Tuesday, May 3
Baltimore, MD
3 p.m.
Bucknell University
at
Loyola (Md.) - Quarterfinals
Photo by: Noel Gyllenhaal
Bucknell Men's Lacrosse Travels to Loyola for PL Tournament Quarterfinals
5/1/2022 12:30:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Bucknell (9-5, 3-5 PL) vs. Loyola (7-7, 6-2 PL)
When: Tuesday, May 3 – 3 p.m.
Where: Ridley Athletic Complex – Baltimore, Md.
Tickets: TicketMaster.com
Internet Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: LoyolaGreyhounds.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_MLAX
Media Notes: BucknellBison.com
Bucknell at a Glance
• The Bison received votes in the USILA Coaches' Poll for 10 weeks in a row between from Feb. 21 to April 25.
• Bucknell is currently 9-5 (3-5 PL) following its 13-6 loss at Navy on April 29. The Midshipmen were the first non-nationally ranked team to defeat the Bison in 2022.
• With its April 22 win over the Leopards, and Colgate's overtime loss to Loyola (Md.) on April 23, Bucknell clinched a spot in the 2022 Patriot League Tournament. The Bison finished as the sixth seed and will face third-seeded Loyola (Md.) in Tuesday's quarterfinals.
• Bucknell have three 50-point scorers on its roster: sophomore attackman Dutch Furlong (54 on 35g-19a), senior attackman Alston Tarry (52 on 31g-21a) and freshman attackman Connor Davis (51 on 44g-7a). The Bison are one of four NCAA Division I teams with three players who have surpassed 50 points, joining Boston University, Michigan and Jacksonville.
• At the NCAA Division I level, Bucknell ranks fourth in caused turnovers per game (10.36), tied for fourth in ground balls per game (37.29), seventh in assists per game (8.71) and 10th in points per game (22.71). The Bison are also 14th in scoring margin (3.14), 16th in scoring offense (14.00) and tied for 24th in scoring defense (10.86).
• The 2022 team was Bucknell's 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 conclusion of the 2022 regular season, Davis was voted as the Patriot League Rookie of the Year while midfielder Harry Wellford was recognized on the All-Patriot League Second Team.
• Davis was added to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on March 10. This prestigious award honors the top college lacrosse player in the United States.
• Davis (No. 4) and goalie Rich O'Halloran (No. 15) were listed in Inside Lacrosse's Top 25 Freshman Impact Rankings.
• 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. 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 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.
Category Leaders
• Goals: Connor Davis (44) – t-3rd in school history (3.38 goals/game 6th in NCAA)
• Assists: Alston Tarry (21)
• Points: Dutch Furlong (54)
• Shots: Connor Davis (118) – 5th in school history
• Ground Balls: Nick Crovatto (88) – 4th in school history
• Caused Turnovers: Reid Delanois (24) – 22nd in NCAA in caused turnovers/game (1.64)
• Face-Off Wins: Nick Crovatto (164) – 2nd in school history
• Face-Off Percentage: Nick Crovatto (.524)
• Save Percentage: Rich O'Halloran (.552)
• Goals Against Average: Rich O'Halloran (10.65)
• Saves: Rich O'Halloran (80)
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)
• Alston Tarry: Single-Game Points (12 vs. Holy Cross in 2022)
Patriot League Record Holders on the 2022 Roster
• Connor Davis: Overall Rookie of the Week awards (6)
• Connor Davis: Consecutive Rookie of the Week awards (3)
Milestones Met Last Week
• Nick Crovatto: Moved to second to second in school history in single-season faceoff wins (164)
• Connor Davis: Entered tie for third in school history in single-season goals (44)
Milestone Watch
• Nick Crovatto: Needs four ground balls to crack Bucknell's career top five with 166
• Nick Crovatto: Needs eight faceoff wins to break Bucknell's single-season record with 172
• Nick Crovatto: Needs one Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week nod to match single-season school record of four
• Connor Davis: Needs six goals to become the second Bison to score at least 50 in a single season
• Connor Davis: Needs four shots to move to third in Bucknell's single-season history with 122
• Connor Davis: Needs 10 points to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 61
• Dutch Furlong: Needs three goals to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 38
• Dutch Furlong: Needs five goals to become the seventh Bison to score at least 40 in a single season
• Dutch Furlong: Needs seven points to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 61
• Dutch Furlong: Needs two shots to crack Bucknell's single-season top five with 114
• Danny Striano: Needs 15 ground balls to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 73
• Alston Tarry: Needs five points to crack Bucknell's career top 10 with 143
• Alston Tarry: Needs seven goals to crack Bucknell's single-season 10 with 38
• Alston Tarry: Needs nine points to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 61
Inside the Navy Box Score
• Bucknell closed the regular season with a 13-6 loss at Navy on April 29.
