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- Height:
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- Weight:
- 195
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- So.
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- Hometown:
- Huntington, N.Y.
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- High School:
- Elwood John Glenn
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- Position:
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Bio
As a sophomore: Appeared in all 15 games after moving from defensive midfielder to team's faceoff specialist ... Went 186-for-337 in first season at the X, sporting the third-best winning percentage (55.2) in the NEC ... Picked up 86 ground balls, and the 5.87 ground balls per game were tops in the league and 12th in the nation ... Added six points on three goals and three assists to go along with three casued turnovers.
As a redshirt-freshman: Appeared in all 18 games as a top defensive midfielder for the Black and Gold ... Scored a trio of goals, including one against Marist in the NCAA tournament ... Added a pair of assists for five points on the year ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 16-6 victory over Sacred Heart April 7, also adding a helper in the outing ... Collected 18 ground balls with six caused turnovers ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman: Redshirt ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bryant: A 2013 graduate of Elwood John Glenn High School, Massa was a three-year varsity letterwinner and two-year starter at midfield for the Knights … All-county selection as a senior … Also lettered two years in football and two more in wrestling … Named an all-county wrestler in 2009 and an all-league selection in 2010 … 2013 all-county nominee in football … Named to Suffolk County Football Golden 11 … 2013 Delicave Nominee … National Honor Society member.
Personal: Son of Karen and Jeff Massa, Kenneth Massa was born September 18, 1995 … Has two brothers, Michael, who played baseball at Lafayette College from 2009-13, and Kevin, who played lacrosse for the Bulldogs from 2012-15.
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 1, six times (last at Robert Morris, 4/2/16)
Assists: 1, five times (last vs. Wagner, 4/9/16)
Points: 2 vs. Sacred Heart, 4/7/15
Ground balls: 13 vs. Manhattan, 2/6/16
Caused turnovers: 1, nine times (last vs. Hobart, 4/23/16)
Faceoff Percentage: 93.7 % (15-for-16) at Sacred Heart, 4/26/16
Player Profile
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Games | 15 | 6 | ||
Points | 6 | 2 | ||
Goals | 3 | 1 | ||
Assists | 3 | 1 | ||
Man-up goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Man-down goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Ground balls | 86 | 37 | ||
Turnovers | 10 | 1 | ||
Caused turnovers | 3 | 2 | ||
Faceoffs | 186-337 | 78-130 | ||
Faceoff percentage | 55.2 | 60.0 | ||
Shots | 14 | 9 | ||
Shooting percentage | 21.4 | 11.1 | ||
Shots on goal | 7 | 4 | ||
Shots on goal percentage | 50.0 | 44.4 |
Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
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Feb 6 | Manhattan | W, 16-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 19-22 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
Feb 14 | Bucknell | L, 11-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11-24 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Feb 20 | at Providence | W, 12-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17-26 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
Feb 27 | at Hartford | W, 16-11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10-28 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 5 | #6 Yale | L, 14-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-19 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 8 | #8/7 Harvard | W, 12-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15-25 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mar 12 | Drexel | L, 14-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11-22 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
Mar 15 | at Siena | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Apr 2 | at Robert Morris | W, 13-12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14-29 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
Apr 5 | at #2/3 Brown | W, 11-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11-24 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Apr 9 | Wagner | W, 18-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13-21 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Apr 16 | at Saint Joseph's | L, 10-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14-22 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
Apr 19 | Mount St. Mary's | W, 12-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11-23 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Apr 23 | Hobart | W, 15-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11-19 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Apr 26 | at Sacred Heart | W, 9-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15-16 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
May 5 | #3 Hobart | L, 7-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9-17 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
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2013-14 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - |
2014-15 | 18 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1-1 | 5 | 60.0 | 3 | 60.0 |
2015-16 | 15 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 186-337 | 14 | 21.4 | 7 | 50.0 |
2016-17 | 19 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 9 | 1 | 222-380 | 11 | 9.1 | 6 | 54.5 |
2017-18 | 15 | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 16 | 2 | 247-360 | 23 | 17.4 | 12 | 52.2 |
Total | 67 | - | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 394 | 49 | 12 | 656-1078 | 53 | 20.8 | 28 | 52.8 |
gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | ||
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Event | Total | 15 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 186-337 | 14 | 21.4 | 7 | 50.0 |
Conference | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 78-130 | 9 | 11.1 | 4 | 44.4 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 9 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 105-192 | 6 | 16.7 | 2 | 33.3 |
Away | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 81-145 | 8 | 25.0 | 5 | 62.5 | |
Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
Result | Wins | 10 | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 136-233 | 11 | 18.2 | 5 | 45.5 |
Losses | 5 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 50-104 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | |
Month | February | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 57-100 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 |
March | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 31-66 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | |
April | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 89-154 | 9 | 11.1 | 4 | 44.4 | |
May | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9-17 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
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