No. 5 Men's Lacrosse Set for Midweek Contest Against Robert Morris

HISTORY

• Penn State leads the all-time series by a 4-3 margin, with the last meeting occurring in 2019.
• The series dates back to 2008.
• Penn State won the most recent contest in 2019. PSU scored 27 points in the outing, the program record for single-game goals.

SCOUTING ROBERT MORRIS

• After dropping its first game of the season to High Point, RMU defeated St. Bonaventure, Canisius and Hobart. The Colonials most recently lost to Bellarmine on Saturday.
• Robert Morris is seventh in the nation in ground balls per game, scooping 35.33 of contests balls.
• Nate Fechter is one of th top goalies across the country, ranking 11th in saves per game (13.33) and 25th in save percentage (.552).
• Calum Brennan has the 11th-best shot percentage (.500) in divison I men’s lacrosse and scores goals at a 2.17 clip per contest.

 

 

 

LAST TIME OUT

• Penn State upset no. 3 Cornell in overtime in Ithaca, N.Y. on Saturday, March 8. The Nittany Lions trailed for nearly the whole game. A 4-0 run in the last two and a half minutes tied the score at the end of regulation.
• Ethan Long had the game-winning goal on a man-up opportunity in the third minute of the overtime stanza. He also added an assist and three ground balls.
• Hunter Aquino continued his offensive dominance, leading the team in points with five. He produced one goal and four assists, including the pass to the game-tying and game-winning goals.
• Liam Matthews notched his first career hat trick while also adding an assist.
• Luke Walstrum produced another multi-point day with two goals and two assists.
• Alex Ross tallied his first career goal, a laser from the middle of PSU’s offensive zone to go along with two caused turnovers and a ground ball.
• Colby Baldwin was dominant at the faceoff-x, winning 15-of-25 in the circle and gathering 10 ground balls.
• This was PSU’s highest ranked win since defeating the Big Red in 2023 when they were also the no. 3 team.

LIONS IN THE RANKS

• Matt Traynor leads the conference in goals per game (3.2). He also sits at the top of the Big Ten in points per game (4.6), ranking 18th nationally.
• Kevin Parnham and Alex Ross rank 12th across the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.2) which is second in the Big Ten.
• Colby Baldwin has the eighth-best face-off winning percentage (.631), leading his team to the eigth-best faceoff win percentage in the country. He is seventh in ground balls per game (7.0).
• Hunter Aquino is second in the Big Ten in points per game (3.83) and is second in the conference in shot percentage (.435).
• As a team, PSU is third in the conference in CTOs per game (10.17), good for third in the country.
• The Nittany Lions clear the ball at a .908 ratem which ranks fourth in the nation.

B1G HONORS

• Jack Fracyon was named the Big Ten Specialist of the Week following a strong performance against Villanova. He tallied 10 saves on 15 shot attempts. He also allowed just five goals, the third lowest number of goals allowed in his career.
• Hunter Aquino earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week after his first career hat-trick and two assists to total five points against no. 8 Princeton.
• Hunter Aquino notched his second Big Ten weekly honor, being tabbed the Big Ten Freshman of the Week this week (3/4) after a seven-point (two goals, five assists) performance against Yale.
• Colby Balwin was named the Big Ten Specialist of the Week this week (3/4) following a dominant 17-of-26 performance at the face-off x against Yale while adding a goal and an assist.