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2013 Men's Lacrosse

1 Taylor Nelson

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chester Springs, Pa.
  • Highschool Downingtown East

Biography

2013 Game-by-Game Statistics

Four-year letterman... Started 58 of 61 career games... Finished his career with 89 goals, 44 assists, 133 total points, 6 game-winning goals, 100 ground balls, 14 caused turnovers... Two-time Landmark Conference selection (2nd team in 2011, 1st team in 2012)... Three-time Landmark Cofnerence Academic Honor Roll selection (2011, 2012, 2013)... Royals' all-time leader in shot attempts and shot attempts per game, sixth in total points, seventh in goals scored, tied for 11th in assists, 15th in points per game and goals per game, 18th in assists per game, and tied for 19th in ground balls... Key member of a senior class that led the Royals to three Landmark Conference tournament berths, including the program's first-ever Landmark title and NCAA Division III championship appearance in 2011, along with 33 victories over the past four years.

Senior Year (2013):  Led Royals in total points (40) and assists (17) and finished second in goals (23)... Started all 15 games... Was voted first-team all-Landmark Conference in a ballot conducted among the conference's seven head coaches... Scored at least one goal in 12 games and had eight multi-goal games, including a season-high four goals in a 7-6 loss to Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey, on April 17... Tallied two game-winning goals:  vs. the Merchant Marine Academy on April 6 in Kings Point, New York, and Susquehanna on April 13 at Fitzpatrick Field... Finished with two goals and an assist in the Royals' 7-6 loss in overtime to defending Landmark Conference champion Goucher College on April 20 at Fitzpatrick Field... Also tallied two of Scranton's four goals in its 7-4 loss to Susquehanna in the semifinals of the Landmark Conference tournament on May 1 at Fitzpatrick Field... Finished third on the team in ground balls with 29...Scooped up a career-high seven ground balls and finished with two goals and two assists in the win over the Merchant Marine Academy... Recorded at least one assist in 12 games and had two assists in five games.

Junior Year (2012): Played in all 16 games at attack... Was one of the team's top scoring threats... Finished second on the team in goals (28) and points (41)... Also had 13 assists... Finished with 131 shot attempts for a shot percentage of .214... Scored two or more goals on nine occasions... Had three or more points seven times... Also recorded 22 ground balls and one caused turnover... Scored three goals on eight shots and scooped up four ground balls in an 11-5 win over Farmingdale State on Feb. 25... Scored two goals, including the game winner in quadruple overtime, in an 8-7 win over Muhlenberg on March 3 in Allentown, Pennsylvania... Scored three goals and recorded four ground balls in a 9-5 loss to Nazareth on March 7 at Fitzpatrick Field... Had a goal and two assists in an 11-9 win over Lycoming on March 17 in Baltimore, Maryland... Had two goals and an assist in a 13-8 win over Centenary on March 21 at Fitzpatrick Field... Had a season-high six points (three goals, three assists) and four ground balls in a 13-7 win over Washington & Jefferson on March 24 in Washington, Pennsylvania... Scored a pair of goals in an 11-6 win over FDU-Florham on April 4 in Madison, New Jersey... Scored three goals in a 12-4 win over Merchant Marine Academy on April 7 at Fitzpatrick Field... Had two assists in a 13-8 loss to Goucher on April 21 in Towson, Maryland... Scored a pair of goals as the Royals clinched a Landmark Conference tournament berth with a 13-7 victory over Catholic on April 28 at Fitzpatrick Field... Matched his season high with six points (three goals, three assists) in a 15-9 loss to Drew in a Landmark Conference semifinal on May 2 in Madison, New Jersey.

Sophomore Year (2011): Started all 17 games... Led Royals in goals (31), total points (43), and shot attempts (101), and tied for the team-lead in game-winning goals (2)... Earned second-team all-Landmark Conference honors in a vote conducted among the league's head coaches... Accounted for at least one point in 16 games and scored at least one goal in 14 games... Had 10 multi-goal games, including a career-high four goals in a 15-11 victory over Hartwick College on March 16 at Fitzpatrick Field and in a 12-10 must-win situtation in a 12-10 victory over Catholic University on May 4... Was credited with the game-winning goal in victories over Farmingdale State on March 1 at Fitzpatrick Field and against Hartwick... Scored three goals and added an assist in the Royals' 12-9 victory over Catholic University in the semifinals of the Landmark Conference tournament on May 4 at Fitzpatrick Field... Scored two goals and assisted on two others in Scranton's 12-8 victory over Goucher College in the championship game of the Landmark Conference tournament on May 7 in Towson, Maryland... Finished second on the team in ground balls with 39, including a then career-high of six against Hartwick...finished tied for fifth in game-winning goals per game (0.12), eighth in both goals (1.82) and shots (5.94) per game, and tenth in points per game (2.53) in the final Landmark Conference statistical rankings.

Freshman Year (2010): Saw action in 13 games and started 10 times... Had seven goals and two assists for nine total points... Scored a season-high two goals-both coming on man-up situations-in a 16-3 victory over Moravian College on April 21 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania... In his first game, scored an unassisted goal with 1:47 remaining in the fourth period in a 12-5 upset of then 12th-ranked Ithaca College on March 2 at Fitzpatrick Field... Recorded both of his assists in a 16-4 loss to then 18th-ranked Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia, on March 17... Eighteen of his 34 shot attempts were on goal... Also scooped up 10 ground balls.

High School: Member of a 2007 state and four Suburban League championship teams under head coach Tom Slate... Served as team captain his senior year... Tallied 70 points (48 goals, 22 assists)... Also excelled in football, earning an all-conference honors as an outside linebacker his junior and senior years... Served as a team captain his senior year, helping to lead the Cougars to a conference championship.

Awards & Honors
Landmark Conference 1st-Team Selection (2013)
Landmark Conference 2nd-Team Selection (2011)
Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll Selection (2011, 2012, 2013)
University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (March 20, 2011; May 7, 2012)

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