Senior Year (2008): Started in all of the season’s 21 games… Finished with two goals and three assists for a total of seven points on the season… Scored a goal in the 2-0 win at Army on Oct. 4… Scored the game winning goal in the Nov. 14 Patriot League tournament game against Lafayette…Registered an assist on the first goal in Colgate’s, 2-1, win against Holy Cross for the Patriot League Championship…Had an assist in the, 1-0, victory over Bucknell…Had 38 shots on the season including 17 on goal…Named to the Patriot League All-Tournament team…Earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Junior Year (2007): Started in 14 games and played in all 20 ... finished third on the team in scoring with four goals, three of which were game-winning goals ... had 30 shots, half of which were on goal ... scored in Colgate's 1-0 shutout of Princeton on Sept. 14 ... tallied a goal in a 2-1 victory over Lafayette on Oct. 14 ... scored the overtime game winner against Bucknell on Oct. 21 ... named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 22 ... collected the only goal in a 1-0 shutout of Navy on Oct. 27 ... tied for third in the league in game-winning goals ... named first-team all-Patriot League ... earned a place on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2006): Played in 16 games ... was fourth on the team in scoring with seven points with three goals and one assist ... Colgate was 3-0 when Leach had a point ... had his best career outing against Holy Cross on Oct. 28, scoring two goals ... scored the game-winning goal against Lafayette on Sept. 23 ... collected an assist in a 1-0 shutout of Army on Sept. 16 ... had five shots on goal and seven shots total ... earned the team's Most Improved Player award at the annual banquet ... earned a place on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman Year (2005): Did not play ... named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Collected 87 career points at New Canaan ... leading scorer his last two years of soccer ... was captain his senior year ... team was the FCIAC eastern championships for three straight years ... was named all-FCIAC East his junior and senior years, all-FCIAC and an all-state nominee in 2004 ... was on the all-league academic-scholarship team.
Personal: Full name is Matthew Philip Leach ... parents are Brian and Robin Leach of New Canaan, Conn. ... has one brother ... born July 8, 1987 in Summit, N.J. ... majors is economics.
