UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State men's lacrosse will honor 13 seniors for their final regular season home game with the Nittany Lions as they host Michigan on Friday night on Big Ten Network. The game is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Panzer Stadium.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Friday, April 16 | 5 p.m.
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SENIOR DAY
• The 13 seniors that will be honored prior to Friday night's game are Gerard Arceri, Bobby Burns, Nick Cardile, Dylan Foulds, Malcolm Glendinning, Colby Kneese Jake McCaughan, John Nostrant, Mac O'Keefe, Mitch Schaefer, Mike Shinske, Dylan Sulzbach, and Cole Willard.
SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State leads 7-2 in the all-time series with Michigan, but the Wolverines won the first matchup of this season.
• The teams first played in 2012.
• The Lions are 3-1 against the Wolverines at home. The teams haven't played each other in State College since 2018.
• Mac O'Keefe and Jackson Reynolds scored three goals apiece in the first game against Michigan this season. Nick Cardile caused two turnovers and picked up one ground ball.
SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES
• Michigan is tied with Penn State and Johns Hopkins for fourth place in the Big Ten standings at 2-6.
• The Wolverines are coming off an 18-12 loss to No. 2 Maryland, but defeated Johns Hopkins 13-10 in the game prior to that.
• Nick Rowlett has been solid at the faceoff x this season, ranking third in the conference in percentage at .550. He ranks first in ground balls/game (8.50).
GAME 8 RECAP
• A rare slow start for Penn State contributed to a 22-10 loss to then-No. 7 Rutgers at Panzer Stadium.
• Mac O'Keefe tallied two goals on the day to give him 211 for his career. That's two away from tying the NCAA record.
• Canyon Birch scored his first career goal for Penn State. Aleric Fyock played the second and fourth quarters in goal and stopped 13 of the 24 shots he faced.
CAREER HIGHS SET LAST GAME
• Canyon Birch – Points (2), Goals (1), Assists (1)
• Aleric Fyock – Saves (13), Minutes (30:00), Save % (.541)
• Mark Sickler – Ground Balls (2)
LOADED BIG TEN
• Playing only Big Ten teams this season has provided a challenge for all six programs in the conference. Five of the six teams have appeared in the USILA Poll at some point this season, while the sixth team has received votes.
• Four of Penn State's five losses came to teams that have been nationally ranked this season.
PENN STATE ON TV
• Penn State still has two TV games left on its schedule, including one on Big Ten Network (Michigan – April 16) and one on ESPNU (Ohio State – April 24).
• In total this regular season, five of the Lions' 10 games will be/were on TV, including three on ESPNU and two on Big Ten Network.
O'KEEFE NEARING NCAA GOALS RECORD
• Mac O'Keefe has 211 career goals and needs four to become the NCAA's all-time career goals leader.
• The record is currently held by Duke's Justin Guterding, who scored 212 goals in 75 games from 2015-18.
• O'Keefe's 211 goals have come in 63 games.
O'KEEFE GOAL STREAK
• Mac O'Keefe is first among active players with a 40-game goal-scoring streak.
• O'Keefe has 144 goals during that stretch.
• The last game O'Keefe didn't score a goal was in a 9-7 loss to Cornell on March 10, 2018.
MALONE LEADS THE OFFENSE
• T.J. Malone has established himself as one of the leaders on the offensive end for Penn State in his junior season.
• He currently leads the team in points (31) and assists (13). He ranks second in goals (18).
• Malone picked up right where he left off in the shortened 2020 season, in which he had 23 points on 16 goals and seven assists in seven games. As a freshman in 2019, he totaled 36 points on 30 goals and six assists.
KNEESE REACHES SAVES MILESTONE
• Colby Kneese made his 600th career save during Penn State's game at Johns Hopkins on March 13.
• Kneese currently ranks third in program history in career saves with 652. He needs 35 to pass Austin Kaut (2011-14) for third and 62 to pass Drew Adams (2006-09) for the record.
TAMBRONI REACHES MILESTONE
• Jeff Tambroni, who is in his 21st season as a head coach, is 200-100.
• His .667 winning percentage ranks sixth among all active NCAA Division I coaches.
• Tambroni's 91 wins at Penn State are the second-most in program history.
• Tambroni's .604 winning percentage at Penn State is easily the best in program history. Glenn Thiel is second at .559.
• Tambroni has had just one losing season in his 20 completed seasons as head coach.
UP NEXT
• Penn State wraps up the regular season with a game at Ohio State on Saturday, April 24, at 4 p.m.
• The Buckeyes are 4-4 after a 14-12 win over Johns Hopkins in their most recent game.
