Saturday, April 28
Poughkeepsie, NY
1:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Marist College
QU Men's Lacrosse Closes Regular Season at Marist Saturday
4/26/2018 12:17:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Saturday, April 28, 2018 | 1:00 PM
QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS (8-5, 5-0 MAAC) at MARIST RED FOXES (3-11, 2-3 MAAC)
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | Tenney Stadium
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HAMDEN, Conn. — With the top seed in the 2018 MAAC Tournament already secure, the Quinnipiac men's lacrosse team will close out the regular season with a road game at Marist on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
MAAC UPDATE
A year after narrowly missing out on the conference tournament, Quinnipiac will be the top seed in the MAAC Tournament for the second time in the last three years after clinching with a 10-9 double-overtime win over Monmouth last Friday. A loss to Marist this Saturday would mean that the Bobcats (5-0 MAAC) share the best regular season record in the conference with Detroit Mercy, which concluded regular season league play at 5-1, but Quinnipiac would have the tiebreaker due to a 14-11 win over the Titans head-to-head. The four teams in the field are already set, with Monmouth and Canisius also earning bids, but the exact seeding will be decided after Monmouth plays at Canisius in their finale this weekend.
LAST GAME
Quinnipiac clinched the top seed in the MAAC Tournament in dramatic fashion, taking a 10-9 overtime win at Monmouth last Friday. Senior Ryan Corcoran scored the game-winner in the first minute of the second overtime after his defender gambled on a steal and left him open from long range, and he buried it for his second goal of the contest. Senior Will Vitelli won the face-off to start the second overtime, his 18th face-off win in 22 attempts on the day. Junior attack Foster Cuomo and senior midfielder Brian Feldman added two goals apiece for the Bobcats.
SENIOR DAY
Quinnipiac celebrated its Senior Day on April 14 as part of its final regular season home game. The ceremony was a long one, as the Bobcats have a whopping 14 seniors on this year's team: Adam Bellamy, Jason Brigagliano, Blaise Buffalino, Anthony Carchietta, Carson Cocco, Ryan Corcoran, Alex DiSalvo, Brian Feldman, David Glynn, Ryan Lawson, Joe Murphy, Riley Palmer, Mike Ruane and Will Vitelli.
VITELLI WINS THIRD MAAC WEEKLY AWARD
In what has been a common occurrence this year, the Bobcats were represented on the MAAC weekly awards list on Monday. Senior face-off specialist Will Vitelli won the Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after winning 18-of-22 face-offs in Friday's 10-9 double-overtime win over Monmouth. Freshman attack Jake Tomsik has won three Rookie of the Week honors, while the Bobcats have totaled 12 awards this year as a team.
Quinnipiac MAAC Weekly Awards
Mike Fletcher - MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 19, April 9)
Foster Cuomo - MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (March 5, April 2)
Will Vitelli - MAAC Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 19, April 16, April 23)
Adam Bellamy - MAAC Defensive Player of the Week (April 9)
Jake Tomsik - MAAC Rookie of the Week (Feb. 12, March 18, April 16)
Matt Frost - MAAC Student-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 19)
CUOMO EARNS PAIR OF WEEKLY HONORS
Junior attack Foster Cuomo was named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week and earned a spot on the USILA National Team of the Week after his six-goal, two-assist effort in a March 31 win at Detroit Mercy. The eight points set a new career high, breaking his previous best of seven (five goals, two assists) which he set earlier this year in a win over NJIT, after which he earned his first MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honor.
MULTI-HORSE RACE FOR TEAM SCORING LEAD
The race for the scoring lead on the Quinnipiac men's lacrosse team couldn't be much closer as we head into the regular season finale. The team's three starters on its attack line are 1-2-3 in scoring with Foster Cuomo (28-12-40), Jake Tomsik (21-17-38) and Mike Fletcher (23-14-37) all having big seasons and all standing within three points of each other. The race for the goal lead sees Cuomo with a narrow lead with 28, but Fletcher (23), senior midfielder Brian Feldman (23) and Tomsik (21) are all close behind.
