Wednesday, March 27
Riverdale, NY
4:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Manhattan
Photo by: Eric Bickel
No. 20 Bobcats Set for Wednesday Battle at Manhattan
3/26/2024 5:24:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Nation's Only Unbeaten Enters at 7-0
Quinnipiac (7-0, 3-0 MAAC) at Manhattan (2-6, 2-1 MAAC)
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | 4:00 PM
Riverdale, NY | Gaelic Park
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RIVERDALE, NY – No. 25 Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse takes its unbeaten record to Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon to continue the MAAC schedule. Game time from Gaelic Park is set for 4:00 PM.
NATIONALLY-RANKED BOBCATS
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | 4:00 PM
Riverdale, NY | Gaelic Park
Watch: Click Here | Live Stats: Click Here
RIVERDALE, NY – No. 25 Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse takes its unbeaten record to Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon to continue the MAAC schedule. Game time from Gaelic Park is set for 4:00 PM.
NATIONALLY-RANKED BOBCATS
- QU has entered the Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll, as the Bobcats have been tabbed No. 20 nationally in the latest set of rankings.
- Quinnipiac (7-0, 3-0 MAAC) is the only unbeaten Division I program in the entire country. The Bobcats' 7-0 start marks the program's best effort to begin a season since 2008.
- QU has defeated St. John's, Brown, Bryant, Merrimack, Canisius, Wagner and Marist thus far in 2024 under Head Coach Mason Poli.
- The Bobcats are currently 5th nationally in shot percentage (.368), 12th in scoring offense (14.14 goals per game), and 8th in scoring defense (9.29 goals allowed per contest).
- The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced the first round of additions to the 2024 Tewaaraton Award Men's and Women's Watch Lists. The lists include the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for this year's Tewaaraton Award.
- Quinnipiac goalie Mason Oak has been included in the first round of additions, as revealed on March 7, 2024.
- Oak leads the entire nation in save percentage (.626) and saves per game (15.57).
- The two-time MAAC Defensive Player of the Week has made save totals of 19, 15, 19, 15, and 16, 14 and 11 this year.
- 6 different Bobcats have registered double-digit point totals this year, led by Ryan Donnery (33 points). Brother Dylan Donnery has added 28 points and a team-high 21 goals. Steven Germain is up to 25 points, while John DeLucia has 23 points in 7 games.
- Quinnipiac won its seventh consecutive contest on Saturday afternoon, downing Marist in MAAC play by the final score of 13-10.
- Ryan Donnery led QU with 6 total points (3 goals, 3 assists). QU had 7 different players score a goal in the win.
- The Bobcats attempted 32 total shots, and went 18-for-23 on clear chances in the victory.
- Mason Oak made 11 more saves, allowing just 10 goals in the win. The nation's leader in saves per game has made 109 saves through seven contests.
- John DeLucia added two scores and an assist, while Steven Germain chipped in with one goal and two helpers.
- Cole Marsala, Dylan Donnery and Justin Robbert each scored twice for QU.
- Jake Tellers added one goal.
- Jack LaBanca went 12-for-24 from the faceoff x. He's won 53.7% of his chances this season.
- Ryan Downing caused three turnovers, while Tommy Shaughnessy and Mason Oak each caused a pair of Marist miscues.
- Luca Cutolo, LaBanca, and DeLucia each scooped up five ground balls.
- QU returns all 10 of its top scorers from the No. 2 offense in the league a season ago (13.07 goals per game):
- John DeLucia (52 points)
- Steven Germain (47 points)
- Dylan Donnery (43 points)
- Jake Tellers (36 points)
- Justin Robbert (29 points)
- Evan Perry (24 points)
- Trevor Douglas (23 points)
- Trey Gehen (17 points)
- Luke Hendricks (8 points)
- Ryan Downing (4 points)
- Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse and Head Coach Mason Poli have revealed the Bobcats' captains for the upcoming 2024 season, as announced on Feb. 7, 2024.
- John DeLucia, Zack Siegel, Steven Germain, and Trevor Douglas will serve as the leadership group for Quinnipiac – who begins the new season on Saturday, Feb. 10 at St. John's.
- DeLucia, a two-time captain, enters his fifth season at Quinnipiac with 96 career points (68 goals, 28 assists). He led the Bobcats with 52 total points a season ago, scoring 31 goals over 14 QU contests. DeLucia tallied six hat tricks in 2023. The Guilford, Connecticut-native has recorded 53 goals over the last two seasons with the Bobcats.
- Zack Siegel will represent QU as a captain for the second consecutive season. He's played in 30 games over the past three years at Quinnipiac, helping anchor the Bobcats' defense under Poli. Siegel has scooped up 33 ground balls, and has caused 15 turnovers during his time at QU.
- Steven Germain returns for his senior season with the Bobcats after scoring 24 goals to go along with 23 assists (47 points) last year. Germain has 84 career points at QU over three seasons – 48 goals and 36 helpers. The Setauket, New York-native enters the spring of 2024 having played in 34 games at QU.
- Trevor Douglas rounds out the leadership group for the Bobcats. The senior midfielder enjoyed a breakout season for the Bobcats in 2023, recording all 23 career points (18 goals, five assists) a year ago. Douglas has also scooped up eight ground balls and caused three turnovers during his collegiate career.
- Mason Poli, a former standout lacrosse player at Bryant University, enters his 10th season with the Quinnipiac coaching staff in 2023-2024 – and his sixth at the helm of the program.
- After serving as an assistant for the Bobcats' program for four seasons (2015-18), Poli was elevated to Interim Head Coach for the 2019 season. He was then named Men's Lacrosse Head Coach on May 10, 2019, becoming the Bobcats' sixth head coach in program history and third at the Division I level.
- QU has won 22 games in five seasons under Poli to this point.
- In 2019 as Interim Head Coach, Poli led Quinnipiac men's lacrosse to a 9-7 (5-2 MAAC) record and a MAAC Tournament championship contest appearance. Poli led all first-year Division I head coaches in total wins (9) and winning percentage (.562) in 2019.
- Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse has been selected to finish 5th in the 2024 Preseason MAAC Coaches' Poll, as revealed by the league on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
- John DeLucia (attack), Steven Germain and Jake Tellers (midfield) and Ryan Downing (LSM) were all selected to the Preseason All-MAAC squad, as well. The Bobcats received 65 total points in the poll and one first-place vote.
- FULL POLL - CLICK HERE
- QU went 7-6 overall most recently in the spring of 2023. The Bobcats finished with the second-highest scoring offense in the league (13.07 Goals Per Game), and ranked first in the league/14th nationally in assists (8.00 APG).
- Quinnipiac has turned in a winning conference record in three of five seasons under Head Coach Mason Poli. The 2024 Bobcats will return All-MAAC performers Steven Germain, John DeLucia, Jake Tellers and Justin Robbert.
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