Matt MacGrotty
15 Matt MacGrotty
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    210
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    New Westminster, British Columbia
  • High School:
    Taft School
  • Position:
    D
  • Major:
    Undeclared
  • gp
    21
  • p
    0
  • g
    0
  • a
    0

Bio

As a senior: All-NEC First Team ... NEILA All-New England Second Team ... NEILA East/West Game participant ... NEILA All-Academic Team ... Started all 21 games on defense as a senior captain, anchoring the Bulldogs' fifth-ranked defense and fourth-ranked man-down unit ... Led the team with 19 caused turnovers ... Fifth on the side with 44 ground balls ... Had only seven turnovers in 21 contests ... Graduates with 21 career caused turnovers, good for second in the program record books ... His 1.08 career caused turnovers per game rank third overall ... Also ranks in the career top-10 in games started (58, ninth) and top-20 in games played (66, tied for 15th) ... Represented Team Scotland at the 2014 FIL World Championships and was named to the President's Team as one of the top 10 players in the tournament outside the Blue Division.

As a junior: Started all 19 games on defense in 2013 ... Led the team in caused turnovers with 29, good for fifth best in the single-season record books ... Ranked 37th in the nation in caused turnovers per game, averaging 1.53 each time out, which was also good for sixth in the single-season program records ... Also picked up 36 ground balls, tying his career high with four against Providence and Sacred Heart in the regular-season finale ... Career-high five caused turnovers at home against Albany on March 16 (tied for seventh most in single-game program history) ... Forced three caused turnovers on three occasions ... Has at least one cuased turnover in 15-of-19 games and at least one ground ball in all but a single outing ... All-Northeast Conference First Team selection ... NEC Academic Honor Roll honoree ... Enters his senior season ranked fifth all-time in caused turnovers and in the top 20 for games started.

As a sophomore: Started all 18 games on defense in 2012 ... Recorded his first-career point with an assist against Robert Morris in the regular-season finale ... Ranked second on the team with 21 caused turnovers, good to tie him for sixth on the single-season program rankings while his 1.17 per game sit in seventh ... Forced a career-high four caused turnovers at Albany March 17 ... Added 28 ground balls on the year ... Named an NEC Academic Honor Roll selection.

As a freshman: Appeared in eight games in his first season with the Black and Gold ... Registered three ground balls and forced two turnovers on the season ... Collected his three ground balls in the final four games of the season ... Forced a turnover and recovered a ground ball against Stony Brook (Mar. 26) and Wagner (Apr. 9) ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

Before Bryant: A 2009 graduate of the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., where he played varsity lacrosse and basketball after attending four years of high school in British Columbia… Member of the U-16 National Lacrosse Championship team, where he was named Defensive MVP of the national tournament… Also a member of the U-13 (2002), U-15 (2004), U-17 (2006) and U-19 (2007 and 2009) teams that won the Provincial Field Lacrosse title… Led high school team to a combined 30-2 record as a junior and senior en route to back-to-back second-place finished at the British Columbia Provincial Championships… Also a two-year varsity letterwinner in basketball and a four-year varsity football letterwinner while in high school in Canada… Honor roll student throughout high school and postgrad.

Personal: The son of David MacGrotty and Karen Baker-MacGrotty, Matthew Brett MacGrotty was born March 29, 1990… Has one sister, Alysia.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: --
Assists:
1 at Robert Morris, 4/28/12
Points: 1 at Robert Morris, 4/28/12
Ground Balls:
5 vs. Hartford, 2/22/14
Caused Turnovers:
5 vs. Albany, 3/16/13

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 26 Wagner W, 15-7
May 1 vs. #3 Sacred Heart W, 12-8
May 3 vs. #4 Hobart W, 10-4
May 7 Siena W, 9-8
May 11 at #4 Syracuse W, 10-9
May 17 vs. #6 Maryland L, 16-8
  Overall Conf
Games 21 6
Points 0 0
Goals 0 0
Assists 0 0
Man-up goals 0 0
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 44 11
Turnovers 7 1
Caused turnovers 19 8
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 1 1
Shooting percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots on goal 1 1
Shots on goal percentage 100.0 100.0
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 8 at Colgate L, 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
Feb 16 #14/15 Bucknell W, 12-9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
Feb 22 at Hartford W, 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 1 #12/12 Yale L, 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 8 #17/18 Drexel W, 12-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 11 at Monmouth W, 12-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 15 at #13/13 Albany W, 12-11 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 22 Hobart W, 15-8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Mar 25 at Providence W, 7-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 29 vs. Richmond W, 9-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 2 at Sacred Heart W, 14-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 5 at Saint Joseph's L, 9-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 12 Mount St. Mary's W, 9-7 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 19 at Robert Morris W, 13-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 22 at Brown L, 13-11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 26 Wagner W, 15-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0-0 0 - 0 -
May 1 vs. #3 Sacred Heart W, 12-8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
May 3 vs. #4 Hobart W, 10-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
May 7 Siena W, 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
May 11 at #4 Syracuse W, 10-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
May 17 vs. #6 Maryland L, 16-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
2010-11 8 - 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0-0 0 - 0 -
2011-12 18 18 0 1 1 0 0 28 7 21 0-0 0 - 0 -
2012-13 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 35 9 29 0-0 0 - 0 -
2013-14 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 44 7 19 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Total 66 58 0 1 1 0 0 110 24 71 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
    gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Event Total 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 44 7 19 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Conference 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 8 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Location Home 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 7 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Away 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 23 3 10 0-0 0 - 0 -
Neutral 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0-0 0 - 0 -
Result Wins 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 36 6 15 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Losses 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 0-0 0 - 0 -
Month February 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 3 0-0 0 - 0 -
March 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 8 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
April 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 6 0-0 0 - 0 -
May 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0-0 0 - 0 -