#13 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (2-2) #19 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (3-3)

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1 Facebook.com/PennStateMensLacrosse Contact: Jeremy Fallis O: (814) C: (814) SCHEDULE Overall: 2-2 // Home: 0-2 // Away: 1-0 // Neutral: 1-0 CAA: 0-0 // Home: 0-0 // Away: 0-0 // Neutral: 0-0 Date Opponent Result/Time Feb. 9 % at Michigan W 11-6 Feb vs. #9 Denver W Feb. 24 #3 NOTRE DAME L (OT) 9-10 Mar. 2 % #16 OHIO STATE L (OT) 9-10 Mar. 9 2 vs. #19 Lehigh 5:00 p.m. Mar. 16 * at #9 Massachusetts Noon Mar. 19 at Binghamton 4:00 p.m. Mar. 23 * SAINT JOSEPH S 1:00 p.m. Mar. 26 at Bucknell 7:30 p.m. Mar. 30 at Villanova 7:00 p.m. Apr. 6 * #14 DREXEL 1:00 p.m. Apr. 13 * TOWSON 1:00 p.m. Apr. 20 * at Delaware 7:00 p.m. Apr. 27 * at #15 Hofstra 7:00 p.m CAA CHAMPIONSHIP May 1 ^ CAA Semifinals TBA May 4 ^ CAA Final TBA All Times Eastern Home games in CAPS at Penn State Lacrosse Field * Colonial Athletic Association games ^ CAA Championship games held at higher seed % Creator s Trophy game 1 Moe s Southwest Classic (Jacksonville, Fla.) 2 Whitman s Sampler Independence Classic (Chester, Pa.) Rankings based on USILA Coaches poll TEAM COMPARISON Record Conference Record Goals Goals/gm Assists Shots Shots/gm Shot Pct Goals Allowed Goals Allowed/gm Save Pct Ground Balls Turnovers Caused Turnovers Faceoffs Faceoff Pct Penalties-Minutes 12-11: :30 Clearing Pct Riding Pct Man-Up Goal Pct Man-Down Killing Pct #13 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (2-2) #19 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (3-3) Game 5: March 9, :00 p.m. PPL Park Chester, Pa. GAME DAY EVENT Whitman s Sampler Indepdence Classic TV COVERAGE ESPN3.com; Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (tape delay) TALENT Mark Dixon (pxp), Quint Kessenich (color) VENUE PPL Park (grass; 18,500) SERIES RECORD 32-8 LAST MEETING Mar. 20, 2012; Lehigh 9-5 (University Park, Pa.) NEXT GAME Mar. 16 at Massachusetts, Noon GAME NOTES Penn State faces Lehigh in Whitman s Sampler Independence Classic Nittany Lions and Mountain Hawks appear live on ESPN3.com PSU fell to Lehigh last season in University Park, 9-5 Penn State dropped a heartbreaking overtime game to No. 16 Ohio State, 10-9 TJ Sanders picked up his second CAA Rookie of the Week award on Monday Sanders scored five goals vs. OSU and Jack Forster had four points Sanders had three hat tricks in four appearances. Forster has 11 career hat tricks Shane Sturgis and Forster are riding 10- and 16-game point streaks, respectively Lehigh will be PSU s fourth ranked foe in a row of five The Lions have seen an uptick in offensive prowess this season from last year PSU has scored more goals, assists and points per game than last season Next week Penn State travels to Amherst, Mass. to face CAA rival Massachusetts SEASON STATISTICAL LEADERS OFFENSE GP-GS G A PTS SH UP GB 29 TJ Sanders Jack Forster Shane Sturgis Tom LaCrosse Kyle Zittel Kyle VanThof Tommy O Neill Nick Dolik FACEOFF GP-GS G A PTS GB FO PCT 6 Danny Henneghan DEFENSE GP-GS G A PTS SH GB CT 7 Michael Richards Kessler Brown Steven Bogert Jack Donnelly GOALIE GP-GS W-L MIN GA GAA SV SV% 19 Austin Kaut : PennStateMensLacrosse GoPSUTV

2 WHITMAN S SAMPLER INDEPENDENCE CLASSIC PREVIEW Penn State takes part in this weekend s Whitman s Sampler Independence Classic at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. The tripleheader features St. John s and Syracuse at Noon, Penn and Villanova at 2:30 p.m. before Penn State takes on Lehigh at 5 p.m. All three games will be aired on ESPN3. com from the home of Major League Soccer s Philadelphia Union. Also, the games will be aired on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia on tape delay. This is the second special event PSU has been a part of this season after the Moe s Southwest Grill Lacrosse Classic at Jacksonville s Ever- Bank Field. Penn State defeated Denver, 15-12, in front of a national television audience on NBC Sports Network. SCOUTING THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS No. 19 Lehigh (3-3) is coming off a tough 6-4 loss to No. 18 Penn on Tuesday night in Bethlehem. Lehigh s wins have come over Saint Joseph s (14-1), Villanova (11-9) and VMI (18-2), while falling at No. 11 Denver (18-10) and Air Force (15-10). David DiMaria is Lehigh s most potent attacking option with team highs in goals (14), assists (16) and points (30). Dan Taylor (12g, 7a) and Dante Fantoni (11g, 7a) also have scoring prowess. In net, Lehigh has split starts beween three goalkeepers. Griffin Farha (1-1) has a 5.82 GAA and.641 save percentage in 144 minutes, while Matt Poillon (2-1) boasts a 8.93 GAA and.545 save percentage. Steve Brodeur (0-1) has the other start, giving up 12 goals in 37 minutes this year. ALL-TIME SERIES VS. LEHIGH All-Time Series PSU Streak...1 loss First Meeting , Lehigh 7-2 Last Meeting... 