• In a game that proved a defensive battle until its final five minutes, the Midshipmen held the Bison to their lowest scoring output of the 2022 campaign en route to their hard-fought victory.
• Bucknell erased a 5-2 halftime deficit by scoring three unanswered goals in the third quarter's first six minutes. Following Harry Wellford's equalizer, Navy's Pat Ryan denied back-to-back point-blank bids to preserve the tie.
• Nick Cole halted Bucknell's run with 2:31 left in the third frame. His strike ultimately kicked off a 7-0 Navy run, with four of those goals coming in the fourth quarter's final five minutes.
• Jack Van Slyke was sensational in his first collegiate start. The senior turned aside 12 shots, many from point-blank range.
• Wellford netted two goals while Hank Bethel, Reid Delanois and Andrew Stanzel each caused two turnovers and were among a group of six players who collected three ground balls.
• With his goal, Connor Davis wrapped up the regular season with 44. He moved into a tie for third in school history and needs just two more strikes to claim sole possession of second place.
• Navy held slim advantages in shots (48-42), shots on goal (25-22), ground balls (41-33) and faceoffs (13-9).
• The Midshipmen, who ran their winning streak over the Bison to six games, became the first non-nationally ranked team to defeat them this season and the fourth to hold them to 10 or fewer goals.
Loyola at a Glance
• Loyola received votes in this week's USILA Coaches' Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Polls.
• The third-seeded Greyhounds are currently 7-7 (6-2 PL) following their 13-12 overtime victory over Lehigh on April 29. It was their second-straight overtime triumph as they edged Colgate, 11-10, the week before.
• Six of Loyola's seven losses came to nationally ranked teams, three of which were slotted in the top 10 at the time of their game.
• At the conclusion of the 2022 regular season, eight Greyhounds were voted to the All-Patriot League Team, headlined by First Team honorees Kevin Lindley and Payton Rezanka.
• Loyola was selected to win the Patriot League in the 2022 preseason poll, receiving 14 of 18 first-place votes. Six Greyhounds made the Preseason All-Patriot League Team, headlined by Tewaaraton Award Watch List members Lindley and Ryan McNulty.
• McNulty was previously recognized as an All-American by Inside Lacrosse and the USILA. Lindley, who currently boats 191 career goals, became Loyola's all-time leading goal scorer this season.
• During the abbreviated 2021 campaign, the Greyhounds went 10-6 (4-3 PL) and advanced to the Patriot League Championship Game, which they ultimately withdrew from due to COVID-19 protocols. They earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament, where they knocked off then No. 7 Denver, 14-13, before falling to then No. 2 Duke in overtime, 10-9.
• Loyola leads the all-time series with Bucknell, 9-3. After facing off three times in the 1980s, the teams didn't meet again until the Greyhounds joined the Patriot League in 2014.
• This will be Bucknell and Loyola's second meeting in the Patriot League Tournament. In the 2016 semifinals, the second-seeded Greyhounds clipped the third-seeded Bison, 7-6, on a Zach Herreweyers strike with 5.3 seconds left in the second overtime frame.
