University of Massachusets Athletics
2019 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Philpott, Billy
Jersey Number 23
Billy Philpott
- Position:
- Short-Stick Defensive Midfield
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Sandwich, Mass.
- High School:
- Tabor Academy
Bio
Career Capsule
• Appeared in 65 career games, including 15 starts on the first-line midfield
• His 65 career games played are the most by an individual in program history
• Finished with 74 points on 59 goals and 15 assists
• Accumulated all 74 points between the 2018-21 seasons during his final 49 games played
• Also had 54 groundballs and 19 caused turnovers
2021 • Graduate Student
• Team captain (alongside Charlie O'Brien, Jeff Trainor and Jackson Suboch)
• USILA Senior All-Star Game participant
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 10 games and made three starts on the first-line midfield
• Finished the season with 25 points through 18 goals and seven assists
• His goals, assists and points total all represented single-season career bests
• Posted multiple points in nine of 10 outings, including three or more points in four games
• Also had seven groundballs and a caused turnover
• Opened the season with two goals, an assist, one groundball and a caused turnover in the win over Fairfield (3/14)
• Posted two goals, two assists and a groundball in the 16-10 win at Hofstra (3/30)
• Tallied three points through a pair of goals and one assist at Drexel (4/3)
• Had a five-point outing on three goals and two assists during the 21-14 win at Fairfield (4/24)
• Ended his six-year career at UMass with back-to-back two-goal games at No. 12 Delaware (4/30) and versus No. 9 Drexel in the CAA Semifinal Round (5/6)
2020 • Redshirt Senior
• UMass Male Spring Scholar-Athlete
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• CAA Co-Player of the Week (March 3)
• USILA National Team of the Week (March 3)
• Baltimore Sun National Player of the Week (March 4)
• Played in all seven games, with one start on the first-line midfield
• Also played on the defensive end as a short-stick midfielder and on the clear and ride units
• Finished the year with 14 goals and two assists for 16 points
• Tied for second on the team in goals and ranked fifth in points
• Connected on 16 of his 22 on-target shots (.611)
• Also had seven groundballs
• Contributed to Massachusetts ranking second in the CAA and 10th nationally for lowest opponent clearing percentage (.780)
• Posted two goals, one assist and two groundballs at No. 16 Army West Point (2/8)
• Scored twice against Harvard (2/22)
• Converted his lone shot attempt and scooped up a groundball in the win at UMass Lowell (2/25)
• Provided a single-game career high four goals, dished out an assist and collected a groundball in the 13-10 upset of No. 1 Yale (2/29)
• Tied his single-game career high with four goals in the win over UAlbany (3/3)
• Ended the year with a goal and a groundball versus LIU (3/10)
• Season was cut short due to nation-wide cancellation of spring sport seasons in response to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 • Redshirt Junior
• NEILA All-Region First Team
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 15 games and started 11 contests on the first line midfield
• Split his on-field time between his offensive role and as a short-stick defensive midfielder
• Posted 21 points via 15 goals and six assists, grabbed 17 groundballs and caused five turnovers
• Spread his 21 points over 12 outings
• Had a goal each across the opening three games of the year against Army (2/9), No. 13 Ohio State (2/16) and Harvard (2/23)
• Scored twice and grabbed two groundballs in the overtime loss at No. 4 Yale (3/2)
• Tallied a hat trick and collected one groundball in the win at Albany (3/5)
• Earned two groundballs, two caused turnovers and an assist in the win over UMass Lowell (3/12)
• Put in two goals and grabbed a groundball during the 14-7 triumph over Brown (3/23)
• Earned two points on a goal and assist, secured two groundballs and added a caused turnover in the comeback win over Drexel (3/30)
• Totaled two goals on only three shots in the win over Fairfield (4/20)
• Notched three points through a goal and two assists against Delaware (4/26)
• Scored two times during the CAA Semifinal Round game against Drexel (5/2)
2018 • Redshirt Sophomore
• CAA All-Championship Team
• ECAC Academic Honor Roll
• Made 17 appearances as a short-stick defensive midfielder
• Posted 12 points via 11 goals and an assist
• Had 20 groundballs and caused 11 turnovers
• His 11 goals and 12 points were the most for a midfielder who did not appear on the first or second lines during a single season in program history
• Spread his 12 points across nine games, with at least one point in seven of the final nine contests of the year
