The Hobart lacrosse team will close out the regular season at St. Bonaventure on Friday, April 24. The Statesmen and Bonnies will clash in an Atlantic 10 showdown beginning at 7 p.m. at the Marra Athletics Complex.
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The game will be webcast on ESPN+. WHWS-FM (105.7) will broadcast the game live. Fans can also track the action with live stats on gobonnies.com.
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR
- Hobart senior David Peterkin leads the Statesmen with 16 goals and 19 assists for 35 points. He needs three points to become the 20th player in Hobart's Division I era to record 100 for his career (53-44-97).
- First-year defenseman Colman Craft enters the game with 24 caused turnovers. The Hobart season record is 25 set by Reid Rosello '13 in 2013. Craft is fifth in the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.4).
- Senior faceoff specialist Seamus Schofield is coming off his best game at the X of the season. He won 16-of-20 and corralled a career-high 14 ground balls.
- Senior Elhanan Wilson has started the past two games in goal. He made 16 saves against High Point and turned away 15 shots against UMass. Wilson has a .536 save percentage and an 11.60 GAA.
- After killing off all three Minutemen extra-man opportunities, the Statesmen (2-10, 0-5 A10) lead the A10 in man-down defense (.738).
- Hobart is second in the conference in opponent clearing percentage (.797) and saves per game (12.67).
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SCOUTING REPORT
- Sophomore Cole Kucinski leads St. Bonaventure (4-9, 0-5) with 27 goals and 34 points. Junior Patrick Shanahan is close behind with 24 goals and 30 points.
- First-year Jonas Johnson has dished out a team-high 11 assists.
- Sophomore Lad Harper is the Bonnies top faceoff specialist, sporting a .509 winning percentage and a team-high 63 ground balls.
- Sophomore Isaac Farmer has started all 13 games in goal, producing a 13.19 GAA and a .490 save percentage.
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SERIES SNAPSHOT
- Friday will mark the fifth all-time meeting between the Statesmen and Bonnies.
- While Hobart has dominated the three games played in Geneva, 2024's showdown in St. Bonaventure went down to the wire. Neither team led by more than two goals and the Bonnies tied the game at 10 with under 10 minutes remaining. As the game clock approached six minutes, the Statesmen took an 11-10 lead and the defense made it hold up for a one-goal victory.