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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 200
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- Year:
- R-Fr.
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- Hometown:
- Miller Place, N.Y.
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- High School:
- Miller Place
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- Position:
- A
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- gp
- 19
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- 21
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- g
- 14
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- a
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Bio
As a redshirt-freshman (2017): NEC All-Rookie Team ... Appeared in 19 games for the Bulldogs, making 17 starts ... Scored 14 goals and had seven assists to totoal 21 points ... Picked up 20 ground balls over the season ... Scored his first goal in a two-score performance in the season opener at Manhattan on February 4 ... Scooped four ground balls in a 13-7 victory over Sacred Heart on April 8 ... Added a goal in the NEC Championship victory over Hobart on May 6.
As a freshman (2016): Appeared in a pair of games in his first season with the Black and Gold before missing the rest of the season to injury ... Picked up two ground balls against Bucknell on Feb. 14.
Before Bryant: A 2015 graduate of Miller Place High School, Buonaiuto was a four-year varsity letterwinner and three-year starter for the Panthers … Led team to three-straight league championships … Panthers won the county championship in 2013 … Honorable Mention All-American selection … Also played three years of varsity football, where he was named an all-state and all-Long Island selection.
Personal: Son of Jacqueline and Thomas Buonaiuto, Jacob Buonaiuto was born Jan. 21, 1997 … Has one brother, Zach, and one sister, Kelsey.
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 2, three times (last at Hobart, 4/15/17)
Assists: 2 vs. Hartford (2/25/17)
Points: 3 at Manhattan (2/4/17)
Ground balls: 4 vs. Sacred Heart (4/8/17)
Caused turnovers: 1 at Bucknell (2/11/17)
Player Profile
| Overall | Conf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 19 | 6 | ||
| Points | 21 | 7 | ||
| Goals | 14 | 6 | ||
| Assists | 7 | 1 | ||
| Man-up goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Man-down goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ground balls | 20 | 6 | ||
| Turnovers | 27 | 10 | ||
| Caused turnovers | 1 | 0 | ||
| Faceoffs | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Faceoff percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Shots | 63 | 16 | ||
| Shooting percentage | 22.2 | 37.5 | ||
| Shots on goal | 34 | 10 | ||
| Shots on goal percentage | 54.0 | 62.5 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4 | at Manhattan | W, 17-10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 | 28.6 | 6 | 85.7 |
| Feb 11 | at Bucknell | L, 9-8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
| Feb 18 | Providence | L, 7-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Feb 25 | Hartford | W, 17-11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Feb 28 | at No. 19/RV Boston University | L, 12-9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 20.0 | 3 | 60.0 |
| Mar 5 | at No. 7/6 Yale | W, 9-6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Mar 10 | at Drexel | L, 7-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Mar 13 | Siena | W, 18-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Mar 18 | at Mount St. Mary's | L, 6-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Mar 25 | Saint Joseph's | W, 8-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apr 1 | at Wagner | W, 8-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apr 8 | Sacred Heart | W, 13-7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Apr 15 | at Hobart | L, 13-6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 66.7 | 3 | 100.0 |
| Apr 22 | Robert Morris | W, 13-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 20.0 | 3 | 60.0 |
| Apr 25 | Brown | L, 14-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| May 4 | vs. #3 Robert Morris | W, 12-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| May 6 | at #1 Hobart | W, 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| May 10 | Monmouth | W, 10-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| May 14 | at #1 Maryland | L, 13-10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| 2016-17 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 0-0 | 63 | 22.2 | 34 | 54.0 |
| 2017-18 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 0-0 | 65 | 32.3 | 37 | 56.9 |
| 2018-19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 19 | 15.8 | 9 | 47.4 |
| 2019-20 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0-0 | 46 | 34.8 | 31 | 67.4 |
| 2020-21 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 0-0 | 59 | 18.6 | 33 | 55.9 |
| Total | 70 | 48 | 65 | 28 | 93 | 6 | 1 | 71 | 88 | 11 | 0-0 | 254 | 25.6 | 145 | 57.1 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 19 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 0-0 | 63 | 22.2 | 34 | 54.0 |
| Conference | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | 16 | 37.5 | 10 | 62.5 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Location | Home | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 25 | 16.0 | 11 | 44.0 |
| Away | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0-0 | 36 | 27.8 | 22 | 61.1 | |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | |
| Result | Wins | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0-0 | 33 | 24.2 | 18 | 54.5 |
| Losses | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0-0 | 30 | 20.0 | 16 | 53.3 | |
| Month | February | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0-0 | 26 | 15.4 | 16 | 61.5 |
| March | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 16 | 18.8 | 6 | 37.5 | |
| April | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 | 38.5 | 8 | 61.5 | |
| May | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 25.0 | 4 | 50.0 |
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