BRYN ATHYN, Pa. – The Bryn Athyn College men's lacrosse team is set to welcome Susquehanna University to General Ronald K. Nelson Field for a non-conference tilt on Tuesday, March 20 at 3 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
In the Lions' last contest, Nolan Frame scored four times and Cameron Leech recorded one goal and six assists in a 15-9 road loss to Stockton University on March 14. Jon Carr added two goals and one assist. Brad DePasquale stopped nine shots.
Susquehanna (4-4) evened its record at .500 with a 12-2 triumph over Marymount (Va.) on March 17. Colton Dick and Jake Smolokoff both had three goals and one assist to lead the River Hawks. Preston Ouellette recorded two goals and two assists.
SERIES HISTORY
Bryn Athyn and Susquehanna are playing for the first time on Tuesday.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
Led by Nolan Frame and Jon Carr, the Lions are third in the North Eastern Athletic Conference with 9.50 goals per game. Frame is tied for the NEAC lead in goals with 12, while Carr is fifth with 11. In the last three matches, Frame has scored 11 times, four while Bryn Athyn was a man up.
After his six-assist performance at Stockton, Cameron Leech moved up to sixth in Division III with 3.50 assists per game. He is the NEAC leader with 14 assists and 20 points. Leech is 21st in Division III with 5.00 points per game.
Bryn Athyn is leading the conference in man-up goals (8) and man-up conversion percentage (42.1 percent). The Lions have gone 28-of-33 on clear attempts in their last two matches to increase their clear percentage to 79.5 percent, which is second in the conference.
Brad DePasquale has an 11.37 goals against average and a 48.2 save percentage. The Stockton match was the first one this season in which DePasquale did not make 10 or more saves.
SCOUTING SUSQUEHANNA
The River Hawks are playing their four straight road game and have a 2-1 record in their last three matches. Susquehanna is 2-2 away from home and outscoring their opponents 32-30. The 12 goals scored in the win at Marymount are the most by Susquehanna in a road match.
Andrew Porzio and Jake Smolokoff are pacing the River Hawk offense with 12 goals each. Both players have had four-game goal streaks. Porzio leads the team with 19 points.
Colton Dick is one of the top distributors in the Landmark Conference, ranking second with a team-high 12 assists. Dick had eight assists, the third most in a Division III match this season, in the team's 17-6 win over King's on Feb. 24.
Pierce Mead is third in the Landmark with 63 faceoffs victories and 10th with a 56.8 faceoff percentage. He won over 50.0 percent of his faceoffs in five of the last six matches. The team is 4-1 when Mead wins more than half of his faceoffs.
Dylan Abplanalp is 4-4 with a 7.80 goals against average and a 58.9 save percentage in the River Hawk crease.