Game Notes

HAMILTON, N.Y. (3/12/09)—The Colgate University men's lacrosse travels to Connecticut this weekend to face-off against Fairfield on Saturday, March 14. The game is set for 3 p.m. at Lessing Field. 

The Raiders and Stags are facing off for the fourth time with Fairfield owning a 2-1 advantage. The Raiders won the first contest in 1997 before dropping the next two meetings including a 9-8 loss in Vero Beach, Fla. in 2004.

 

The Raiders (2-3, 1-0) are coming off a home win against Holy Cross (22-9). The Raider offense is led by senior attacker Brandon Corp (Chittenango, N.Y.). Corp has a team-high 26 points off 15 goals and 11 assists, ranking second in the nation averaging 5.20 points per game. Classmate Kevin Colleluori (Bethpage, N.Y.), the reigning Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week, is right behind him with 19 points off a team-high 16 goals and three assists for 4.75 points per game. Senior Nick Monastero (Bohemia, N.Y.) has 14 points followed by junior Ian Murphy (Constantia, N.Y.) and freshman Chris Zielinski Lancaster, Pa.), with seven apiece.

 

Sophomore face-off specialist Jim Carroll (Nesconset, N.Y.) is 55-of-107 in restarts for a .514 success rate. He also leads the team with 23 groundballs. Between the pipes junior Tim Harrington (Lutherville, Md.) is 2-3 on the season and sports a 10.18 goals against average and .536 save percentage. He is averaging 10.40 saves per game.

 

The Stags enter this weekend 2-1 after a 5-4 win against Rutgers. Chris Ajemian and Brent Adams lead the team with seven points apiece, while John Snellman and Logan Rausse each have four. Steve Golmont leads in face-off with a .528, while Charlie Cipriano leads the way between the pipes 2-1 with a .556 save percentage.