Keegan Khan has been steady this year, picking up a lot of the slack left behind when Connor Kirst transferred to Rutgers. He’s been the QB of this offense, contributing 40% of the assists so far this year. In this game though, he took a turn as the finisher. It was a season high in shots and goals.

The possession advantage was the key in this game. It let the ND offense play more freely (and more efficiently) than they have all year. The Irish ended the day +13 on possessions. Great win for Corrigan’s bunch.

Aside from the assists, Nichtern’s season has been as great as it’s been because of the strides he’s taken in his shooting. He’s taking roughly the same number of shots as last year (8.6 vs 7.9), but he’s canning them at a 42% clip this year versus just 30% last year. The assist share number gets some attention, but his assists / game are actually down this year because the Black Knights, as a team, are assisting on just 42% of their goals this year (down from 68% last year).

The schedule gets a lot tougher from here on out though. 2 games left against top 20 defenses to end the year (Towson and UMass) after their next two games against Drexel and Hofstra.

For Bernhardt, this was the most efficient offensive game he’s had all year. His 5 goals came on just 8 shots, and he made up for the (relative) lack of shot opportunities by adding 3 assists. When teams have limited his chances, he just passed it to teammates who’ve finished the job. His 2.1 assists/gm average is a career high.

But aside from the individual accolades, his impact on the Mountain Hawks success this year is significant. Lehigh has been a plus possession team ever since Gaffney came on campus, but this year, they are taking it to a whole different level. They are currently averaging 10.2 possessions more than their opponents this year, which is best in the nation. Combine that with an offense that is currently 6th in the opponent-adjusted efficiency rankings and a defense that is a respectable 23rd, and honestly, what are you supposed to do?

Still, given the 12 GBs and the assist he threw in, it did end up as one of the top-10 EGA games of the week. The fact that he was able to win so many possessions to himself was part of the reason that this was the fastest pace we’ve seen Virginia play at this year.

Shooting percentage: up 17 percentage points
Goals/gm: Up 0.8 from last year
TO Rate: slightly down
Assists/gm: slightly up

It’s gotta feel good for him to come back after a dreadful 2020 campaign that saw him win just 48.5% of his draws.

Kapp’s win rate (58.7%) is up a full 17.8 percentage points since last year, which is the 9th highest improvement of any qualifying FOGO. And he’s raised his fElo rating 132 points this year and he currently sits in 28th with a rating of 1645.