3/20/12, Lehigh 9-5 Last PSU Win... 4/2/11, 8-7 (OT) Last LU Win... 3/20/12, 7-2 Largest PSU Win , 3/19/83 Largest LU Win ,1917 PSU Goals vs. LU LAST SEVEN MEETINGS VS. LEHIGH 3/20/12 L 5-9 H 4/2/11 W 8-7 (OT) A Note: Previous to 2011, Penn State and Lehigh had not met since 1988 when PSU beat LU 13-7 in University Park. LAST TIME VS. LU (Mar. 3, 2012) Penn State team dropped its third straight game with a 9-5 loss to Lehigh at the Penn State Lacrosse Field. Jack Forster (two goals) and Matthew Mackrides (one goal, one assist) led Penn State with two points each. Both Nick Dolik and Shane Sturgis added a goal, while freshman midfielder Kyle Zittel recorded an assist. Lehigh s Dante Fantoni, Roman Lao-Gosney and Adam Johnston recorded two goals each. BUCKEYES STORM PAST PENN STATE A game of runs went the way of Ohio State as No. 8 Penn State fell, 10-9, in overtime. OSU s Jesse King scored with no time on the clock in overtime to win it. Penn State s TJ Sanders scored five first-half goals to help the Lions stake an 8-2 half PENN STATE MEN S LACROSSE ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School (Last College) 1 Travis Crane Sr. M Parkville, Md. Eastern Technical (CCBC Essex) 2 Conor Baucum (BOCK-um) Sr. GK Chevy Chase, Md. Gonzaga 3 Shane Sturgis (STIR-jiss) Jr. A Downingtown, Pa. Downingtown East 4 Drew Roper Sr. M Columbus, Ohio Worthington-Kilbourne 5 Riley Lasda So. M Ithaca, N.Y. Ithaca 6 Danny Henneghan (HEN-eh-gan) Sr. M Beverly Hills, Mich. Brother Rice 7 Michael Richards So. M Skaneateles, N.Y. Skaneateles 8 Tyler Travis R-Jr. D Geneva, N.Y. Geneva 9 Jack Forster R-Sr. A Jenkintown, Pa. La Salle College 10 Ryan Guittare (Geh-TAR) Fr. D Garnet Valley, Pa. Garnet Valley 11 Kyle Baier (BAY-er) So. M Auburn, N.Y. Hotchkiss 12 Kyle VanThof (Van-THOFF) R-Jr. M Penfield, N.Y. Penfield 13 James Chakey Fr. D Havertown, Pa. The Haverford School 14 Erik Myers So. M Del Mar, Calif. The Salisbury School (Conn.) 15 Tim Golder Jr. A Cochranville, Pa. Avon Grove 16 Connor Darcey Fr. GK Wellesley, Mass. Wellesley 17 AJ Carfora Fr. D Branford, Conn. The Salisbury School 18 Sammy Davis Fr. M Pittsfield, Mass. The Governor s Academy 19 Austin Kaut Jr. GK Morton, Pa. Springfield-Delco 20 Steven Bogert Jr. D Carlsbad, Calif. La Costa Canyon 21 Jack Donnelly So. D Toronto, Ont. The Hill Academy 22 Pat Manley So. A Arnold, Md. St. Mary s 23 James Burke Fr. D Duxbury, Mass. Duxbury 24 Ryan Mullen Jr. D Hatboro, Pa. Hatboro-Horsham 25 Tom LaCrosse Jr. M Canandaigua, N.Y. Canandaigua Academy 26 Nick Dolik Sr. M Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Brother Rice 27 Jordan LaTendresse (Lah-TOND-riss) Fr. D Danville, Calif. San Ramon Valley 28 Kessler Brown Jr. D Springfield, Va. West Springfield 29 TJ Sanders Fr. A Orillia, Ont. The Millbrook School (N.Y.) 30 Kyle Zittel So. M Eden, N.Y. Eden 31 Steve Aitken Jr. A Wayne, Pa. Haverford School 32 Bryan Gerrato So. M Rockville Centre, N.Y. South Side 33 Ryne Sternberg Jr. D Toronto, Ont. Culver Academy 34 John Cugini (Coo-GEE-nee) Sr. M Springfield, Pa. Springfield-Delco (Denver) 35 Talal Alvie Fr. GK Charlotte, N.C. Providence HS 36 Jordan Weiss Fr. M Danville, Calif. San Ramon Valley 37 Tommy O Neill Fr. M Shamong, N.J. St. Augustine Prep 38 Drake Kreinz Fr. M Delafield, Wis. The Portsmouth Abbey School (R.I.) 39 Matt Sexton Fr. A Niskayuna, N.Y. Niskayuna 40 John Von Nessen Fr. M Hillsborough, N.J. Hillsborough 41 Gavin Ahern (AY-hern) Jr. A Rockville Centre, N.Y. South Side 42 Eric Davidheiser Sr. M Vashon, Wash. The Hill School 43 Taylor Stothoff (STOW-thoff) So. M Sparks, Md. The Boys Latin School 44 JP Burnside So. D Garden City, N.Y. Garden City 45 David Spadacene (SPAD-ah-cee-nee) Sr. D Bethel Park, Pa. Bethel Park (Presbyterian) Head Coach: Jeff Tambroni (Third season) Assistant Coaches: Peter Toner (Third season), Chris Doctor (Third season) Volunteer Assistant: David Shriver (Second season) 2 PENN STATE 2013 MEN S LACROSSE 30 ALL-AMERICANS

3 time lead. Ohio State closed the game on an 8-1 run. Jack Forster pitched in with a four point day behind a goal and three assists. Shane Sturgis netted two points, scoring the game-tying goal in the fourth quarter. SANDERS AGAIN NAMED CAA TOP ROOKIE Freshman TJ Sanders was named Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week on Monday, March 4. Sanders has been named CAA Rookie of the Week in two of the four award cycles this season. The five goals scored were a career high, topping his four-goal effort against Michigan in his first collegiate game on Feb. 9. DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES Penn State s offense has improved mightily in 2013 with the emergence of its attacking trio of TJ Sanders (15 points), Jack Forster (15) and Shane Sturgis (11). Penn State is averaging 11 goals per game this season