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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.
First off here's the game log, probably Williams' best game this season came on Thursday against Albany.
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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 |
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Albany |
24-27 |
.888 |
15 |
Instead of going through stat-by-stat, here is a quick rundown of the highlights:
- Williams has 147 faceoff wins, 23 wins away from entering the top 10 list for most faceoff wins in a season for any SU player
- His 24-27 record against the Albany Great Danes was tied for the sixth most faceoff wins by an SU player in a game.
- Williams jumps from fifth in the country to second with a .700 faceoff winning percentage. He also jumps from fourth to second on the list of highest faceoff winning percentage in a season for an SU player.
- Getting back to a .700 winning percentage also brought Williams back into the top ten in NCAA history for highest faceoff winning percentage in a season.
- With 15 groundballs versus Albany, it brings Williams to 96 on the season, vaulting him from out of the top ten, to #4 for most groundballs in a season for an SU player.
- Once again he leads all D1 players in groundballs per game. His 10.67 GBs/game is just ahead of Domenic Massimillian of the Cornell Big Red, and well ahead of Duke's Jack Rowe. He is currently tied for sixth all time in groundballs per game in a season with Steve Vecchione who snagged 10.67 GBs/game as a member of the 1993 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays.
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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|
.700 |
Ben Williams |
2015 |
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.697 |
Bill Dirrigl |
1988 |
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.692 |
Chris Cercy |
2001 |
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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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|
96 |
Ben Williams |
2015 |
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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 147 wins
^Minimum of 100 attempts (Williams currently has 210 attempts)
*GB statistics kept since 1988; Williams currently has 96
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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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|
.726 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
2013 |
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|
.723 |
Alex Smith, Delaware |
2007 |
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.711 |
Chris Cercy, Syracuse |
2000 |
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|
.709 |
Alex Smith, Delaware |
2005 |
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|
.700 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
2015 |
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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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Ben Williams, Syracuse |
2015 |
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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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2015 Division I Leaders |
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Groundballs Per Game |
10.67 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
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10.20 |
Domenic Massimillian, Cornell |
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8.73 |
Jack Rowe, Duke |
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8.50 |
Joseph Nardella, Rutgers |
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|
8.50 |
Kevin Massa, Bryant |
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Faceoff Winning % |
.711 |
Trevor Baptiste, Denver |
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|
.700 |
Ben Williams, Syracuse |
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|
.686 |
Joseph Nardella, Rutgers |
|
.665 |
Brady Dove, Navy |
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|
.664 |
Domenic Massimilian, Cornell |
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The Orange will visit the North Carolina Tar Heels a week from Saturday at 4:00 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.