• Earlier this season, then No. -/20 Loyola handed Bucknell its second loss, closing the contest on an 8-1 run to emerge as a 13-9 victor. Rich O'Halloran made his first collegiate start and stopped 14 shots while Reid Delanois filled the stat sheet with a game-best three caused turnovers and three ground balls.
• In 2021, then No. 12 Loyola cruised past the Bison, 24-10, in Baltimore.
• Entering its 2019 loss, Bucknell had won its past two games against the Greyhounds by one-goal margins. In 2018, the Bison handed then No. 6 Loyola its only Patriot League loss by emerging a 12-11 During the 2017 campaign, they stunned the then No. 17/18 Greyhounds, 9-8, in double overtime. Will Sands led the way with seven points (2g-5a), including the game-winning goal, while Christian Klipstein made 15 saves.
Head Coach Frank Fedorjaka
• Frank Fedorjaka took over as the Bucknell head men's lacrosse coach in 2006 when he succeeded longtime mentor Sid Jamieson. Now in his 17th season at the helm of the program, he has fashioned a stellar 144-95 (.603) record, including a 84-56 (.600) Patriot League ledger.
• At the end of the 2018 regular season, Fedorjaka was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year for the third time in his career.
• Fedorjaka was previously named the Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011.
• In 2009, the Bison won the Patriot League regular-season crown with a 6-0 record; the 2011 squad captured both the regular-season and tournament titles, advancing to Bucknell's second NCAA Tournament in program history.
• The Bison have won nine or more games in 10 of Fedorjaka's 17 seasons, including a program-record 14 in 2011, 12 in 2013 and 11 in 2018. The 2020 and 2021 campaigns were truncated at six and eight games respectively due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Including a five-year stint as head coach at Franklin & Marshall from 1994 to 1998, Fedorjaka has a 163-110 (.597) lifetime record.
Bucknell in the Patriot League Tournament
• Bucknell has appeared in 14 of the past 17 Patriot League Tournaments, including 10 in a row from 2007 to 2016.
• After suffering championship-game losses in 2008 and 2009, the Bison won their first Patriot League Tournament title in 2011 behind convincing victories over Lehigh and Colgate.
• In 2013, the Bison again advanced to the Patriot League championship game, where they fell to top-seeded Lehigh.
• Bucknell is 7-13 all-time in the Patriot League Tournament.
• Because of the goal differential between the three co-champions, the Bison were seeded third in the 2018 Patriot League Tournament; on April 25, they were upset in the quarterfinals by sixth-seeded Boston University, 12-11, at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.
• The 2020 Patriot League Tournament was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bucknell did not qualify for the 2021 rendition, which was played between the top two teams in the Patriot League's North and South Divisions.
Bucknell in the NCAA Tournament
• The Bison appeared in the 2001 and 2011 NCAA Tournaments after securing an automatic bid as the Patriot League champion.
• In 2001, Bucknell played fifth-seeded Notre Dame in its first NCAA Tournament game at Army West Point's Michie Stadium. The Fighting Irish used a 6-0 run to turn a 2-2 deadlock into an 8-2 advantage 39 seconds into the third quarter and never looked back, ultimately winning by 12-7 margin.
• In 2011, the Bison were minutes away from their first NCAA Tournament win in program history, but seventh-seeded Virginia scored twice in the final 2:32 of regulation to force overtime. Then, Matt White found the back of the net 1:27 into the extra frame to lift the host Cavaliers to a stunning 13-12 verdict at a rainy Klockner Stadium.
• Against Virginia, Bucknell finished with a 47-30 shot advantage, went 18-for-19 on clears, won 15 of 29 face-offs and committed only eight turnovers. Billy Eisenreich and Ryan Klipstein each posted four points (2g-2a) while Charlie Streep and Todd Heritage added hat tricks.
• The Bison celebrated their 2001 team during their game against Army West Point on April 2 of this year.
A Look Ahead
• With a win over Loyola, the Bison will face top-seeded Boston University in the Patriot League semifinals on Friday, May 6. That game, which will be held at Nickerson Field, will be televised on the CBS Sports Network.
