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2021 Men's Lacrosse Roster

12 Matt Ward

  • Position A
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Shrewsbury, Mass.
  • High School Shrewsbury

Biography

ACCOLADES

2020-21: Co-Captain of the team...United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-America Honorable Mention...USILA Scholar All-American...Named the Hawks Soar Higher Male Student-Athlete of the Year...Selected to the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) All-Academic Team...NEILA First Team All-New England...USILA All-Region Second Team...Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team...USILA Division II Team of the Week (Apr. 1)...Northeast-10 Player of the Week (Mar. 29)...USILA Preseason All-American Honorable Mention...Saint Anselm Fall Dean’s List…Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Saint Anselm Spring Dean's List...Northeast-10 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2019-20: NEILA Preseason All-New England…Saint Anselm Fall Dean’s List…Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Saint Anselm Spring Dean’s List...Northeast-10 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2018-19: Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2017-18: Saint Anselm Fall Dean's List...Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll...Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team...Northeast-10 Rookie of the Week (Apr. 18)...Northeast-10 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AT SAINT ANSELM

2021: Started in all 15 games for the Hawks…Registered 43 goals and eight assists for 51 points…Collected 29 ground balls and caused 10 turnovers…Fired 126 shots with 84 on goal…Tallied a goal in all 15 games with 11 multi-goal games…Credited with three game winning goals…Scored six up goals, which ranked second on the team…Led the team in goals and points…Opened the season with 11 goals between the Mar. 24 win at Southern New Hampshire (five goals) and the Bentley (six goals) win on Mar. 27…Had eight points (four goals, four assists) in the 25-5 win against Assumption on May 1…Scooped a season-high five ground balls against Saint Michael’s on Apr. 3…Fired 12 shots in a game on four separate occasions…Caused three turnovers and collected three ground balls in the season opener at Southern New Hampshire...Part of the offense that finished 7th in all of Division II in scoring offense, scoring 16.07 goals per game…Helped the Hawks finish 8th in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Coaches Poll.

2020: Started each of the Hawks games as a junior attacker…Finished the season with 10 points on eight goals and two assists…Led the team in total goals and shots on goal with 17…Was one of three Hawks student-athletes to have 10 or more points this season…Picked up eight ground balls with one caused turnover…Ranked second on the team in shots with 25…Started the junior campaign with a hat-trick, netting a man-up goal with 9:09 to go in the opening half in the season-opening 16-7 win over No. 18 New York Tech on Feb. 22…Followed up with another hat-trick performance in the 17-16 overtime victory against Florida Tech on Mar. 2…Ended the season with a four-point performance, scoring two goals and two assists, in the 15-6 triumph over Georgian Court on Mar. 11…Had a season-high 12 shots in the victory over Georgian Court…Helped the Hawks remain as one of 11 teams in the nation to be undefeated at the end of the season…Season ended early due to coronavirus pandemic…Helped the Hawks finish 18th in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Coaches Poll.

2019: Started in all 14 games for the Hawks during his sophomore season…Ranked third on the team in points with 36…Scored 28 goals and eight assists…Grabbed 28 ground balls and caused four turnovers…Totaled 69 shots with 42 on frame…Ranked second for single-season man-up goals with seven…Ranked sixth in NE10 for man-up goals, along with 20th in the nation…Scored a season-high seven goals during victory over Post on Mar. 23, ranking sixth in goals scored in a single game in the program...Had back-to-back four-point performances against American International on Apr. 5 and No. 9 Pace on Apr. 10…Netted four goals and one assist in the 19-11 win over Saint Rose on Apr. 23…Posted a season-high six ground balls in the win over Saint Rose on Apr. 23…Had a season-high 12 shots in the same game...Helped his team to finish the year 20th in the Division II United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Coaches’ Poll.

2018: Played in all 16 games for the Hawks as a freshman, scoring 32 goals and 18 assists for 50 points (32-18=50)...Picked up 11 ground balls on the season...Ranked 11th in the NE10 in assists per game (1.13)...14th in the conference in goals per game (2.00)...10th in the NE10 in points per game (3.13)...Ranked fifth in the league in shot percentage (.410), leading the team in that statistic...Scored the game-winning goal at home against LIU Post on Apr. 24...Made his collegiate debut at Post on Mar. 10, scoring two goals and as many assists for four points (2-2=4)...Had a man-up goal at home against Pace on Apr. 11...Recorded a season-best five points in three games, doing so first against Pace on Apr. 11...Scored four goals against the Setters before posting three goals and two assists for five points (3-2=5) on Apr. 28 and May 1 against Saint Rose...Recorded at least one point of offense in all but one of his 16 games played...Started the final nine games of the season for the Hawks.

PRIOR TO SAINT ANSELM: 2017 graduate of Shrewsbury HS...Played four years of ice hockey and lacrosse for the Colonials...Earned Honor Roll recognition...Was a three-time Central Massachusetts All-Star...Also captured First Team Midland Wachusett League All-Star honors on three-separate occasions...Was a two-time Worcester Telegram & Gazette Super Team selection and was a finalist for the Telegram & Gazette Male Athlete of the Year Award...Finished his career as a 2017 First Team All-Central Massachusetts selection, scoring 149 career goals and 91 assists for 240 points (149-91=240)...Is the Shrewsbury HS lacrosse program record-holder in career assists (91) and its second all-time leading point scorer (240)...Captained the ice hockey team to a state championship as a senior...Named 2017 Player of the Year in ice hockey by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

PERSONAL: Son of Art and Kristen...Brother of Kevin and Colin...Father, Art, played ice hockey at Fairfield...Aspires to work in the financial market...Finance and Business major...Enjoys spending time with friends and family.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

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    2021Senior

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