Sunday, April 17
Lewisburg, Pa.
12 p.m.
Bucknell University
vs
Holy Cross
Photo by: Noel Gyllenhaal
Bucknell Men's Lacrosse Faces Holy Cross in Sunday Home Game
4/12/2022 12:20:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Holy Cross (0-10, 0-6 PL) vs. Bucknell (7-4, 1-4 PL)
When: Sunday, April 17 – 12 p.m.Â
Where: Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium – Lewisburg, Pa.
Internet Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_MLAX
Bison Host White Out
• Sunday's game against Holy Cross will be a white out.
• Bucknell students in attendance will receive a free white-out t-shirt and a food voucher.
• All Bucknell students in attendance will also be eligible to win a portion of a $1,000 cash jackpot.
Bucknell at a Glance
• For the eighth week in a row, the Bison received votes in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• Bucknell is currently 7-4 (1-4 PL) after being edged, 13-12, by then No. 19 Lehigh on April 10. It was the program's second-straight loss by one goal to a nationally ranked opponent.
• The 2022 team was the fourth to start a season 5-0, joining the 1970, 1996 and 2007 squads. The Bison won their first five games in 2022 and 2007, their first seven tilts in 1970 and all 12 of their contests in 1996.
• At the NCAA Division I level, Bucknell ranks second in caused turnovers per game (10.45), sixth in ground balls per game (36.36), 17th in assists per game (8.09) and 18th in points per game (21.55). The Bison are also tied for 17th in scoring defense (10.55), 18th in scoring margin (2.91) and 21st in scoring offense (13.45).
• Attackman Connor Davis was added to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on March 10. Currently, he is the lone freshman be recognized as a contender for this prestigious award, which honors the top college lacrosse player in the United States.
• 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 (35) – 5th in NCAA in goals/game (3.50)
• Assists: Dutch Furlong (15)
• Points: Dutch Furlong (43)
• Shots: Connor Davis (90)
• Ground Balls: Nick Crovatto (71)
• Caused Turnovers: Reid Delanois (20) – 19th in NCAA in caused turnovers/game (1.73)
• Face-Off Wins: Nick Crovatto (117)
• Face-Off Percentage: Nick Crovatto (.500)
• Save Percentage: Rich O'Halloran (.571)
• Goals Against Average: Rich O'Halloran (10.57)
• Saves: Rich O'Halloran (68)
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 & Binghamton in 2022)
Patriot League Record Holders on the 2022 Roster
• Connor Davis: Overall Rookie of the Week awards (5) (tied with fellow Bison Charlie Streep, 2009)
• Connor Davis: Consecutive Rookie of the Week awards (3)
Milestones Met Last Week
• Nick Crovatto: Cracked Bucknell's career top 10 in ground balls; now stands 10th with 145
Milestone Watch
• Nick Crovatto: Needs one ground ball to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 72
• Nick Crovatto: Needs 11 ground balls to crack Bucknell's single-season top five with 82
• Nick Crovatto: Needs 21 ground balls to crack Bucknell's career top five with 166
• Nick Crovatto: Needs 13 faceoff wins to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 130
• Nick Crovatto: Needs 17 faceoff wins to become the fourth Bison to win at least 300 in career
• Nick Crovatto: Needs one Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week nod to match single-season school record of four
• Connor Davis: Needs three goals to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 38
• Connor Davis: Needs five goals to become the seventh Bison to score at least 40 in a single campaign
• Connor Davis: Needs 15 goals to become the second Bison to score at least 50 in a single campaign
• Connor Davis: Needs 20 shots to crack Bucknell's single-season top five with 110
• Connor Davis: Needs one Patriot League Rookie of the Week award to set new league and school records with sixAll
Inside the Lehigh Box Score
• No. 19 Lehigh outlasted Bucknell, 13-12, on April 10 despite a seven-point outing from Dutch Furlong.
• The Bison outscored the Mountain Hawks, 8-5, during the second half, also netting four of the game's final five goals to trim their deficit down to one. Two of Furlong's three strikes came in the final three minutes of regulation.
• Beyond Furlong, Cam Doolan registered a hat trick while Reid Delanois filled the stat sheet with a game-high five caused turnovers and five ground balls.