FELDMAN JOINS CENTURY CLUB
With a second-half goal at Fairfield on March 6, senior midfielder Brian Feldman became only the fourth player in Quinnipiac history to score 100 goals in a career. The other three players to accomplish the feat reached 100 goals over a two-year span from 2001-02, meaning that Feldman's milestone is one that had not been accomplished by any Bobcat over a span of 16 years. He now has 118 career goals, putting him alone in third place.
QUINNIPIAC TOP CAREER GOAL SCORERS
1. 144 Mike Baglio '02
2. 140 Joe Baglio '02
3. 118 Brian Feldman '18
4. 117 Alan LoGiudice '01
5. 94 Ryan Keenan '16
6. 88 Corey Pronsky '97
7. 84 Michael Sagl '15
84 Andy Pelletier '04
9. 79 Jack Oppenheimer '11
10. 77 Dylan Webster '14
QUINNIPIAC 100-POINT CLUB
1. 207 Joe Baglio '02
2. 187 Mike Baglio '02
3. 183 Michael Sagl '15
4. 159 Alan LoGiudice '01
5. 135 Brian Feldman '18
6. 131 Ryan Keenan '16
7. 126 Corey Pronsky '97
8. 124 John Giordano '03
9. 123 Andy Pelletier '04
10. 109 Josh Murray '06
109 Jack Oppenheimer '11
12. 103 Dylan Webster '14
103 Frank DeRubeis, Jr. '96
A COLLECTION OF HAT TRICKS FOR FELDMAN
Senior Brian Feldman scored three goals in an April 14 win over Canisius, marking his 20th career hat trick. Canisius was also the opponent for his highest-scoring career game, a seven-goal outburst in a 17-9 win as a sophomore.
Feldman Career Hat Tricks
2015
4G - March 7, 2015 at Hartford (L 10-9)
3G - March 21, 2015 vs. Detroit (W 13-12)
5G - March 31, 2015 vs. Stony Brook (L 17-9)
3G - April 23, 2015 at Air Force (W 12-10)
5G - April 30, 2015 vs. Detroit (W 16-9)
2016
3G - Feb. 27, 2016 at Bellarmine (W 12-6)
3G - March 5, 2016 vs. NJIT (W 9-7)
3G - March 12, 2016 at Hartford (W 11-10)
3G - March 26, 2016 vs. Siena (W 11-6)
5G - April 10, 2016 at Detroit (W 14-4)
7G - April 16, 2016 vs. Canisius (W 17-9)
2017
3G - Feb. 19, 2017 at Brown (L 9-25)
6G - Feb. 25, 2017 vs. Bellarmine (L 13-14)
3G - March 4, 2017 at NJIT (W 11-8)
4G - March 7, 2017 at Princeton (L 13-17)
4G - March 18, 2017 vs. Monmouth (L 7-8)
4G - April 1, 2017 at Manhattan (W 12-6)
2018
4G - March 17, 2018 vs. Siena (W 12-11)
4G - March 24, 2018 vs. Holy Cross (L 13-14)
3G - April 14, 2018 vs. Canisius (W 19-14)
HOME, SWEET HOME
Quinnipiac played in a brand-new 1,500-seat stadium this season, and earned its first win in the new facility with a 12-11 overtime victory on Feb. 17 against nationally ranked Brown (No. 17). A year ago, the Bobcats played all five home games at Yale and lost the five games by a combined seven goals. The previous season, Quinnipiac won six games in a row on campus at its old facility, including a MAAC Championship win over Marist and an NCAA win over Hartford. Quinnipiac ended its first season in its new facility with a 6-3 home record.
GOOD START IN MAAC
Quinnipiac opened MAAC play by capturing a dramatic 12-11 win over Siena on March 17. Senior midfielder Brian Feldman had four goals, and junior midfielder Matt Frost had three goals and three assists for a career-high six points. Frost provided the game-winner with just over four minutes left when he caught a rebound out of the air behind the net after Feldman's shot was saved and then flipped in a low backhand as he reached around the front of the cage. Sophomore goalie Joe Zukauskas sealed the win with a save in the final 10 seconds.