Note for NCAA rankings: Statistical rankings as of Monday, May 2 (through games played on Sunday, May 1)
When: Tuesday, May 3 – 3 p.m.
Where: Ridley Athletic Complex – Baltimore, Md.
Tickets: TicketMaster.com
Internet Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: LoyolaGreyhounds.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_MLAX
Media Notes: BucknellBison.com
Bucknell at a Glance
• The Bison received votes in the USILA Coaches' Poll for 10 weeks in a row between from Feb. 21 to April 25.
• Bucknell is currently 9-5 (3-5 PL) following its 13-6 loss at Navy on April 29. The Midshipmen were the first non-nationally ranked team to defeat the Bison in 2022.
• With its April 22 win over the Leopards, and Colgate's overtime loss to Loyola (Md.) on April 23, Bucknell clinched a spot in the 2022 Patriot League Tournament. The Bison finished as the sixth seed and will face third-seeded Loyola (Md.) in Tuesday's quarterfinals.
• Bucknell have three 50-point scorers on its roster: sophomore attackman Dutch Furlong (54 on 35g-19a), senior attackman Alston Tarry (52 on 31g-21a) and freshman attackman Connor Davis (51 on 44g-7a). The Bison are one of four NCAA Division I teams with three players who have surpassed 50 points, joining Boston University, Michigan and Jacksonville.
• At the NCAA Division I level, Bucknell ranks fourth in caused turnovers per game (10.36), tied for fourth in ground balls per game (37.29), seventh in assists per game (8.71) and 10th in points per game (22.71). The Bison are also 14th in scoring margin (3.14), 16th in scoring offense (14.00) and tied for 24th in scoring defense (10.86).
• The 2022 team was Bucknell's 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 conclusion of the 2022 regular season, Davis was voted as the Patriot League Rookie of the Year while midfielder Harry Wellford was recognized on the All-Patriot League Second Team.
• Davis was added to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on March 10. This prestigious award honors the top college lacrosse player in the United States.
• Davis (No. 4) and goalie Rich O'Halloran (No. 15) were listed in Inside Lacrosse's Top 25 Freshman Impact Rankings.
• 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. 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 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.
Category Leaders
• Goals: Connor Davis (44) – t-3rd in school history (3.38 goals/game 6th in NCAA)
• Assists: Alston Tarry (21)
• Points: Dutch Furlong (54)
• Shots: Connor Davis (118) – 5th in school history
• Ground Balls: Nick Crovatto (88) – 4th in school history
• Caused Turnovers: Reid Delanois (24) – 22nd in NCAA in caused turnovers/game (1.64)
• Face-Off Wins: Nick Crovatto (164) – 2nd in school history
• Face-Off Percentage: Nick Crovatto (.524)
• Save Percentage: Rich O'Halloran (.552)
• Goals Against Average: Rich O'Halloran (10.65)
• Saves: Rich O'Halloran (80)
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)
• Alston Tarry: Single-Game Points (12 vs. Holy Cross in 2022)
Patriot League Record Holders on the 2022 Roster
• Connor Davis: Overall Rookie of the Week awards (6)
• Connor Davis: Consecutive Rookie of the Week awards (3)
Milestones Met Last Week
• Nick Crovatto: Moved to second to second in school history in single-season faceoff wins (164)
• Connor Davis: Entered tie for third in school history in single-season goals (44)
Milestone Watch
• Nick Crovatto: Needs four ground balls to crack Bucknell's career top five with 166
• Nick Crovatto: Needs eight faceoff wins to break Bucknell's single-season record with 172
• Nick Crovatto: Needs one Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week nod to match single-season school record of four
• Connor Davis: Needs six goals to become the second Bison to score at least 50 in a single season
• Connor Davis: Needs four shots to move to third in Bucknell's single-season history with 122
• Connor Davis: Needs 10 points to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 61
• Dutch Furlong: Needs three goals to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 38
• Dutch Furlong: Needs five goals to become the seventh Bison to score at least 40 in a single season
• Dutch Furlong: Needs seven points to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 61
• Dutch Furlong: Needs two shots to crack Bucknell's single-season top five with 114
• Danny Striano: Needs 15 ground balls to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 73
• Alston Tarry: Needs five points to crack Bucknell's career top 10 with 143
• Alston Tarry: Needs seven goals to crack Bucknell's single-season 10 with 38
• Alston Tarry: Needs nine points to crack Bucknell's single-season top 10 with 61
Inside the Navy Box Score
• Bucknell closed the regular season with a 13-6 loss at Navy on April 29.
