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2024 Men's Lacrosse Roster

Amara Cohen
Amara Cohen
Amara Cohen
Idalis Fuentes
Idalis Fuentes
Jennifer Mendez
Paul Buckowski
Paul Buckowski
Donna Gourdeau
Michael Mason

27 Matthew Paolatto

  • Class Senior
  • Position Faceoff Specialist
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 185
  • Hometown Sherborn, Mass.
  • High School Dover-Sherborn
  • Major Economics

Biography

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I chose Union because I wanted to go to a smaller school with smaller classes that allowed for a more personal relationship with your professors. I also liked the atmosphere of the campus when I came for my visit as well as the trimester system.
Honors and Awards:
- USILA Faceoff Person of the Year (2024)
- USILA All-America First Team (2024)
- USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America First Team (2024)
- IMLCA All-America Second Team (2024)
- USILA All-America Third Team (2022)
- USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Third Team (2023)
- USILA All-America Honorable Mention (2023)
- USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Honorable Mention (2022)
- USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-America Second Team (2023, 2024)
- Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Fourth Team (2023)
- USILA Preseason All-America Third Team (2024)
- Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Honorable Mention (2024)
- IMLCA All-Region 2 First Team (2024)
- IMLCA All-Region 2 Second Team (2022, 2023)
- All-ECAC Honorable Mention (2022)
- All-Liberty League First Team (2022, 2024)
- All-Liberty League Second Team (2023)
- USILA Team of the Week (3/14/23, 3/13/24, 3/26/24, 4/9/24)
- Liberty League Offensive Player of the Week (4/24/23)
- CSC Academic All-America At-Large Second Team (2024)
- CSC Academic All-District At-Large First Team (2023, 2024)
- Liberty League All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
- William B. Jaffe '25 Athletic Award (2024)
- Sophomore Athletic Prize (2022)

2024: Appeared in all 18 games as a senior … ranked third in Division III with a .717 (321-for-448) faceoff percentage …grabbed 199 ground balls to rank eighth in D-III in grounders per game … set program single-season and career standards for faceoff wins, faceoff percentage and ground balls … also scored six goals with three assists for nine points … won 21-of-23 draws and also scored twice in a win over #18 Williams (3/6) … won a season-best 27 draws on 29 attempts to help beat Clarkson (3/24) … had another 21-of-23 effort with a season-best 17 ground balls against Ithaca (4/6), followed by winning 20-of-23 with 16 grounders the next time out versus Skidmore (4/10) ... recorded a career-best four points with two goals and two assists against #2 Rensselaer (4/13).

2023: Appeared in all 19 games as a junior … won 66.1 percent (259 of 392) of his faceoffs and set a school single-season record with 166 ground balls … ranked second in the Liberty League and 17th in Division III in faceoff percentage … also ranked second in the conference and 19th in D-III in ground balls … his faceoff percentage is second all-time at Union behind only his 2022 season … also scored two goals with three assists for five points … won 13-of-15 draws and grabbed 12 ground balls in a win over Williams (3/8), then won 10-of-11 versus Emerson (3/11) the next time out … went 21-for-23 at the X and recorded 16 ground balls in a one-goal win at Ithaca (4/22) … posted his first career multi-goal game with a pair of tallies in the Liberty League Semifinal win at Rensselaer (5/5) … set new season highs for faceoff wins (22) and ground balls (17) in the NCAA Tournament Third Round versus Middlebury (5/14).
Game-by-Game Statistics

2022: Appeared in all 21 games as Union’s top faceoff specialist … won 69.7 percent of his draws (191 of 274) as a sophomore and led the team with 129 ground balls … also scored three goals with four assists for seven points … led the Liberty League and ranked 11th nationally in faceoff percentage … third in the conference in ground balls as well … broke the school record for single-season faceoff percentage and ranks second in single-season ground balls … won 9-of-11 draws and scored his first collegiate goal at Springfield (3/5) … matched his season high with two points on a goal and an assist while winning 9-of-10 draws in the NCAA Tournament Second Round against John Carroll (5/14).
Game-by-Game Statistics

2021: Did not play for Union.

2020: Did not appear in any games during the abbreviated spring season.

High School: A 2019 graduate of Dover-Sherborn High School … played lacrosse for the Raiders ... a two-time All-State selection, including first-team honors as a senior ... won all 11 faceoffs in the title game to help the Raiders capture a MIAA D-III state championship during his senior season ... also a member of the DSHS team that won a state title as a freshman.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2020First Year

    Faceoff Specialist
    5'10" 180 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2022Sophomore

    Faceoff Specialist
    5'11" 185 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2023Junior

    Faceoff Specialist
    5'11" 185 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2024Senior

    Faceoff Specialist
    5'11" 185 lbs
    27