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Lacrosse Back in Salt Lax City to Host Mercer
4/4/2025 11:03 AM | Lacrosse
Utes continue ASUN play at home
THE GAME
The University of Utah lacrosse program hosts the Mercer University Bears for their second match in ASUN play on Saturday, April 5. The game will take place at Ute Field at 12 p.m. MT.
HOW TO WATCH & FOLLOW
The game will be broadcasted on ESPN+. Livestats can be found here.
UTAH LACROSSE: NEED TO KNOWS
LAST TIME OUT
Utah won their first ASUN game of the season, wrapping an 11-9 match at Bellarmine.
MAD HATTERS
Six Utes have marked down at least one hat trick this season, with two players, both underclassmen, achieving it multiple times.
Freshman Cade Faulkner is leading the Utes with his four hat tricks, scoring three goals in back-to-back games at Ohio State and Delaware, then finding it again against Syracuse and at Virginia.
Freshman Luke McNamara and senior Cody Hart were the first of the season to tally three plus goals, hitting this mark at No. 19 Ohio State and pushing the Utes to their first ranked win of the season. McNamara went on to earn his second hat trick at Dartmouth alongside Zachary White, who earned the first in his career. Senior Jonas Hunter found his first as Ute in the match against Delaware, while freshman Chase Robertson hit the mark against Marquette for his career-first hat trick
AT THE TOP
Freshman Luke McNamara is at the top of the Utah scoring roster, finding 17 points in the goal in the first nine games of the season. Sophomore Cade Faulkner is close behind, marking 16 scores this season. With nine goals and 19 assists, Ryan Stines has tallied 28 points throughout the season, nine more than the second-highest on the team.
HELPING HAND
Ryan Stines has accumulated 22 assists in nine games this season, ranking first in the ASUN and ninth in the nation for assists per game, averaging 2.44.
IN THE CAGE
Junior Colin Lenskold has faced 368 shots in the cage so far this season, tallying up 107 saves in nine games, finding a save percentage of 50.5%. Marking an odd statistic, Lenskold faced exactly 39 shots against Utah's first three opponents, and then saw 39 shots again, for the fourth time this season, at Vermont.
ASUN HONORS
Junior Nikko DiPonio and senior Cody Hart were awarded this season's first ASUN weekly honors after a 19-13 Utah win against No. 19 Ohio State. DiPonio was named Defensive Player of the Week after his nine ground balls and one caused turnover held the defensive side for the Utes. On the offensive, Hart earned his title after scoring four goals and a helper to tally up five points.
FOLLOW US!
Get inside access to the Utes this season by following along on social media on Instagram (@UtahLacrosse), Twitter (@UtahLacrosse) and Facebook (Search University of Utah Men's Lacrosse Program).
The University of Utah lacrosse program hosts the Mercer University Bears for their second match in ASUN play on Saturday, April 5. The game will take place at Ute Field at 12 p.m. MT.
HOW TO WATCH & FOLLOW
The game will be broadcasted on ESPN+. Livestats can be found here.
UTAH LACROSSE: NEED TO KNOWS
- Utah is in its seventh year as a Division I program, holding an overall record of 47-37.
- Head coach Andrew McMinn is in his fourth season with the Utes and is the all-time wins leader at Utah with a record of 35-17.
- The Utes are in their fourth season in the ASUN conference, coming off three consecutive ASUN regular season titles (2022, 2023, 2024) and back-to-back ASUN Championships (2023, 2024).
- Two Utes received ASUN preseason awards, with junior Ryan Stines claiming a unanimous vote for preseason Attack of the Year and senior Cody Hart being named preseason Midfielder of the Year.
- Utah earned the top spot in the preseason ASUN Coaches Poll, the fourth straight year that Utah has been voted the No. 1 preseason ranking in the league.
- Since McMinn's first season in 2022, the Utes have broken over 70 school records in just 47 games.
- Utah finished 24th overall in the NCAA Men's lacrosse rankings for 2024.
LAST TIME OUT
Utah won their first ASUN game of the season, wrapping an 11-9 match at Bellarmine.
- Nikko DiPonio is the country's position-player leader in ground balls with 57 this season.
- Utes marked 58 shots to Bellarmine's 41, and 33-22 on-goal, sixteen Utes tallied an attempt.
- This was the first match this season that Utah wasn't the first to score, but came out on top.
- Pivetta was the first defense-men this season to earn a goal, marking the first in his career and his third-career shot.
- This bumped the all-time record between the Knights and the Utes to 9-0.
- The Utes picked up 29 ground balls, seven more than the Knights.
- In face-offs, the Utes finished at 16 wins to Bellarmine's 8, marking the fourth-time this season that Utah won more face-offs than their opponent.
MAD HATTERS
Six Utes have marked down at least one hat trick this season, with two players, both underclassmen, achieving it multiple times.
Freshman Cade Faulkner is leading the Utes with his four hat tricks, scoring three goals in back-to-back games at Ohio State and Delaware, then finding it again against Syracuse and at Virginia.
Freshman Luke McNamara and senior Cody Hart were the first of the season to tally three plus goals, hitting this mark at No. 19 Ohio State and pushing the Utes to their first ranked win of the season. McNamara went on to earn his second hat trick at Dartmouth alongside Zachary White, who earned the first in his career. Senior Jonas Hunter found his first as Ute in the match against Delaware, while freshman Chase Robertson hit the mark against Marquette for his career-first hat trick
AT THE TOP
Freshman Luke McNamara is at the top of the Utah scoring roster, finding 17 points in the goal in the first nine games of the season. Sophomore Cade Faulkner is close behind, marking 16 scores this season. With nine goals and 19 assists, Ryan Stines has tallied 28 points throughout the season, nine more than the second-highest on the team.
HELPING HAND
Ryan Stines has accumulated 22 assists in nine games this season, ranking first in the ASUN and ninth in the nation for assists per game, averaging 2.44.
IN THE CAGE
Junior Colin Lenskold has faced 368 shots in the cage so far this season, tallying up 107 saves in nine games, finding a save percentage of 50.5%. Marking an odd statistic, Lenskold faced exactly 39 shots against Utah's first three opponents, and then saw 39 shots again, for the fourth time this season, at Vermont.
ASUN HONORS
Junior Nikko DiPonio and senior Cody Hart were awarded this season's first ASUN weekly honors after a 19-13 Utah win against No. 19 Ohio State. DiPonio was named Defensive Player of the Week after his nine ground balls and one caused turnover held the defensive side for the Utes. On the offensive, Hart earned his title after scoring four goals and a helper to tally up five points.
FOLLOW US!
Get inside access to the Utes this season by following along on social media on Instagram (@UtahLacrosse), Twitter (@UtahLacrosse) and Facebook (Search University of Utah Men's Lacrosse Program).
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