2015. The Minutemen faced No. 20 Army, No. 6 North Carolina and No. 12 Harvard in that order. Brown was unranked when it defeated the Minutemen but is currently No. 12, while Albany, who was opponent No. 5 on the season, was 16th at the time of competition.

As of the weekly USILA poll released on April 6, four of the opening five opponents are in the top 20: North Carolina (No. 4), Albany (No. 8), Brown and Army (No. 13).

According to the breakdown provided by LaxPower.com, UMass men’s lacrosse faced the fifth-toughest schedule in the nation and hardest among CAA programs as of Thursday, April 9. The top four, in order, are Syracuse, Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins and Duke. Drexel (No. 12 overall) is second in the CAA.

MULLER’S STRONG RETURN FROM INJURYDan Muller returned from a year-long absence due to a knee injury vs. Army. It marked his first appear-ance in the Maroon and White since May 1, 2013 at Penn State during the CAA Tournament semifinals. Muller had seven points on six goals and an assist as a freshman in 2013. He scored his first points of 2015 at No. 5 North Carolina when he had two on a goal and assist.

Through 10 games played in the midfield, Muller owns 16 points via nine goals and seven assists. He has multiple points in six of the previous nine contests after he was held scoreless versus the Black Knights.

MARIANO GOOD FOR MULTIPLENick Mariano has multiple points in 16 of the last 17 games and 21 of the 23 contests he has played in. Mariano’s first game with less than two points doubles as his only career contest without a goal, March 11, 2014 against Providence when he assisted on one tally in the 16-11 victory. He was held to one point on a goal at No. 18 Towson on March 28, 2015. The Yorktown, N.Y., native has 71 career points on 48 goals and 23 assists for an average of 3.09 points per appearance.

THE FRESHMAN SNIPERPeter Lindley scored a goal on 15 of his 28 attempts for a .536 conversion rate. The Darien, Conn., native falls less than 0.3 attempts per game shy of qualifying for the national rankings for shot percentage. If his .536 conversion rate qualified him, Lindley would trail only trail Stony Brook’s Brody Eastwood (.597; 40-67), Jacksonville’s Chase McIntyre (.556; 15-27) and Boston University’s Adam Schaal (.556; 20-36).

To qualify for the NCAA rankings in shot percentage a player must average 3.0 per game and have played in 75.0 percent of his team’s contests. The next-closest in the CAA to Lindley’s rate on the national board is Delaware’s Beau Jones (.405; 15-37), who is 37th overall.

HATS OFF TO THE MINUTEMENUMass sports five current competitors with at least one career hat trick 10 games into the 2015 campaign. Nick Mariano paces the group with eight, followed by Grant Whiteway’s seven. Brendan Hegarty adds three while Peter Lindley and Andrew Sokol each have two.

MARIANO’S GOAL-SCORING STREAK AMONG THE LONGEST IN NCAA DIVISION INick Mariano has at least one goal in each of the last 17 games played, tied for the fifth-longest streak in NCAA Division I through games on Wednesday, April 8. Johns Hopkins’ Ryan Brown leads the group with at least one goal in each of the last 26 games, followed by Syracuse’s Kevin Rice (24), Bellarmine’s Austin Shanks (21) and Rice’s teammate Dylan Donahue (16). Mariano, who has 33 goals in the streak, is tied with Detroit’s Shayne Adams, Army’s Connor Cook and Albany’s Lyle Thompson. Shanks is the only other sophomore among the top five.

MARIANO’S POINT-STREAK IS UP THERE TOONick Mariano also holds one of the longest streaks of at least one point in consecutive games across Division I men’s lacrosse despite only being a sophomore. Mariano has a minimum of one point in all 23 games he has played at the collegiate level. He sits in 22nd place nationally and owns 71 points via 48 goals and 23 assists so far. Harvard’s Devin Dwyer (30 games, tied 12th) and Denver’s Zach Miller (28 games; tied-16th) are the only sophomores with longer streaks.

2015 UMASS TEAM LEADERSPoints1. Nick Mariano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322. Peter Lindley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243. Gianni Bianchin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174. Dan Muller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165. Brendan Hegarty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Andrew Sokol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Goals1. Nick Mariano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192. Peter Lindley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153. Brendan Hegarty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114. Andrew Sokol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105. Gianni Bianchin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Dan Muller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Assists1. Nick Mariano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132. Peter Lindley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93. Gianni Bianchin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84. Dan Muller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75. Grant Consoletti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Brendan Schroeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Shots1. Nick Mariano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722. Andrew Sokol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433. Gianni Bianchin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364. Brendan Hegarty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345. Dan Muller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Shots On Goal1. Nick Mariano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442. Gianni Bianchin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273. Peter Lindley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224. Brendan Hegarty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205. Andrew Sokol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Shot Percentage (minimum 15 attempted)1. Peter Lindley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (.536; 15-28)2. Grant Whiteway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (.500; 8-16)3. Brendan Hegarty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (.324; 11-34)4. Buddy Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (.316; 6-19)5. Dan Muller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (.290; 9-31)

Groundballs1. Austin Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412. Noah Rak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333. Ryan Izzo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244. Nick Mariano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195. Brendan Hegarty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Caused Turnovers1. Kyle Karaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142. Bob Fahey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103. Ryan Izzo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94. Austin Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85. Brendan Hegarty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Faceoffs Won1. Noah Rak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702. Charlie Schatz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373. Kurt Hunziker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Faceoffs Taken1. Noah Rak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1392. Charlie Schatz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913. Kurt Hunziker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124. Austin Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

HAT TRICKS BY CURRENT MINUTEMENMINUTEMAN CLASS NO. LAST ACCOMPLISHEDNick Mariano Sophomore 8 vs. Penn State (3 G), March 14, 2015Grant Whiteway Senior 7 vs. Brown (3 G), Feb. 28, 2015Brendan Hegarty Sophomore 3 at Hofstra (3 G), March 21, 2015Peter Lindley Freshman 2 vs. Quinnipiac (3 G), March 10, 2015Andrew Sokol Senior 2 vs. Quinnipiac (3 G), March 10, 2015


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TWO DECADES UNDER THE INFLUENCEThe 2014 season marked Greg Cannella’s 20th as the head coach of UMass. The University of Massachusetts graduate is 181-117 overall in his 21st campaign and stands as one of the longest tenured coaches in NCAA D-I. In terms of total D-I experience Cannella is eighth while his 21 years in Amherst place him fifth for longest head coaching tenure at a current school among the 69 head coaches in D-I during the 2015 season.

Cannella has guided the Minutemen to many of the most successful campaigns in program history since being named the head coach on Nov. 9, 1994. The Lynbrook, N.Y., native took the 2006 squad to the NCAA Championship Game and led UMass to the most single-season victories in program history (15) as well as the No. 1 national ranking during the 2012 season, which culminated in the most recent of the team’s eight trips to the NCAA Tournament under Cannella.

A FIRST TIME BETWEEN NEIGHBORSUMass and Quinnipiac met for the first time in men’s lacrosse on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 when UMass defeated the Bobcats, 18-5 at McGuirk Stadium. It went down as the initial meeting in the series despite the schools only being 80 miles apart. It goes as the only contest on the 2015 schedule the Minutemen faced a first-time foe.

FACING HIS ALMA MATERAssistant coach Craig McDonald coached against his alma mater on March 7 when UMass lost at No. 16 Albany, 10-9. McDonald graduated from the University of Albany in 2008 after four seasons on close defense for the Great Danes. McDonald helped Albany reach the NCAA Tournament in 2005 and 2007 while he was named an all-conference honoree on three occasions.

He also coached against the Great Danes as an assistant at Siena in 2011, when the Saints dropped a 12-10 meeting.

MINUTEMEN QUICK TO DISH VS. QUINNIPIACThe 13 assists recorded by UMass during the win over Quinnipiac rank tied for the 10th-most in a single game in NCAA Division I during the 2015 season. It also ties UMass with Delaware for the most by a CAA school in one game during the current campaign as the Blue Hens had as many in their 18-6 win over Holy Cross.

The 13 assists are the most by the Maroon and White since the squad produced as many against Delaware on April 26, 2013 during a 16-9 win. The last time UMass had more in one matchup was when the Minutemen dished out 14 in a 15-3 win over Saint Joseph’s on March 31, 2012.

OVERTIME RESULTSIn besting Penn State, 6-5 during overtime on March 31, 2007, UMass started an eight-game win streak when the contest was tied at the end of regulation. Overall, dating back to the 2006 season, the Minutemen have won 10 of 12 games requir-ing extra minutes, including its 12-11 OT win over No. 14 Ohio State at the Moe’s Lacrosse Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., on Feb. 16, 2014.

CROSSING THE 30-POINT THRESHOLDThe Minutemen recorded 31 points in the win over Quinnipiac through 18 goals and 13 assists. It was the most points in a single game since the win over Drexel in the CAA Championship Game on May 5, 2012, when the squad also posted 18 goals and 13 assists.

PUT ‘EM ON THE BOARDFive freshmen made their debuts during the season-opener vs. Army on Feb. 7. Peter Lindley scored two goals and assisted on another for three points while Buddy Carr added two more points via a goal and assist. Noah Rak won one faceoff, picked up a groundball and assisted on a goal. Jake Marino and Dom St. Laurent also stepped onto the field, but did not record statistics.

Ty Klarner, a redshirt-freshman who missed 2014 due to injury, saw his first minutes with the team at No. 6 North Carolina as a reserve attackman. Rookies Mike Elcock, Jake Lisauskas and Luc Valenza all made their first appearance as a part of the squad against Brown (Feb. 28), alongside sophomore D.J. Smith. Shane Rinkus added his first minutes when he scooped up a groundball against Quinnipiac on March 10.

RAK-ING UP FACEOFF WINSNoah Rak is 45 for his last 81 at the faceoff X during the previous five games for a 55.6 win percentage. His recent success, after he was 25-for-58 during the opening five games (43.1 percent), puts him at 70-for-139 over his first nine collegiate games (50.4 win percentage). He missed the most recent game against Fairfield on April 4 due to injury.

... AND RAK-ING UP GROUNDBALLS TOONoah Rak has 33 groundballs through nine games for an average of 3.67 per appearance, the fourth-most in the CAA and the highest GB total for a UMass freshman since Bobby Hayes had 39 during the 2007 season. He is second among all Minutemen in the category to Austin Spencer’s 35 while his 33 also represents the fifth-most in total groundballs in the CAA. Rak missed the most recent game against Fairfield on April 4 due to injury.

OFFENSE ERUPTS IN WIN OVER THE BOBCATSUMass men’s lacrosse scored 18 goals during the win over Quinnipiac on Tuesday, March 10, the most by the program in one game since an 18-12 victory over Drexel in the CAA Championship Game on May 5, 2012. It ended a streak of 34 consecutive contests with fewer than 18 goals scored. The last time UMass had more than 18 in one game was a 20-10 win over Hartford on Feb. 20, 2010.

RECENT DEFENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS NETS THREE VICTORIESThe Minutemen gave up 14.80 goals per game during the five consecutive losses to begin the 2015 season. Since then, UMass only allows opponents 7.20 goals per game during wins over Quinnipiac, Penn State and Hofstra and the losses at No. 18 Towson and against Fairfield. Redshirt-junior Zach Oliveri improved noticeably in the last five games as he dropped his goals-against average from 14.48 in the five-game losing streak to 7.15 during the latest five contests.

The defense, as a unit, limits foes to 30.4 shots and a .237 shot percentage over the previous five matchups after the squad allowed 38.0 attempts and a .389 shot percentage in the five consecutive losses.

AN UNSELFISH APPROACH TO OFFENSEUMass leads the CAA in assists per game through contests on Wednesday, April 9 as the Minutemen have 70 for an average of 7.00 per game. Fairfield is second at 5.82 per game (64 in 11 contests). The Minutemen were second in the league in assists per game during the 2013 and 2014 seasons after they led the conference in the category during 2012.

It is tied for the 18th-best assists per game mark in the NCAA Division I with Vermont as of games played on Wednesday, April 8. The Minutemen were second in the CAA in assists per game during the 2013 and 2014 seasons after they led the conference in the category during 2012.

IN OVERTIME SINCE 2006(Through games on Saturday, March 28, 2015)

DATE SCHOOL SITE RESULTFeb. 16, 2014 Ohio State N W, 12-11 (OT)March 2, 2013 Brown H L, 8-9 (OT)March 17, 2013 Penn State A W, 9-8 (OT)May 4, 2011* Penn State A W, 10-9 (OT)April 16, 2011 Drexel H W, 11-10 (3OT)April 9, 2011 Towson A W, 9-8 (OT)May 2, 2009 Rutgers A W, 11-10 (OT)April 12, 2008 Hobart H W, 8-7 (OT)March 31, 2007 Penn State H W, 6-5 (OT)March 13, 2007 Albany A L, 9-10 (OT)May 20, 2006# Hofstra N W, 11-10 (OT)

*CAA Tournament // #NCAA Tournament

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HEAD COACH GREG CANNELLA21ST SEASON AT MASSACHUSETTS // UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS ‘88 Recognized as one of the nation’s top lacrosse coaches, Greg Cannella is in his 21st year at the helm of the University of Massachusetts program in 2015. Cannella has brought his Minutemen to eight NCAA Tournaments, won seven tournament games since 1997, claimed seven New England Championships, won five conference titles and guided the Minutemen to a No. 1 national ranking.

Cannella was named the CAA Coach of the Year in 2012, his sixth confer-ence coach of the year honor with the Minutemen. Cannella was also named the ECAC Coach of the Year on four occasions and the New England Coach of the Year five times. In 2006, he earned USILA National Coach of the Year honors after leading UMass to its first-ever lacrosse NCAA Championship Game appearance.

A 1988 UMass graduate, Cannella took the reigns of the UMass program in the fall of 1994 with a great understanding of the program’s storied history. He was a two-time letterwinner under the legendary Dick Garber in the mid-1980s and an assistant coach for two seasons with the Minutemen. Cannella is just the fourth head coach in the program’s history.

Under his tutelage, UMass has enjoyed some of the program’s highest levels of success on and off the field. With a history as one of the top programs in New England, the reputation of UMass lacrosse has spread out across the country thanks in part to Cannella’s leadership. Since taking over as head coach, not only has the team enjoyed success as a whole, but individual players have as well. Cannella has produced three Tewaaraton finalists, 41 All-America selections, 97 All-New England picks, 62 all-conference honorees and eight positional league players of the year. Academically, the program has earned 12 Academic All-American, 34 New England Scholar-Athletes and 29 academic all-conference picks.

Since 2001, UMass has been one of the most successful programs in the country thanks in part to the friendly confines of Garber Field. During that span, Cannella has led UMass to a 73-23 home record, including an 8-1 mark in 2012. Overall, the Minutemen are 131-66 since 2001 with six sea-sons featuring 12 or more wins.

Two of the most historic campaigns in the program’s history have occurred under Cannella’s watch. The 2006 squad became the first-ever New England-based team to reach the NCAA Championship Game, while the 2012 squad went undefeated during the regular-season with a program-best 15 wins and a No. 1 national ranking.

The 2006 season will go down as one of the best for any athletic program at UMass. As an unseeded team, the Minutemen had the most difficult path to a lacrosse championship game in history, beating the 2nd, 3rd and 4th-ranked teams in the nation. UMass topped No. 2 seed Maryland, 8-5 in the semifinals after advancing to its first Final Four with a stunning 11-10 overtime win over Hofstra on May 20, 2006. The miracle comeback saw the Minutemen rally from a 10-5 deficit with 8:03 left in the fourth quarter as UMass won its quarterfinal game at Stony Brook.

During the 2006 campaign, Cannella also had a personal milestone as he recorded his 100th career win after a 12-7 victory at Harvard on March 11.

Individually, that season saw UMass produce two first-team USILA All-Americans for the first time in school history with Sean Morris on attack and Jack Reid being honored on defense. Jake Deane was also named an honorable mention All-American. For the second year in a row, Morris was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy as the top player in all of college lacrosse.

During the 2012 regular season, week-by-week, UMass continued to win games - some in dramatic fashion and others through a relentless fury of goal scoring and a stifling defense. As each week of the regular-season went on, the Minutemen continued to climb higher and higher in the national polls. On April 16, 2012 it became official, the Minutemen were the No. 1 team in the country, marking the first time a UMass athletic program had held the top spot in the country since the 1995-96 NCAA Final Four men’s basketball team. Cannella led the Minutemen to an undefeated regular-season, the program’s first-ever CAA Tournament Title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the 19th time.

Individually, UMass produced six USILA All-Americans, including Will Manny being selected to the first-team. Manny also earned CAA Player of the Year, New England Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award. Cannella was recognized as the CAA Coach of the Year and the New England Coach of the Year.

Other milestone seasons for Cannella include 2005 and 2003, where the Minutemen won 13 games in both campaigns and made a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances.

CANNELLA BY THE NUMBERS1 Rank Cannella led UMass to in the 2012 national polls1 NCAA Tournament Championship Game appearances (2006)2 Letters earned in as many seasons at UMass (1987-88)3 Tewaaraton Award finalists4 ECAC Coach of the Year honors5 New England Coach of the Year awards5 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal appearances7 Seasons with 10 or more victories as the head coach8 NCAA Tournaments as head coach at UMass13 Academic all-America honorees14 Winning seasons leading Massachusetts men’s lacrosse21 Years as head coach with the Minutemen27 Years of coaching experience overall30 Academic all-conference selections37 New England Scholar-Athletes44 All-American selections as UMass’ head coach57 Wins over USILA-ranked opponents65 All-conference award winners64 Points recorded as a Minuteman from 1987-88100 All-New England award recipients at UMass181 Head coaching victories at the helm of the Minutemen2006 Year he was the USILA National Coach of the Year2014 Year of his induction into the NJCAA Hall of Fame


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The 2005 season saw the Minutemen tie the then-school record for wins with a 13-3 overall record. UMass advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the 10th time in program history while winning the ECAC and New England Championships. The season was historic as UMass knocked off Syracuse twice in a three-week span, including a 16-15 win in the NCAA First Round to end the Orange’s 22-year run of reach-ing the NCAA Semifinals. UMass was featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter as well as in Sports Illustrated after the monumental win. Cannella continued to coach some of the nation’s top players as attackman Sean Morris was selected as UMass’ first-ever final-ist for the Tewaaraton Trophy. Morris was one of four All-Americans on the 2005 team, which also featured seven All-New England selections.

The 2003 UMass squad also tied the previous school record with 13 victories, advanced to the NCAA quar-terfinals for only the fifth time in school history and was ranked as high as No. 3 in the country, the then highest ranking ever for the Minutemen. In addition, the Minutemen ended a 24-game losing streak to Syracuse, becoming the first UMass team to defeat the Orangemen in over two decades.

Prior to returning to his alma mater, Cannella spent four years as an assistant coach at Stony Brook from 1988-92. Cannella masterminded the offense and served as the recruiting coordinator on John Espey’s staff. He earned a master’s degree in liberal studies while coaching at Stony Brook.

Cannella earned a bachelor’s degree in physical edu-cation while playing at Massachusetts from 1986-87. He was a two-year starter for the Minutemen and a member of two NCAA Tournament teams. Cannella scored 64 points (33 goals, 31 assists) in his UMass career.

Before playing at UMass, Cannella spent one year at Nassau (N.Y.) Community College, where he was a first team All-America selection and led Nassau to the 1985 Junior College National Title.

A native of Lynbrook, N.Y., Cannella played for three years at Lynbrook High School. One of the most pro-lific scorers in Lynbrook history, Cannella was a high school All-America selection and still ranks among Lynbrook’s all-time leading scorers.

Cannella served as the President of the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in 1998, 1999 and 2000, and served as the Vice President in 1997. Cannella is currently the chairman of the annual NEILA Scholar Athlete Team, which he started in 1999. He has also served on the NCAA Championships Regional Advisory Committee that selected the teams for the NCAA Tournament in 1997, 1998 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Cannella was a regional voter in the USILA/STX weekly poll from 1997-2001 and has served as a USIlA regional voter for All-Americans since 2003. He now serves on the prestigious committee to help select the Tewaaraton Award, a honor given to the nation’s top player.

Cannella was born on Sept. 2, 1965, in Rockville Centre, N.Y. He and his wife, Laurie, reside in Hadley with their son Vance and daughter Virginia.

CANNELLA’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COLLEGE COACHING RECORDSeason Program Position Record Postseason Note(s)1989 Stony Brook Assistant Coach 10-4 -1990 Stony Brook Assistant Coach 12-2 -1991 Stony Brook Assistant Coach 8-5 -1992 Stony Brook Assistant Coach 7-7 -1993 Massachusetts Assistant Coach 10-5 NCAA Tournament1994 Massachusetts Assistant Coach 9-5 NCAA Tournament1995 Massachusetts Head Coach 7-6 NCAA Tournament1996 Massachusetts Head Coach 7-5 -1997 Massachusetts Head Coach 9-6 NCAA Quarterfinals1998 Massachusetts Head Coach 7-5 -1999 Massachusetts Head Coach 4-8 -2000 Massachusetts Head Coach 6-8 -2001 Massachusetts Head Coach 12-1 ECAC Co-Champions2002 Massachusetts Head Coach 12-4 ECAC Champions; NCAA Quarterfinals2003 Massachusetts Head Coach 13-3 NCAA Tournament2004 Massachusetts Head Coach 7-7 -2005 Massachusetts Head Coach 13-3 ECAC Champions; NCAA Quarterfinals2006 Massachusetts Head Coach 13-5 NCAA Tournament Finalists2007 Massachusetts Head Coach 7-7 -2008 Massachusetts Head Coach 5-9 -2009 Massachusetts Head Coach 9-6 ECAC Champions; NCAA Tournament2010 Massachusetts Head Coach 8-6 CAA Semifinalists2011 Massachusetts Head Coach 10-5 CAA Finalists2012 Massachusetts Head Coach 15-1 CAA Champions; NCAA Tournament2013 Massachusetts Head Coach 7-8 CAA Semifinalists2014 Massachusetts Head Coach 7-6 -2015 Massachusetts Head Coach 3-7 -At UMass As Head Coach 21st Year 181-117 Eight NCAA Tournament Appearances As Assistant Coach Two Years 19-10 Two NCAA Tournament Appearances Overall 23rd Year 200-127 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances

At Stony Brook Assistant Coach Four Years 37-18 -

Overall Two Programs 27th Year 238-145 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances

CANNELLA’S MARQUEE HEAD COACHING VICTORIESFirst Win As Head Coach March 25, 1995; Massachusetts 13, Boston College 425th Win As Head Coach March 7, 1998; Massachusetts 13, Fairfield 450th Win As Head Coach April 18, 2001; Massachusetts 11, Harvard 575th Win As Head Coach April 19, 2003; Massachusetts 11, Georgetown 8100th Win As Head Coach March 11, 2006; Massachusetts 12, Harvard 7125th Win As Head Coach March 7, 2009; Massachusetts 7, Harvard 3150th Win As Head Coach February 10, 2012; Massachusetts 12, Army 9175th Win As Head Coach Saturday, March 1, 2014; Massachusetts 15, Brown 2

First CAA Win March 27, 2010; Massachusetts 11, Hofstra 9

First CAA Tournament Victory May 4, 2011; Massachusetts 10, Penn State 9 (OT)First CAA Championship Game Victory May 5, 2012; Massachusetts 18, Drexel 12

First NCAA Tournament Victory May 10, 1997; Massachusetts 6, Hofstra 4First NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal Victory May 20, 2006; Massachusetts 11, Hofstra 10 (OT)First NCAA Tournament Semifinal Victory May 27, 2006; Massachusetts 8, Maryland 5


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UMass men’s lacrosse and head coach Greg Cannella announced the addition of Craig McDonald as an assistant coach on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. McDonald spent the previous three seasons at Rutgers, where he coached the defense and served as the team’s recruiting coordinator.

