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Robert Morris Opens Season With Familiar Foe

The Colonials will open up their 2014 campaign with Bellarmine for the third-straight season

Robert Morris has won two of the last three meetings against Bellarmine and three of the last five.
Bellarmine Golden Knights
Saturday, Feb. 15 – Louisville, Ky. – Owsley B. Frazier Stadium

Preview
Robert Morris opens the 2014 campaign this Saturday with a familiar opponent, the Bellarmine Golden Knights. This is the third-straight season in which the Colonials have begun the year with the Golden Knights and the seventh meeting between the two teams all-time.

Last Meeting
As aforementioned, Robert Morris has opened up its last two campaigns against Bellarmine. In last season's opener, the Colonials fell to the Golden Knights, 9-8. RMU jumped out to a 7-5 first half advantage, but tallied just one goal in the final 30 minutes.

History vs. Bellarmine
Robert Morris is 3-5 against Bellarmine all-time, but has won two of the last three meetings. The Colonials earned a 9-8 victory over the Golden Knights in the 2012 season opener as Kiel Matisz and Jake Hayes each recorded a hat trick.

  • 2013: Bellarmine 9, Robert Morris 8 – Moon Township, Pa.
  • 2012: Robert Morris 9, Bellarmine 8 – Louisville, Ky.
  • 2011: Robert Morris 18, Bellarmine 10 – Moon Township, Pa.
  • 2010: Bellarmine 18, Robert Morris 15 – Louisville, Ky.
  • 2009: Robert Morris 20, Bellarmine 11 – Moon Township, Pa.
  • 2008: Bellarmine 20, Robert Morris 9 – Louisville, Ky.
  • 2006: Bellarmine 9, Robert Morris 6 – Moon Township, Pa.
  • 2005: Bellarmine 13, Robert Morris 3 – Louisville, Ky.

Around the NEC
  • Feb. 15: Wagner @ Lafayette
  • Feb. 15: Siena @ Hobart
  • Feb. 15: St. Joseph's @ High Point
  • Feb. 16: Binghampton @ Sacred Heart
  • Feb. 16: Bucknell @ Bryant
  • Feb. 18: Rutgers @ Wagner

Musket Shots
  • Robert Morris is coming off its fifth-straight winning season – a campaign that saw the program's first NEC Championship Game appearance along with its first postseason win.
  • The Colonials return five All-NEC honorees, including senior Sean Meagher (Chesterfield, Mo. / St. Louis University) and sophomore Eric Rankel (Downingtown, Pa. / Downingtown West) – both of which were named to the All-NEC First Team. Meagher was the conference's Defensive Player of the Year, while Rankel became the first freshman in RMU history to earn first or second team all-conference honors. Other honorees include junior Luc Magnan (Pine Falls, Manitoba / The Hill Academy), and sophomores Nicholas Beaudoin (Welland, Ontario / Notre Dame College) and Luke Laskiewicz (Oshawa, Ontario / Westminster Prep).
  • Laszkiewicz had an impressive collegiate debut against Bellarmine last season, tallying a hat trick with goals in the first, second, and fourth quarters.
  • Senior Brian Bohn (Mars, Pa. / Seneca Valley) and junior Matt Bukovac (Ashburn, Va. / Briar Woods) each have seen time in net against the Golden Knights. Bohn allowed one goal in 2:54 as a freshman in 2011, while Bukovac played 30 seconds last season.
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