| With the season more than half done for most teams, we thought it would be interesting to take a look back at some of the top performances of the year so far. Trevor Baptiste got such a large amount of press for his hat trick against Villanova, that we wanted to see where his performance really ranked. I will be honest in saying that I was more than a bit surprised at the results. |
| For a bit of background, in order to rank single game performances, we needed a way to condense box score stats into a single number for each player. In order to do this, we relied on our expected goal values methodology, which assigns a goal value to each type of play depending on how often it leads to a goal in the next 60 seconds. By adding up all the expected goals added for each player, we can get to that single number and these rankings. |
Top Single Game Scores (through Apr 14, 2017)
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#1 – Dylan Molloy (Brown) – 8.60 goals added
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| Mar 21 against Holy Cross |
| In this one, he scored 7 goals and added 3 assists against Holy Cross, a team that Brown won 17 – 14. It was a somewhat one-dimensional day with no GBs or faceoffs, but come on: 10 total points. |
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#2 – Chris Aslanian (Hobart) – 8.22 goals added
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| Mar 18 against Wagner |
| Pacing the team with 13 total points (6 goals; 7 assists) against Wagner, a team that Hobart won 17 – 5. Scoring is how you win the game, so despite the lack of other contributions, here we are. Given the importance of possession, he’s probably most proud that he had as many turnovers in the game as you did. |
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#3 – Connor Fields (Albany) – 7.90 goals added
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| Feb 25 against Drexel |
| Pacing the team with 10 total points (6 goals; 4 assists) against Drexel, a team that Albany won 19 – 8. As if that wasn’t enough, don’t forget the 5 ground balls. |
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#4 – Ryder Garnsey (Notre Dame) – 7.65 goals added
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| Feb 18 against Georgetown |
| In this one, he scored 6 goals and added 2 assists in a game that Notre Dame won 16 – 10 over Georgetown. He also threw in 1 ground ball for good measure. |
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#5 – Michael Sowers (Princeton) – 7.61 goals added
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| Mar 18 against Penn |
| In this one, he scored 5 goals and added 4 assists against Penn that Princeton won 17 – 8. Add in 1 ground ball and you’ve got a pretty full stat sheet. No trillion-club here. |
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#6 – Connor Fields (Albany) – 7.59 goals added
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| Apr 12 against Maryland |
| In this one, he scored 3 goals and added 5 assists in a game that Albany lost 12 – 11 to Maryland. As if that wasn’t enough, don’t forget the 1 ground ball. |
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#7 – Michael Kraus (Virginia) – 7.38 goals added
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| Mar 18 against Notre Dame |
| In this one, he scored 5 goals and added 2 assists in a game that Virginia lost 11 – 10 to Notre Dame. He also threw in 4 ground balls for good measure. |
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17 (10) |
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N/A |
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#8 – Connor Fields (Albany) – 7.30 goals added
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| Mar 25 against Massachusetts-Lowell |
| In this one, he scored 8 goals and added 2 assists in a game that Albany won 21 – 11 over Massachusetts-Lowell. He also threw in 2 ground balls for good measure. |
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14 (11) |
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#9 – Michael Sowers (Princeton) – 7.13 goals added
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| Apr 01 against Brown |
| In this one, he scored 5 goals and added 4 assists against Brown, a team that Princeton won 21 – 11. He also threw in 1 ground ball for good measure. |
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#10 – Tucker James (Bryant) – 7.05 goals added
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| Feb 25 against Hartford |
| In this one, he scored 6 goals and added 3 assists in a game that Bryant won 17 – 11 over Hartford. As if that wasn’t enough, don’t forget the 1 ground ball. Given the importance of possession, he’s probably most proud that he had as many turnovers in the game as you did. |
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#11 – Chris Robertson (Siena) – 7.05 goals added
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| Feb 25 against Massachusetts-Lowell |
| On the day, he tallied 5 goals and 2 assists in a game that Siena lost 18 – 13 to Massachusetts-Lowell. As if that wasn’t enough, don’t forget the 5 ground balls. |
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#12 – Ben Reeves (Yale) – 6.91 goals added
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| Mar 24 against Princeton |
| In this one, he scored 4 goals and added 4 assists against Princeton that Yale won 16 – 13. As if that wasn’t enough, don’t forget the 3 ground balls. And zero turnovers! Coach has to love that. |
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#13 – Morgan Cheek (Harvard) – 6.86 goals added
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| Feb 25 against Massachusetts |
| On the day, he tallied 4 goals and 5 assists against Massachusetts that Harvard won 11 – 7. It was a somewhat one-dimensional day with no GBs or faceoffs, but come on: 9 total points. |
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#14 – Jeff Teat (Cornell) – 6.83 goals added
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| Mar 11 against Virginia |
| On the day, he tallied 5 goals and 6 assists against Virginia that Cornell lost 19 – 18. He also threw in 1 ground ball for good measure. |
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#15 – Cory Vanginhoven (Stony Brook) – 6.69 goals added
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| Feb 25 against Brown |
| On the day, he tallied 7 goals and 1 assist against Brown, a team that Stony Brook won 25 – 17. As if that wasn’t enough, don’t forget the 3 ground balls. |
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13 (10) |
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#16 – Connor Cannizzaro (Denver) – 6.68 goals added
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| Feb 18 against Duke |
| In this one, he scored 4 goals and added 2 assists against Duke, a team that Denver won 14 – 9. Add in 5 ground balls and you’ve got a pretty full stat sheet. No trillion-club here. |
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#17 – Kyle Marr (Johns Hopkins) – 6.66 goals added
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| Mar 25 against Virginia |
| Pacing the team with 7 total points (6 goals; 1 assist) against Virginia that Johns Hopkins won 18 – 17. He also threw in 5 ground balls for good measure. |
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#18 – Connor Fields (Albany) – 6.56 goals added
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| Apr 01 against Stony Brook |
| Pacing the team with 8 total points (4 goals; 4 assists) against Stony Brook that Albany won 19 – 11. He also threw in 2 ground balls for good measure. |
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#19 – Connor Cannizzaro (Denver) – 6.52 goals added
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| Apr 01 against Georgetown |
| In this one, he scored 4 goals and added 5 assists in a game that Denver won 20 – 11 over Georgetown. He also threw in 3 ground balls for good measure. |
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#20 – Jeff Teat (Cornell) – 6.49 goals added
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| Mar 21 against Colgate |
| Pacing the team with 7 total points (3 goals; 4 assists) against Colgate that Cornell won 15 – 6. He also threw in 6 ground balls for good measure. |
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April 14, 2017 @ 1:57 pm
You appear to have forgotten to include Jeff Teat’s 5 goals (on 7 shots), six assists, 11 points, and 1 ground ball, against Virginia.
April 14, 2017 @ 3:03 pm
You are absolutely right. Thanks for catching that. Had a slight issue with doling out credit for assisted goals, but it’s fixed now. With the change, Teat shows up at #14 for his game against UVA.