In 2013, McDonald mentored Big East Goalie of the Year Kris Alleyne while the squad pulled in four all-league selections following the 2014 campaign. Prior to working with the Rutgers men’s lacrosse program, McDonald was on-staff at Siena to help the team win the Mid-American Athletic Conference and advance to the 2011 NCAA Tournament.

McDonald joined the collegiate coaching ranks in 2008 when he was named an assistant at Union College under 1999 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Paul Wehrum. While at Union College, McDonald filled roles as the defensive and recruiting coordinator. In 2010, under McDonald’s tutelage, the Dutchmen ranked second among all NCAA Division III programs for scoring defense and fifth for man-down defense while goalie Sean Aaron earned the lowest goals-against average nationally at 5.69 given up per game.

McDonald played four seasons at Albany from 2005-08, totaling three all-conference selections as a starter on close defense for the Great Danes. The native of Geneva, N.Y., helped the squad make NCAA Tournament appearances in 2005 and 2007 while the program won 41 games during his playing tenure, an average of more than 10 victories per season.

ASSISTANT COACH CRAIG MCDONALDFIRST SEASON AT UMASS // ALBANY ‘08

UMass men’s lacrosse head coach Greg Cannella announced the hir-ing of Brian Jacovina as assistant coach on Sept. 14, 2011. The former UMass star was also an assistant at Rutgers and spent four seasons coaching at St. John’s. Jacovina fills the vacancy left when Kevin Burns was named head coach at Bellarmine University on Aug. 16, 2011.

Through three full seasons as an assistant with the Minutemen, Jacovina has guided the UMass offense, including 2012 USILA First Team All-American and Tewaaraton Award Finalist Will Manny. Jacovina assists Cannella in implementing attack strategies while simultaneously helping out with opponent scouting and coordinating the day-to-day administra-tive needs of the program.

Jacovina most recently was at Rutgers as an assistant coach throughout the summer of 2011, serving as the offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator with the Scarlet Knights under head coach Brian Brecht.

Prior to that, Jacovina served as assistant coach at St. John’s for the 2008-11 seasons under head coach Jason Miller. Guiding the goalies and midfielders, Jacovina gained valuable experience coaching on both the offensive and defensive ends of the field.

While at St. John’s, the team showed steady improvement offensively in his four seasons, averaging a high of 8.36 goals per contest in 2011. Jacovina also served as the program’s video coordinator, travel coor-dinator and assistant recruiting coordinator during his tenure with the Red Storm.

Jacovina was the Denver Outlaws’ 2007 first round Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft selection. He began the 2008 season with Denver before being picked up by the Boston Cannons for the remainder of the campaign. A terrific two-way midfielder in his four years as a Minuteman, Jacovina was a three-time All-New England selection. He took home New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Eighth Division I All-New England Senior Scholar Athlete honors as well as Face-Off Magazine Preseason Third Team All-America.

Jacovina finished his UMass career with 84 points on 30 goals and 54 assists and collected 94 ground balls over 60 games. A consistent offen-sive threat, Jacovina record 26 total points in his sophomore and junior seasons before securing 24 as a senior.

Jacovina graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 2007 with a degree in sport management.

ASSISTANT COACH BRIAN JACOVINAFOURTH SEASON AT UMASS // MASSACHUSETTS ‘07

UMass men’s lacrosse head coach Greg Cannella announced Doc Schneider has returned to the staff as a volunteer assistant coach on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. Schneider previously helped Cannella during the 2010-14 seasons after he completed a stellar playing career with the Minutemen from 2006-09.

Schneider will work with the goalies and will assist in on- and off-field game preparations. As an assistant coach from 2010-14, Schneider was responsible for various components of the direction of the defense.

Through Schneider’s tutelage, three-year starter Tim McCormack devel-oped into a USILA All-American and First Team All-New England selec-tion at goalie in 2012. Schneider simultaneously coached the Minutemen defense, including the man-down unit, which featured all-America selec-tions Jake Smith (2012-13), Tom Celentani (2012) and Diogo Godoi (2010).

Schneider returns to the coaching ranks after he pursued opportuni-ties in the private sector following the completion of the 2014 collegiate lacrosse season.

As a student-athlete at Massachusetts, Schneider was a four-year starter from 2006-09, racking up the second-most saves in program his-tory (753). Schneider owned a 7.98 goals-against average and .611 save percentage for his career while earning 34 victories in net. A 2009 USILA All-American and Tewaaraton Award finalist, the Massapequa, New York, native, also received all-New England honors on four occasions, competed in the USILA North-South All Star Game and was named the ECAC Goalie of the Year as a senior.

Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Schneider was the highest draft-ed goalie in Major League Lacrosse during 2009, eventually helping the Toronto Nationals win the MLL Championship alongside former Minuteman Jeff Zywicki. In the championship game, Schneider back-stopped the Nationals with 12 saves after picking up the semifinal victory over Long Island.

VOLUNETEER ASSISTANT DOC SCHNEIDERSIXTH SEASON AT UMASS // MASSACHUSETTS ‘09

UNDERGRADUATE VOLUNTEER JAMES FAHEYFIRST SEASON AT UMASS // MASSACHUSETTS ‘15James Fahey, a four-year competitor on the men’s lacrosse team from 2011-14, joined the coaching side of the game as a undergraduate volun-teer assistant with the program in the Fall 2014. He will assist the staff in various capacities throughout 2014-15.

Fahey competed for the Minutemen as a student from 2011-14. In his senior season, Fahey led the squad in caused turnovers with 20 and had the most groundballs on the close defense and the second-highest total on the team with 31. He participated in 39 career contests with 15 starts and accumulated 53 groundballs with 28 caused turnovers.

Prior to his UMass days, Fahey was a four-year letterwinner on defense at St. John’s Preparatory School under coaches John Roy, Brian Roy and Jared Monico. At St. John’s, Fahey scooped up 70 groundballs, had eight goals and dished out three assists in leading his team to a state title as a senior in 2010 and was a three-time first team all-conference honoree in 2008, 2009 and 2010.


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I’M GOING STREAKING!Connor Mooney had at least one point in each of the final 18 games of his career (48 on 27 goals and 21 assists) to hold the title among Minutemen for longest streak with a minimum of one point in a contest through the end of the 2014 season.

The senior midfielder was the leading scorer among active men’s lacrosse players with 99 career points on 61 goals scored and 38 assists at the end of 2014. He had at least one point in 43 of his 57 appearances as a Minuteman, including 26 of the 28 games played during the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

With Mooney’s graduation, the streak for most consecutive games with at least one point transitions to sophomore Nick Mariano, who had at least one in each of the 23 games played during his career at UMass (71 on 48 goals and 23 assists).

WHITEWAY GETS SURGICALGrant Whiteway, who missed the opening three games of the year due to injury, has eight goals over 16 shots during his seven appearances as a senior. His .875 shots on goal mark is the highest among Minutemen with more than three attempts, as he is 14-of-16 in putting attempts on-cage entering play against Hartford. His .500 shot percentage is also the second-highest on the squad among Minutemen with at least 10 shots attempted.

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART ISGarber Field has proven to be one of the toughest home field advantages in all of college lacrosse as UMass has posted a 77-26 record (74.8 win percent) at Garber since the beginning of the 2001 season.

The squad has won at least four home games in 11 of the last 14 seasons, including a program-record 10 victories in 2003 and another nine wins in Amherst, Mass., during 2012.

The Minutemen played their first four home games of 2015 at McGuirk Stadium, UMass women’s lacrosse and football’s facility, due to winter weather-related damage to the playing surface at Garber. They are 2-3 at McGuirk in 2015.

YOUNG GUNS GET IT DONEThrough 10 games of the 2015 season, the underclassmen (those in their first or second seasons of active competition) represent 78.2 percent of the total offensive output with 78 of the 100 goals (78.0 percent) and 55 of the 70 assists (78.6 percent).

With a roster heavy on youth in 2014 as well, the then-freshman class provided a boost to the offense, resulting in seven wins. The first-year players scored 50 of the 119 Minuteman goals (42.0 percent) among seven players in Nick Mariano (29 goals), Jeff George (10), Grant Consoletti (six), Brendan Hegarty (two), Gianni Bianchin (one), Joe Romano (one) and Paul Spinney (one).

CANNELLA APPROACHING 300 GAMES AS UMASS HEAD COACHUMass men’s lacrosse head coach Greg Cannella is in his 21st season as the program leader with 298 games guiding the Minutemen to his ledger. Cannella is 181-117 in those contest (60.7 win percent-age). He will coach his 300th game at the helm of the program on April 18 versus Drexel.

TEAM CAA STATISTICS(Through games on Saturday, March 28, 2015)

Category CAA-Only All GamesPoints 22 (2) 155 (t-3)Points/Gm. 11.00 (3) 17.22 (t-1)Goals 12 (2) 91 (4)Goals/Gm. 6.00 (t-3) 10.11 (3)Assists 10 (t-1) 64 (1)Assists/Gm. 5.00 (t-1) 7.11 (1)

Shots 56 (2) 299 (6)Shots/Gm. 28.00 (3) 33.22 (5)Shot Pct. .214 (4) .304 (1)Shots On Goal 30 (t-3) 187 (5)Shots On Goal/Gm. 15.00 (t-3) 20.78 (4)

Man-Up Goals 3 (2) 13 (t-3)Man-Up Goals/Gm. 1.50 (2) 1.44 (t-3)Man-Up Scoring Pct. .375 (t-1) .351 (3)Man-Down Goals 0 (t-1) 0 (t-2)

Groundballs 54 (2) 256 (6)Groundballs/Gm. 27.00 (t-2) 28.44 (4)Fewest Turnovers 24 (6) 122 (3)Fewest Turnovers/Gm. 12.00 (3) 13.56 (3)Caused Turnovers 10 (t-3) 67 (4)Caused Turnovers/Gm. 5.00 (t-5) 7.44 (1)

Goals Allowed 13 (5) 94 (5)Goals-Against Average 6.50 (3) 11.11 (6)

Saves 22 (1) 103 (3)Saves/Gm. 11.00 (4) 11.44 (1)Save Pct. .629 (3) .507 (4)

Faceoffs Won 15 (2) 102 (5)Faceoff Pct. .484 (3) .464 (5)

Penalties 15 (1) 44 (6)Penalties/Gm. 7.50 (1) 4.89 (6)Penalty-Kill Pct. .600 (5) .571 (6)

INDIVIDUAL CAA STATISTICS(Through games on Saturday, March 28, 2015)

Minuteman Category CAA-Only All GamesG. Bianchin EMGs/Gm. 0.50 (t-2) -

B. Hegarty Points/Gm. 2.00 (t-8) - Goals/Gm. 1.50 (t-8) - GWGs 1 (t-1) -

P. Lindley Assists/Gm. 1.00 (t-7) -

N. Mariano Points/Gm. 2.00 (t-8) 3.33 (3) Goals/Gm. 1.50 (t-8) 2.00 (t-5) Assists/Gm. - 1.33 (5) EMGs/Gm. 0.50 (t-2) 0.44 (4) Shots/Gm. 5.50 (t-10) 7.33 (4)

Z. Oliveri GAA 6.50 (3) 10.58 (6) Save Pct. .629 (3) .517 (3) Saves/Gm. 11.00 (3) 10.11 (1)

N. Rak Faceoffs Won 10 (2) 70 (3) Faceoff Pct. .417 (6) .504 (6) GBs/Gm. - 3.67 (4)

C. Schatz Faceoff Pct. .714 (2) -

B. Schroeder Assists/Gm. 1.00 (t-7) -

A. Sokol Assists/Gm. 1.00 (t-7) - EMGs/Gm. 0.50 (t-2) - Shots/Gm. 5.50 (t-10) -

A. Spencer GBs/Gm. - 3.89 (3)

AT GARBER FIELD SINCE 2001(Through the end of the 2014 season)

SEASON RECORD WIN PCT.2001 7-1 .8752002 6-1 .8572003 10-1 .9092004 5-2 .7142005 8-0 1.0002006 7-1 .8752007 4-3 .5712008 3-4 .4292009 4-2 .6672010 4-2 .6672011 5-2 .7142012 9-1 .9002013 2-3 .4002014 3-3 .500TOTAL 77-26 .748


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IZZO NAMED TO 2015 TEWAARATON AWARD WATCH LISTUMass redshirt-senior short-stick defensive midfielder Ryan Izzo was one of 50 men chosen to the initial 2015 Tewaaraton Award Watch List, as announced on Thursday, Feb. 26. Izzo, a short-stick defensive midfielder, has 107 career groundballs with 31 caused turnovers.

A 2014 USILA All-America selection, Izzo helped the Minutemen with 25 groundballs, six caused turnovers and four points via two goals and a pair of assists as a redshirt-junior. The short-stick defensive midfielder also tallied NEILA All-Region in 2014 while he has previously been named to the All-CAA and CAA All-Tournament listings.

Albany’s Lyle and Miles Thompson took home the honor as co-Tewaaraton Award selections last year. Izzo’s CAA brethren, Andrew Hodgson (Towson), Sam Llinares (Hofstra) and Nick Saputo (Drexel), also appear on the initial 2015 watch list.

THE SMALL SET OF SENIORSThe 2015 senior class of short-stick defensive midfielder Ryan Izzo, midfielder Chas Robino, short-stick defen-sive midfielder Brendan Schroeder, midfielder Andrew Sokol, close defenseman Peter Von Rosenvinge and attackman Grant Whiteway is one of the smallest in the nation. Of all men’s lacrosse programs in at least their fourth season of NCAA Division I competition, the six-member senior class at UMass ranks tied as the ninth-smallest.

It is the second consecutive year the Minutemen sported one of the smallest senior classes. In 2014, the five-man set ranked as the sixth-smallest among programs in at least their fourth year of NCAA Division-I competition.

A SHOOTING PERCENTAGE AMONG THE NATION’S HIGHESTUMass scored 100 goals on 335 shots for the 20th-highest shot percentage in the nation (.299) over the open-ing 10 games of the season. The conversion rate is the highest among CAA teams, followed by Fairfield’s .294 conversion rate (23rd).

Peter Lindley’s .560 mark (14-of-25) leads the way during 2015, followed by Grant Whiteway’s eight goals on 16 attempts (.500 shot percentage). The team’s best single-game shot percentage came against Quinnipiac when UMass scored on 18 of its 31 shots for a .429 conversion rate.

THE YOUNGSTERS ON ATTACKMassachusetts sported an all-sophomore starting attack versus No. 20 Army and No. 6 North Carolina in Grant Consoletti, Brendan Hegarty and Nick Mariano. As freshmen, the trio combined for 54 points (4.2 points per game). Through 10 games of 2015 these sophomores have 54 points combined via 31 goals and 23 assists (5.4 points per game).

Freshman Peter Lindley supplanted Consoletti in the starting lineup following the contest at North Carolina. He is the second-leading scorer on the team through 10 games with 24 points on 15 goals and nine assists.

MINUTEMEN COMPLETE 800TH GAME IN PROGRAM HISTORY AT TOWSONThe UMass men’s lacrosse program, which debuted as a varsity team in 1954, completed its 800th game when the squad faced Towson at Johnny Unitas Stadium on Saturday, March 28. Massachusetts sports a 520-278-3 overall record in its 62nd season of competition, a .651 win percentage.

PINPOINT ACCURACYJunior defensive midfielder Brendan Schroeder scored five career goals for the Minutemen over his first five shots attempted. He was the only active UMass men’s lacrosse student-athlete with as many shots taken in his career to record a goal on each attempt before he missed wide on his sixth career attempt during the 18-5 win over Quinnipiac on Tuesday, March 10.

OHIO MACHINE PICK RYAN IZZO IN 2015 MLL DRAFTUMass redshirt-senior short-stick defensive midfielder Ryan Izzo was selected by the Ohio Machine in the 2015 Major League Lacrosse draft on Jan. 23. He was selected in the fourth round with the 27th overall pick and the second of the night for Ohio.

He is the 26th Minuteman drafted into MLL all-time and first since Will Manny, Jake Smith and Colin Fleming were chosen during the 2013 edition of the event.

IZZO COLLECTS 100TH CAREER GROUNDBALLRyan Izzo picked up his 100th career groundball during the game at No. 18 Towson on Saturday, March 28. Izzo, who is a mainstay on the faceoff unit as well as a part of the clear and ride personnel in addition to his work on defense, set a career high with 52 in 2013 after he had six in his first year of competition. The Walpole, Mass., native added 25 in 2014 and has 24 more through 10 games of his final year.

He is the active leader among Minutemen for career groundballs and caused turnovers, which he has 31 of.

2015 G-A-P BY POSITIONGoals (Percent of Total) Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 (54.0)

Midfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 (46.0)

Defense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 (0.0)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Assists (Percent of Total)Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 (48.6)

Midfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 (50.0)

Defense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (1.4)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Points (Percent of Total)Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 (51.8)

Midfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 (47.6)

Defense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (0.6)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

2015 PRESEASON ALL-CAACAA Preseason Player of the YearSam Llinares, Hofstra, Attack

Preseason All-CAA TeamSam Llinares, Hofstra, AttackNick Mariano, Massachusetts, AttackColin McLinden, Fairfield, AttackCole Shafer, Drexel, AttackRyan Belka, Drexel, MidfieldBrian Kormondy, Delaware, Midfield*Mike Malave, Hofstra, MidfieldTJ Neubauer, Fairfield, MidfieldRyan Reilly, Hofstra, Long-Stick MidfieldTyler Barbarich, Delaware, Faceoff*Nick Saputo, Drexel, FaceoffMax Buchanan, Fairfield, Close Defense*Kyle Karaska, Massachusetts, Close DefenseJoJo Ostrander, Towson, Close DefenseFinn Sullivan, Hofstra, Close DefenseConor Peaks, Delaware, GoalkeeperChris Selva, Hofstra, Goalkeeper

*Honorable mention

CAA PRESEASON POLLRk. Team (1st Place Votes) Points1. Hofstra (4) 292. Drexel (2) 253. Fairfield 214. Towson 205. Massachusetts 156. Delaware 10


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MARIANO SPIES THOSE OFFENSIVE ZONE GROUNDBALLSNick Mariano was second among all CAA attackmen with 1.92 groundballs per game (25 total) in 2014. Mariano had at least one in each of his 13 appearances and has earned multiple in nine contests, including a career-best three against Providence on March 11, No. 14 Ohio State on Feb. 16 and Delaware on April 25. He trailed Lance Yapor of Hofstra, who earned 2.25 per contest (36).

In 2015, Mariano has 19 through 10 games for an average of 1.90 per contest. He is tied for second in the Colonial Athletic Association among attackmen with Sam Llinares (19; 1.73). Fairfield’s Tristan Sperry (26; 2.36 per contest) leads the way as of games played on Wednesday, April 8.

SUSTAINING SUCCESSUMass ranks among the most successful programs in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse since the beginning of the 2001 season as the Minutemen are 141-79 during that span (64.1 win percentage). Massachusetts is ninth in terms of most wins. The squad trails Denver (150) for eighth and is one ahead of Princeton.

CLEARLY THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOBThe Minutemen performed nearly perfect on clears during the final six games of 2014 and went 70-for-78 in the category in the process (89.7 percent). Overall on the season, UMass was 14th-best nationally in clearing (88.6) and successfully completed at least 90.0 percent of its attempts in seven games.

Massachusetts has a nearly identical clearing percentage through 10 games of the 2015 schedule as the Minutemen are 142-of-167 so far (85.0 percent).

WILL MANNY PARTICIPATES IN 2015 TEAM USA CHAMPIONS CHALLENGEMen’s lacrosse alumnus Will Manny (2010-13) was one of eight attackmen selected to the 40-man Team USA roster for the 2015 edition of the Champions Challenge. Manny had a goal and assist for Team USA White, in Naples, Florida, on Saturday, Jan. 17 when the side dropped a 15-7 game to Team USA Blue.

THREE ALUMNI CHOSEN IN MLL SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFTThree former UMass men’s lacrosse standouts - Anthony Biscardi, Brett Garber and Ryan Hollenbaugh - were selected during the 2015 Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft on Dec. 17. The Boston Cannons took Garber and Hollenbaugh while the New York Lizards added Biscardi.

SCHNEIDER REJOINS COACHING STAFF AS A VOLUNTEER ASSISTANTUMass men’s lacrosse head coach Greg Cannella announced Doc Schneider has returned to the staff as a volunteer assistant coach on Dec. 4. Schneider previously helped Cannella during the 2010-14 seasons after he completed a stellar playing career with the Minutemen from 2006-09.

Schneider will work with the goalies and will assist in on- and off-field game preparations. As an assistant coach from 2010-14, Schneider was responsible for various components of the direction of the defense and goalie units. Schneider returns to the coaching ranks after he pursued opportunities in the private sector following the completion of the 2014 collegiate lacrosse season.

