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Alex Rosa carries the ball in his crosse during the St. Bonaventure game.
ELODIE EKIMIAN-BROGAN '26

Hobart travels to Philly for A10 matchup

4/14/2023 3:44:00 PM

By: Mia LaPlante '23
The Hobart College lacrosse team will travel to St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to take on the Hawks in an Atlantic 10 Conference matchup Saturday, April 15 at 1 p.m.

The game will be broadcast live on WEOS-FM and webcast on ESPN+.

The Statesmen are 5-5 overall and 1-1 in the A10. Hobart aims to bounce back from a 13-12 loss at High Point last week. Sophomore Alex Rosa lead the Statesmen with a career-high four goals, including two extra-man tallies, and two assists.

The Hawks are 7-4 overall and sit atop the A10 standings with a 2-0 record. SJU is coming off an 18-9 win over St. Bonaventure. Junior attackman Carter Page led the team with six goals against the Bonnies.
 
FROM HAWK HILL:
  • Page leads the A10 in goals per game (3.55) and is third in points per game (3.91).
  • Graduate student Scott Macmillan started the last game for the Hawks. He currently ranks first in the A10 conference in goals against average (7.55) and second in save percentage (.530)
  • Graduate Student Zach Cole has won 63.8% of his faceoffs and has 131 ground balls. He leads the conference in faceoff percentage and leads the nation in ground balls per game (11.91).
 
NOTABLE STATESMEN STATS:
  • Sophomore Anthony Dattellas is fourth in the conference in goals per game (2.56), assists per game (1.33) and points per game (3.89).
  • Hobart's extra-man unit is sixth in the nation. The Statesmen scored on four of their five man-up chances at High Point, raising the team's success rate to .529.
  • Sophomore Alex Rosa has a team-high seven extra-man goals, which leads the A10 and is third in the nation. Junior Sam Ward has six man-up goals this year and ranks second in the A10 and eighth in the nation. 
  • Senior Adam Shea is second in the conference and fifth in the nation in ground balls per game (9.10). He leads the team with 91 GBs and has won 53.3% of his faceoffs.
 
This will be the 14th meeting between the Statesmen and the Hawks. Saint Joseph's leads the series 8-5 with six of those contests being decided by a single goal, including five that went to overtime.


 
 
 
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