Bobcats Host VMI Saturday for Senior Day

Quinnipiac (8-3, 4-3 MAAC) vs. VMI (7-6, 3-4 MAAC)
Saturday, April 13, 2024 | 12:00 PM
QU Lacrosse Stadium | Hamden, CT
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse is set to host Virginia Military Institute on Saturday in Hamden, as the Bobcats will square off with VMI at 12:00 PM on ESPN+.

Quinnipiac will honor its senior class prior to the start of the contest – the final home matchup of the regular season for the Bobcats.

STRONG START FOR QU

QU entered the Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll on March 25, as the Bobcats were tabbed No. 20 in the national rankings for one week.
Quinnipiac was the last remaining unbeaten team in all of Division I lacrosse. The Bobcats' 7-0 start to the year marked the program's best effort to begin a season since 2008.
QU has defeated St. John's, Brown, Bryant, Merrimack, Canisius, Wagner, Marist and Mount St. Mary's thus far in 2024 under Head Coach Mason Poli.
The Bobcats are currently 2nd nationally in shot percentage (.355), 14th in scoring offense (13.45 goals per game), and 11^th in clearing percentage (89.9%).

OAK NAMED TO TEWAARATON WATCH LIST

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 was included in the first round of additions, as revealed on March 7, 2024.
Oak leads the entire country in saves per game (15.73), and ranks second nationally in save percentage (59.9%).
Oak has registered double-digit save totals in every game this year. He made a career-high 22 stops in the Bobcats' latest contest vs. Sacred Heart.

STRONG OFFENSIVE ATTACK

8 different Bobcats have registered double-digit point totals this year, led by Ryan Donnery (49 points). Brother Dylan Donnery has added 35 points and a team-high 26 goals. Steven Germain is up to 34 points, while John DeLucia has 32 points in 9 games.
Jake Tellers is up to 19 points, while Trevor Douglas has added 16 points. Justin Robbert has 10 assists and 14 points overall, while Evan Perry is at 11 points.

LAST TIME OUT: QU FALLS vs. SHU IN HAMDEN (4/10)

Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse dropped a tight MAAC matchup on Wednesday afternoon in Hamden, falling 13-12 vs. Sacred Heart.
The comeback attempt fell just short for the Bobcats. John DeLucia scored with 3:32 to cut the deficit to just two goals, then Justin Robbert found the back of the cage with 39 seconds left to make it 13-12.
Sacred Heart held on in the end, moving to 7-0 in MAAC play during the 2024 season.
Mason Oak was impressive in front of the cage for QU, making 22 total saves and allowing just 13 goals.
John DeLucia finished with four goals for the Bobcats, and Trevor Douglas posted a hat trick with three scores of his own.

STRONG RETURNING ATTACK

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)

SCOUTING SACRED HEART

Quinnipiac is 5-5 vs. SHU dating back to 2000. The Pioneers have taken each of the last two meetings.
Sacred Heart enters as one of the hottest teams in the country, having won six straight MAAC contests. SHU defeated Wagner 19-6 its last time out.
The Pioneers have given up just 9.42 goals per game, the seventh-fewest total.
Morgan O'Reilly leads SHU with 45 points in 12 games. His 3.08 goals per game rank 8^th nationally.
Six different SHU scorers have 20+ points.

2024 CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED

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.

HEAD COACH MASON POLI

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.

PRESEASON ALL-MAAC SELECTIONS

Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse has been selected to finish 5^th 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

LAST YEAR (2023)

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/14^th 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.

Schedule

Players Mentioned

John DeLucia

Dylan Donnery

Ryan Donnery

Trevor Douglas

Ryan Downing

Trey Gehen

Steven Germain

Luke Hendricks

Mason Oak

Evan Perry

Justin Robbert

Zack Siegel

Jake Tellers

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