BRINGING IN THE HARDWARE ALREADYSix University of Massachusetts men’s lacrosse incoming freshmen received U.S. Lacrosse High School All-America honors during July 2014 in recognition of their final scholastic seasons. Buddy Carr, Peter Lindley, Jake Lisauskas, Noah Rak, Peter Sconzo and Dom St. Laurent were each recog-nized for their achievements during their respective Spring 2014 campaigns.

HOMEGROWN TALENTThirteen of the 37 players on the UMass men’s lacrosse roster for the 2015 season hail from Massachusetts (35.1 percent). This core of commonwealth natives includes the third-highest scorer on the 2014 squad in Grant Whiteway and USILA All-American short-stick defensive midfielder Ryan Izzo as well as key close defensemen Bob Fahey and Kyle Karaska.

Following Massachusetts, the next-most common home state among Minutemen is New York (10), while no other has more than four UMass men’s lacrosse student-athletes calling it home.

MEN’S LACROSSE VS. CANCER FUNDRAISER RAISES NEARLY $10,000UMass men’s lacrosse used its fall ball schedule to join forces with the Vs. Cancer Foundation and raise funding for the battle against childhood cancer. The fundraising effort culminated in the team’s scrimmage with Rutgers men’s lacrosse on Saturday, Oct. 11, as the squads combined to raise more than $15,000.

Half of all proceeds will benefit national childhood cancer research and the other half will help kids directly undergoing treatment at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. UMass raised $9,518 in total via donations from 38 fundraisers.

2015 G-A-P BY CLASSGoals (Percent of Total) Senior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 (21.0)Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (2.0)Sophomore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 (52.0)Freshman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 (25.0)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Assists (Percent of Total)Senior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (18.6)Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (2.9)Sophomore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 (57.1)Freshman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 (21.4)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Points (Percent of Total)Senior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 (20.0)Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (2.4)Sophomore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 (54.1)Freshman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 (23.5)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170*Minutemen who have used a redshirt season are part of the class listed with their name on the official team roster.

MOST WINS SINCE 2001 BY SCHOOL(Through games on Wednesday, April 10, 2015)

RK. SCHOOL RECORD CONFERENCE1. Duke 191-68 (.737) ACC2. Syracuse 180-58 (.756) ACC3. Virginia 170-64 (.726) ACC Maryland 170-70 (.708) Big Ten5. Cornell 165-59 (.737) Ivy League Johns Hopkins 165-60 (.733) Big Ten7. Notre Dame 156-61 (.719) ACC8. Denver 150-60 (.714) Big East9. Massachusetts 141-79 (.641) CAA10. Princeton 140-73 (.608) Ivy League11. Hofstra 138-89 (.608) CAA12. North Carolina 137-83 (.623) ACC13. Georgetown 134-77 (.635) Big East14. Bucknell 131-85 (.606) Patriot League15. Loyola (Md.) 130-79 (.622) Patriot League Ohio State 130-89 (.594) Big Ten17. Army 128-95 (.574) Patriot League Albany 128-103 (.554) America East19. Colgate 125-97 (.563) Patriot League20. Navy 124-89 (.582) Patriot League Drexel 124-95 (.566) CAA Stony Brook 124-102 (.549) America East23. Towson 122-104 (.540) CAA24. Yale 119-85-1 (.583) Ivy League 25. Villanova 117-103 (.532) Big East


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PROGRAM ALUM EFOSA GUOBADIA BEGINS 8+ MONTH WORLD TRIP Men’s lacrosse alumnus Efosa L. Guobadia (2004-07) will embark on an 8+-month trip around the world at the end of November. Guobadia will focus on service work and international connections and relationship building as he attempts to capture a perspective of physical therapy, health and service from around the world. His journey will take him through 20 countries in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania, before returning back to the U.S.

AN INFLUX OF YOUTHUMass has 12 freshmen on the roster among 37 total student-athletes (32.4 percent) in 2015. Alone, the freshman class equals the junior and senior ones combined. The dozen-man class comprises the second-most individuals on the team to the sophomores (13). The junior and senior classes are evenly split at six apiece.

IZZO, VON ROSENVINGE CAPTAIN UMASS LACROSSE IN 2015University of Massachusetts men’s lacrosse head coach Greg Cannella announced redshirt seniors Ryan Izzo and Peter Von Rosenvinge as the 2015 team captains on Thursday, Jan. 8. Izzo, a midfielder with 44 career games played and 28 appearances in the starting lineup, has 83 groundballs and 22 caused turnovers with 10 points via seven goals and three assists. He was a captain last season as a junior. Von Rosenvinge owns 15 career appearances as a reserve close defenseman, including 10 during the 2014 season when he was a redshirt-junior.

KARASKA, MARIANO CHOSEN FOR 2015 PRESEASON ALL-CAAJunior close defenseman Kyle Karaska and sophomore attackman Nick Mariano were picked for the 2015 edition of Preseason All-CAA. Karaska started at close defense for the second consecutive season and tallied 20 groundballs with nine caused turnovers en route to an All-CAA Second Team nod as a sophomore in 2014. Mariano, named the rookie of the year by the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) and CAA, led UMass with 39 points via 29 goals and 10 assists as a freshman in 2014.

MCDONALD JOINS COACHING STAFF AS AN ASSISTANTThe University of Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team and head coach Greg Cannella announced the addi-tion of Craig McDonald as an assistant coach on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. McDonald spent the previous three seasons at Rutgers, where he coached the defense and served as the team’s recruiting coordinator.

Prior to working with the Rutgers men’s lacrosse program, McDonald was on-staff at Siena to help the team win the Mid-American Athletic Conference and advance to the 2011 NCAA Tournament. He joined the coaching ranks in 2008 following his graduation from Albany when he spent a year coaching under 1999 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Paul Wehrum at Union College.

McDonald played four seasons at Albany from 2005-08, totaling three all-conference selections as a starter on close defense for the Great Danes. The native of Geneva, N.Y., helped the squad make NCAA Tournament appearances in 2005 and 2007 while the program won 41 games during his playing tenure.

A ROOKIE SHALL LEAD THEMRookie attackman Nick Mariano’s success on attack placed him among the NCAA leaders for freshman goal producers in 2014. He ranked first among rookies in goals per game (2.23) with his 29 in 13 appear-ances and tied for sixth in total goals scored. Mariano had at least one point in each game - one of the two Minutemen (Connor Mooney) to do so while Mariano scored at least one goal in all but one contest and had multiple in nine outings.

LEVEILLE HELPS TEAM USA TO SECOND PLACE AT FIL CHAMPIONSHIPFormer University of Massachusetts men’s lacrosse standout Kevin Leveille (2000-03) helped lead the United States National Team to a second place finish at the 2014 FIL World Championship. Leveille tallied 15 points on 14 goals and an assist over six appearances, including three goals when Team USA fell to Canada, 8-5 in the championship game on July 19, 2014.

MINUTEMAN PROUDFor the third consecutive season, the coaching staff features three graduates of the University of Massachusetts. Greg Cannella played two seasons under legendary head coach Dick Garber in 1986-87 and accumulated 64 career points in the process before he joined the coaching staff as an assistant in 1993-94 and took over as head coach in 1995.

USILA All-American and Major League Lacrosse Champion Doc Schneider is in his sixth year assisting Cannella after playing in goal from him from 2006-09. Schneider owns the second-most saves in UMass history (753) and was a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award. He is a volunteer assistant in 2015 after five years guiding the defense.

Brian Jacovina is in his fourth season back in the Maroon and White after he played for the squad from 2003-07. As a competitor, Jacovina was a three-time NEILA All-New England choice that earned 84 career points before he spent two years playing in Major League Lacrosse.

UMASS 100-POINTS CLUB(Through Saturday, April 4, 2015)

Rk. Minuteman Seasons G-A-P1. Jeff Spooner 1974-77 134-141-2752. Jim McAleavey 1988-91 95-171-2663. Jim Weller 1979-82 162-94-2564. Mark Millon 1990-93 155-58-2135. Will Manny 2010-13 107-94-2016. Lee Vosburgh 1978-81 97-100-1977. Scott Hiller 1987-90 135-55-1908. Sean Morris 2003-06 98-89-1879. Tom Carmean 1985-87 88-98-18610. Brooks Sweet 1978-79 106-66-17211. Brendan Glass 1994-97 131-39-17012. Kevin O’Connor 1967-69 92-71-16313. Kevin Leveille 2000-03 105-54-15914. Chrin Corin 1978-81 87-71-15815. Charles Hardy 1971-72 37-111-14816. Tom Malone 1969-70 75-72-14717. Jeff Zywicki 2001-05 103-40-14618. Art Kell 2008-12 91-49-140 Norm Smith 1976-79 74-66-14020. Fred Menna 1976-77 55-78-133 Mike Valente 1992-95 48-85-13322. Kevin Patterson 1975-77 113-19-13223. Kyle Smith 2010-13 79-46-12524. Rich Kunkel 1998-01 89-35-12425. Rob Codignotto 1987-90 84-36-12026. Marc Morley 1999-02 79-39-118 Gene Tundo 2002-05 52-66-11828. Chris Fiore 2000-03 83-32-115 Greg Fisk 1983-86 70-45-11530. Tim Soudon 1987-90 84-30-11431. Gary Vassar 1967-69 56-55-11132. Kelly Carr 1985-88 72-38-110 Wes Depp 1991-94 84-26-11034. Paul Ritch 1970-72 82-26-10835. Jim Connolly 2006-07, ‘09 90-17-107 Peter Connolly 1972-75 47-60-107 Mike Fiorini 1982-85 65-42-10738. Tim Balise 2006-09 81-20-101 Frank Garahan 1973, ‘75 91-10-10140. John Madigan 1998-01 66-34-100-- Nick Mariano* 2014-pr. 48-23-71 Grant Whiteway* 2012-pr. 54-14-68

*Active points leaders at UMass during 2015


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LOOK WHO’S BACK, BACK AGAINUMass returns 24 players from the 2014 squad, including seven starters from one year ago. The returning starters include Grant Consoletti (sophomore; attack), Bob Fahey (junior; close defense), Ryan Izzo (redshirt-senior; midfield), Kyle Karaska (junior; close defense), Nick Mariano (sophomore; attack) and Grant Whiteway (senior; attack). The 24 returnees break down in their primary positions to 10 midfielders, six attackmen, five close defensemen, two goalies and one faceoff specialist.

ROAD TRIPPIN’Among all Minutemen, Grant Consoletti trekked the furthest to play for head coach Greg Cannella at the University of Massachusetts, as Consoletti calls Thousand Oaks, Calif., home. A distance of roughly 2,550 miles directly across the country from his town on the Pacific Coast to the Berkshires, Consoletti is the second Minuteman to hail from California in recorded program history and the first since Bob Woodbury (Van Nuys, Calif.) lettered for UMass in 1962 and 1963. The hometowns of the two are only approximately 25 miles apart.

IZZO EARNS FIRST CAREER USILA ALL-AMERICA AWARD IN 2014The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) awarded short-stick defensive midfielder Ryan Izzo a spot on the organization’s 2014 all-America listing on May 22. Izzo was tabbed an honorable mention recipient after he provided 25 groundballs and six caused turn-overs during the 2014 season.

The honor marks the 135th all-America award issued to a Minuteman by the USILA and the 44th during head coach Greg Cannella’s 20 completed seasons leading the program.

MINUTEMEN PREVALENT ON 2015 MLL ROSTERSSix former Minutemen are set to compete on Major League Lacrosse rosters entering the league’s 2015 season. Below is a complete list of UMass men’s lacrosse alumni, their years active with the Minutemen and the MLL team they play for.

SLAYING GIANTSGreg Cannella continues to challenge his squad with contests against nationally talented programs. In the process, Cannella guided UMass to at least three victories over USILA Top-20 foes in four of the last five seasons and owns 57 wins versus nationally ranked foes during his tenure at the helm of the program.

Dating back to the 1973 season, the earliest available poll data from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, the Minutemen have also secured the most single-season top-20 wins as a program under Cannella with seven during 2003 as well as six in 2006 when UMass reached the NCAA Tournament Championship Game.

Seven of the 13 opponents set for 2015 started the year in the preseason poll while three more are received votes for the USILA Top-20. Army was the first of those as the Black Knights ranked No. 20 overall on Saturday, Feb. 7. UMass’ next opponent, North Carolina, was No. 6 while the Minutemen challenged No. 12 Harvard in their third game of the year. Brown was not ranked during competition against the Minutemen but now occupies the No. 10 spot in the rankings while Albany was No. 16 on game day.

UMASS MEN’S LACROSSE IN 2015 WHEN...Playing a Colonial Athletic Association game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Playing a non-conference game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Scoring first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0The opponent scored first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Out-shooting the opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3The opposition out-shot UMass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3Shots were tied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

Leading at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Tied at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Trailing at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

The game went to overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

Scoring at least 10 goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2Scoring fewer than 10 goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5The opposition scored 10 or more goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6The opposition scored fewer than 10 goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1Playing in a one-goal game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3Playing in a two-goal game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0When the margin is 5-9 goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3When the margin is greater than 10 goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Playing at home (McGuirk Stadium) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3Playing at home (Garber Field). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Playing on the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4Playing at a neutral site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Playing a game that started in the morning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Playing a game in the afternoon (Noon-to-5 p.m.) . . . . . . . . . . 3-7Playing a night game (starting at 5 p.m. or later) . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Playing on Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Playing on Friday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Playing on Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

In games played during February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4In games played during March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2In games played during April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Facing a top-25 opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5

Come-from-behind wins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Losses after leading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CURRENT MINUTEMEN VS. HARTFORDMINUTEMAN GP-GS G-A-P GB CT FO SVS SV % GA GAAGianni Bianchin 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Grant Consoletti 1-1 1-0-1 0 0 - - - - -Bob Fahey 2-1 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Dylan Gruder 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Brendan Hegarty 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Kurt Hunziker 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Kyle Karaska 2-2 0-0-0 1 1 - - - - -Ryan Izzo 3-2 1-0-1 11 2 - - - - -Nick Mariano 1-1 3-1-4 2 0 - - - - -James Marusi 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Dan Muller 1-0 1-0-1 0 0 - - - - -Zach Oliveri 2-2 0-0-0 2 0 - 16 .485 17 8.66Kevin Porzelt 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Chas Robino 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Joe Romano 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Brendan Schroeder 2-0 1-0-1 2 1 - - - - -Andrew Sokol 3-0 1-2-3 2 1 - - - - -Austin Spencer 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Vincent Travaglini 1-0 0-0-0 2 1 - - - - -Peter Von Rosenvinge 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Tyler Weeks 1-0 0-0-0 0 0 - - - - -Grant Whiteway 3-2 5-1-6 3 0 - - - - -

MINUTEMEN ON 2015 MLL ROSTERS(As of Thursday, April 9, 2015)

Name Years (UMass) MLL Team Years (Pro)Jim Connolly 2006-09 Boston Cannons SixthBrett Garber 2004-07 Boston Cannons NinthRyan Hollenbaugh 2010-13 Boston Cannons ThirdRyan Izzo 2011-pr. Ohio Machine FirstWill Manny 2010-13 Boston Cannons ThirdKyle Smith 2010-13 Boston Cannons Second


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JAMES FAHEY NOW AN UNDERGRADUATE VOLUNTEERJames Fahey became part of the men’s lacrosse coaching staff in the Fall 2014 as he finishes up his undergraduate degree as the University of Massachusetts. Fahey will assist the coaching staff in various aspects of the program’s day-to-day operation.

Fahey competed for the Minutemen as an undergraduate student from 2011-14. In his senior season, Fahey led the squad in caused turnovers with 20 and had the most groundballs on the close defense and the second-highest total on the team with 31. He participated in 39 career contests with 15 starts and accumulated 53 groundballs with 28 caused turnovers.

LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN FOR WHITEWAYGrant Whiteway’s seven goals scored against Providence on March 11, 2014 marked a single-game best for the then-junior and made him the only current Minuteman to notch as many in one game while it put him only one short of tying the program mark for the most scored in one contest.

The last Minuteman to have as many in one game was Will Manny when he netted seven at Army on Feb. 10, 2012 - a span of 34 games between the performances. Whiteway’s seven over the Friars put him in a tie for the seventh-most earned dur-ing one game in NCAA Division I in 2014 by the end of the season.

A trio of former men’s lacrosse players share the program record of eight goals. Larry Treadwell scored eight against Trinity on May 12, 1959, Tom Malone had as many versus New Hampshire on May 6, 1969 and Robert Codignatto notched eight against Army on April 21, 1990.

CANNELLA NETS 175TH HEAD COACHING VICTORYFollowing his 20th season leading UMass, head coach Greg Cannella now owns more than 175 career wins. Cannella has led the Minutemen since the 1995 season and has won 10 or more games during seven campaigns while he has guided the Minutemen to eight NCAA Tournament appearances. Cannella is 181-117 overall (.607 win percentage) through the first 10 games of the 2015 season. His 175th career win came in the 15-2 victory at Brown on March 1.

COMING ON STRONGGrant Whiteway has 54 goals through 44 games played, with 40 of those tal-lies coming during the previous 24 contests alone. His recent run of dominance includes a then-career-high five goals notched against No. 17 Drexel on April 13, 2013, and a personal-best seven tallies that helped UMass defeat Providence, 16-11 on March 11, 2014. Nearly 75 percent of his career goals have been earned just during his current streak.

Whiteway did not play in any of the opening three games of 2015 due to injury, but had a hat trick on three shots taken versus Brown (Feb. 28). Through seven games played as a senior, he has eight goals on only 16 shots, all but two of which he directed on-cage.

RARE GOALS FROM LONG POLESCurrent undergraduate volunteer coach and former close defenseman James Fahey scored his only2 career goal during UMass’ 8-4 win over Harvard on Feb. 22, 2014 - the first one tallied by a close defenseman or longpole midfielder since Ryan Hollenbaugh earned two against Drexel in the CAA Championship Game on May 5, 2012, a span of 18 contests between longpole goals.

Austin Spencer added a long-pole goal from the midfield position in transition against Quinnipiac to give the Minutemen their first since Fahey’s tally.

ALIVE WHEN HOLDING THEM TO FIVEUMass men’s lacrosse has limited opponents to five of fewer goals on 14 occasions since the beginning of the 2009 season and has claimed victory in each contest. The Minutemen won one such game in 2009 and 2010 before adding two more deci-sions in 2011 and five in 2012. During 2013, Massachusetts kept foes to five or fewer tallies once more before starting 2014 with the 6-5 victory at Army, adding an 8-4 win over Harvard on Feb. 22 and stifling Brown, 15-2 on March 1.

The Minutemen earned their first such performance of 2015 with the 18-5 drubbing of Quinnipiac on Tuesday, March 10.

TWO IS ALSO A LONELY NUMBERUMass held Brown to only two goals scored during the 15-2 win at Stevenson Field on Saturday, March 1, 2014. It marked the first time Massachusetts limited a team to two or fewer goals in a game since March 21, 2001, when it defeated Boston College, 23-2. It is only the third time in Greg Cannella’s 20 years as head coach the Minutemen have allowed two or fewer goals. The other instance was a 6-2 win over Yale on April 26, 1995 - Cannella’s first season as the program leader.

“GARBER’S GORILLAS” EXPLAINEDFor the past 50 years, the University of Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team has held the unofficial nickname of “Gorillas.” In 1965, UMass took in its first high-profile recruit, Kevin O’Connor, from New York. His girlfriend, poking a bit of fun at the relatively diminutive size of the Minutemen players at the time, drew a picture of a gorilla donning a lacrosse helmet with a stick in its hand. The art major and members of the team made stickers of the newly adopted moniker and put them everywhere, including their helmets. Thus, the nickname, “Garber’s Gorillas” and style of play, “Gorilla Lacrosse” were born.

FOREIGN IMPORTSAfter sporting a roster comprised entirely of student-athletes born in the United States of America during each of the last eight seasons, UMass has two Canadian nationals competing for the Minutemen. It is the third time multiple Canadians have played in Amherst overall and the first instance since Ontario natives Craig Conn and Jeff Zywicki lettered in 2002.

Gianni Bianchin hails from Stoney Creek, Ontario, but attended high school at Trinity Pawling in Pawling, N.Y. He was ranked as an Inside Lacrosse Top-50 Canadian Player during his scholastic career and was a first team all-league selec-tion in 2012 when he accumulated 77 points. In his native Ontario he was part of the provincial squad that won national championships in 2010 and 2011. He has 13 points through six goals and seven assists through seven games of 2015.

Ty Klarner joined the Minutemen from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, where he attended Terry Fox Secondary School. Klarner produced 320 career points on 212 goals and 108 assists and was named the No. 8 player from Canada during his junior season according to Inside Lacrosse. The 6-foot-1 attackman also played box lacrosse for the Port Coquitlam Junior Saint “A” Team. Klarner, a redshirt-freshman in 2015, scored his first collegiate goal during the win over Quinnipiac on March 10.

WELLER INDUCTED INTO UMASS ATHLETICS HALL OF FAMEMen’s lacrosse alumnus Jim Weller (1979-82), the program’s all-time goals leader, was one of six former student-athletes inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Weller recorded 162 goals during his four sea-sons in Amherst while his 256 career points is the third-most ever recorded by a Minuteman.


