Tom Meyers

Photo by: Jon Crispin - UMass Athletics

Position:
Faceoff Specialist
Height:
5-9
Weight:
195
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Radnor, Pa.
High School:
Radnor

2019 • Senior

• NEILA All-Region Second Team
• All-CAA Second Team
• NEILA All-Academic Team
• Appeared in all 15 games as the team's primary faceoff specialist
• Went 212-of-347 on the season (.611) with 121 groundballs and two caused turnovers
• Won at least 65.0 percent of his faceoffs in eight games and grabbed double-digits in groundballs during four
• Went 21-for-25 (.840) in the season-opener against Army with a career-high 13 groundballs
• Ended the comeback win at Harvard (2/23) with a 16-of-25 line (64.0) and eight groundballs
• Was 19-for-26 (.731) at Albany (3/5) with a career-high-tying 13 groundballs
• Earned a 13-for-16 (.813) showing with 12 groundballs at NJIT (3/9)
• Finished 15-of-19 (.789) with seven groundballs against UMass Lowell (3/12)
• Totaled 14 wins in 17 faceoffs (.823) and eight groundballs against Utah (3/17)
• Helped UMass to its comeback win over Drexel (3/30) with a 15-of-23 (.652) line, nine groundballs and one caused turnover
• Put together a 16-for-23 (.696) showing with eight groundballs at Hofstra (4/6)
• Won 18 faceoffs in 23 attempts (.783) and collected 11 groundballs in the win over Delaware (4/26)

2018 • Junior

• ECAC Academic Honor Roll
• Finished the year 24-of-59 on faceoffs with 17 groundballs and two caused turnovers over 12 appearances
• Won four of his six faceoffs and collected three groundballs at No. 16 Army (2/10)
• Collected four faceoff victories and a pair of groundballs in the win over Sacred Heart (2/13)
• Won five faceoffs and scooped up four groundballs against Harvard (2/24)
• Was 5-of-8 on faceoffs, collected five groundballs and caused one turnover against NJIT (3/10)
• Secured two faceoffs and a groundballs during the win over Hartford (3/17)

2017 • Sophomore

• Made nine appearances on the season, including three as the primary faceoff specialist
• Finished the season 35-of-76 on faceoffs (.461) with four groundballs
• Won 14-of-21 faceoffs at Harvard (2/25) and collected a trio of groundballs
• Finished 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) at the faceoff X against Fairfield (4/15)

2016 • Freshman

• CAA Commssioner's Academic Award
• CAA Rookie of the Week (3/21)
• Capped the year 49-for-96 on faceoffs (51.0 win percentage) with nine groundballs
• Played in all 13 games as either the primary or secondary faceoff specialist
• Took eight faceoffs in his first collegiate game played during the season-opener at Army West Point (2/12)
• Won three of his four faceoffs against No. 11 Ohio State (2/20)
• Controlled possession in four of his five faceoffs and had a groundball against No. 14 Harvard (2/27)
• Took 6-of-9 faceoffs and scooped up three groundballs against No. 15 Albany (3/8)
• Finished 5-for-8 on faceoffs with a groundball in the 14-9 win over No. 10 North Carolina (3/12)
• Had a career day in his return to his home state when he went 16-for-24 as the sole faceoff man at No. 20 Penn State (3/19)
• Was 6-of-11 on faceoffs with a groundball at Delaware (4/2), including wins in his final three battles with Tyler Mardian
• Earned three faceoff victories in six taken during the season finale at Drexel (4/29)
• Was 37 for his last 62 over the final six games (59.7 percent)

Before Massachusetts

• Four-year letterwinner on the Radnor High School lacrosse team for coach John Begier
• Helped Radnor to 74 victories during his four seasons, including 21 as a senior when he helped the squad to the 2015 Pennsylvania State Championship
• Was a state semifinalist as a junior in 2014 after the squad won the Central League Championship and advanced to the Pennsylvania quarterfinals in 2013
• Team captain as a senior when he secured all-league, all-county and all-tournament honors and took home the Peter Sampson Award for Leadership and Commitment
• Also tallied all-league, All-Delaware County, All-Southeast Pennsylvania and all-tournament laurels as a junior
• Won 76 percent of his faceoffs as a senior and boosted that total to 81 percent during the postseason state championship run
• Contributed 37 points via 16 goals and 21 assists as a senior
• Played club level for NXT Lacrosse throughout high school
• Also a four-year competitor on the Radnor High School wrestling team, where he finished with a 118-18 career record
• Set the all-time Radnor record for wins in wrestling
• Team captain for the wrestling squad and was a Pennsylvania State Qualifier
• Member of the AAU Pennsylvania Junior Olympic Team
• Also played two years of soccer for Radnor High School
• Honor roll student
• Served as a Lacrosse Camp Counselor at the NXT Sports Academy and Sports Camp Counselor for the World Cup Sports Academy

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