Completed Event: Men's Lacrosse at RV/#19 Fairfield on March 1, 2025 , Loss , 7, to, 15
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Providence College Athletics
Saturday, February 18
Providence, R.I.
12:00 PM
Providence College
vs
Siena College
Men's Lacrosse Welcomes Siena
2/17/2023 1:06:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Opening face-off is set for 12:00 p.m.
LIVE STREAM | LIVE STATS | GAME NOTES (PDF)
PROVIDENCE WELCOMES SIENA… The Providence College men's lacrosse team will welcome Siena College to Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 18 for a non-conference match-up. Face-off is set for 12:00 p.m.
LIVE STATS AND STREAM… The game will be broadcast live on FloSports. Links to the broadcast and live stats can be found on Friars.com by navigating to the men's lacrosse schedule.
SERIES BREAKDOWN… Since 1987, the Friars and Saints have met 30 times. Providence leads the all-time series, 22-8.
MOST RECENT MEETING... The teams last met during the 2022 campaign in Loudonville, N.Y. The Friars notched their first win over the Saints since the 2008 season. Matt Grillo led the Friars' offense with five goals. Jack Horrigan added a hat trick.
LAST TIME OUT... Providence fell to Bryant, 15-14, in an Ocean State Cup battle on Saturday, Feb. 11. Ryan Bell recorded a career-best 10 points on a career-high six goals and four assists. He is the first BIG EAST player to record 10 points in a game since 2016. Jack Horrigan posted his second hat trick of the season with three goals. Chad Cannon scored his first collegiate goal. Goalkeeper James Corasaniti tallied a season-high 18 saves.
Providence outscored Bryant 5-1 in the fourth quarter to mount a late comeback effort. Bell scored three of the Friars' five goals - all in the final 10 minutes of the game.
PROVIDENCE POWERS PAST HOLY CROSS... Providence got out to a 3-0 lead and never trailed en route to a 12-9 victory in the season opener vs. Holy Cross on Feb. 5 at Anderson Stadium. The match-up was featured by Lax.com as the organization's first-ever Game of the Week.
Michael Chabra and Jack Horrigan each recorded hat tricks in the game. Chabra finished with four goals, while Horrigan tallied three.
Patrick McAleavey and Richie Joseph each tallied a game-high two assists. James Corasaniti, a graduate transfer from Fairfield University, made his debut with the Friars in goal and earned the win with 15 saves.
RYAN BELL TABBED BIG EAST MIDFIELDER OF THE WEEK... Ryan Bell was named BIG EAST Midfielder of the Week on Monday, Feb. 13, after his dominant performance against Bryant.
Bell tallied a career-high 10 points on the day, seven of which, came in the second half. The sophomore midfielder scored a career-high six goals, including three goals in the Friars' fourth-quarter rally. Bell also contributed four assists and one groundball in the game.
Bell became the first BIG EAST player since 2016 to score 10 points in a single game.
MATT GRILLO MAKES PROGRAM HISTORY… Matt Grillo has amassed 110 career goals. Grillo ranks third all-time at Providence in career goals, behind Ed Loiselle '92 (136) and Ken Leahy '00 (112). Grillo also is tied for 13th in program history in career scoring, with 136 points. Leahy is the Friars' all-time leading scorer with 188 points on 112 goals and 76 assists.
PROGRAM BEGINS BOBBY BENSON ERA… The Friars welcomed a new coaching staff for the 2023 season led by Head Coach Bobby Benson. Benson spent the last two seasons at Maryland as the offensive coordinator during the Terps' run to the NCAA title in 2022. Maryland registered a 33-1 record during Benson's two seasons in College Park, earned two Big Ten Championships and made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Championship game. Before joining the Terps, Benson spent 14 seasons as the offensive coordinator at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins. He helped Hopkins to 11 NCAA appearances, eight quarterfinal bids, three Final Fours and two National Championship games.
MEET THE STAFF... Casey Brodersen, who spent the last 12 seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Bryant University, was hired by Bobby Benson to serve as Associate Head Coach at Providence. He helped the Bulldogs to six Northeast Conference titles and five NCAA Tournament appearances. Carroll Kennedy joined the Friars as an Assistant Coach. Kennedy worked alongside Benson at Maryland during the 2022 season and was previously named USILA Assistant Coach of the Year while at Limestone University in 2015. Colin Munro joined the staff as a Volunteer Assistant after completing his collegiate career at fellow BIG EAST Conference member, Georgetown, in 2022.
WELCOME TO FRIARTOWN… The Friars have 13 freshmen on the roster in 2023. Newcomers include Tyler Flynn (Setauket, N.Y.), Dean Metzger (Garden City South, N.Y.), Harrison Sweeney (West Hartford, Conn.), Richie Joseph (Longmeadow, Mass.), Jackson Coutu (Upton, Mass.), Eddie Perry (Bridgewater, Mass.), Owen Finetto (Haworth, N.J.), Luke Schmitt (Garden City, N.Y.), Eric Webb (Westfield, N.J.), Ian Olenik (Windham, N.H.), Frankie Carroll (East Setauket, N.Y.), Tom Sarni (Lynnfield, Mass.), and Cullen Mulhern (Lawrenceville, N.J.).
