Shane Morrell
10 Shane Morrell
  • Birth Date:
    03/25/1993
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Glen Mills, Pa.
  • High School:
    Episcopal Academy
  • Position:
    A
  • gp
    14
  • p
    40
  • g
    30
  • a
    10

Bio

As a senior: All-NEC Second Team ... NEILA All-New England Second Team ... ECAC Offensive Player of the Week ... NEC Player of the Week ... Started all 14 games he appeared in, missing one contest due to injury ... Finished second on the team with 40 points and 30 goals, also adding 10 assists, 21 ground balls and four ground balls ... Became Bryant's all-time leader in game-winning goals, which included the overtime winner at No. 2/3 Brown on April 5 ... Netted multiple goals in eight contests ... Produced four five+ point performances, three of which were six-point days.  

As a junior: All-NEC Second Team ... NEC All-Tournament Team ... NEILA Preseason All-New England Second Team ... Started all 18 games at attack for the Bulldogs, leading the team in points (51) and assists (20) while finishing second in goals (31) ... Ranked third in the NEC with 2.83 points per game, fourth in the league with 1.11 assists per game and sixth with 1.72 goals per game ... Recorded five hat tricks on the season, scoring at least one goal in 14-of-18 contests ... Registered 16 multi-point outings ... Fired 102 shots on the year ... Netted the game winner in an 8-6 victory over Mount St. Mary's April 18 ... Tallied a trio of man-up goals as well as one of the team's two man-down goals, coming against Sacred Heart April 7 ... Added 26 ground balls and nine caused turnovers.

As a sophomore: All-NEC First Team ... NEILA All-New England Second Team ... NEC All-Tournament Team ... NEC Player of the Week ... Started all 21 games at attack for the Bulldogs, scoring a team-leading 61 poinst off a side-best 44 goals ... Finished third on the squad with 17 helpers ... Set a new Division I program mark for single-season goals (44) ... Tied the all-time program mark while setting a new DI record for game-winning goals in a season (5) ... Ranked second in the NEC and 55th in the nation with 2.10 goals per game ... Ranked third and sixth in the league, respectively, in points per game (2.90, 73rd nationally) and shot percentage (.346, 87th nationally) ... Registered six hat tricks on the year, scoring a career-best five goals against Hobart in the NEC Tournament Championship ... Totalled nine points (8g, 1a) in the NEC Tournament ... Scored at least one goal in 20-of-21 games ... Dished out a helper in 11 outings ... Notched five game winners and six man-up tallies ... Fired 127 shots on the season, adding 22 ground balls and six caused turnovers ... With two seasons of eligibility still remaining, Morrell has already surpassed the 100-career point threshold and ranks 11th all time for career goals scored (72), 12th in career points (108) and 15th for career assists (36).

As a redshirt-freshman: Appeared in all 19 contests in 2013, earning starts in the last 16 games of the season ... Finished second on the team in goals (28), assists (19) and points (47), as well as in shots on goal (62) ... Took the third most shots on the side (100) ... Recorded four hat tricks on the season with eight multi-goal games ... Tallied a goal in 16-of-19 games and at least one point in all but two outings ... Registered a career-best six points (3g, 3a), including netting the game winner, at Stony Brook on March 23 ... Put up five points two other times ... Scored a man-up goal against Quinnipiac on March 30 ... Totaled 32 ground balls and six caused turnovers ... Earned an NEC Player of the Week accolade and three NEC Rookie of the Week honors ... NEILA Player of the Week ... Named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year ... All-NEC First Team pick and All-Rookie Team selection.

As a freshman: Medical redshirt.

Before Bryant: A 2011 graduate of Episcopal Academy, Morrell was a four-year varsity starter for the Churchmen ... Named a 2010 First Team All-InterAC selection ... Honorable Mention All-InterAC as a sophomore ... Also a four-year varsity letterwinner in football ... Two-time All-InterAC selection ... Set school record for receiving yards as a junior, a record he broke as a senior ... Named Delco Player of the Week ... Hero Bowl selection.