• In a game that proved a defensive battle until its final five minutes, the Midshipmen held the Bison to their lowest scoring output of the 2022 campaign en route to their hard-fought victory.
• Bucknell erased a 5-2 halftime deficit by scoring three unanswered goals in the third quarter's first six minutes. Following Harry Wellford's equalizer, Navy's Pat Ryan denied back-to-back point-blank bids to preserve the tie.
• Nick Cole halted Bucknell's run with 2:31 left in the third frame. His strike ultimately kicked off a 7-0 Navy run, with four of those goals coming in the fourth quarter's final five minutes.
• Jack Van Slyke was sensational in his first collegiate start. The senior turned aside 12 shots, many from point-blank range.
• Wellford netted two goals while Hank Bethel, Reid Delanois and Andrew Stanzel each caused two turnovers and were among a group of six players who collected three ground balls.
• With his goal, Connor Davis wrapped up the regular season with 44. He moved into a tie for third in school history and needs just two more strikes to claim sole possession of second place.
• Navy held slim advantages in shots (48-42), shots on goal (25-22), ground balls (41-33) and faceoffs (13-9).
• The Midshipmen, who ran their winning streak over the Bison to six games, became the first non-nationally ranked team to defeat them this season and the fourth to hold them to 10 or fewer goals.
Loyola at a Glance
• Loyola received votes in this week's USILA Coaches' Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Polls.
• The third-seeded Greyhounds are currently 7-7 (6-2 PL) following their 13-12 overtime victory over Lehigh on April 29. It was their second-straight overtime triumph as they edged Colgate, 11-10, the week before.
• Six of Loyola's seven losses came to nationally ranked teams, three of which were slotted in the top 10 at the time of their game.
• At the conclusion of the 2022 regular season, eight Greyhounds were voted to the All-Patriot League Team, headlined by First Team honorees Kevin Lindley and Payton Rezanka.
• Loyola was selected to win the Patriot League in the 2022 preseason poll, receiving 14 of 18 first-place votes. Six Greyhounds made the Preseason All-Patriot League Team, headlined by Tewaaraton Award Watch List members Lindley and Ryan McNulty.
• McNulty was previously recognized as an All-American by Inside Lacrosse and the USILA. Lindley, who currently boats 191 career goals, became Loyola's all-time leading goal scorer this season.
• During the abbreviated 2021 campaign, the Greyhounds went 10-6 (4-3 PL) and advanced to the Patriot League Championship Game, which they ultimately withdrew from due to COVID-19 protocols. They earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament, where they knocked off then No. 7 Denver, 14-13, before falling to then No. 2 Duke in overtime, 10-9.
• Loyola leads the all-time series with Bucknell, 9-3. After facing off three times in the 1980s, the teams didn't meet again until the Greyhounds joined the Patriot League in 2014.
• This will be Bucknell and Loyola's second meeting in the Patriot League Tournament. In the 2016 semifinals, the second-seeded Greyhounds clipped the third-seeded Bison, 7-6, on a Zach Herreweyers strike with 5.3 seconds left in the second overtime frame.
• Earlier this season, then No. -/20 Loyola handed Bucknell its second loss, closing the contest on an 8-1 run to emerge as a 13-9 victor. Rich O'Halloran made his first collegiate start and stopped 14 shots while Reid Delanois filled the stat sheet with a game-best three caused turnovers and three ground balls.
