The Hobart lacrosse team will play in the State of Michigan for the first time since 1994 when the Statesmen face off against 13th-ranked Michigan at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17. Due to the forecast in Ann Arbor, the game has been moved to the Detroit Country Day School Field House in Beverly Hills, Michigan.
 
The facility has limited room for spectators so there will be no general ticket sales. Only those fans on the teams' pass lists will be allowed into the Field House.
 
The game will be broadcast live on WEOS-FM (89.5/90.3) in the Geneva area. There will also be live stats available. However, there will not be a webcast of the game on B1G+.
 
This will be just the second meeting between Hobart and Michigan. The Statesmen defeated the Wolverines 11-7 in an ECAC Lacrosse League game on Boswell Field in 2013.
 
The last time Hobart lacrosse played in Michigan, the Statesmen defeated Michigan State 15-10 on April 23, 1994. Hobart is 3-0 all-time against the Spartans in East Lansing.
 
SCOUTING THE STATESMEN

• Hobart opened the season with a 16-11 home loss to No. 20 Colgate. The Statesmen fell behind 6-1 in the first quarter, but played the Raiders even the rest of the way.
• Graduate student Adam Shea controlled the action at the faceoff X, winning 20-of-30 and collecting a game-high 11 ground balls. During the first half, he became the program's Division I era career leader in ground balls. Shea, who was named the Atlantic 10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week, heads into the weekend with 329 ground balls since the start of the 2020 season.
• Shea is eighth in the nation in ground balls and 12th in faceoff percentage (.667).
• Senior attackman Anthony Dattellas and first-year attackman Chris Patterson paced the offense with four points apiece. Dattellas scored Hobart's first three goals and added an assist. Patterson, the A10 Rookie of the Week, scored twice and posted a pair of helpers.
• Hobart leads the A10 in faceoff percentage and is second in assists per game (8.0) and points per game (19.0).

 
SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES

• Michigan sports a 1-1 record. The Wolverines dropped their season opener 19-11 at No. 3 Virginia, but bounced back with a 21-5 home win over Canisius on Tuesday.
• UM ranks in the top five in the nation in assists per game (3rd, 12.5), extra-man offense (4th, .800), points per game (5th, 28.5) and shot percentage (5th, .386).
• Michigan has three players tied for the team lead with 10 points. Senior attackman Michael Boehm sports a team best seven goals to go with three assists. Sophomore attackman Bo Lockwood is the top playmaker with eight assists and two goals. Junior attackman Ryan Cohen has three goals and seven assists.
• Graduate student defenseman Cathal Roberts has seven caused turnovers and six ground balls through two games, including four and four at UVA.