with a shooting percentage of.273. Last season, the Nittany Lions scored just 8.73 goals per game and post a percentage of.258. Also, assists, points, shots and ground balls per game are up from Margin Goals/gm Assists/gm Shots/gm Shot Pct Ground Balls/gm HAT TRICK HEROS TJ Sanders scored five goals in Saturday s loss to Ohio State, giving him his third hat trick in four games. Jack Forster leads the way with nine career high tricks, while Shane Sturgis has five. Jack Forster...9 Shane Sturgis...5 TJ Sanders...3 Gavin Ahern...2 Nick Dolik...2 Tom LaCrosse...2 Kyle VanThof...1 GOING STREAKING Penn State s attack has a pair of Nittany Lions riding point streaks from last season. Leading the way is Jack Forster whose 16-game streak started on March 3, 2012 against Ohio State, while Shane Sturgis is at 10 games. Name Games Date started...g-a-p Jack Forster 16 3/3/ Shane Sturgis 10 3/31/ RUNNING THE GAUNTLET Penn State is currently in a stretch of five games against USILA ranked opponents. So far, PSU is 1-2. Two more games await PSU: No. 19 Lehigh and No. 9 Massachusetts. Two other Penn State opponents, No. 14 Drexel (Apr. 6) and No. 15 Hofstra (Apr. 27) are also ranked. Bucknell (March 26) received votes in this week s poll. ROAD WARRIORS Of the 14 regular-season contests, Penn State will be home for just five of them, making the Nittany Lions one of the most road tested teams in the country. In total, seven games are true road contests along with two neutral site games. Penn State looks to improve to 3-0 away from Happy Valley on Saturday vs. Lehigh. CREATOR S TROPHY SERIES Penn State won the inaugural Creator s Trophy, a men s lacrosse competition started in 2012 by the Big Ten schools Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. The Nittany Lions went 2-0 in the roundrobin format, while the Buckeyes went 1-1 and the Wolverines went 0-2. This season, Penn State is 1-1 after falling to Ohio State on Saturday, Mar. 2. The Buckeyes can clinch their first Creator s Trophy title with a win at Michigan on Apr. 13. If Michigan is successful in the role of spoiler and wins, the trophy stays in Happy Valley Creator s Trophy Schedule Feb. 9: Penn State 11, Michigan 6 Mar. 2: Ohio State 10 Penn State 9 (OT) Apr. 13: Ohio State at Michigan, 1 p.m. IRISH PULL OUT COMEBACK WIN A capacity crowd of 1,249 witnessed a back and forth game between No. 8 Penn State and No. 3 Notre Dame in which three goals were scored in the final 24 seconds of regulation. Junior Tom LaCrosse tied it with sixth-tenths of a second left to send the game to overtime where UND s Matt Kavanagh scored with 1:34 to go in the extra frame as Notre Dame escaped with a 10-9 win at Holuba Hall. Penn State took a two-goal lead, 7-5, 49 seconds into the fourth quarter on a man-up goal from Kyle VanThof, assisted by Jack Forster. That score capped a four-point effort by Forster, who scored three goals between the second and third quarters. Notre Dame answered with back-to-back goals with 9:28 remaining from Tyler Kimball and Liam O Connor on the ensuing faceoff to tie the game at seven. LaCrosse made it 8-7 three minutes later and Penn State held a tenuous one-goal lead into the fourth quarter s final minute when Notre Dame called timeout. Conor Doyle scored his third of the game to tie the game at eight with 24 seconds left and O Connor scored immediately after winning the faceoff six seconds later as UND looked assured of the comeback victory. Penn State s Danny Henneghan won the faceoff as Kessler Brown collected the ground ball, scooped it to Michael CAA STANDINGS (as of Mar. 6) CAA USILA Team CAA Pct. GF GA Overall Pct. GF GA 14 Drexel Hofstra Massachusetts PENN STATE Saint Joseph s Towson Delaware CAA RESULTS & SCHEDULE Saturday, Mar. 2 #14 Drexel 13, Robert Morris* 12 Brown 9, #5 Massachusetts* 8 #16 Ohio State 10, #8 PENN STATE* 9 (OT) Hofstra* 10, Harvard 5 Saint Joseph s* 10, Wagner 4 Towson 13, Mount St. Mary s* 5 Villanova* 14, Delaware 9 Tuesday, Mar. 5 Albany 15, #9 Massachusetts* 9 Delaware 11, Lafayette* 9 Wednesday, Mar. 6 Mercer 10, Saint Joseph s* 9 Friday, Mar. 8 Marist at Towson, 7 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 2 Binghamton at Delaware, Noon Hofstra at #2 Notre Dame, Noon #9 Massachusetts at Bucknell, Noon Bryant at #14 Drexel, 1 p.m. #13 PENN STATE vs. #19 Lehigh, 5 p.m. (1) * Home Team; (1) at PPL Park; Chester, Pa. 100 SEASONS PENN STATE MEN S LACROSSE NITTANY LION ATHLETICS GoPSUsports.com 3