Additionally, four transfers joined the Friars roster upon Bobby Benson's arrival as Head Coach. James Corasaniti (New York, N.Y.), a graduate transfer from Fairfield University, and Patrick Yowan (Manchester, Vt.) a sophomore transfer from Loyola Maryland highlight the goaltending unit. Sophomores Pierce Gregory (Sherborn, Mass.) and Vincent Horton (Scituate, Mass.) come to Providence after playing at Bryant University as rookies in 2022.
IMPACT PLAYERS… Providence will continue to look to key returners as the 2023 season picks up. Junior Michael Chabra and sophomore Ryan Bell have been key pieces for the Friar offense in the first two games of the season. Chabra, after finishing fourth on the team in scoring in the 2022 season, started this season tallying four goals to lead the Friars past Holy Cross. Bell finished last season ranked 13th in the nation in assists per game (2.43) and second on the team in scoring with 43 points. He has continued to build off that success, contributing eight goals and five assists in the first two games. Attack player Jack Horrigan has also made significant contributions to the Friar offense. The sophomore has recorded a hat trick in each of the first two games.
Senior Grant Latimer continues to anchor the defensive line with help from sophomore Gregg Dennison. Latimer has collected three groundballs with two caused turnovers. Dennison has collected six groundballs, five of which came against Bryant, with three caused turnovers. Graduate transfer goalkeeper James Corasaniti has earned a .579 save percentage with 33 saves so far.
FRIARS PICKED TO FINISH FIFTH IN BIG EAST POLL... Providence was picked to finish fifth in the 2023 BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll (9 points). Georgetown was picked to win the league, having collected five first-place votes and 25 points overall. Denver (20 points) was second and Villanova, who received one first-place vote and 18 points was selected third. Rounding out the conference standings was Marquette (13 points) in fourth and St. John's (five points) in sixth.
SCOUTING SIENA… This year, the Saints were selected to finish third in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. Siena started this season with a 12-11 victory over NJIT.
PLAYERS TO WATCH… Seven different players scored for the Saints in their season opener against NJIT. Scoring was highlighted by fifth-year midfielder Christian Watts, who recorded five points on four goals and one assist. Sophomore Ryan McCarthy recorded four points on three goals and an assist.
Face-off specialist Dylan Pape has returned for his senior season after ending the 2022 campaign with a .535 face-off percentage (144-269). This year, against the Highlanders, Pape went 12-22.
WHAT'S NEXT… The Friars will travel to Brown University in their second game of the Ocean State Cup. The cross-city match-up is set for 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
PROVIDENCE WELCOMES SIENA… The Providence College men's lacrosse team will welcome Siena College to Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 18 for a non-conference match-up. Face-off is set for 12:00 p.m.
LIVE STATS AND STREAM… The game will be broadcast live on FloSports. Links to the broadcast and live stats can be found on Friars.com by navigating to the men's lacrosse schedule.
SERIES BREAKDOWN… Since 1987, the Friars and Saints have met 30 times. Providence leads the all-time series, 22-8.
MOST RECENT MEETING... The teams last met during the 2022 campaign in Loudonville, N.Y. The Friars notched their first win over the Saints since the 2008 season. Matt Grillo led the Friars' offense with five goals. Jack Horrigan added a hat trick.
LAST TIME OUT... Providence fell to Bryant, 15-14, in an Ocean State Cup battle on Saturday, Feb. 11. Ryan Bell recorded a career-best 10 points on a career-high six goals and four assists. He is the first BIG EAST player to record 10 points in a game since 2016. Jack Horrigan posted his second hat trick of the season with three goals. Chad Cannon scored his first collegiate goal. Goalkeeper James Corasaniti tallied a season-high 18 saves.
Providence outscored Bryant 5-1 in the fourth quarter to mount a late comeback effort. Bell scored three of the Friars' five goals - all in the final 10 minutes of the game.
PROVIDENCE POWERS PAST HOLY CROSS... Providence got out to a 3-0 lead and never trailed en route to a 12-9 victory in the season opener vs. Holy Cross on Feb. 5 at Anderson Stadium. The match-up was featured by Lax.com as the organization's first-ever Game of the Week.
Michael Chabra and Jack Horrigan each recorded hat tricks in the game. Chabra finished with four goals, while Horrigan tallied three.
Patrick McAleavey and Richie Joseph each tallied a game-high two assists. James Corasaniti, a graduate transfer from Fairfield University, made his debut with the Friars in goal and earned the win with 15 saves.
RYAN BELL TABBED BIG EAST MIDFIELDER OF THE WEEK... Ryan Bell was named BIG EAST Midfielder of the Week on Monday, Feb. 13, after his dominant performance against Bryant.
Bell tallied a career-high 10 points on the day, seven of which, came in the second half. The sophomore midfielder scored a career-high six goals, including three goals in the Friars' fourth-quarter rally. Bell also contributed four assists and one groundball in the game.
