We will be doing this every week just to keep you up to date on how Ben Williams is progressing through his historic first season as a Syracuse Orange. For the original article and full rundown click the link here.
First off here's the game log:
Ben Williams' 2015 Game Log |
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Opponent |
F/O |
F/O % |
GB |
Siena |
17-20 |
.850 |
11 |
Cornell |
9-22 |
.409 |
3 |
Army |
21-25 |
.840 |
13 |
Virginia |
15-19 |
.789 |
12 |
St. John's |
13-19 |
.684 |
8 |
Hopkins |
16-27 |
.593 |
11 |
Duke |
14-22 |
.636 |
11 |
Notre Dame |
18-29 |
.621 |
12 |
Albany |
24-27 |
.888 |
15 |
UNC |
21-35 |
.600 |
9 |
Instead of going through stat-by-stat, here is a quick rundown of the highlights:
- Williams has 168 faceoff wins, 2 wins away from entering the top 10 list for most faceoff wins in a season for any SU player
- His 35 attempts against UNC is the second most in a game for a Syracuse player
- After his 9 groundballs against UNC, Williams moves into third in groundballs in a season for an SU player
- Once again he leads all D1 players in groundballs per game. His 10.50 GBs/game is just ahead of Domenic Massimillian of the Cornell Big Red, and well ahead of Duke's Jack Rowe and Bryant's Kevin Massa
Here are the full lists:
Syracuse Season Records |
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Category |
# |
Player |
Year |
Faceoff Wins@ |
274 |
Bill Dirrigl |
1998 |
253 |
Chris Cercy |
2000 |
|
245 |
Chris Cercy |
2001 |
|
214 |
Danny Brennan |
2008 |
|
212 |
Kirk Pratt |
1989 |
|
211 |
Chris Bickel |
2002 |
|
203 |
Toby Price |
1996 |
|
201 |
Chris Bickel |
2002 |
|
186 |
Chris Daddio |
2014 |
|
170 |
Kirk Pratt |
1990 |
|
Faceoff Winning %^ |
.711 |
Chris Cercy |
2000 |
|
.697 |
Bill Dirrigl |
1988 |
.692 |
Chris Cercy |
2001 |
|
.686 |
Ben Williams |
2015 |
|
.667 |
Danny Brennan |
2008 |
|
.662 |
Bob Feisee |
1991 |
|
.635 |
Kirk Pratt |
1989 |
|
.625 |
Jon Jerome |
2007 |
|
.623 |
Kirk Pratt |
1990 |
|
.611 |
Toby Price |
1996 |
|
.607 |
Danny Brennan |
2007 |
|
Groundballs* |
164 |
Sam Bassett |
2000 |
126 |
Toby Price |
1996 |
|
105 |
Ben Williams |
2015 |
|
103 |
Gary Gait |
1989 |
|
93 |
Chris Daddio |
2014 |
|
91 |
Paul Gait |
1989 |
|
91 |
Jarett Park |
2002 |
|
86 |
Ric Beardsley |
1995 |
|
85 |
Gary Gait |
1988 |
|
84 |
Matt Bontaites |
2001 |
|
Gary Gait |
1990 |
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Pat McCabe |
1989 |
@ Williams currently has 168 wins
^Minimum of 100 attempts (Williams currently has 245 attempts)
*GB statistics kept since 1988; Williams currently has 105
National Season Records |
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Category |
# |
Player |
Year |
Faceoff Winning % |
.776 |
Mark Goers, Towson |
1994 |
.774 |
Steve Shaw, Delaware |
1985 |
|
.750 |
Steve Shaw, Delaware |
1986 |
|
.740 |
Donnie McNichol, UNC |
1993 |
|
.735 |
Steve Kraus, UVA |
1980 |
|
.726 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
2013 |
|
.723 |
Alex Smith, Delaware |
2007 |
|
.711 |
Chris Cercy, Syracuse |
2000 |
|
.709 |
Alex Smith, Delaware |
2005 |
|
Groundballs Per Game |
12.16 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
2013 |
|
11.41 |
Geoff Snider, Denver |
2006 |
|
10.93 |
Tyler Knarr, Georgetown |
2014 |
|
10.71 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
2014 |
|
10.69 |
Mark Miyashita, Canisius |
2000 |
|
10.67 |
Steve Vecchione, Johns Hopkins |
1993 |
|
10.64 |
Peter Jacobs, Johns Hopkins |
1995 |
|
10.58 |
Mark Goers, Towson |
1994 |
|
10.50 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
|
|
10.35 |
Joseph Carrello, Hofstra |
1991 |
|
10.29 |
Peter Jacobs, Johns Hopkins |
1994 |
|
10.25 |
Sam Bassett, Syracuse |
2000 |
|
10.15 |
Stephen Robarge, VMI |
2011 |
|
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|
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2015 Division I Leaders |
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Groundballs Per Game |
10.50 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
|
10.17 |
Domenic Massimillian, Cornell |
|
8.58 |
Jack Rowe, Duke |
|
8.58 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
|
8.38 |
Joseph Nardella, Rutgers |
Faceoff Winning % |
.706 |
Trevor Baptiste, Denver |
|
.686 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
|
.674 |
Joseph Nardella, Rutgers |
.665 |
Domenic Massimilian, Cornell |
|
.665 |
Sam Talkow, Boston University |
The Orange will host the Hobart Statesmen Tuesday at 7:00 pm. The game can be seen on TWSC and heard on WTKW 99.5 FM. Of course you can also follow me @Orangelax for updates throughout the game.