4 USILA COACHES POLL (as of March 4) # Team Record Last 1 Maryland Notre Dame Cornell Loyola Princeton Johns Hopkins Denver Virginia Massachusetts North Carolina Ohio State Syracuse PENN STATE Drexel 3-1 T14 15 Hofstra 3-1 RV 16 Colgate Fairfield Penn Lehigh Quinnipiac 2-0 NR RV: Yale, Marist, Providence, Brown, Bucknell, St. John s, Albany, Bellarmine, Duke NIKE/INSIDE LACROSSE MEDIA POLL (as of Mar. 4) # Team Record Last 1 Maryland Notre Dame Cornell Loyola Princeton Johns Hopkins Denver Ohio State Virginia Syracuse North Carolina PENN STATE Massachusetts Drexel Colgate Hofstra 3-1 RV 17 Lehigh Penn Fairfield Yale 1-1 NR RV: Marist, St. John s, Providence, Bucknell, Duke, Bellarmine, Albany, Brown, Quinnipiac, Villanova, Stony Brook, Georgetown Bold indicates 2013 opponent RANKINGS SUMMARY Week RPI USILA IL Pre / / / RPI - NCAA Ratings Percentage Index USILA - USILA Coaches Poll IL - Inside Lacrosse Media Poll Richards and flipped it to LaCrosse. LaCrosse dashed to his left and fired a shot to the lower left part of the net past UND netminder John Kemp (10 saves) to knot the game with less than a second left. NITTANY LIONS THWART DENVER No. 15 Penn State took down No. 9 Denver, 15-12, at EverBank Field in the Moe s Southwest Grill Classic on Sunday (Feb. 17) afternoon. Shane Sturgis and Jack Forster each tallied four goals in the Penn State (2-0) victory. Fueled by a 7-3 surge in the third period, Penn State extended a two-goal halftime margin into a six-goal lead after three periods. TJ Sanders added three goals and Kyle Zittel posted his first multi-goal game of his career to help pace the Nittany Lion offense. Austin Kaut had a sluggish start, but made some key saves down the stretch, finishing with 10 stops on the day. STURGIS IS CAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK Penn State attackman Shane Sturgis was named Colonial Athletic Association Men s Lacrosse Player of the Week on Monday, Feb. 18. Sturgis scored four goals on eight shots to lead Penn State past No. 9 Denver, 15-12, on Sunday. For Sturgis, the honor is his third weekly conference award. He was twice named CAA Rookie of the Week in 2011 on Mar. 14 and Apr. 11 en route to a All-CAA Rookie Team laurel. Sturgis impressed on a national stage keying an attack that defeated No. 9 Denver in Jacksonville, Fla. Sturgis took just eight shots and scored four times, including a highlight-reel inside roll in the third quarter. KAUT ON TEWAARATON WATCH LIST Goalkeeper Austin Kaut was named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on Friday. The Tewaaraton Award honors the best players in NCAA lacrosse across all divisions. A 2012 nominee as one of the top 25 players in NCAA lacrosse, Kaut is the first Nittany Lion to be on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List since when Drew Adams accomplished the feat. Kaut was a USILA All-American Second Team honoree in 2012 following an honorable mention campaign as a freshman in SENIOR CLASS AWARD NOMINEE Midfielder Nick Dolik was named a nominee for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Dolik is one of 20 nominees who excel both on and off the field for the award. To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. The Senior CLASS Award is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, which focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in the community. LIONS OVERWHELM WOLVERINES Led by four-goal performances from TJ Sanders and Shane Sturgis, No. 15 Penn State men s lacrosse defeated Michigan, 11-6, at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. In all, Sanders had a five-point afternoon in his collegiate debut, while goaltender Austin Kaut made 12 saves for the Nittany Lions. Penn State (1-0) ran away from Michigan (0-1) after a tied first period, holding a 5-3 lead at halftime and upping it to 10-3 in the third. The Nittany Lions outscored the Wolverines 5-0 to open the second half to open the seven-goal advantage. Penn State received key contributions from Jack Forster (2 goals, 1 assist) and Tommy O Neill (two assists) as well. Penn State out-shot Michigan for the game, the most shots attempted since March 6, 2009 vs. Ohio State (55). SANDERS NAMED CAA S TOP ROOKIE Freshman attackman TJ Sanders earned CAA Rookie of the Week for his five-point showing at Michigan on Saturday. Sanders led all rookies in goals (4) and points (5) and was just one point shy of the league lead, which two UMass players had last weekend. NITTANY LIONS ON TV Penn State is slated to play two games on television this season: Feb. 17 against Denver at Jacksonville, Fla. on NBC Sports Network and March 9 vs. Lehigh in Chester, Pa. on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPNapp for your mobile device. Penn State s appearance on NBC Sports Network is believed to be the first nationally televised men s lacrosse game in program history. The last time Penn State was on television was in 2010 vs. Towson on WMAR in Baltimore. CELEBRATING THE 100TH SEASON The Penn State men s lacrosse program is celebrating its 100th season in 2013, one of just a handful of teams to reach the milestone. The team started its program on May 24, 1913 with a 4-3 win over Penn under Walter Farley. Since then, the Nittany Lions have won 476 games in program history. Penn State will hold its 100th season celebration on April 6 vs. Drexel, where alumni of all teams are welcomed back to Happy Valley to honor the proud history of Penn State lacrosse. PENN STATE VOTED IN PRESEASON POLLS Nittany Lions garnered a pair of preseason rankings from the USILA coaches poll and Nike/Inside Lacrosse media poll on Jan. 28. Both rankings put Penn State 15th, second in the CAA after Massachusetts (12). 4 PENN STATE 2013 MEN S LACROSSE 30 ALL-AMERICANS

