Montclair State University Athletics

Mantineo
2017 SEASON: Appeared in all 19 games… Named to the USILA Division III All-America Team (Honorable Mention)… Selected All-Skyline First Team… Selected to the USILA North/South Game… Ranked fourth in the country in faceoff percentage, 266-of-368 at the "X"… Scooped up 149 ground balls which led the team… Set the single-season mark for faceoff percentage (.723) percentage was a new single-season record… Registered several outstanding performances against several Top 20 teams during the regular season, including 11-of-19 at No. 1 Salisbury and 20-of-25 against nationally-ranked Stevens… Finished his career as the all-time leader in ground balls (413), faceoff wins (842) and faceoff percentage (.643) and holds the top two spots on the single-season list for faceoff percentage.

2016 SEASON: Appeared in 20 games… Named to the USILA All-America Team (Honorable Mention)… Named Second-Team All-East by the IMLCA... Named First-Team Skyline Conference… Set Montclair State single-season marks for faceoff victories (298) and percentage (.708)… Ranked fifth in Division III faceoff percentage, never had a game in which he was below 50 percent for faceoffs and was 60 percent or more 17 times in addition to getting 92 ground balls which was the eighth-best single-season total… Began his season with a 24-of-33 performance along with 10 ground balls and an assist at Salisbury and followed that up going 14-of-23 with another 10 GBs at Dickinson… Won 10-of-19 at RIT and posted a .750 percentage (15-of-20) versus Denison… Hit double digits in ground balls with 10 while going 15-of-21 against Stockton and was 17-of-20 with nine ground balls versus Farmingdale State… Was a combined 31-of-44 with 14 ground balls as Montclair captured its eighth straight conference championship and was a dominating 15-of-20 with eight ground balls in the victory at Keene State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.. Finished off his outstanding season going 15-of-22 with nine ground balls against Ithaca in the second round.

2015 SEASON: Appeared in all 19 games… Went 10-of-19 with five ground balls and an assist at RPI on February 22… Had eight face off wins and seven ground balls in a 9-8 overtime win over Dickinson on February 28… Was 12of-16 at the “X” with five ground balls at Muhlenberg on March 18… Won 14 face offs with five ground balls versus Denison on March 21… Won 10 face offs with four ground balls against Albright on April 4… Was 12-of-19 with seven ground balls against Farmingdale State on April 15… Won 16 face offs with seven ground balls at Maritime College on April 18… Was 10-of-11 on faceoff with eight ground balls in a 26-5 win over Mt. St. Vincent on April 25… Went 12-of-21 with eight ground balls against Farmingdale State in the Skyline Conference semifinals on April 29… Went 17-of-19 with 12 ground balls against Stockton in the Skyline Championship Game on May 2… Had 12 face off wins with six ground balls at Middlebury in the 1^st round of the NCAA Tournament on May 6.

2014 SEASON: Appeared in 16 games… Was 17-of-21 with seven ground balls in his collegiate debut against Muhlenberg on February 19… Assisted on a goal at Dickinson in a 14-11 win on March 1… Had nine face off wins and three ground balls versus Vassar on March 5… Won 12-of-15 face offs with nine ground balls at Curry on March 22… Was a perfect 8-of-8 on face offs at Mt. St. Vincent on April 9… Had one goal, eight faceoff wins and eight ground balls at Farmingdale State on April 12… Won three face offs in four straight games – Maritime (April 16), Albright (April 19, Kean (April 23) and Stockton in the Skyline Conference semifinals (April 30).