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Dave Caperna |
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Played in 15 games during his Notre Dame career ... collected four ground balls ... earned a monogram as a senior ... helped bolster a stout Fighting Irish defense that ranked in the top five nationally during his final two seasons ... first Fallston native ever to be a student-athlete at Notre Dame. AS A SENIOR: Played in five games ... picked up one ground ball ... saw action in wins over Villanova (16-6), Dartmouth (19-7), Bellarmine (19-7) and Quinnipiac in both the regular season (16-6) and GWLL Tournament (10-6) ... picked up a ground ball in Notre Dame's triumph of Quinnipiac in the semifinals of the GWLL Tournament ... was whistled for one penalty on the season ... that came in the victory over Villanova ... received the first monogram of his Notre Dame career. AS A JUNIOR: Appeared in a career-high eight games ... picked up three ground balls ... saw action in the first four games of the season (#13 Loyola, Penn State, #4 Cornell, #15 North Carolina) ... played in wins over Bellarmine, Villanova, Air Force and Lehigh ... collected a career-high two ground balls in a 16-4 league victory over Air Force ... scooped up one ground ball in a 15-5 triumph of Villanova. AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in one game ... saw time in a 19-7 victory over Quinnipiac in the regular-season finale. AS A FRESHMAN: Played in one game ... made his collegiate debut in the 22-6 victory over Butler. PREP AND PERSONAL DATA: Attended the Gilman School, where he competed in lacrosse and football ... collected four letters in football as an outside linebacker and three in lacrosse as a defenseman ... attended Top Star lacrosse camp in 2003 and also was named to the Fab 40 ... threetime conference football champion ... all-conference and all-city football player his junior campaign ... that year his team went undefeated in winning the conference championship and achieved a No. 14 national ranking ... captain of the football squad his senior season ... played alongside former Notre Dame football players Victor Abiamiri and Ambrose Wooden ... played for the Irish along with his high school classmate Alex Wharton ... son of Linda and Dennis Caperna ... has one older brother ... born March 19, 1986, in Bel Air, Md. ... graduated from the Mendoza College of Business in May 2008 with degrees in finance and economics ... finished with a 3.283 cumulative GPA. CAPERNA'S CAREER STATISTICS
| Year |
GP/GS |
Pts. |
GB |
Shots |
P/Min |
| 2005 |
1/0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0-0:00 |
| 2006 |
1/0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0-0:00 |
| 2007 |
8/0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0-0:00 |
| 2008 |
5/0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1-1:00 |
| Totals |
15/0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1-1:00 |