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UMASS VS. RANKED TEAMS1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-41974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-71984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-51986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-41987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-41999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-82000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-72001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5During The 1970s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-21During The 1980s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-38During The 1990s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-48During The 2000s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-32During The 2010s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-16Under Head Coach Greg Cannella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-76Overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112-157* USILA rankings available beginning in 1973

I.L. MEDIA TOP-20 POLL(Week Eight Poll - April 6, 2015)

Rk Team Record Pts.1 Notre Dame (25) 7-1 5192 Syracuse (1) 8-1 4943 Maryland 9-1 4654 North Carolina 11-1 4445 Denver 8-2 4186 Virginia 8-3 338T7 Yale 8-2 337T7 Duke 7-4 3379 Albany 8-2 33110 Cornell 7-3 31711 Ohio State 9-3 23912 Brown 8-2 21013 Army 8-3 20314 Stony Brook 9-2 16915 Towson 8-3 15816 Marquette 9-2 14417 Georgetown 7-4 12518 Princeton 6-3 10519 Loyola (Md.) 6-5 3820 Fairfield 7-4 27

Also Receiving Votes: Colgate, Harvard, Navy, Johns Hopkins, Hobart, Richmond

2015 season opponents italicized

USILA TOP-20 POLL(Week Eight Poll - April 6, 2015)

Rk Team Record Pts.1 Notre Dame (20) 7-1 4192 Syracuse 8-1 3983 Maryland (1) 9-1 3774 North Carolina 11-1 3565 Denver 8-2 3396 Virginia 8-3 2917 Duke 7-4 2828 Albany 8-2 2619 Yale 8-2 26010 Cornell 7-3 23811 Ohio State 9-3 20612 Brown 8-2 16213 Army 8-3 13914 Princeton 6-3 12615 Marquette 9-2 11516 Towson 8-3 11117 Georgetown 7-4 9818 Stony Brook 9-2 9619 Loyola (Md.) 6-5 6520 Fairfield 7-4 27

Also Receiving Votes: Colgate, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Navy , Penn


LAX MAGAZINE TOP-20 POLL(Week Eight Poll - April 6, 2015)

Rk Team Record Prev.1 Notre Dame 7-1 12 Syracuse 8-1 23 Maryland 9-1 34 North Carolina 11-1 45 Denver 8-2 66 Virginia 8-3 57 Duke 7-4 78 Cornell 7-3 89 Yale 8-2 1010 Ohio State 9-3 1411 Albany 8-2 912 Georgetown 7-4 1513 Marquette 9-2 1114 Brown 8-2 1215 Princeton 6-3 1316 Towson 8-3 1817 Army 8-3 1918 Loyola (Md.) 6-5 2019 Stony Brook 9-2 NR20 Harvard 5-5 NR

Also Receiving Votes (alphabetical): Colgate, Fairfield, Johns Hopkins, Navy


NEILA NEW ENGLAND POLL(Seventh Poll - April 6, 2015)

Rk Team Record Prev.1 Brown (2) 8-1 12 Yale (3) 8-2 23 Harvard (1) 5-5 44 Fairfield 7-4 3T5 Massachusetts 3-7 5T5 Holy Cross 5-6 77 Boston University 6-4 68 Bryant 3-7 8

Also Receiving Votes: Providence, Dartmouth, Hartford



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7 // GIANNI BIANCHINATTACK/MIDFIELD // SOPHOMORE // 5-10

STONEY CREEK, ONTARIO // TRINITY PAWLING (N.Y.) HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SOPHOMORE: Scored once on four shots during the season-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Dished out two assist at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14), his first career multi-point game ... Added a goal of his own and helped out on another at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Tallied twice against Brown (2/28), his first career multi-goal game ... Assisted on one goal at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Totaled two points (one goal, one assist) with a groundball versus Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Scored one goal and helped out on two others during the win over Penn State (3/14) ... Earned another three-point performance with two goals and an assist during the 9-7 win at Hofstra (3/21) ... Totaled a goal - the 10th of his UMass career - and groundball against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Finished the season with one goal on six shots over as many games played ... Missed the start of the year due to injury ... Appeared for the first time during the win at No. 5 Penn State (3/15) ... Attempted a pair of shots against Hartford (3/22), putting one on-frame ... Attempted one shot during the loss at Drexel (4/12) ... Scored his first collegiate goal against No. 12 Hofstra (4/19).

BEFORE UMASS: Earned three letters as an attackman and midfielder at Trinity Pawling High School in Pawling, N.Y. ... Also played for Edge Junior Elite ... Was a member of the 2010 and 2011 Team Ontario National Championship-winning squads ... Was a 2012 First Team All-Founder’s League selection as the Pride’s leading scorer, accumulating 77 points as a junior ... Was ranked as a top-50 Canadian player by Inside Lacrosse during his scholastic career.

OF NOTE: One of two Canadian-born Minutemen, joining British Columbia native Ty Klarner ... Name is pronounced, “jee-AH-knee bee-AHN-kin.”

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 2, twice, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Assists: 2, twice, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Points: 3, twice, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Multi-Goal Games: 2, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Multi-Assist Games: 2, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Multi-Point Games: 5, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Consecutive Games With 1+ Point: 8 (Feb. 7, 2015 - March 21, 2015)Groundballs: 1, 5x, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2014 6-0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 02015 10-0 9 8 17 4 0 36 5 0Total 16-0 10 8 18 4 0 42 5 0

35 // BUDDY CARRMIDFIELD // FRESHMAN // 6-0

EXETER, N.H. // EXETER HIGH SCHOOL2015 - FRESHMAN: Had a goal and assist for two points with a groundball during the season-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Totaled a goal and groundball at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Added three points via a goal and two assists versus Brown (2/28) ... Assisted on one tally during the 18-5 win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Picked up two groundballs and scored a goal in the win over Penn State (3/14) ... Scored twice for his first collegiate multi-goal performance and collected two groundballs against Fairfield (4/4).

BEFORE UMASS: Attended Exeter High School ... Also played for the New Hampshire Tomahawks ... 2014 New Hampshire Boys Lacrosse Division I Co-Offensive Player of the Year ... 2014 New Hampshire Boys Lacrosse Division I All-State First Team ... Invited to the 2014 Twin State All-Star Game to compete for Team New Hampshire ... 2014 United States Lacrosse High School All-American.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 2, vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Assists: 2, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Points: 3, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Multi-Goal Games: 1, vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Multi-Assist Games: 1, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Multi-Point Games: 2, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Groundballs: 2, twice, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2015 10-0 6 4 10 2 0 19 7 0


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10 // GRANT CONSOLETTIATTACK // SOPHOMORE // 6-2

THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. // OAK PARK HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SOPHOMORE: Scooped up a groundball and took one shot during the sea-son-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Helped on two scores, his second career multi-assist game, at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Notched his third assist of the season and the 10th of his career at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Scored a goal on his only shot and assist on one other during the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Added two more assists during the win over Penn State (3/14) ... Picked up a personal-best three groundballs at No. 18 Towson (3/28).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Finished fifth on the squad with 13 points earned on six goals and seven assists ... Totaled 20 shots, with 12 placed on-cage ... Also scooped up three groundballs ... Had at least one point in nine of his 12 appearances ... Started, scored a goal and nabbed one groundball in his first college game, the 6-5 win at Army (2/8) ... Helped out on one goal for his first collegiate assist when UMass defeated No. 14 Ohio State, 12-11 in overtime at the Moe’s Southwest Grill Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., on Feb. 16 ... Added his second goal during the home-opener against Harvard on Feb. 22 ... Helped out on one tally as the Minutemen defeated Brown (3/1) on the road ... Scored his third goal of the year against No. 18 Albany (3/8) ... Assisted Connor Mooney in scoring a last-second goal dur-ing the first quarter against Providence (3/11) ... Scored a goal on his only shot against Hartford (3/22) ... Notched an assist and picked up a groundball against Towson (4/5) ... Earned a personal-best four points via two goals and as many assists while picking up a groundball at Drexel (4/12) ... Did not play against No. 12 Hofstra on April 19 due to injury ... Returned from injury at Delaware (4/25) as a reserve attackman.

OF NOTE: Only current Minuteman from California and one of only two recorded in the history of UMass men’s lacrosse along with 1962 and 1963 letterman Bob Woodbury, who hailed from Van Nuys, Calif.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 2, at Drexel (April 12, 2014)Assists: 2, 3x, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Points: 4, at Drexel (April 12, 2014)Multi-Goal Games: 1, at Drexel (April 12, 2014)Multi-Assist Games: 3, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Multi-Point Games: 4, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Groundballs: 3, at #18 Towson (March 28, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2014 12-11 6 7 13 1 1 20 3 02015 10-2 1 6 7 0 0 7 6 0Total 22-13 7 13 20 1 1 27 9 0

32 // DAN DOLANGOALIE // FRESHMAN // 6-0

GARDEN CITY, N.J. // GARDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOLBEFORE UMASS: Was a standout goalkeeper at Garden City High School ... Participated in the Jake Reed Blue Chip Camp ... Coached by Joe Jacovina, brother of UMass assistant coach Brian Jacovina ... Played for the Long Island Outlaws 2014 Black and participated in the LI Rising Juniors Showcase, Maverick Showtime, Brine Shootout and Team MVP Camp, where he was selected to the all-star game ... Backstopped Garden City to the 2013 New York State Class B Championship with eight saves to beat Jamesville-DeWitt, 13-8.

OF NOTE: Last name is pronounced, “DOUGH-lin.”

26 // MIKE ELCOCKDEFENSE // FRESHMAN // 6-3

NEEDHAM, MASS. // NEEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL2015 - FRESHMAN: Saw his first minutes against Brown (2/28) and also played against Quinnipiac (3/10) as a reserve close defenseman.

BEFORE UMASS: Played scholastically at Needham High School ... 2014 EMass Boys Lacrosse All-America Second Team ... 2013 Bay State Conference Boys Lacrosse First Team All-Star ... 2013 MIAA Boys Lacrosse Preseason All-State Team ... 2013 BostonLax All-American Game selection as a junior ... Boston Globe Boys Lacrosse All-Scholastic Team ... Played for the 128 Lacrosse Club as well ... Also competed for the Needham football and basketball teams ... Listed as an ESPN Boston “Five On The Rise” selection after he hauled in six passes for 148 yards and a touchdown against Mansfield during the 2013 playoffs ... Played wide receiver and defensive back for Needham football.

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2015 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

44 // BOB FAHEYDEFENSE // JUNIOR // 6-2

WESTFORD, MASS. // BISHOP GUERTIN (N.H.) HIGH SCHOOL2015 - JUNIOR: Began the season with two caused turnovers and a groundball against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Had a groundball and caused turnover at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Added another groundball in the contest against Brown (2/28) ... Totaled a caused turnover and groundball at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Totaled three caused turnovers and as many groundballs in the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Caused a pair of turnovers and scooped up one groundball in the victory at Hofstra (3/21) ... Tallied a groundball and caused turnover against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - SOPHOMORE: Started all 13 games at close defense, causing seven turn-overs and scooping up 12 groundballs ... Had at least one groundball in nine of 13 games ... His groundball and caused turnover numbers were single-season personal-bests ... Caused a turnover and picked up one groundball in his first start on close defense in the 6-5 win at Army (2/8) ... Added another groundball and caused turnover during the 12-11 win over No. 14 Ohio State in overtime at the Moe’s Southwest Grill Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., on Feb. 16 ... Nabbed two groundballs and caused a Brown turnover as the Minutemen defeated the Bears on the road, 15-2 on March 1 and picked up a loose ball during the final minutes when UMass held off No. 5 Penn State for an 8-6 win on March 15 ... Had a career day against Towson (4/5) with three caused turnovers and as many groundballs ... Caused another turnover during the game at Drexel (4/12).

2013 - FRESHMAN: Scooped up a trio of groundballs and caused one turnover during nine appearances in his first campaign ... Made his first appearance on the Massachusetts defense at Albany (3/5) ... Saw considerable time on defense against No. 18 Penn State (3/16), helping keep Nittany Lions leading scorer T.J. Sanders without a goal on the contest while recording his first collegiate ground-ball and caused turnover ... Picked up a groundball each at Saint Joseph’s (3/30) and Towson (4/6) ... Capped the year with an appearance on close defense in the CAA Tournament Semifinals at No. 9 Penn State (5/1).

OF NOTE: Part of the quartet of current Minutemen who competed at Bishop Guertin (N.H.) High School, joined by classmate Kyle Karaska, sophomore Paul Spinney and freshman Dom St. Laurent.

CAREER HIGHSGroundballs: 3, twice, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 3, twice, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2013 9-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12014 13-13 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 72015 10-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10Total 32-23 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 18


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5 // DYLAN GRUDERMIDFIELD // SOPHOMORE // 6-1

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. // SMITHTOWN WEST HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SOPHOMORE: Made his first appearance as a reserve against No. 20 Army (2/7), when he provided one groundball ... Matched his play against Army with another groundball at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Scored his first collegiate goal and added a groundball at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Had another GB during the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) and loss at No. 18 Towson (3/28) ... Collected two ground-balls against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Appeared in all 13 games as a freshman with six groundballs and four caused turnovers ... Played in his first collegiate game during the win at Army (2/8) ... Saw time in the midfield during UMass’ 12-11 win over No. 14 Ohio State in overtime on Feb. 16 ... Caused a pair of turnovers to help UMass hold Harvard to four goals in an 8-4 win on Feb. 22 ... Rotated into the midfield during the 15-2 win at Brown on March 1 ... Scooped up two groundballs and caused one turnover against No. 18 Albany (3/8) ... Added another groundball against Towson (4/5) and one more against No. 12 Hofstra (4/19) ... Caused one turnover and grabbed a groundball at Delaware (4/25).

BEFORE UMASS: Four-year letterwinner at Smithtown West High School for head coaches Bob Moltisanti and Sean Keenan ... All-league honoree as a senior in 2013 ... 2010 Rising-Sophomore Suffolk Team ... 2011 Rising-Junior Suffolk Team ... 2012 Rising-Senior Suffolk Team ... Capped his scholastic career with 20 points as a senior on 12 goals and eight assists while helping Smithtown West to a 16-3 record and an appearance in the Suffolk Class A Semifinals ... Smithtown West finished 60-14 during his four seasons with the program ... Earned three letters in basketball at Smithtown West and was an honor roll student.

OF NOTE: Last name is pronounced, “GREW-durr.”

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21, 2015)Points: 1, at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21, 2015)Groundballs: 2, twice, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 2, vs. Harvard (Feb. 22, 2014)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2014 13-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 42015 10-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 7 0Total 23-0 1 0 1 0 0 4 13 4

40 // BRENDAN HEGARTYATTACK // SOPHOMORE // 6-1

SETAUKET, N.Y. // WARD MELVILLE HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SOPHOMORE: Had a groundball and caused turnover in the season-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Picked up two groundballs and forced No. 6 North Carolina into one turnover on Feb. 14 ... Notched his first collegiate hat trick and finished with a career-best four points on three goals and an assist at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Totaled two points via a goal and assist, scooped up a career-high three groundballs and caused a turnover versus Brown (2/28) ... Earned his second career hat trick and second over the previous three games with three goals at No. 16 Albany (3/7), when he added three groundballs and a caused turn-over ... Provided his third collegiate hat trick with three goal - including the game-winning tally - at Hofstra (3/21) ... Scooped up four groundballs, dished out an assist and caused one turnover at No. 18 Towson (3/28) ... Scored a goal, assisted on another and picked up a groundball against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Appeared in 10 games, including two as a starter ... Scored two goals on the year, including one game-winner ... Caused a turnover and picked up one groundball ... Tallied 10 shots, including five on-target attempts ... Saw his first minutes with the Minutemen against No. 14 Ohio State in the 12-11 overtime victory at the Moe’s Southwest Grill Classic on Feb. 16 in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Took a shot during UMass’ win at Brown (3/1) ... Earned four shots and caused one turnover against No. 18 Albany (3/8) ... Scored his first collegiate goal following a pass from Grant Whiteway during the win over Providence on March 11 ... Added his second goal in as many games when UMass won at No.5 Penn State, 8-6 on March 15 ... Made his first collegiate start in place of an injured Grant Consoletti vs. No. 12 Hofstra on April 19 ... Also started at Delaware (4/25) in the season finale and nabbed his first groundball.

BEFORE UMASS: Earned four letters for head coach Mike Hoppey at Ward Melville High School ... Two-time all-county selection (2012-13) ... New York Class A State Championship MVP as Ward Melville finished 22-0 during his senior year ... Scored four goals and assisted on one more during the 16-4 victory over West Genesee to claim the 2013 state title for Ward Melville ... Was also a three-year varsity running back at Ward Melville, taking home all-division laurels as a senior ... Helped scholastic squad reach Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse No. 1 national ranking in 2013 with 64 points on 47 goals and 17 assists ... Ward Melville went 69-9 during Hegarty’s four seasons competing for the program.

OF NOTE: Is the younger brother of Tyler Hegarty, who lettered for UMass men’s lacrosse in 2012 and currently plays for Connecticut College.

CAREER HIGHS & MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 3, 3x, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Assists: 1, 4x, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Points: 4, at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21, 2015)Multi-Goal Games: 3, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Multi-Point Games: 5, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Hat Tricks: 3, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Groundballs: 4, at #18 Towson (March 28, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 2, at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2014 10-2 2 0 2 0 0 10 1 12015 10-10 11 4 15 1 1 34 17 7Total 20-12 13 4 17 1 1 44 18 8


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25 // KURT HUNZIKERMIDFIELD // JUNIOR // 6-2

TOPSFIELD, MASS. // MASCONOMET HIGH SCHOOL2015 - JUNIOR: Appeared as a reserve short-stick defensive midfielder against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Picked up his first groundball of the year at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Earned his first collegiate point on an assist and scooped up a groundball versus Brown (2/28) ... Earned his first goal as a Minuteman against Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Helped out on one goal, scooped up a groundball and caused a turnover in the win vs. Penn State (3/14) ... Scored a goal, picked up two ground-balls and won five faceoffs against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - SOPHOMORE: Was not a member of the active roster.

2013 - FRESHMAN: Saw time in 13 contests during his first year, mainly playing during man-down situations and as a defensive midfielder ... Made his first col-lege appearance playing in the midfield against Army (2/10) ... Also came in as a reserve midfielder and defenseman against No. 4 North Carolina (2/16) ... Subbed in as a defender at Harvard (2/23), scooping up a groundball ... Added appear-ances in the lineup with UMass faced Albany (3/5), Bucknell (3/9), Penn State (3/16), Lehigh (3/20), Hartford (3/23) and Towson (4/6) ... First caused turnover came against No. 17 Drexel (4/13) ... Rotated in as a defensive midfielder, includ-ing on man-down situations, against Delaware (4/26) and #9 Penn State during the CAA Tournament Semifinals (5/1).

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 1, twice, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Assists: 1, twice, last vs. Penn State (March 15, 2014)Points: 1, 4x, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Groundballs: 2, vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 1, twice, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Faceoffs Won: 5, vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Faceoffs Taken: 12, vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A P Shots FO Pct. GB CT2013 13-0 0 0 0 0 0-2 00.0 1 12014 --- Not a member of the active roster ---2015 10-0 2 2 4 2 5-12 41.7 5 1Total 23-0 2 2 4 2 5-14 35.7 6 2

3 // RYAN IZZOMIDFIELD // REDSHIRT-SENIOR // 5-9

WALPOLE, MASS. // WALPOLE HIGH SCHOOL2015 - REDSHIRT-SENIOR: Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2/26) ... NEILA Preseason All-New England First Team ... Co-captain alongside classmate Peter Von Rosenvinge ... Tallied a groundball in the season-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Had his first goal of the season and picked up a loose ball at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Added two more GBs at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Scored a goal, picked up two groundballs and caused a pair of turnovers vs. Brown (2/28) ... Scooped up a single-game career-best eight groundballs and forced a pair of turnovers at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Caused a personal-best three turnovers and scooped up a pair of groundballs in the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Scored on his only shot and caused a turnover versus Penn State (3/14) ... Scooped up four groundballs at No. 18 Towson (3/28), including the 100th of his career ... Collected four groundballs and caused one turnover against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - REDSHIRT-JUNIOR: USILA All-America Honorable Mention ... NEILA All-New England First Team ... NEILA Preseason All-New England First Team ... Assisted on one of Grant Whiteway’s goals as UMass defeated Army, 6-5 on the road to begin the season on Feb. 8 ... Earned his second career multi-point game with a goal and assist to help UMass by No. 14 Ohio State, 12-11 in overtime as part of the Moe’s Southwest Grill Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., on Feb. 16 ... Scooped up a pair of groundballs against Harvard (2/22) ... Added another ground-ball grabbed during the win at Brown (3/1) ... Picked up two groundballs and caused one turnover during the win over Providence (3/11) ... Provided a ground-ball and a caused turnover during the win at No. 5 Penn State (3/15) ... Caused a turnover and picked up four groundballs at No. 19 Fairfield (3/18) ... Nabbed another four groundballs in the win over Hartford (3/22) ... Provided his second goal of the season against Towson (4/5) ... Caused a turnover and picked up a groundball at Drexel (4/12) ... Had two caused turnovers and a groundball against No. 12 Hofstra (4/19) ... Scooped up three groundballs at Delaware (4/25).

2013 - REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE: NEILA All-New England First Team ... All-CAA Second Team ... CAA All-Tournament Team ... Started all 15 games, recording the second-most groundballs on the squad with 52 while causing 10 turnovers ... Earned three points on the year with two goals and an assist ... Notched a game- and then-career-high seven groundballs against No. 4 North Carolina (2/16) ... Added three groundballs and a pair of caused turnovers during the 8-6 UMass win over Harvard (2/23) ... Collected six groundballs against Brown (3/2) and five more at Albany (3/5) ... Scooped up four groundballs and had a caused turnover in UMass’ 6-4 win at No. 16 Lehigh ... Finished the Hartford (3/23) contest with five groundballs ... Recorded a pair of goals at Saint Joseph’s (3/30), his first two of the season ... Notched a caused turnover to go with three groundballs at Towson (4/6) ... Earned his first collegiate assist during UMass’ battle with No. 17 Drexel (4/13) ... Picked up four groundballs during the 9-8 win over No. 20 Hofstra.

OF NOTE: Holds the Massachusetts scholastic football scoring and touchdowns records with 722 career points and 101 touchdowns ... Named the 35th-best high school midfielder by Inside Lacrosse in 2010.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 2, at Saint Joseph’s (March 30, 2013)Assists: 1, 3x, last vs. #14 Ohio State (Feb. 16, 2014)Points: 2, 2x, last vs. #14 Ohio State (Feb. 16, 2014)Multi-Goal Games: 1, at Saint Joseph’s (March 30, 2013)Multi-Point Games: 2, last vs. #14 Ohio State (Feb. 26, 2014)Groundballs: 8, at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 3, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2011 --- Redshirted season due to injury ---2012 16-0 3 0 3 0 0 3 6 62013 15-15 2 1 3 0 0 10 52 102014 13-13 2 2 4 0 0 4 25 62015 10-10 3 0 3 0 0 8 24 9Total 54-38 10 3 13 0 0 25 107 31


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37 // KYLE KARASKADEFENSE // JUNIOR // 6-1

GROTON, MASS. // BISHOP GUERTIN (N.H.) HIGH SCHOOL2015 - JUNIOR: NEILA Preseason All-New England Second Team ... Preseason All-CAA Team ... Provided three groundballs and a caused turnover against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Tallied a pair of groundballs at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Recorded a career-best four caused turnovers at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Caused a pair of turnovers versus Brown (2/28) ... Picked up a groundball and caused a turnover at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Had three groundballs and as many caused turnovers in the win over Penn State (3/14) ... Notched another three-GB perfor-mance in the win at Hofstra (3/21) ... Produced a pair of caused turnovers and two groundballs at No. 18 Towson (3/28) ... Earned three groundballs with a caused turnover against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - SOPHOMORE: All-CAA Second Team ... Earned single-season career-highs with 20 groundballs and nine caused turnovers while starting each of the 13 games played in 2014 ... Picked up a groundball while starting on close defense at Army on Feb. 8 ... Grabbed one groundball against No. 14 Ohio State (2/16) ... Caused two turnovers and scooped up a groundball against Harvard (2/22) ... Assisted on one goal, picked up four groundballs and caused two turnovers during the win at Brown on March 1 ... Nabbed a pair of groundballs during the win over Providence (3/11) ... Notched two groundballs when UMass won at No. 5 Penn State (3/15) ... Caused a Hartford turnover and secured one ground-ball during the victory over Hartford (3/22) ... Picked up three groundballs and caused a turnover against Towson (4/5) ... Added two groundballs and as many caused turnovers against No. 12 Hofstra (4/19) ... Secured one caused turnover at Delaware (4/25).

