Last Time OUT
- F&M started Centennial Conference action with a 16-8 win at home against McDaniel
- A.J. Rigsby scored four goals and added two assists on his way to earning Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors
- Will DeMuth (4 goals) and Blake Target (3 goals, 1 assist) also tallied hat tricks against the visiting Green Terror
- Will Mollihan added four more points (1 goal, 3 assists) in the win that also featured goals from James Moroney, Braeden McCarthy, and Colin Falk
- Sage Garito stopped seven of the 12 shots on goal that he faced
- Connor Helm helped the Diplomats dominate the face-off X as the team won 21 of the 27 restarts
- Helm went 17-for-21 individually (81%) at the X, with Matthew Freeman also going 2-for-2
- F&M racked up a 52-28 edge in shots and a 43-23 advantage in ground balls
#13 Gettysburg
Wednesday, March 30 (3:30 p.m.)
Gettysburg, Pa.
Swarthmore
Saturday, April 2 (3 p.m.)
Shadek Stadium
#9 Franklin & marshall diplomats
8-1 (1-0 CC)
Series History
F&M vs. Gettysburg
- All-time: Gettysburg is 40-26
- First meeting: 1956: GC won 7-2
- Most recent meeting: F&M won 16-11 (2021)
- That most recent win helped F&M clinch the 2021 Centennial Conference Championship and the automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament
- Current Streak: F&M +2
- Last Gettysburg win: 16-12 in 2018
- At Gettysburg: The Bullets are 21-5
Swarthmore
- All-time: F&M is 47-16
- First meeting: 1947 when Swarthmore was a club team, the Diplomats won 8-4
- First official varsity contest: 1949; F&M won 5-4
- Last meeting: F&M won 17-7 during the 2019 season
- At F&M: Diplomats are 27-10
- Current streak: F&M has won the last 11 meetings dating back to the 2009 season
- These teams have not met since 2019 as Swarthmore opted out of the 2021 conference-only season after the 2020 game was canceled
- Last Swarthmore win: 8-6 win at F&M (2009)
F&M Tradition
248 All-Conference Selections
64 All-Americans
11 Conference Championships
7 NCAA Tournament Appearances
Picked as 2022 Centennial Conference Preseason Favorite
Currently ranked #9 in USILA National Poll
Weekly Notables
F&M Notables
- F&M has won 10 straight Centennial Conference regular season games dating back to 2019 after the win against McDaniel
- The Diplomats won the 2021 Centennial Conference Championship and were picked as the favorite among the conference's head coaches to repeat that championship in 2022
- F&M is leading the Centennial Conference in goals (136), goals per game (15.1), assists (72), shots on goal (254), ground balls (365), and face-off percentage (.576)
- The Diplomats have five of the top 10 goal scorers in the conference with Blake Target (22 goals; third), Will DeMuth (21 goals; 5th), Kai Kelly (20 goals; sixth), A.J. Rigsby (20 goals; sixth), and James Moroney (19 goals; ninth)
- Rigsby, the reigning Centennial Conference Player of the Week, is second in the conference with 38 points as he also ranks second with 18 assists
- Kai Kelly (29 pts.) and Will DeMuth (28 pts.) are also ranked in the top 10 in the Centennial Conference in points
- Kelly's five man-up goals are ranked second in the conference
- Connor Helm's 57.6% face-off percentage and 57 ground balls both lead the Centennial Conference
- Kyle Craig (13 CTs) and Spencer Hall (11 CTs) are ranked fifth and seventh in the league in caused turnovers
- Sage Garito is second in the conference in GAA (8.66) as he is stopping 52.9% of the shots he has faced
Record Book Watch
- Connor Helm ranks second in program history with 4.65 ground balls per game during his career
- Helm's 6.33 GBs/game this year is currently the second-highest single-season rate in program history
- Helm has won 60% of his face-offs during his career, ranking third in school history. His 62.7% success rate this spring is the fourth-best single-season average
- A.J. Rigsby comes into this week with 95 career goals. His 15 career man-up goals are the third-most in school history after he broke the single-season record (9) in 2019
- Blake Target is also closing in on the century mark as he has 95 career goals and 115 career points
- Noah Isaacson is ranked 10th in F&M history with 45 caused turnovers, featuring the ninth-highest average (1.29 CTs/game) all-time
- Kyle Craig has caused 13 turnovers in his first 13 career games, the 11th-best average in program history
Around the Centennial Conference
Weekly Schedule
Wednesday, March 30
- Franklin & Marshall at Gettysburg (3:30 p.m.)
- McDaniel at Dickinson (7 p.m.)
- Washington College at Ursinus (7 p.m.)
- Swarthmore at Muhlenberg (7 p.m.)
Saturday, April 2
- Swarthmore at Franklin & Marshall (3 p.m.)
- Dickinson at Haverford (3 p.m.)
- Muhlenberg at Ursinus (3 p.m.)
- Gettysburg at Washington College (3 p.m.)
Up Next
at Muhlenberg
Saturday, March 9 (12 p.m.)
