The 8th-ranked Men's Lacrosse team fell to Rutgers, 10-8, in their Big East Opener on Saturday at Arlotta Stadium.
One of three team captains for the 2012 season ... has played in 39 career games, including 33 starts ... two monograms ... has started every game over the last two seasons ... a key presence on a Notre Dame defense that has finished the last two seasons ranked second nationally in goals allowed per game ... a smart and fundamentally sound player ... has picked up 35 ground balls ... has worked extremely hard heading into his senior campaign ... a leader on the defen- sive end of the field for the Irish ... a quiet and steady player ... very smart and tough ... has a solid all-around game ... selected by the Charlotte Hounds in the seventh round (49th overall pick) of the 2012 MLL Draft.
AS A JUNIOR (2011): A starter in all 14 games ... key cog in Notre Dame's defense that ranked second nationally by allowing 6.57 goals per game ... the Fighting Irish defense allowed seven goals or fewer 10 times during the season ... picked up 10 ground balls ... matched a career-high total with three ground balls in the 12-7 season- opening win over Duke ... the stout Irish defense surrendered just two goals in a 6-2 win at Penn State in the second game of the season ... the Notre Dame defense allowed just three goals in BIG EAST wins over Rutgers and Providence ... earned his second monogram.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2010): A starter in all 17 games ... a key reason why the Notre Dame defense ranked second nationally with a 7.53 goals-against average ... the Irish defense allowed only 23 goals (5.75 per game) during the four games of the NCAA Championship ... picked up a career-high 22 ground balls ... forced 11 turnovers ... picked up two ground balls and caused one turnover in the 11-7 season-opening win over Duke ... scooped up two ground balls and forced two turnovers in an 11-9 triumph of Loyola ... picked up two ground balls and forced a turnover in an 11-3 win over Providence ... helped the Irish down St. John's 13-6 by forcing two turnovers ... picked up a ground ball and caused two turnovers in a 7-5 win over Maryland in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship ... earned his first monogram.
AS A FRESHMAN (2009): Played in eight games and made two starts ... picked up three ground balls ... helped Notre Dame rank first among all NCAA Division I schools with a program-record 6.19 goals-against average ... the Fighting Irish did not allow more than nine goals in a game and surrendered six goals or fewer on six occasions ... made his collegiate debut in a 10-9 win over Loyola in the season opener ... started the Vermont and Bellarmine contests in replace of an injured Regis McDermott ... picked up a ground ball in wins over Dartmouth, Bellarmine and Ohio State in the title game of the GWLL Tournament.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Earned letters in lacrosse, soccer, basketball and football at Penfield High School ... lacrosse squad cap- tured the conference and regional champion- ship by posting a 19-2 record during his sophomore season ... team won the Section V crown that season as he started every game on the defense, which allowed just 5.9 goals per game ... was an all-conference selection as a sophomore, junior and senior ... an all- city performer as a junior and senior when he collected 52 groundballs ... named a New York State Scholar-Athlete as a sophomore, junior, and senior ... member of the Western Region Empire State Games team that won the bronze medal ... captain his senior season ... team MVP and Academic All-American as a senior ... member of the National Honor Society and was class vice president ... son of Greg and Julia Randall ... brother, Tim, played lacrosse at Cornell, while sister, Kate, played field hockey at Cornell ... enrolled in the College of Engineering as a civil engineering major ... boasts a 3.542 Cumulative GPA.
