Jake Buonaiuto
23 Jake Buonaiuto
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    R-Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Miller Place, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Miller Place
  • Position:
    Attack
  • gp
    7
  • p
    20
  • g
    16
  • a
    4

Bio

2020 (Redshirt Senior)
Started all seven games … Second on the team with 16 goals and tied for third with 20 points … Ranked sixth in the NEC in goals … Five games of multiple goals … Matched his career high with four goals in each of the first two games of the year … Career-high five points in the opener against Bucknell … Collected three goals, an assist and three ground balls in the win over Stony Brook … Put 31 of his 46 shot attempts (67.4%) on goal.

2019 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in 14 games, starting two … Tallied three goals, three assists and six ground balls … Scored a goal and added two ground balls in his return home to Long Island for a game at Stony Brook (3/9) … Put up a goal and an assist in the win at Wagner (3/30).

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Started all 15 games in 2018 … Recorded 21 goals, nine assists, 14 ground balls and five caused turnovers … Ranked third on the team in goals and fourth in points … Posted seven multi-goal games on the year … Team was 6-1 in those games … Scored a career-high four goals against Drexel (March 10) … Followed that performance with three goals and an assist in the NEC opener against Mount St. Mary’s (March 17).

2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
NEC All-Rookie Team ... Appeared in 19 games for the Bulldogs, making 17 starts ... Scored 14 goals and had seven assists to totoal 21 points ... Picked up 20 ground balls over the season ... Scored his first goal in a two-score performance in the season opener at Manhattan on February 4 ... Scooped four ground balls in a 13-7 victory over Sacred Heart on April 8 ... Added a goal in the NEC Championship victory over Hobart on May 6.

2016 (Freshman)
Appeared in a pair of games in his first season with the Black and Gold before missing the rest of the season to injury ... Picked up two ground balls against Bucknell on Feb. 14. 

Before Bryant
A 2015 graduate of Miller Place High School, Buonaiuto was a four-year varsity letterwinner and three-year starter for the Panthers … Led team to three-straight league championships … Panthers won the county championship in 2013 … Honorable Mention All-American selection … Also played three years of varsity football, where he was named an all-state and all-Long Island selection.

Personal
Son of Jacqueline and Thomas Buonaiuto … Has one brother, Zach, and one sister, Kelsey ... Majoring in Accounting.

Career Highs
Goals:
 4, 3x, last at Providence, 2/15/20
Assists: 2, 2x, last at Brown, 4/24/18
Points: 5, vs Bucknell, 2/9/20
Ground Balls: 4, vs. Sacred Heart, 4/8/17
Caused Turnovers: 2, vs. Boston University, 2/27/18

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 15 at Providence L, 16-9
Feb 18 Boston University W, 15-10
Feb 22 at Dartmouth L, 11-8
Feb 29 at Manhattan W, 16-5
Mar 7 Stony Brook W, 15-11
Mar 10 at No. 5 North Carolina L, 18-16
  Overall Conf
Games 7 -
Points 20 0
Goals 16 -
Assists 4 -
Man-up goals 0 -
Man-down goals 0 -
Ground balls 11 -
Turnovers 11 -
Caused turnovers 3 -
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 46 -
Shooting percentage 34.8 -
Shots on goal 31 -
Shots on goal percentage 67.4 -
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 9 Bucknell L, 11-9 4 1 5 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 11 36.4 9 81.8
Feb 15 at Providence L, 16-9 4 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 0-0 10 40.0 7 70.0
Feb 18 Boston University W, 15-10 2 1 3 0 0 1 3 1 0-0 6 33.3 5 83.3
Feb 22 at Dartmouth L, 11-8 2 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 4 50.0 2 50.0
Feb 29 at Manhattan W, 16-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 7 14.3 3 42.9
Mar 7 Stony Brook W, 15-11 3 1 4 0 0 3 2 0 0-0 6 50.0 4 66.7
Mar 10 at No. 5 North Carolina L, 18-16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 2 0.0 1 50.0
Mar 14 Saint Joseph's   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 21 Wagner   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Merrimack   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 4 at Sacred Heart   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 11 Hobart   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 18 at Robert Morris   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 21 at Brown   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 25 NJIT   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
2015-16 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 2 0.0 1 50.0
2016-17 19 17 14 7 21 0 0 20 27 1 0-0 63 22.2 34 54.0
2017-18 15 15 21 9 30 5 0 14 19 5 0-0 65 32.3 37 56.9
2018-19 14 2 3 3 6 0 0 6 11 0 0-0 19 15.8 9 47.4
2019-20 7 7 16 4 20 0 0 11 11 3 0-0 46 34.8 31 67.4
2020-21 13 7 11 5 16 1 1 18 19 2 0-0 59 18.6 33 55.9
Total 70 48 65 28 93 6 1 71 88 11 0-0 254 25.6 145 57.1
    gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Event Total 7 7 16 4 20 0 0 11 11 3 0-0 46 34.8 31 67.4
Conference - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Location Home 3 3 9 3 12 0 0 6 6 1 0-0 23 39.1 18 78.3
Away 4 4 7 1 8 0 0 5 5 2 0-0 23 30.4 13 56.5
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Result Wins 3 3 6 2 8 0 0 5 7 1 0-0 19 31.6 12 63.2
Losses 4 4 10 2 12 0 0 6 4 2 0-0 27 37.0 19 70.4
Month February 5 5 13 3 16 0 0 8 8 2 0-0 38 34.2 26 68.4
March 2 2 3 1 4 0 0 3 3 1 0-0 8 37.5 5 62.5

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