February 20, 2012

Game Notes: Tiger Lax Host Catholic for Home Opener

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Preview
Hampden-Sydney (0-1 / 0-0 home) vs. Catholic (1-0 / 1-0 Away)
Tuesday, February 21 | 4:00 pm | Fulton Field at Lewis C. Everett Stadium

Last Time Out for the Tigers

The Tigers lost on the road at Mary Washington, 10-7.
The game was tied 2-2 at the end of the first quarter.
The Tigers were outscored 5-0 over the second and third quarters.
Only three Tigers scored: Ben Clarke with three goals and Micah Keller and Ryan Martin each had two goals.
Cody Hornung and David Noftsinger split time in goal. Hornung had six saves and seven goals allowed while Noftsinger had five saves and three goals allowed.
Brad Mostowy went 11-20 on face-offs.
Matt Prin had 19 saves in net for the Eagles.
H-SC committed nine penalties but allowed just one man up goal.
H-SC only turned over the ball 11 times while UMW had 17 turnovers.
Mary Washington earned a 40-35 advantage in groundballs.

Last Time Out for the Cardinals

The Cardinals defeated Hood College 7-3.
The win gave Catholic their fifth straight season opening win.
Catholic led by just two, 3-1, at halftime, but outscored Hood 3-0 in the third.
Brendan Englert had four goals.
Patrick Pfaff made 14 saves.
Neither team scored until 3:40 left in the first quarter.
Hood did not score until there was 57 seconds left in the first half.
Hood scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter to cut the advantage to 6-3.
Catholic outshot the Blazers 46-36
Catholic held a 58-45 edge in groundballs
CUA was successful on 22 of 27 clears. Hood was just 20 for 34
Tom Scotto was 7-13 on faceoffs.
Hood goalie William Lane made 17 saves
Catholic went 2-6 on extra man opportunities and Hood was 0-4.
CUA had 29 turnovers compared to 31 for Hood.

The Last Time These Two Met

Hampden-Sydney won 10-4 on March 26, 2011
The game was tied 2-2 at the end of the first quarter. Catholic scored once in the second and fourth, but was shut out in the third quarter.
With the game tied at 3-3 in the second quarter, H-SC reeled off six straight goals to secure the victory.
Carter Mavromatis posted three goals while Cole Hawthorne and Nate Cundy each had two. Hawthorne also had three assists.
Justin Schaufler scored twice.
Catholic turned over the ball 26 times compared to just 18 for the Tigers. H-SC had nine caused turnovers, led by three from Nick West.
H-SC was 15-18 on clears compared to 16-23 for the Cardinals.
Each team won nine face offs, Brad Mostowy was 9-17.
The Tigers scored twice on five man up opportunities while Catholic went 0-2.

In the 2011 National Ranks

14th - Brad Mostowy, ground balls per game, 7.82
29th - Man-up offense, converted on 35.4% of man-up opportunities.
31st - Ground balls per game, 37.24
31st - Scoring margin +3.76
34th - Carter Mavromatis assists pergame, 1.76
35th - Scoring offense, 11.88 goals/game
44th - Points per game, 17.76
44th - Face-off win percentage, 56.1%
45th - Cody Hornung GAA, 7.89
48th - Cole Hawthorne points per game, 3.76
49th - Scoring defense, 8.12 goals/game
50th - Brad Mostowy, Face-offs, 57.7%

The Numbers Game

8 - NCAA Tournament appearances for the Tigers.
4 - ODAC Championships for the Tigers.
78.5% - Percentage of returning points scored from the 2011 season.
79.8% - Percentage of returning ground balls from the 2011 season.
22 - New faces on the team for the 2012 season.
9 - 2012 senior lacrosse players
4 - Pre-Season All-Americans
7 - Former All-ODACers on the team.

Looking at Catholic

The Cardinals return four of their six leading scorers from last year
Jimmy Sinnott, the second leading scorer with 41 goals and 10 assists, graduated as did Bobby Kusbit and his 14 goals and three assists.
Brendan Englert led the team as a freshman with 38 goals and 23 assists for 61 points.
Patrick Pfaff made 14 saves in his first start as he has stepped in as the starting goalkeeper
Catholic averaged 11.2 goals in 2011 and won 60.7% of their faceoffs.
The Cardinals scored on 35 of their 98 manup opportunities (35.7%) and held foes to a 17-87 (19.5%) mark.