2016
Started all 15 games for the Nittany Lions, finishing fourth on the team with 20 goals on the year … Scored at least one goal in all but two games this season, posting six multi-goal outings … Opened the year with a hat trick against Robert Morris (2/6), while also adding one assist for a season-high four points … Tallied two goals in the win at No. 18 Cornell (2/20) … Registered two goals and passed out one assist on the road at Furman (3/8) … Had one goal and a career-high three ground balls in the OT win against No. 8 Harvard (3/12) … Notched a pair of goals in the win against No. 1 Denver (3/26) … Scored a go-ahead goal at Ohio State (4/3) with 1:41 remaining in the fourth quarter to secure a 6-5 win … Posted two goals at No. 19 Rutgers (4/22) … Logged his fourth consecutive game with a goal in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals against top-seeded Maryland (5/5).
2015
Was a Big Ten All-Tournament Team selection ... Started 10-of-12 contests, scoring 16 goals and dishing out eight assists for 24 points in the midfield ... Logged two five-point performances: a hat trick and two assists in his Nittany Lion debut against Vermont (2/7) and four goals and an assist against Penn (2/28) ... Two-of-three man-up goals, the second-most on the team, came against the Catamounts ... Had a hat trick in the program's first Big Ten win over Rutgers (4/19) ... Recorded two goals, one of which was during an EMO, and two assists in the Big Ten Tournament contest versus Johns Hopkins (4/30), taking a season-best nine shots ... Took 38 shots on the year ... Seven ground balls.
2014* (VIRGINIA)
Redshirt season.
2013* (VIRGINIA)
Appeared in five games for the Cavaliers, tallying a goal against VMI (2/19) ... Earned ground ball pickups against VMI (2/19) and Mount St. Mary’s (2/26) ... Made appearances against Drexel (2/16), Vermont (3/5) and Ohio State (3/16).
BEFORE COLLEGE
Played for the U.S. National U19 Team in the 2012 World Championships held in Turku, Finland ... Listed as the No. 60 recruit by Inside Lacrosse entering the 2013 season and No. 19 for incoming midfielders ... Two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American ... Earned 2012 Under Armour All-America honors ... Named Under Armour Underclassman All-American in 2011 ... Earned three All-State selections, leading Kent Denver in total points sophomore, junior and senior years ... Lettered for four years in lacrosse and three in football as a quarterback and running back.
PERSONAL
Born Matthew John Florence on June 8, 1993 in Evanston, Illinois … Parents are Megan and Tom Florence, who played lacrosse at Penn State (1981-85) as a goalie ... Has an older sister, Kelly, and a younger brother, TJ, who plays lacrosse at Roanoke College ... Majoring in communication arts and sciences with the intent to work in the sales field for an investment firm.