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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.
Check out the game log for Ben Williams this year. The only team that has been able to stunt his performance has been the Cornell Big Red featuring Domenic Massimillion.
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Ben Williams' 2015 Game Log |
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Opponent |
F/O |
F/O % |
GB |
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Siena |
17-20 |
.850 |
11 |
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Cornell |
9-22 |
.409 |
3 |
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Army |
21-25 |
.840 |
13 |
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Virginia |
15-19 |
.789 |
12 |
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St. John's |
13-19 |
.684 |
8 |
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Hopkins |
16-27 |
.593 |
11 |
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Duke |
14-22 |
.636 |
11 |
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Notre Dame |
18-29 |
.621 |
12 |
Instead of going through stat by stat, here is a quick rundown for your convenience:
- Williams has 105 faceoff wins, 47 wins away from entering the top 10 list for most faceoff wins in a season for any SU player
- After going 18-29 against Notre Dame, Williams falls to a .672 faceoff winning percentage leaving him fourth amongst all SU players for highest faceoff winning percentage in a season and fifth in the country in winning percentage in 2015
- With 81 groundballs this season, Williams is just three away from entering the top 10 list of most groundballs in a season for an SU player
- His 10.13 groundballs per game is 13th for any player in NCAA history but in 2015 he is first amongst all division I players
Here are the full lists:
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Syracuse Season Records |
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Category |
# |
Player |
Year |
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Faceoff Wins@ |
274 |
Bill Dirrigl |
1998 |
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253 |
Chris Cercy |
2000 |
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|
245 |
Chris Cercy |
2001 |
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|
214 |
Danny Brennan |
2008 |
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|
212 |
Kirk Pratt |
1989 |
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|
211 |
Chris Bickel |
2002 |
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203 |
Toby Price |
1996 |
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|
201 |
Chris Bickel |
2002 |
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186 |
Chris Daddio |
2014 |
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170 |
Kirk Pratt |
1990 |
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Faceoff Winning %^ |
.711 |
Chris Cercy |
2000 |
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.697 |
Bill Dirrigl |
1988 |
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.692 |
Chris Cercy |
2001 |
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.672 |
Ben Williams |
2015 |
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.667 |
Danny Brennan |
2008 |
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.662 |
Bob Feisee |
1991 |
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.635 |
Kirk Pratt |
1989 |
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.625 |
Jon Jerome |
2007 |
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.623 |
Kirk Pratt |
1990 |
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.611 |
Toby Price |
1996 |
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.607 |
Danny Brennan |
2007 |
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Groundballs* |
164 |
Sam Bassett |
2000 |
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126 |
Toby Price |
1996 |
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103 |
Gary Gait |
1989 |
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|
93 |
Chris Daddio |
2014 |
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91 |
Paul Gait |
1989 |
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91 |
Jarett Park |
2002 |
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86 |
Ric Beardsley |
1995 |
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|
85 |
Gary Gait |
1988 |
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84 |
Matt Bontaites |
2001 |
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Gary Gait |
1990 |
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Pat McCabe |
1989 |
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@ Williams currently has 123 wins
^Minimum of 100 attempts (Williams currently has 183 attempts)
*GB statistics kept since 1988; Williams currently has 81
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National Season Records |
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Category |
# |
Player |
Year |
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Faceoff Winning % |
.776 |
Mark Goers, Towson |
1994 |
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.774 |
Steve Shaw, Delaware |
1985 |
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.750 |
Steve Shaw, Delaware |
1986 |
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.740 |
Donnie McNichol, UNC |
1993 |
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.735 |
Steve Kraus, UVA |
1980 |
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Groundballs Per Game |
12.16 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
2013 |
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11.41 |
Geoff Snider, Denver |
2006 |
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10.93 |
Tyler Knarr, Georgetown |
2014 |
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10.71 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
2014 |
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10.69 |
Mark Miyashita, Canisius |
2000 |
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10.67 |
Steve Vecchione, Johns Hopkins |
1993 |
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10.64 |
Peter Jacobs, Johns Hopkins |
1995 |
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10.58 |
Mark Goers, Towson |
1994 |
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10.35 |
Joseph Carrello, Hofstra |
1991 |
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10.29 |
Peter Jacobs, Johns Hopkins |
1994 |
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10.25 |
Sam Bassett, Syracuse |
2000 |
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10.15 |
Stephen Robarge, VMI |
2011 |
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10.13 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
2015 |
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2015 Division I Leaders |
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Groundballs Per Game |
10.13 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
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9.78 |
Domenic Massimillian, Cornell |
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8.80 |
Jack Rowe, Duke |
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8.73 |
Joseph Nardella, Rutgers |
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8.67 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
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Faceoff Winning % |
.711 |
Trevor Baptiste, Denver |
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|
.694 |
Brady Dove, Navy |
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.682 |
Joseph Nardella, Rutgers |
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|
.678 |
Sam Talkow, Boston University |
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.672 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
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The Orange will return home to take on the Albany Great Danes on Thursday at 7:00 pm. The game can be seen locally on TWCS and heard on WTKW 99.5 FM. Of course you can also follow me @Orangelax for updates throughout the game.