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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 185
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- Year:
- Gr.
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- Hometown:
- San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
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- High School:
- St. Margaret's Episcopal
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- Position:
- Attack
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Bio
2024 (Graduate Student)
All-America East Second Team...America East Offensive Player of the Week (Week 3)...Started 11 games and tallied 31 goals... Opened the season with 4 goals in the Bulldogs win over Providence College as well as against No. 15 Boston University... Posted 6 points (5g, 1a) in Bryant's 16-5 victory over NJIT (3/30)... Recorded 5 goals in the Black and Gold's 17-11 victory over Binghamton (4/20)... Ended the 2024 season with seven hat tricks and back-to-back 30 goal seasons.
2023 (Senior)
All-America East First Team ... America East Tournament Most Oustanding Player ... Started all 17 games ... Became first player in DI program history to post 30+ goals and 30+ assists in the same season ... Finished with 68 points on 38 goals and 30 assists ... 68 points are tied for the second-most in DI program history ... Finished with multiple points in 15 of the 17 games ... Recorded 4+ points 10 times ... Posted six hat tricks ... Opened season with five points (2g, 3a) vs Providence ... Set a career-high with seven points (4g, 3a) at Quinnipiac ... Three goals and two assists in win over UMBC ... Notched five goals in a win over UAlbany ... Tied career-high with seven points (4g, 3a) at Vermont ... Finished regular season with six points (2g, 4a) at Merrimack ... Notched five goals and two assists in America East Championship.
2022 (Junior)
Appeared in 13 games and made eight starts ... Finished with eight goals and four assists for 12 points ... Scored two on the man up ... Scored twice in a road win at Hobart ... Notched two points at Saint Joseph's ... Recorded two points in a road win at Mount.
2021 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 12 games ... Finished with 10 goals and nine assists for 19 points ... Added 10 ground balls ... Recorded three points (2g, 1a) in the season opener vs Providence ... Collected a career-high four assists in win vs Merrimack ... Scored a pair of goals in the NEC Championship ... Collected two points (1g, 1a) in the NCAA Tournament against Virginia ... Named to the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2020 (Freshman)
Appeared in all seven games, scoring seven goals and adding five assists … Added five ground balls and two caused turnovers … One goal and one assist in his collegiate debut against Bucknell … Career-high three goals and two ground balls in the win over Boston University … Recorded a goal and two assists in back-to-back wins over Manhattan and Stony Brook … Added three ground balls and a caused turnover in the victory at Manhattan.
Before Bryant
Four-year letterwinner at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, California … Won CIF Southern Section as a senior in 2019 and was CIF runner-up in 2018 … Three-time US All-American … Two-time team captain … Two-time Orange County Player of the Year … Three-time first-team all-county … Recorded 411 points (206 goals, 205 assists) in his high school career … Two-time first-team all-league in soccer.
Personal
Son of Lisa and Tom Groeninger … Father played lacrosse at Virginia … Has two siblings, Matthew and Sarah … Intends to major in Finance.
Career Highs
Goals: 3, vs Boston University, 2/18/20
Assists: 4, at Merrimack, 3/27/21
Points: 4, at Merrimack, 3/27/21
Ground Balls: 3, 2x, last at Stony Brook, 2/20/21
Caused Turnovers: 1, 2x, last at Manhattan, 2/29/20
Player Profile
  | Overall | Conf | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Games | 11 | 5 | ||
Points | 36 | 24 | ||
Goals | 31 | 20 | ||
Assists | 5 | 4 | ||
Man-up goals | 2 | 2 | ||
Man-down goals | 1 | 1 | ||
Ground balls | 15 | 9 | ||
Turnovers | 19 | 8 | ||
Caused turnovers | 1 | 0 | ||
Faceoffs | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
Faceoff percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Shots | 69 | 44 | ||
Shooting percentage | 44.9 | 45.5 | ||
Shots on goal | 45 | 31 | ||
Shots on goal percentage | 65.2 | 70.5 |
Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 27 | Siena | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Feb 3 | Lafayette | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Feb 10 | at Providence | W, 15-13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 9 | 44.4 | 5 | 55.6 |
Feb 16 | at No. 15 Boston University | W, 12-6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 | 66.7 | 5 | 83.3 |
Feb 20 | at No. 17 Harvard | L, 14-13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
Feb 24 | Quinnipiac | L, 13-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
Mar 2 | at Manhattan | W, 12-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 6 | Fairfield | W, 16-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 16 | at UMBC | L, 13-12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 23 | UMass Lowell | W, 17-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 30 | NJIT | W, 12-8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 62.5 | 6 | 75.0 |
Apr 6 | at UAlbany | W, 13-12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 | 36.4 | 7 | 63.6 |
Apr 13 | Vermont | L, 16-12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 37.5 | 6 | 75.0 |
Apr 20 | at Binghamton | W, 17-11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 62.5 | 6 | 75.0 |
Apr 23 | at Brown | W, 10-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
Apr 27 | Merrimack | L, 16-14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 | 33.3 | 6 | 66.7 |
gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
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2019-20 | 7 | - | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0-0 | 27 | 25.9 | 16 | 59.3 |
2020-21 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 45 | 22.2 | 26 | 57.8 |
2021-22 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 32 | 25.0 | 18 | 56.3 |
2022-23 | 17 | 17 | 38 | 30 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 2 | 0-0 | 99 | 38.4 | 71 | 71.7 |
2023-24 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0-0 | 69 | 44.9 | 45 | 65.2 |
Total | 60 | 37 | 94 | 53 | 147 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 76 | 5 | 0-0 | 272 | 34.6 | 176 | 64.7 |
gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | ||
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Event | Total | 11 | 11 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0-0 | 69 | 44.9 | 45 | 65.2 |
Conference | 5 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 44 | 45.5 | 31 | 70.5 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 27 | 44.4 | 20 | 74.1 |
Away | 7 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0-0 | 42 | 45.2 | 25 | 59.5 | |
Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
Result | Wins | 7 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0-0 | 46 | 50.0 | 30 | 65.2 |
Losses | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 23 | 34.8 | 15 | 65.2 | |
Month | February | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0-0 | 21 | 47.6 | 13 | 61.9 |
March | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 62.5 | 6 | 75.0 | |
April | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 40 | 40.0 | 26 | 65.0 |
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