Setting the Stage
• Inside the Game: Navy (7-6, 4-3 Patriot League) will play host to Bucknell (4-9, 2-5 PL) Friday evening in both teams' regular-season finale. Faceoff is set for 7:00 pm at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Joe Amplo owns a 33-25 record in his 5 years at the helm of the Navy program, while the Bison are under the direction of Frank Fedorjaka who is in his 19th year (151-115). Friday's contest, presented by First Command, marks the 23rd meeting in a series that dates back to 1996. Navy holds a 14-8 series advantage over the Bison.
• Follow the Action: Friday's game will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription based) and will also be carried live on 1430 AM WNAV with Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller on the call. Radio coverage begins at 6:45 pm with the Navy Lacrosse Pregame Show. Live stats will also be available on NavyStats.com(.)

Countdown to Faceoff
10   - Navy has lost just 6 games in the Joe Amplo era (2020-present) when scoring 10 or more goals (27-6, 81.8).
9  -  Navy's defense has held the opposition to 9 or fewer goals in 7 of its 13 games this spring, including 4 of the 7 Patriot League games (6 - Mount St. Mary's, 8 - Hofstra, 9 - Boston U., 9 - Johns Hopkins, 7 - Holy Cross, 9 - Colgate, 9 - Lafayette). Loyola, meanwhile, has scored double digits in each of its last 9 games against the Mids.
8  -  Henry Tolker (Jr / A) has recorded 8 multi-goal games this spring, including 7 of the last 9 contests.
7  -  Navy owns a 7-game winning streak (2016-17-18-19-21-22-23) against Bucknell which includes wins in each of the last 4 contests played in Annapolis (2017-19-21-22).
6  -  Xavier Arline (Sr / A) led Navy with 6 points (4G, 2A) in last year's 12-9 win at Bucknell. Arline is Navy's leading scorer this season with 32 points on 17 goals and 15 assists.
5  -  Navy is the 5th-oldest (117th year) and 5th-winningest (837-389-14) program in NCAA Div. I men's lacrosse history.
4  -  Zach Hayashi (Fr / FO), who is ranked #3 in the Patriot League in faceoff winning percentage (165-296, 55.7) and broke the Navy freshman wins and attempts record last week against Loyola, stands #4 on the Mids' all-time single-season wins list and needs 20 wins to tie the record.
3  -  In Joe Amplo's 5 seasons at Navy, the Mids have lost just 3 games when leading at the half (24-3). Navy has won 8-consecutive games when leadsing at the half, including 5 contests this spring.
2  -  In the last 2 games, Jon Jarosz (Sr / A/M) has scored 8 goals (4 at Army, 4 vs. Loyola). He missed 5 games (Lehigh, Johns Hopkins, Villanova, Holy Cross, Colgate) this spring due to injury.
1 -   Max Hewitt (Sr / M) needs just 1 point to become the 37th player and the 11th midfielder in school history to produce 100-career points (64-35=99).

Navy-Bucknell Series
• Friday night's contest between Navy and Bucknell marks the 23rd game in a series that began in 1996. It's the 21st game since Navy joined the Patriot League in the spring of 2004.
• Navy owns a 14-8 advantage in the series, winning each of the last 7 contests.
• The Mids own an 8-3 lead over Bucknell in games played in Annapolis, including wins in each of the last 4 (2017, 13-7 / 2019, 14-8 / 2021, 13-10 / 2022, 13-6).
• Eight of the 22 games in the series have been decided by a single goal, although the Mids have won the last 7 games by an average of nearly 5.3 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.
• Navy has reached double digits in the scoring column in each of the last 7 contests, while Bucknell has been held to single digits in 8 of the last 9 games.

Scouting Bucknell
• Nineteenth-year Bucknell head coach Frank Fedorjaka has led the Bison to a 4-9 record, including a 2-5 mark in the Patriot League this season. After winning their Patriot League opener against Holy Cross (12-9) on March 2, the Bison have lost 6 of their last 8 games, including 5 of 6 league contests. Bucknell's wins this spring are against Dartmouth (15-13), Holy Cross, Lafayette (17-8) and LeMoyne (7-5), while it has losses against Merrimack (14-10), Marist (17-10), Harvard (13-12), Boston U. (13-10), Richmond (17-5), Colgate (17-4), Lehigh (9-8), Loyola (15-13) and Army (19-11).
• Bucknell is 8th in the league in scoring, averaging 10.31 goals per game. Connor Davis (Jr / A) leads the charge with 41 points on 37 goals and 4 assists. He has more than double the number of goals as his next closest teammate Michael Meyer (So / A), who stands 2nd in points with 28 on 16 goals and a team-high 12 assists. Davis is #1 in the league in goals per game (2.85) and #17 nationally.
• The Bison have played 4 different goalkeepers this season - Jaz Zanelli (So), Max Nolan, George Herron (Fr) and Matt Shepard - with Zanelli and Nolan each earning 6 starts. However, Nolan, nor Shepard appear on the current Bucknell roster. Zanelli has seen action in 10 games where he has allowed 78 goals (11.51 GAA) and made 64 saves (45.1), while Nolan has played in 8 contests and has given up 58 goals (13.65 GAA) and made 41 stops (41.4). Herron has appeared in 5 games where he has allowed 25 goals (16.69 GAA) and made 18 saves (41.9).
• Bucknell is 7th nationally and 3rd in the Patriot League in caused turnovers, averaging 10.23 per game. Will Pickering (So / D) leads the team with 18 takeaways (1.38), while Duncan Hill (Sr / D) has 17 (1.31) and John Young (So / LSM) has 16 (1.08).
• Brendan Coyle (Sr) has taken the bulk of the faceoffs, winning 115 of the 245 draws (46.9). Meanwhile, Colin McLoy (Fr) has won 41 of 91 faceoffs (45.1) and Ben Concepcion (Fr) is 3 of 7 (42.9).

