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2022 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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41 John Piatelli

  • Position Attack
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Wrentham, Mass.
  • Highschool Saint Sebastian School

Biography

• Inside Lacrosse/Maverik Media Honorable Mention All-American (2020, 22)
• First-Team All-Ivy (2022)
• Final Tewaaraton Watch List (2020, 22)
• Honorable Mention All-Ivy (2019)

 

As a senior (2022)

• Nation's leading goal scorer (3.56 gpg.) started all 16 games for the Big Red, leading the team in goals (57), points (72), shots (165) and shots on goal (117).
• Has recorded 15 assists, a .345 shooting percentage and a .709 shot on goal percentage.
• Tallied four points (two goals, two assists) in the season-opening win against UAlbany.
• Added two goals and two assists in the win over Hobart.
• Scored four goals in the regular season victory over No. 5 Ohio State.
• Poured in five goals in a triumph at Penn State.
• Registered a hat trick in the win over No. 11 Yale in the team''s Ivy League opener.
• Scored four goals and dished an assist at No. 7 Penn.
• Tallied a season-best six goals with three assists in a victory over Colgate.
• Compiled four goals and won eight ground balls in the win over No. 11 Harvard.
• Tied season high in goals scored (six), assists (three) and points (nine) on 12 shots in the OT victory at Syracuse.
• Scored five goals and attempted 16 shots while scooping up seven ground balls against No. 14 Brown.
• Notched five points (four goals, one assist) in a win at No. 5 Princeton.
• Completed a hat trick on only five shots in the first round Ivy Tournament matchup vs. No. 5 Yale.
• Registered four goals with an assist in the NCAA first round win over Ohio State.


As a junior (2020)

• Named an Inside Lacrosse/Maverik Media Honorable Mention All-American.
• Earned a spot on the Final Tewaaraton Watch List before the season came to an abrupt end due to COVID-19.
• Started all five games for the Big Red at attack, leading Cornell in goals (20) for the second-straight season and ranking second on the team in points (23).
• Finished the season ranked second in the Ivy League and fourth in all of Division I in goals per game (4.00).
• Also ended his junior campaign ranked in the top-25 nationally in shot percentage (21st – 0.488) and points per game (25th – 4.60), the latter of which ranked fifth in the Ivy League.
• Notched a hat trick in four of Cornell’s five contests, including a career-high six goal outing against High Point on Feb. 23.
• Scored his 100th career point as part of a natural hat trick against the Panthers.
• Tallied five goals and three assists for a career-high eight points against Ohio State on March 1.
• For this performance, he was named the Ivy League Player of the Week and to the USILA Team of the Week on March 2.
• Finished the season with 10 ground balls and two caused turnovers.

As a sophomore (2019)

• Honorable Mention All-Ivy.
• Started all 15 games on the season.
• Finished the year ranked in the top 25 in the nation in individual man-up goals (10th – 7), goals per game (13th – 3.00), shooting percentage (14th –.459), and points per game (22nd – 4.27).
• Led the Big Red with a career-high 45 goals and finished overall second overall with 19 assists and 64 points.
• His 45 goals, 19 assists and 64 points were all career highs.
• Had 10 hat tricks on the season, the most on the team.
• Registered a season-high four goals in seven contests.
• Posted 23 ground balls and caused seven turnovers on the season.

As a freshman (2018)

• Played in all 18 games with six starts on the attack unit.
• Ranked fifth on the team in assists (10) and seventh overall in goals (16) and points (26).
• Named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Feb. 27.
• Had eight multi-point games on the season.
• Registered a season-high six points with four goals and two assists vs. Binghamton.
• Scored three times vs. Air Force and twice against both Syracuse and Brown during the regular season.
• Picked up 18 ground balls on the year.

Prior to Cornell

• Earned five combined varsity letters at King Philip High School and Saint Sebastian School.
• US Lacrosse High School All-American (2017).
• ALL-USA Today Boys Lacrosse First Team selection.
• Helped Saint Sebastian to the 2017 ISL Lacrosse Championship as team captain.
• Named the 2017 ISL Player of the Year and the Bruch Lerch Player of the Year.
• Was a 2017 Midseason All-USA Today Player of the Year candidate.
• Selected as an ISL All-American in 2017.
• Two-time ISL All-League.
• Set the King Phillip High School record for most goals in a season with 74 in 2014.
• Also lettered in hockey and squash.

Personal

• John Camillo Piatelli is the son of Jack and Patty Piatelli and he has one brother and one sister.
• Father, Jack, played lacrosse at Springfield College, serving as team captain and earning All-America honors as a senior.
• Brother, Brian, is also a member of the Cornell men's lacrosse team.
• Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 41

    2018Freshman

    Attack
    6'0" 190 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2019Sophomore

    Attack
    6'0" 195 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2020Junior

    Attack
    6'0" 195 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2022Fifth Year

    Attack
    6'0" 195 lbs
    41