Wednesday, March 14
Bethlehem, Pa.
7 p.m.
Lehigh University
vs
Rutgers
No. 16/17 Lehigh returns home Wednesday for nationally-ranked showdown vs. No. 18/16 Rutgers
3/13/2018 2:38:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Coming off three consecutive victories capped off by a thrilling 9-7 win at No. 12 Army West Point, the No. 16/17 ranked Lehigh men's lacrosse team returns home on Wednesday night for a big nonleague matchup against No. 18/16 Rutgers. Opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m. on the Patriot League Network. With their latest win, the Mountain Hawks are nationally ranked for the first time since February of 2015. Lehigh is now 5-1 on the season, including 3-0 in Patriot League play for the first time since 2013, a season which saw the Mountain Hawks win the second of back-to-back league championships.
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Tickets for Wednesday night's games are just $5 and FREE with a Lehigh ID. Tickets may be purchased online, by clicking here, or at the door.
Saturday's game at Army West Point featured plenty of runs. Lehigh fell down 2-0 early, but used a 4-0 run to take a 4-2 advantage. The Black Knights outscored the Mountain Hawks 3-0 in the third quarter, but Lehigh began the fourth on another 4-0 run to take a 9-6 lead, on its way to a 9-7 victory. The win snapped a four-game losing streak against Army and gave Lehigh its first win in the series since a thrilling, last-second 12-11 victory in the 2014 Patriot League Semifinals at Loyola. In the process, the Mountain Hawks also snapped Army's four-game home winning streak. Lehigh won its third straight game, its longest winning streak since early in the 2016 season.
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Lehigh saw plenty of strong play all over the field and it led to the Mountain Hawks winning four Patriot League weekly awards. Sophomore Andrew Pettit tied a career-high five goals, which was the most by one player against the Black Knights' defense since Pat Spencer of Loyola scored five on May 1, 2016. It was also the most by an opponent at Army since Zach Herreweyers of Loyola scored six on March 14, 2015. Pettit was named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career while classmate Craig Chick earned his second-career Defensive Player of the Week honor. Chick recorded seven groundballs and three caused turnovers Saturday to move into a tie for 18th place in NCAA history with 93 career caused turnovers. Chick is just four from tying Tripp Telesco's school record in that career and 13 from tying the Patriot League record (held by Colgate's Bobby Lawrence).
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Sophomore Conor Gaffney and freshman James Spence were also recognized with Patriot League Faceoff Specialist and Goalkeeper of the Week, respectively. Gaffney was 12-of-20 in the faceoff circle while Spence stopped nine of 16 shots sent his way. In the end, Lehigh held Army to a season-low seven goals, almost six goals fewer than the Black Knights' average entering the game (12.80). On the other side of the field, the Mountain Hawks scored nine goals vs. a defense that had been allowing just 6.60 per game.
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Along with the award winners, several other Mountain Hawks stood tall on Saturday. Sophomore Andrew Eichelberger recorded a career-high three points behind two goals and one assist. Junior Lucas Spence had a goal and assist, including Lehigh's final goal in transition to give the Mountain Hawks a key insurance goal and a 9-6 lead with 7:19 remaining. Sophomore short-stick defensive midfielder Christian McHugh assisted on Spence's goal and added two groundballs as a key part of Lehigh's defense
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Junior Eddie Bouhall caused a turnover while posting three groundballs to reach 99 GBs in his career. Freshman Teddy Leggett was all over the field, recording a career-high seven groundballs while causing a turnover.
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The Mountain Hawks enter Wednesday's game vs. Rutgers sixth nationally in scoring defense - allowing just 7.67 goals per game. Lehigh is also 21st in scoring offense, scoring 11.83 per contest.
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The Mountain Hawks will be facing a talented Rutgers program that began the year No. 7 in the USILA Coaches Poll and No. 8 in the Maverick Media Poll. Rutgers currently stands No. 18 in the Media Poll and 16 in the Coaches Poll. The Scarlet Knights stand 4-2 on the season, posting wins over Robert Morris (11-7), St. John's (12-8), Fairfield (12-7) and Brown (10-8) while falling at Army (9-7) and Princeton (15-14 in overtime). Rutgers is 3-0 at home this season and 1-2 on the road, earning a road victory at Brown. An honorable mention All-American last season, Jules Heningburg leads the offense in goals (15), assists (17) and points (32) while four other Scarlet Knights have tallied double-figure goals, including Kieran Mullins and Christian Mazzone who have each recorded 10 goals and five assists. Third team All-American Michael Rexrode returns at defense, owning 13 groundballs and four caused turnovers so far in 2018. Max Edelmann has been strong in goal, recording an 8.96 goals against average and 0.514 save percentage. As a team, Rutgers has won 48.6 percent of its faceoffs, led by Alex Schoen, who is 30-of-57 (52.6 percent). Rutgers is coming off two strong seasons, going 11-4 in 2016 and 10-4 in 2017.
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Rutgers leads the all-time series against Lehigh, 37-9-1 with the teams last squaring off on Apr. 11, 1990 - a 21-6 Rutgers victory. The Scarlet Knights have won 12 straight in the series overall dating back to Lehigh's last victory in 1961 by an 8-7 final. The teams have only played twice since 1971. The first-ever meeting between the sides came in 1887, a 12-0 Lehigh win. It came in Lehigh Lacrosse's third season was the program's fifth-ever game and first shutout.
