Completed Event: Men's Lacrosse at RV/#19 Fairfield on March 1, 2025 , Loss , 7, to, 15
Men's Lacrosse
at RV/#19 Fairfield
Final
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Providence College Athletics
Saturday, March 25
Chapel Hill, N.C.
12:00 PM
Providence College
at
University of North Carolina
Photo by: DSPics.com
Men's Lacrosse Travels To No. 14 North Carolina
3/24/2023 10:26:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Face-off is set for 12:00 p.m.
LIVE STREAM | LIVE STATS | GAME NOTES
PROVIDENCE TRAVELS TO CHAPEL HILL… The Providence College men's lacrosse team will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. to face No. 14 North Carolina on Saturday, Mar. 25. Opening face-off is set for 12:00 p.m. on Dorrance Field.
LIVE STATS AND STREAM… The game will be broadcast live on the ACC Network. Links to the broadcast and live stats can be found on Friars.com by navigating to the men's lacrosse schedule.
SERIES BREAKDOWN… Since 2006, the Friars and Tar Heels have met four times. North Carolina leads the all-time series, 4-0.
MOST RECENT MEETING... The last match-up between Providence and North Carolina was played on Mar. 11, 2009. Providence fell to the Tar Heels, 14-7, in Chapel Hill.
LAST TIME OUT...The Friars dropped to 4-4 on the season after a loss to Hobart (13-11) on Saturday, Mar. 18 at the FCA Lacrosse Invitational. Providence was able to mount a three-point advantage going into half, but the Statesmen used a strong fourth quarter to clinch the victory. Ryan Bell led the Friars with six points on two goals and four assists. Michael Chabra scored a team-best four goals.
GOLDEN GOAL VICTORY... Providence earned its second-straight victory and fourth win overall during the 2023 season on Saturday, Mar. 11, over the Stony Brook Seawolves. The Friars earned a 10-9 win in overtime. Providence got off to a strong 3-0 start, but the Seawolves closed the quarter with three unanswered goals to tie the game (3-3). Stony Brook took its only lead of the game at the 13:16 mark of the second quarter (4-3), but Providence responded with four-consecutive goals to mount a 7-4 advantage with 12:48 to play in the third. Stony Brook tied the game, twice, in the fourth quarter at the 6:12 mark (8-8) and forced OT with 1-second left in regulation (9-9). Jack Horrigan scored the game-winning goal with 2:28 remaining in overtime to give the Friars a 10-9 win. Horrigan scored a career-high four goals in the game, and recorded his fourth hat trick of the season.
DOWN GO THE STAGS... The Friars got off to an early 6-1 start and led wire-to-wire in their 17-10 victory over Fairfield. Michael Chabra paced the Providence offense with four goals. Richie Joseph notched his first career-hat trick, adding three goals. Jack Horrigan and Ryan Bell tallied four points each on two goals and two assists. Providence won 15-31 face-off opportunities, led by Quinn McConnaughey (14-30), who also collected a team-high six groundballs.
FRIARS IN PHILLY...Providence was defeated by No. 12 Saint Joseph's, 19-6, on Saturday, Feb. 25. Michael Chabra and Jack Horrigan scored two goals each to lead Providence in scoring for the day. Stephen Markowski notched the first two points of his career on a goal and an assist. James Corasaniti made a game-high 13 saves in goal.
PROVIDENCE FALLS TO BROWN...Providence fell to Brown University, 13-7, in the second of two Ocean State Cup games on Tuesday, Feb 21. Michael Chabra recorded his sixth career-hat trick and led the Friars with four goals. Going into halftime, Brown held a one-goal advantage over Providence, but the Bears held the Friars scoreless in the third frame to take a 10-5 lead.
FOURTH QUARTER PUSH TO VICTORY...Providence used a dominant fourth quarter to defeat Siena on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Friars outscored the Saints 7-0 in the final period to earn the 18-11 victory. Three players tallied hat tricks including Michael Chabra (three goals), Ty Thureson (three goals) and Jack Horrigan (three goals). Ryan Bell added two goals and two assists for four points.
