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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.
This week Williams picked up his 100th faceoff attempt of the season, making him eligible for the SU season record for faceoff winning percentage. Although his faceoff winning percentage did fall from .721 to .714 after taking 13 of 19 against St. John's, Williams remains in the top spot for the Syracuse season record. He continues to hold the eighth spot on the NCAA all-time record list and actually moved up to first place amongst all players in division I for the 2015 season.
As for groundballs, another category which Williams has been excelling in, he moved up two places and is now tied for second in groundballs per game in division I in 2015. With 47 total GBs on the year, Williams is still a ways away from placing on the Syracuse all-time list for groundballs in a season. He would need 37 more scoops, or 4.6 GBs in the guaranteed eight games remaining, to enter that list which would put him tied for ninth with three other players.
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 %^ |
.714 |
Ben Williams |
2015 |
|
.711 |
Chris Cercy |
2000 |
.697 |
Bill Dirrigl |
1988 |
|
.692 |
Chris Cercy |
2001 |
|
.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 |
|
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 75 wins
^Minimum of 100 attempts (Williams currently has 105 attempts)
*GB statistics kept since 1988; Williams currently has 47
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 |
|
.714 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
2015 |
|
.711 |
Chris Cercy, Syracuse |
2000 |
|
.709 |
Alex Smith, Delaware |
2005 |
|
.697 |
Bill Dirrigl, Syracuse |
1988 |
|
.696 |
Ray Ignacio, UMBC |
1987 |
|
.692 |
Chris Cercy, Syracuse |
2001 |
|
.688 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
2014 |
|
.688 |
Brian Cole, Mt. St. Mary's |
2001 |
|
.686 |
Charlie Raffa, Maryland |
2014 |
2015 Division I Leaders |
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Groundballs Per Game |
10.20 |
Domenic Massimillian, Cornell |
|
9.40 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
|
9.40 |
Gabriel Mendola, Georgetown |
9.29 |
Christopher May, Ohio State |
|
9.17 |
Nick Saputo, Drexel |
|
Faceoff Winning % |
.714 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
.709 |
Christopher May, Ohio State |
|
.703 |
Joseph Nardella, Rutgers |
The Orange will take on rival Johns Hopkins Blue Jays as they return to the Carrier Dome on Saturday at 2 pm. The game can be seen on ESPNU and heard on WTKW 99.5 FM. Of course you can also follow me @Orangelax for updates throughout the game.