Saturday, April 27
Riverdale, NY
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Manhattan
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Men's Lacrosse Concludes Regular Season on Saturday at Manhattan
4/25/2019 3:12:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Quinnipiac (7-6, 4-2) at Manhattan (6-7, 2-4 MAAC)
Saturday, April 27 | 3:00 p.m.
Gaelic Park | Riverdale, NY
Stream: Jasper Sports Network
Stats: GoJaspers.com
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Quinnipiac men's lacrosse wraps up the 2019 regular season on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Manhattan for a 3:00 p.m. MAAC contest at Gaelic Park.
REGULAR SEASON FINALE
SCOUTING MANHATTAN
Saturday, April 27 | 3:00 p.m.
Gaelic Park | Riverdale, NY
Stream: Jasper Sports Network
Stats: GoJaspers.com
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Quinnipiac men's lacrosse wraps up the 2019 regular season on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Manhattan for a 3:00 p.m. MAAC contest at Gaelic Park.
REGULAR SEASON FINALE
- The Bobcats enter the final contest of the 2019 regular season with a 4-2 MAAC record, which puts the program in fourth place entering the final week of the season.
- Four conference teams will participate in the 2019 MAAC Tournament, which will be held in Poughkeepsie, New York at Tenney Stadium.
SCOUTING MANHATTAN
- Manhattan is 6-7 overall in 2019, going 2-4 in MAAC play. The Jaspers won their last time out vs. Canisius, 7-6, on April 19.
- Parker Giarratana leads the program in scoring with 31 total points (17 goals, 14 assists). Seven Jaspers have recorded 10+ points to date.
- Drew Kelleher is in his fourth year as the Head Coach of the Manhattan men's lacrosse program. He has won 16 games thus far in his time with the program.
- Quinnipiac is 9-0 all-time vs. the Jaspers, topping Manhattan 9-5 last season in Hamden on April 7. Then-junior Mike Fletcher led the way with six total points in the win.
- Quinnipiac men's lacrosse dropped its final non-conference contest of the season, 24-8, vs. No. 4/5 Yale on Tuesday evening at Reese Stadium. With the loss vs. the defending national champion, the Bobcats fall to 7-6 so far this year.
- Senior Mike Fletcher led the way for the Bobcats, scoring four times to raise his season goal total to 23.
- Freshman goalkeeper Nick DiMuccio turned in another double-digit save performance, recording a career-high 19 total stops. DiMuccio currently ranks No. 5 nationally in saves per game.
- Senior attack Foster Cuomo was selected as the 2019 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year, the conference office announced on Wednesday, Jan. 29.
- Cuomo – who was also tabbed 2017 MAAC Preseason Co-Player of the Year as a sophomore – was a unanimous selection at attack on the Preseason All-MAAC Team. He remains the only student-athlete in program history to earn Preseason MAAC Player of the Year honors. The senior attack led the MAAC in goals per game (2.36) and ranked third in points per contest (3.5), recording three game-winning goals last season. He tallied 33 goals and 16 assists for 49 total points.
- Cuomo recorded three goals in his return to the field for the Bobcats on Saturday, March 16 vs. Detroit Mercy, then tied a program record with an impressive 10-point performance (seven goals, three assists) on March 19 vs. Hartford. Cuomo has 24 goals and 10 assists for 34 total points in his first eight games of the season.
- Sophomore Jake Tomsik has paced the Bobcats' offense so far in 2019, recording 29 goals and 18 assists for 47 total points.
- The attack tied a program record with eight goals to power the Bobcats past NJIT, 16-14, on the road on March 2.
- He has recorded six games of 3+ goals.
- Freshman goalkeeper Nick DiMuccio ranks No. 3 in the nation in saves per game, recording 14.54 stops per contest over his first 13 collegiate games.
- He's made 15+ stops in seven games, and 10+ saves in 12 of 13 QU contests.
- DiMuccio set a career-high in the Bobcats' latest contest at Yale, making 19 total stops.
- Freshman Will Abbott has recorded 15 goals and 12 assists for 27 total points over his first 13 collegiate games. He's ranks fourth on the team in scoring so far this year.
- Senior Mike Fletcher has 23 goals and nine assists in his first eight games, including a nine-point performance vs. Hartford on March 19. He has one five-goal and three four-goal performances so far in 2019.
- Junior Tyler Mackay has 13 goals and five assists for 18 total points, which is already a career-best total. Mackay has scored a goal in eight of the Bobcats' 13 contests.
- The Bobcats were selected to finish third in the 2019 MAAC Men's Lacrosse Preseason Poll, earning 50 total points in the vote to finish just behind Monmouth and Detroit Mercy. Quinnipiac – the 2018 MAAC regular season champion – earned one first-place vote in the poll.
- Senior midfielder Matt Frost was also selected to the Preseason All-MAAC Team. Frost scored 16 goals to go along with six assists in 2018, playing in 12 total games. He was selected to the All-MAAC Second Team in 2018 for his effort, attempting 54 total shots for the season.
- Quinnipiac has 14 freshman, 10 sophomores, six juniors and 12 seniors in 2019.
- The Bobcats return four of their top five scorers from 2018, an offense that finished the season No. 10 in total offense. Senior Foster Cuomo (33 goals, 16 assists), sophomore Jake Tomsik (27 goals, 17 assists), senior Mike Fletcher (26 goals, 16 assists) and senior Matt Frost (15 goals, 6 assists) all return for Quinnipiac.
- Quinnipiac men's lacrosse went 9-6 last season, going a perfect 6-0 in MAAC regular season play to earn the top seed in the postseason tournament. The Bobcats recorded 11.3 points per game, which ranked No. 1 in the MAAC and No. 10 nationally. The program also led the MAAC in ground balls per game (32.33), ranking No. 7 nationally in the category.
- Mason Poli, a former standout lacrosse player at Bryant University, enters his fifth season with the Quinnipiac coaching staff in 2018-19 - and his first as Interim Head Coach. Poli served as an assistant coach for the Bobcats' program for four years. He served as the team's defensive coordinator, and was also responsible for scouting, skill development, recruiting and academics.
- Poli enjoyed a four-year stint with the Bulldogs which came to a close in 2013, after which, Poli was drafted by the Charlotte Hounds of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) with their fourth round pick. Poli's success on the field continued as he led the MLL in longpole scoring with six goals, three two-point goals, and one assist for 10 points in 2014. In his rookie season, Poli helped the Hounds to a second-place finish in the MLL standings.
- While at Bryant, Poli compiled one of the most decorated longpole lacrosse careers in NCAA history. Poli led the nation in longpole scoring in both his junior and senior seasons, leading to a pair of Tewaaraton Semifinalist Awards. Poli was named USILA Honorable Mention All-American in 2011, 2012 and 2013, while being named to the NEILA All-New England and Northeast Conference First Teams those same years.
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