2013 - FRESHMAN: Was called into action due to an injury to James Fahey and made 13 starts among 14 appearances on the year as a close defenseman ... Scooped up 13 groundballs and caused a pair of turnovers on the year alongside veteran close defense starters and seniors Ryan Hollenbaugh and Jake Smith ... Took four penalties totaling three minutes and 30 seconds ... Made his first appearance as a Minuteman during the 12-11 come-from-behind victory No. 4 North Carolina (2/16) as the UMass defense held the Tar Heels scoreless in the final quarter ... Started on close defense at Harvard on Feb. 23, earning single-game career-highs with four groundballs scooped up and two turnovers caused in the Minutemen victory over the Crimson ... Had a pair of groundballs at Albany (3/5) ... Earned one groundball at Saint Joseph’s (3/30) ... Totaled three groundballs as Massachusetts defeated No. 20 Hofstra, 9-8 on the road at Shuart Stadium on April 20 in a come-from-behind effort ... Ended his freshman season with a groundball at No. 9 Penn State during the CAA Tournament Semifinal Round (5/1).

OF NOTE: Part of the quartet of current Minutemen who competed at Bishop Guertin High School, joined by classmate Bob Fahey, sophomore Paul Spinney and freshman Dom St. Laurent ... Last name is pronounced, “KUH-rask-uh.”

CAREER HIGHSAssists: 1, at Brown (March 1, 2014)Points: 1, at Brown (March 1, 2014)Groundballs: 4, 2x, last at Brown (March 1, 2014)Caused Turnovers: 4, at #12 Hartford (Feb. 21, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2013 14-13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 22014 13-13 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 92015 10-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 14Total 37-36 0 1 1 0 0 0 51 25

9 // TY KLARNERATTACK // REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN // 6-1

PORT COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA

TERRY FOX SECONDARY SCHOOL2015 - REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN: Made his first collegiate appearance when he rotated into the lineup at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Took his first shot at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Scored his first collegiate goal in the win over Quinnipiac (3/10).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Did not compete due to injury ... Redshirted the season.

BEFORE UMASS: Earned four letters on attack for head coach Derek Wintermans at Terry Fox Secondary School, which competes as part of British Columbia High School Division I ... Helped the squad to a provincial championship as a senior in 2012 and a VIC Championship as a sophomore in 2010 ... Totaled 84 points on 51 goals and 33 assists as a senior ... Produced 320 career points on 212 goals and 108 assists ... Played Box Lacrosse for the Port Coquitlam Saints Junior “A” Team ... Was a first team all-star in the British Columbia Intermediate “A” Box Lacrosse Division ... Named the No. 8 player from Canada during his junior year according to Inside Lacrosse ... Scored five goals in British Columbia’s Alumni Cup victory over Team Ontario for the province’s first title at the Field Lacrosse Championships on Sept. 7, 2011.

OF NOTE: Full first name is “Tyler” but prefers to go by Ty ... One of two current Minutemen from Canada, joining classmate Gianni Bianchin (Ontario).

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Points: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Groundballs: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2014 --- Redshirted due to injury ---2015 3-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0


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8 // PETER LINDLEYATTACK // FRESHMAN // 6-2

DARIEN, CONN. // DARIEN HIGH SCHOOL2015 - FRESHMAN: ECAC Rookie of the Week (3/17) ... CAA Rookie of the Week (3/16) ... Scored on both his shots and dished out one assist with two groundballs during the season-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Totaled three points via two goals and an assist while he grabbed one groundball at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Recorded two points via a goals and an assist while he scooped up a groundball at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Netted his first collegiate hat trick with three goals versus Brown (2/28), when he also had a pair of groundballs ... Scored once and scooped up a single-game best three groundballs at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Earned his second collegiate hat trick and first game with five or more points during the win over Quinnipiac (3/10), when he recorded three goals, two assists and a groundball ... Totaled three points on two goals and an assist with one groundball versus Penn State (3/14) ... Helped out with an assist and two ground-balls during the win at Hofstra (3/21) ... Assisted on one goal and picked up two groundballs at No. 18 Towson (3/28) ... Scored once, assisted on another goal and picked up a loose ball against Fairfield (4/4).

BEFORE UMASS: Four-year letterwinner at Darien High School ... Helped the team to 20-3 state championship winning season as a sophomore ... Two-time FCIAC All-State ... Senior season accolades include all-America, all-state, FCIAC Championship Game MVP, Darien High School Team MVP, MSG Connecticut Player of the Year, MSG Second Team All-Metro and Ruden Report Connecticut Player of the year ... Senior season team was ranked fourth nationally by LaxPower and first for public high schools ... Recorded 63 goals and 19 assists in 21 games as a senior ... Fifth all-time leading goal scorer at Darien with 143 goals ... Ranked No. 95 nationally for incoming freshman by Inside Lacrosse.

OF NOTE: Father, Pete, attended Yale where he was captain of the baseball team and three-year letterwinner ... Mother, Lisa (Griswold), graduated from UMass in 1987 after being named a three-time all-American in field hockey and lacrosse ... His uncle, Kevin, was a three-time all-American with North Carolina men’s lacrosse and won two national championships.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 3, twice, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Assists: 2, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Points: 5, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Multi-Goal Games: 5, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Multi-Assist Games: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Multi-Point Games: 7, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Consecutive Games With 1+ Point: 10 (Feb. 7, 2015 - present)Consecutive Games With 1+ Goal: 7 (Feb. 7, 2015 - March 14, 2014)Hat Tricks: 2, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Groundballs: 3, at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG SH GB CT2015 10-8 15 9 24 4 1 28 15 0

16 // JAKE LISAUSKASMIDFIELD // FRESHMAN // 5-10

DERRY, N.H. // PINKERTON ACADEMY2015 - FRESHMAN: Made his first collegiate appearance vs. Brown (2/28) ... Caused one turnover in the 18-5 win over Quinnipiac (3/10).

BEFORE UMASS: 2014 United States Lacrosse High School All-American ... 2014 New Hampshire Boys Lacrosse Division I All-State First Team ... 2013 US Lacrosse Boys High School All-America ... 2012 New Hampshire Division I All-State ... 2013 Eagle Tribune Boys Lacrosse MVP and All-Star ... Invited to the 2014 Twin State All-Star Game to compete for Team New Hampshire ... Had 77 points on 33 goals and 44 assists as a junior despite suffering a season-ending injury in the regular season finale ... Also played for the New Hampshire Tomahawks with UMass teammate Dom St. Laurent where he appeared at the NSCLA Summer Championship, UMass Mid-Summer Classic and the LI Lacrosse Classic ... Also competed in football at Pinkerton.

OF NOTE: Last name is pronounced, “lis-SAUCE-skus.”

CAREER HIGHSCaused Turnovers: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG Shots GB CT2015 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1


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23 // NICK MARIANOATTACK // SOPHOMORE // 6-0

YORKTOWN, N.Y. // YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SOPHOMORE: NEILA Preseason All-New England First Team ... Preseason All-CAA Team ... Notched his six career hat trick and had an assist for four points against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Recorded another hat trick via three goals at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14), where he scooped up a career-high four groundballs ... Added four points through a pair of goals and assists with two groundballs at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Provided three points with a goal and two assists while he picked up a pair of groundballs vs. Brown (2/28) ... Totaled his third career game with five or more points when he had a pair of goals and a personal-best three assists against Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Added five points through three goals and two helpers and had three groundballs with a caused turnover vs. Penn State (3/14). ... Scored twice and helped out on another UMass score during the 9-7 victory at Hofstra (3/21) ... Earned a goal and assist with one groundball vs. Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - FRESHMAN: CAA Rookie of the Year ... NEILA Rookie of the Year ... NEILA All-New England Second Team ... All-CAA Second Team ... CAA Player of the Week (2/17) ... CAA Co-Rookie of the Week (2/17) ... UMass Co-Athlete of the Week (2/18) ... CAA Rookie of the Week (3/17) ... Led UMass with 39 points on a team-best 29 goals to go with 10 assists ... Picked up 25 groundballs - tied for the third-most on the squad - and caused five turnovers ... Scored back-to-back goals during the 6-5 win at Army (2/8) ... Had four goals, including the game-winner with seven seconds left in overtime, to lead the Minutemen by No. 14 Ohio State (2/16) ... Added another hat trick, his second consecutive, with three goals in the win over Harvard (2/22) ... Tallied six points on five goals and an assist in the 15-2 win at Brown (3/1) ... Secured another three-point performance on two goals and an assist at No. 5 Penn State (3/15), his fourth with at least as many points through seven games ... Went for three goals and an assist with a pair of groundballs during the victory over Hartford (3/22) ... Added his ninth multi-point performance with a goal and assist at Drexel (4/12) ... Scored five points (3 G, 2 A) to go with three groundballs and a caused turnover at Delaware (4/25).

BEFORE UMASS: Four-year letterwinner at Yorktown High School and three-time sectional champion as the program recorded 58 victories during his career ... MSG Varsity All-American, Journal News Player of the Year and first team all-conference as a senior ... Picked up all-tri state honors in 2013, while being named the No. 34 player in the country by Inside Lacrosse and a top-10 attackman ... Finished sixth in Yorktown boy’s lacrosse history for scoring with 268 points on 176 goals and 92 assists ... Led Section 1 with 63 goals and 48 assists as a senior while helping Yorktown to a 17-3 record and No. 13 spot in the Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse power rankings in 2013 ... Was also a stand-out on the Yorktown football team, earning all-state honors in 2013 and a pair of all-section laurels.

OF NOTE: Brother, Tom, is currently the men’s lacrosse coach at Pace after previ-ously serving as an assistant with the Ohio Machine while he was also the NEC Coach of the Year at Sacred Heart in 2013 ... Brother, John, coaches the men’s lacrosse program at LIU Post.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 5, at Brown (March 1, 2014)Assists: 3, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Points: 6, at Brown (March 1, 2014)Multi-Goal Games: 15, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Multi-Assist Games: 5, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Multi-Point Games: 21, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Hat Tricks: 8, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Games With 5+ Goals: 1, at Brown (March 1, 2014)Games With 5+ Points: 4, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Consecutive Games With 1+ Point: 23 (Feb. 8, 2014 - present)Consecutive Games With 1+ Goal: 17 (March 15, 2014 - present)Groundballs: 4, last at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 1, 7x, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG Shots GB CT2014 13-13 29 10 39 6 2 76 25 52015 10-10 19 13 32 4 0 72 19 2Total 23-23 48 23 71 10 2 148 44 7

24 // JAKE MARINOMIDFIELD // FRESHMAN // 5-9

HARRISON, N.Y. // HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL2015 - FRESHMAN: Made his first collegiate appearance against No. 20 Army (2/7) and took his first shot as a Minuteman at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Notched his first groundball in the 18-5 win over Quinnipiac (3/10).

BEFORE UMASS: Five-year varsity starter at Harrison High School ... Three-year team captain who was also named all-league and all-section on three occasions ... Harrison’s all-time leading scorer with 313 points through 203 goals and 110 assists ... His goals and assists totals also stand as the most scored in Harrison boy’s lacrosse history ... Con Ed Award winner for his work ethic in the classroom ... Also competed for Harrison’s football team, where he was a three-year starter at running back ... Twice named all-league and all-section in football as he tallied 22 career touchdowns and 1,160 rushing yards (12.6 yards per carry) ... Was an all-state pick in football and named his league’s running back of the year in 2013.

OF NOTE: Sister, Ashley, played four years of softball at Springfield College (Mass.), where she led the team to a NEWMAC Championship, was a league pitcher of the year and made an appearance in the NCAA regionals.


CAREER HIGHSGroundballs: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)

36 // JAMES MARUSIDEFENSE // SOPHOMORE // 6-0

NEWTOWN, CONN. // FAIRFIELD PREP HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SOPHOMORE: Saw time as a reserve in the season-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7), when he had a groundball and caused turnover ... Added minutes against No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) and Brown (2/28) ... Assisted on a transition goal during the 18-5 win over Quinnipiac (3/10).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Saw time in six games ... Appeared in his first collegiate game during the 15-2 victory at Brown on March 1 ... Earned his first groundball against No. 18 Albany (3/8) ... Also saw rotations at No. 19 Fairfield (3/18) and Drexel (4/12) ... Played on close defense in the season finale at Delaware (4/25).

BEFORE UMASS: Three-year letterwinner for coach Chris Smalkais at the Fairfield College Preparatory School ... Was a short-stick defensive midfielder and long-pole midfielder for the Jesuits, helping the program to a pair of Connecticut Class L State Championships (2012-13) ... Helped lead the program to 55-13 record while a member of the varsity squad ... Fairfield Prep also appeared in the state cham-pionship contest during his sophomore year in 2011 ... Peak 200 All-Star ... Top-205 All-Star ... Connecticut Class L Student Athlete Award winner as a senior ... Also played three years of varsity football at Fairfield Prep ... Played summer league lacrosse with Bulldog Elite.

BEFORE UMASS: Last name is pronounced, “muh-ROO-see.”

CAREER HIGHSAssists: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Points: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Groundballs: 1, twice, last vs. #20 Army (Feb. 7, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 1, vs. #20 Army (Feb. 7, 2015)



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18 // DAN MULLERMIDFIELD // REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE // 6-1

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. // MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL2014 - REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE: Returned to the midfield in the season-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7) but did not record statistics ... Notched a goal, assist and groundball at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Score twice and assisted on one other tally at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Assisted on one goal vs. Brown (2/28) ... Added three points on two goals and an assist at No. 16 Albany (3/7), when he also tallied a pair of caused turnovers and a groundball ... Scored once and assisted on another UMass goal during the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Added his seventh goal in as many games on the 2015 season during the win over Penn State (3/14) ... Facilitated one goal and scored another during the 9-7 win at Hofstra (3/21) ... Earned a goal and assist against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - SOPHOMORE: Did not play due to injury ... Redshirted the season.

2013 - FRESHMAN: Finished the year with six goals and an assist for seven points ... Appeared in all 15 games as a first or second line midfielder ... Totaled 24 shots, placing 12 of them on-target ... Scored two goals and added an assist against Army (2/10) during the season-opening 16-9 victory, which was also his first col-legiate appearance ... Took one shot and scooped up a groundball as a member of the second midfield against No. 4 North Carolina (2/16) as the Minutemen earned a comeback win, 12-11 ... Had a groundball and an on-target attempt at Harvard (2/23) as the Minutemen won on the road, 8-6 ... Recorded his third goal of the year on a shot from 12 yards out at Albany (3/5) ... Added his fourth goal of the season on his only shot at No. 16 Lehigh (3/20) during the UMass win, 6-4, in the ESPNU Game of the Week ... Secured a tally in two shots at Hartford (3/23), his second consecutive game with a goal ... Recorded a pair of groundballs and one caused turnover to go with a shot on goal in his only attempt at Saint Joseph’s (3/30) ... Netted his sixth goal of the season against Delaware (4/26) during the regular season finale.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 2, 3x, last at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)Assists: 1, 8x, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Points: 3, 3x, last at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)Multi-Goal Games: 3, last at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)Multi-Points Games: 7, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Consecutive Games With 1+ Point: 7 (Feb. 14, 2015 - March 21, 2015)Groundballs: 2, at Saint Joseph’s (March 30, 2013)Caused Turnovers: 2, at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG Shots GB CT2013 15-0 6 1 7 0 0 24 6 12014 --- Redshirted due to injury ---2015 10-0 9 7 16 0 0 31 2 2Total 25-0 15 8 23 0 0 55 8 3

29 // ZACH OLIVERIGOALIE // REDSHIRT-JUNIOR // 5-9

RONKONKOMA, N.Y. // CONNETQUOT HIGH SCHOOL2015 - REDSHIRT-JUNIOR: NEILA Preseason All-New England Second Team ... Made 12 saves and caused a turnover in the season-opener vs. #20 Army (2/7) ... Stopped nine shots and picked up two groundballs at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Added a dozen more stops at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Produced 15 saves - his fifth career game with at least as many - at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Made 10 stops in 53:41 of action against Quinnipiac (3/10), his 20th game with double-digit saves as a Minuteman ... Totaled nine saves, including four in the second quarter against Penn State (3/14) when the Minutemen erased an early 4-0 deficit en route to the 12-8 victory ... Made 13 saves and picked up a game- and personal-best five groundballs to preserve the 9-7 win over Hofstra (3/21) ... Provided nine saves, caused a turnover and grabbed a groundball at No. 18 Towson (3/28).

2014 - REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE: NEILA Preseason All-New England First Team ... Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention ... Started all 13 games ... Earned a 9.57 goals-against average and .530 save percentage ... Made at least 10 saves in seven games, including a season-best 15 on two occasions ... Started the year with an eight-save performance in the 6-5 victory at Army on Feb. 8 ... Added a 13-save game to help lead the Minutemen to a win over No. 14 Ohio State on Feb. 16 ... Provided 14 stops, including six in the fourth quarter, as Massachusetts defeated Harvard, 8-4 on Feb. 22 ... Made 10 saves over 51:34 in the cage while only allowing one goal at Brown during UMass’ 15-2 win (3/1) ... Stopped 12 Providence shots during UMass’ 16-11 victory over the Friars on March 11 ... Earned 15 saves and picked up a pair of groundballs to lead the Minutemen to an 8-6 win at No. 5 Penn State on March 15 ... Added seven saves during the win over Hartford (3/22) ... Had 13 saves against only six goals allowed, including none given up in the fourth quarter, against Towson (4/5).

2013 - REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN: CAA All-Rookie Team ... CAA Co-Rookie of the Week (2/17) ... UMass Co-Athlete of the Week (2/17) ... CAA Rookie of the Week (2/25) ... CAA Rookie of the Week (4/22) ... Started each of UMass’ 15 contests in net, recording an 8.63 goals-against average and .559 save percentage ... Was 12th nationally in goals-against average and 16th for save percentage ... Totaled 861:57 between the pipes, earning 157 saves while allowing 124 tallies ... Made his first collegiate start against Army (2/10), recording seven saves in the 16-9 victory ... Had 18 saves, including four in the decisive fourth quarter, as UMass defeated No. 4 North Carolina (2/16) ... Made his 18th save against the Tar Heels as time expired to seal the one-goal victory ... Had eight stops as UMass held Harvard to six goals for the 8-6 win in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 23, earning CAA Rookie of the Week ... Stopped 15 shots and scooped up two groundballs against Brown (3/2) ... Made 10 saves at Albany (3/5), his third game with double-digits and second consecutive ... Notched his fourth straight game with double-digits saves against No. 18 Penn State, turning aside 14 attempts ... Set a career-best with only four goals allowed at No. 16 Lehigh (3/20), making nine saves to help preserve the win ... Picked up his fifth win on the year with nine stops at Hartford (3/23) ... Earned 10 saves at Towson (4/6) ... Blocked 13 Hofstra shots as the Minutemen earned a 9-8 win over the 20th-ranked team in the nation on April 20th ... Won his seventh game with 11 stops against Delaware (4/26) ... Capped the season with 10 saves at No. 9 Penn State during the CAA Tournament Semifinal.

2012 - FRESHMAN: Redshirted the season.

OF NOTE: Last name is pronounced, “all-uh-verh-EE.”

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSSaves: 18, vs. #4 North Carolina (Feb. 16, 2013)On-Target Shots Faced: 31, vs. #18 Albany (March 8, 2014)Games Allowing Five Or Fewer Goals: 5, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Games With 10 Or More Saves: 21, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Games With 15 Or More Saves: 5, last at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS SAVES GA SV PCT MIN GAA W-L GB2012 --- Redshirted ---2013 15-15 157 124 .559 861:57 8.63 7-7 222014 13-13 133 118 .530 739:40 9.57 7-6 112015 10-10 98 95 .508 542:15 10.51 3-7 14Total 38-38 388 337 .535 2143:52 9.43 17-20 47


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45 // KEVIN PORZELTDEFENSE // JUNIOR // 6-0

COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. // COLD SPRING HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL2015 - JUNIOR: Rotated into the lineup from the bench during the season-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7), but did not record statistics ... Made his first collegiate start at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Caused a turnover on close defense against Brown (2/28) ... Started on close defense and had a pair of groundballs to go with two caused turnovers in the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Picked up two ground-balls in the win over Penn State (3/14) ... Provided two caused turnovers and as many groundballs at No. 18 Towson (3/28) ... Caused one turnover and scooped up a groundball against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - SOPHOMORE: Appeared in 10 contests while earning a pair of groundballs and one caused turnover ... Made the defensive rotation against No. 14 Ohio State during the 12-11 UMass win on Feb. 16 for his first appearance of the year ... Also saw time on defense during the win over Brown on March 1 when he caused his first career turnover ... Picked up a groundball during the win at No. 5 Penn State on March 15, the first of his career, and earned his second when UMass faced No. 12 Hofstra on April 19.

2013 - FRESHMAN: Made his first appearance for UMass against Delaware (4/26) ... Did not record any statistics.

BEFORE UMASS: Three-year letterwinning midfielder at Cold Spring Harbor High School ... Selected to the Nassau All-County listings as a junior and senior ... Honored by United States Lacrosse (USL) with the Bob Scott Award in 2012 ... Finished senior season with 14 goals, seven assists and 74 groundballs ... Had 45 goals, 24 assists and 220 groundballs over the course of his scholastic career.

