UNIVERSITY PARK – No. 5 Penn State men’s lacrosse concludes its non-conference slate against Robert Morris on Wednesday, March 12. The Nittany Lions return to Happy Valley for the first time since Feb. 22 to host the Colonials at 4 p.m. at Panzer Stadium. The contest will serve as PSU’s military appreication game.

HISTORY

Penn State leads the all-time series by a 4-3 margin, with the last meeting occurring in 2019.

The series dates back to 2008.

Penn State won the most recent contest in 2019. PSU scored 27 points in the outing, the program record for single-game goals.

SCOUTING ROBERT MORRIS

After dropping its first game of the season to High Point, RMU defeated St. Bonaventure, Canisius and Hobart. The Colonials most recently lost to Bellarmine on Saturday.

Robert Morris is seventh in the nation in ground balls per game, scooping 35.33 of contests balls.

Nate Fechter is one of th top goalies across the country, ranking 11th in saves per game (13.33) and 25th in save percentage (.552).

Calum Brennan has the 11th-best shot percentage (.500) in divison I men’s lacrosse and scores goals at a 2.17 clip per contest.

LAST TIME OUT

Penn State upset no. 3 Cornell in overtime in Ithaca, N.Y. on Saturday, March 8. The Nittany Lions trailed for nearly the whole game. A 4-0 run in the last two and a half minutes tied the score at the end of regulation.

Ethan Long had the game-winning goal on a man-up opportunity in the third minute of the overtime stanza. He also added an assist and three ground balls.

Hunter Aquino continued his offensive dominance, leading the team in points with five. He produced one goal and four assists, including the pass to the game-tying and game-winning goals.

Liam Matthews notched his first career hat trick while also adding an assist.

Luke Walstrum produced another multi-point day with two goals and two assists.

Alex Ross tallied his first career goal, a laser from the middle of PSU’s offensive zone to go along with two caused turnovers and a ground ball.

Colby Baldwin was dominant at the faceoff-x, winning 15-of-25 in the circle and gathering 10 ground balls.

This was PSU’s highest ranked win since defeating the Big Red in 2023 when they were also the no. 3 team.

LIONS IN THE RANKS

Matt Traynor leads the conference in goals per game (3.2). He also sits at the top of the Big Ten in points per game (4.6), ranking 18th nationally.

Kevin Parnham and Alex Ross rank 12th across the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.2) which is second in the Big Ten.

Colby Baldwin has the eighth-best face-off winning percentage (.631), leading his team to the eigth-best faceoff win percentage in the country. He is seventh in ground balls per game (7.0).

Hunter Aquino is second in the Big Ten in points per game (3.83) and is second in the conference in shot percentage (.435).

As a team, PSU is third in the conference in CTOs per game (10.17), good for third in the country.

The Nittany Lions clear the ball at a .908 ratem which ranks fourth in the nation.

B1G HONORS

Jack Fracyon was named the Big Ten Specialist of the Week following a strong performance against Villanova. He tallied 10 saves on 15 shot attempts. He also allowed just five goals, the third lowest number of goals allowed in his career.

Hunter Aquino earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week after his first career hat-trick and two assists to total five points against no. 8 Princeton.

Hunter Aquino notched his second Big Ten weekly honor, being tabbed the Big Ten Freshman of the Week this week (3/4) after a seven-point (two goals, five assists) performance against Yale.

Colby Balwin was named the Big Ten Specialist of the Week this week (3/4) following a dominant 17-of-26 performance at the face-off x against Yale while adding a goal and an assist.