ST. BONAVENTURE (4-7, 0-3 A-10) vs. No. 4 RICHMOND (9-1, 3-0 A-10)
Saturday, April 11 – 12:00 p.m.
Marra Athletics Complex
TV: ESPN+
 
OPENING FACEOFF
The St. Bonaventure men's lacrosse team is set to face off against No. 4 Richmond at the Marra Athletics Complex this Saturday at noon. The Spiders will be the second nationally ranked team the Bonnies face this season as SBU hosted No. 18 Saint Joseph's on March 14.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Bonnies trailed wire-to-wire last Saturday on the road at High Point, eventually falling 19-8. Cole Kucinski and Patrick Shanahan each scored twice to lead the visiting attack. Freshman Jonas Johnson also posted a career-best three points (1G-2A).
 
TOUGH IN TRANSITION
The Bonnies boast an effective ride, holding opponents to a success rate of just 81.8 percent on clears. That figure ranks third in the A-10 and 14th nationally.
 
TURNOVER MACHINE
Defender Owen Tasse, a redshirt junior, leads the A-10 with 2.45 caused turnovers per game so far this season, also good for a top-three mark in the nation. His 27 total caused turnovers this year are a single-season program record.
 
BETWEEN THE POSTS
Sophomore goalie Isaac Farmer has made quite an impact on defense, saving an average of 11.09 shots per game, the second most in the A-10.

IN THE RANKINGS 
Cole Kucinski has netted 24 goals on the season, good for fourth in the Division I era of the Bonnies dating back to 2019. Ahead of him are the 25 goals posted by Sean Westley in 2023 and also Westley's 30 goals in 2022. Jackson Rose set the record of 40 goals in 2022.

Tasse's 27 caused turnovers not only rank as the most in Bona single-season history, but his 43 groundballs rank third by any non-faceoff specialist behind only Brady Wijbrandts who had 58 in 2022 and Nick Conklin's 44 in 2019.

In the faceoff circle, Lad Harper owns a .542 winning percentage this year which would be the best in program history.

On the career side of things, Patrick Shanahan now has 68 career points as he moved past Conor Murphy '25 for third in Bona history last weekend. Only Sean Westley '22, '23 (156) and Jake Rosa '24 (122) have more points in a Bonnies uniform.
 
ABOUT RICHMOND

• A mainstay in the top 10 of this season's national rankings, No. 4 Richmond enters Saturday's contest with a 9-1 overall record and multiple marquee wins over top competition. The Spiders have beaten No. 13 Virginia (18-12), No. 5 Cornell (8-7) and No. 13 Georgetown (14-10) as well as UMass (21-7) and Lehigh (16-7), both of which were receiving votes at the time.
• Richmond's lone blemish came in the form of a 12-8 loss to fourth-ranked Notre Dame last Saturday. The Spiders entered the day as the top-ranked team in the country.
• The team is led by 2025 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year Dan Chemotti in his 13^th consecutive season as head coach.
• As a team, Richmond has compiled many of the conference's top statistical marks this season. The squad leads the A-10 in average assists (9.2), caused turnovers (10.4), groundballs (36.8), points (25), goals allowed (8), goals scored (15.8) and turnovers (12) per game.
• Aidan O'Neill leads the Spiders with 50 points (21G-29A) and boasts the most assists per game in the A-10 (2.9), also good for the third most in the nation. He is followed by Lucas Littlejohn with 29 points (27G-2A). Littlejohn has scored the most goals per game in the conference (2.7).
• Goalie Connor Knight has compiled the best goals against average in the A-10 (8.05), also earning the second highest save percentage (55.5 percent).

 
SERIES HISTORY
The Spiders have beaten the Bonnies in all four of the programs' meetings including a 22-5 victory in the most recent matchup last season. Jaxon Dillon scored two goals in the contest to lead SBU's attack.
 
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