Bell became the first BIG EAST player since 2016 to score 10 points in a single game.
MATT GRILLO MAKES PROGRAM HISTORY… Matt Grillo has amassed 110 career goals. Grillo ranks third all-time at Providence in career goals, behind Ed Loiselle '92 (136) and Ken Leahy '00 (112). Grillo also is tied for 13th in program history in career scoring, with 136 points. Leahy is the Friars' all-time leading scorer with 188 points on 112 goals and 76 assists.
PROGRAM BEGINS BOBBY BENSON ERA… The Friars welcomed a new coaching staff for the 2023 season led by Head Coach Bobby Benson. Benson spent the last two seasons at Maryland as the offensive coordinator during the Terps' run to the NCAA title in 2022. Maryland registered a 33-1 record during Benson's two seasons in College Park, earned two Big Ten Championships and made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Championship game. Before joining the Terps, Benson spent 14 seasons as the offensive coordinator at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins. He helped Hopkins to 11 NCAA appearances, eight quarterfinal bids, three Final Fours and two National Championship games.
MEET THE STAFF... Casey Brodersen, who spent the last 12 seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Bryant University, was hired by Bobby Benson to serve as Associate Head Coach at Providence. He helped the Bulldogs to six Northeast Conference titles and five NCAA Tournament appearances. Carroll Kennedy joined the Friars as an Assistant Coach. Kennedy worked alongside Benson at Maryland during the 2022 season and was previously named USILA Assistant Coach of the Year while at Limestone University in 2015. Colin Munro joined the staff as a Volunteer Assistant after completing his collegiate career at fellow BIG EAST Conference member, Georgetown, in 2022.
WELCOME TO FRIARTOWN… The Friars have 13 freshmen on the roster in 2023. Newcomers include Tyler Flynn (Setauket, N.Y.), Dean Metzger (Garden City South, N.Y.), Harrison Sweeney (West Hartford, Conn.), Richie Joseph (Longmeadow, Mass.), Jackson Coutu (Upton, Mass.), Eddie Perry (Bridgewater, Mass.), Owen Finetto (Haworth, N.J.), Luke Schmitt (Garden City, N.Y.), Eric Webb (Westfield, N.J.), Ian Olenik (Windham, N.H.), Frankie Carroll (East Setauket, N.Y.), Tom Sarni (Lynnfield, Mass.), and Cullen Mulhern (Lawrenceville, N.J.).
Additionally, four transfers joined the Friars roster upon Bobby Benson's arrival as Head Coach. James Corasaniti (New York, N.Y.), a graduate transfer from Fairfield University, and Patrick Yowan (Manchester, Vt.) a sophomore transfer from Loyola Maryland highlight the goaltending unit. Sophomores Pierce Gregory (Sherborn, Mass.) and Vincent Horton (Scituate, Mass.) come to Providence after playing at Bryant University as rookies in 2022.
IMPACT PLAYERS… Providence will continue to look to key returners as the 2023 season picks up. Junior Michael Chabra and sophomore Ryan Bell have been key pieces for the Friar offense in the first two games of the season. Chabra, after finishing fourth on the team in scoring in the 2022 season, started this season tallying four goals to lead the Friars past Holy Cross. Bell finished last season ranked 13th in the nation in assists per game (2.43) and second on the team in scoring with 43 points. He has continued to build off that success, contributing eight goals and five assists in the first two games. Attack player Jack Horrigan has also made significant contributions to the Friar offense. The sophomore has recorded a hat trick in each of the first two games.
Senior Grant Latimer continues to anchor the defensive line with help from sophomore Gregg Dennison. Latimer has collected three groundballs with two caused turnovers. Dennison has collected six groundballs, five of which came against Bryant, with three caused turnovers. Graduate transfer goalkeeper James Corasaniti has earned a .579 save percentage with 33 saves so far.
FRIARS PICKED TO FINISH FIFTH IN BIG EAST POLL... Providence was picked to finish fifth in the 2023 BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll (9 points). Georgetown was picked to win the league, having collected five first-place votes and 25 points overall. Denver (20 points) was second and Villanova, who received one first-place vote and 18 points was selected third. Rounding out the conference standings was Marquette (13 points) in fourth and St. John's (five points) in sixth.
SCOUTING SIENA… This year, the Saints were selected to finish third in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. Siena started this season with a 12-11 victory over NJIT.
PLAYERS TO WATCH… Seven different players scored for the Saints in their season opener against NJIT. Scoring was highlighted by fifth-year midfielder Christian Watts, who recorded five points on four goals and one assist. Sophomore Ryan McCarthy recorded four points on three goals and an assist.
Face-off specialist Dylan Pape has returned for his senior season after ending the 2022 campaign with a .535 face-off percentage (144-269). This year, against the Highlanders, Pape went 12-22.
WHAT'S NEXT… The Friars will travel to Brown University in their second game of the Ocean State Cup. The cross-city match-up is set for 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
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