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- Hometown:
- Huntington, N.Y.
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- High School:
- Elwood John Glenn
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Bio
As a junior (2017): NEC First Team All-Conference ... Appeared in all 19 games for the Bulldogs ... ollected 120 ground balls over the course of the season, which led the conference and was 15th in the nation ... Led the NEC with a .584 face-off win percentage, which was also good for 15th in the country ... Set a new career-best with 16 ground balls vs. Siena on March 13, a game he also won 25 face-offs in ... Scored his only goal of the season in an 8-7 win over Saint Joseph's on March 25 ... Won 12 of 13 face-offs at Wagner on April 1 ... Fielded 13 ground balls in a win over Sacred Heart on April 8 ... Named to the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll, as well as the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a sophomore (2016): Appeared in all 15 games after moving from defensive midfielder to team's faceoff specialist ... Went 186-for-337 in first season at the X, sporting the third-best winning percentage (55.2) in the NEC ... Picked up 86 ground balls, and the 5.87 ground balls per game were tops in the league and 12th in the nation ... Added six points on three goals and three assists to go along with three casued turnovers ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a redshirt-freshman (2015): Appeared in all 18 games as a top defensive midfielder for the Black and Gold ... Scored a trio of goals, including one against Marist in the NCAA tournament ... Added a pair of assists for five points on the year ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 16-6 victory over Sacred Heart April 7, also adding a helper in the outing ... Collected 18 ground balls with six caused turnovers ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman (2014): Redshirt ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bryant: A 2013 graduate of Elwood John Glenn High School, Massa was a three-year varsity letterwinner and two-year starter at midfield for the Knights … All-county selection as a senior … Also lettered two years in football and two more in wrestling … Named an all-county wrestler in 2009 and an all-league selection in 2010 … 2013 all-county nominee in football … Named to Suffolk County Football Golden 11 … 2013 Delicave Nominee … National Honor Society member.
Personal: Son of Karen and Jeff Massa, Kenneth Massa was born September 18, 1995 … Has two brothers, Michael, who played baseball at Lafayette College from 2009-13, and Kevin, who played lacrosse for the Bulldogs from 2012-15.
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 1, seven times (last vs. Saint Joseph's, 3/25/17)
Assists: 1, five times (last vs. Wagner, 4/9/16)
Points: 2 vs. Sacred Heart (4/7/15)
Ground balls: 16 vs. Siena (3/13/17)
Caused turnovers: 1, 10 times (last vs. Providence, 2/18/17)
Faceoff Percentage: 93.7 % (15-for-16) at Sacred Heart, 4/26/16
Player Profile
| Overall | Conf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 19 | 6 | ||
| Points | 1 | 1 | ||
| Goals | 1 | 1 | ||
| Assists | 0 | 0 | ||
| Man-up goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Man-down goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ground balls | 120 | 38 | ||
| Turnovers | 9 | 2 | ||
| Caused turnovers | 1 | 0 | ||
| Faceoffs | 222-380 | 67-102 | ||
| Faceoff percentage | 58.4 | 65.7 | ||
| Shots | 11 | 4 | ||
| Shooting percentage | 9.1 | 25.0 | ||
| Shots on goal | 6 | 3 | ||
| Shots on goal percentage | 54.5 | 75.0 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4 | at Manhattan | W, 17-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13-25 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Feb 11 | at Bucknell | L, 9-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6-19 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Feb 18 | Providence | L, 7-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11-17 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Feb 25 | Hartford | W, 17-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-22 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Feb 28 | at No. 19/RV Boston University | L, 12-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14-25 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 5 | at No. 7/6 Yale | W, 9-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12-19 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Mar 10 | at Drexel | L, 7-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12-16 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 13 | Siena | W, 18-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 25-34 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 18 | at Mount St. Mary's | L, 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10-13 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Mar 25 | Saint Joseph's | W, 8-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10-19 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Apr 1 | at Wagner | W, 8-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12-13 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 8 | Sacred Heart | W, 13-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17-22 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Apr 15 | at Hobart | L, 13-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5-15 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 22 | Robert Morris | W, 13-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13-20 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apr 25 | Brown | L, 14-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13-27 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| May 4 | vs. #3 Robert Morris | W, 12-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14-17 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| May 6 | at #1 Hobart | W, 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-13 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| May 10 | Monmouth | W, 10-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14-19 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| May 14 | at #1 Maryland | L, 13-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12-25 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014-15 | 18 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1-1 | 5 | 60.0 | 3 | 60.0 |
| 2015-16 | 15 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 186-337 | 14 | 21.4 | 7 | 50.0 |
| 2016-17 | 19 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 9 | 1 | 222-380 | 11 | 9.1 | 6 | 54.5 |
| 2017-18 | 15 | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 16 | 2 | 247-360 | 23 | 17.4 | 12 | 52.2 |
| Total | 67 | - | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 394 | 49 | 12 | 656-1078 | 53 | 20.8 | 28 | 52.8 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 19 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 9 | 1 | 222-380 | 11 | 9.1 | 6 | 54.5 |
| Conference | 6 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 67-102 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Location | Home | 8 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 108-180 | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Away | 10 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 100-183 | 6 | 0.0 | 3 | 50.0 | |
| Neutral | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14-17 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Result | Wins | 11 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 139-223 | 8 | 12.5 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Losses | 8 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 83-157 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | |
| Month | February | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 49-108 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
| March | 5 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 69-101 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 | |
| April | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 60-97 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | |
| May | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 44-74 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
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