CONNORCONNOR KIRSTKIRST MIDFIELDMIDFIELD || SENIORSENIOR YALE GAMEYALE GAME FEBRUARY 15, 2020FEBRUARY 15, 2020 | 1:00 P.M.1:00 P.M. VILLANOVA STADIUMVILLANOVA STADIUM VILLANOVA, PA.VILLANOVA, PA. GAMEDAYGAMEDAY 20 2020 20 L AC R O S S EL AC R O S S E 3 2020 VILLANOVA MEN’S LACROSSE 2020 VILLANOVA LACROSSE BIG EAST AWARDS 2020 BIG EAST STANDINGS 2020 RANKINGSTODAY’S GAME LAST TIME OUT... ...UP NEXT The Villanova Wildcats will continue home play this Saturday when they host the No. 3 Yale Bulldogs at 1:00 P.M on Nova Nation All-Access. Last weekend the Wildcats opened their season against No. 2/1 Penn State and fell to the Nittany Lions 19-10 in front of the largest home crowd since 2013. This will mark the season opening game for the Yale Bulldogs, who have opened the last three seasons against the Wildcats. In the previous meetings the Bulldogs won the first and the Wildcats have won the last two, both in overtime. Saturday’s game marks the fourth meeting all time between the Wildcats and Bulldogs, with the Wildcats winning the last two meetings. Last season Villanova defeated then No. 1 ranked Yale, which was the programs first win over a top ranked opponent in program history. NIKE/USILA TOP 20 1. Virginia 2. Penn State 3. Yale 4. Maryland 5. Syracuse 6. Penn 7. Notre Dame 8. Denver 9. North Carolina 10. Johns Hopkins 11. Duke 12. Ohio State 13. Army West Point 14. Cornell 15. Georgetown 16. Loyola Maryland 17. Air Force 18. Lehigh 19. Rutgers 19. Richmond MAVERIK MEDIA TOP 20 1. Penn State 2. Virginia 3. Yale 4. Maryland 5. Syracuse 6. Penn 7. Notre Dame 8. North Carolina 9. Denver 10. Ohio State 11. Johns Hopkins 12. Cornell 13. Duke 14. Army 15. Georgetown 16. Loyola 17. Air Force 18. Lehigh 19. Richmond 20. Rutgers Villanova fell 19-10 to Penn State to open the season last weekend. Led by hat tricks from Keegan Khan and Matt Campbell the Wildcats started off strong being tied 4-4 at the end of the first quarter but the Nittany Lions took over in the second going on a 8-1 run to pull away. Villanova will close out their three-game home stand on Tuesday against No. 5 Maryland. Game time is scheduled for 4:00 P.m. inside Villanova Stadium. BIG EAST OVERALL SCHOOL RECORD PCT. STREAK RECORD PCT. STREAK Denver 0-0 0.000 --- 1-0 1.000 W1 Georgetown 0-0 0.000 --- 1-0 1.000 W1 Marquette 0-0 1.000 --- 2-0 1.000 W2 Providence 0-0 1.000 --- 2-0 1.000 W2 VILLANOVA 0-0 0.000 --- 0-1 0.000 L1 St. John's 0-0 0.000 --- 0-2 0.000 L2 POINTS Matt Campbell: 3 Keegan Khan 3 Daly & Kirst 2 GOALS Matt Campbell 3 Keegan Khan 3 Patrick Daly 2 ASSISTS Connor Kirst 2 Colin Crowley 1 Stevie Jones 1 GROUND BALLS Patrick Kennedy 4 Justin Coppola 3 Kirst & LaPorte 2 FACEOFFS Justin Coppola 9 Dan Fisher 2 SAVES Will Vitton 12 2020 LEADERS K E EG A N K H AN E RIC O V E R B A Y BIG EAST ATTACK PLAYER OF THE WEEK Dylan Watson, Georgetown, So., A (Guelph, Ontario) BIG EAST MIDFIELDER OF THE WEEK Connor McClelland, Marquette, Sr., M (Brampton, Ontario) BIG EAST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Toby Burgdorf, Providence, Jr., Goalie (Westfield, N.J.) BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK JJ Sillstrop, Denver, Fr., A (Encinitas, Calif.) WEEKLY HONOR ROLL Mac Tezak, Denver, Jr., D (Denver, Colo.) Alex Mazzone, Georgetown, So., LSM (Stony Brook, N.Y.) Matt Grillo, Providence, So., A (Setauket, N.Y.) 2020 VILLANOVA MEN’S LACROSSE 6 2020 VILLANOVA MEN'S LACROSSE SCHEDULE MARCH 28 vs. MARQUETTE MILWAUKEE, WI 3:30 P.M. ET MARCH 24 at BROWN VILLANOVA, PA 3:00 P.M. ET. APRIL 30- MAY 2 at BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PROVIDENCE, RI MARCH 21 at FAIRFIELD VILLANOVA, PA 12 :00 P.M. ET FEBRUARY 22 at HOFSTRA HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. 