Saturday, February 26
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
12 p.m.
Bucknell University
at
Marist
Photo by: Noel Gyllenhaal
Bucknell Men's Lacrosse Faces Marist on Road
2/22/2022 12:25:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Bucknell (3-0, 0-0 PL) vs. Marist (1-2, 0-0 MAAC)
When: Saturday, Feb. 26 – 12 p.m.
Where: Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field – Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Internet Video: ESPN3
Live Stats: GoRedFoxes.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_MLAX
Bucknell at a Glance
• Bucknell received votes in this week's USILA Coaches' and Inside Lacrosse Media Polls.
• The Bison are currently 3-0 (0-0 PL) following their 23-7 victory over St. John's on Feb. 19 in their home opener.
• With a win on Saturday at Marist, Bucknell will start a season 4-0 for the first time since 2007; during that campaign, the Bison won their first five games en route to an 11-4 overall record.
• During the abbreviated 2021 season, Bucknell posted a 2-6 (1-5 PL) record, missing the Patriot League Tournament for only the third time since 2005.
• In 2020, the Bison went 5-1 (0-0 PL). The week their season was canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat, they were ranked 20th in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• In 2019, Bucknell logged a 6-9 (4-4 PL) record. The Bison closed the regular season on a four-game winning streak and earned their 13th Patriot League Tournament berth in 15 seasons.
• Bucknell was selected to finish seventh in the 2022 Patriot League preseason poll. Midfielder Harry Wellford represented the Bison on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team for the second-straight season.
• Bucknell returned defenseman Travis Talarico, a 2020 Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American.
• The Bison lost two-time All-Patriot League defenseman Bryant Boswell to graduation following the 2021 campaign.
• Bucknell will also need to replace four-year starting attackman Tommy Sopko, who finished just three goals shy of cracking the school's all-time career top-10 list; his final stat line read 118 points on 91 goals and 27 assists in 44 career games, all of which were starts.
• The Bison brought back senior attackman Alston Tarry, who led the team in assists in both 2021 (11) and 2020 (14).
• Bucknell also returned junior short-stick defensive midfielder Danny Striano, who paced the team in ground balls (30) a season ago. Striano is a critical faceoff wing for the Bison.
• Talarico, Wellford, senior offensive midfielder Matthew Barkauskas and senior faceoff specialist Nick Crovatto are serving as team captains this year.
• Frank Fedorjaka is in his 17th season as Bucknell's head coach and 22nd campaign as a collegiate head coach. He is just the second head coach in Bison men's lacrosse history.
Category Leaders
• Goals: Connor Davis (16) – 1st in NCAA in goals/game (5.33) – lone freshman in top 10
• Assists: Cam Doolan (8) – 3rd among NCAA freshmen in assists/game (2.67)
• Points: Connor Davis (17)
• Shots: Connor Davis (32)
• Ground Balls: Nick Crovatto (22)
• Caused Turnovers: Frankie Higgins (5)
• Face-Off Wins: Nick Crovatto (37)
• Face-Off Percentage: Nick Crovatto (.617)
• Save Percentage: Max Nolan (.412)
• Goals Against Average: Max Nolan (11.47)
• Saves: Max Nolan (21)
School Record Holders on the 2022 Roster
• Nick Crovatto: Single-Game Ground Balls (14 vs. St. John's in 2022)
• Connor Davis: Single-Game Goals by Freshman (6 vs. Mercer & St. John's in 2022)
Patriot League Record Holders on the 2022 Roster
• Connor Davis: Consecutive Rookie of the Week awards (3)
Inside the St. John's Box Score
• Bucknell rolled past St. John's, 23-7, in its home opener on Feb. 19.
• The Bison powered past the Red Storm, bolstered by a record-setting 11-goal third quarter and Connor Davis matching the school record for single-game goals by a freshman (6) for the second time this young season.
• Overall, Bucknell had 11 different goal scorers. Beyond Davis, Alston Tarry (3g-2a), Cam Doolan (2g-2a), Jack Feda (3g), Patrick Ciquera (2g-1a) and Dutch Furlong (1g-2a) all logged at least three points.
• Nick Crovatto had a big day, winning 18 of 22 faceoffs and matching Jarett Witzal's single-game record with 14 ground balls. He also assisted on two of Davis's goals off of faceoff wins.
• Crovatto's 37 faceoff wins on the season moved his career total to 203. He is just the fifth Bison to reach 200 in his career (faceoff statistics began being kept in 1999).
• Frankie Higgins and Andrew Stanzel each caused three turnovers, with Higgins adding three ground balls.
• With 11 goals in the third quarter, Bucknell matched its school record, set in a 26-9 victory over Denver in 1992. The Bison finished two goals shy of their standard for goals in a second half (14) and three goals away from their record in goals in a game (26).
• Bucknell held advantages in shots (56-28), ground balls (52-22) and faceoffs (22-10). The Bison held St. John's scoreless on five man advantages while capitalizing on two of their own.
