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 redshirt-senior: Appeared in all 18 games as one of the Bulldogs' top defensive middies ... Scored four goals on the year, including a pair against Stony Brook March 24 ... Netted the game winner in double overtime against the Seawolves at home, adding an assist in the game for a three-point outing ... Also notched goals against Drexel and #20 Yale and added an assist against Mount St. Mary's in the NEC Tournament Championship to total six points on the season ... Scooped up 22 ground balls and forced four caused turnovers ... Graduates tied as the all-time program leader in career games played (68) ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

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, 14 times (last vs. Mount St. Mary's, May 6, 2012)
Points: 5 vs. Penn (March 22, 2009)
Ground balls: 3, six times (last vs. Quinnipiac, May 4, 2012)
Caused turnovers: 2 vs. Drexel (March 10, 2012)