Game 16	NJIT (1-14) at UMass Lowell (7-7)
Date | Time	Saturday, April 28, 2018 | 1 p.m.
Location | Arena	Lowell, MA | Cushing Field Complex
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All-time series | Last Meeting	UMass Lowell leads 3-0 | UMass Lowell 12, NJIT 5   4.29.17

NJIT men's lacrosse will compete in their last game of 2018 against UMass Lowell on Saturday for a 1pm game at Cushing Field Complex in Lowell, MA.

ALL TIME SERIES

The River Hawks lead the all-time series 3-0, with both teams playing one another since the 2015, each team's first year as varsity programs.

UMass Lowell came out with a 9-7 victory in 2015, dominating the first half leading 8-1 at halftime. But the Highlanders came back in the second half scoring six goals and holding the River Hawks to only one.

The next year was just as close, with UML winning 7-6 in OT, NJIT first ever overtime game. The Highlanders held a 6-4 lead coming out of halftime. Neither team would score in the third, but the River Hawks tied it up with two goals in the fourth. Sean
Tyrrell scored the game-winner 1:51 into the first overtime to give UMass Lowell the win.

In 2017, UML defeated the Highlanders 12-5. The River Hawks took a 7-1 lead going into halftime, and never faltered. NJIT goalie Nick Marzullo broke his record that he registered against UML in 2016 (17 saves), making 21 saves in the loss.

A LOOK AT THE RIVER HAWKS

UMass Lowell hold a .500 record on the year so far with a 7-7 record.

Recently falling to America East Conference opponent Stony Brook 12-11, the River Hawks were picked to finish seventh in the America East Conference this year, and sit in fifth currently with a 3-3 conference record.

Senior Sean Tyrrell is UML's top producer with 24 goals and 29 assists for 53 points, and ranks in the top 35 in the nation in assists per game and points per game.

Three other players have 20 goals or more in Matt Balter (26), Jon Phillips (23), and Austin Lane (22). Phillips leads the team in man-up goals with eight.

Will Puduski leads the team in ground balls with 66 and caused turnovers with 28, ranking him tied for eighth in the nation. Puduski is also 27-for-79 from the face-off circle, while teammate Brett Dattilo is 84-for-186 with a .452 win percentage.

Freshman goalie Hunter Braun has been the anchor of the River Hawk defense. Braun has 13 appearances and 12 starts on the year. He ranks number one in the nation in saves per game averaging 13.77 and eighth in the nation in save percentage with .575.
As a team the River Hawks rank in the top 10 in the nation in three different categories, second in saves per game (14.07), fifth in ground balls per game (32.86) and eighth in man-down defense (.771).

A LOOK AT THE HIGHLANDERS

The Highlanders are coming off a 15-6 loss to No.18 Georgetown last weekend.

With one final game to go in the season, the Highlanders are looking for their second win of the season.

Junior Aaron Forster leads the team in all offensive categories with 30 goals and 13 assists for 43 points. Forster needs one more assist and one more point to break his own NJIT records for assists in a season, and points in a season. Forster has a 28 game point scoring streak going on since February of 2017.

Cole Robillard ranks second on the team in points, on 20 goals and six assists for 26 points. His 20 goals ranks second all-time in goals in a season.

Midfielder Ryan Darrow is third in the team in points, the junior has 14 goals and six assists for 20 points.

Ryan Kaden has seven goals and nine assists, while freshman Collin Fogerty, coming off his first three-goal game against Georgetown, has six goals and four assists. Fogerty is one of six Highlanders to ever record a hat-trick.

NJIT has 11 other goal scorers, nine that are either freshman or sophomores.

Adam Gonzalez is 87-for-200 from the face-off circle, holding a .435 percentage. Tyler Stevenson grabbed six face-off wins against Georgetown and is 20-for-46 on the season. The junior is four face-off wins away from becoming NJIT's leader in career face-offs.

On defense John Tachon, Luke Binder and Matthew Valdez accumulate almost half of the Highlanders caused turnovers.

Tachon leads the team in both ground balls and cause turnovers with 83 and 18, and recently broke the NJIT records in career ground balls (154) and ground balls in a season, and tied his season-high 18 caused turnovers.

Binder holds 11 caused turnovers and had 15 ground balls while Valdez ranks second on the team in ground balls with 34 and caused turnovers with 14.

Nick Marzullo started the first 14 games of the season posting 138 saves. Freshman Alexzander Hunt started against Georgetown for his first collegiate start, and had 24 saves on the year from seven appearances.