Moon Township, Pa. – The Robert Morris men's lacrosse team will close out the 2022 regular season with a trip to the Krenzler Bubble in Cleveland, Ohio to face the Cleveland State Vikings. Game time for the matchup is set for noon on Saturday, April 30th.

GAME #13
Robert Morris Colonials (7-5, 3-1 ASUN) at Cleveland State Vikings (3-9, 0-4 ASUN)
April 30, 2022 // 12:00 p.m. // Cleveland, Ohio – Krenzler Bubble
Live Stats: CSUVikings.com // Video: ESPN+
 
History w/ Cleveland State
Overall: 3-0 | Home: 2-0 | Away: 1-0 | Neutral: 0-0
Saturday will mark the fourth time that RMU has faced Cleveland State. This will be the first conference meeting between the teams as members of the ASUN.

In the 2021 season, the Colonials welcomed the Vikings to Joe Walton for Senior Day. The Colonials went on to win 15-7, with Jake Boudreau and Elliot Holden each tallying two goals.

Scouting the Vikings
Andy German is in his third season with Cleveland State, where he has an 8-21 record with the program. The Vikings most recently fell to Detroit Mercy, 13-12, on April 23rd.
CSU holds a 0-4 record in ASUN play, voted to finish sixth in the conference.
 
Senior Jason Sullivan leads the Vikings with 34 goals in twelve games on the season. Cameron Logan started in net for every game this season, playing 673 minutes and holding a 12.30 GAA and a 52.6% save percentage.
 
Keal-ing It
Corson Kealey is now riding a 21-game scoring streak, dating back to the beginning of the 2021 season. In conference play alone, the graduate student has tallied 10 goals, 4 assists and 14 points. Kealey now ranks 38th in the nation in points per game.

Nationally Ranked
Going into Saturday's meeting, the Colonials are scoring 12.75 goals per game. Taggart Clark sits among the top 20 players in the country when it comes to goals scored per game. Clark, who is averaging 3.08 goals per game is 18th in all of NCAA Division I men's lacrosse. Corson Kealey now sitting in 26th place in the NCAA in goals per game, averaging 2.92 goals per game. Sophomore Bo Columbus ranks 43rd in the nation in ground balls per game with 5.08. Additionally, the transfer ranks 15th in the nation in face-off win percentage, getting the ball 57% on the time on the draw.
The RMU scoring offense ranks 31st in the country.

Don't Look Directly into the (A)SUN
Bo Columbus ranks second in the ASUN in groundballs (62) and leads in face-off wins (162). Corson Kealey ranks fourth in both points (47) and goals (34). Taggart Clark is now sitting in second place for scoring (37) and is in fifth place for total points.
Dan Taddeo holds the second-place spot for season assists with 21. Meanwhile Jake Boudreau ranks 6th in the conference with 16 helpers in 2022. The Colonials are second in the ASUN when in both scoring offense and points per game.

Sweet Home, Pennsylvania
The Colonials only played 9 games at Joe Walton Stadium between 2019 and 2021.  With seven home games in the books for the 2022 season, RMU finished the regular-season with a 5-2 record at Joe Walton Stadium, winning four-straight in Moon Township.

Unsung Heroes
The RMU defense has been the definition of resilient this season. The Colonials have allowed just 153 goals to get by them this season. In 2022, RMU faced three teams with a Top-25 scoring offense in Duke (8th), Bucknell (10th) and High Point (19th).
The Colonials rank 9th in the nation in man-down defense, 11th in clearing percentage and 10th in the nation in CTO per game
A large part of that success has come from senior Owen Down, who was named ASUN Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday. The senior caused a career-high four turnovers, while collecting a team-leading three ground balls against Air Force. With his three GB's against the Falcons, the Scarborough, Ontario native has netted a ground ball in 10-straight games. Additionally, Down has caused a turnover in six-consecutive games for RMU.

Huntsville Bound
With the win over Air Force, RMU punched their ticket to the 2022 ASUN Men's Lacrosse Championships. Robert Morris has claimed the second of four seeds, with Utah sitting in the top spot. The semi-final games will be played on March 5th and the championship game scheduled for May 7th.

ASUN
2022 will serve as the inaugural year for the Colonials in the ASUN Conference. RMU previously competed in the NEC, where they saw success in the form of three conference championships and back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. After playing unattached in 2021, the Colonials joined the ASUN. RMU was chosen to finish third in the preseason polls with Corson Kealey being named the 2022 ASUN Preseason Player of the Year, Jake Boudreau being selected as the 2022 ASUN Preseason Midfielder of the Year, and both earning a spot on the 2022 ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team, along with senior Owen Down on defense.
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