Jake Buonaiuto
23 Jake Buonaiuto
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    R-So.
  • Hometown:
    Miller Place, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Miller Place
  • Position:
    A
  • gp
    15
  • p
    30
  • g
    21
  • a
    9

Bio

2018 (Redshirt-Sophomore)
Started all 15 games in 2018 … Recorded 21 goals, nine assists, 14 ground balls and five caused turnovers … Ranked third on the team in goals and fourth in points … Posted seven multi-goal games on the year … Team was 6-1 in those games … Scored a career-high four goals against Drexel (March 10) … Followed that performance with three goals and an assist in the NEC opener against Mount St. Mary’s (March 17).

2017 (Redshirt-Freshman)
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.

2016 (Freshman)
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 … Has one brother, Zach, and one sister, Kelsey ... Majoring in Accounting.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals:
 4, vs. Drexel, 3/10/18
Assists: 2, 2x, last at Brown, 4/24/18
Points: 4, 2x, last vs. Mount St. Mary's, 3/17/18
Ground Balls: 4, vs. Sacred Heart, 4/8/17
Caused Turnovers: 2, vs. Boston University, 2/27/18

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 30 at No. 13 Robert Morris W, 10-7
Apr 7 Wagner W, 8-3
Apr 14 at Saint Joseph's L, 14-7
Apr 21 Hobart W, 13-8
Apr 24 at Brown W, 17-9
May 3 vs. Robert Morris L, 12-5
  Overall Conf
Games 15 6
Points 30 14
Goals 21 9
Assists 9 5
Man-up goals 5 3
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 14 6
Turnovers 19 7
Caused turnovers 5 1
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 65 24
Shooting percentage 32.3 37.5
Shots on goal 37 15
Shots on goal percentage 56.9 62.5
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 3 Manhattan W, 15-7 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 4 50.0 2 50.0
Feb 10 Bucknell L, 14-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 0.0 3 60.0
Feb 17 at Providence L, 13-8 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 5 20.0 1 20.0
Feb 24 at Hartford W, 15-10 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0-0 3 66.7 3 100.0
Feb 27 Boston University L, 8-7 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0-0 7 14.3 4 57.1
Mar 3 No. 11 Yale L, 11-8 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0-0 3 33.3 1 33.3
Mar 10 Drexel L, 12-9 4 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 0-0 5 80.0 4 80.0
Mar 13 at Siena   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 17 Mount St. Mary's W, 20-11 3 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 0-0 6 50.0 4 66.7
Mar 24 at Sacred Heart W, 16-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0-0 5 0.0 3 60.0
Mar 30 at No. 13 Robert Morris W, 10-7 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 3 66.7 2 66.7
Apr 7 Wagner W, 8-3 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0-0 2 100.0 2 100.0
Apr 14 at Saint Joseph's L, 14-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 3 0.0 1 33.3
Apr 21 Hobart W, 13-8 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 5 40.0 3 60.0
Apr 24 at Brown W, 17-9 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 4 25.0 2 50.0
May 3 vs. Robert Morris L, 12-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 5 0.0 2 40.0
  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 15 15 21 9 30 5 0 14 19 5 0-0 65 32.3 37 56.9
Conference 6 6 9 5 14 3 0 6 7 1 0-0 24 37.5 15 62.5
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Location Home 8 8 15 4 19 4 0 8 9 4 0-0 37 40.5 23 62.2
Away 6 6 6 5 11 1 0 4 10 0 0-0 23 26.1 12 52.2
Neutral 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 5 0.0 2 40.0
Result Wins 8 8 14 7 21 4 0 7 12 1 0-0 32 43.8 21 65.6
Losses 7 7 7 2 9 1 0 7 7 4 0-0 33 21.2 16 48.5
Month February 5 5 6 2 8 1 0 3 6 2 0-0 24 25.0 13 54.2
March 5 5 10 3 13 3 0 7 8 2 0-0 22 45.5 14 63.6
April 4 4 5 4 9 1 0 2 5 0 0-0 14 35.7 8 57.1
May 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 5 0.0 2 40.0

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