THE GAME
The University of Utah Lacrosse team is set to play three games in seven days, starting on the road at Detroit Mercy on Saturday, March 25. The game will start at 11 a.m. MT.
HOW TO WATCH
The game against Detroit Mercy will have a live stream, weather permitting, but fans can also follow along with the link for live stats available on the Utah Lacrosse schedule page.
FOLLOW US!
To get inside access to the Utah Lacrosse program including behind the scenes videos and photos, in-game updates, and much more, make sure to follow along on social media (Instagram:
@UtahLacrosse | Twitter: @UtahLacrosse).
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
• Utah was picked first in the preseason ASUN Poll after winning the regular season title in 2022.
• Utah is only giving up 14.67 turnovers per game, which ranks first in the ASUN and 15th nationally.
• Utah has three different players with 10+ goals (
Tyler Bradbury, 11;
Ryan Stines, 13;
Jordan Hyde, 13).
TICKETS
Fans can purchase tickets for the remaining home games on UtahTickets.com or by calling/texting 801-581-8849.
LAST TIME OUT
Utah claimed its second win of the season to start conference play 1-0 with a 15-8 victory over Bellarmine at home on Saturday, March 18.
• Utah's 41 ground balls against Bellarmine ranks fifth all-time at Utah and was the second game in a row with 40+ ground balls.
• Three different players earned hat tricks in the game (
Ryan Stines,
Jordan Hyde,
Tyler Bradbury) with Stines leading the Utes with four points (3 goals, 1 assist).
• Senior
Cole Brams recorded a team-high 10 ground balls, also winning 16 faceoffs.
• Utah's true freshman goalkeeper finished the game with 12 saves on just eight goals allowed, earning ASUN Defensive Player of the Week honors.
BRADBURY BRINGS IT ALL
Through six games, junior attackman
Tyler Bradbury leads the Utes in with 21 (11 goals, 10 assists) becoming the all-time career points leader at Utah with 122 (54 goals, 68 assists) over a span of 35 games (3.5 ppg).
• He passed former all-time points leader
Josh Stout, who had 105 points from 2019-22.
• He has scored at least one point in 22 straight games, dating back to the 2021 season, and has scored a point in 30 of his 35 career games.
• Bradbury is already the all-time record holder for career assists, sitting at 68.
• He also ranks third all-time in career goals with 54.
• This season, he ranks third in the ASUN in assists per game (1.67), also ranking fourth in points per game (3.50).
• He has 22 career games with multiple assists, including in three games this season (3 at Denver, 4 vs. Marquette, 2 at Rutgers).
• Bradbury also has 18 career games with two-or-more goals, including in four games this season (2 vs. Marquette, 2 vs. Vermont, 3 at Rutgers, 3 vs. Bellarmine).
• He set the school record for single-season points in 2022 (62), and with 21 through six games with eight remaining, he is on track to break the record again.
WHEN HYDE SHOOTS, HE SCORES
Junior attackman
Jordan Hyde has scored 73 goals through 31 career games, averaging 2.4 goals per game. He ranks second all-time in goals at Utah, needing two more to pass
Josh Stout (74 from 2019-22) and set a new school record.
• He is tied for the team lead in goals so far this season, finding the back of the net 13 times. He scored 40 goals in 2022, which ranked second all-time at Utah in single-season goals scored.
• Through six games in 2023, he has scored multiple goals in four, including hat tricks against Denver (2/4/23), Vermont (2/18/23) and Bellarmine (3/18/23).
• He has 21 career games with multiple goals.
• He has scored in 12 straight games, dating back to Utah's game at Cleveland State on April 9, 2022.
• He currently ranks seventh in the ASUN in goals per game (2.17), also ranking seventh in shot percentage (.394).
• Hyde has yet to dip below 40-percent on his shots on goal percentage this season, including his season high of 80-percent against Denver (4 shots on goal, 3 goals).
STICKY STICK
Senior defenseman
Samuel Cambere and senior faceoff specialist
Cole Brams are known for finding ways to get the ball, whether that is through ground balls, faceoff wins or even caused turnovers.
• Brams and Cambere currently rank first and second in program history in career ground balls with 254 and 213, respectively.
• Cambere also holds the school record for career caused turnovers (78) while Brams sits atop the record book in faceoff wins (482) and percentage (.527).
• Cambere has recorded at least one ground ball in all 52 games he has appeared in.
• Cambere's season-high three caused turnovers against Marquette this year was the 22nd time in his career he has posted two-or-more CTOs in a game.
• Bram's 10 ground balls against Bellarmine (3/18/23) was the ninth time he has had double-digit ground balls in a game.
• Bram's currently ranks 5th in the ASUN and 52nd nationally in faceoff win percentage (.507).
NEWCOMER IN THE NET
True freshman goalkeeper
Colin Lenskold earned the starting spot this season with the Utes currently being the only ASUN program with a starting freshman goalkeeper. Through six games, Lenskold has 79 saves with a 13.25 goals against average.
• Out of the 73 goalkeepers ranked in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse in saves per game, Lenskold ranks 17th (13.17), also leading the ASUN.
• His 13.17 saves per game ranks second among freshmen in the NCAA.
• His breakout game of the year came against Vermont (2/18/23), stopping 20 shots, only allowing 14 goals.
• His 20 saves against the Catamounts was a school record for single-game saves and is the fourth-most in the NCAA this year.
• The 20 stops also ranks as the second-most by a freshman in the NCAA this season.
• Lenskold also had 14 saves in Utah's game at Johns Hopkins (2/25/23), allowing just 12 goals.
• He earned ASUN Defensive Player of the Week after posting 12 saves with just eight goals allowed against Bellarmine (3/18/23), also racking up three ground balls and a caused turnover.
MCMAKIN IT HAPPEN
Junior attackman
MJ McMahon has been a consistent threat on offense for the Utes since he stepped foot on campus in 2020, recording 60 points on 39 goals and 21 assists.
• Through 37 career games, McMahon ranks fourth all-time in career points (60), also ranking fifth in goals (39) and is tied for fourth in assists (21).
• Ranks fourth in the ASUN in assists per game (1.33).
• He has scored two-or-more points in four of Utah's six games this season, including a season-high three against Marquette (2 goals, 1 assist), at Johns Hopkins (3 assists) and at Rutgers (3 assists).
• Prior to Utah's season opener against Denver (2/4/23), he had scored at least a point in 19 straight games (at Mercer, 4/27/21 – vs. Robert Morris, 5/7/22).
• He has scored at least a point in 30 of the 37 games he has appeared in.
STINES CLIMBS THE CHART
Redshirt freshman
Ryan Stines has scored 13 goals through six games in his first season on the field for the Utes, starting all six games as well.
• He is in pursuit of the freshman record for single-season goals, which sits at 20 (
Jordan Hyde, 2021).
• Stines has scored at least one goal in all six games this season, including two-or-more in the last four.
• He scored a career-high four goals in Utah's game at Rutgers (3/4/23).
• His 13 goals this season leads all freshmen in the ASUN while his 2.17 goals per game ranks seventh among freshmen in the NCAA.