2016 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Will Vitelli
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Milford, CT
- Previous Team:
- Foran
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
As a Junior in 2017:
MAAC Faceoff Specialist of the Year (repeat selection) ... Played in all 11 games ... Won 58.9 percent of his faceoffs ... Won 19--of-22 faceoffs against NJIT (3/4) ... Was 13-of-18 at the X in the regular season finale against Canisius (4/28) ... Won 17-of-22 faceoffs at Manhattan (4/1) ... Had a 15-of-24 day at the X at No. 18 Princeton (3/7).
As a Sophomore in 2016:
MAAC Faceoff Specialist of the Year ... StringKing National Player of the Week from Inside Lacrosse (April 6) ... MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (April 4) ... Played in all 16 games ... Finished 153-for-276 on faceoffs and led the Bobcats with 61 ground balls ... Was a perfect 19-for-19 on faceoffs in an 8-7 overtime win over Marist (4/2), tying for the fifth-best single-game faceoff performance in Division I history ... Was 20-for-25 on faceoffs in the rematch with Marist in the MAAC Championship game (5/7), to go along with nine ground balls ... Went 15-for-21 on faceoffs, including 9-for-9 in the first half, of a MAAC-opening win over Siena (3/26) ... Scored his first collegiate goal at Monmouth (4/23), which clinched the regular season title for the Bobcats .. Was 12-for-16 on faceoffs with seven ground balls in the Monmouth win ... Also finished with three assists on the season, one of which came in the MAAC Finals against Marist when the Bobcats scored twice in the first 16 seconds of the second half off of his faceoff wins ... Quinnipiac scored four times right off of faceoffs in the Marist championship game win, a 13-9 final ...
As a Freshman in 2015:
Appeared in eight games for the Bobcats ... Served as a faceoff specialist ... Won 28 of 57 faceoffs on the year ... Was the primary faceoff specialist against Air Force in the regular season finale (4/23), winning 12 of 20 ... Had two ground balls and won five of nine faceoffs in a 9-8 win over Monmouth (4/18) ... Won three of five faceoffs against UMass (3/10).
Before Quinnipiac:
Attended Foran High School in Milford, Conn. where he was coached by Brian Adkins … Played three years of lacrosse, serving as the team captain in 2013 and 2014 … Led the team to a 11-6 record in his senior season … A member of the Connecticut Lacrosse Super Juniors … Also played hockey and football for the Lions … Named Second Team All-State in 2014 and was selected to the All-SCC Academic Hockey Team … Tabbed Hockey Player of the Game on Feb. 25, 2014, Jan. 29, 2014 and Feb. 18, 2013, and named the New Haven Register Wednesday Star … In football, named the Freshman Most Valuable Player … Joins a long list of relatives to participate in collegiate athletics: William Vitelli Sr. (Amherst College Football), William Schaffroth (RPI Football), George C. Vitelli (Yale Football), James T. Vitelli (Yale Baseball), Edward Vitelli (Middlebury College Football), Stephen Vitelli (Amherst College Football), Lauren Vitelli (UConn Softball), John Pagliaro (Yale Football), and Cathy Vitelli (Southern CT Softball, Volleyball).
Personal:
Son of Theresa and William Sr. … Has two sisters, Michelle and Gabriella … Majoring in civil engineering at Quinnipiac.