CAREER HIGHSGroundballs: 2, twice, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 2, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG Shots GB CT2013 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02014 10-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12015 10-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6Total 21-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7

30 // NOAH RAKFACEOFF SPECIALIST // FRESHMAN // 5-10

NORWICH, CONN. // CANTERBURY SCHOOL2015 - FRESHMAN: Notched a point on an assist, won his first collegiate faceoff and added a groundball against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Won 12-of-20 faceoffs (60.0 percent) and picked up four groundballs at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Won 10 faceoffs and picked up three groundballs at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Went 16-of-23 at the faceoff X (69.6 percent) with eight groundballs at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Finished 15-for-20 (75.0 percent) at the X with a career-high nine groundballs to go with one assist during the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Added a 6-for-11 day at No. 18 Towson (3/28) with three groundballs ... His 33 groundballs as a rookie are the most since Bobby Hayes had 39 in 2007 ... Missed the game against Fairfield (4/4) due to injury.

BEFORE UMASS: Competed for the Canterbury School ... 2014 U.S. Lacrosse High School All-American ... Blue Chip 225 All-Star Team ... Prep School Showcase All-Star Team ... 2013 Connecticut Super Junior Team ... Finished his Canterbury School career with 436 groundballs, 51 goals, 27 assists and 529 faceoff victo-ries in 698 taken (75.8 percent) ... Was 116-for-139 on faceoffs as a senior (83.5 percent) with 96 groundballs, 20 goals and five assists ... Helped the Saints to a 15-3 season and a Division II Western New England Championship in 2013 as he scored 25 goals and added 20 assists for 45 points ... Dominated at the faceoff X as he won 81 percent of his attempts during 2013 ... Was also a Pep All-New England football selection at running back and was a three-time Prep All-New England Wrestler and a two-time National Prep participant ... Also competed at the club lacrosse level for Unparalleled Salty Salmons.

CAREER HIGHSAssists: 1, twice, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Points: 1, twice, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Groundballs: 9, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 1, vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Faceoffs Won: 16, at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)Faceoffs Taken: 23, at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A P Shots FO Pct. GB CT2015 9-7 0 2 2 1 70-139 50.4 33 1

12 // SHANE RINKUSMIDFIELD // FRESHMAN // 5-9

PEMBROKE, MASS. // THAYER ACADEMY2015 - FRESHMAN: Picked up a groundball in his first collegiate appearance dur-ing the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Also appeared in the games against Penn State (3/14), Hofstra (3/21), No. 18 Towson (3/28) and Fairfield (4/4).

BEFORE UMASS: Four-year letterwinner at Thayer Academy under Coach Stew Curran ... Was awarded honorable mention all-league and Boston Globe and Patriot Ledger All-Star as a junior ... As a senior helped lead defense to the low-est goals against average in the ISL with 4.8 GAA along with winning the schools first ever ISL championship ... Maintained honor roll status throughout high school and lettered in Football once to go with hockey on three occasion ... Played club lacrosse for Laxachusetts.

OF NOTE: Last name is pronounced, “RINK-us.”

CAREER HIGHSGroundballs: 1, vs., Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)



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15 // CHAS ROBINOMIDFIELD // SENIOR // 5-9

WILMINGTON, DEL. // TOWER HILL HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SENIOR: Started his senior season with an appearance as a reserve against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Caused a turnover and attempted one shot before exiting with an injury at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Missed the last seven games due to the injury suffered at UNC.

2014 - JUNIOR: Rotated into the lineup off of the bench in seven games ... Tallied his first career point via a goal ... Took five shots on the season and picked up one groundball ... Made his first appearance of the season during the win at Army on Feb. 8 when he rotated into the midfield ... Also saw time against No. 14 Ohio State on Feb. 16 ... Scored his first college goal and picked up one groundball dur-ing the win at Brown (3/1).

2013 - SOPHOMORE: Made his first appearance of the year against Army during the 16-9 season-opening win (2/10) ... Took one shot at Harvard on Feb. 23, putting the attempt on-target ... Added his second shot of the season at Albany (3/5).

2012 - FRESHMAN: Played in four games on the season ... Made his first col-legiate appearance when UMass claimed victory over Albany (3/6) ... Also com-peted in the contests with Saint Joseph’s (3/31), Towson (4/7) and Delaware (4/27).

OF NOTE: Prefers to go by “Chas” over his given first name, Charles ... Is the only current Minuteman from Delaware.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, at Brown (March 1, 2014)Points: 1, at Brown (March 1, 2014)Groundballs: 1, at Brown (March 1, 2014)Caused Turnovers: 1, at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG Shots GB CT2012 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02013 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 02014 7-0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 02015 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1Total 16-0 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 1

1 // JOE ROMANOMIDFIELD // SOPHOMORE // 6-3

SHENENDEHOWA, N.Y. // SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL2015 - FRESHMAN: Assisted on a goal in the win over Quinnipiac (3/14) ... Also saw time on the field against Penn State (3/14).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Played in five games ... Recorded his first point on a goal ... Took two shots on the year ... Saw his first time as a Minuteman during the 15-2 win at Brown on March 1 ... Scored his first collegiate goal against No. 18 Albany (3/8) and made an appearance at No. 19 Fairfield (3/18) ... Recorded his first col-legiate assist during the win over Quinnipiac (3/10).

BEFORE UMASS: Three-year letterwinner at Shenendehowa High School where he played for Jason Gifford ... Two-time all-section honoree, taking in a first team award in 2013 and a second team laurel as a junior in 2012 ... Helped Shenendehowa High School to state semifinalist finishes in 2011 and 2013 while reaching the sectional finals in 2012 ... Tallied 79 points as a senior on 52 goals and 27 assists to conclude his scholastic career with 156 points on 93 goals and 63 assists.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, vs. #18 Albany (March 8, 2014)Assists: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Points: 1, twice, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)


6 // CHARLIE SCHATZFACEOFF SPECIALIST // SOPHOMORE // 5-10

CHICAGO, ILL. // LOYOLA ACADEMY2015 - SOPHOMORE: Started at the faceoff X and won five of the 15 he took with one groundball against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Added four faceoff wins in eight opportunities at No. 12 Harvard (2/14) ... Won 10 faceoffs and grabbed three groundballs vs. Brown (2/28) ... Went 4-for-5 on faceoffs at Hofstra (3/21) ... Provided five faceoff wins in 10 chances with one groundball versus Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Played in four games as a faceoff specialist ... Won 9-of-21 faceoffs (42.9 percent) with a pair of groundballs ... Took one faceoff during his first appearance when UMass defeated Brown, 15-2 on March 1 ... Won a pair of faceoffs in three taken against No. 18 Albany (3/8) ... Was 2-for-5 on faceoffs and scooped up his first groundball against No. 12 Hofstra (4/19) ... Won five faceoffs and picked up a groundball at Delaware (4/25).

BEFORE UMASS: Competed at Loyola Academy for the Ramblers and head coach Rob Snyder ... Was named a 2013 U.S. Lacrosse High School All-American as a senior - one of only 11 from the state - after producing 25 goals and 26 assists ... Also competed for Team ONE and made the all-star games at King of the Hill, Hotbeds and the Loyola Shootout ... All-state first team as a senior ... Earned all-conference as a junior ... Also played football at Loyola and lettered six times as a two-sport student-athlete.

OF NOTE: One of two current Minutemen from Illinois, joining classmate Austin Spencer (Naperville) ... Last name is pronounced, “shatz.”

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGroundballs: 3, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Faceoffs Won: 10, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Faceoffs Taken: 23, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A P Shots FO Pct. GB CT2014 4-0 0 0 0 0 9-21 42.9 2 02015 9-3 0 0 0 0 37-91 40.7 9 0Total 13-2 0 0 0 0 46-112 41.1 11 0


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20 // BRENDAN SCHROEDERMIDFIELD // SENIOR // 6-0

DEER PARK, N.Y. // ST. ANTHONY’S HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SENIOR: Served as a defensive midfielder against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Picked up three groundballs at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Set a personal-best with four groundballs and added a caused turnover at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Assisted on a career high three goals and tallied two groundball vs. Brown (2/28) ... Helped out on Kurt Hunziker’s first collegiate goal and picked up a pair of groundballs in the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Notched one assist during the 9-7 victory at Hofstra (3/21) ... Produced three groundballs, assisted on a goal and caused one turnover at No. 18 Towson (3/28).

2014 - JUNIOR: Saw time in each of UMass’ 13 games as a defensive midfielder ... Scored three goals in as many shots ... Picked up eight groundballs and caused four turnovers ... Had a pair of groundballs to help UMass defeat Army, 6-5 in the season-opening game for both squads on Feb. 8 ... Added an appearance in the midfield during UMass’ 12-11 win vs. No. 14 Ohio State in overtime (2/16) ... Caused a turnover when the Minutemen beat Harvard, 8-4 on Feb. 22 ... Scored a goal on his only shot during the win at Brown (3/1) before adding another tally in the victory over Providence on March 11 ... Caused a turnover when UMass traveled to No. 19 Fairfield (3/18) ... Picked up a groundball and recorded one caused turnover during the win over Hartford (3/22) ... Scooped up a groundball against Towson (4/5) ... Caused one turnover and gobbled up a pair of groundballs at Drexel on April 12 ... Earned a goal and picked up two groundballs during the game against No. 12 Hofstra (4/19).

2013 - SOPHOMORE: Ended the year with four points in 10 appearances on one goal and a trio of assists ... Also tallied three groundballs and caused a turnover during the campaign ... Saw his first minutes of the season at Bucknell (3/9) ... Added time on the field against No. 18 Penn State (3/16) ... Earned his first colle-giate assist as he helped Grant Whiteway tally a goal in the 6-4 UMass victory at No. 16 Lehigh during the ESPN Game of the Week (3/20) ... Notched his first goal of the season and the second of his career at Hartford (3/23) during a 13-11 win ... Added one assist at No. 20 Hofstra (4/20) to go with one groundball ... Helped out on a goal against Delaware (4/26) during a 16-8 Senior Night victory ... Caused his first collegiate turnover against No. 9 Penn State in the CAA Tournament Semifinals (5/1).

2012 - FRESHMAN: Recorded one goal over three appearances during his first season with the Minutemen ... Saw his first college action during the victory at Ohio State, contributing a groundball to the winning effort (2/25) ... Netted his first collegiate goal during a man-up situation in the victory over Saint Joseph’s, while also adding a groundball against the Hawks (3/31) ... Also saw minutes when UMass traveled to Delaware (4/27).

OF NOTE: Competed at the Naval Academy Prep School after attending St. Anthony’s High School ... Was named the No. 49 rising-senior by Inside Lacrosse in 2009 and made the organization’s top-40 midfielder listing (No. 36) in 2010 ... Brother, Zack, play collegiately at the Naval Academy from 2007-10 and father, John, lettered for Massachusetts in 1965.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 1, 5x, last vs. #12 Hofstra (April 19, 2014)Assists: 3, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Points: 3, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Multi-Assist Games: 1, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Multi-Point Games: 1, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Groundballs: 4, at #12 Harvard (Feb. 21, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 1, 8x, last at #18 Towson (March 28, 2015)


13 // PETER SCONZODEFENSE // FRESHMAN // 6-1

SIMSBURY, CONN. // SIMSBURY HIGH SCHOOLBEFORE UMASS: 2014 United States Lacrosse High School All-American ... Helped lead his high school team at Simsbury to an appearance in the 2013 CIAC class LL Semifinal Round and was named CIAC All-Conference as a result ... Was a member of Bulldog Lacrosse Club and attended Maverik Showtime, King of the Hill, Tri-State, UMass Fall Classic and Hofstra Blue and Gold Tournament ... Was a three-sport athlete, also competing in soccer and hockey.

42 // D.J. SMITHGOALIE // SOPHOMORE // 5-10

BILLERICA, MASS. // BILLERICA MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SOPHOMORE: Made his first collegiate appearance in relief of starter Zach Oliveri against Brown (2/28), when he made nine saves in more than 51 minutes of action ... Played the final 6:19 of the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) when he made three saves against one goal allowed.

2014 - FRESHMAN: Did not compete.

BEFORE UMASS: Four-year starter in goal for coach Craig Flynn at Billerica Memorial High School, where he played alongside fellow Minuteman Grant Whiteway ... Was a four-year Merrimack Valley Conference Champion at Billerica, starting in goal each season ... Finished his high school career with a 72-19 record and 870 saves, the most wins and stops by a goalie in school history ... Named an MVC All-Star in each season ... Two-time MVC Player of the Year (2012-13) ... 2012 ESPN Boston All-State Team selection ... Picked to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic teams ... Finished his scholastic career with a standout senior campaign, earning 258 saves and 37 groundballs while winning 16 games ... Tallied 295 stops for a .660 save percentage as a junior while earning U.S. Lacrosse All-America honors ... Played club level for Laxachusetts, taking second at the Vail Shootout in 2012.

OF NOTE: Prefers to go by D.J. over his given name, Daniel Smith Jr. ... One of two current Minutemen to attend and compete at Billerica Memorial, joining senior Grant Whiteway.

CAREER HIGHSSaves: 9, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)On-Target Shots Faced: 23, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Groundballs: 2, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS SAVES GA SV PCT MIN GAA W-L GB2014 2-0 12 15 .444 57:45 15.58 0-0 2


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19 // ANDREW SOKOLMIDFIELD // SENIOR // 5-10

NEWBURYPORT, MASS. // NEWBURYPORT HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SENIOR: Served as a midfielder but did not record statistics in the season-opener against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Tallied three points via a pair of goals and one assist at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Added a goal and assist at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Scored on three of his four shots against Quinnipiac (3/10) for his second col-legiate hat trick and picked up two groundballs in the win ... Provided two goals during the 12-8 win over Penn State (3/14) ... Dished out two assists and tallied once in the win at Hofstra (3/21) ... Added a two-point day with a man-up goal and one assist against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - JUNIOR: Notched 12 points through eight goals and four assists in 13 games played ... Added six groundballs and a caused turnover ... Scored one goal during a man-up opportunity ... Rotated into the midfield on offense and took three shots while nabbing a groundball at Army (2/8) ... Earned his first goal of the season and the 10th of his career in the win over No. 14 Ohio State in overtime on Feb. 16 ... Added another goal when UMass bested Harvard, 8-4 on Feb. 22 ... Scored twice to help the Minutemen defeat Brown (3/1) on the road, 15-2 ... Added one assist and a groundball against No. 18 Albany (3/8) ... Earned a pair of goals to help Massachusetts defeat Providence (3/11) ... Assisted on one UMass tally at No. 19 Fairfield (3/18) ... Provided two points via a goal and assist and caused a turnover while also scooping up a groundball to help the Minutemen to a win over Hartford (3/22) ... Tallied a multi-point game with one goal and an assist at Delaware on April 25 while picking up two groundballs.

2013 - SOPHOMORE: Finished the season with 15 points on nine goals and six assists, including a pair of man-up tallies and one game-winning goal ... Tied with teammate Matt Whippen for the game-high in points (six), doing so on three goals and a trio of assists while notching three groundballs as UMass bested Army, 16-9 on Feb. 10 ... Had back-to-back fourth quarter goals in the come-from-behind 12-11 victory over No. 4 North Carolina (2/16), adding an assist and a groundball to the winning effort at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga. ... Recorded one goal on a pair of on-target attempts at Harvard (2/23) during the Massachusetts victory ... Added on goal and a groundball against Brown (3/2) ... Secured a tally at Albany (3/5) ... Earned his ninth goal of the season at Bucknell (3/9), also picking up a groundball against the Bison ... Helped out on one tally at Hartford (3/23) and Towson (4/6).

2012 - FRESHMAN: Played in six games on the season as a reserve midfielder ... Competed in his first collegiate contest when UMass defeated Brown (3/3) ... Also saw action in the victories over Albany (3/6), Hartford (3/10), Saint Joseph’s (3/31), No. 19 Towson (4/7) and Delaware (4/27).

OF NOTE: Last name is pronounced, “SO-kuhl.”

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 3, twice, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Assists: 3, vs. Army (Feb. 10, 2013)Points: 6, vs. Army (Feb. 10, 2013)Multi-Goal Games: 6, last vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Multi-Assist Games: 2, 3x, last at Hofstra (March 21, 2015)Multi-Point Games: 11, last vs. Fairfield (April 4, 2015)Hat Tricks: 2, last vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Groundballs: 3, vs. Army (Feb. 10, 2013)


28 // AUSTIN SPENCERDEFENSE/MIDFIELD // SOPHOMORE // 6-0

NAPERVILLE, ILL. // CULVER ACADEMY (IND.)2015 - SOPHOMORE: UMass Athlete of the Week (3/17) ... Started at long-pole midfielder and provided three groundballs with two caused turnovers against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Notched three more groundballs at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Picked up two more GBs at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Tied his career high with four groundballs vs. Brown (2/28) ... Set a personal best with five groundballs at No. 16 Albany (3/7) ... Scored his first collegiate goal, picked up three groundballs and caused a turnover against Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Collected a career- and game-high eight groundballs with three caused turnovers in the win over Penn State (3/14) ... HIs final groundball vs. Penn State went as the 50th of his career while his trio of caused turnovers set a personal best ... Caused one turnover and collected four groundballs at No. 18 Towson (3/28) ... Led both sides with six groundballs and caused a turnover against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Finished second among Minutemen with 10 caused turnovers and fifth in groundballs (22) while playing all 13 games ... Started the final two contests ... Had multiple groundballs during seven games ... Grabbed two ground-balls and caused a turnover on defense in the 6-5 win over Army on the road on Feb. 8 ... Pulled in three groundballs and earned a caused turnover against No. 14 Ohio State (2/16) ... Scooped up four groundballs and forced a pair of turnovers in the 8-4 win over Harvard on Feb. 22 ... Grabbed two groundballs and caused a turnover during the 15-2 win at Brown (3/1) ... Scooped up a pair of groundballs against No. 18 Albany (3/8) ... Nabbed one groundball and caused a Providence turnover in the 16-11 win on March 11 ... Added two more caused turnovers and a groundball when UMass beat No. 5 Penn State on the road, 8-6 on March 15 ... Added three groundballs and a pair of caused turnovers at Drexel (April 12) ... Made his first collegiate start as a long-pole midfielder against No. 12 Hofstra (4/19) ... Notched three groundballs at Delaware (4/25).

BEFORE UMASS: Lettered three times for Culver Academy lacrosse and head coach Jon Posner ... Defenseman on NALI Championship-winning teams in 2012 and 2013 ... Under Armour Underclass All-American in 2011 and 2012 ... Squad had a 56-8 record over his three seasons lettering (2011-13) ... Also competed in football, hockey and soccer ... Was a first team all-conference selection on the soccer team and earned a Gold A as a senior for his academic success.

OF NOTE: One of two current Minutemen hailing from the state of Illinois, joining classmate Charlie Schatz (Chicago).

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Points: 1, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Groundballs: 8, vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 3, vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)



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14 // PAUL SPINNEYMIDFIELD // SOPHOMORE // 6-2

WESTFORD, MASS. // BISHOP GUERTIN (N.H.) HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SOPHOMORE: Made his first appearance of the year at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Scored his first goal of the season and the second of his career at No. 16 Albany (3/7).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Scored one goal on six shots and scooped up a groundball during five appearances ... His season was cut short due to injury as he missed the final eight games of the season ... Earned his first collegiate appearance as UMass defeated Army, 6-5 at Michie Stadium on Feb. 8 ... Rotated into the midfield against No. 14 Ohio State on Feb. 16 and Harvard on Feb. 22 ... Also saw time dur-ing the win at Brown (3/1), when he took his first collegiate shot ... Tallied his first career goal during a man-up chance and picked up a groundball against No. 18 Albany (3/8) ... Missed the end of the season due to injury.

BEFORE UMASS: Three-time New Hampshire State Champion at Bishop Guertin High School, where he played midfield for head coach Chris Cameron ... U.S. Lacrosse All-American ... Was picked for first team all-state, Lowell Sun All-Star and Union Leader All-Star as a senior at Bishop Guertin in 2012 ... Also named to the all-state squad as a junior in 2011 ... Tallied 70 points as a senior on 42 goals and 28 assists ... Helped his high school squad to a 53-12 record in three seasons (2010-12), including 19 victories as a sophomore in 2010 ... Started his scholastic career at Westford Academy ... Completed a post-grad year at the Salisbury School (Conn.) ... Played football, where he also won three state championships, and basketball at Bishop Guertin ... Team captain in 2012 ... Played club level with New Hampshire Tomahawks ... Was named an NSCLA All-American in 2011 and 2012 and King of the Hill All-Star in 2011 with the Tomahawks.

OF NOTE: Brother, Mark, played football at Boston College (2007-11) ... Grandfather, Art, was a guard in the National Football League for nine seasons (1950, 1953-60) ... Part of the quartet of current Minutemen who competed at Bishop Guertin High School, joined by juniors Bob Fahey and Kyle Karaska and freshman Dom St. Laurent ... Last name is pronounced, “spin-KNEE.”

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, twice, last at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)Points: 1, twice, last at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)Groundballs: 1, vs. #18 Albany (March 8, 2014)


39 // DOM ST. LAURENTMIDFIELD // FRESHMAN // 5-8

NASHUA, N.H. // BISHOP GUERTIN (N.H.) HIGH SCHOOL2015 - FRESHMAN: Made his first appearance with the Minutemen at No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Scored his first collegiate point on a goal at No. 12 Harvard (2/21) ... Scooped up three groundballs against Brown (2/28) ... Earned a pair of goals against Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Grabbed two groundballs vs. Fairfield (4/4).

BEFORE UMASS: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Bishop Guertin ... Four-time New Hampshire Division I state champion ... Second team all-state as a sopho-more ... Named team captain, first team all-state, NHIAA Division I Offensive Player of The Year, US Lacrosse All-America during his junior season ... Team captain, first team all-state, NHIAA Division I Co-Offensive Player of The Year, US Lacrosse All-America and Nashua Telegraph New Hampshire Player of The Year as a senior ... Also played basketball and ran track for Bishop Guertin ... Played summer lacrosse for the New Hampshire Tomahawks.

OF NOTE: Part of the quartet of current Minutemen who competed at Bishop Guertin High School, joined by juniors Bob Fahey and Kyle Karaska and sopho-more Paul Spinney.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 2, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Points: 2, vs. Quinnipiac (March 10, 2015)Groundballs: 3, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)


17 // VINCENT TRAVAGLINIMIDFIELD // REDSHIRT-JUNIOR // 5-8

MEDIA, PA. // MALVERN PREP2015 - REDSHIRT-JUNIOR: Missed the start of the season due to injury.

