Summary: Salve Regina University men's lacrosse hosts Lasell in its non-conference home opener.  

Match-up: The Salve Regina Seahawks (1-0) versus the Lasell Lasers (0-0)

Game date, time and site: Saturday, March 1, 2014; 1 p.m. @ Gaudet Field

Video/Audio: http://bit.ly/1o28kZf  (Salve Regina men's lacrosse on Ustream.tv; Leon Bayles and Murphy McCann provide the call)

Live Stats: http://bit.ly/18PHC4C 

Directions: http://bit.ly/YV7AcI

Series edge: Lasell leads 3-0

Last Laser win in series: Lasell won, 17-13, in Boston, Mass. on March 2, 2013.

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• Salve Regina and Lasell have faced each other three times before with Lasell holding a 3-0 advantage in the series. 
• The last time the two teams met, Lasell defeated the Seahwaks 17-13 in Boston, Mass. 
• The two teams went back and fourth in the third quarter before Cam Brazill tied it at 11-11 just over two minutes into the fourth. Lasell pulled away with three unanswered goals to carry the Lasers to the win.
• Saturday marks the second-straight year the Lasers will open their season with Salve Regina.

• Salve Regina has played once before on March 1. 
• The Seahawks fell to Rensselaer on March 1, 2007, 20-7.

• Seniors Chad Hollenshade, Curtis McKeon and Dan Parks will serve as the captains for the 2014 Seahawks. 
• Hollenshade returns as a two-year captain.

• Following Saturday's contest, the Seahawks travel to Providence to take on in-state rival Johnson & Wales on Wednesday, March 5. 
• Saturday, March 8 kicks off Salve Regina's spring break trip as the Seahawks take on Hartwick before heading to Maryland and Washington, D.C. for the week.

• Salve Regina kicked off the season with a 11-4 win over Mount Ida College on Wednesday, February 26. 
• Senior Curtis McKeon netted his first hat trick of the season to lead the Seahawks to victory. 
• McKeon led the team with 11 groundballs and won 13 of 16 face offs. 
• Freshman Nick LoCicero paced the team with four points (1g, 3a) in the season opener. 
• Freshman goalie Andrew Watkins needed just 10 saves in his first game in the net for Salve Regina.  

• Senior Curtis McKeon has been one of the most reliable face off men for Salve Regina. 
• Currenty, he has the best career winning percentage at the "X" at Salve Regina (.609). 
• McKeon kicked off the 2014 campaign winning 13 of 16 faceoffs against Mount Ida. 
• In his career, the senior has won 580 out of 952 chances at the "X". 

• Last season, Salve Regina won out on the groundball battle over the season, picking up 624 to opponents 494. 
• Leading the charge on the ground was senior Curtis McKeon. McKeon set the single season record for groundballs with 149 last season. 
• McKeon is the all time leader at Salve Regina with 378 in his career.
• McKeon set the record for most groundballs in a game in 2011, picking up 19 against Salem State on March 15.

• Salve Regina returns two of its three top scorers from a year again. 
• Senior Chad Hollenshade led the team with 45 points (31g, 14a) last year despite missing three games due to the men's ice hockey team's run in the playoffs. 
• Senior Chad McKeon was third on the team in scoring with 36 points (18g, 18a). McKeon led the team with 18 assists in 2013. 
• In the short season so far, freshman Nick LoCirceo leads the team with four points (1g, 3a) while McKeon leads the team with three goals.

• Salve Regina head coach Patrick Cooney enters his 11th season at the helm of the Seahawks.
• Cooney has led the Seahawks to the CCC tournament eight of the last nine seasons and has compiled an 66-79 all time record at Salve Regina.