Completed Event: Men's Lacrosse at #16 Penn on March 22, 2025 , Win , 9, to, 8 , OT
Final

Men's Lacrosse
at #16 Penn
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Fifth Year (2017): Captain … throughout his fifth year in Hanover, Connolly appeared in eight games and made six starts … had two points from a goal scored against Wagner and an assist in the game versus Harvard … also grabbed five ground balls and six caused turnovers.
Senior (2016): Captain … did not play for the Big Green as a senior.
Junior (2015): Captain … appeared in all 13 games as a junior, making 10 starts … had five goals and one assist for six points … grabbed 16 ground balls … first goal of the season was against Sacred Heart on March 4 … had a goal and an assist in the 16-15 win over Vermont on March 24.
Sophomore (2014): Throughout his sophomore season, he played in 12 games, which included six Ivy League contests … scored two goals and two assists to total four points … first goal of the season was in a 14-10 win over Sacred Heart on March 1 … scooped six ground balls.
Freshman (2013): In his first year on campus, Connolly appeared in 12 games, including five Ivy League contests … tallied five points on three goals and two assists … grabbed three ground balls … scored a pair of goals against Vermont on Feb. 26 … scored a goal against Georgetown on March 2 … ended the season with a two game point streak with assists versus Holy Cross and Brown.
Before Dartmouth: Connolly played his high school career at St. Sebastian's School … earned seven varsity letters, including four in lacrosse and three in football … captain of both the football and lacrosse team his senior season … won the Independent School League Championship senior season … named to the ESPN Boston Prep All-State team his senior season for football … named one of the top-10 players on BostonLax.net as a senior … first team All-League junior and senior year in lacrosse.
Personal: John Patrick Connolly is the son of William and Barbara Connolly … has two brothers and one sister.
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Connolly's Career Statistics
Overall
Year | GP-GS |
G
|
A
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P |
Shots | Up-Down | GB | TO | CT | Pen-Mins | Faceoff/Pct. |
2013 | 12-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0-0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1-0.5 | - |
2014 | 12-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 0-0 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1-0.5 | - |
2015 | 13-10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0-0 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4-3.0 | - |
2016 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2017 | 8-6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4-3.0 | - |
Totals | 45-17 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 60 | 0-0 | 30 | 41 | 10 | 10-7.5 | - |
Ivy League
Year | GP-GS |
G
|
A
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P | Shots | Up-Down | GB | TO | CT | Pen-Mins | Faceoff/Pct. |
2013 | 5-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
2014 | 6-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0-0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - |
2015 | 6-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0-0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1-0.5 | - |
2016 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2017 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0.5 | - |
Totals | 19-5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 0-0 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2-1.0 |
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