DEFENSIVE CLINIC
Quinnipiac used a dominant defensive effort to capture an 11-3 home win over Wagner on March 10. The Bobcats did not allow a single even-strength goal the entire day, allowing only an extra-man goal in the second quarter and two on EMOs in the fourth. Sophomore goalie Joe Zukauskas had eight saves, while the close defense of Riley Palmer, Mike Ruane and Bryce Nalls helped hold the Seahawks to only 20 shot attempts in the contest.
BOBCATS DEFEAT #17 BROWN FOR FIRST WIN IN NEW STADIUM
Quinnipiac fell behind 4-0 early, regrouped to take a 9-7 lead after three quarters, and then captured a dramatic 12-11 overtime win over No. 17 Brown on Saturday, Feb. 17 for its first-ever win at the new Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium. Junior attack Mike Fletcher had four goals and an assist, including the game-winning goal in overtime, an unassisted tally when he took the ball from behind the net on a restart, circled all the way around to the front, and buried a shot into the top corner. After the Bobcats went ahead 9-7, Brown started the fourth quarter on a 3-0 run to take back the lead, but junior midfielder Matt Frost stopped the run with a tying goal. The Bears went ahead once again, but freshman Sam Witt knotted it at 11-11 with just over four minutes left, and neither team could score the rest of regulation. Senior Will Vitelli was 19-27 on face-offs, including the one to start the overtime session, leading to the game-winner.
REPEAT FOR VITELLI
Senior face-off specialist Will Vitelli is coming off a season which saw him earn his second straight MAAC Face-Off Specialist of the Year honor. After walking onto the team as a freshman and giving face-offs a try for the first time, Vitelli had a huge sophomore year, including a game in which he was 19-19 at the X, earning him the National Player of the Week honor from Inside Lacrosse.
WHERE THERE'S A WILL
Senior face-off specialist Will Vitelli has had several games in his career where he has completely dominated his position, including his 19-19 performance at Marist as a sophomore (see above). He nearly added another perfect day on March 10 against Wagner, starting 14-14 before losing the opening face-off of the fourth quarter and finishing 15-16. Here is a look at some of his top efforts at the X over the last three seasons:
VITELLI'S TOP FACE-OFF PERFORMANCES
2016
3/26 Siena 16-21 (.762)
4/2 at Marist 19-19 (1.000)
4/23 at Monmouth 12-16 (.750)
5/7 vs. Marist 20-25 (.833)
2017
3/4 NJIT 19-22 (.864)
4/1 at Manhattan 17-22 (.773)
2018
2/17 No. 17 Brown 19-27 (.709)
3/3 NJIT 20-22 (.909)
3/10 Wagner 15-16 (.938)
4/14 Canisius 22-33 (.667)
4/20 Monmouth 18-22 (.818)
QUINNIPIAC'S 2018 CAPTAINS
Five Quinnipiac seniors have shared the captain duties for the 2018 season, as announced in January by Head Coach Eric Fekete. Defenseman Riley Palmer, long-stick midfielder Adam Bellamy, and midfielders Blaise Buffalino, Ryan Corcoran and David Glynn have served as team captains for their final collegiate seasons.
FOUR PLAYERS HONORED BY MAAC IN PRESEASON
Four Bobcats players were chosen to the Preseason All-MAAC team, which was released on Jan. 31. Junior Foster Cuomo and senior Riley Palmer were All-MAAC selections, while senior Adam Bellamy was the Preseason Long-Stick Midfielder of the Year and senior Will Vitelli was the Preseason Face-Off Specialist of the Year. As a team, the Bobcats were picked third behind preseason favorite and defending champion Monmouth in first and Marist in second.
BOBCATS MAKE HISTORY IN 2016
The Bobcats had their most successful season in program history in 2016, sweeping the MAAC regular season and postseason titles with a perfect 8-0 record against conference foes, earning their first-ever NCAA Tournament bid, and picking up a win over Hartford in the NCAA preliminary round. The Bobcats missed the MAAC Tournament last spring, but are trying to repeat history by going undefeated in the MAAC during the regular season for the second time in the last three years.
