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
    13
  • p
    16
  • g
    11
  • a
    5

Bio

2021 (Graduate Student)
NEILA All-Academic Honors ... Appeared in all 13 games, starting seven ... Finished with 11 goals and five assists ... Added 18 ground balls ... Scored twice and had three ground balls in win over Providence ... Netted three points (2g, 1a) in win over Vermont ... Scored four points (3g, 1a) in win over Merrimack ... Also had four points (3g, 1a) in win at Wagner ... Recorded an assist against Virginia in the NCAA Tournament ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

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
Apr 24 at Sacred Heart W, 20-12
Apr 27 at Long Island W, 20-17
Apr 30 Mount St. Mary's
May 5 at No. 2 Hobart W, 14-12
May 8 at No. 1 Saint Joseph's W, 16-10
May 16 at Virginia L, 13-11
  Overall Conf
Games 13 7
Points 16 9
Goals 11 7
Assists 5 2
Man-up goals 1 1
Man-down goals 1 1
Ground balls 18 11
Turnovers 19 10
Caused turnovers 2 2
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 59 29
Shooting percentage 18.6 24.1
Shots on goal 33 17
Shots on goal percentage 55.9 58.6
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 6 at Army West Point   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 13 Providence W, 9-8 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0-0 9 22.2 6 66.7
Feb 20 at Stony Brook L, 14-8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 5 0.0 4 80.0
Feb 27 Vermont W, 15-12 2 1 3 0 0 3 4 0 0-0 8 25.0 4 50.0
Mar 6 Merrimack W, 20-8 3 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 6 50.0 5 83.3
Mar 13 Mount St. Mary's   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Wagner W, 18-5 3 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0-0 7 42.9 4 57.1
Mar 27 at Merrimack W, 11-10 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0-0 6 16.7 4 66.7
Apr 3 Hobart L, 11-10 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0-0 5 0.0 2 40.0
Apr 17 Saint Joseph's L, 13-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 2 0.0 0 0.0
Apr 24 at Sacred Heart W, 20-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 2 0.0 1 50.0
Apr 27 at Long Island W, 20-17 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Apr 30 Mount St. Mary's   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
May 5 at No. 2 Hobart W, 14-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 2 0.0 0 0.0
May 8 at No. 1 Saint Joseph's W, 16-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 0.0 0 0.0
May 16 at Virginia L, 13-11 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 3 0.0 2 66.7
  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 13 7 11 5 16 1 1 18 19 2 0-0 59 18.6 33 55.9
Conference 7 4 7 2 9 1 1 11 10 2 0-0 29 24.1 17 58.6
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Location Home 5 4 7 2 9 0 1 12 9 1 0-0 30 23.3 17 56.7
Away 8 3 4 3 7 1 0 6 10 1 0-0 29 13.8 16 55.2
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Result Wins 9 5 11 3 14 1 1 12 15 1 0-0 44 25.0 25 56.8
Losses 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 6 4 1 0-0 15 0.0 8 53.3
Month February 3 3 4 2 6 0 0 6 7 0 0-0 22 18.2 14 63.6
March 3 3 7 2 9 1 1 3 6 1 0-0 19 36.8 13 68.4
April 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 0-0 10 0.0 4 40.0
May 3 - 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 8 0.0 2 25.0

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