Saturday, February 1
Piscataway, NJ / HighPoint.com Stadium
1:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
No. 16 Rutgers
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Men's Lacrosse Begins 2020 Season Saturday at No. 16 Rutgers
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Season Opener Set for 1:00 PM in New Jersey
Quinnipiac at Rutgers
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 | 1:00 PM
HIGHPOINT.com Stadium | Piscataway, N.J.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Quinnipiac men's lacrosse opens up the 2020 season on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Rutgers for a non-conference contest at 1:00 p.m.
SECOND YEAR UNDER MASON POLI
2020 BOBCATS
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 | 1:00 PM
HIGHPOINT.com Stadium | Piscataway, N.J.
Watch (BTN+)
Live Stats
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Quinnipiac men's lacrosse opens up the 2020 season on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Rutgers for a non-conference contest at 1:00 p.m.
SECOND YEAR UNDER MASON POLI
- The Bobcats enter the second year under Head Coach Mason Poli in 2020, as Poli guided Quinnipiac to a 9-7 (5-2 MAAC) record in 2019 as Interim Head Coach.
- QU made its third-ever appearance in the MAAC Tournament championship contest in 2019.
- The Bobcats recorded a winning MAAC record for the fourth time in six seasons since joining the conference in 2013-14, earning a No. 2 seed in the postseason tournament. Quinnipiac scored 10+ goals in five of seven regular season league games.
- Poli finished the 2019 season with the most wins for any first-year head coach in Division I lacrosse.
2020 BOBCATS
- Quinnipiac's roster for the upcoming season includes 11 First-Year student-athletes, 12 sophomores, 10 juniors, five seniors and one graduate student.
- Rutgers went 7-8 last season, falling in its first contest of the Big Ten Tournament vs. No. 1 Penn State.
- The Scarlet Knights are led by a stout attack unit that returns its top six point scorers from a year ago. Adam Charalambides led the program with 61 total points in 15 games, Kieran Mullins recorded 60 points in 13 games, and Ryan Gallagher added 44 points in 15 games.
- Rutgers ranked No. 19 nationally last year in clearing percentage (85.8 percent).
- Brian Brecht enters his ninth season at the helm of Rutgers, posting a 58-61 record over his first eight seasons. Brecht served as Head Coach at Siena from 2004-11 prior to joining Rutgers.
- The Scarlet Knights have been ranked No. 16 nationally in the US Lacrosse Preseason Media Poll, and received votes in Inside Lacrosse's Preseason Media Poll.
- Three of Quinnipiac's top five scorers are back in 2020.
- Jake Tomsik (37 goals, 23 assists, 60 points) is back for his junior season after finishing last year second in the MAAC in points per game (3.75). Tomsik scored 3+ goals seven separate times last year. He tied a program record with eight goals against NJIT on Feb. 2, 2019, the highest single-game scoring mark since Erik Anderson scored eight times vs. Siena on April 10, 1999.
- Sophomore Will Abbott (20 goals, 14 assists, 34 points) made an immediate impact last year as a First Year, earning MAAC All-Rookie and First Team All-MAAC honors. Abbott had eight multi-goal performances for the Bobcats in 2019.
- Tyler Mackay (21 goals, six assists, 27 points) is back for his senior season. Mackay had three hat trick's last season, scoring eight goals in the last three games of 2019.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Nick DiMuccio finished his first season with the Bobcats ranked No. 4 nationally in saves per game (13.88).
- He made 10+ stops in 14 of 16 games as a First-Year goalie, including 19 saves vs. Yale on April 23.
- Junior Jake Tomsik has been selected as the 2020 MAAC Co-Preseason Player of the Year, as announced by the league office on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
- Quinnipiac (42 points) was tabbed No. 3 overall in the Preseason Coaches' Poll, finishing behind only Marist (63 points) and Detroit Mercy (49 points).
- Tomsik and sophomore Will Abbott were also selected to the Preseason All-MAAC Team, while Marist's senior Peyton Smith earned Co-Preseason Player of the Year honors alongside Tomsik.
- The Bobcats return to the road next weekend, traveling to UMass Lowell on Saturday, Feb. 8 for a 1:00 p.m. contest.
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