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2019 Men's Lacrosse

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Hunter Martin
Don Felice
Don Felice

45 Simon Mathias

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ridgefield, Conn.
  • Highschool Ridgefield

Biography

CAREER STATISTICS
2016:
15 played/15 started, 28 goals, 11 assists, 39 points, 87 shots, 10 GB, 7 CT
2017: 13 played/13 started, 28 goals, 20 assists, 48 points, 80 shots, 20 GB, 5 CT
2018: 15 played/14 started, 28 goals, 20 assists, 48 points, 84 shots, 14 GB, 0 CT
2019: 16 played/16 started, 37 goals, 25 assists, 62 points, 115 shots, 23 GB, 3 CT
CAREER: 59 played/58 started, 121 goals, 76 assists, 197 points, 366 shots, 67 GB, 15 CT

CAREER HONORS
2019:
Honorable Mention USILA All-American
2019: Tewaaraton Award Nominee
2019: Second-Team All-Ivy
2019: Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team
2019: Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Co-Performer of the Year
2018: Second-team All-Ivy
2017: Second-team All-Ivy
2016: Co-Ivy League Rookie of the Year
2016: Honorable Mention All-Ivy
2016: Ivy League Rookie of the Week (3/21)

IN THE PENN RECORD BOOKS
2019:
Single-Season Points (No. 4, 62)
Career Points: No. 1; 197
Career Goals: No. 2; 121
Consecutive Games With A Goal: No. 1; 36 (Longest Active Streak In Division I Lacrosse At Time Of Career's End; No. 14 Longest All-Time In NCAA)
Consecutive Games With A Point: No. 1; 59 (No. 2 Longest Active Streak In Division I Lacrosse At Time Of Career's End; Had At Least One Point In Every Career Game)

2019: Honorable mention USILA All-American … 1 of 25 Tewaaraton Award nominees … Second-team All-Ivy … Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team selection … Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Co-Performer of the Year … Second on team with 37 goals … Second on team with 25 assists … Second on team with 62 points … 62 points scored rank No. 4 all-time in a season by a Quaker … Team co-captain ... Tallied one goal and three assists against No. 3 Maryland (2/16) … Had two goals at No. 5 Duke (2/23) … Scored twice at No. 5 Penn State (3/2) … Scored twice at No. 11 Villanova (3/8) … Had three goals and two assists with four ground balls against Saint Joseph’s (3/10) … Scored twice and added two assists against Princeton (3/16) … Scored twice and added two ground balls against No. 2 Yale (3/30) … Had a goal and an assist with three ground balls at Brown (4/6) … Scored four times and dished out two assists with three ground balls at Harvard (4/13) … Tallied three goals and four assists against Dartmouth (4/20) … Had a goal and two assists against Vermont (4/27) … Scored four goals and added three assists against Brown (5/3) in Ivy League Tournament semifinal … Netted two goals and added two assists against Yale (5/5) in Ivy League Tournament final … Scored four times against Army West Point (5/11) in NCAA Championship first round … Scored three goals and added two assists against No. 5 Yale (5/19) in NCAA Championship quarterfinal … Sent game to overtime with his third goal of the game with 4.4 seconds remaining.

2018: Played all 15 games, starting 14 (deferred on Senior Day) ... Led Penn in all three offensive categories (28 goals, 20 assists, 48 points) ... Only player to score a goal and/or record a point in every game ... In Ivy play, led Penn in all three offensive categories (14g, 8a, 22 points) ... Had five assists and scored the game-winner with three seconds left in a 9-8 wni over Bucknell (3/6) ... Had four goals and an assist vs. Cornell (3/24) ... Went for five points (2g/3a) in Ivy win at Dartmouth (4/21) ... Had two goals and two assists in a win over Navy (3/6) ... Scored once, dished off three assists in win over No. 1 Duke (2/24), the program's first-ever win against the USILA's top-ranked team ... Opened the season with three goals in a win over Michigan (2/17) ... Also had hat tricks in an Ivy win at Princeton (3/17) and against Ivy foe Brown (4/7) ... Recorded three points (2g/1a) vs. Penn State (3/3) ... Had a goal and two assists at Yale (3/31), later scored twice in Ivy Tourney loss to the Bulldogs (5/4) ... Went for a goal and two assists in Ivy win over Harvard (4/14).

2017: Started all 13 games on attack … Second-team All-Ivy … Led the Quakers with 28 goals, 48 points, and 20 assists … Only Penn player to record a point in every game on the season … Twice provided six points on the season, including three goals and three assists in a win at Cornell (3/25) and two goals and four assists in a win at Harvard (4/15) … Tallied at least two points in all 13 games of the season … Recorded a hat trick in five games on the year vs. Penn State (3/4), Navy (3/7), Michigan (3/11), Cornell (3/25), and Virginia (4/29) … Dished out three assists in losses to Yale (4/1) and Brown (4/8) … Took a season-high 10 shots vs. Michigan (3/11) … Picked up a career-high five ground balls and caused a season-high two turnovers vs. Brown (4/8).

2016: Started all 15 games on attack ... Co-Ivy League Rookie of the Year, with teammate Reed Junkin ... Honorable mention All-Ivy ... Led Penn with 28 goals, second in assists (11) and points (39) ... Only Penn player to record a point in every game ... On April 21, listed 21st on Inside Lacrosse mid-season list of top freshman performers ... Scored five goals and dished off an assist, added a ground ball in Ivy win at Princeton (3/19) ... Recorded five points (3g, 2a)  in one-goal win at UMBC (4/19) ... Had two-goal, two-assist games in consecutive Ivy wins over Harvard (4/16) and Dartmouth (4/23) ... Also had a caused turnover and a ground ball against the Big Green ... Scored three goals in OT Ivy loss at No. 1 Yale (4/2) ... Scored twice, added an assist, two GB and one CT against Saint Joseph's (4/26) ... Scored two goals in collegiate debut, against Michigan, and again vs. Maryland (3/29) ... Had a goal, two caused turnovers and two ground balls in a win vs. Penn State (3/5) ... Recorded a goal, an assist, and two caused turnovers in second collegiate game, at Virginia (2/28) ... Went for a goal, an assist, and a GB against Brown (4/9).

High School: Ranked 39th on the Inside Lacrosse Power 100 Freshmen of 2015 … Four-year letter winner in lacrosse … Played in the 2015 UnderArmour All-America Game … USA Today Connecticut Player of the Year as a senior … Two-time first-team all-state and all-conference … Second-team all-state as a sophomore … Received Cowen Chapman Lacrosse Scholarship … 2012 Class President … Class Senator for two years … Executive Treasurer in 2015 … Captain of Ridgefield Saferides Organization … AP Scholar with Honors.

Personal: Son of Amelia and Gary Mathias … Older brother, Aaron, played lacrosse at Amherst College and captained the Lord Jeffs in 2014 … Older sister, Liana, plays lacrosse at Wesleyan … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Sophomore

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    2018Junior

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    2019Senior

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