On the defensive end, goalkeeper James Corasaniti recorded 17 saves and successfully shut out the Saints in the final quarter.
FIRST OCEAN STATE CUP GAME... 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. 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; 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.
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.
RYAN BELL CLIMBS THE LADDER... Ryan Bell has worked his way onto the program's all-time career-assist list with 54 career-assists. Bell ended his freshman year with 34 assists. So far, the sophomore has collected 20 assists through the first eight games of the 2023 season. Bell's 54 assists place him 13th in program history.
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 12 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.), and Tom Sarni (Lynnfield, Mass.).
Additionally, three 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 highlights 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.
FOUR PLAYERS LEAD OFFENSIVE BOOST… Junior Michael Chabra and sophomores Ryan Bell, Jack Horrigan, and Patrick McAleavey have led the Friar offense through the first half of the season. Bell leads Providence in points (36) on 16 goals and 20 assists. The midfielder leads the conference in points per game (4.50) and assists per game (2.50). Horrigan is tied for a team-high 21 goals and has contributed four assists for 25 points. The sophomore has had eight-straight multi-goal contests and leads the BIG EAST in game-winning goals (two). He recently scored a career-high four goals against Stony Brook. Chabra matches Horrigan's 21 goals, the two are tied for fifth in the conference in goals per game (2.62).
Patrick McAleavey has collected 14 points on seven goals and seven assists. He has scored in each of the three most recent games, including a career-high two goals against Hobart. Three of his seven assists this season came in those games as well.
Providence leads the BIG EAST in man-down goals with two.
DEFENSIVE LEADERS... Senior Grant Latimer continues to anchor the defensive line with help from Jack Kilian and Gregg Dennison. Latimer has collected 12 ground balls with a team-high eight caused turnovers. Kilian has added seven caused turnovers and 10 ground balls. Dennison has collected 18 ground balls, while tallying five caused turnovers. Graduate transfer goalkeeper James Corasaniti has earned a .549 save percentage and six double-digit save games this season. The Friars lead the BIG EAST in saves per game (15.25) and save percentage (.552).
FRIARS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL... Providence ranks sixth in the nation in saves per game (15.25) with 122 total saves. With 15 saves on 20 extra-man opportunity goal attempts (.750), the Providence defense ranks 12th in man-down defenses. The Friars also have the 36th highest-scoring offense in the country.
Ryan Bell ranks 8th among Division I players in assists per game (2.50) and 20th in points per game (4.50). Jack Horrigan and Michael Chabra are tied for 38th in the nation in goals per game (2.62). Averaging 14.62 saves per game, James Corasaniti is eighth in the nation in saves per game.
PERFECT AT HOME... The Friars have started the season with a perfect 4-0 record at home. In the season opener, Providence defeated Holy Cross, 12-9. The Friars followed with victories over Siena (18-11), Fairfield (17-10) and Stony Brook (10-9 OT) to close out the home non-conference slate. The next time Providence plays at Anderson Stadium will be on Apr. 1 as it welcomes Marquette for its BIG EAST opener.
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 NO. 14 NORTH CAROLINA… North Carolina began the season as a Top-20 nationally ranked team and was selected to finish fourth in the ACC Preseason Coaches' Poll, the No. 14 Tar Heels currently sit in second place in the ACC. Additionally, defensive midfielder Connor Maher was named to the Preseason All-ACC Team. The graduate student also received Preseason All-America honors from USILA, USA Lacrosse Magazine and Inside Lacrosse at the start of the season.
PLAYERS TO WATCH… Attackman Logan McGovern leads the Tar Heel offense with 35 points on 19 goals and 16 assists. He has scored in eight-straight games this season.
The defensive line is anchored by Maher and Paul Barton. Combined, the two have collected 39 ground balls and caused 20 turnovers. Additionally, Maher has tallied 7 points on three goals and four assists, while Barton has scored two goals and an assist.
WHAT'S NEXT… The Friars will return to Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium on Saturday, Apr. 1, for their BIG EAST opener against the Marquette Golden Eagles. Opening face-off is set for 12:00 p.m.
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