Opening Whistle
The Vikings begin their longest home stretch of three games with the non-conference finale against St. Bonaventure for Senior Day.

Thank You Seniors
Cleveland State will honor ten seniors before the game on Saturday: Will Adair, Logan Angel, Alec Blessing, Griffin Burkey, Payton Corpus, Justin Dalum, Jack Dickson, Drew Graves, Xander Johnson, Robbie Stewart.
 
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Brennen Hickey and Payton Corpus were named NEC Prime Performers. Hickey had a career day with seven points on five goals and two assists for seven points. Corpus picked up six ground balls and caused three turnovers.
 
Last Game Out
The Green and White picked up its first win of the season at Canisius, 13-9, on Saturday in the final road non-conference game. The Griffs scored the first two goals before Xander Johnson tallied the next two, tying the game heading into the second.
 
Cleveland State outscored the home team 5-2 in the second to lead 7-4 at halftime. Both teams scored three times in the third to make it 10-7 in favor of CSU. The Green and White held a 3-2 edge in the fourth to win, 13-9.
 
Hickey, Whalen, and McDonald all finished with hat-tricks. Adam Van Voorhis dished out a team-best three assists.
 
Oliver Vanyo made his first collegiate start in the cage and had eight saves on the afternoon.
 
About the Bonnies
St. Bonaventure is 3-3 on the year and is coming off a 12-9 road win at Mercyhurst on Tuesday. The Bonnies have scored 56 goals with double-digit tallies by Cole Kucinski (16) and Patrick Shanahan (11). Jaxon Dillon, Jonas Johnson, and Benny Carter have four assists apiece.
 
Lad Harper is tops in ground balls with 25 and is 49-of-75 in the faceoff circle. Isaac Farmer has made 57 saves in the cage.

All-Time Series
This will be the seventh meeting between these two teams, with the series deadlocked at three. St. Bonaventure came out on top last season, 8-6, snapping a two-game losing streak to the Vikings. For games in Cleveland, the Green and White are ahead 2-1.
 
The Numbers

• This is the tenth season of CSU lacrosse and the seventh under coach Andy German.
• Cleveland State is 45-77 all-time and 28-51 under coach German.
• The Vikings are 5-3 in the first game of March.
• The Green and White are 3-1 in the final non-conference play.
• CSU is 2-1 against the Bonnies in the final conference tune-up game.

 
On This Date
Cleveland State is 0-1 on March seventh with the lone game at Bucknell in 2021, falling 15-9.
 
Stewart Looks to Shine in Senior Yeard

• Robbie Stewart begins his final season in the Green and White.
• Stewart moved up to second for all-time faceoff wins with 330, trailing Danny Tesler's mark of 478.
• Stewart rose to second in career ground balls with 172, chasing Tesler's record of 265.

 
Valli Vaulting up the Rankings

• Griffin Valli moved up to seventh in all-time in ground balls with 85.
• Valli is sixth in caused turnovers with 33, trailing Zach Whitenack's mark of 52.

 
Protect The Cage Dalum

• Justin Dalum is second in career saves with 251, trailing Cameron Logan's mark of 328.

 
NEC Preseason Poll

• Robert Morris was picked to win the NEC after receiving six first-place votes.
• LIU received the other two first-place tallies to put them in second.
• Cleveland State came in the sixth slot.

See Us on the Rock

• Rock Entertainment Sports Network, a joint venture between Rock Entertainment Group and Gray Media, will broadcast all six lacrosse games.
• Four of the six games will air live, with the other two on tape.
• All games will air live on ESPN+.

 
Up Next
The Vikings open NEC play on Saturday, March 14, at 1 p.m. versus Mercyhurst.