2014 - REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE: Caused three turnovers, scooped up as many groundballs and earned his first collegiate point via an assist as he played in 11 games ... Rotated into the midfield on defense when UMass opened the season with a 6-5 win at Army on Feb. 8 ... Earned his first collegiate point on an assist in the 8-4 win over Harvard on Feb. 22 ... Made an appearance during the win at Brown (3/1) ... Caused a turnover and picked up a groundball against No. 18 Albany (3/8) ... Earned his second caused turnover of the season during the win over Providence (3/11) ... Scooped up two groundballs and caused a Hartford turnover during the win over the Hawks (3/22).

2013 - SOPHOMORE: Suffered an injury prior to the start of the campaign and did not compete ... Redshirted to enter 2014 with three years of eligibility.

2012 - FRESHMAN: Competed in four games with one groundball on the season ... Played in his first collegiate contest during the win over Harvard (3/27) ... Also saw action against Towson (4/7) and Delaware (4/27).

OF NOTE: Is the only current Minutemen from Pennsylvania ... Last name is pro-nounced, “TRAH-vuh-LEE-KNEE.“

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSAssists: 1, vs. Harvard (Feb. 22, 2014)Points: 1, vs. Harvard (Feb. 22, 2014)Groundballs: 2, vs. Hartford (March 22, 2014)Caused Turnovers: 1, 4x, last vs. Hartford (March 22, 2014)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG Shots GB CT2012 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12013 Did not compete due to injury2014 11-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 3Total 15-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 4


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2 // LUC VALENZADEFENSE // FRESHMAN // 5-7

FOXBOROUGH, MASS. // FOXBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL2015 - FRESHMAN: Rotated into the close defense unit and caused one turnover in his first collegiate appearance during competition against Brown (2/28) ... Also saw time as a reserve against Quinnipiac (3/10).

BEFORE UMASS: Three years of varsity lacrosse at Foxborough High School ... Two-time EMass Boys Lacrosse All-America Second Team (2013-14) ... 2014 BostonLax EMass All-Star ... 2013 ESPN Boston Boys Lacrosse All-State ... 2013 Hockomock Boys Lacrosse All-Star ... 2013 MIAA Boys Lacrosse Preseason All-State Team ... 2013 BostonLax All-America Game selection, which served as a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project and One Fund Boston.

OF NOTE: Name is pronounced, “Luke VUH-len-zuh.”

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSCaused Turnovers: 1, vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)


34 // PETER VON ROSENVINGEDEFENSE // REDSHIRT-SENIOR // 6-4

WESTON, MASS. // WESTON HIGH SCHOOL2015 - REDSHIRT-SENIOR: Co-captain alongside classmate Ryan Izzo ... Was a reserve on close defense versus No. 6 North Carolina (2/14), Brown (2/28), Quinnipiac (3/10), Penn State (3/14) and Hofstra (3/21) ... Collected one groundball at No. 18 Towson (3/28).

2014 - REDSHIRT-JUNIOR: Appeared in 10 contests as a close defenseman ... Accrued two caused turnovers and a groundball ... Made an appearance in the 8-4 victory over Harvard in the home-opener on Feb. 22 and also played as a reserve at Brown (3/1) ... Caused a turnover on defense at Drexel (4/12) ... Added another caused turnover against No. 12 Hofstra (4/19) ... Picked up his first col-legiate groundball at Delaware on April 25.

2013 - REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE: Saw time at Albany (3/5) and during the Senior Night contest against Delaware (4/26).

2012 - REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN: Made three appearances on the year, earning a caused turnover ... Saw action in his first college game against Albany (3/6) ... Earned his caused turnover as UMass defeated Saint Joseph’s on March 31 ... Also appeared against Delaware (4/27).

2011 - FRESHMAN: Sat out for the season with an injury.

OF NOTE: Was placed on the NHL’s Players to Watch List after competing with the Junior Bruins ... Last name is pronounced, “VON rose-en-VING.”

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGroundballs: 1, twice, last at #18 Towson (March 28, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 1, 3x, last vs. #12 Hofstra (April 19, 2014)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP-GS G A P EMG GWG Shots GB CT2011 Did not compete due to injury2012 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12013 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02014 10-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22015 8-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Total 23-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

22 // TYLER WEEKSDEFENSE/MIDFIELD // SOPHOMORE // 6-1

ANDOVER, MASS. // ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SOPHOMORE: Started on close defense and scooped up one groundball against No. 20 Army (2/7) ... Set a career-best with three groundballs and caused one turnover at No. 6 North Carolina (2/14) ... Added another caused turnover vs. Brown (2/28) ... Caused a turnover at No. 16 Albany (3/7).

2014 - FRESHMAN: Saw minutes in six games ... Scooped up two groundballs and caused one turnover ... Made his first appearance during the win at Brown (3/1) ... Scooped up two groundballs and caused a turnover against No. 18 Albany (3/8).

BEFORE UMASS: Was a three-year letterwinner on the Andover High School lacrosse team for head coach Wayne Puglisi ... Twice named to the MVC All-Conference listing while being tabbed a Boston Lax All-American and a Good-To-Great Camp All-Star ... Earned Eastern Massachusetts Lacrosse Coaches Association Second Team All-America honors during his final scholastic season ... 2013 Eagle Tribune All-Star after serving as a team captain at Andover ... ESPN Boston All-State as a senior ... Started on the Andover defense that only allowed 5.6 goals per game in 2013 ... Boston.com Scholastic All-Star ... Selected to play in the Boston Lax High School All-America Game ... Also competed for Laxachusetts with teammate D.J. Smith ... Also lettered in hockey three times and soccer twice while at Andover.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGroundballs: 3, at #6 North Carolina (Feb. 14, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 1, 4x, last at #16 Albany (March 7, 2015)



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27 // GRANT WHITEWAYATTACK // SENIOR // 5-10

BILLERICA, MASS. // BILLERICA HIGH SCHOOL2015 - SENIOR: Missed the first three games of the season due to injury ... Scored three goals on as many shots and tallied two groundballs in his return from injury vs. Brown (2/28), his seventh career hat trick ... Tallied twice, including one behind-the-back shot over his right shoulder 10 seconds before halftime, during the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) ... Collected a career-high four groundballs, scored one goal and helped on another in the win over Penn State (3/14) ... Notched two goals at No. 18 Towson (3/28) ... Helped out on one UMass tally and picked up a groundball against Fairfield (4/4).

2014 - JUNIOR: NEILA Preseason All-New England Second Team ... UMass Athlete of the Week (3/17) ... Started all 13 games on attack ... Was third among Minutemen with 24 points on 18 goals and six assists ... Scored two man-up goals and picked up 17 groundballs ... Tied for second on the squad in goals and had at least one point in 10 of 13 games ... Notched a pair of goals during the third quar-ter, including the eventual game-winner, when UMass won at Army, 6-5 on Feb. 8 ... Added three points during the win over Harvard (2/22) on one goal and a pair of assists ... Scored two goals and dished out an assist during the win at Brown (3/1) ... Eclipsed single-game personal bests with eight points and seven goals to lead the Minutemen to their 16-11 victory over Providence on March 11 ... Scored a goal, assisted on another and picked up a pair of groundballs to help UMass win at No. 5 Penn State (3/15) ... Went for two goals and three groundballs during the win over Hartford (3/22) ... Scored a behind-the-back goal over his right shoulder and collected three groundballs during the contest at Drexel (4/12).

2013 - SOPHOMORE: Finished third on the team with 32 points on 26 goals and six assists ... Tied for the team lead with five man-up tallies while scooping up 11 groundballs ... Was 10th in the CAA for goals per game (1.73) ... Had his first multi-goal game with two tallies against No. 4 North Carolina (2/16), including the goal that tied the game at 11-11 as he was knocked to the ground in front of the crease ... Earned his first collegiate hat trick with three goals against Brown (3/2), also setting a then-career-high in single-game points recorded (three) ... Secured his second career hat trick with three goals and an assist to total a single-game career best four points at Hartford (3/23) ... Set a then-single-game career-high with five goals against No. 17 Drexel (4/13) while placing all eight of his shots on-target ... Netted his fourth career hat trick with three goals at No. 20 Hofstra (4/20) ... Earned two goals and an assist for a three-point game against Delaware (4/26) ... Tallied his fifth career hat trick with three goals at No. 9 Penn State during the CAA Tournament Semifinals (5/1).

OF NOTE: One of two current Minutemen who competed at Billerica Memorial High School, joining freshman D.J. Smith ... Led the nation in scoring during his final season at Billerica with 182 points on 116 goals and 66 assists ... Finished his scholastic career with 539 points (353 goals, 186 assists) ... Was named an Inside Lacrosse Power-100 Player (No. 90) and Top-40 Attackman (No. 28) as a senior.

CAREER HIGHS AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICSGoals: 7, vs. Providence (March 11, 2014)Assists: 2, vs. Harvard (Feb. 22, 2014)Points: 8, vs. Providence (March 11, 2014)Multi-Goal Games: 15, last at #18 Towson (March 28, 2015)Multi-Assist Games: 1, vs. Harvard (Feb. 22, 2014)Multi-Point Games: 19, last at #18 Towson (March 28, 2015)Hat Tricks: 7, last vs. Brown (Feb. 28, 2015)Games With 5+ Goals: 2, last vs. Providence (March 11, 2014)Games With 8+ Points: 1, vs. Providence (March 11, 2014)Consecutive Games With 1+ Point: 10 (Feb. 10, 2013 - March 30, 2013)Consecutive Games With 1+ Goal: 5 (April 13, 2013 - Feb. 8, 2014)Groundballs: 4, vs. Penn State (March 14, 2015)Caused Turnovers: 1, 3x, last vs. Providence (March 11, 2014)


UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEN’S LACROSSE BOX SCORES AND RECAPS

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GAME 1: #20 ARMY 12, UMASS 7SAT., FEB 7, 2015 // MCGUIRK STADIUM; AMHERST, MASS.In total, five underclassmen combined for all 11 UMass points - led by Nick Mariano’s four on three goals and an assist - in a 12-7 defeat to the No. 20 nationally ranked Army Black Knights. Originally scheduled for Garber Field, the game was moved to McGuirk Stadium due to winter weather-related damage to the playing surface at Garber. Army raced out to a six-goal lead before the Minutemen generated their attack. Massachusetts cut it to 7-3 at the half with back-to-back strikes by Gianni Bianchin and Mariano, but the Black Knights registered four consecutive goals to open the third quarter and push the visiting side’s advantage to 11-3.

GAME 2: #6 NORTH CAROLINA 20, UMASS 8SAT., FEB 14, 2015 // FETZER FIELD; CHAPEL HILL, N.C.Men’s lacrosse could not keep pace with a dynamic attack unit in No. 6 North Carolina’s 20-8 win over the Minutemen. Dan Muller’s first score of the season - and first since his return from a year-long injury absence - brought UMass within 3-2 of the Tar Heels late in the first quarter, but UNC rattled off four consecutive goals to bump the lead to 7-2 by the 13-minute mark of the second stanza. Peter Lindley and Nick Mariano scored back-to-back for Massachusetts, but North Carolina notched three more goals before the half for a 10-4 margin at the break. The Tar Heels added two more tallies at the onset of the third and the Minutemen were unable to climb closer than within seven the remainder of the way.

GAME 3: #12 HARVARD 14, UMASS 13SAT., FEB 21, 2015 // SOLIDERS FIELD LACROSSE STADIUM; CAMBRIDGE, MASS.UMass held a three-goal lead with less than six minutes to play but was unable to close out No. 12 Harvard in a 14-13 loss. Brendan Hegarty had his first career hat trick with three goals and an assist while Nick Mariano also earned four points through two goals and as many assists. Peter Lindley put UMass up 13-10 with the first goal of the final quarter, scored only 27 seconds in. However, after nearly nine minutes of scoreless action, Harvard put up four straight goals in three minutes, 20 seconds of play. Sean McDonough ended the stretch with 2:15 left in the game but UMass was unable to knot the game up during the last minutes of the contest.

GAME 4: [RV/-] BROWN 18, UMASS 12SAT., FEB 28, 2015 // MCGUIRK STADIUM; AMHERST, MASS.UMass men’s lacrosse senior Grant Whiteway and freshman Peter Lindley recorded a hat trick each, but the Minutemen struggled in the first quarter against Brown en route to a 18-12 loss. A five-goal run by the Bears following the first faceoff put the Minutemen at a 5-0 disadvantage entering the final minute of the opening quarter. Massachusetts closed the gap to two goals, 7-5, after Gianni Bianchin, Brendan Hegarty and Whiteway scored consecutive tallies in the second quarter. However, the Bears struck twice before halftime and outscored the Minutemen in the third to earn a 14-8 lead entering the final quarter.


#20 Army vs Massachusetts (Feb 07, 2015 at Amherst, Mass.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalArmy 5 2 4 1 12Massachusetts 0 3 0 4 7

Army (1-0) vs.Massachusetts (0-1)Date: Feb 07, 2015 • Attendance: 527Weather: Overcast, Flurries, 30 degrees

Army SCORING: GOALS: Johnson, Cole 4; Glesener, John 2; Moore, Jimbo 1; Poulos,Luke 1; Cook, Connor 1; Glesener, Ted 1; Miller, Gunnar 1; Glancy, Conor 1.ASSISTS: Glesener, John 2; Newsome, Alex 2; Moore, Jimbo 1; Poulos, Luke 1.

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Mariano, Nick 3; Lindley, Peter 2; Carr, Buddy 1;Bianchin, Gianni 1.ASSISTS: Carr, Buddy 1; Lindley, Peter 1; Mariano, Nick 1; Rak, Noah 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalArmy 10 6 10 6 32Massachusetts 4 4 2 7 17

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalArmy 4 4 6 8 22Massachusetts 4 6 2 6 18

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalArmy 0 0 1 0 1Massachusetts 1 1 0 0 2

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalArmy 3 0 1 2 6Massachusetts 2 3 4 3 12

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalArmy 3 4 1 4 12Massachusetts 4 4 5 1 14

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalArmy 4-6 5-6 2-4 5-6 16-22Massachusetts 2-6 1-6 2-4 1-6 6-22

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalArmy 2-2 2-2 5-5 2-3 11-12Massachusetts 1-3 5-6 4-4 4-4 14-17

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalArmy 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-2 1-5Massachusetts 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-3

Stadium: McGuirk StadiumPenalties - Army 3/2:00; Massachusetts 6/5:00.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Army 0/0 (0); Massachusetts 0/0 (0).Officials:.



Massachusetts vs #6 North Carolina (Feb 14, 2015 at Chapel Hill, N.C.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 2 2 2 2 8North Carolina 4 6 5 5 20

Massachusetts (0-2) vs.North Carolina (3-0)Date: Feb 14, 2015 • Attendance: 954Weather: 45 degrees, sunny

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Mariano, Nick 3; Lindley, Peter 2; Muller, Dan 1;Carr, Buddy 1; Izzo, Ryan 1.ASSISTS: Bianchin, Gianni 2; Consoletti, Grant 2; Lindley, Peter 1; Muller, Dan1.

North Carolina SCORING: GOALS: Joey Sankey 3; Jimmy Bitter 3; Luke Goldstock 3;Peyton Klawinski 3; Chad Tutton 2; Duncan Hutchins 2; Walker Chafee 1; StephenKelly 1; Austin Pifani 1; Jake Matthai 1.ASSISTS: Joey Sankey 4; Jimmy Bitter 3; Patrick Kelly 2; Luke Goldstock 1;Peyton Klawinski 1; Michael Tagliaferri 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 7 10 7 11 35North Carolina 8 12 9 11 40

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 8 7 7 9 31North Carolina 8 9 12 14 43

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 1 2 1 0 4North Carolina 0 0 1 1 2

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 1 3 3 2 9North Carolina 2 4 2 3 11

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 4 1 4 3 12North Carolina 4 2 2 2 10

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 2-7 2-9 5-8 4-8 13-32North Carolina 5-7 7-9 3-8 4-8 19-32

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 5-6 4-4 2-2 3-3 14-15North Carolina 3-4 4-4 3-4 4-4 14-16

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-3North Carolina 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2

Stadium: Fetzer FieldPenalties - Massachusetts 2/1:00; North Carolina 3/2:00.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Massachusetts 0/0 (0); North Carolina 0/0 (0).Officials: Rich Tamberrino; Jason Parks; Andrew Smith. Scorer: Lena Welch.



Brown vs Massachusetts (Feb 28, 2015 at Amherst, Mass.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalBrown 5 4 4 5 18Massachusetts 1 4 3 4 12

Brown (2-0) vs.Massachusetts (0-4)Date: Feb 28, 2015 • Attendance: 508Weather: Mid-20s, light wind, clear skies

Brown SCORING: GOALS: Molloy, Dylan 7; Blynn, Henry 4; Bellistri, Kylor 3;Caputo, Brendan 1; Piroli, Nick 1; Gural, Will 1; Jacob, Tim 1.ASSISTS: Bellistri, Kylor 2; Molloy, Dylan 2; Caputo, Brendan 1; Kemp, Larken 1;Landis, Tyler 1; Piroli, Nick 1; Tills, Bailey 1; Weeden, Nick 1.

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Lindley, Peter 3; Whiteway, Grant 3; Bianchin,Gianni 2; Mariano, Nick 1; Carr, Buddy 1; Hegarty, Brendan 1; Izzo, Ryan 1.ASSISTS: Schroeder, Brendan 3; Carr, Buddy 2; Mariano, Nick 2; Hegarty, Brendan1; Hunziker, Kurt 1; Muller, Dan 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalBrown 17 8 11 5 41Massachusetts 5 14 9 13 41

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalBrown 11 7 8 9 35Massachusetts 7 10 5 8 30

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalBrown 0 1 0 1 2Massachusetts 1 1 3 0 5

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalBrown 0 3 2 3 8Massachusetts 5 1 5 0 11

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalBrown 2 5 1 7 15Massachusetts 6 4 3 4 17

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalBrown 4-6 4-8 6-8 6-10 20-32Massachusetts 2-6 4-8 2-8 4-10 12-32

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalBrown 5-5 5-6 3-3 4-7 17-21Massachusetts 4-6 4-5 4-5 5-5 17-21

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalBrown 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-3Massachusetts 0-2 2-3 0-2 0-2 2-9

Stadium: McGuirk StadiumPenalties - Brown 9/6:30; Massachusetts 3/2:00.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Brown 1/1 (0); Massachusetts 0/0 (0).Officials:. Scorer: Cody Lahl.



Massachusetts vs #12 Harvard (Feb 21, 2015 at Cambridge, Mass.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 4 5 3 1 13Harvard 2 5 3 4 14

Massachusetts (0-3) vs.Harvard (1-0)Date: Feb 21, 2015 • Attendance: 714Weather:

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Hegarty, Brendan 3; Mariano, Nick 2; Sokol, Andrew2; Muller, Dan 2; Bianchin, Gianni 1; Lindley, Peter 1; St. Laurent, Dom 1;Gruder, Dylan 1.ASSISTS: Mariano, Nick 2; Bianchin, Gianni 1; Hegarty, Brendan 1; Lindley, Peter1; Muller, Dan 1; Sokol, Andrew 1.

Harvard SCORING: GOALS: Burns, Deke 7; Dwyer, Devin 2; Walker, Will 2; Lang, Joe1; Ardrey, Ian 1; McDonagh, Sean 1.ASSISTS: Coleman, Sean 2; Lang, Joe 2; Michel, Keegan 2; Ardrey, Ian 1; Dwyer,Devin 1; Williams, Austin 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 11 11 8 4 34Harvard 4 12 8 13 37

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 3 9 5 3 20Harvard 10 7 8 7 32

F/O violations by pr 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 0 0 0 0 0Harvard 1 0 2 1 4

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 1 4 3 4 12Harvard 3 3 2 3 11

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 2 3 4 3 12Harvard 4 3 1 3 11

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 2-7 6-10 4-7 2-6 14-30Harvard 5-7 4-10 3-7 4-6 16-30

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 1-2 3-3 3-3 3-3 10-11Harvard 3-4 2-3 4-4 1-2 10-13

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 1-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 2-4Harvard 1-3 1-0 1-1 0-1 3-5

Stadium: Soldiers Field Stad.Penalties - Massachusetts 6/4:00; Harvard 4/2:30.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Massachusetts 0/1 (0); Harvard 0/0 (0).Officials: Fran Doyle; Brian Richardson; Randy Milou. Scorer: Achilles Carmenate.



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GAME 5: #16 ALBANY 10, UMASS 9SAT., MARCH 7, 2015 // FALLON FIELD; ALBANY, N.Y.Massachusetts fell one goal shy of mounting a comeback in its 10-9 loss at No. 16 Albany after the Minutemen recorded the final three goals of the contest and five of the last six scored. Brendan Hegarty, Nick Mariano and Dan Muller tallied unanswered goals for UMass over the final nine minutes of the contest. Hegarty, who finished with a hat trick on three goals, notched his third of the day with eight ticks left on the clock. Noah Rak, who went 16-of-23 at the faceoff X, won the ensuing possession for UMass, but the Minutemen were unable to generate a game-tying chance before time ran out.

GAME 6: UMASS 18, QUINNIPIAC 5TUES., MARCH 10, 2015 // MCGUIRK STADIUM; AMHERST, MASS.UMass men’s lacrosse routed Quinnipiac, 18-5, through a balanced approach to offense and stringent defense as 16 Minutemen recorded at least one point and the Maroon and White held the Bobcats scoreless in the first and third quarters. Grant Whiteway started a seven-goal UMass run with an acrobatic behind-the-back shot as he was knocked to the turf, which increased UMass’ lead to 7-2 at halftime. The Maroon and White went on to score the next six goals, including five in the third quarter, from six different Minutemen and jumped the five-goal margin at the break to 14-2 early in the fourth quarter. Kurt Hunziker and Austin Spencer scored for the first time in their respective collegiate careers during the win while James Marusi earn his first point via an assist.