Senior Salute
• Playing in their final regular-season lacrosse game at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Navy's 17 senior lacrosse players will be honored at halftime of Friday night's contest.
• Navy's Class of 2024 has put together a 30-23 (56.6) record, including a 18-11 (62.1) mark in Patriot League action.
• Additionally, the senior class has posted a 2-2 record against Army in the annual Star Game.
• This group of seniors saw their rookie season (2021) cut to just 9 games as schools continued to navigate through COVID protocols. The 2022 campaign marked the first year of their collegiate experience in which they were able to play an entire season.
• Navy's seniors will graduate on May 24 and be commissioned Ensigns in the Navy or 2nd Lieutenants in the Marine Corps.

Navy's Senior Lacrosse Players
Xavier Arline / Marine Corps Ground
Jackson Bonitz / Navy Pilot
Andrew Calabrese / Surface Warfare Officer, USS Gabrielle Gifford (LCS Crew 202)
Gabe Craven / Naval Officer
Max Hewitt / Navy Pilot
Keegan Houser / Navy Pilot
Tommy Hovivian / Navy Pilot
Jon Jarosz / Naval Intelligence
Nick LiCalzi / Marine Corps Ground
Michael Lobosco / Naval Officer
Cam Marion / Navy Pilot
Jackson Peters / Marine Corps Ground
Bryson Rhee / Marine Corps Ground
Kai Sasaki / Marine Corps Ground
Will Schiffenhaus / Marine Corps Ground
Scott Stensrud / Naval Officer
Dane Swanson / Navy Pilot

Midshipmen Support Staff
Lauren Ceh (video) / Navy Pilot
David Eldridge (equipment) / Surface Warfare
Ben Grunes (medical) / Marine Corps Ground
Merrick Klunder (equipment) / Navy Pilot
Ella Warfel (video) / Marine Corps Ground

Patriot League Success
• Since joining the Patriot League in 2004, Navy has put together a 103-58 record (64.0) against conference members, which includes a 2-0 mark against Hobart who left the league following the 2004 season.  
• The Mids are 92-48 (65.7) in regular-season action and 11-10 (52.4) in the Patriot League Tournament.
• 36 of the 58 losses (62.1) have been in games played either at the opponent's field (31) or at a neutral site (5).
• Navy owns a 52-22 (70.3) Patriot League record at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, including a 46-18 (71.9) mark during the regular season.
• The Mids have produced undefeated records in regular-season conference action twice, 7-0 in 2004 and 6-0 in '07.
• Navy won 8-consecutive Patriot League Tournament games and 4-straight Patriot League Tournament titles (2004-07), before dropping the program's first tournament contest in the 2008 semifinals against eventual champion Colgate.  
• Navy has won at least a share of the Patriot League regular-season title 8 times (2004-05-06-07-08-15-16-18) since joining the league in 2004.
• Additionally, the Mids have claimed the league's tournament crown 5 times (2004-05-06-07-09).

Hewitt and Tolker Closing In On 100
• Max Hewitt (Sr / M) is looking to become just the 37th player in program history to reach the 100-point scoring milestone. Hewitt heads into Friday night's contest with 99-career points, having produced 64 goals and 35 assists.
• Should he reach that milestone, he would become just the 11th midfielder in program history to score 100 points and the first since Greyson Torain and Ryan Wade (played at least one season at attack) in 2016-19.
• Teammate Henry Tolker (Jr / A) is also approaching the 100-point milestone. The three-year starter has produced 93 points (75G, 18A) in 43 games to date.
• Tolker also needs just a single goal to join Navy's all-time top-20 career goals scored list.
• Patrick Skalniak, who suffered a fractured spine a year ago at the hands of Lehigh, missed 9 games in his final season and came up just 1 point short of reaching 100 points.
• Among the list of Navy's 100-point scorers, 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.
• Nearly 50 years since graduating, Jeff Long remains the Mids' all-time leading scorer with 233 points (84-149).