Matt Larson
13 Matt Larson
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Cheshire, Conn.
  • High School:
    Cheshire
  • Position:
    M
  • Major:
    Accounting

Bio

As a senior: Utilized a medical redshirt in 2011.

As a junior: Appeared in all 17 games, starting in 16 as a junior first-line middie... Fourth on the team in scoring with 26 points... Second in goals (24), man-up tallies (6) and shots (94)... Registered two hat tricks on the season... Scored a goal in 13-of-17 contests and a point in all but three games... Eight multi-goal outings... Scored the game winner in Bryant's first-ever topping of a nationally ranked opponent, beating No. 11 Yale, 9-7, on the road... Picked up 16 ground balls with two caused turnovers... 2010 Northeast Conference Second Team selection.

As a sophomore: As a sophomore, started in all 15 games for the Bulldogs... Finished the season fourth on the team in points (22) and goals (16) with six assists... Scored a career-high five goals in a 15-11 win over Penn on March 22... Collected a point in 12-of-15 contests with goals in eight of them... Recorded the game winner in a 7-6 victory over Mount St. Mary's March 8... Tallied five multi-point and four multi-goal contests... Collected 24 ground balls and 58 shots on the year.

As a freshman: Appeared in all 18 games as a freshman, starting in 12... Scored eight goals and notched four assists, including scoring a pair against American International and Assumption... Finished the 2008 season with 12 ground balls.

Before Bryant: A 2007 graduate of Cheshire High School... Four-year attackman for coach Rich Polusciano... Reached state playoffs twice, finishing with a 14-3 record in 2006... Named a Second Team All-Southern Connecticut Conference selection... Earned second team all-state honors in 2006 and 2007... Lettered in lacrosse and hockey... Named to Second Team All-SCC and second team all-state in hockey... High Honors student and member of the Student Senate.

Personal: Born March 13, 1989... Son of Ralph and Laurie Larson, both graduates of Southern Connecticut... Studies accounting in the College of Business.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 5 (vs. Penn, March 22, 2009)
Assists: 1 (12 times, last at Holy Cross, April 20, 2010)
Points: 5 (vs. Penn, March 22, 2009)
Ground balls: 3 (three times, last at Army, Fefb. 23, 2010)
Caused turnovers: 1 (five times, last vs. No. 11 Yale, April 24, 2010)