GAME 7: UMASS 12, PENN STATE 8SAT., MARCH 14, 2015 // MCGUIRK STADIUM; AMHERST, MASS.UMass gave up four goals to Penn State in the first quarter, but rallied from the early hole for a 12-8 win through a stifling second half defense timed in conjunction with a five-goal scoring run. The Minutemen answered Penn State’s four consecutive goals with the next four scores and played even with the Nittany Lions into the third quarter. During the final minute of the third, Nick Mariano and Peter Lindley scored back-to-back and UMass opened the fourth with three more goals for a 12-7 advantage with less than five minutes left. The scor-ing run occurred as the defense held PSU without a goal for more than 18 consecutive minutes.

GAME 8: UMASS 9, HOFSTRA 7SAT., MARCH 21, 2015 // SHUART STADIUM; HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.UMass dispatched Hofstra, 9-7, in the first 2015 CAA league game for both sides through a hat trick from Brendan Hegarty and 13 saves by goalie Zach Oliveri. Hegarty’s last two tallies provided the difference in the win. The Setauket, New York, native scored unassisted with five minutes, five seconds left in the third for an 8-5 advantage only 58 seconds after Peter Lindley helped Andrew Sokol double the lead. Hegarty completed the hat trick with 9:49 left during a shot clock warning situation for the final Massachusetts goal. Mike Malave and Brier Davis scored two minutes apart to cut the Pride’s deficit to 9-7 with 5:39 to play, but Oliveri made saves on each of Hofstra’s final two possessions to maintain the Minuteman advantage. It was the first game back home for Oliveri, a Long Island native, since his father, Jim, passed away in December 2014.


Massachusetts vs #16 UAlbany (Mar 07, 2015 at Albany, N.Y.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 3 1 1 4 9UAlbany 3 4 2 1 10

Massachusetts (0-5) vs.UAlbany (2-1)Date: Mar 07, 2015 • Attendance: 2165Weather: Sunny but cold

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Hegarty, Brendan 3; Muller, Dan 2; Mariano, Nick1; Sokol, Andrew 1; Lindley, Peter 1; Spinney, Paul 1.ASSISTS: Bianchin, Gianni 1; Consoletti, Grant 1; Mariano, Nick 1; Muller, Dan1; Sokol, Andrew 1.

UAlbany SCORING: GOALS: FIELDS,Connor 3; OAKES,Seth 3; MALONEY,John 2;THOMPSON,Lyle 1; GARZIANO,Matt 1.ASSISTS: THOMPSON,Lyle 6; COX,Tim 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 14 4 12 14 44UAlbany 10 13 6 11 40

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 14 7 6 11 38UAlbany 5 10 5 8 28

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 0 1 0 1 2UAlbany 0 1 1 0 2

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 5 4 2 4 15UAlbany 7 3 8 3 21

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 4 8 3 5 20UAlbany 3 5 8 7 23

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 6-7 3-6 2-4 5-6 16-23UAlbany 1-7 3-6 2-4 1-6 7-23

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 5-6 7-8 5-7 4-6 21-27UAlbany 5-7 6-6 6-7 4-6 21-26

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-2UAlbany 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-2

Stadium: John Fallon FieldPenalties - Massachusetts 3/2:00; UAlbany 3/3:00.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Massachusetts 0/0 (0); UAlbany 0/0 (0).Officials: Tom Abbott; Mickeu Blanchfield; Matthew Palumb. Scorer: Brooke Rayder.



Quinnipiac vs Massachusetts (Mar 10, 2015 at Amherst, Mass.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalQuinnipiac 0 2 0 3 5Massachusetts 2 5 5 6 18

Quinnipiac (1-4) vs.Massachusetts (1-5)Date: Mar 10, 2015 • Attendance: 325Weather: Mid-40s, cloudy

Quinnipiac SCORING: GOALS: Diehl, Matt 1; Feldman, Brian 1; Sagl, Michael 1;Meth, Connor 1; Diehl, Kevin 1.ASSISTS: Diehl, Matt 1; Keenan, Ryan 1.

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Lindley, Peter 3; Sokol, Andrew 3; Mariano, Nick2; St. Laurent, Dom 2; Whiteway, Grant 2; Muller, Dan 1; Bianchin, Gianni 1;Consoletti, Grant 1; Klarner, Ty 1; Spencer, Austin 1; Hunziker, Kurt 1.ASSISTS: Mariano, Nick 3; Lindley, Peter 2; Bianchin, Gianni 1; Carr, Buddy 1;Consoletti, Grant 1; Marusi, James 1; Muller, Dan 1; Rak, Noah 1; Romano, Joe 1;Schroeder, Brendan 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalQuinnipiac 0 6 8 12 26Massachusetts 8 11 11 12 42

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalQuinnipiac 5 4 6 11 26Massachusetts 5 9 8 13 35

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalQuinnipiac 1 2 1 1 5Massachusetts 0 1 0 2 3

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalQuinnipiac 3 5 3 2 13Massachusetts 0 3 3 7 13

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalQuinnipiac 6 1 3 5 15Massachusetts 2 1 2 4 9

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalQuinnipiac 1-3 1-7 2-7 5-10 9-27Massachusetts 2-3 6-7 5-7 5-10 18-27

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalQuinnipiac 4-4 1-1 3-3 2-3 10-11Massachusetts 3-3 2-2 3-3 4-5 12-13

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalQuinnipiac 0-0 1-1 0-2 1-2 2-5Massachusetts 0-0 2-2 0-2 0-1 2-5

Stadium: McGuirk StadiumPenalties - Quinnipiac 6/5:00; Massachusetts 6/5:30.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Quinnipiac 0/1 (1); Massachusetts 0/0 (0).Officials:. Scorer: Cody Lahl.



Massachusetts vs Hofstra (Mar 21, 2015 at Hempstead, N.Y.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 3 2 3 1 9Hofstra 1 2 2 2 7

Massachusetts (3-5, 1-0 CAA) vs.Hofstra (3-5, 0-1 CAA)Date: Mar 21, 2015 • Attendance: 2028Weather: 40 degrees - partly cloudy - winds SW 5 MPH

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Hegarty, Brendan 3; Mariano, Nick 2; Bianchin,Gianni 2; Sokol, Andrew 1; Muller, Dan 1.ASSISTS: Sokol, Andrew 2; Bianchin, Gianni 1; Lindley, Peter 1; Mariano, Nick 1;Muller, Dan 1; Schroeder, Brendan 1.

Hofstra SCORING: GOALS: Llinares, Sam 2; Malave, Mike 2; Davis, Brier 1;Kavanagh, Brendan 1; Franco, Zachary 1.ASSISTS: Llinares, Sam 2; Alderman, Dylan 1; Davis, Brier 1; Hendrickson, Korey1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 5 8 8 3 24Hofstra 11 10 10 10 41

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 7 4 4 6 21Hofstra 6 4 4 12 26

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 2 1 2 0 5Hofstra 0 0 0 0 0

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 4 3 4 2 13Hofstra 0 1 1 2 4

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 4 1 2 4 11Hofstra 0 2 2 2 6

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 2-5 1-4 2-5 3-4 8-18Hofstra 3-5 3-4 3-5 1-4 10-18

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 4-5 3-3 3-4 3-3 13-15Hofstra 3-3 2-2 1-1 2-2 8-8

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-2 2-5Hofstra 0-0 1-5 1-1 2-2 4-8

Stadium: Shuart StadiumPenalties - Massachusetts 11/7:30; Hofstra 8/7:30.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Massachusetts 2/5 (1); Hofstra 1/2 (0).Officials: Tom Hoeland; Michael Hinfey; Kevin Schaeffer. Scorer: Rao / Emberley.



Penn State vs Massachusetts (Mar 14, 2015 at Amherst, Mass.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalPenn State 4 1 2 1 8Massachusetts 2 2 5 3 12

Penn State (3-4) vs.Massachusetts (2-5)Date: Mar 14, 2015 • Attendance: 335Weather: Light rain, 41 degrees

Penn State SCORING: GOALS: Sanders, TJ 2; Craig, Dan 1; Aponte, Nick 1; Sutton,Mike 1; Peck, Tanner 1; Lombardi, Billy 1; Kreinz, Drake 1.ASSISTS: Aponte, Nick 1; Craig, Dan 1; Sanders, TJ 1.

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Mariano, Nick 3; Lindley, Peter 2; Sokol, Andrew2; Bianchin, Gianni 1; Whiteway, Grant 1; Muller, Dan 1; Carr, Buddy 1; Izzo,Ryan 1.ASSISTS: Bianchin, Gianni 2; Consoletti, Grant 2; Mariano, Nick 2; Hunziker,Kurt 1; Lindley, Peter 1; Whiteway, Grant 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalPenn State 8 9 5 6 28Massachusetts 8 4 14 5 31

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalPenn State 11 5 7 10 33Massachusetts 5 7 9 9 30

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalPenn State 0 0 0 1 1Massachusetts 1 0 2 0 3

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalPenn State 4 2 3 0 9Massachusetts 2 4 2 1 9

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalPenn State 4 4 6 5 19Massachusetts 5 4 0 5 14

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalPenn State 5-6 2-4 7-8 1-5 15-23Massachusetts 1-6 2-4 1-8 4-5 8-23

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalPenn State 3-3 2-4 2-3 1-2 8-12Massachusetts 4-6 6-6 2-2 4-4 16-18

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalPenn State 2-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-3Massachusetts 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 1-4

Stadium: McGuirk StadiumPenalties - Penn State 4/3:30; Massachusetts 3/2:00.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Penn State 0/1 (0); Massachusetts 0/1 (1).Officials:.



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GAME 9: #18 TOWSON 6, UMASS 3SAT., MARCH 28, 2015 // JOHNNY UNITAS STADIUM; TOWSON, MD.UMass tallied advantages in shots, faceoffs, groundballs and caused turnovers, but was unable to depart from No. 18 Towson with a win as the Tigers defeated the Minutemen, 6-3. Grant Whiteway scored twice in the loss while Zach Oliveri made nine saves in net. Down, 5-1, approaching the end of the third, back-to-back tallies from Whiteway and Mariano bridging the final two frames closed the gap to 5-3. Schroeder found Whiteway unmarked at the crease with 4:52 left in the third before Mariano provided his team-leading 18th goal with 10:53 left in the fourth to pull the squad back within two goals of tying, but UMass was unable to generate offense the remainder of the way.

GAME 10: FAIRFIELD 10, UMASS 9SAT., APRIL 4, 2015 // MCGUIRK STADIUM; AMHERST, MASS.UMass tallied advantages in shots, faceoffs, groundballs and caused turnovers, but was unable to depart from No. 18 Towson with a win as the Tigers defeated the Minutemen, 6-3. Grant Whiteway scored twice in the loss while Zach Oliveri made nine saves in net. Down, 5-1, approaching the end of the third, back-to-back tallies from Whiteway and Mariano bridging the final two frames closed the gap to 5-3. Schroeder found Whiteway unmarked at the crease with 4:52 left in the third before Mariano provided his team-leading 18th goal with 10:53 left in the fourth to pull the squad back within two goals of tying, but UMass was unable to generate offense the remainder of the way.


Massachusetts vs #18 Towson (Mar 28, 2015 at Towson, Md.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 0 1 1 1 3Towson 2 2 1 1 6

Massachusetts (3-6, 1-1 CAA) vs.Towson (7-3, 1-0 CAA)Date: Mar 28, 2015 • Attendance: 632Weather: Cold, windy, snow flurries, temps in 30s

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Whiteway, Grant 2; Mariano, Nick 1.ASSISTS: Hegarty, Brendan 1; Lindley, Peter 1; Schroeder, Brendan 1.

Towson SCORING: GOALS: Lynch, Mike 2; Parks, Spencer 1; Mabus, Justin 1; Seider,Joe 1; Siskind, Max 1.ASSISTS: Parks, Spencer 2; Drenner, Ryan 1; McCarty, Ben 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 7 11 5 9 32Towson 5 5 9 6 25

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 11 7 10 5 33Towson 1 6 13 7 27

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 0 0 0 1 1Towson 0 0 1 0 1

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 3 1 4 1 9Towson 5 2 3 4 14

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 4 1 5 3 13Towson 1 2 4 4 11

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 3-3 1-4 2-3 1-3 7-13Towson 0-3 3-4 1-3 2-3 6-13

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 3-4 2-2 4-6 3-4 12-16Towson 2-2 3-3 5-5 4-5 14-15

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalMassachusetts 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-3Towson 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2

Stadium: Unitas StadiumPenalties - Massachusetts 4/3:30; Towson 4/3:30.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Massachusetts 0/0 (0); Towson 1/7 (0).Officials: Hans Wittelsberger; David Mueller; Brendan Lehane. Scorer: Towson AMR.



Fairfield vs Massachusetts (Apr 04, 2015 at Amherst, Mass.)

Score by period 1 2 3 4 TotalFairfield 3 2 3 2 10Massachusetts 2 2 0 5 9

Fairfield (7-4, 2-0 CAA) vs.Massachusetts (3-7, 1-2 CAA)Date: Apr 04, 2015 • Attendance: 612Weather: Mid-40s, windy, partial cloud coverage

Fairfield SCORING: GOALS: Neubauer, TJ 4; Knostman, Jake 3; McLinden, Colin 1;Schnider, Charlie 1; Federico, Drew 1.ASSISTS: Sperry, Tristan 2; McLinden, Colin 1; Schnider, Charlie 1.

Massachusetts SCORING: GOALS: Carr, Buddy 2; Mariano, Nick 1; Muller, Dan 1;Hegarty, Brendan 1; Lindley, Peter 1; Sokol, Andrew 1; Bianchin, Gianni 1;Hunziker, Kurt 1.ASSISTS: Hegarty, Brendan 1; Lindley, Peter 1; Mariano, Nick 1; Muller, Dan 1;Sokol, Andrew 1; Whiteway, Grant 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 TotalFairfield 8 5 11 8 32Massachusetts 8 13 3 11 35

Ground balls/prd 1 2 3 4 TotalFairfield 6 6 7 5 24Massachusetts 6 8 6 9 29

F/O violations by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalFairfield 0 0 0 0 0Massachusetts 1 0 0 1 2

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 TotalFairfield 2 4 1 5 12Massachusetts 0 2 2 3 7

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalFairfield 2 2 4 3 11Massachusetts 2 2 4 2 10

Faceoffs by prd 1 2 3 4 TotalFairfield 4-6 2-6 2-3 5-8 13-23Massachusetts 2-6 4-6 1-3 3-8 10-23

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 TotalFairfield 1-2 4-4 4-4 2-4 11-14Massachusetts 3-3 3-3 3-4 4-4 13-14

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 TotalFairfield 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-1Massachusetts 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 2-3

Stadium: McGuirk StadiumPenalties - Fairfield 3/3:00; Massachusetts 1/1:00.30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Fairfield 0/3 (0); Massachusetts 0/1 (0).Officials:. Scorer: Cody Lahl.



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2015 UMass Men's Lacrosse StatisticsMassachusetts Combined Team Statistics

All games (as of Apr 06, 2015)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 3-7 2-3 1-4 0-0CONFERENCE 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 2-5 2-2 0-3 0-0

Date Opponent Score Att.Feb 07 #20 ARMY L 7-12 527Feb 14 at #6 North Carolina L 8-20 954Feb 21 at #12 Harvard L 13-14 714Feb 28 BROWN L 12-18 508Mar 07 at #16 UAlbany L 9-10 2165Mar 10 QUINNIPIAC W 18-5 325Mar 14 PENN STATE W 12-8 335

* Mar 21 at Hofstra W 9-7 2028* Mar 28 at #18 Towson L 3-6 632* Apr 04 FAIRFIELD L 9-10 612

TEAM STATISTICS UMASS OPPSHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 100-335 110-342 Goals scored per game 10.00 11.00 Shot pct. . 2 9 9 . 3 2 2 Shots on goal-Attempts 209-335 220-342 SOG pct. . 6 2 4 . 6 4 3 S h o t s / G a m e 33.5 34.2 A s s i s t s 70 62MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES G o a l s - O p p o r t u n i t i e s 16-41 16-36 Conversion Percent . 3 9 0 . 4 4 4GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals 100 110 M a n - u p 16 16 M a n - d o w n 0 2 U n a s s i s t e d 30 48 O v e r t i m e 0 0 Goals scored average 10.00 11.00GROUND BALLS 285 296TURNOVERS 132 133CAUSED TURNOVERS 72 65FACEOFFS (W-L) 112-243 131-243 Faceoff W-L Pct. . 4 6 1 . 5 3 9CLEARS 142-167 124-148 Clear Pct. . 8 5 0 . 8 3 8PENALTIES N u m b e r 45 47 M i n u t e s 33:30 38:30ATTENDANCE T o t a l 2307 6493 Dates/Avg Per Date 5/461 5/1299 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Gw Up Dn GB Faceoff23 Mariano, Nick 10 19 13 32 72 0 4 0 19 0-08 Lindley, Peter 10 15 9 24 28 1 4 0 15 0-07 Bianchin, Gianni 10 9 8 17 36 0 4 0 5 0-018 Muller, Dan 10 9 7 16 31 0 0 0 2 0-040 Hegarty, Brendan 10 11 4 15 34 1 1 0 17 0-019 Sokol, Andrew 10 10 5 15 43 1 1 0 5 0-027 Whiteway, Grant 7 8 2 10 16 0 0 0 9 0-035 Carr, Buddy 10 6 4 10 19 0 2 0 7 0-010 Consoletti, Grant 10 1 6 7 7 0 0 0 6 0-020 Schroeder, Brendan 10 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 15 0-025 Hunziker, Kurt 10 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 5 5-1239 St. Laurent, Dom 10 3 0 3 12 0 0 0 6 0-03 Izzo, Ryan 10 3 0 3 8 0 0 0 24 0-030 Rak, Noah 9 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 33 70-13914 Spinney, Paul 9 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0-05 Gruder, Dylan 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 7 0-028 Spencer, Austin 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 41 0-19 Klarner, Ty 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0-036 Marusi, James 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-01 Romano, Joe 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-024 Marino, Jake 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0-045 Porzelt, Kevin 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0-015 Robino, Chas 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-044 Fahey, Bob 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0-042 Smith, D.J. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-037 Karaska, Kyle 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0-034 Von Rosenvinge, P. 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-029 Oliveri, Zach 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0-026 Elcock, Mike 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-022 Weeks, Tyler 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0-016 Lisauskas, Jake 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-012 Rinkus, Shane 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-06 Schatz, Charlie 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 37-912 Valenza, Luc 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

Total 10 100 70 170 335 3 16 0 285 112-243Opponents 10 110 62 172 342 7 16 2 296 131-243

## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Save Pct W-L-T29 Oliveri, Zach 10 542:15 95 10.51 98 . 5 0 8 3-7-042 Smith, D.J. 2 57:45 15 15.58 12 . 4 4 4 0-0-0

Total 10 600:00 110 11.00 110 . 5 0 0 3-7-0Opponents 10 600:00 100 10.00 109 . 5 2 2 7-3-0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMassachusetts 19 27 23 31 100Opponents 29 30 26 25 110

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMassachusetts 23 28 32 27 110Opponents 29 27 26 27 109

Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMassachusetts 77 90 79 89 335Opponents 81 86 87 88 342

Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMassachusetts 48 54 49 58 209Opponents 52 58 58 52 220


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2015 UMass Men's Lacrosse StatisticsMassachusetts Combined Team Statistics

Conference games (as of Apr 06, 2015)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0CONFERENCE 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Date Opponent Score Att.* Mar 21 at Hofstra W 9-7 2028* Mar 28 at #18 Towson L 3-6 632* Apr 04 FAIRFIELD L 9-10 612

TEAM STATISTICS UMASS OPPSHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 21-91 23-98 Goals scored per game 7.00 7.67 Shot pct. . 2 3 1 . 2 3 5 Shots on goal-Attempts 51-91 52-98 SOG pct. . 5 6 0 . 5 3 1 S h o t s / G a m e 30.3 32.7 A s s i s t s 16 13MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES G o a l s - O p p o r t u n i t i e s 5-11 5-11 Conversion Percent . 4 5 5 . 4 5 5GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals 21 23 M a n - u p 5 5 M a n - d o w n 0 1 U n a s s i s t e d 5 10 O v e r t i m e 0 0 Goals scored average 7.00 7.67GROUND BALLS 83 77TURNOVERS 34 28CAUSED TURNOVERS 15 14FACEOFFS (W-L) 25-54 29-54 Faceoff W-L Pct. . 4 6 3 . 5 3 7CLEARS 38-45 33-37 Clear Pct. . 8 4 4 . 8 9 2PENALTIES N u m b e r 16 15 M i n u t e s 12:00 14:00ATTENDANCE T o t a l 612 2660 Dates/Avg Per Date 1/612 2/1330 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Gw Up Dn GB Faceoff23 Mariano, Nick 3 4 2 6 16 0 1 0 4 0-040 Hegarty, Brendan 3 4 2 6 11 1 0 0 6 0-019 Sokol, Andrew 3 2 3 5 13 0 1 0 2 0-07 Bianchin, Gianni 3 3 1 4 13 0 1 0 2 0-018 Muller, Dan 3 2 2 4 10 0 0 0 0 0-08 Lindley, Peter 3 1 3 4 4 0 1 0 4 0-027 Whiteway, Grant 3 2 1 3 6 0 0 0 2 0-035 Carr, Buddy 3 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 0-020 Schroeder, Brendan 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0-025 Hunziker, Kurt 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 5-123 Izzo, Ryan 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 0-014 Spinney, Paul 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-05 Gruder, Dylan 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0-045 Porzelt, Kevin 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0-039 St. Laurent, Dom 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0-028 Spencer, Austin 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0-110 Consoletti, Grant 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0-044 Fahey, Bob 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-037 Karaska, Kyle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0-034 Von Rosenvinge, P. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-030 Rak, Noah 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10-2429 Oliveri, Zach 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0-012 Rinkus, Shane 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-06 Schatz, Charlie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10-17

Total 3 21 16 37 91 1 5 0 83 25-54Opponents 3 23 13 36 98 2 5 1 77 29-54

## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Save Pct W-L-T29 Oliveri, Zach 3 180:00 23 7.67 29 . 5 5 8 1-2-0

Total 3 180:00 23 7.67 29 . 5 5 8 1-2-0Opponents 3 180:00 21 7.00 30 . 5 8 8 2-1-0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMassachusetts 5 5 4 7 21Opponents 6 6 6 5 23

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMassachusetts 7 6 10 6 29Opponents 7 7 5 11 30

Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMassachusetts 20 32 16 23 91Opponents 24 20 30 24 98

Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMassachusetts 12 12 9 18 51Opponents 13 12 16 11 52

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