• Bucknell used three different goalies, with Rich O'Halloran making 10 saves and Jack Van Slyke five. Van Slyke also sprung Ethan Gyllenhaal for a beautiful transition goal that came with six seconds left in the third quarter, giving the Bison momentum entering the final stanza.Â
• Lehigh held slim leads in shots (44-42), shots on goal (28-25) and ground balls (43-35); the Mountain Hawks built a sizable 20-7 edge in faceoffs and went 2-for-3 on the extra man compared to Bucknell's 1-for-5.
• The Bison frustrated Lehigh in transition, forcing the team into eight failed clears; overall, they caused the Mountain Hawks to cough up the ball 19 times.
• This was Bucknell's second-straight loss by a single goal to a nationally ranked opponent. The previous week, the Bison were edged by then No. 13 Army West Point, 10-9.
• All four of Bucknell's losses to date came to foes who appeared in at least one of the two national polls at the time of their meeting.
Holy Cross at a Glance
• The Crusaders are currently 0-10 (0-6 PL) following their 21-11 loss to Lafayette on April 9.
• All of Holy Cross's Patriot League losses have come by six or more goals.
• The Crusaders were chosen to finish last in the 2022 Patriot League preseason poll. No players made the Preseason All-Patriot League Team.
• Holy Cross went 2-4 (1-3 PL) during the truncated 2021 season. The Crusaders had their final two games canceled and did not qualify for the Patriot League Tournament.
• Defenseman Chris Conlin is Holy Cross's star player. In 2021, he made the All-Patriot League and All-New England Second Teams after leading the nation in caused turnovers per game (3.17).
• Conlin also paced the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.86) during the abbreviated 2020 campaign. This season, he currently stands in a tie for fourth in this statistical category (2.70).
• The Bison lead the all-time series with the Crusaders, 29-1. The teams did not meet during the 2021 or 2020 seasons.
• In 2019, Bucknell scored three unanswered goals in the final seven minutes of regulation to down Holy Cross, 10-7. During that run, three different Bison found the back of the net, with Will Yorke registering two assists to finish with a game-best five points (2g-3a).
A Look Ahead
• Bucknell hosts Lafayette for its Senior Day game on Friday, April 22.
• Before that 7:30 p.m. tilt, the Bison will recognize their 12 seniors: Matthew Barkauskas, Nick Crovatto, Reid Delanois, Frankie Higgins, Jared Hodell, Brenden Lundy, Travis Talarico, Alston Tarry, Zach Tucker, Jack Van Slyke, Harry Wellford and Drew Wellington.
Note for NCAA rankings: Statistical rankings as of Monday, April 11 (through games played on Sunday, April 10)
When: Sunday, April 17 – 12 p.m.Â
Where: Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium – Lewisburg, Pa.
Internet Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_MLAX
Bison Host White Out
• Sunday's game against Holy Cross will be a white out.
• Bucknell students in attendance will receive a free white-out t-shirt and a food voucher.
• All Bucknell students in attendance will also be eligible to win a portion of a $1,000 cash jackpot.
Bucknell at a Glance
• For the eighth week in a row, the Bison received votes in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• Bucknell is currently 7-4 (1-4 PL) after being edged, 13-12, by then No. 19 Lehigh on April 10. It was the program's second-straight loss by one goal to a nationally ranked opponent.
• The 2022 team was the fourth to start a season 5-0, joining the 1970, 1996 and 2007 squads. The Bison won their first five games in 2022 and 2007, their first seven tilts in 1970 and all 12 of their contests in 1996.
• At the NCAA Division I level, Bucknell ranks second in caused turnovers per game (10.45), sixth in ground balls per game (36.36), 17th in assists per game (8.09) and 18th in points per game (21.55). The Bison are also tied for 17th in scoring defense (10.55), 18th in scoring margin (2.91) and 21st in scoring offense (13.45).
• Attackman Connor Davis was added to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on March 10. Currently, he is the lone freshman be recognized as a contender for this prestigious award, which honors the top college lacrosse player in the United States.
