2015 Lacrosse - M Roster

29 Matt Garziano

  • Position Midfield
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Melville, N.Y.
  • Highschool Half Hollow Hills East

Biography

2015:
• One of UAlbany's primary two-way midfielders, playing all 19 games with 12 starts
• Finished season with 12 goals, seven assists, 26 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers
• Scored two goals with two ground balls vs. Stony Brook (3/14)
• Scored a pair of goals at Syracuse (4/2)
• Career-high four points off two goals and two assists, adding three ground balls in road win at Vermont (4/4)
• Three points and three ground balls in road win at Binghamton (4/11)
• Five ground balls and an assist vs. Hartford (4/30)
• Notched two assists with a caused turnover in NCAA Tournament game vs. Notre Dame (5/17)

2014:
• Rotated between first and second midfield lines, playing all 18 games with three starts
• Tallied 10 goals, four assists, 29 ground balls and nine caused turnovers
• Two goals and a ground ball in home win over Vermont (3/29)
• Three goals in as many shots in victory over Stony Brook (4/12)
• Two points, two ground balls and a caused turnover in America East title game win vs. UMBC (5/3)
• Scooped four ground balls and caused a turnover in NCAA Tournament victory at Loyola (5/10)

2013:
• Played in all 18 games
• Tallied 21 total points on 10 goals and 11 assists
• Recorded a career-best four points on two goals and two assists vs. Vermont (4/13)
• Scored a career-high three goals vs. Yale (3/2) 

2012:
• Played in 14 games for the Great Danes
• Had his first collegiate assist against Drexel (2/25)
• Picked up nine ground balls
• Won his first face-off against Binghamton (3/31)

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Half Hallow Hills East... Senior captain... All-Suffolk County in 2011...Also a two-time team MVP... The inaugural winner of the James Metzger Award as a senior... Earned the Coaches' Award in 2009... Also lettered in soccer and basketball.

Personal: Intended major is biology... Son of Anthony and Linda Garziano... Has a sister, Jessica, and two brothers, Jake and Nick.

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 4 (at Vermont, Apr. 4, 2015)
Goals: 2 (6x, last: at Binghamton, Apr. 11, 2015)
Assists: 2 (2x, last: at Vermont, Apr. 4, 2015)
Ground Balls: 5 (vs. Hartford, Apr. 30, 2015)
Caused Turnovers: 2 (4x, last: vs. Yale, Apr. 18, 2015)

CAREER STATISTICS 

Year

GP/GS

G

A

PTS

GB

CT

FO

2012

14/0

0

1

1

9

4

1-2

2013

18/4

10

11

21

22

10

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2014

18/3

10

4

14

29

9

--

2015

19/12

12

7

19

26

11

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Total

69/19

32

23

55

86

34

1-2

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2012Freshman

    Midfield
    6'2" 180 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2013Sophomore

    Midfield
    6'2" 180 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2014Junior

    Midfield
    6'2" 180 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2015Senior

    Midfield
    6'2" 180 lbs
    29