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2015 Men's Lacrosse

14 Peter Meehan

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rockville Centre, N.Y.
  • Highschool South Side

Biography

  • Career Statistics
  • Four-year letterman
  • Started 32 of 39 career games
  • Finished career with 56 ground balls and 34 caused turnovers from his defensive position

Senior Year (2015)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Appeared in 15 games, started 14 times, and was a mainstay on a defensive unit that allowed an average of only 6.4 goal per game, the second lowest single-season total in Royals' history
  • Was voted second-team All-Landmark Conference in a ballot conducted among the conference's eight head coaches
  • Recorded 29 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers, both career highs
  • Scooped up career-high five ground balls and caused two turnovers in the Royals' 12-7 victory over Western Connecticut on March 7 at Fitzpatrick Field

Junior Year (2014)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 17 games on defense
  • Mainstay on a defensive unit that allowed only 6.93 goals per game, which led the Landmark Conference, and allowed only 15.4 shots on goal per game
  • One of nine players on the roster to scoop up at least 20 ground balls
  • Scooped up four ground balls and caused three turnovers--both season-highs--in the Royals' 11-7 loss to Plattsburgh St. on March 22
  • Also caused two turnovers apiece against Kean on March 26, Elizabethtown on April 2, and the Merchant Marine Academy on April 12

Sophomore Year (2013)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Saw action in four games and started once, vs. Marywood at Pacer Field in Scranton on March 16
  • Against Marywood, finished with two ground balls and caused two turnovers
  • Also recorded a ground ball in a 9-4 win over Lycoming College at Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, on March 9

Freshman Year (2012)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Played in three games on defense, including a 13-8 win over Centenary on March 21 at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Recorded one caused turnover in a 12-4 win over Merchant Marine Academy on April 7 at Fitzpatrick Field.

Awards & Honors

  • Landmark Conference 2nd-Team Selection (2015)

High School/Personal

  • Four-year letterman in lacrosse and football at South Side High School
  • South Side finished 10-6 and advanced to the semifinals of Class B state tournament in 2011 and was 12-4 and a conference champion in 2010
  • Honor roll student
  • Son of Daniel and Carol Meehan
  • His father is a graduate of Niagara University and his mother is a graduate of St. Rose College (NY)
  • Has three siblings:  Erin, Brendan, and Caitlin
  • His sister Erin is a senior here at the university and his brother Brendan is a member of the men's lacrosse team at Siena College (NY)

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2012Freshman

    D
    6'2" 190 lbs
    38
  • 27

    2013Sophomore

    D
    6'2" 190 lbs
    27
  • 14

    2014Junior

    D
    6'3" 190 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2015Senior

    D
    6'3" 190 lbs
    14
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