MLAX Game Notes at High Point

Game 3 at High Point (2-3, 0-0 SoCon) • February 28, 2015 • 11:00 a.m. • High Point, N.C.

ROBERT MORRIS MEN’S LACROSSE GAME NOTES Overall Record: 0-3 NEC Record: 0-0 (1st) National Ranking: NR

Home: 0-1 Away: 0-2 Neutral: 0-0

NEXT UP vs. Siena March 7 - 1:00 p.m.

Website: www.rmucolonials.com • Twitter: @RMUAthletics / @RobertMorrisLax SCOUTING HIGH POINT High Point enters this weekend with an overall record of 2-3, having beaten Delaware and Sacred Heart at home. The Panthers have dropped games at home against No. 3 Duke, 16-13, and at No. 6 North Carolina, 15-9. Two weekends ago on Valentine’s Day, HPU fell 12-11 to last year’s Northeast Conference (NEC) regular season champion Saint Joseph’s. Junior attack Dan Lomas has scored a team-high 17 goals this season, while classmate Matt Thistle paces the Panthers with 12 assists and 21 points. Redshirt senior Austin Geisler has seen all but four minutes in net for HPU, compiling a save percentage of .536 and a 11.76 goals against average.

AGAINST THE PANTHERS Robert Morris has never faced High Point in program history. The Panthers are one of the youngest programs in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse, with only Boston University, Furman, Monmouth, NJIT, Richmond, and UMass Lowell starting teams more recently than HPU.

2015 SCHEDULE

February 10 (Tues.) @ Ohio State 14 (Sat.) BELLARMINE 21 (Sat.) @ Detroit 28 (Sat.) @ High Point March 7 (Sat.) SIENA 11 (Wed.) @ Jacksonville 21 (Sat.) @ Sacred Heart * 24 (Tues.) MARYLAND 28 (Sat.) HOBART * April 4 (Sat.) @ Saint Joseph’s * 8 (Wed.) MOUNT ST. MARY’S * 11 (Sat.) @ Bryant * 18 (Sat.) @ Air Force 25 (Sat.) WAGNER * 30 (Thurs.) NEC Semifinals May 2 (Sat.) NEC Finals

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Home games in bold and all CAPS All home games played at Joe Walton Stadium * Northeast Conference game ^ Mountain Daylight time All other times Eastern

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NORTHEAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS

School Hobart Mount St. Mary’s Saint Joseph’s Bryant Sacred Heart Wagner Robert Morris

NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 L1 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 L1 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 W1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 W1 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 L1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 L3 0-1 0-2 0-0

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RMU HPU Goals 26 61 Goals Per Game 8.67 12.20 Shot Pct. .243 .333 SOG Pct. .598 .634 Shots Per Game 35.7 36.6 Assists 11 36 Man-Up Goals 5 14 Man-Up Pct. .455 .500 Ground Balls 72 157 Turnovers 34 64 Caused Turnovers 17 41 Faceoffs (W-L) 28-70 75-61 Faceoff W-L Pct. .400 .551 Clears 49-57 61-69 Clear Pct. .860 .884 Penalties 6 23 Penalty Minutes 6:00 19:00

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RMU QUICK FACTS

MUSKET SHOTS

ON DECK Robert Morris comes home after two weeks on the road to take on Siena next Saturday. The Colonials defeated the Saints in overtime last season, 10-9. Alexander Bohl scored the walk-off winner 14 seconds into the extra frame after Sean Meagher won the faceoff.

LAST TIME OUT The Colonials dropped a heartbreaker to Detroit in overtime last weekend, 11-10.

RMU held a first quarter lead and knotted it up at 10 all with 1:27 left in regulation, but was unable to come away with the victory. Carter Yepsen registered a hat trick in the loss, while Luke Laszkiewicz and Eric Rankel each tallied two goals. The Colonials outshot the Titans, 51-32, and held a 14-10 edge in faceoffs.

ADJUSTING QUICKLY SPORTS INFORMATION Eric Wales has been one of the most consistent Colonials on offense in this early WEBSITE www.rmucolonials.com season. His five assists are tied for the team lead, while his point total of seven is FACEBOOK facebook.com/RMUAthletics good for second best. The former Mercyhurst transfer has registered multiple points TWITTER @RMUAthletics in all three games this season.

