Kenny Massa
31 Kenny Massa
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    195
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Huntington, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Elwood John Glenn
  • Position:
    M
  • gp
    15
  • p
    6
  • g
    3
  • a
    3

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

Recent Games
Apr 9 Wagner W, 18-5
Apr 16 at Saint Joseph's L, 10-9
Apr 19 Mount St. Mary's W, 12-7
Apr 23 Hobart W, 15-2
Apr 26 at Sacred Heart W, 9-3
May 5 #3 Hobart L, 7-6
  Overall Conf
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%
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%
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%
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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