NEXT UP
The Bobcats head back to Monmouth for the MAAC Tournament on May 3-5.
QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS (8-5, 5-0 MAAC) at MARIST RED FOXES (3-11, 2-3 MAAC)
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | Tenney Stadium
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HAMDEN, Conn. — With the top seed in the 2018 MAAC Tournament already secure, the Quinnipiac men's lacrosse team will close out the regular season with a road game at Marist on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
MAAC UPDATE
A year after narrowly missing out on the conference tournament, Quinnipiac will be the top seed in the MAAC Tournament for the second time in the last three years after clinching with a 10-9 double-overtime win over Monmouth last Friday. A loss to Marist this Saturday would mean that the Bobcats (5-0 MAAC) share the best regular season record in the conference with Detroit Mercy, which concluded regular season league play at 5-1, but Quinnipiac would have the tiebreaker due to a 14-11 win over the Titans head-to-head. The four teams in the field are already set, with Monmouth and Canisius also earning bids, but the exact seeding will be decided after Monmouth plays at Canisius in their finale this weekend.
LAST GAME
Quinnipiac clinched the top seed in the MAAC Tournament in dramatic fashion, taking a 10-9 overtime win at Monmouth last Friday. Senior Ryan Corcoran scored the game-winner in the first minute of the second overtime after his defender gambled on a steal and left him open from long range, and he buried it for his second goal of the contest. Senior Will Vitelli won the face-off to start the second overtime, his 18th face-off win in 22 attempts on the day. Junior attack Foster Cuomo and senior midfielder Brian Feldman added two goals apiece for the Bobcats.
SENIOR DAY
Quinnipiac celebrated its Senior Day on April 14 as part of its final regular season home game. The ceremony was a long one, as the Bobcats have a whopping 14 seniors on this year's team: Adam Bellamy, Jason Brigagliano, Blaise Buffalino, Anthony Carchietta, Carson Cocco, Ryan Corcoran, Alex DiSalvo, Brian Feldman, David Glynn, Ryan Lawson, Joe Murphy, Riley Palmer, Mike Ruane and Will Vitelli.
VITELLI WINS THIRD MAAC WEEKLY AWARD
In what has been a common occurrence this year, the Bobcats were represented on the MAAC weekly awards list on Monday. Senior face-off specialist Will Vitelli won the Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after winning 18-of-22 face-offs in Friday's 10-9 double-overtime win over Monmouth. Freshman attack Jake Tomsik has won three Rookie of the Week honors, while the Bobcats have totaled 12 awards this year as a team.
Quinnipiac MAAC Weekly Awards
Mike Fletcher - MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 19, April 9)
Foster Cuomo - MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (March 5, April 2)
Will Vitelli - MAAC Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 19, April 16, April 23)
Adam Bellamy - MAAC Defensive Player of the Week (April 9)
Jake Tomsik - MAAC Rookie of the Week (Feb. 12, March 18, April 16)
Matt Frost - MAAC Student-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 19)
CUOMO EARNS PAIR OF WEEKLY HONORS
Junior attack Foster Cuomo was named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week and earned a spot on the USILA National Team of the Week after his six-goal, two-assist effort in a March 31 win at Detroit Mercy. The eight points set a new career high, breaking his previous best of seven (five goals, two assists) which he set earlier this year in a win over NJIT, after which he earned his first MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honor.
MULTI-HORSE RACE FOR TEAM SCORING LEAD
The race for the scoring lead on the Quinnipiac men's lacrosse team couldn't be much closer as we head into the regular season finale. The team's three starters on its attack line are 1-2-3 in scoring with Foster Cuomo (28-12-40), Jake Tomsik (21-17-38) and Mike Fletcher (23-14-37) all having big seasons and all standing within three points of each other. The race for the goal lead sees Cuomo with a narrow lead with 28, but Fletcher (23), senior midfielder Brian Feldman (23) and Tomsik (21) are all close behind.
