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2024 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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51 Matt Palazzi

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mountain Lakes, N.J.
  • Highschool Mountain Lakes

Biography

CAREER STATISTICS
2020: N/A
2021: 1 played/0 started, 0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point, 0 shots, 1 GB, 1 CT
2022: 15 played/0 started, 0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point, 0 shots, 12 GB, 1 CT
2023: 13 played/0 started, 2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points, 2 shots, 4 GB, 1 CT
2024: 14 played/2 started, 1 goals, 0 assists, 1 points, 2 shots, 12 GB, 4 CT
CAREER: 43 played/2 started, 3 goals, 2 assists, 5 points, 4 shots, 29 GB, 7 CT

2024: Took the field in 14 games, starting at Villanova (3/9) and Yale (4/6) … Scored a goal in the 11-8 win over the Wild Cats … Scooped up 12 ground balls, including a trio in the victory at Dartmouth (3/23) … Tallie caused turnovers in the bouts with Georgetown (2/17), North Carolina (3/3), Villanova, and Princeton (5/5).

2023: Team captain … Made an appearance in all 13 games … Finished the year with two goals on two shots … Scored his first career goal against Yale (4/1) … Scored a goal at Harvard (4/15) … Picked up a total of four GBs and a caused turnover.

2022: Played in 15 of 16 games … Finished with one assist and one caused turnover, both against Princeton (3/19), and 12 ground balls including one against the Tigers … Had two GB each against Yale (4/2), Brown (4/9), Saint Joseph’s (4/26) and UAlbany (4/30) … Had one ground balls in both of Penn’s NCAA games, the first-round win over Richmond (5/14) and the quarterfinal loss to Rutgers (5/21).
 
2021: Season was limited to one game due to Ivy League restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic … Saw action at Cabrini (4/23) … Had one assist … Recorded one GB and one CT. 

2020: Did not see any game action … All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March, 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

High School: Two-time US Lacrosse All-American (2018, 2019) … Ranked No. 7 among face-off men in Class of 2019 by Inside Lacrosse … Top-100 overall recruit by Inside Lacrosse … Four-year letterwinner … Served as team captain … 2019 N.J. Tournament of Champions winner … Three-time Group 1 champion (2016, 2018, 2019) … Two-time Gibbs Division champion (2017, 2019) … 2019 first-team All-State … 2018 second-team All-State … Two-time first-team All-Group 1 (2018, 2019) … Three-time first-team All-League (2017, 2018, 2019) … 2019 Gibbs Division Player of the Year … Also lettered three times in football … Served as football team captain … 2019 All-League and All-County selection in football … Morris County Scholar-Athlete … Class President … National Honor Society member … National Spanish Honor Society member.
 
Personal: Son of Nancy and Christopher Palazzi … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    5'8" 175 lbs
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    2021Sophomore

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    5'8" 175 lbs
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    2022Junior

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    5'8" 175 lbs
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    2023Senior

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    2024Senior

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