Army Continues Homestand Against Holy Cross

Saturday, March 17

West Point, NY

12 PM

Army West Point

Holy Cross

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Army Continues Homestand Against Holy Cross

March 15, 2018 | Men's Lacrosse

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The 15th-ranked Army West Point men's lacrosse team continues Patriot League play Saturday when it hosts Holy Cross at Michie Stadium to continue on its two-game homestand.

#15 ARMY (4-2, 1-1 Patriot League)

The contest will begin at 12 p.m. from the banks of the Hudson.
Army is 3-1 at home this year and is 1-1 in Patriot League play.
The Black Knights boast a 9-2 home record over the last two seasons.
Holy Cross comes into the weekend at 1-5 overall and 0-3 in league contests.
The Crusaders opened their Patriot League run with some of the toughest opponents in the league in Lehigh (L, 15-4), Loyola (L, 13-4) and Bucknell (L, 12-4).
The Black Knights and Crusaders will meet for the 28th time in the all-time series Saturday.
Army holds a 26-1 edge over Holy Cross in the all-time series which began in 1991.
The Cadets have not lost to Holy Cross in West Point.
Last season the Black Knights defeated the Crusaders 10-4 on the road.
In the game, the Cadets led in shots (32-22), faceoffs (10-7) and ground balls (34-26).

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VIDEO • Patriot League Network OTA
RADIO • GoArmyWestPoint.com/Watch (1420-AM WLNA / 1260-AM WBNR)
TICKETS • GoArmyWestPoint.com/Tickets
LIVE STATS • sidearmstats.com/army/mlax
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_MLax
GAME NOTES • GoArmyWestPoint.com

HOLY CROSS (1-5, 0-3 Patriot League)

The Crusaders enter the weekend at 1-5 overall and 0-3 in Patriot League contests.
Holy Cross averages 5.33 goals per game and is led by Drew Babiak who totals nine goals and one assist.
Logan LeBlond tops the team in assists with five.
Of the team's 32 goals, 20 have been assisted.
Army will see Dan O'Connell on the faceoff. He has a 52% success rate and boasts 28 groundballs.
In caused turnovers, Matt Farrell is first on the team with 11.
Jonathan Tesoro will start in net with a .426 save percentage and 12.92 goals against average.

MAKING RANK

The Cadets are tied for third in the country in scoring defense with just 7.00 points allowed per game.
This has allowed Army to rank fifth nationally in scoring margin at 4.83.
Johnny Surdick leads the squad with 12 caused turnovers and sits tied for sixth in the country in caused turnovers per game at 2.40.
AJ Barretto's 6.95 goals against average is good for fifth in college lacrosse.
Army has allowed seven or less goals in all of its wins so far this year.
The Black Knights have also allowed under five goals on two occasions.
Offensively, Army has reached double-digit goals on four occasions, three in victories.

STREAKS

There are four Cadets that have notched at least one point in every game so far this season.
Conor Glancy and Nate Jones are both riding a six-game goal streak.
David Symmes and Sean O'Brien have each tallied at least one point in every game this season.
Symme's streak dates back to the final two games of the 2017 season for a total of nine games in a row.

NATIONAL RECOGNITION

The Army West Point men's lacrosse team ranked 15th this week in both the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse/Nike Coaches Poll and in the Inside Lacrosse Maverik Media Poll.
The Black Knights are 4-2 on the year and 1-2 against ranked opponents.

CLASS OF 2018

The senior class boasts 36 wins in their careers in an Army uniform.
The group accounts for 56 points, 95 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers through the first six games of the season.
Army's seniors have produced half of the offensive points so far.

LAST TIME OUT

Army suffered a 9-7 setback to Lehigh Saturday afternoon.
The Black Knights rallied in the third quarter with a 3-0 run, but four by the Mountain Hawks in the final frame put them out of reach for the upset.
Glancy fired up the Cadets' offense in the third with two of the three scores.
The Black Knights saw six of their seven goals assisted.
Jones led Army with three points on a goal and two assists, while Ted Glesener tallied a pair of scores.
Surdick led both squads with five caused turnovers. He also had five groundballs in the attempt.
Dom Ricca tied his career-high in ground balls with four in the contest.

EARLY ARMY LEADERS

Glancy leads the Black Knights offensively with 18 points. He and Jones lead the team with 12 goals each, while David Symmes has tallied 10.
John Ragno boasts a .614 faceoff efficiency and is third on the team in ground balls with 17. Jon LaMonica leads the squad with 29, while Surdick has 19.
AJ Barretto is the Black Knights' starting goalie and has made 38 saves. He averages 6.95 goals against and has a .500 save percentage.

NATIONAL AUDIENCE

The Black Knights will play on CBS Sports Network for three contests this season.
The first matchup on national television is at Boston University on April 7 at 3:15 pm as part of tripleheader of Patriot League action.
The following week, the greatest rivalry in college lacrosse, Army-Navy, takes center stage at Michie Stadium with a noon faceoff on April 14.
The final regular season game for the Black Knights on CBS Sports Network will be the final Patriot League matchup of the season at Loyola at 7 p.m. on April 20.
The semifinal and championship rounds of the Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Championship will be televised by CBS Sports Network for the 10th-consecutive season.
The semifinal round is set for Friday, April 27, with the championship game scheduled for Sunday, April 29.
All three games will be hosted by the tournament's top overall seed.
The Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Championship will also be televised live by CBS Sports Network on Sunday, May 6 at noon.

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