Spring 2011 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Fantoni, Dante
Jersey Number 9
Dante Fantoni
- Position:
- A
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 186
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hauppauge, N.Y.
- High School:
- St. Anthony's
- Major:
- Business
Bio
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WHY LEHIGH? “I chose Lehigh because of its stellar academic reputation as well as its notoriety as a Division I Lacrosse Program.”AS A SOPHOMORE (2011): Impressive sophomore campaign, finishing with 47 points via a team-leading 33 goals and 14 assists (second on the team) … Point-total was second on the Mountain Hawks, fifth in the Patriot League and 40th in the nation … The 33 goals also stood fourth in the league and 35th nationally … Garnered Second Team All-Patriot League honors … Earned Honorable Mention on the Patriot League Weekly Honor three times (2/21, 4/4 and 4/11) … Dished an assist at #12 Bucknell in the Patriot League Semifinals (4/29). That extended his point streak to 28 straight games (16th in the nation entering next season). Goal streak was snapped at 13, however … Teamed with fellow sophomore David DiMaria for 99 combined points, good for the 14th most prolific scoring duo in the country … Tied for the Patriot League lead with three game-winning goals …Tallied four points via two goals and two assists against Lafayette (4/23) … Scored Lehigh’s first goal vs. #9 North Carolina (4/17) and tied a career-high four groundballs … Three goals vs.#12 Bucknell (4/15), good for his third-straight hat trick and fourth in his previous five games … Team-high four points against #20 Colgate (4/9) via three goals and an assist. Also had a career-high 11 shots … Game-high three goals vs. #20 Penn State (4/2) … Stellar vs. Binghamton (3/29), posting four points via two goals and two assists … Finished with three goals and an assist at Holy Cross (3/26) for his eighth-career hat trick … Man-up goal and assist at #8 Army (3/22) … Scored four goals in win over Presbyterian (3/17) … Posted a man-up goal at #18 Yale (3/12) … Scored two goals at #13 Ohio State (3/8) … Netted a pair of goals while adding a career-high three assists as part of historic win over Navy (3/1) … Set a career-high six points (five goals, one assist) in season opener against Saint Joseph’s (2/12).
AS A FRESHMAN (2010): Appeared in all 15 games, starting 10 … Recorded 26 goals and added 14 assists … Scooped up 18 groundballs … Scored two game-winning goals, tying for fifth in the Patriot League. They came in back-to-back games in overtime, against nationally-ranked Villanova and Lafayette … Ninth in the Patriot League in points per game with an average of 2.67.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Led St. Anthony’s in goals senior year, finishing with 48 total … Had 33 assists in the 2009 season … MSC Player of the Game twice … All-League Attackman … Led the team in goals, assists, and points with 38 goals, 26 assists and 64 points his junior year … Vice President of the St. Anthony’s Leadership Team.
PERSONAL: Son of Ninette and Dennis Fantoni. Has one brother, Rocco.
CAREER STATISTICS
|
Season
|
GP-GS
|
G
|
A
|
Pts
|
Shots
|
Shot%
|
SOG
|
SOG%
|
UP
|
GB
|
TO
|
CT
|
Pen-Min.
|
|
2010
|
15-10
|
26
|
14
|
40
|
60
|
.433
|
39
|
.650
|
0
|
18
|
15
|
6
|
1-1.0
|
|
2011
|
16-16
|
33
|
14
|
47
|
106
|
.311
|
62
|
.585
|
6
|
35
|
35
|
10
|
4-3.0
|
|
Total
|
31-26
|
59
|
28
|
87
|
166
|
.355
|
101
|
.608
|
6
|
53
|
50
|
16
|
5-4.0
|
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