Personal: Son of Pat and Jerry Morrell, Shane Thomas Morrell was born on March 25, 1993 ... Has two brothers, Tyler and Ryan, who played for the Bulldog lacrosse team in 2011 and graduated with his Masters of Business Administration.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 5 vs. Hobart, 5/3/14
Assists: 4 at Robert Morris, 4/19/14
Points: 6, five times (last vs. Wagner, 4/9/16)
Ground balls: 5, twice (last at Bucknell, 2/14/15)
Caused turnovers: 2, twice (last vs. Sacred Heart, 4/7/15)

Scored at least one goal in 20-of-21 games ... Dished out a helper in 11 outings ...

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 14 6
Points 40 21
Goals 30 15
Assists 10 6
Man-up goals 1 0
Man-down goals 1 1
Ground balls 21 7
Turnovers 37 17
Caused turnovers 4 2
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 93 42
Shooting percentage 32.3 35.7
Shots on goal 47 21
Shots on goal percentage 50.5 50.0
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 6 Manhattan W, 16-3 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 14 Bucknell L, 11-10 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 1 0-0 5 20.0 2 40.0
Feb 20 at Providence W, 12-10 4 2 6 0 0 3 4 1 0-0 6 66.7 5 83.3
Feb 27 at Hartford W, 16-11 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 6 50.0 3 50.0
Mar 5 #6 Yale L, 14-4 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 3 66.7 2 66.7
Mar 8 #8/7 Harvard W, 12-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 12 8.3 6 50.0
Mar 12 Drexel L, 14-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0-0 4 0.0 1 25.0
Mar 15 at Siena   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 2 at Robert Morris W, 13-12 4 2 6 0 0 1 2 1 0-0 8 50.0 4 50.0
Apr 5 at #2/3 Brown W, 11-10 3 1 4 0 0 2 2 0 0-0 8 37.5 4 50.0
Apr 9 Wagner W, 18-5 4 2 6 0 1 1 1 1 0-0 7 57.1 5 71.4
Apr 16 at Saint Joseph's L, 10-9 2 1 3 0 0 2 6 0 0-0 7 28.6 3 42.9
Apr 19 Mount St. Mary's W, 12-7 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 5 20.0 1 20.0
Apr 23 Hobart W, 15-2 4 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 9 44.4 7 77.8
Apr 26 at Sacred Heart W, 9-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0-0 6 0.0 1 16.7
May 5 #3 Hobart L, 7-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 7 14.3 3 42.9
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
2011-12 - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
2012-13 19 16 28 19 47 1 0 32 45 6 0-0 100 28.0 62 62.0
2013-14 21 21 44 17 61 6 0 22 49 6 0-0 127 34.6 79 62.2
2014-15 18 18 31 20 51 3 1 26 31 9 0-0 102 30.4 59 57.8
2015-16 14 14 30 10 40 1 1 21 37 4 0-0 93 32.3 47 50.5
Total 72 69 133 66 199 11 2 101 162 25 0-0 422 31.5 247 58.5
    gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Event Total 14 14 30 10 40 1 1 21 37 4 0-0 93 32.3 47 50.5
Conference 6 6 15 6 21 0 1 7 17 2 0-0 42 35.7 21 50.0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Location Home 8 8 14 4 18 1 1 8 18 2 0-0 52 26.9 27 51.9
Away 6 6 16 6 22 0 0 13 19 2 0-0 41 39.0 20 48.8
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Result Wins 9 9 24 8 32 0 1 12 20 3 0-0 67 35.8 36 53.7
Losses 5 5 6 2 8 1 0 9 17 1 0-0 26 23.1 11 42.3
Month February 3 3 8 3 11 0 0 9 8 2 0-0 17 47.1 10 58.8
March 3 3 3 0 3 1 0 2 9 0 0-0 19 15.8 9 47.4
April 7 7 18 7 25 0 1 9 19 2 0-0 50 36.0 25 50.0
May 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 7 14.3 3 42.9

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