MEN’S LACROSSE CONTACT Ethan Woy Office Phone (412) 397-6070 PERFECT POWER PLAY Office Fax (412) 397-4943 Robert Morris went 4-4 on man-up opportunities this past Saturday against Detroit.

Twitter @WoyRMU15 The Colonials last were perfect with the extra-man on April 5, 2014 at Wagner (2-2), E-Mail sidga02@rmu.edu and last scored more than four man-up goals on March 22, 2014 against Jacksonville Mailing Address 6001 University Boulevard (6-8).

Moon Township, Pa. 15108 PRESEASON PREDICTIONS Robert Morris was selected to finish fifth in the Northeast Conference this season, COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH Andrew McMinn according to a poll of the league’s head coaches. The Colonials have gained a reputa Alma Mater Providence ‘05 tion of outperforming its prediction, finishing second in 2013 and first in 2012 after Tenure at RMU Fourth Season being picked third in both preseason polls.

Career Record 24-22 TERRIFIC TRIO ASSISTANT COACH Travis Harrington Robert Morris returns its top three scorers from a season ago in Eric Rankel, Luke Alma Mater Bryant ‘12 Tenure at RMU First Season Laszkiewicz, and James Rahe. The junior trio combined for 64 goals, 37 assists, and ASSISTANT COACH Robert Marasti 101 points in 2014. Rankel (first) and Rahe (second) earned All-NEC honors, while Alma Mater Robert Morris ‘11 Laszkiewicz made the All-NEC Rookie Team in 2013.

Tenure at RMU First Season BROTHERLY LOVE VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT Carlo Sunseri The Colonials have had a history of brothers playing together and this season is no Alma Mater Robert Morris ‘07 different with three sets on the roster. The Gibsons (Leighton and Marshall), Wales Tenure at RMU Fifth Season (Eric and Mitchell), and Yepsens (Carter and Conner) make up the RMU family who DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Josh Seese are actually family. The last time the Colonials have not had a set of brothers on Alma Mater West Virginia ‘12 Tenure at RMU Second Season their roster was in the 2010 season.

TRAVELIN’ MEN Robert Morris is scheduled to play in eight different states this season, tying a TEAM INFORMATION FIRST SEASON OF MEN’S LACROSSE 2005 school record set in its inaugural season of 2005 and in 2011. The Colonials will stay ALL-TIME LACROSSE RECORD 60-87 in the Keystone State for seven games with home contests and a trip to Philadelphia.

NEC TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 3 RMU will also visit Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio,

(2011-13) and Rhode Island during the 2015 campaign.

NEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 0 NEW FACES NEC REGULAR-SEASON TITLES 1 The Colonials welcome 16 freshmen and a junior college transfer to the program in

(2012) NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 0 2015. In addition, RMU also will be guided by two new assistant coaches in Travis 2014 OVERALL RECORD 5-9 Harrington and Robert Marasti. Harrington is a 2012 graduate of Bryant and previ2014 NEC RECORD | FINISH 2-4 | 5th ously coached at Seton Hill. Marasti is an alumnus of the program, having played for 2015 NEC PRESEASON POLL 5th the Colonials from 2008 to 2011.

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION LOCATION Moon Township, Pa. FOUNDED 1921 ENROLLMENT 5,413 AFFILIATION NCAA Division I CONFERENCE Northeast Conference (NEC) NICKNAME Colonials COLORS Blue and White with Red FACILITY Charles L. Sewall Center Capacity 3,056 PRESIDENT Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Craig Coleman, M.D.

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THE ANDREW MCMINN FILE

TOTAL RECORDS OVERALL 24-23 AGAINST THE NEC 10-6

SEASON-BY-SEASON RECORDS YEAR 2015 2014 2013 2012

OVERALL | CONFERENCE (PLACE) 0-3 | 0-0 (1st) 5-9 | 2-4 (5th) 8-7 | 3-2 (3rd) 10-4 | 5-0 (1st)

- 2012 Northeast Conference Coach of the Year Andrew McMinn enters his fourth season as head coach at Robert Morris University.

McMinn has been at RMU for 10 seasons now, beginning his tenure as an associate head coach during the program’s second season in 2006.

In 2014, McMinn had six players earn All-Northeast Conference recognition and saw his team finish the season third in caused turnovers per game with a mark of 10.14.

