2022 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Jersey Number 44
Justin Tiernan
- Position:
- A
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Huntington, N.Y.
- High School:
- John Glenn
- Major:
- Finance
Bio
WHY LEHIGH? “I chose Lehigh because of both the academic and athletic excellence this school offers. The school offered a great business school, which is the field I want to pursue, and the lacrosse team has been top 20 in the country. Coach Cassese has the team on the uphill and the relationship I built with him really put Lehigh over the top of the other good academic schools I was looking at.”
AS A SENIOR (2023): Had a very productive season for Lehigh after missing all of last season due to injury…was third on the team in points (55)...Had 13 multiple-point games…second on the team with 46 goals…Had five goals, which tied a career-high in the season opener against Fairfield (2/11)...Scored a career-high of six points (3G, 3A) in Lehigh’s second-win ever against Loyola (4/28)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR (2022): Played in the final five games of the season, after missing the early part of the season due to injury … Finished with 11 goals and 12 points … Had multiple goals in four contests, including one man-up goal … Tallied two hat tricks … Fired 23 shots, 19 on goal, posting a 47.8 shot percentage … Scored a career-high four goals in the Patriot League Semifinals at No. 16 Boston University (5/6) … Scored twice in the quarterfinals vs. Navy (5/3) … Recorded a hat trick in the regular season finale at Loyola (4/29) … Posted two goals and an assist vs. No. 15 Boston University (4/23) … Made season debut at Colgate (4/16) … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
AS A FIRST-YEAR (2020): Got into three of the six games during shortened season … Scored a goal on first-career shot (and only shot of 2020) … Goal came vs. Holy Cross (3/7) … Also played vs. Navy (2/29) and at NJIT (2/22) … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Five-year varsity lacrosse player at John Glenn High School on Long Island … Led all of New York state in goals in 2019 … Was a three-time All-County, two-time All-State and two-time All-Long Island honoree … Ranked No. 48 overall in his class by Inside Lacrosse … Also named an Academic All-American … Was a three-year varsity football player as well, being recognized as a Scholar-Athlete by Suffolk County all four years … Twice named All-League, being named All-County in 2019 when he rushed for over a thousand years … A two-year varsity basketball starter, garnering Academic All-County in 2019 … Named to both the National Honor Society and World Language Honor Society, and was a four-time recipient of the Scholar-Athlete Award … Finished with a cumulative average of 94 weighted throughout high school.
CAREER STATISTICS
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 5, three times; last vs. Army (5/5/23)
Assists: 3 vs. Loyola (4/28/23)
Points: 6 vs. Loyola (4/28/23)
Groundballs: 5 vs. Bucknell (4/8/23)
Caused Turnovers: 1, five times; last vs. Loyola (4/28/23)
Multi-Goal Games: 23; Multi-Point Games: 25; Hat Tricks: 15
AS A SENIOR (2023): Had a very productive season for Lehigh after missing all of last season due to injury…was third on the team in points (55)...Had 13 multiple-point games…second on the team with 46 goals…Had five goals, which tied a career-high in the season opener against Fairfield (2/11)...Scored a career-high of six points (3G, 3A) in Lehigh’s second-win ever against Loyola (4/28)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR (2022): Played in the final five games of the season, after missing the early part of the season due to injury … Finished with 11 goals and 12 points … Had multiple goals in four contests, including one man-up goal … Tallied two hat tricks … Fired 23 shots, 19 on goal, posting a 47.8 shot percentage … Scored a career-high four goals in the Patriot League Semifinals at No. 16 Boston University (5/6) … Scored twice in the quarterfinals vs. Navy (5/3) … Recorded a hat trick in the regular season finale at Loyola (4/29) … Posted two goals and an assist vs. No. 15 Boston University (4/23) … Made season debut at Colgate (4/16) … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2021): Played in all 12 games, starting seven in breakout sophomore season … Finished fourth on the Mountain Hawks in goals (19) and fifth in points (23) … Added six groundballs and two caused turnovers … Was fourth on the team in shots (57) and shots on goal (37) … Had six multi-goal games, eight multi-point games and one hat trick … Scored at least one goal in all 12 games … Led the Patriot League, and finished eighth nationally, in man-up goals (7) … Scored two goals, including one in the game’s first minute, in the NCAA Tournament vs. No. 9 Rutgers (5/15). Added a groundball.HUGE goal by Justin Tiernan to get the Mountain Hawks back within one with 2:26 left.
— Lehigh Lacrosse (@LehighLacrosse) April 23, 2022
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Also had two goals and a groundball in the Patriot League Semifinals against Colgate (5/7) … Tallied an extra-man goal in the regular season finale at No. 16 Villanova (5/1) … Scored a career-high three goals vs. Bucknell (4/24) … Posted a goal vs. Lafayette (4/18) … Had a goal, assist and groundball two days prior at Lafayette (4/16) … Recorded two goals and an assist vs. No. 19 Navy (4/10). One of the goals was man-up, his fourth straight game with an extra-man score … Tallied a goal, assist, groundball and caused turnover in big win over No. 7 Army West Point (4/3) … Had one goal at Colgate (3/28) … Scored twice at Bucknell (3/14) … Posted a goal and groundball in win over No. 10 Loyola (3/6) … Opened season with two goals, one assist, one groundball and one caused turnover in the season opener vs. NJIT (2/27) … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.Mountain Hawks strike first and very early via Justin Tiernan. Klockner looks gorgeous today.@LehighLacrosse 1@RUmlax 0 pic.twitter.com/KY4JfGdsZy
— Upstream Lacrosse (@upstreamlax) May 15, 2021
AS A FIRST-YEAR (2020): Got into three of the six games during shortened season … Scored a goal on first-career shot (and only shot of 2020) … Goal came vs. Holy Cross (3/7) … Also played vs. Navy (2/29) and at NJIT (2/22) … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Five-year varsity lacrosse player at John Glenn High School on Long Island … Led all of New York state in goals in 2019 … Was a three-time All-County, two-time All-State and two-time All-Long Island honoree … Ranked No. 48 overall in his class by Inside Lacrosse … Also named an Academic All-American … Was a three-year varsity football player as well, being recognized as a Scholar-Athlete by Suffolk County all four years … Twice named All-League, being named All-County in 2019 when he rushed for over a thousand years … A two-year varsity basketball starter, garnering Academic All-County in 2019 … Named to both the National Honor Society and World Language Honor Society, and was a four-time recipient of the Scholar-Athlete Award … Finished with a cumulative average of 94 weighted throughout high school.
CAREER STATISTICS
| Season | GP-GS | G | A | Pts | Shots | Shot% | SOG | SOG% | UP | GB | TO | CT | Pen-Min. |
| 2020 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0.0 |
| 2021 | 12-7 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 57 | .333 | 37 | .649 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0-0.0 |
| 2022 | 5-2 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 23 | .478 | 19 | .826 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0.0 |
| 2023 | 15-15 | 46 | 9 | 55 | 109 | .422 | 69 | .633 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 6-4.5 |
| Totals | 35-24 | 77 | 14 | 91 | 190 | .405 | 126 | .663 | 0 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 6-4.5 |
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 5, three times; last vs. Army (5/5/23)
Assists: 3 vs. Loyola (4/28/23)
Points: 6 vs. Loyola (4/28/23)
Groundballs: 5 vs. Bucknell (4/8/23)
Caused Turnovers: 1, five times; last vs. Loyola (4/28/23)
Multi-Goal Games: 23; Multi-Point Games: 25; Hat Tricks: 15
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