2:00 P.M. ET APRIL 25 vs. PROVIDENCE VILLANOVA, PA 1:00 P.M. ET MARCH 8 vs. DREXEL PHILADELPHIA, PA 12:00 P.M. ET FEBRUARY 18 vs. MARYLAND VILLANOVA, PA. 4:00 P.M. ET APRIL 18 at ST. JOHN'S QUEENS, NY 1:00 P.M. ET MARCH 6 vs. PENN PHILADELPHIA, PA 7:30 P.M. ET FEBRUARY 15 vs. YALE VILLANOVA, PA. 1:00 P.M. ET APRIL 11 vs. GEORGETOWN VILLANOVA, PA 3:30 P.M. ET FEBRUARY 29 at DELAWARE NEWARK, DE 12:00 P.M. ET. FEBRUARY 8 vs. PENN STATE VILLANOVA, PA. 1:00 P.M. ET. APRIL 4 at DENVER VILLANOVA, PA 11:00 A.M. ET SCHEDULE KEY HOME EVENT AWAY EVENT NEUTRAL EVENT * CONFERENCE EVENT ALL HOME GAMES PLAYED AT VILLANOVA STADIUM2020 VILLANOVA MEN’S LACROSSE 8 2020 VILLANOVA MEN'S LACROSSE ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #2 Colin Crowley Crow (like the bird)-ley #41 Stelios Kroudis Stel-E-os Kru-dis #12 Zachary Kryza Kr-eye-za #34 Connor Kirst pronounced like First #43 and #71 Prybylski Pur-bill-ski #57 Chet Comizio Co-miz-ee-o PREVIOUS NO. NAME HT. WT. CLASS POS. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL 0 Justin Clark 5-10 170 Fr. Goalkeeper Rockville, MD Georgetown Prep 1 Colin Crowley 6-0 180 Jr. Midfield Ridgewood, N.J. Delbarton 2 Matt Campbell 6-1 195 So. Midfield Madison, N.J. Delbarton 4 Austin Fraser 5-10 204 So. Attack Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. Hendrick Hudson 5 Stevie Peters 5-6 165 Jr. Midfield Camp Hill, Pa. Cumberland Valley 6 Jack Kinnear 5-6 155 Sr. Midfield Phoenix, Md. Calvert Hall 7 Zack Ornstein 5-10 200 R-Sr. Midfield/FO Howell, N.J. Howell Albany 9 Jimmy Gabrielsen 5-9 170 So. Midfield West Chester, Pa. Malvern Prep 11 Brendan Haggerty 5-10 180 Jr. Goalkeeper Manhasset, N.Y. Manhasset 12 Zachary Kryza 6-5 210 Sr. Defense Katonah, N.Y. Iona Preparatory School 13 Gavin Derham 5-11 175 Fr. Attack Doylestown, Pa. Germantown Academy 14 Corey McManus 5-10 215 Jr. Attack Summit, N.J. Summit 15 Jonathan Taylor 6-0 195 Fr. Defense Murphy, Texas St. Mark's School of Texas 17 Dan Fisher 6-0 240 Jr. Midfield/FO West Deptford, N.J. St. Joseph's Prep 18 Brendan Quigley 5-11 190 Sr. Midfield Basking Ridge, N.J. Ridge 19 Eric Overbay 5-11 180 Jr. Midfield Alpharetta, Ga. Lambert 21 Stevie Jones 5-9 170 Fr. Midfield Reston, Va. South Lakes 22 Justin Coppola 5-5 160 Fr. Midfield/FO Garden City, N.Y. Garden City 23 Jared Warner 5-9 180 Gr. Midfield Freeport, NY Baldwin Senior University of Pennsylvania 24 Sam Parkinson 5-11 165 Fr. Midfield San Francisco, Cal. St. Ignatius College Prep 25 Brody LaPorte 6-2 180 So. Defense San Carlos, Calif. Menlo School 29 Mason Reale 5-10 165 Fr. Attack Westport, CT Fairfield Prep 30 Will Vitton 6-0 160 So. Goalkeeper Summit, N.J. Summit 32 Michael Toomey 5-9 160 Sr. Goalkeeper Wrentham, Ma. Xaverian Brothers 34 Connor Kirst 6-2 220 Sr. Midfield Bernardsville, N.J. Delbarton Lawrenceville 35 Gavin Burke 5-11 165 Fr. Midfield Wayne, Pa. Haverford School 39 Keegan Khan 6-1 175 Jr. Attack Chatham, N.J. Delbarton The Hill Academy 40 Matt Webster 6-6 205 Sr. Defense Doylestown, Pa. La Salle 41 Stelios Kroudis 5-9 200 So. Attack Sparta, N.J. Sparta Township 42 Joe Goguen 6-3 205 Fr. Attack Weston, Mass. Belmont Hill 43 Owen Prybylski 6-1 225 Jr. Defense Westfield, N.J. Westfield 44 Michael Clark 6-2 190 Jr. Defense New Fairfield, CT. New Fairfield 46 Patrick Kennedy 6-1 175 R-Jr. Defense Long Valley, N.J. West Morris 57 Chet Comizio 5-10 175 So. Midfield Basking Ridge, N.J. Delbarton 66 Patrick Daly 6-2 190 So. Attack Shrewsbury, Mass. Tabor Academy 71 Luke Prybylski 5-11 195 Sr. Attack Westfield, N.J. Westfield The Hun School of Princeton 77 Thad Spiker 6-2 190 So. Defense Gainesville, Florida Oak Hall School 81 Colin Hunt 6-0 165 Jr. Defense Burlington, ON, Canada The Hill Academy 88 Alex Spiker 6-2 190 So. Defense Gainesville, Florida Oak Hall School 99 Owen Black 6-0 180 Sr. Midfield Princeton, N.J. The Hun School of Princeton COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Michael Corrado (Villanova ’87) 14th Season ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Simon Connor (Villanova ’04) 14th Season ASSISTANT COACH: Chris Miller (Wesley ’06) 3rd Season VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Joe Karpinkski (University of New Haven) 3rd Season DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Brian Coughlin (Villanova ’11) 6th Season JU S TI N C O P P O LANext >