The Colonials accomplished a handful of firsts in McMinn’s second season at the helm, finishing an overall record of 8-7 and a mark of 3-2 in conference play. RMU defeated Quinnipiac in the NEC Tournament semifinals, 15-14, for the program’s first postseason win. The victory also pushed the Colonials through to their first NEC Tournament championship game.

In his first season as a collegiate head coach, McMinn continued the rapid rise of the RMU’s men’s lacrosse program. He led Robert Morris to a program-record 11 wins in just 15 games, including posting a perfect 5-0 record in league play. As a result, the Colonials claimed the NEC regular-season crown, the first conference title of any kind for the men’s lacrosse program.

RMU has also been in the national conversation under McMinn. Robert Morris used a sixgame winning streak to earn a national ranking for the second time in program history in 2012 as it entered the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll in April. The Colonials also posted multiple wins over nationally ranked teams in 2012, the first such occurrence in school history, including a 9-7 victory at Ohio State in March.

Prior to being named head coach, McMinn had previously as the associate head coach for the Colonials. He had served on the Robert Morris staff for six seasons, helping RMU develop from its earliest stages as a program to one that had secured three consecutive winning seasons and a national ranking along with its first postseason berth in the two years prior to his appointment as head coach.

McMinn progressively earned additional responsibilities within the Colonial program the years leading up to his appointment, including aiding in the hiring and management of other staff members and overseeing certain budgetary matters. He also represented Robert Morris as a speaker at the USILA national convention in December 2009, where he led a presentation on transition offense.

Before joining the Colonials’ coaching staff, McMinn was a standout goaltender for the Providence Friars of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). In three seasons as the starting goaltender, he helped lead his team to two regular-season championships, a MAAC Tournament Championship and a berth in the 2004 NCAA Tournament. He was a three-time All-MAAC selection, a 2004 MAAC All-Tournament Team honoree, and he held the top two single-season goals against average marks in MAAC history at the time of his graduation.

During his career, he ranked among the top goaltenders in Division I in both save percentage and goals against average. He ranked fourth nationally in GAA in 2003, allowing just 6.91 tallies per game, and was seventh nationally in save percentage in 2005 with a .599 mark.

McMinn earned his Bachelor’s degree in management with a minor in finance from Providence in 2005. He just completed his Master’s degree in instructional leadership with a concentration in sport management from Robert Morris in 2014.

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GENERAL 2015 UNDERMCMINN Overall 0-3 24-23 Home 0-1 12-8 Away 0-2 10-14 Neutral 0-0 2-1 Non-Conference 0-3 13-15 Conference 0-0 10-6 Conference Home 0-0 6-3 Conference Road 0-0 4-3 Postseason 0-0 1-2 vs. Nationally Ranked 0-0 2-7

BY QUARTERS Leading After 1st Trailing After 1st Tied After 1st Leading After 2nd Trailing After 2nd Tied After 2nd Leading After 3rd Trailing After 3rd Tied After 3rd Overtime Record

0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-1

19-6 4-16 1-1 17-6 5-16 2-1 21-2 3-19 0-2 1-2

MISCELLANEOUS On Monday On Tuesday On Wednesday On Thursday On Friday On Saturday On Sunday In February In March In April In May

0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 3-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 15-17 3-2 5-5 7-5 6-2 1-2

RMU SEASON HIGHS TEAM Points 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 14 Goals 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 10 Assists 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 4 Shots 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 29 SOG 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 22 Saves 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 14 Ground Balls 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 30 Caused Turnovers 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 7 OPPONENT Points 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 21 Goals 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 13 Assists M.R. - 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 8 Shots 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 42 SOG 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 27 Saves 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 12 Ground Balls M.R. - 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 35 Caused Turnovers M.R. - 2/13 vs. Bellarmine | 7

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2015 Robert Morris Men's Lacrosse Robert Morris Overall Team Statistics All games (as of Feb 25, 2015) Overall: 0-3 Conf: 0-0 Home: 0-1 Away: 0-2 Neut: 0-0 TEAM STATISTICS SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct.

Shots on goal-Attempts SOG pct.

