Seahawks welcome Nor'easters to Gaudet Field

Summary: Salve Regina University men's lacrosse hosts the University of New England in a Commonwealth Coast Conference contest.

Match-up: The Salve Regina Seahawks (8-1; 1-1 CCC) versus the University of New England Nor'easters (3-6; 0-1 CCC)

Game date, time and site: Saturday, March 29, 2014; 3 p.m. @ Gaudet Field

Video/Audio: http://bit.ly/1o28kZf  (Salve Regina men's lacrosse on Ustream.tv; Murphy McCann and Andrew Pezzelli provide the call)

Live Stats: http://bit.ly/18PHC4C 

Directions: http://bit.ly/YV7AcI

Series edge: Salve Regina leads the all-time series 10-6.

Last Seahawk win in the series: Salve Regina defeated the Nor'easters 13-9 on April 27, 2011 in Newport, R.I. 

Last Nor'easter win in series: The University of New England defeated the Seahawks 18-9 on April 27, 2013 in Biddeford, Maine.

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• Salve Regina and the University of New England have faced each other 16 times before with the Seahawks holding a 10-6 all-time series lead over the Nor'easters.
• The Nor'easters won the last meeting between the two teams, 18-9, in the opening round of the Commonwealth Coast Conference tournament last season. 
• Salve Regina held a seven-game winning streak from 2005 to 2011 over the University of New England. 
• The Seahawks and Nor'easters have played closely fought battles as neither team has a double-digit win over the other. However, Salve Regina holds the largest margin of victory with a 17-9 win on April 22, 2006 in Biddeford, Maine. 
• Salve Regina is 6-2 all time on its home field. 

• Salve Regina has played once before on March 1. 
• The Seahawks fell to Rensselaer on March 1, 2007, 20-7.

• Seniors Chad Hollenshade, Curtis McKeon and Dan Parks will serve as the captains for the 2014 Seahawks. 
• Hollenshade returns as a two-year captain.

• Following Saturday's contest, the Seahawks travel to Bristol to face in-state and confereence rival Roger Williams on Wednesday for a 7 p.m.
• The Seahawks have defeated the Hawks just once, 9-2, in Bristol on April 4, 2006. 

• Salve Regina returned to the win column with a 16-5 victory over Curry last Wednesday. 
• Sophomore Sharp Jones tied his career high with five goals while senior Chad Hollenshade and freshman Nick LoCicero each handed out five assists for the Seahawks. 
• Freshman goalie Andrew Watkins made 12 saves in the net for Salve Regina. 
• Senior Curtis McKeon won 18-of-23 face offs, picking up 13 ground balls for Salve Regina.

• Senior Curtis McKeon has been one of the most reliable face off men for Salve Regina. 
• Currenty, he has the best career winning percentage at the "X" at Salve Regina (.621). 
• McKeon kicked off the 2014 campaign winning 13 of 16 faceoffs against Mount Ida. 
• In his career, the senior has won 731 out of 1,177 chances at the "X". 
• McKeon has a .686 winning percentage this season (144-of-210) and will most likely face off against senior Dan O'Gorman who has taken 109 face offs for the Nor'easters this season. 
• O'Gorman is 63-of-109 at the "X" for UNE.

• Last season, Salve Regina won out on the groundball battle over the season, picking up 624 to opponents 494. 
• Leading the charge on the ground was senior Curtis McKeon. McKeon set the single season record for groundballs with 161 last season. 
• McKeon is the all time leader at Salve Regina with 496 in his career.
• McKeon recently broke his own single-game record for ground balls in a game picking up 24 against Clark (Mass.) on March 19.

• Salve Regina returns two of its three top scorers from a year again. 
• Senior Chad Hollenshade led the team with 45 points (31g, 14a) last year despite missing three games due to the men's ice hockey team's run in the playoffs. 
• Senior Chad McKeon was third on the team in scoring with 36 points (18g, 18a). McKeon led the team with 18 assists in 2013. 
• This season, freshman Nick LoCicero leads the team with 42 points this season, including 31 assists. 
• His 31 assists set a new single-season record for Salve Regina. 
• Sophomore Sharp Jones leads the team with 28 goals this season while McKeon is close behind with 24 on the year. 
• Leading the Nor'easters is Patrick Wolfe with 30 points (18g, 12a) on the season. 

• Salve Regina head coach Patrick Cooney enters his 11th season at the helm of the Seahawks.
• Cooney has led the Seahawks to the CCC tournament eight of the last nine seasons and has compiled an 66-79 all time record at Salve Regina.