#2 Men’s Lacrosse Continues NE10 Slate at Assumption in Final Road Game of Regular Season Tuesday Night

Date	Tuesday, April 17, 2018 (7 p.m.)
Matchup	#2 Merrimack (10-1, 7-1 NE10) Assumption (7-3, 5-3 NE10)
Location	Multi-Sport Stadium // Worcester, Mass.
Multimedia	Live Stats // Video
Social	@MerrimackMLAX // Instagram

 
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The No. 2 Merrimack College men's lacrosse team seeks its seventh straight win in its final scheduled road game of the regular season on Tuesday (April 17), as the Warriors travel to Assumption College for a 7 p.m. Northeast-10 Conference matchup at Mutli-Sport Stadium.

NE10 TOURNAMENT PICTURE
Top-six qualify for tournament; seeds 1-2 receive byes, seeds 3-6 play in first round 5/1; semifinals are 5/4; final is 5/6)

1. Le Moyne (8-0) H2H vs. MC
T2. Merrimack (7-1)
T2. Adelphi (7-1)
T4. Assumption (5-3)
T4. Saint Anselm (5-3)
6. Pace (4-4) H2H vs. STR
7. Saint Rose (4-4)
8. Franklin Pierce (3-5)

Inside the Series:

• Merrimack is 10-0 against Assumption over the past decade.
• The smallest margin of victory in that span was a three-goal win at home (8-5) on March 26, 2011.
• Last year, the Warriors closed out the regular season with a 17-4 thrashing of the Greyhounds in North Andover.

Last Time Out:

• Senior Kyle Stenberg became the second active player to hit the 100-point career milestone as part of yet another all-around dominant showing for the second-ranked Merrimack College men's lacrosse team, which eased by ninth-ranked Pace in impressive fashion by a 17-5 score in Saturday afternoon Northeast-10 Conference action at Pace Stadium.  Click here for full recap.

Poll Watch:

• Merrimack enters the week ranked No. 2 in the USILA Coaches' Poll. It was No. 1 during a four-week span and has been no lower than second all year.
• As is usually the case, the Warriors have faced plenty of the nation's top programs this year, as seven other schools that are on Merrimack's schedule are also ranked in this week's poll.
• The Warriors have already NYIT (ranked eighth when they played), LIU Post (12), Le Moyne (2) and Pace (9) and are yet to face Adelphi (6). Saint Anselm is ranked 20^th but was not ranked when the two schools played.

'Mack Facts:

• Merrimack (10-1, 7-1 NE10) leas the NE10 in scoring offense (14.64) and ranks third in defense (7.64) and also boasts the ninth-best man-down defense in the country (80.0%) and 13^th-best man-up offense (39.3%).
• Freshman Sean Black (57 points) leads all Warriors on the offensive front with 23 goals and 34 assists. He ranks first in the league in assists and in overall scoring. His 3.09 assists per game figure ranks second nationally and scoring average (5.18) ranks sixth.
• Sophomore Charlie Bertrand, meanwhile, is the league leader in goals scored (39), ranking third nationally in goals per game (3.90).
• Senior Blake Boudreau has won 171-of-245 on the X (.698) as Merrimack's primary faceoff man, ranking fifth nationally and first in the NE10 in faceoff win percentage. He ranks seventh nationally and first in the NE10 averaging 9.27 ground balls per game.
• Seniors James Bassett, reigning USILA Defensive Player of the Year, and Eric Coburn lead the Warriors defensively with nine and 10 caused turnovers, respectively.
• In net, freshman Peter Brown has started the last nine games and has been solid, posting a 6.02 goals against average (2^nd/NE10) and .526 save percentage in that span.
• Merrimack has won the last 22 games it has scored 10 or more goals in; its last loss when posting a double-digit scoring total was in double overtime against Le Moyne (12-11) on March 18, 2017.

Scouting Assumption:

• Picked eighth in the preseason coaches' poll in the NE10, Assumption has exceeded those expectations and is 7-3 with a 5-3 record in league play heading into Tuesday.
• The Greyhounds rank fifth in the league in scoring offense (12.30) and sixth in scoring defense (8.98).
• The Greyhounds have two 40-point scorers led by Dan Farrell's 48 points (29g, 19a) followed by Travis Reid (26g, 17a, 43pts).
• Connor Reid is the primary faceoff man and has gone 121-of-225 (53.7%) on the X with 65 ground balls. Tim Tierney, meanwhile, has caused a team-high 20 turnovers.
• Colby Hamwey has started all 10 games and owns an 8.65 GAA and .565 SV%.

Inside the Matchup:

#2 Merrimack (10-1, 7-1 NE10)	Category	Assumption (7-3, 5-3 NE10)
4/11 vs Franklin Pierce (W, 14-6) 4/14 at #9 Pace (W, 17-7)	Recent Games	4/11 at Bentley (W, 13-12) 4/14 vs. Saint Rose (L, 12-11)
14.64	Scoring Offense	12.30
7.64	Scoring Defense	8.98
39.3%	Man-Up Offense	22.2%
80.0%	Man-Down Defense	--
161/468 (.344)	Goals/Shot Attempts (Sh. Pct.)	123-347 (.354)
361	Ground Balls	328
139	Turnovers	138
76	Caused Turnovers	82
68.8%	Faceoff Pct.	52.8%
89.0%	Clearing Pct.	88.8%

 
Up Next
Merrimack returns home for a rivalry matchup with sixth-ranked Adelphi this Saturday on Youth Day. Game time from Merrimack Stadium is 1 p.m.