Setting the Stage
• Inside the Game: Fresh off its dramatic overtime victory against sixth-ranked Army, Navy (8-5, 4-3 Patriot League) will look to carry that momentum over to Friday evening's regular-season finale against Bucknell (9-4, 3-4 Patriot League). Faceoff is slated for 7:00 pm at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Mids are led by Joe Amplo, who owns a 17-10 record in three seasons at the helm of the Navy program, while Frank Fedorjaka has posted a 144-94 record in 17 seasons as the head coach of the Bison.
• Follow the Action: Friday's contest, presented by First Command, will be streamed via ESPN+ (subscription based) with Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller on the call. Additionally, the game will be carried live on 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV with coverage beginning at 6:45 pm with the Navy Lacrosse Pregame Show. Live stats will also be available on NavySports.com(.)
• Senior Salute: Head Coach Joe Amplo will honor Navy's 14 senior lacrosse players, as well as their families, prior to the start of Friday's contest.

Game Day Storylines
• 27 Games and Counting: Heading into Friday night's contest, Navy's Patrick Skalniak (Jr / M) owns a 27-game point-scoring streak. He has amassed 76 points on 42 goals and 34 assists during the streak which dates back to his first-collegiate game on Feb. 7, 2020, against Manhattan. Maryland's Logan Wisnauskas owns the nation's longest point-scoring streak at 69-consecutive games (every game of his career).
• 40: Patrick Skalniak (Jr / M) leads the team in the scoring column this spring with 42 points on 25 goals and 17 assists. He is one of only 5 midfielders in program history to score 40 points in a season - 44 by Bob DeSimone (1975), 48 by Ryan Wade (2019), 53 by Glen Miles (1986) and 53 by Brian Keith (1989). He needs 3 assists to join 1986 MacLaughlin Award winner Glen Miles (23G, 30A in 1986) and Ryan Wade (20G, 28A in 2019) as the only three midfielders in school history to score 20 goals and deal out 20 assists in a single season.
• 30-Point Midfielders: Patrick Skalniak (Jr) became the program's 17th different midfielder to reach 30 points in a season when he contributed 6 points (3G, 3A) in the Mids' 11-10 win at Johns Hopkins on March 18. Dane Swanson (So), meanwhile, added his name to the list last Saturday at Army where he turned in 4 points (1G, 3A) to eclipse 30 points. Skalniak and Swanson are just the second set of midfielders to reach 30 points in a season in school history. Ryan Wade and Greyson Torain did it not once, but in back-to-back years (2018 Wade 33 pts, Torain 33 pts / 2019 Wade 48 pts, Torain 37 pts). It would not be out of the question for Max Hewitt (So) to join his linemates on the list, as he currently owns 25 points (17-8). Navy has never had 3 midfielders score 30 points in a season.
• The Race to 100: Co-captain Nick Cole (Sr / A) is looking to become just the 37th player in program history to reach the 100-point scoring milestone. Cole heads into the Bucknell contest with 91-career points, having scored 49 goals and 42 assists. Navy is guaranteed at least 2 more contests this spring (Bucknell, Patriot League Quarterfinals) and should Cole reach 100 points during that span, he would be the 15th fastest (42 gms) to achieve it in school history. Among the list of 37, 16 players have added their names to the list in the last 25 years, including Christian Daniel (122) in 2021, Greyson Torain (132) in 2019 and Ryan Wade (119) in 2019. Forty-five years after graduating, Jeff Long remains the Mids' all-time leading scorer with 233 points (84-149).
• Skalniak Earns National Recognition: Patrick Skalniak (Jr / M) was named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) National Team of the Week which recognizes the 10 best individual performances from the previous week by players around the country. Recording his fifth hat trick of the 2022 campaign, Skalniak helped Navy rally from a three-goal halftime deficit to defeat No. 6 Army in overtime 12-11.

