University of Richmond Athletics
Gameday Central: #14 Spiders Hit The Road To Take On The Mount
02/21/2017 | Men's Lacrosse
EMMITSBURG, Md. - For the first time this season, the University of Richmond men's lacrosse team will hit the road, opening it's road slate against a tough Mount St. Mary's squad.
The Spiders enter the contest with a target on their back after earning the highest national ranking in program history this week when they were ranked #14 in the media poll. They were #15 in the coaches poll, which is also a first in program history.
Richmond knows that there is plenty of work still left to do in order to achieve its goals and it starts with a Mount St. Mary's squad that enters Tuesday afternoon hungry for a win.
| 2017 SPIDER MEN'S LACROSSE GAMEDAY CENTRAL - MOUNT ST. MARY'S |
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| Who | #14 Richmond Spiders (2-0) at Mount St. Mary's (0-2) |
| When | Tuesday, Feb. 21, 3 p.m. |
| Where | Emmitsburg, Md. |
| Venue | Waldron Family Stadium |
| Video | NEC Front Row |
| Live Stats | Click Here |
Series vs. Mount St. Mary's (Richmond leads 2-0)
Richmond has won two tough battles over the Mountaineers in each of the past two seasons. The two games were decided by a combined four goals. (2016: Richmond, 9-6; 2015: Richmond, 8-7).
In those two wins, seniors J.P. Forester and Dan Ginestero have combined for seven goals and four assists.
More Hats!
Sophomore Ryan Lee is enjoying a breakout start to his second season at Richmond, combining for seven goals and three assists in the Spiders' first two victories.
Lee started his year off with a four-goal performance against Fairfield, followed this past week with a second straight hat trick in the win over UMBC.
Teddy's The Talk Of The Town
Hatfield's four goal, four assist performance in the season-opening win not only set a program record for a single game point total, it also earned him EPOCH Magazine and US Lacrosse's National Player of the Week honor.
In 18 career games, Hatfield has 26 goals and 21 assists.
Spider Sweep
In addition to Hatfield's national honor, he also helped Richmond sweep the first SoCon weekly awards of the season by earning SoCon Offensive Player of the Week, while senior goalie Benny Pugh was named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week.
Pugh had 15 saves and limited the potent Fairfield attack to just three goals, the second fewest allowed by any team in the country over the first two weeks of the season.
Boasting About Brendan
Senior Brendan Hynes is the only player in Richmond history with 200 ground balls and 100 caused turnovers and his play backs up those stats.
Hynes, who has been named to the all-conference teams in each of his three seasons with the Spiders, earned Preseason Honorable Mention All-American honors from Inside Lacrosse.
He's the first Preseason All-American in Richmond history.
Sensational Six
Hynes wasn't the only Spider earning preseason recoginition as he was one of six members of this year's squad to earn Preseason All-SoCon honors.
Joining Hynes on the preseason squad was Mitch Goldberg, Ryan Dennis, Austin Cates, Peter Moran and Jean-Luc Chetner.