• Bucknell put together two 7-0 scoring runs over the course of the contest, adding one four-goal and one three-goal run.
• On the strength of their performance, Higgins (Defensive Player), Crovatto (Faceoff Specialist) and Davis (Rookie) took home Patriot League weekly awards.
• Davis broke the Patriot League record by capturing his third-straight Rookie of the Week nod; just three weeks into the season, he is two honors shy of Charlie Streep's overall record, set in 2009.
• Crovatto has now won two Faceoff Specialist of the Week awards this season.
Marist at a Glance
• The Red Foxes are currently 1-2 (0-0 MAAC) following their 18-4 loss to Richmond on Feb. 19.
• Marist was picked to finish second in the 2022 MAAC preseason poll.
• Attackman Jamison Embury and long-stick defensive midfielder J.T. Roselle represented the Red Foxes on the 2022 Preseason All-MAAC Team. Embury previously was a 2021 All-MAAC Second Team selection.
• Marist went 3-1 (2-0 MAAC) in 2021 and 3-3 (0-0 MAAC) in 2020, both campaigns truncated by the COVID-19 public health threat. The Red Foxes were eliminated in the 2021 MAAC Tournament quarterfinals with a tight 14-13 loss to Canisius.
• In 2019, Marist posted a 10-7 (6-1 MAAC) record. The top-seeded Red Foxes won their third MAAC Tournament title, dispatching Canisius (11-10) and Quinnipiac (15-14) by single goals along the way. In the NCAA Tournament's opening round, they were downed by UMBC, 14-8.
• The Red Foxes advanced to the MAAC Championship final for four-straight seasons between 2014 and 2017.
• Bucknell leads the all-time series with Marist, 6-0. The Bison and Red Foxes met every season between 2018 and 2020; their 2018 meeting was their first since 2005.
• In what proved to be its final 2020 game, Bucknell dispatched Marist, 20-11, on Feb. 29.
• Will Yorke broke the school record in goals (9) and tied the school standard in points (11) to lead the Bison to their victory. His nine goals also matched the Patriot League standard, set by Navy's Dave Little against Lehigh in 2017.
• Beyond Yorke, Alston Tarry (3g-3a), Sumner Brumbaugh (2g-3a) and Matt Fedorjaka (4a) logged at least three points. Hunter Newman filled the stat sheet with an assist, nine ground balls and two caused turnovers while Travis Talarico and Bryant Boswell each caused three turnovers.
A Look Ahead
• The Bison return to Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium on Saturday, March 5 for a 1 p.m. tilt with Binghamton.
Note for NCAA rankings: Statistical rankings as of Monday, Feb. 21 (through games played on Sunday, Feb. 20)
When: Saturday, Feb. 26 – 12 p.m.
Where: Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field – Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Internet Video: ESPN3
Live Stats: GoRedFoxes.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_MLAX
Bucknell at a Glance
• Bucknell received votes in this week's USILA Coaches' and Inside Lacrosse Media Polls.
• The Bison are currently 3-0 (0-0 PL) following their 23-7 victory over St. John's on Feb. 19 in their home opener.
• With a win on Saturday at Marist, Bucknell will start a season 4-0 for the first time since 2007; during that campaign, the Bison won their first five games en route to an 11-4 overall record.
• During the abbreviated 2021 season, Bucknell posted a 2-6 (1-5 PL) record, missing the Patriot League Tournament for only the third time since 2005.
• In 2020, the Bison went 5-1 (0-0 PL). The week their season was canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat, they were ranked 20th in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• In 2019, Bucknell logged a 6-9 (4-4 PL) record. The Bison closed the regular season on a four-game winning streak and earned their 13th Patriot League Tournament berth in 15 seasons.
• Bucknell was selected to finish seventh in the 2022 Patriot League preseason poll. Midfielder Harry Wellford represented the Bison on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team for the second-straight season.
• Bucknell returned defenseman Travis Talarico, a 2020 Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American.
• The Bison lost two-time All-Patriot League defenseman Bryant Boswell to graduation following the 2021 campaign.
• Bucknell will also need to replace four-year starting attackman Tommy Sopko, who finished just three goals shy of cracking the school's all-time career top-10 list; his final stat line read 118 points on 91 goals and 27 assists in 44 career games, all of which were starts.
• The Bison brought back senior attackman Alston Tarry, who led the team in assists in both 2021 (11) and 2020 (14).
• Bucknell also returned junior short-stick defensive midfielder Danny Striano, who paced the team in ground balls (30) a season ago. Striano is a critical faceoff wing for the Bison.
• Talarico, Wellford, senior offensive midfielder Matthew Barkauskas and senior faceoff specialist Nick Crovatto are serving as team captains this year.
• Frank Fedorjaka is in his 17th season as Bucknell's head coach and 22nd campaign as a collegiate head coach. He is just the second head coach in Bison men's lacrosse history.
