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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Denver, Colo.
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- High School:
- Kent Denver Country Day
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- Position:
- M
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- 11
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- 15
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- g
- 12
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- a
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Bio
As a senior: Appeared in 11 games, earning starts in seven contests ... Missed four games due to injury ... Tallied 15 points on 12 goals and three helpers ... Added nine ground balls and a man-up goal ... The extra-man goal came against Hartford on Feb. 27, and it was part of a four-goal effort, tying a career high ... Registered two goals and an assist in two of the last four games of the year after returning from injury.
As a junior: All-NEC First Team ... Started in all 18 games in the midfield ... Finished third on the team in goals (16), points (28) and shots (67) ... Ranked fourth on the side in assists (12) ... Registered four goals against Drexel March 7 ... Scored at least one point in 15-of-18 contests ... Netted the game winner against Robert Morris April 11 ... Scored a man-up goal in a 16-6 victory over Sacred Heart ... Added 19 ground balls and one caused turnover.
As a sophomore: Started all 21 games in the midfield for the Bulldogs ... Fifth on the team with 16 goals ... Finished the season with 28 points, adding 12 assists (fourth most) ... Netted game winners against #17 Drexel and vs. Richmond on neutral ground ... Recorded a hat trick at #13 Albany March 15 ... Registered at least one point in 16-of-21 games ... Collected 16 ground balls and six caused turnovers on the year.
As a freshman: Had a stellar rookie campaign for the Bulldogs, appearing in all 19 contests and starting in 18 on the top midfield line as the only true freshman to consistently break the starting lineup ... Scored 17 goals and added two assists for 19 points on the year ... Finished fifth on the team in shots (62) and shots on goals (35) ... Scored a trio of man-up tallies ... Picked up his first first-career hat trick against Robert Morris at home April 6 ... Scored a goal in 12-of-19 contests ... Recorded the game winner against Sacred Heart in the NEC Tournament Semifinals ... Added 18 ground balls and a caused turnover to his season stats ... Named to the NEC All-Rookie Team.
Before Bryant: A 2012 graduate of Kent Denver Country Day School, Gantz was a three-year varsity letterwinner and starter for the Sundevils, playing midfield and attack ... Team won three-consecutive Metro League Championships ... Led Sundevils to the state tournament all three seasons, including a state title game appearance in 2011 ... Two-time all-state second team selection ... Named to the All-American West Team by Adrenaline Lacrosse in 2012 ... Also a three-year varsity letterwinner in football and basketball, where he was an all-state and first team all-conference pick at wide receiver as well as an honorable mention all-conference pick in basketball.
Personal: Son of Marcie and Christopher Gantz, Collins Gantz was born Dec. 22, 1993 ... Has one brother, Christopher Jr., and one sister, Miesha.
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 4, twice (last at Hartford, 2/27/16)
Assists: 3 vs. #14 Bucknell, 2/16/14
Points: 4, five times (last at Hartford, 2/27/16)
Ground balls: 5 vs. Robert Morris, 5/4/13
Caused turnovers: 1, 10 times (last vs. #8/7 Harvard, 3/8/16)
Player Profile
| Overall | Conf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 11 | 3 | ||
| Points | 15 | 6 | ||
| Goals | 12 | 4 | ||
| Assists | 3 | 2 | ||
| Man-up goals | 1 | 0 | ||
| Man-down goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ground balls | 9 | 2 | ||
| Turnovers | 12 | 3 | ||
| Caused turnovers | 1 | 0 | ||
| Faceoffs | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Faceoff percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Shots | 46 | 10 | ||
| Shooting percentage | 26.1 | 40.0 | ||
| Shots on goal | 25 | 7 | ||
| Shots on goal percentage | 54.3 | 70.0 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6 | Manhattan | W, 16-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 |
| Feb 14 | Bucknell | L, 11-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Feb 20 | at Providence | W, 12-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 20.0 | 4 | 80.0 |
| Feb 27 | at Hartford | W, 16-11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 | 57.1 | 4 | 57.1 |
| Mar 5 | #6 Yale | L, 14-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Mar 8 | #8/7 Harvard | W, 12-9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 6 | 33.3 | 3 | 50.0 |
| Mar 12 | Drexel | L, 14-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
| Mar 15 | at Siena | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Apr 2 | at Robert Morris | W, 13-12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apr 5 | at #2/3 Brown | W, 11-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apr 9 | Wagner | W, 18-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apr 16 | at Saint Joseph's | L, 10-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apr 19 | Mount St. Mary's | W, 12-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Apr 23 | Hobart | W, 15-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 40.0 | 3 | 60.0 |
| Apr 26 | at Sacred Heart | W, 9-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
| May 5 | #3 Hobart | L, 7-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0-0 | 62 | 27.4 | 35 | 56.5 |
| 2013-14 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 0-0 | 70 | 22.9 | 45 | 64.3 |
| 2014-15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 0-0 | 67 | 23.9 | 33 | 49.3 |
| 2015-16 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0-0 | 46 | 26.1 | 25 | 54.3 |
| Total | 69 | 64 | 61 | 29 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 67 | 9 | 0-0 | 245 | 24.9 | 138 | 56.3 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0-0 | 46 | 26.1 | 25 | 54.3 |
| Conference | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 | 40.0 | 7 | 70.0 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Location | Home | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0-0 | 30 | 16.7 | 14 | 46.7 |
| Away | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 16 | 43.8 | 11 | 68.8 | |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Result | Wins | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0-0 | 35 | 31.4 | 19 | 54.3 |
| Losses | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 | 9.1 | 6 | 54.5 | |
| Month | February | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 21 | 28.6 | 10 | 47.6 |
| March | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 11 | 18.2 | 7 | 63.6 | |
| April | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 | 40.0 | 7 | 70.0 | |
| May | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
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