Scouting Bucknell
• Seventeenth-year Bucknell head coach Frank Fedorjaka has led the Bison to a 9-4 record, including a 3-4 mark in the Patriot League. They won their first 5 games of the season before dropping a 12-7 decision to Boston in their league opener. Bucknell has conference wins over Colgate, Holy Cross and Lafayette, while dropping games to Boston U., Loyola, Army and Lehigh.
• Bucknell boasts one of the top scoring offensive units in the country which is currently ranked #1 in the Patriot League and #10 nationally, averaging 14.62 goals per game. The Bison have been held to single digits just 3 times this year, all 3 resulting in a loss.
• Three players have scored 50 or more points this season, including Dutch Furlong (So / A) who has 53 points on 35 goals and 18 assists. Meanwhile, Connor Davis (A) not only is one of the top rookies in the country, he's one of the top scorers nationwide. Davis has 50 points on a team-high 43 goals and 7 assists. He is ranked #31 in the country in scoring (4.17 ppg) and #3 in goals per game (3.58). Rounding out the trio is Alston Tarry (Sr / A), who has 50 points on 31 goals and a team-best 19 assists. Tarry stands #7 nationally in shot percentage (49.2)
• Rich O'Halloran (Fr) and Max Nolan (Fr) have logged the majority of minutes for the Bison. Nolan got the starting nod to begin the season, however O'Halloran has started 6 of the 7 Patriot League contests. O'Halloran owns a 10.65 goals-against Average and 55.2 save percentage, while Nolan has an 11.45 GAA and a 40.9 save percentage.
• Veteran Nick Crovatto (Sr) has taken the bulk of the faceoffs, winning 155 of his 294 draws (52.7). Crovatto also leads the team in ground balls with 85 (6.62).

Navy vs. Bucknell - The Series
• Friday night's contest between Navy and Bucknell marks the 21st game in a series that began in 1996.
• Navy owns a 12-8 advantage in the series, winning each of the last five contests.
• Eight of the 20 games in the series have been decided by 1 goal, although the Mids have won the last 5 games by an average of 5 goals.
• Three of the one-goal contests have entered into extra minutes. In 2010, midfielder Patrick Moran stuck his shot 1:20 into overtime to lead the Mids to an 8-7 OT win. Meanwhile, in 2011 Navy scored four goals in the fourth, including a pair by Nikk Davis in the final 18 seconds of the game to send it into overtime. Then-rookie Todd Heritage went on to score the game-winner for the Bison.
• The Mids own a 7-3 lead over the Bison in games played in Annapolis, including each of the last 3 (13-7 in 2017 / 14-8 in 2019 / 13-10 in 2021).

Patriot League Playoff Scenarios
• Boston U., Lehigh, Army, Loyola, Navy and Bucknell have clinched playoff berths for the six-team Patriot Tournament set to begin next Tuesday with two quarterfinal games involving the #3 through #6 teams.
• Friday's final regular-season games include Lehigh at Loyola (6:00 pm - CBS Sports Network), Bucknell at Navy (7:00 pm - ESPN+), Holy Cross at Colgate (7:00 pm - ESPN+) and Army at Boston U. (8:00 pm - ESPN+). Lafayette will play a nonconference game against Virginia on Thursday (4.28).
• The Holy Cross-Colgate and Lafayette nonconference games have NO impact on the seeding for the conference tournament.

• Below are the potential scenarios and seeding:
• If Navy, Loyola, Boston win: 1. Boston U (8-0), 2. Loyola (6-2), 3. Lehigh (5-3), 4. Navy (5-3), 5. Army (5-3), 6. Bucknell (3-5) / Army at Navy in PL Qtrs
• If Navy, Lehigh, Boston win: 1. Boston U (8-0), 2. Lehigh (6-2), 3. Loyola (5-3), 4. Army (5-3), 5. Navy (5-3), 6. Bucknell (3-5) / Navy at Army in PL Qtrs
• If Navy, Loyola, Army win: 1. Boston (7-1), 2. Army (6-2), 3. Loyola (6-2), 4. Lehigh (5-3), 5. Navy (5-3), 6. Bucknell (3-5) / Navy at Lehigh in PL Qtrs
• If Navy, Lehigh, Army win: 1. Boston (7-1), 2. Lehigh (6-2), 3. Army (6-2), 4. Loyola (5-3), 5. Navy (5-3), 6. Bucknell (3-5) / Navy at Loyola in PL Qtrs
• If Bucknell, Loyola, Boston win: 1. Boston U (8-0), 2. Loyola (6-2), 3. Lehigh (5-3), 4. Army (5-3), 5. Bucknell (4-4), 6. Navy (4-4) / Navy at Lehigh in PL Qtrs
• If Bucknell, Lehigh, Boston win: 1. Boston U (8-0), 2. Lehigh (6-2), 3. Army (5-3), 4. Loyola (5-3), 5. Bucknell (4-4), 6. Navy (4-4) / Navy at Army in PL Qtrs
• If Bucknell, Loyola, Army win: 1. Boston (7-1), 2. Army (6-2), 3. Loyola (6-2), 4. Lehigh (5-3), 5. Bucknell (4-4), 6. Navy (4-4) / Navy at Loyola in PL Qtrs
• If Bucknell, Lehigh, Army win: 1. Boston (7-1), 2. Lehigh (6-2), 3. Army (6-2), 4. Loyola (5-3), 5. Bucknell (4-4), 6. Navy (4-4) / Navy at Army in PL Qtrs