Gerard Arceri Season 2021

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Named a USILA All-American twice, earning third-team honors in 2018 and 2019…Voted the 2018 Big Ten Specialist of the Year…Was a two-time All-Big Ten honoree, making the first team in 2018 and the second team in 2019...Graduated with the program record and ranked fourth in NCAA history with 590 ground balls…Graduated with the program record and ranked fifth in NCAA history with 914 faceoff wins...Won 12 Big Ten Specialist of the Week awards...Named a Tewaaraton Nominee once and to the Tewaaraton Watch List three times...Earned three Academic All-Big Ten awards...
 
2021 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played in all 11 games…Went 135-231 (.584) on faceoffs…Finished with 81 ground balls…Won double-digit faceoffs in eight games, including a season-high 17 twice…Had double-digit ground balls in three games, including a season-high 13 against Rutgers (4/10).
 
Rankings: Ranked first in the Big Ten and 16th nationally in faceoff win percentage (.584)...Ranked second in the Big Ten and 10th nationally in ground balls per game (7.36).
 
Rutgers (2/20): Went 5-10 on faceoffs and picked up one ground ball. Maryland (2/26): Was 17-24 on faceoffs and finished with 10 ground balls. Johns Hopkins (3/28): Went 15-19 on faceoffs and had eight ground balls. at Maryland (4/3): Was 14-24 on faceoffs and picked up nine ground balls. Rutgers (4/10): Went 17-27 on faceoffs and added 13 ground balls. Michigan (4/16): Was 8-14 on faceoffs and picked up six ground balls. at Ohio State (4/24): Went 13-20 on faceoffs and tallied seven ground balls. Johns Hopkins (5/1): Was 16-23 on faceoffs and picked up five ground balls in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament.

2020 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Won one Big Ten Specialist of the Week award (2/4)...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played in all seven games…Went 89-162 (.549) on faceoffs…Finished with 74 ground balls and scored one goal…Won double-digit faceoffs in five games, including a season-high 21 in a win at Villanova (2/8)…Had double-digit ground balls in three games, including a season-high 19 at Furman (3/10)…The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Rankings: Ranked first in the Big Ten and fourth nationally in ground balls per game (10.57).
 
Lafayette (2/1): Went 19-21 on faceoffs and finished with 15 ground balls. at Villanova (2/8): Tallied one goal and 18 ground balls while going 21-32 on faceoffs. at Furman (3/10): Went 17-21 on faceoffs and totaled a season-high 19 ground balls.
 
2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named to the USILA All-America third team…Earned a spot on the All-Big Ten second team…Named to the Tewaaraton Watch List…Won two Big Ten Specialist of the Week awards (3/12, 4/16)...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played in all 18 games, going 278-456 on faceoffs…Finished with 187 ground balls…Totaled 10 points on eight goals and two assists.
 
Rankings: Ranked first in the Big Ten and fifth nationally in ground balls per game (10.39)…Finished second in the Big Ten and 15th nationally in faceoff win percentage (.610).
 
Villanova (2/2): Went 14-16 on faceoffs, picked up nine ground balls, and scored his first goal of the season. Robert Morris (2/9): Went 11-13 on faceoffs, picked up eight ground balls, and scored one goal. at Stony Brook (2/16): Went 14-20 on faceoffs and tallied nine ground balls. Penn (3/2): Went 17-31 on faceoffs and picked up eight ground balls. vs. Cornell (3/8): Posted a season high in faceoffs won, going 25-36, and tallied 18 ground balls. vs. Jacksonville (3/10): Went 15-18 on faceoffs, finished with nine ground balls and registered one assist. at Cleveland State (3/23): Scored a goal, totaled nine ground balls and went 15-29 on faceoffs. at Maryland (3/31): Went 18-26 on faceoffs and picked up 10 ground balls in Penn State’s first varsity win over the Terrapins. at Michigan (4/13): Scored a goal, totaled 21 ground balls and was 22-27 on faceoffs. Johns Hopkins (4/21): Scored a goal, had 10 ground balls, and went 17-31 on faceoffs. Rutgers (4/27): Tallied 13 ground balls and was 18-29 on faceoffs as the Lions clinched their first Big Ten regular-season title. vs. Johns Hopkins (5/4): Picked up five ground balls as Penn State won its first Big Ten Tournament title. UMBC (5/12): Was nearly perfect on faceoffs, going 25-27, and finished with a season-high 24 ground balls. vs. Loyola (Md.) (5/19): Finished with 13 ground balls and went 22-36 on faceoffs. vs. Yale (5/25): Finished with nine ground balls in the team’s first NCAA National Semifinal game.
 
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Voted the 2018 Big Ten Specialist of the Year…Earned a spot on the All-Big Ten first team…Named a 2018 Tewaaraton Award Nominee (top-20)…Voted USILA third-team All-America…Won six Big Ten Specialist of the Week awards (2/20, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 4/17).
 
Season: Finished with a 68.1 winning percentage at the face off x, going 216-317 on the season…Picked up 145 ground balls…Scored six goals and added an assist.
 
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named a 2017 Inside Lacrosse All-America honorable mention…Mentioned on the 2017 Tewaaraton Watch List…Won three Big Ten Specialist of the Week awards (2/14, 3/7, 3/14).
 
Season: Played in all 14 games and went 216-317 (.681) on faceoffs…Finished with seven points on six goals and one assist…Totaled 145 ground balls.
 
Robert Morris (2/4): Recorded a goal, 16 ground balls and a caused turnover. at Hobart (2/11): Picked up 10 ground balls. at Villanova (2/25): Registered second career goal and nine ground balls. Penn (3/4): Collected a goal and 15 ground balls …Went 24-of-31 at the face-off x. at Harvard (3/11): Tallied 14 ground balls. Fairfield (3/17): Registered a goal and six ground balls. Cleveland State (3/25): Caused a turnover and picked up 11 ground balls. Rutgers (4/23): Recorded his final goal of the season and picked up seven ground balls. Towson (5/13): Picked up five ground balls.
 
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Helped Smithtown East to back-to-back Suffolk County Championships in 2014-15, earning team MVP honors in both seasons…Picked up all-county, All-Tri-State and All-Long Island honors in 2014 and 2015…Tallied nine goals and 19 assists in 2015...Selected to the 2015 U.S. Men’s National U19 30-man training roster…Earned 2015 Under Armour All-America honors…Earned Dicks national title and Liberty Bell title in 2015…Played club with SweetLax.
 
PERSONAL
Born Gerard Arceri on April 30, 1998, in Stony Brook, New York…Parents are Gerard and Renata Arceri…Has one brother, Christopher, and one sister, Ava…Majored in communication, arts and sciences.