FELDMAN JOINS CENTURY CLUB
With a second-half goal at Fairfield on March 6, senior midfielder Brian Feldman became only the fourth player in Quinnipiac history to score 100 goals in a career. The other three players to accomplish the feat reached 100 goals over a two-year span from 2001-02, meaning that Feldman's milestone is one that had not been accomplished by any Bobcat over a span of 16 years. He now has 118 career goals, putting him alone in third place.
QUINNIPIAC TOP CAREER GOAL SCORERS
1. 144 Mike Baglio '02
2. 140 Joe Baglio '02
3. 118 Brian Feldman '18
4. 117 Alan LoGiudice '01
5. 94 Ryan Keenan '16
6. 88 Corey Pronsky '97
7. 84 Michael Sagl '15
84 Andy Pelletier '04
9. 79 Jack Oppenheimer '11
10. 77 Dylan Webster '14
QUINNIPIAC 100-POINT CLUB
1. 207 Joe Baglio '02
2. 187 Mike Baglio '02
3. 183 Michael Sagl '15
4. 159 Alan LoGiudice '01
5. 135 Brian Feldman '18
6. 131 Ryan Keenan '16
7. 126 Corey Pronsky '97
8. 124 John Giordano '03
9. 123 Andy Pelletier '04
10. 109 Josh Murray '06
109 Jack Oppenheimer '11
12. 103 Dylan Webster '14
103 Frank DeRubeis, Jr. '96
A COLLECTION OF HAT TRICKS FOR FELDMAN
Senior Brian Feldman scored three goals in an April 14 win over Canisius, marking his 20th career hat trick. Canisius was also the opponent for his highest-scoring career game, a seven-goal outburst in a 17-9 win as a sophomore.
Feldman Career Hat Tricks
2015
4G - March 7, 2015 at Hartford (L 10-9)
3G - March 21, 2015 vs. Detroit (W 13-12)
5G - March 31, 2015 vs. Stony Brook (L 17-9)
3G - April 23, 2015 at Air Force (W 12-10)
5G - April 30, 2015 vs. Detroit (W 16-9)
2016
3G - Feb. 27, 2016 at Bellarmine (W 12-6)
3G - March 5, 2016 vs. NJIT (W 9-7)
3G - March 12, 2016 at Hartford (W 11-10)
3G - March 26, 2016 vs. Siena (W 11-6)
5G - April 10, 2016 at Detroit (W 14-4)
7G - April 16, 2016 vs. Canisius (W 17-9)
2017
3G - Feb. 19, 2017 at Brown (L 9-25)
6G - Feb. 25, 2017 vs. Bellarmine (L 13-14)
3G - March 4, 2017 at NJIT (W 11-8)
4G - March 7, 2017 at Princeton (L 13-17)
4G - March 18, 2017 vs. Monmouth (L 7-8)
4G - April 1, 2017 at Manhattan (W 12-6)
2018
4G - March 17, 2018 vs. Siena (W 12-11)
4G - March 24, 2018 vs. Holy Cross (L 13-14)
3G - April 14, 2018 vs. Canisius (W 19-14)
HOME, SWEET HOME
Quinnipiac played in a brand-new 1,500-seat stadium this season, and earned its first win in the new facility with a 12-11 overtime victory on Feb. 17 against nationally ranked Brown (No. 17). A year ago, the Bobcats played all five home games at Yale and lost the five games by a combined seven goals. The previous season, Quinnipiac won six games in a row on campus at its old facility, including a MAAC Championship win over Marist and an NCAA win over Hartford. Quinnipiac ended its first season in its new facility with a 6-3 home record.
GOOD START IN MAAC
Quinnipiac opened MAAC play by capturing a dramatic 12-11 win over Siena on March 17. Senior midfielder Brian Feldman had four goals, and junior midfielder Matt Frost had three goals and three assists for a career-high six points. Frost provided the game-winner with just over four minutes left when he caught a rebound out of the air behind the net after Feldman's shot was saved and then flipped in a low backhand as he reached around the front of the cage. Sophomore goalie Joe Zukauskas sealed the win with a save in the final 10 seconds.