5 NITTANY LIONS TABBED SECOND IN CAA Penn State was voted second in the preseason Colonial Athletic Association poll and earned four student-athletes on the preseason All-CAA team on Friday, Feb. 1. The voting was conducted by each of the league s head coaches. Penn State earned 31 votes, second most to defending champion Massachusetts (35). The Nittany Lions garnered two first-place votes, while the Minutemen earned the other five. Drexel and Hofstra were voted third, while Delaware, Towson and Saint Joseph s rounded out the seven-team conference. Four Nittany Lions - Jack Forster, Nick Dolik, Kessler Brown and Austin Kaut - were named to the 2013 Preseason All-CAA Team. Kaut is a two-time All-CAA First Team honoree, while Forster and Dolik each have made appearances in the postseason awards list for the CAA. KAUT A PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN On Dec. 4, junior Austin Kaut was named to the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Second Team. A 2012 second-team USILA All-American honoree is a two-time All-CAA First Team goaltender. RETURNING SCORERS Penn State went 9-6 last season and returns the core of its team with just three starters graduating and 31 letterwinners returning for the 2013 season. The 2013 team will see 77 percent of its scoring from a year ago back on the field led by senior Jack Forster, who earned an extra year of eligibility from the NCAA for two knee injuries. Forster, who tallied 40 points last year, sits nine points shy of 100 for his career entering the 2013 campaign. Aiding Forster s offensive capabilities are Shane Sturgis, Nick Dolik and Gavin Ahern who all scored double digit goals in Sturgis found the back of the net 19 times, Dolik had 18 markers and Ahern scored 13 goals. VETERAN LEADERSHIP On Dec. 5, 2013, head coach Jeff Tambroni announced that senior leaders Travis Crane and Jack Forster earned the distinction of captains. Crane, a fifth-year senior in his secon season in Happy Valley, is a midfielder out of Parkville, Md, while Forster of Jenkintown, Pa. is at Penn State for his sixth year. Our coaching staff and team are very confident that they will do a wonderful job as we make our way through the spring season, Tambroni said. Both of [these] guys have been around for a long time, one a fifth-year (Crane) the other a sixth-year senior (Forster), and have fought through a lot of adversity in their own right. I think their experience is going to be great for this team at the time that Penn State lacrosse is in its history, and hopefully going to give us an opportunity to turn the page. NCAA RANKS (as of Mar. 3) Team Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Faceoff Percentage Man-Up Offense Man-Down Defense Scoring Margin Win Percentage Assists Saves/gm. Ground Balls/gm. Least Turnovers/gm. Caused Turnovers/gm. Shot Percentage Steven Bogert Ground Balls/gm. Jack Donnelly Caused Turnovers/gm. Jack Forster Goals/gm. Assists/gm. Danny Henneghan Faceoff Percentage Ground Balls/gm. Austin Kaut Goals-Against Avg. Save Percentage Saves/gm. Tom LaCrosse Shot Percentage Michael Richards Caused Turnovers/gm. TJ Sanders Goals/gm. Shot Percentage Shane Sturgis Goals/gm. Kessler Brown Preseason All-CAA 17th 30th 13th 50th 17th 22nd 29th 43rd 45th 31st 18th 24th 50th 31st 76th 91st 35th 33rd 69th 18th 28th 28th 35th 35th 80th 91st 35th 8th 18th 91st 60th Nick Dolik Preseason All-CAA Senior CLASS Award Nominee Jack Forster Preseason All-CAA CAA RANKS (All Games as of Mar. 4) Team Goals/Gm. Assists/Gm. Points/Gm. Ground Balls/gm. Shots/gm. Shot Percentage Shots on Goal/gm. Man-Up Goals Man-Up Percentage Penalty Killing Pct. Least Penalties/gm. Penalty Minutes/gm. Fewest Turnovers/gm. Caused Turnovers/gm. Goals-Against Avg. Saves/gm. Save Percentage Faceoff Percentage Jack Forster Goals/gm. Assists/gm. G-W Goals/gm. Shots/gm. Danny Henneghan Ground Balls/gm. Austin Kaut Goals-Against Avg. Save Percentage Saves/gm. Tom LaCrosse G-W Goals/gm. TJ Sanders Goals/Gm. Shots/gm. Shane Sturgis Goals/Gm. Shots/gm. T-2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 7th 7th 4th T-1st 4th T-3rd T-3rd 4th 5th 5th 2nd T-5th T-7th T-3rd T-2nd 2nd T-3rd 5th 6th 4th T-2nd 2nd T-3rd 7th T-8th T-4th T-4th INDIVIDUAL HONORS & AWARDS CAA RANKS (Conference Games Only) First Conference Games Set for Mar. 16 Austin Kaut Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American Preseason All-CAA Teewaraton Award Watch List TJ Sanders CAA Rookie of the Week (2/11, 3/4) Shane Sturgis CAA Player of the Week (2/18) PSU Student-Athlete of the Week (2/19) 100 SEASONS PENN STATE MEN S LACROSSE NITTANY LION ATHLETICS GoPSUsports.com 5