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Following Wednesday's game, the Mountain Hawks head to rival Lafayette on Saturday to face the Leopards. Opening faceoff is set for 1 p.m.
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Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Coming off three consecutive victories capped off by a thrilling 9-7 win at No. 12 Army West Point, the No. 16/17 ranked Lehigh men's lacrosse team returns home on Wednesday night for a big nonleague matchup against No. 18/16 Rutgers. Opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m. on the Patriot League Network. With their latest win, the Mountain Hawks are nationally ranked for the first time since February of 2015. Lehigh is now 5-1 on the season, including 3-0 in Patriot League play for the first time since 2013, a season which saw the Mountain Hawks win the second of back-to-back league championships.
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Tickets for Wednesday night's games are just $5 and FREE with a Lehigh ID. Tickets may be purchased online, by clicking here, or at the door.
Saturday's game at Army West Point featured plenty of runs. Lehigh fell down 2-0 early, but used a 4-0 run to take a 4-2 advantage. The Black Knights outscored the Mountain Hawks 3-0 in the third quarter, but Lehigh began the fourth on another 4-0 run to take a 9-6 lead, on its way to a 9-7 victory. The win snapped a four-game losing streak against Army and gave Lehigh its first win in the series since a thrilling, last-second 12-11 victory in the 2014 Patriot League Semifinals at Loyola. In the process, the Mountain Hawks also snapped Army's four-game home winning streak. Lehigh won its third straight game, its longest winning streak since early in the 2016 season.
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Lehigh saw plenty of strong play all over the field and it led to the Mountain Hawks winning four Patriot League weekly awards. Sophomore Andrew Pettit tied a career-high five goals, which was the most by one player against the Black Knights' defense since Pat Spencer of Loyola scored five on May 1, 2016. It was also the most by an opponent at Army since Zach Herreweyers of Loyola scored six on March 14, 2015. Pettit was named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career while classmate Craig Chick earned his second-career Defensive Player of the Week honor. Chick recorded seven groundballs and three caused turnovers Saturday to move into a tie for 18th place in NCAA history with 93 career caused turnovers. Chick is just four from tying Tripp Telesco's school record in that career and 13 from tying the Patriot League record (held by Colgate's Bobby Lawrence).
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Sophomore Conor Gaffney and freshman James Spence were also recognized with Patriot League Faceoff Specialist and Goalkeeper of the Week, respectively. Gaffney was 12-of-20 in the faceoff circle while Spence stopped nine of 16 shots sent his way. In the end, Lehigh held Army to a season-low seven goals, almost six goals fewer than the Black Knights' average entering the game (12.80). On the other side of the field, the Mountain Hawks scored nine goals vs. a defense that had been allowing just 6.60 per game.
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Along with the award winners, several other Mountain Hawks stood tall on Saturday. Sophomore Andrew Eichelberger recorded a career-high three points behind two goals and one assist. Junior Lucas Spence had a goal and assist, including Lehigh's final goal in transition to give the Mountain Hawks a key insurance goal and a 9-6 lead with 7:19 remaining. Sophomore short-stick defensive midfielder Christian McHugh assisted on Spence's goal and added two groundballs as a key part of Lehigh's defense
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Junior Eddie Bouhall caused a turnover while posting three groundballs to reach 99 GBs in his career. Freshman Teddy Leggett was all over the field, recording a career-high seven groundballs while causing a turnover.
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The Mountain Hawks enter Wednesday's game vs. Rutgers sixth nationally in scoring defense - allowing just 7.67 goals per game. Lehigh is also 21st in scoring offense, scoring 11.83 per contest.
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The Mountain Hawks will be facing a talented Rutgers program that began the year No. 7 in the USILA Coaches Poll and No. 8 in the Maverick Media Poll. Rutgers currently stands No. 18 in the Media Poll and 16 in the Coaches Poll. The Scarlet Knights stand 4-2 on the season, posting wins over Robert Morris (11-7), St. John's (12-8), Fairfield (12-7) and Brown (10-8) while falling at Army (9-7) and Princeton (15-14 in overtime). Rutgers is 3-0 at home this season and 1-2 on the road, earning a road victory at Brown. An honorable mention All-American last season, Jules Heningburg leads the offense in goals (15), assists (17) and points (32) while four other Scarlet Knights have tallied double-figure goals, including Kieran Mullins and Christian Mazzone who have each recorded 10 goals and five assists. Third team All-American Michael Rexrode returns at defense, owning 13 groundballs and four caused turnovers so far in 2018. Max Edelmann has been strong in goal, recording an 8.96 goals against average and 0.514 save percentage. As a team, Rutgers has won 48.6 percent of its faceoffs, led by Alex Schoen, who is 30-of-57 (52.6 percent). Rutgers is coming off two strong seasons, going 11-4 in 2016 and 10-4 in 2017.
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Rutgers leads the all-time series against Lehigh, 37-9-1 with the teams last squaring off on Apr. 11, 1990 - a 21-6 Rutgers victory. The Scarlet Knights have won 12 straight in the series overall dating back to Lehigh's last victory in 1961 by an 8-7 final. The teams have only played twice since 1971. The first-ever meeting between the sides came in 1887, a 12-0 Lehigh win. It came in Lehigh Lacrosse's third season was the program's fifth-ever game and first shutout.
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Following Wednesday's game, the Mountain Hawks head to rival Lafayette on Saturday to face the Leopards. Opening faceoff is set for 1 p.m.
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Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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