• Had at least one groundball in each of the final 10 games, with 16 total in that span
• Caused multiple turnovers on three occasions, with two apiece against Drexel, Hofstra in the CAA Semifinal Round and NJIT
• Scored his first collegiate goal against No. 1 Albany (3/6)
• Caused a pair of turnovers and grabbed two groundballs in the win over NJIT (3/10)
• Earned a pair of goals during the win at UMass Lowell (3/14)
• Scored one a spinning, underhanded, bounce shot at Brown (3/24), when he also had a groundball and caused turnover
• Caused a turnover and grabbed a groundball at Drexel (3/31)
• Provided one goal, a groundball and a caused turnover during the win over Towson (4/14)
• Tallied on his lone shot and grabbed one groundball in the 11-4 win at Fairfield (4/21)
• Secured his first collegiate hat trick with three goals on as many shots, and had a groundball, in the win over Hofstra (4/27)
• His hat trick against Hofstra is the only known game of three or more goals by a UMass short-stick defensive midfielder in program history
• Had three groundballs and two caused turnovers when UMass defeated Hofstra, 10-6 in the CAA Championship Semifinal Round (5/3)
• Scored a goal and grabbed three groundballs in the CAA Championship Game victory over Towson, 12-8, on May 5
• Posted two groundballs and tallied his 11th goal of the season during the NCAA Championship First Round game at No. 3 seeded and No. 5 nationally ranked Yale (5/12)
2017 • Redshirt Freshman
• Played in 14 contests as a reserve short-stick defensive midfielder
• Earned three groundballs and two caused turnovers
• Posted four shots, including two on-target attempts
• First groundball and caused turnover of the season came against UMass Lowell (3/15)
• Added two groundballs and a caused turnover against Delaware (4/1).
2016 • Freshman
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
• Appeared in two contests as a reserve midfielder, including his first action at Army (2/12) and time at No. 7 Brown (3/5)
• Attempted two shots and put one on-target
Before Massachusetts
• Appeared in 65 career games, including 15 starts on the first-line midfield
• His 65 career games played are the most by an individual in program history
• Finished with 74 points on 59 goals and 15 assists
• Accumulated all 74 points between the 2018-21 seasons during his final 49 games played
• Also had 54 groundballs and 19 caused turnovers
2021 • Graduate Student
• Team captain (alongside Charlie O'Brien, Jeff Trainor and Jackson Suboch)
• USILA Senior All-Star Game participant
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 10 games and made three starts on the first-line midfield
• Finished the season with 25 points through 18 goals and seven assists
• His goals, assists and points total all represented single-season career bests
• Posted multiple points in nine of 10 outings, including three or more points in four games
• Also had seven groundballs and a caused turnover
• Opened the season with two goals, an assist, one groundball and a caused turnover in the win over Fairfield (3/14)
• Posted two goals, two assists and a groundball in the 16-10 win at Hofstra (3/30)
• Tallied three points through a pair of goals and one assist at Drexel (4/3)
• Had a five-point outing on three goals and two assists during the 21-14 win at Fairfield (4/24)
• Ended his six-year career at UMass with back-to-back two-goal games at No. 12 Delaware (4/30) and versus No. 9 Drexel in the CAA Semifinal Round (5/6)
2020 • Redshirt Senior
• UMass Male Spring Scholar-Athlete
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• CAA Co-Player of the Week (March 3)
• USILA National Team of the Week (March 3)
• Baltimore Sun National Player of the Week (March 4)
• Played in all seven games, with one start on the first-line midfield
• Also played on the defensive end as a short-stick midfielder and on the clear and ride units
• Finished the year with 14 goals and two assists for 16 points
• Tied for second on the team in goals and ranked fifth in points
• Connected on 16 of his 22 on-target shots (.611)
• Also had seven groundballs
• Contributed to Massachusetts ranking second in the CAA and 10th nationally for lowest opponent clearing percentage (.780)
• Posted two goals, one assist and two groundballs at No. 16 Army West Point (2/8)
• Scored twice against Harvard (2/22)
• Converted his lone shot attempt and scooped up a groundball in the win at UMass Lowell (2/25)
• Provided a single-game career high four goals, dished out an assist and collected a groundball in the 13-10 upset of No. 1 Yale (2/29)
• Tied his single-game career high with four goals in the win over UAlbany (3/3)
• Ended the year with a goal and a groundball versus LIU (3/10)
• Season was cut short due to nation-wide cancellation of spring sport seasons in response to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 • Redshirt Junior