6 COACH TAMBRONI IN YEAR THREE Head coach Jeff Tambroni is in his third year on the Penn State sidelines, winning 16 games in the past two years after a 2-11 season in 2010 before his arrival. Last year, Tambroni led the Nittany Lions one win shy of their first 10-win season since 2009 and on the cusp of the CAA Championship. Penn State cracked the top 10 in the USILA poll for the first time since 1996 on March 5 after wins over Notre dame nad Ohio State. Tambroni has also led Penn State to back-to-back secondplace finishes in the CAA and has a 9-3 regularseason record in the conference. PSU WELCOMES NEWCOMERS Fourteen new Penn State student-athletes joined the lacrosse team this season. The Nittany Lions welcomed two attakmen, five midfielders, five defenders and two goalies in the class. NEXT TIME OUT Penn State hits the road once more against No. 9 Massachusetts for a battle of the CAA s top contenders. Last season, UMass won the CAA regular season and tournament. Penn State s only CAA regular season loss last season was a heartbreaking 9-8 overtime loss in Happy Valley. Game time in Amherst on Saturday is slated for Noon. MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS PENN STATE is All-time at Penn State Lacrosse Field vs. CAA as members under Jeff Tambroni All-time vs. Lehigh All-time vs. USILA No. 16 Teams All-time vs. current ECAC Members In at home on the road at neutral sites in overtime when wearing white when wearing blue when leading after one quarter when tied after one quarter when trailing after one quarter when leading at halftime when trailing at halftime when tied at halftime when leading after three quarters when tied after three quarters when trailing after three quarters when scoring first goal when opponent scores first goal when out-shooting opponent when out-shot by opponent when winning ground ball battle when losing ground ball battle when tied in ground ball battle when winning faceoff battle when losing faceoff battle when tied in faceoff battle against ranked opponents against unranked opponents against higher-ranked opponents against lower-ranked opponents when scoring less than 10 goals when scoring 10 or more goals when allowing less than 10 goals when allowing 10 or more goals on Tuesday on Saturday on Sunday on grass on turf outdoors indoors during the day at night vs. America East vs. Big East vs. CAA vs. ECAC vs. Patriot League when a freshman scores in one-goal games 6 PENN STATE 2013 MEN S LACROSSE 30 ALL-AMERICANS

7 THE LAST TIME PENN STATE... Scored 5 or less goals 3/20/12...vs. #11 Lehigh (5-9) Scored 6-9 goals 3/2/13...vs. #16 Ohio State (9-10) Scored goals 2/9/13... at Michigan (11-6) Scored goals 2/17/13...vs. #9 Denver (15-12) Scored 18 goals 2/16/08...vs. Robert Morris (18-2) Scored 19 goals 4/9/05...vs. #15 Hobart (19-13) Scored 20+ goals 3/26/94... vs. Lafayette (21-7) Allowed less than 5 goals 4/14/12...at Towson (8-3) Allowed 6-9 goals 2/9/13... at Michigan (11-6) Allowed goals 3/2/13...vs. #16 Ohio State (9-10) Allowed goals 3/8/11...at #20 Villanova (17-5) Allowed 20+ goals 3/20/10...at #8 Duke (11-20) Won in overtime 2/26/12...at #2 Notre Dame (4-3) Lost in overtime 3/2/13...vs. #16 Ohio State (9-10) Won in double overtime 4/28/12... vs. Hofstra (9-8) Lost in double overtime 2/14/09... at Robert Morris (11-12) Won in triple overtime never Lost in triple overtime 3/5/11... vs. Ohio State (5-6) Was ranked in the USILA Top 20 3/4/ th Was ranked in the USILA Top 10 2/25/13...8th Played a USILA Top 10 Team 2/24/13... vs. #3 Notre Dame (9-10) Played a USILA Top 20 Team 3/2/13...vs. #16 Ohio State (9-10) Defeated a USILA Top 10 Team 2/17/13...vs. #9 Denver (15-12) Defeated a USILA Top 20 Team 3/31/12... vs. #12 Villanova (13-8) Attempted less than 20 shots 2/27/ vs. Notre Dame (2-6) Attempted shots 3/2/ vs. #16 Ohio State (9-10) Attempted shots 2/24/13... vs. #3 Notre Dame (9-10) Attempted shots 2/17/ vs. #9 Denver (15-12) Attempted shots 2/9/ at Michigan (11-6) Attempted 60+ shots 2/20/ vs. Robert Morris (17-24) Allowed less than 30 shots 2/17/ vs. #9 Denver (15-12) Allowed shots 3/2/ vs. #16 Ohio State (9-10) Allowed shots 2/11/ vs. #6 North Carolina (10-14) Allowed 50+ shots 5/2/ at #16 Georgetown (12-11) Scored 25+ points 2/18/ , vs. Michigan (16-9) Made saves 3/31/ , vs. #12 Villanova (13-8) Made 25+ saves 3/19/ , vs. #10 Massachusetts (8-7) Tallied 10+ assists 2/18/ , vs. Michigan (16-9) Won an NCAA Tourney game never Lost an NCAA Tourney game 5/14/12... at #4 Maryland (10-14) A PENN STATE PLAYER... Scored 4 goals 2/17/13... Sturgis, Forster