Category Leaders
• Goals: Connor Davis (16) – 1st in NCAA in goals/game (5.33) – lone freshman in top 10
• Assists: Cam Doolan (8) – 3rd among NCAA freshmen in assists/game (2.67)
• Points: Connor Davis (17)
• Shots: Connor Davis (32)
• Ground Balls: Nick Crovatto (22)
• Caused Turnovers: Frankie Higgins (5)
• Face-Off Wins: Nick Crovatto (37)
• Face-Off Percentage: Nick Crovatto (.617)
• Save Percentage: Max Nolan (.412)
• Goals Against Average: Max Nolan (11.47)
• Saves: Max Nolan (21)
School Record Holders on the 2022 Roster
• Nick Crovatto: Single-Game Ground Balls (14 vs. St. John's in 2022)
• Connor Davis: Single-Game Goals by Freshman (6 vs. Mercer & St. John's in 2022)
Patriot League Record Holders on the 2022 Roster
• Connor Davis: Consecutive Rookie of the Week awards (3)
Inside the St. John's Box Score
• Bucknell rolled past St. John's, 23-7, in its home opener on Feb. 19.
• The Bison powered past the Red Storm, bolstered by a record-setting 11-goal third quarter and Connor Davis matching the school record for single-game goals by a freshman (6) for the second time this young season.
• Overall, Bucknell had 11 different goal scorers. Beyond Davis, Alston Tarry (3g-2a), Cam Doolan (2g-2a), Jack Feda (3g), Patrick Ciquera (2g-1a) and Dutch Furlong (1g-2a) all logged at least three points.
• Nick Crovatto had a big day, winning 18 of 22 faceoffs and matching Jarett Witzal's single-game record with 14 ground balls. He also assisted on two of Davis's goals off of faceoff wins.
• Crovatto's 37 faceoff wins on the season moved his career total to 203. He is just the fifth Bison to reach 200 in his career (faceoff statistics began being kept in 1999).
• Frankie Higgins and Andrew Stanzel each caused three turnovers, with Higgins adding three ground balls.
• With 11 goals in the third quarter, Bucknell matched its school record, set in a 26-9 victory over Denver in 1992. The Bison finished two goals shy of their standard for goals in a second half (14) and three goals away from their record in goals in a game (26).
• Bucknell held advantages in shots (56-28), ground balls (52-22) and faceoffs (22-10). The Bison held St. John's scoreless on five man advantages while capitalizing on two of their own.
• Bucknell put together two 7-0 scoring runs over the course of the contest, adding one four-goal and one three-goal run.
• On the strength of their performance, Higgins (Defensive Player), Crovatto (Faceoff Specialist) and Davis (Rookie) took home Patriot League weekly awards.
• Davis broke the Patriot League record by capturing his third-straight Rookie of the Week nod; just three weeks into the season, he is two honors shy of Charlie Streep's overall record, set in 2009.
• Crovatto has now won two Faceoff Specialist of the Week awards this season.
Marist at a Glance
• The Red Foxes are currently 1-2 (0-0 MAAC) following their 18-4 loss to Richmond on Feb. 19.
• Marist was picked to finish second in the 2022 MAAC preseason poll.
• Attackman Jamison Embury and long-stick defensive midfielder J.T. Roselle represented the Red Foxes on the 2022 Preseason All-MAAC Team. Embury previously was a 2021 All-MAAC Second Team selection.
• Marist went 3-1 (2-0 MAAC) in 2021 and 3-3 (0-0 MAAC) in 2020, both campaigns truncated by the COVID-19 public health threat. The Red Foxes were eliminated in the 2021 MAAC Tournament quarterfinals with a tight 14-13 loss to Canisius.
• In 2019, Marist posted a 10-7 (6-1 MAAC) record. The top-seeded Red Foxes won their third MAAC Tournament title, dispatching Canisius (11-10) and Quinnipiac (15-14) by single goals along the way. In the NCAA Tournament's opening round, they were downed by UMBC, 14-8.
• The Red Foxes advanced to the MAAC Championship final for four-straight seasons between 2014 and 2017.
• Bucknell leads the all-time series with Marist, 6-0. The Bison and Red Foxes met every season between 2018 and 2020; their 2018 meeting was their first since 2005.
• In what proved to be its final 2020 game, Bucknell dispatched Marist, 20-11, on Feb. 29.
• Will Yorke broke the school record in goals (9) and tied the school standard in points (11) to lead the Bison to their victory. His nine goals also matched the Patriot League standard, set by Navy's Dave Little against Lehigh in 2017.
• Beyond Yorke, Alston Tarry (3g-3a), Sumner Brumbaugh (2g-3a) and Matt Fedorjaka (4a) logged at least three points. Hunter Newman filled the stat sheet with an assist, nine ground balls and two caused turnovers while Travis Talarico and Bryant Boswell each caused three turnovers.
A Look Ahead
• The Bison return to Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium on Saturday, March 5 for a 1 p.m. tilt with Binghamton.
Note for NCAA rankings: Statistical rankings as of Monday, Feb. 21 (through games played on Sunday, Feb. 20)
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