• NEILA All-Region First Team
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 15 games and started 11 contests on the first line midfield
• Split his on-field time between his offensive role and as a short-stick defensive midfielder
• Posted 21 points via 15 goals and six assists, grabbed 17 groundballs and caused five turnovers
• Spread his 21 points over 12 outings
• Had a goal each across the opening three games of the year against Army (2/9), No. 13 Ohio State (2/16) and Harvard (2/23)
• Scored twice and grabbed two groundballs in the overtime loss at No. 4 Yale (3/2)
• Tallied a hat trick and collected one groundball in the win at Albany (3/5)
• Earned two groundballs, two caused turnovers and an assist in the win over UMass Lowell (3/12)
• Put in two goals and grabbed a groundball during the 14-7 triumph over Brown (3/23)
• Earned two points on a goal and assist, secured two groundballs and added a caused turnover in the comeback win over Drexel (3/30)
• Totaled two goals on only three shots in the win over Fairfield (4/20)
• Notched three points through a goal and two assists against Delaware (4/26)
• Scored two times during the CAA Semifinal Round game against Drexel (5/2)
2018 • Redshirt Sophomore
• CAA All-Championship Team
• ECAC Academic Honor Roll
• Made 17 appearances as a short-stick defensive midfielder
• Posted 12 points via 11 goals and an assist
• Had 20 groundballs and caused 11 turnovers
• His 11 goals and 12 points were the most for a midfielder who did not appear on the first or second lines during a single season in program history
• Spread his 12 points across nine games, with at least one point in seven of the final nine contests of the year
• Had at least one groundball in each of the final 10 games, with 16 total in that span
• Caused multiple turnovers on three occasions, with two apiece against Drexel, Hofstra in the CAA Semifinal Round and NJIT
• Scored his first collegiate goal against No. 1 Albany (3/6)
• Caused a pair of turnovers and grabbed two groundballs in the win over NJIT (3/10)
• Earned a pair of goals during the win at UMass Lowell (3/14)
• Scored one a spinning, underhanded, bounce shot at Brown (3/24), when he also had a groundball and caused turnover
• Caused a turnover and grabbed a groundball at Drexel (3/31)
• Provided one goal, a groundball and a caused turnover during the win over Towson (4/14)
• Tallied on his lone shot and grabbed one groundball in the 11-4 win at Fairfield (4/21)
• Secured his first collegiate hat trick with three goals on as many shots, and had a groundball, in the win over Hofstra (4/27)
• His hat trick against Hofstra is the only known game of three or more goals by a UMass short-stick defensive midfielder in program history
• Had three groundballs and two caused turnovers when UMass defeated Hofstra, 10-6 in the CAA Championship Semifinal Round (5/3)
• Scored a goal and grabbed three groundballs in the CAA Championship Game victory over Towson, 12-8, on May 5
• Posted two groundballs and tallied his 11th goal of the season during the NCAA Championship First Round game at No. 3 seeded and No. 5 nationally ranked Yale (5/12)
2017 • Redshirt Freshman
• Played in 14 contests as a reserve short-stick defensive midfielder
• Earned three groundballs and two caused turnovers
• Posted four shots, including two on-target attempts
• First groundball and caused turnover of the season came against UMass Lowell (3/15)
• Added two groundballs and a caused turnover against Delaware (4/1).
2016 • Freshman
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
• Appeared in two contests as a reserve midfielder, including his first action at Army (2/12) and time at No. 7 Brown (3/5)
• Attempted two shots and put one on-target
Before Massachusetts
• Three-year letterwinner at Tabor Academy for coach Paul Salit
• Won a pair of U.S. Lacrosse High School All-America awards (2014 and 2015)
• Captained the boy's lacrosse team at Tabor Academy as a junior and senior
• Finished scholastic career at Tabor Academy with 126 points via 84 goals and 42 assists
• Led Tabor Academy in goals as a sophomore (2013), junior (2014) and senior (2015) while he paced the squad in total points during 2013 and 2015 and assists in 2013
• Also competed for Tabor Academy football as a three-year letterman and senior year captain
• Attended Cardigan Mountain School (Canaan, N.H.) for his freshman year, where he played for the basketball, football and lacrosse teams
• Four-year honor roll award recipient
• Presidential Award for Academic Excellence
Personal
• Son of Scott and Kathy Philpott
• Has one sister, Kelsey
• Father, Scott, graduated from the University of Massachusetts and was a member of the men's lacrosse program in 1981
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