vs. #9 Denver (15-12) Scored 5 goals 3/2/13...TJ Sanders vs. #16 Ohio State (9-10)) Scored 6 goals 4/11/09...Jack Forster vs. St. John s (12-11) Scored 7 goals 5/16/61...Steve Schraeder vs. Gettysburg (14-4) Scored 8 goals 4/19/72...Jim Trenz vs. Loyola (17-10) Scored 9 goals 5/9/72... Jim Trenz vs. Bucknell (19-6) Scored 10 goals 4/30/83... Rich Russo vs. Montclair State (25-6) Tallied 8 points 2/18/12... Jack Forster vs. Michigan (16-9) Tallied 11 points 5/11/71... Jim Trenz vs. Bucknell (16-12) Tallied 12+ points 5/2/ , Gary Martin vs. Bucknell (20-13) Had 4 assists 4/25/09... Mike Toner vs. Saint Joseph s (17-6) Had 7+ assists 5/2/ , Gary Martin vs. Bucknell (20-13) Attempted shots 3/21/ , Chris Hogan vs. Fairfield (4-5) Attempted 20+ shots 2/10/10. 25, Chris Hogan vs. Robert Morris (17-24) Made saves 2/26/ , Austin Kaut at #2 Notre Dame (4-3) Made saves 4/4/ , Drew Adams vs. Hobart (10-8) Made saves 3/19/ , Austin Kaut at #9 UMass (9-8) Made saves 4/10/ , Joe Guterding vs. Hofstra (16-10) Made 40 saves 4/13/ , Jim Houck vs. Navy (8-19) Collected 10+ ground balls 4/9/ , Danny Henneghan vs. Drexel (13-14) 100 SEASONS PENN STATE MEN S LACROSSE NITTANY LION ATHLETICS GoPSUsports.com 7

8 JEFF TAMBRONI Head Coach Third Year HOBART 92 PENN STATE RECORD (.546) OVERALL RECORD (.698) 2009 USILA DIVISION I COACH OF THE YEAR 2011 CAA CO-COACH OF THE YEAR Jeff Tamboni will enter his third season as head coach of the Penn State men s lacrosse team in During the 2012 campaign, Tambroni led the Nittany Lions to a second-place CAA finish with two USILA All-Americans and six All-CAA honorees. Penn State finished with a 9-6 overall record and a 5-1 mark in conference action. The 2011 CAA Co-Coach of the Year, Tambroni led the Nittany Lions to a 7-7 record and their first-ever CAA tournament berth during his first year at the program s helm. During his tenure, his players earned 37 first-team All-Ivy honors, including five Ivy League awards, and three conference Rookie of the Year selections. In addition, 39 players garnered All-America recognition. Prior to serving as Cornell s head coach, he spent four seasons as a Big Red assistant coach ( ). Tambroni also served as assistant coach at Loyola College in 1997 and at his alma mater, Hobart College, for three seasons. With the Statesmen, he helped the program reach the 1994 NCAA Division III national championship game. A 1992 graduate, Tambroni earned his bachelor s degree in American studies. He earned first-team All-America honors as a senior and was twice named a second-team All-American ( ). The MVP of the 1990 NCAA title game, Tambroni helped lead the team to back-to-back NCAA championships ( ) and left Hobart tied for seventh on the school s all-time scoring list with 202 points. Before embarking upon his collegiate coaching career, Tambroni coached the Heaton Mersey Lacrosse Club of the English Lacrosse Union for one year and served as a visiting coach for the Czech- American Lacrosse Foundation in Prague in the summer of Tambroni and his wife, Michelle, have three daughters, Carissa, Madison and Ella. Michelle played field hockey at Penn State from and earned All-America honors as a senior. In 2011, eight Nittany Lions garnered All-CAA recognition and freshman goalkeeper Austin Kaut earned Rookie of the Year honors while being named a USILA Honorable Mention All-American. Prior to Penn State, Tambroni spent 10 seasons as head coach at Cornell ( ). He guided the Big Red to a record and three NCAA Final Four appearances (2007, ), including the 2009 national championship game. Tambroni was named USILA Division I Coach of the Year following the 2009 season and was tabbed the 2007 and 2009 Field Turf/ NCAA Division I Coach of the Year. Tambroni was also the 2004 and 2009 Ithaca Journal Male Coach of the Year and a three-time National Coach of the Week. While at Cornell, Tambroni became the 10th-fastest coach to reach the 100-win mark when he accomplished the feat in his 134th career game in March WINNINGEST ACTIVE NCAA DIVISION I COACHES (Minimum 100 games) Rank Coach School W L Pct. 1 John Desko Syracuse Bill Tierney Denver Dom Starsia Virginia Dave Pietramala Johns Hopkins Jeff Tambroni Penn State CAREER RECORD Season Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Finish Championships Postseason Finish nd/3rd nd/3rd NCAA Quarterfinals T-1st Co-Ivy Champions T-1st Co-Ivy Champions NCAA Quarterfinals st Ivy Champions NCAA Quarterfinals T-1st Co-Ivy Champions NCAA First Round st Ivy Champions NCAA Semifinals T-1st Co-Ivy Champions NCAA First Round T-1st Co-Ivy Champions NCAA Runner-Up T-1st Co-Ivy Champions NCAA Semifinals At Cornell Ivy League Titles 8 NCAA Tourneys nd CAA Tournament nd CAA Tournament At PSU CAA Tourneys Career PENN STATE 2013 MEN S LACROSSE 30 ALL-AMERICANS

