![Blake Russell](/sports/mlax/2015-16/bios/MLAX_Russell.jpg?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 185
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Lake Shore, Md.
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- High School:
- Northeast
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- Position:
- D
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- 15
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Bio
2015: Appeared in all 14 games, making eight starts for the Gophers on the defensive side of the field ... totaled 21 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers (second-best on the team) ... tallied three ground balls and four caused turnovers on March 14 against Merchant Marine ... notched five ground balls and three caused turnovers against Drew on March 28 ... picked up two ground balls on three other occasions
2014: Started all 15 games in his sophomore season, finishing fifth on the team with 31 ground balls for the year … also caused seven turnovers … had a pair of ground balls and a caused turnover in Goucher’s season opener against nationally-ranked Washington (Md.) on Feb. 22 … picked up three ground balls in an 8-3 win over King’s on March 8 … totaled four ground balls in back-to-back games against Washington & Jefferson (March 22) and Drew (March 29) … matched a career-high with six ground balls at Albright on April 12 … had multiple ground balls in eight contests, and had at least one in each of the season’s first 14 games … earned a spot on the Landmark Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2013: Appeared in all 16 games for the Gophers, registering 31 ground balls and eight caused turnovers … first career collegiate goal came at St. Mary’s (Md.) on April 3 … picked up two ground balls in his Goucher debut at Birmingham-Southern on Feb. 16 … that was the first of 10 contests on the year where he recorded multiple ground balls … picked up a season-high six against McDaniel on March 5, and added four more in the following game at Stevenson on March 9 … ended the year with two ground balls and two caused turnovers in the Landmark semifinals against Merchant Marine on May 1.
Major: Computer Science
Personal: Served as the captain of the lacrosse and football team at Northeast High School in Pasadena … was named team MVP of both … earned honorable mention all-county recognition on two separate occasions for lacrosse, and was a first-team all-county player in football … also received honorable mention all-state recognition as a football player … was named to the honor roll in each of his four years, and received the Ed Heaphy scholarship for outstanding athletic and scholastic achievement.
Recent Games
  | Total | Conference |
---|---|---|
Games | 15 | 6 |
Points | 1 | 0 |
Goals | 0 | 0 |
Assists | 1 | 0 |
Man-up goals | 0 | 0 |
Man-down goals | 0 | 0 |
Ground balls | 41 | 16 |
Turnovers | 6 | 4 |
Caused turnovers | 12 | 8 |
Faceoffs | 6-20 | 5-17 |
Faceoff percentage | 30.0 | 29.4 |
Shots | 1 | 1 |
Shooting percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Shots on goal | 0 | 0 |
Shots on goal percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Game Log - Offense
Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
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Feb 13 | Washington & Jefferson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Feb 17 | at Messiah | L, 11-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Feb 24 | Gettysburg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Feb 27 | Randolph-Macon | W, 12-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 2 | at McDaniel | W, 7-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 5 | King's (Pa.) | W, 15-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 10 | Beloit | W, 17-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 12 | Ferrum | W, 15-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 13 | SUNY Poly | W, 21-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 19 | Catholic | L, 13-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 22 | Washington & Jefferson | W, 14-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Mar 26 | at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy | L, 15-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Apr 2 | Scranton | L, 10-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Apr 9 | at Elizabethtown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Apr 12 | at Elizabethtown | L, 12-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Apr 16 | Moravian | W, 22-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Apr 23 | at Susquehanna | L, 14-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Apr 30 | Drew | W, 12-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Game Log - Defense
Date | Opponent | Score | gb | to | ct | fo |
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Feb 13 | Washington & Jefferson | - | - | - | - | |
Feb 17 | at Messiah | L, 11-6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 |
Feb 24 | Gettysburg | - | - | - | - | |
Feb 27 | Randolph-Macon | W, 12-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 |
Mar 2 | at McDaniel | W, 7-6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 |
Mar 5 | King's (Pa.) | W, 15-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
Mar 10 | Beloit | W, 17-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
Mar 12 | Ferrum | W, 15-8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
Mar 13 | SUNY Poly | W, 21-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
Mar 19 | Catholic | L, 13-10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3-12 |
Mar 22 | Washington & Jefferson | W, 14-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
Mar 26 | at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy | L, 15-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 |
Apr 2 | Scranton | L, 10-9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2-2 |
Apr 9 | at Elizabethtown | - | - | - | - | |
Apr 12 | at Elizabethtown | L, 12-7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 |
Apr 16 | Moravian | W, 22-14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
Apr 23 | at Susquehanna | L, 14-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
Apr 30 | Drew | W, 12-9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 |
Splits Stats - Offense
gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
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Event | |||||||||||
Total | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Conference | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Location | |||||||||||
Home | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Away | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Result | |||||||||||
Wins | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Losses | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Month | |||||||||||
February | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
March | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
April | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Splits Stats - Defense
gp | gs | gb | to | ct | fo | |
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Event | ||||||
Total | 15 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 12 | 6-20 |
Conference | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5-17 |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 |
Location | ||||||
Home | 10 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 5-15 |
Away | 5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1-5 |
Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 |
Result | ||||||
Wins | 9 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0-2 |
Losses | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 6-18 |
Month | ||||||
February | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 |
March | 8 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 3-14 |
April | 5 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2-4 |
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