Shots/Game Assists MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES G oal s- O p p ort uni t i e s Conversion Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Man-up Man-down Unassisted Overtime Goals scored average GROUND BALLS TURNOVERS CAUSED TURNOVERS FACEOFFS (W-L) Faceoff W-L Pct. CLEARS Clear Pct. PENALTIES Number Minutes ATTENDANCE T o t al Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg

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Goals by Period Robert Morris Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Saves by Period Robert Morris Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

6 9

7 11

8 10

10 8

5 5

8 13

7 9

8 6

OT Total

0 1

26 34

OT Total

1 0

34 38

RMU

OPP

26-107 8.67 .243 64-107 .598 35.7 11

34-107 11.33 .318 68-107 .636 35.7 24

5-11 .455

3-6 .500

26 5 0 15 0 8.58 72 34 17 28-70 .400 49-57 .860

34 3 0 10 1 11.21 90 48 19 42-70 .600 39-43 .907

6 6:00

11 8:30

236 1/236 0/0

1047 2/524

Shots by Period Robert Morris Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Shots on Goal Robert Morris Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

31 21

17 16

21 29

16 20

26 25

18 13

29 29

13 17

OT Total

0 3

107 107

OT Total

0 2

64 68

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2015 Robert Morris Men's Lacrosse Robert Morris Combined Team Statistics All games (as of Feb 25, 2015) RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Feb 10 Feb 13 Feb 21

Opponent at Ohio State BELLARMINE at Detroit Titans

TEAM STATISTICS SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct.

Shots on goal-Attempts SOG pct.

Shots/Game A ssi st s MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES Goals-Opportunities Conversion Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Man-up Man-down Unassisted O v e rt i me Goals scored average GROUND BALLS TURNOVERS CAUSED TURNOVERS FACEOFFS (W-L) Faceoff W-L Pct. CLEARS Clear Pct. PENALTIES N umb e r Minutes ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg

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OVERALL 0-3 0-0 0-3

L L Lot

Score 6-10 10-13 10-11

Att. 488 236 559

RMU

OPP

26-107 8.67 .243 64-107 .598 35.7 11

34-107 11.33 .318 68-107 .636 35.7 24

5-11 .455

3-6 .500

26 5 0 15 0 8.58 72 34 17 28-70 .400 49-57 .860

34 3 0 10 1 11.21 90 48 19 42-70 .600 39-43 .907

6 6:00

11 8:30

236 1/236 0/0

1047 2/524

HOME 0-1 0-0 0-1

AWAY 0-2 0-0 0-2

## PLAYER GP 32 RAHE, James 3 42 WALES, Eric 3 37 LASZKIEWICZ, Luke 3 19 RANKEL, Eric 3 5 YEPSEN, Carter 3 44 RUEST, Jacob 3 21 TOROK-ORBAN, Adrian 2 48 GIBSON, Marshall 3 18 BRYANT, Zachary 3 26 MAYFIELD, Justin 2 25 DOYLE, Sean 3 35 GIBSON, Leighton 2 14 PERKINS, Jimmy 1 7 BOHL, Alexander 2 2 STURGIS, David 2 55 NAKANO, Kento 1 53 RENNICH, Tanner 1 47 SEIDEL, Michael 3 45 MAGNAN, Luc 3 41 LORDO, Stephen 2 30 SCENNA, Joseph 3 27 BARNEY, Chris 3 24 CASS, Brett 1 17 TREMBLAY, Tony 2 12 CHRISTIANSON, Zac 2 11 FICKENSCHER, Clay 3 10 JOHNSTON, Alec 1 1 ROSE, Chase 3 Total 3 Opponents 3

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NEUTRAL 0-0 0-0 0-0 A Pts

5 5 10 2 5 7 5 0 5 4 0 4 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 11 37 34 24 58

0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3

GB

0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 0 72 0 90

## Goalie 24 CASS, Brett 1 ROSE, Chase

GP 1 3 3 3

Goals by Period Robert Morris Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

OT Total

Saves by Period Robert Morris Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

OT Total

Shots by Period Robert Morris Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

OT Total

Shots on Goal Robert Morris Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

OT Total

Total Opponents

6 9

7 11 31 21 17 16

Min. 0:13 181:42 181:55 181:55

Sh Up Dn

19 7 15 17 13 13 7 5 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 107

8 10 10 8

21 29 16 20

5 5

8 13

26 25 18 13

GA GAAvg Save

0 34 34 26

7 9 8 6

29 29 13 17

0.00 11.23 11.21 8.58 0 1 1 0

0 3 0 2

0 34 34 38

Faceoff

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 28-69 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 28-70 42-70

Pct

.000 .500 .500 .594

W-L-T

0-0-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 2-0-0

26 34 34 38

107 107

64 68

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