Setting the Stage
• Inside the Game: After playing three-consecutive games at home, Navy (6-4, 3-1 Patriot League) will open the month of April on the road where it will meet Lafayette (4-5, 1-4 Patriot League) on Saturday at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pa. Game time is slated for 12:00 pm. Navy is led by Joe Amplo, who owns a 32-23 record in 5 seasons at the helm of the Navy program, while Lafayette's Patrick Myers has posted an 18-54 record in 6 seasons as the Leopards' head coach. The contest marks the 25th meeting in a series that dates back to 1926.
• Follow the Action: Saturday's game will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription based). Additionally, both 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV and 1500 AM WFED will carry the game live with Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller on the call. Radio coverage begins at 11:45 am with the Navy Lacrosse Pregame Show. Live stats will also be available on NavySports.com(.)

Countdown to Faceoff
10  -  Navy has lost just 5 games in the Joe Amplo era (2020-present) when scoring 10 or more goals (26-5, 83.9).
9  -  Navy's defense has held the opposition to 9 or fewer goals in 6 of its 10 games this spring, including each of the last 2 (6 by Mount St. Mary's, 8 by Hofstra, 9 by Boston U., 9 by Johns Hopkins, 7 by Holy Cross, 9 by Colgate).
8  -  Navy, who is currently in a three-way tie for 2nd place, 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.
7  -  Henry Tolker (Jr / A) has produced multiple goals in 7 (of 10) games this season, including each of the last 6.
6  -  Lafayette has scored 6 or fewer goals in 16 of the 24 games against Navy, including each of the last 2,
5  -  Max Hewitt (Sr / M) needs just 5 points to become the 37th player and the 11th midfielder in school history to produce 100-career points (61-34=95).
4 -   Dane Swanson (Sr / M) has scored a team-high 4 extra-man goals, all of which have come in Patriot League games (2 at Boston U., 1 vs. Holy Cross, 1 vs. Colgate).
3  -  In Joe Amplo's 5 seasons at Navy, the Mids have lost just 3 games when leading at the half (23-3). Navy has won 7-consecutive games when leading at the half, including 4 contests this spring.
2   - Zach Hayashi (Fr / FO), who is ranked #2 in the Patriot League in faceoff winning percentage (128-22, 57.7) AND ground balls per game (6.00), stands #1 in the Naval Academy's Class of 2027 (1,152 students) in Military Order of Merit.
1  -  With a team-high 19 caused turnovers, Jackson Bonitz (Sr / D) needs just 1 caused turnover to reach 20 for the year ... he would be only the 3rd player in school history to reach 20 takeaways in a season multiple times in their career (Matt Rees 20 in 2015 / 26 in 2016 / 29 in 2017, Pat Kiernan 26 in 2013 / 23 in 2014, Jackson Bonitz 22 in 2023).

Navy-Lafayette Series
• Saturday's contest marks the 25th meeting between the two programs, and the 21st since the Midshipmen joined the Patriot League in 2004. Navy leads the series 22-2.
• Navy leads the series in games played in Easton, 8-2.
• Navy and Lafayette first met in 1926 with the Mids earning a 23-0 win. The two teams battled one another three times between 1929-31 before the series went on pause. The two programs would not meet again until the Mids joined the Patriot League.
• The Mids won 10 straight against the Leopards before dropping the program's first game to Lafayette on March 12, 2010 in Easton. Navy won seven in a row before falling a second time, again in Easton, by a 9-8 count in 2017. Since that loss, Navy has won 5 in a row.
• Navy has scored double digits in 18 of the 24 games, while the Mids have held Lafayette to single digits 21 times.
• In the 24-game history, the Mids have outscored the Leopards, 299-128.

Scouting Lafayette
• Sixth-year Lafayette head coach Patrick Myers has led the Leopards to a 4-5 record this spring, including a 1-4 mark in the Patriot League. Lafayette won 3 of its first 4 contests, but has lost 4 of its last 5 games, including back-to-back conference matchups against Loyola (18-10) and Bucknell (17-8).
• Lafayette is 4th in the league in scoring offense, averaging 12.33 goals per game. Charlie Cunniffe (Sr / A) leads the way with 38 points on 22 goals and 16 assists. Meanwhile John Mathes (Sr / M)  and Peter Lehman (Sr / A) have both produced 24 points. Mathes has 22 goals and a pair of assists, while Lehman has 16 goals and 8 assists.
• The Leopards, however, are allowing 12.22 goals per game, the 7th most within the league. Joe Doherty (So / GK) has had a fine season between the pipes where he has started all 9 contests and owns an 12.86 goals-against average and a 50.9 save percentage.
• In terms of "special teams" play, Lafayette's extra-man squad has scored 11 goals on 29 opportunities (37.9). On the other side of the ball, the Leopards' man-down squad has squelched just 8 of the opponents' 21 EMO's (38.1).
• Evan Prince (Jr) has taken the bulk of the faceoffs this spring for Lafayette, winning 84 of the 157 draws (53.5) he has taken. Meanwhile Nick Faccone (Fr) has won 37 of 82 (45.1) and Aidan Kelly (Sr), who has played in just 4 contests, has won 10 of 15 (66.7).