9 LAST TIME VS. LEHIGH (March 20, 2012) Lacrosse Box Score (Final) Penn State Men's Lacrosse #10 Lehigh vs #17 Penn State (Mar 20, 2012 at University Park, Pa.) Lehigh (8-1, 1-0 PL) vs. Penn State (3-4, 0-1 CAA) Date: Mar 20, 2012 ï Attendance: 412 Weather: Mid 60s, Partly Cloudy Score by period Total Lehigh Penn State Lehigh SCORING: GOALS: Fantoni, Dante 2; Lao-Gosney, Roman 2; Johnston, Adam 2; DiMaria, David 1; Corbett, Patrick 1; Molnar, Noah 1. ASSISTS: DiMaria, David 2; Fantoni, Dante 2; Henderson, Alan 1; Taylor, Dan 1. Penn State SCORING: GOALS: Forster, Jack 2; Mackrides, Matthew 1; Sturgis, Shane 1; Dolik, Nick 1. ASSISTS: Mackrides, Matthew 1; Zittel, Kyle 1. Shots by period Total Lehigh Penn State Ground balls/prd Total Lehigh Penn State Saves by period Total Lehigh Penn State Turnovers by prd Total Lehigh Penn State F/O violations by prd Total Lehigh Penn State Faceoffs by prd Total Lehigh Penn State Clears by period Total Lehigh Penn State Extra-man opps Total Lehigh Penn State Stadium: PSU Lacrosse Field Penalties - Lehigh 6/4:30; Penn State 7/6: second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Lehigh 0/0 (0); Penn State 0/0 (0). Officials: Brian Abbot; Dan Ferry; Paul Kubach. Scorer: Matt Caracappa. Official's signature 100 SEASONS PENN STATE MEN S LACROSSE NITTANY LION ATHLETICS GoPSUsports.com 9

10 LAST TIME OUT (vs. Ohio State, March 2) Lacrosse Box Score (Final) 2013 Penn State Men's Lacrosse #16 Ohio State vs #8 Penn State (Mar 02, 2013 at University Park, Pa.) Ohio State (4-0) vs. Penn State (2-2) Date: Mar 02, 2013 ï Attendance: 587 Weather: 31, partly sunny, 11mph wind WNW Score by period OT Total Ohio State Penn State Ohio State SCORING: GOALS: Jesse King 3; Turner Evans 3; Logan Schuss 2; David Planning 1; Carter Brown 1. ASSISTS: Jesse King 2; Carter Brown 1; Turner Evans 1; David Planning 1; Logan Schuss 1. Penn State SCORING: GOALS: TJ Sanders 5; Jack Forster 1; Shane Sturgis 1; Tom LaCrosse 1; Kyle VanThof 1. ASSISTS: Jack Forster 3; Erik Myers 1; Shane Sturgis 1. Shots by period OT Total Ohio State Penn State Ground balls/prd OT Total Ohio State Penn State Saves by period OT Total Ohio State Penn State Turnovers by prd OT Total Ohio State Penn State F/O violations by prd OT Total Ohio State Penn State Faceoffs by prd OT Total Ohio State Penn State Clears by period OT Total Ohio State Penn State Extra-man opps OT Total Ohio State Penn State Stadium: PSU Lacrosse Field Penalties - Ohio State 2/1:30; Penn State 2/1: second Goals/Warnings (Violations) - Ohio State 0/2 (0); Penn State 1/4 (1). Officials: Doug Donovan; Thomas Hoeland; PJ Calello. Scorer: Jeremy Fallis. Official's signature 10 PENN STATE 2013 MEN S LACROSSE 30 ALL-AMERICANS

11 2013 Penn State Men's Lacrosse Penn State Overall Team Statistics All games (as of Mar 05, 2013) Overall: 2-2 Conf: 0-0 Home: 0-2 Away: 1-0 Neut: 1-0 TEAM STATISTICS PSU OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game Assists MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES Goals-Opportunities Conversion Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Man-up 3 3 Man-down 0 0 Unassisted Overtime 0 2 Goals scored average GROUND BALLS TURNOVERS CAUSED TURNOVERS FACEOFFS (W-L) Faceoff W-L Pct CLEARS Clear Pct PENALTIES Number Minutes 11:00 13:00 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 2/918 1/1042 Neutral Site #/Avg 1/5418 Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Penn State Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Penn State Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Penn State Opponents Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Penn State Opponents SEASONS PENN STATE MEN S LACROSSE NITTANY LION ATHLETICS GoPSUsports.com 11

12 2013 Penn State Men's Lacrosse Penn State Overall Individual Statistics All games (as of Mar 05, 2013) Overall: 2-2 Conf: 0-0 Home: 0-2 Away: 1-0 Neut: 1-0 ## Player gp-gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% up dn gb t/o ct faceoff pct pen-min 29 Sanders, TJ Forster, Jack Sturgis, Shane LaCrosse, Tom Zittel, Kyle VanThof, Kyle Dolik, Nick Myers, Erik O'Neill, Tommy Richards, Michael Davis, Sammy Henneghan, Danny Ahern, Gavin Crane, Travis Sexton, Matt Burke, James Burnside, JP Sternberg, Ryne Brown, Kessler Donnelly, Jack Bogert, Steven Kaut, Austin Chakey, James Travis, Tyler Total Opponents ## Goalie gp-gs min ga gaavg saves pct w l t 19 Kaut, Austin : Total 4 246: Opponents 4 246: Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Penn State Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Penn State Opponents Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Penn State Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Penn State Opponents Attendance Summary PSU Opponent Total Dates/Avg Per Date 2/918 1/1042 Neutral Site #/Avg 1/5418 CLEARS: Penn State , Opponents MAN-UP OPPS: Penn State , Opponents PENN STATE 2013 MEN S LACROSSE 30 ALL-AMERICANS 12