LAKEWOOD, NJ (Feb. 23, 2024) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse finishes up their week Saturday morning in New York.
Opponent
St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans (1-2, 0-0 ECC)
Where
Sparkill, NY - Spartan Lacrosse Field
When
Saturday, Feb. 24 - 11 a.m.
How to Watch
• Saturday's game is available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the St. Thomas Aquinas portal of the ECC Digital Network powered by HUDL. Live stats are also available at gculions.com.
Previously vs. St. Thomas Aquinas
• Georgian Court and St. Thomas Aquinas have met nine times in their history with the Lions picking up a win in all nine.
• On the road, GCU is 4-0, with one win coming in overtime.
• Last year at home, the Lions earned a 15-7 win. GCU got ahead 5-1 after the first, but STAC battled back and GCU led by just two at the half, 6-4.
• It was still close until the fourth when the Lions scored seven to pull away.
• Vincent Guinta and
Michael Ventresca each scored three goals.
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Joe Zerr scored three, the first three of the game.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court went up against the No. 5 team in the country at Adelphi on Wednesday.
• The Panthers scored nine of the first 10 goals and built a 10-1 lead in the middle of the second.
• Although the Lions outscored Adelphi 5-2 in the fourth, including scoring four straight at the end, Adelphi's lead was never in jeopardy as they went on to win 19-8.
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Matt Dorrian and
Brett Bridges each scored two goals.
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Joe Zerr became the Lions all-time leader in man-up goals.
CACC Leaders
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Brett Bridges leads the CACC and is ninth in D2 scoring 4.5 goals per game. His 5.0 points per game also leads the conference.
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Justin Iannarone is second in the conference, 13th nationally with a .667 face-off winning percentage.
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Vincent Burkhart's 13.68 goals against average is third in the league.
• As a team, the Lions have the second-most ground balls per game in the CACC and fifth in D2 averaging 50.
• GCU's team faceoff winning percentage of .738 is sixth in the country, second in the CACC.
• Georgian Court has the best scoring margin and man-up offense in the CACC.
Who's Hot
• Georgian Court has already been able to get 45 student-athletes into a game.
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Brett Bridges is the reigning CACC Player of the Week.
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Justin Iannarone has won 22-33 faceoffs and
Garrett Kenny has won 16-22.
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Kyle Harms grabbed eight ground balls and caused two turnovers in two games.
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Matt Dorrian scored twice against Adelphi.
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Hunter Rindos caused two turnovers at Adelphi.
Individual Milestones
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Vincent Burns is one point away from 25 and
Tyler Burns is three.
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Brett Bridges needs four goals to reach 50.
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James Sanford is two ground balls away from 50. One more ground ball will get
TJ Parrett to 30.
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Garrett Kenny is three faceoff wins away from 100.
About the Opponent
St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans
• St. Thomas Aquinas is 1-2 this season, having played three road games.
• Their win came at Virginia State, 15-13 last Monday.
• Joseph Casarella has a team-best 11 goals and 12 points.
• Michael Huff has dished out five assists and scored three times.
• Craig Peavy has played every minute in net making 39 saves with a 48.8 save percentage and 14.41 goals against average.
• The Spartans have been adept at causing turnovers. They're causing nearly 15 per game, eighth in Division II.
