BUFFALO, N.Y. – Returning to conference action, the D'Youville University men's lacrosse team will travel to our nation's capital to face the University of the District of Columbia Saturday afternoon.
D'Youville at District of Columbia
Saturday, Apr. 13th – 12:00pm
Watch: ECC Network
Last Time Out
The Saints (1-12, 0-3 ECC) are coming off a 15-9 lost last Saturday against Walsh University.
Nick Sholett (Vestal, N.Y.) scored four goals with
Luciano Gonzalez (Coquitlam, British Columbia) adding three goals.
Stefano Evan (Vestal, N.Y.) accounted for two points (1 goal, 1 assist) with
Brady Ruffalo (Webster, N.Y.) adding one goal.
Jordan Brown (Baltimore, Md.) led the team in groundballs with eight while
Cameron Fogarty (Selinsgrove, Pa.) added four
. Logan Schwartz (Depew, N.Y.) continued his strong season with four caused turnovers.
William Nichols (Palmyra, N.Y.) saw most the action in net, making 17 saves on the day.
Saints Stats
- DYU is averaging 6.8 goals per game while allowing 16.2 goals per game.
- Ruffalo leads the offensive attack, accounting for 20 points (16 goals, 4 assists) with Evan also having 20 points on the season (10 goals, 10 assists).
- The Saints are averaging 29.5 groundballs per game while allowing 40.0 groundballs per game.
- Brown leads the way with 61 groundballs from the faceoff position with Schwartz leading the way with 30 caused turnovers.
- Nichols has seen a bulk of the time in the cage, making 119 saves on the season.
About the Firebirds
- UDC brings in an overall record of 1-8 and an ECC record of 0-3, coming off a 16-7 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas College last Saturday.
- The Firebirds are averaging 6.0 goals per game while allowing 18.4 goals per game.
- Julian Schemm leads the UD offense, accounting for 24 points (15 goals, 9 assists).
- The Firebirds are averaging 25.9 groundballs per game while allowing 49.0 groundballs per game.
- Dyland Donaldson leads the way with 27 groundballs with Shelton Tessier leading the team with 17 caused turnovers.
- Najee Wilson has seen all the time in net, making 154 saves on the season.
- The all-time series is tied at 1-1 with the Saints winning the last matchup by a score of 18-7 last season.
