Men's Lacrosse Makes Short Trip to Fairfield

Saturday, February 29

Fairfield, CT / Conway Field

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Fairfield

Photo by: Stephen LoCicero

2/28/2020 12:00:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Bobcats, Stags Play at 1:00 PM on Saturday at Conway Field

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac at Fairfield
Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 | 1:00 PM
Fairfield, CT | Conway Field
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's lacrosse is set for its fifth non-conference matchup of the 2019-20 season on Saturday afternoon, making the short trip to Fairfield for a 1:00 p.m. start.

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 2020 season includes 11 First-Year student-athletes, 12 sophomores, 10 juniors, five seniors and one graduate student.

SCOUTING FAIRFIELD

The Stags are 2-1 so far this season, defeating Merrimack and Stony Brook before falling to No. 14 Georgetown in their latest contest.
Dylan Beckwith leads the team offensively with 10 goals and six assists for 16 total points, while Brian Reda has tallied a team-best 10 assists so far in three games.
Andrew Baxter is in his first season as Head Coach at Fairfield. He previously served as defensive coordinator at Yale from 2013-2019, and was elevated to Associate Head Coach for the Bulldogs following the 2018 campaign.
The Bobcats are 1-6 vs. Fairfield since 2010. The last time the two teams met was on March 6, 2018, as Fairfield defeated Quinnipiac 9-6.

TERRIFIC TOMSIK

Jake Tomsik has paced the Bobcats offensively so far in 2020, recording six goals and four assists for a team-high 10 points.
The junior had one goal and one assist in the season-opener vs. nationally-ranked Rutgers, then scored two goals to go along with two assists vs. UMass Lowell on Feb. 8. He added one goal and one helper at Brown, then scored twice in QU's latest contest at Vermont.
Tomsik has 70 goals and 114 points so far in 35 career games with the Bobcats. He is already one of 15 players in Quinnipiac program history to surpass 100 points.

WILL'S WORLD

Sophomore Will Abbott scored four times in Quinnipiac's opener vs. Rutgers, then also scored four goals in QU's latest game at Vermont.
The MAAC All-Rookie and All-MAAC First Team selection in 2019 has 29 goals and 15 assists for 44 points in the first 20 games of his QU career.

SPORTSCENTER TOP 10

Will Abbott earned the No. 2 play in SportsCenter's Top 10 countdown for his behind-the-back, over-the-shoulder goal at Rutgers in the Bobcats' season opener.
Two Quinnipiac programs made SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays on Saturday, Feb. 1, as Quinnipiac women's ice hockey junior Grace Markey secured the No. 9 spot with her diving finish in Quinnipiac's win over Yale in New Haven.

IMMEDIATE IMPACT

First-year attack John DeLucia has recorded eight goals over his first four games with the program, scoring three times against UMass Lowell and twice vs. Rutgers and Brown.
Fellow first-year attack Jake Tellers has added four goals and three assists over his first four collegiate games.

BRICK. WALL.

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.
DiMuccio was named MAAC Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, Feb. 17. The goalie made a career-high 21 saves in Saturday's non-conference contest at Brown.
He now has 47 saves in three Bobcats' games this season, ranking No. 6 nationally in saves per contest (15.67).

GEORGE ON THE DRAW

Sophomore Demitri George has been locked in at the faceoff x so far this year, leading the MAAC in ground balls per game (9.00). George ranks 8th nationally in ground balls per contest.

'LOTTA ATTACK COMING BACK

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.

PRESEASON ACCOLADES

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.

UP NEXT

The Bobcats return to play on Saturday, Mar. 7, traveling to Long Island University for more non-conference lacrosse.
For more updates regarding Quinnipiac men's lacrosse, follow the program on Twitter and Instagram at @QU_MLAX.