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JU Men: Dolphins Travel to St. John’s on Thursday

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via press release   JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville hits the road for the first time this season when the Dolphins face Big East member St. John’s on Thursday at 3 p.m. ET at DaSilva Memorial Field with the action being aired live on ESPN3 and judolphins.com. Matt Shortis and Robert Engelke will call the game, and live in-game updates can be found on the Jacksonville men’s lacrosse official Twitter account (@JU_MLAX).   Game 3/Jacksonville (1-1) at St. John’s (0-1) Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 Queens, N.Y. – DaSilva Memorial Field – 3 p.m. ET   Live Video (ESPN3), Audio and Stats: judolphins.com Twitter Updates: @JU_MLAX   Game Notes   Series Information Series Record: Jacksonville leads 1-0 Last Meeting: Jacksonville 12, St. John’s 11 (OT) (Feb. 21, 2015; at Jacksonville) Record at Jacksonville: Jacksonville leads 1-0 Record at St. John’s: First meeting Record at Neutral Site: N/A Last Jacksonville Win: Jacksonville 12, St. John’s 11 (OT) (Feb. 21, 2015; at Jacksonville) Coach Van Arsdale vs St. John’s: 1-0   About Jacksonville   Jacksonville is coming off an 11-5 loss at home Feb. 14 to Monmouth in the sixth annual Moe’s Southwest Grill Lacrosse Classic. Dakota Rohlin<http://judolphins.com/sports/mlax/2015-16/bios/rohlin_dakota_5qpr> recorded a hat trick despite the loss. Aaron Jollow<http://judolphins.com/sports/mlax/2015-16/bios/jollow_aaron_koah> and Cody Ford<http://judolphins.com/sports/mlax/2015-16/bios/ford_cody_edp3> each had one goal. Netminder Ben Gleichenhaus<http://judolphins.com/sports/mlax/2015-16/bios/gleichenhaus_ben_ietz> had 11 stops for the Dolphins.   Jacksonville won 11-of-20 faceoffs in the game.   About St. John’s   Despite scoring three goals in the first four minutes of the game, St. John’s dropped its season-opener at Rutgers, 19-11, on Feb. 12. The Red Storm saw eight different Johnnies tally points in the game. Eric DeJohn had three goals and as many assists. Declan Swartwood tallied four points on one goal and three assists. Jason DeBenedictis had three assists. Rutgers held the edge in groundballs, 45-22, and won 22-of-34 faceoffs while outshooting St. John’s, 47-32.   ‘Fin Facts The Dolphins are 5-3 all-time against current members of the Big East. Five Dolphins (Jollow, Sam Dovan<http://judolphins.com/sports/mlax/2015-16/bios/dovan_sam_iqq8>, Pat Ryan<http://judolphins.com/sports/mlax/2015-16/bios/ryan_pat_gj8e>, Michael Diggle<http://judolphins.com/sports/mlax/2015-16/bios/diggle_michael_huen>, Derek Andrake<http://judolphins.com/sports/mlax/2015-16/bios/andrake_derek_da3r>) hail from the Empire State. Jacksonville leads the Southern Conference and ranks 15th nationally in assists per game (6.0). Rohlin recorded a hat trick in last season’s 12-11 overtime win over the Johnnies. The Dolphins outshot St. John’s 49-44 in last season’s win, including 19-10 in the fourth quarter. The Green and White pulled in nine ground balls in the fourth quarter of last year’s match compared to only two by the Red Storm. Jacksonville won 20-of-26 faceoffs in last season’s affair.   Nicholas Petrone Associate Director of Athletic Media Relations Jacksonville University Office: 904-256-7444 Cell: 660-888-3275 judolphins.com