Bobcats Begin MAAC Tournament Saturday at Manhattan

Saturday, April 27

Riverdale, NY

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Manhattan

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Bobcats Begin MAAC Tournament Saturday at Manhattan

4/26/2024 11:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac (9-4, 5-4 MAAC) at Manhattan (6-8, 6-3 MAAC)
Saturday, April 27, 2024 | 12:00 PM
Riverdale, NY | Gaelic Park
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RIVERDALE – Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse is set to begin postseason action on Saturday, as the No. 6 Bobcats travel to No. 3 Manhattan for the quarterfinal round of the 2024 MAAC Championships. Game time is set for 12:00 PM from Gaelic Park on ESPN+.

OAK NAMED DPOTY, 3 BOBCATS EARN ALL-MAAC STATUS

Junior Mason Oak has been named MAAC Defensive Player of the Year, as revealed by the league office on Friday, April 26, 2024.
Three Bobcats received All-League honors following the completion of the 2024 regular season.
Steven Germain was tabbed First Team All-MAAC at midfield, Oak was awarded the league's First Team spot at the goalkeeper position in addition to the major award, and Ryan Donnery has been named to the All-MAAC Second Team at the attack position.

STRONG SEASON FOR THE BOBCATS

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, Mount St. Mary's and VMI thus far in 2024 under Head Coach Mason Poli.
The Bobcats are currently 4th nationally in shot percentage (.338) and 18th in scoring offense (13.08 goals per game).

OAK NAMED TO TEWAARATON WATCH LIST

The Tewaaraton Foundation announced the first round of additions to the 2024 Tewaaraton Award Men's and Women's Watch Lists on March 7. 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.
Oak leads the entire country in saves per game (15.77), and ranks second nationally in save percentage (59.8%).
Oak has registered double-digit save totals in every game this year. He made a career-high 22 stops in the Bobcats' contest vs. Sacred Heart on April 10.

STRONG OFFENSIVE ATTACK

8 different Bobcats have registered double-digit point totals this year, led by Ryan Donnery (54 points). Brother Dylan Donnery has added 40 points and a team-high 31 goals. Steven Germain is up to 43 total points, while John DeLucia has 34 points in 13 games.
Jake Tellers is up to 22 points, while Trevor Douglas has added 19 points. Justin Robbert has 15 points overall, while Evan Perry is at 15 points as well.

SCOUTING MANHATTAN

The Jaspers went 6-3 in MAAC action to earn the No. 3 seed in the postseason tournament this year.
Manhattan outlasted Quinnipiac in a tight battle back on March 27 in Riverdale. Quinnipiac and Manhattan were tied 7-7 at halftime, then the Jaspers outscored QU 8-5 in the second half (6-2 in the third alone) to earn the win.
The Bobcats are 11-3 since 2000 against Manhattan. Quinnipiac won 11 straight games vs. the Jaspers from 2001-2021, and Manhattan has taken each of the last three meetings.
Kyle Gucwa ranks second in the MAAC in points per game. Gucwa was recently named the league's Offensive Player of the Year.

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)

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 won 22 games in the first five seasons under Poli.
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.
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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.