• 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 (35) – 5th in NCAA in goals/game (3.50)
• Assists: Dutch Furlong (15)
• Points: Dutch Furlong (43)
• Shots: Connor Davis (90)
• Ground Balls: Nick Crovatto (71)
• Caused Turnovers: Reid Delanois (20) – 19th in NCAA in caused turnovers/game (1.73)
• Face-Off Wins: Nick Crovatto (117)
• Face-Off Percentage: Nick Crovatto (.500)
• Save Percentage: Rich O'Halloran (.571)
• Goals Against Average: Rich O'Halloran (10.57)
• Saves: Rich O'Halloran (68)
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 & Binghamton in 2022)
Patriot League Record Holders on the 2022 Roster
• Connor Davis: Overall Rookie of the Week awards (5) (tied with fellow Bison Charlie Streep, 2009)
• Connor Davis: Consecutive Rookie of the Week awards (3)
Milestones Met Last Week
• Nick Crovatto: Cracked Bucknell's career top 10 in ground balls; now stands 10th with 145
Milestone Watch
• Nick Crovatto: Needs one ground ball to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 72
• Nick Crovatto: Needs 11 ground balls to crack Bucknell's single-season top five with 82
• Nick Crovatto: Needs 21 ground balls to crack Bucknell's career top five with 166
• Nick Crovatto: Needs 13 faceoff wins to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 130
• Nick Crovatto: Needs 17 faceoff wins to become the fourth Bison to win at least 300 in career
• Nick Crovatto: Needs one Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week nod to match single-season school record of four
• Connor Davis: Needs three goals to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 38
• Connor Davis: Needs five goals to become the seventh Bison to score at least 40 in a single campaign
• Connor Davis: Needs 15 goals to become the second Bison to score at least 50 in a single campaign
• Connor Davis: Needs 20 shots to crack Bucknell's single-season top five with 110
• Connor Davis: Needs one Patriot League Rookie of the Week award to set new league and school records with sixAll
Inside the Lehigh Box Score
• No. 19 Lehigh outlasted Bucknell, 13-12, on April 10 despite a seven-point outing from Dutch Furlong.
• The Bison outscored the Mountain Hawks, 8-5, during the second half, also netting four of the game's final five goals to trim their deficit down to one. Two of Furlong's three strikes came in the final three minutes of regulation.
• Beyond Furlong, Cam Doolan registered a hat trick while Reid Delanois filled the stat sheet with a game-high five caused turnovers and five ground balls.
• Bucknell used three different goalies, with Rich O'Halloran making 10 saves and Jack Van Slyke five. Van Slyke also sprung Ethan Gyllenhaal for a beautiful transition goal that came with six seconds left in the third quarter, giving the Bison momentum entering the final stanza.Â
• Lehigh held slim leads in shots (44-42), shots on goal (28-25) and ground balls (43-35); the Mountain Hawks built a sizable 20-7 edge in faceoffs and went 2-for-3 on the extra man compared to Bucknell's 1-for-5.
• The Bison frustrated Lehigh in transition, forcing the team into eight failed clears; overall, they caused the Mountain Hawks to cough up the ball 19 times.
• This was Bucknell's second-straight loss by a single goal to a nationally ranked opponent. The previous week, the Bison were edged by then No. 13 Army West Point, 10-9.
• All four of Bucknell's losses to date came to foes who appeared in at least one of the two national polls at the time of their meeting.
Holy Cross at a Glance
• The Crusaders are currently 0-10 (0-6 PL) following their 21-11 loss to Lafayette on April 9.
• All of Holy Cross's Patriot League losses have come by six or more goals.
• The Crusaders were chosen to finish last in the 2022 Patriot League preseason poll. No players made the Preseason All-Patriot League Team.
• Holy Cross went 2-4 (1-3 PL) during the truncated 2021 season. The Crusaders had their final two games canceled and did not qualify for the Patriot League Tournament.
• Defenseman Chris Conlin is Holy Cross's star player. In 2021, he made the All-Patriot League and All-New England Second Teams after leading the nation in caused turnovers per game (3.17).
• Conlin also paced the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.86) during the abbreviated 2020 campaign. This season, he currently stands in a tie for fourth in this statistical category (2.70).
• The Bison lead the all-time series with the Crusaders, 29-1. The teams did not meet during the 2021 or 2020 seasons.
• In 2019, Bucknell scored three unanswered goals in the final seven minutes of regulation to down Holy Cross, 10-7. During that run, three different Bison found the back of the net, with Will Yorke registering two assists to finish with a game-best five points (2g-3a).
A Look Ahead
• Bucknell hosts Lafayette for its Senior Day game on Friday, April 22.
• Before that 7:30 p.m. tilt, the Bison will recognize their 12 seniors: Matthew Barkauskas, Nick Crovatto, Reid Delanois, Frankie Higgins, Jared Hodell, Brenden Lundy, Travis Talarico, Alston Tarry, Zach Tucker, Jack Van Slyke, Harry Wellford and Drew Wellington.
Note for NCAA rankings: Statistical rankings as of Monday, April 11 (through games played on Sunday, April 10)
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