• In 2021, then No. 12 Loyola cruised past the Bison, 24-10, in Baltimore.
• Entering its 2019 loss, Bucknell had won its past two games against the Greyhounds by one-goal margins. In 2018, the Bison handed then No. 6 Loyola its only Patriot League loss by emerging a 12-11 During the 2017 campaign, they stunned the then No. 17/18 Greyhounds, 9-8, in double overtime. Will Sands led the way with seven points (2g-5a), including the game-winning goal, while Christian Klipstein made 15 saves.
Head Coach Frank Fedorjaka
• Frank Fedorjaka took over as the Bucknell head men's lacrosse coach in 2006 when he succeeded longtime mentor Sid Jamieson. Now in his 17th season at the helm of the program, he has fashioned a stellar 144-95 (.603) record, including a 84-56 (.600) Patriot League ledger.
• At the end of the 2018 regular season, Fedorjaka was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year for the third time in his career.
• Fedorjaka was previously named the Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011.
• In 2009, the Bison won the Patriot League regular-season crown with a 6-0 record; the 2011 squad captured both the regular-season and tournament titles, advancing to Bucknell's second NCAA Tournament in program history.
• The Bison have won nine or more games in 10 of Fedorjaka's 17 seasons, including a program-record 14 in 2011, 12 in 2013 and 11 in 2018. The 2020 and 2021 campaigns were truncated at six and eight games respectively due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Including a five-year stint as head coach at Franklin & Marshall from 1994 to 1998, Fedorjaka has a 163-110 (.597) lifetime record.
Bucknell in the Patriot League Tournament
• Bucknell has appeared in 14 of the past 17 Patriot League Tournaments, including 10 in a row from 2007 to 2016.
• After suffering championship-game losses in 2008 and 2009, the Bison won their first Patriot League Tournament title in 2011 behind convincing victories over Lehigh and Colgate.
• In 2013, the Bison again advanced to the Patriot League championship game, where they fell to top-seeded Lehigh.
• Bucknell is 7-13 all-time in the Patriot League Tournament.
• Because of the goal differential between the three co-champions, the Bison were seeded third in the 2018 Patriot League Tournament; on April 25, they were upset in the quarterfinals by sixth-seeded Boston University, 12-11, at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.
• The 2020 Patriot League Tournament was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bucknell did not qualify for the 2021 rendition, which was played between the top two teams in the Patriot League's North and South Divisions.
Bucknell in the NCAA Tournament
• The Bison appeared in the 2001 and 2011 NCAA Tournaments after securing an automatic bid as the Patriot League champion.
• In 2001, Bucknell played fifth-seeded Notre Dame in its first NCAA Tournament game at Army West Point's Michie Stadium. The Fighting Irish used a 6-0 run to turn a 2-2 deadlock into an 8-2 advantage 39 seconds into the third quarter and never looked back, ultimately winning by 12-7 margin.
• In 2011, the Bison were minutes away from their first NCAA Tournament win in program history, but seventh-seeded Virginia scored twice in the final 2:32 of regulation to force overtime. Then, Matt White found the back of the net 1:27 into the extra frame to lift the host Cavaliers to a stunning 13-12 verdict at a rainy Klockner Stadium.
• Against Virginia, Bucknell finished with a 47-30 shot advantage, went 18-for-19 on clears, won 15 of 29 face-offs and committed only eight turnovers. Billy Eisenreich and Ryan Klipstein each posted four points (2g-2a) while Charlie Streep and Todd Heritage added hat tricks.
• The Bison celebrated their 2001 team during their game against Army West Point on April 2 of this year.
A Look Ahead
• With a win over Loyola, the Bison will face top-seeded Boston University in the Patriot League semifinals on Friday, May 6. That game, which will be held at Nickerson Field, will be televised on the CBS Sports Network.
Note for NCAA rankings: Statistical rankings as of Monday, May 2 (through games played on Sunday, May 1)
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