DEFENSIVE CLINIC
Quinnipiac used a dominant defensive effort to capture an 11-3 home win over Wagner on March 10. The Bobcats did not allow a single even-strength goal the entire day, allowing only an extra-man goal in the second quarter and two on EMOs in the fourth. Sophomore goalie Joe Zukauskas had eight saves, while the close defense of Riley Palmer, Mike Ruane and Bryce Nalls helped hold the Seahawks to only 20 shot attempts in the contest.
BOBCATS DEFEAT #17 BROWN FOR FIRST WIN IN NEW STADIUM
Quinnipiac fell behind 4-0 early, regrouped to take a 9-7 lead after three quarters, and then captured a dramatic 12-11 overtime win over No. 17 Brown on Saturday, Feb. 17 for its first-ever win at the new Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium. Junior attack Mike Fletcher had four goals and an assist, including the game-winning goal in overtime, an unassisted tally when he took the ball from behind the net on a restart, circled all the way around to the front, and buried a shot into the top corner. After the Bobcats went ahead 9-7, Brown started the fourth quarter on a 3-0 run to take back the lead, but junior midfielder Matt Frost stopped the run with a tying goal. The Bears went ahead once again, but freshman Sam Witt knotted it at 11-11 with just over four minutes left, and neither team could score the rest of regulation. Senior Will Vitelli was 19-27 on face-offs, including the one to start the overtime session, leading to the game-winner.
REPEAT FOR VITELLI
Senior face-off specialist Will Vitelli is coming off a season which saw him earn his second straight MAAC Face-Off Specialist of the Year honor. After walking onto the team as a freshman and giving face-offs a try for the first time, Vitelli had a huge sophomore year, including a game in which he was 19-19 at the X, earning him the National Player of the Week honor from Inside Lacrosse.
WHERE THERE'S A WILL
Senior face-off specialist Will Vitelli has had several games in his career where he has completely dominated his position, including his 19-19 performance at Marist as a sophomore (see above). He nearly added another perfect day on March 10 against Wagner, starting 14-14 before losing the opening face-off of the fourth quarter and finishing 15-16. Here is a look at some of his top efforts at the X over the last three seasons:
VITELLI'S TOP FACE-OFF PERFORMANCES
2016
3/26 Siena 16-21 (.762)
4/2 at Marist 19-19 (1.000)
4/23 at Monmouth 12-16 (.750)
5/7 vs. Marist 20-25 (.833)
2017
3/4 NJIT 19-22 (.864)
4/1 at Manhattan 17-22 (.773)
2018
2/17 No. 17 Brown 19-27 (.709)
3/3 NJIT 20-22 (.909)
3/10 Wagner 15-16 (.938)
4/14 Canisius 22-33 (.667)
4/20 Monmouth 18-22 (.818)
QUINNIPIAC'S 2018 CAPTAINS
Five Quinnipiac seniors have shared the captain duties for the 2018 season, as announced in January by Head Coach Eric Fekete. Defenseman Riley Palmer, long-stick midfielder Adam Bellamy, and midfielders Blaise Buffalino, Ryan Corcoran and David Glynn have served as team captains for their final collegiate seasons.
FOUR PLAYERS HONORED BY MAAC IN PRESEASON
Four Bobcats players were chosen to the Preseason All-MAAC team, which was released on Jan. 31. Junior Foster Cuomo and senior Riley Palmer were All-MAAC selections, while senior Adam Bellamy was the Preseason Long-Stick Midfielder of the Year and senior Will Vitelli was the Preseason Face-Off Specialist of the Year. As a team, the Bobcats were picked third behind preseason favorite and defending champion Monmouth in first and Marist in second.
BOBCATS MAKE HISTORY IN 2016
The Bobcats had their most successful season in program history in 2016, sweeping the MAAC regular season and postseason titles with a perfect 8-0 record against conference foes, earning their first-ever NCAA Tournament bid, and picking up a win over Hartford in the NCAA preliminary round. The Bobcats missed the MAAC Tournament last spring, but are trying to repeat history by going undefeated in the MAAC during the regular season for the second time in the last three years.
NEXT UP
The Bobcats head back to Monmouth for the MAAC Tournament on May 3-5.
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