2025 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Matthew Fritz
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Blue Bell, Pa.
AWARDS
• Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week (3/11/24, 2/26/24)
AS A SENIOR IN 2025
Appeared in 14 games ... Went 9-for-13 at the faceoff X and gathered four ground balls in a 15-6 win over Monmouth on Feb. 14 ... Won a season-high eight draws and gathered a season-best seven ground balls in a 15-7 victory over Air Force on Feb. 22 ... Was 5-for-7 at the X with two ground balls in a 13-7 triumph over Loyola Maryland on March 15 ... Went 6-for-10 at the X with four ground balls and one assist at then-No. 12/13 Harvard on March 25.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2024
Took at least one faceoff in all 17 games ... Won 53.4% of his draws (155-of-290) in addition to scoring a career-high three goals and dishing out one assist for four points ... Went 10-of-15 at the X with five ground balls in his Terrier debut, a 14-10 win over Saint Joseph's on Feb. 6 ... Was 10-of-13 at the X with five ground balls and also found the back of the net in a 16-10 triumph over Brown on Feb. 20 ... Scored a goal and won eight draws in a 14-9 victory over then-No. 1 Army West Point on March 22 ... Collected a season-high eight ground balls, notched one assist and won 14 of the 18 faceoffs he took in a 13-10 win over Bucknell on March 9 ... Went 18-for-27 at the X with five ground balls in an 18-17 Patriot League quarterfinal win over Colgate on April 30 ... Followed that by going 13-of-20 at the X with six ground balls against the reigning PL Faceoff Specialist of the Year in an 11-10 victory over then-No. 11 Army in the PL semifinals on May 3 ... Was 14-of-28 with seven ground balls against then-No. 8 Yale on April 9 ... Went 7-for-7 at the X with eight ground balls in a 22-6 win at Holy Cross on March 30.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Transfer from Ohio State, where he played two seasons … Won 68 faceoffs and collected 30 ground balls in 12 games as a sophomore in 2023 … Scored his first career goal in the Buckeyes’ B1G quarterfinal game against Michigan … Saw time in two games as a freshman in 2022 … Prior to Ohio State, was a standout at Wissahickon High School … Won nearly 66 percent of his faceoffs in 2019 and was a first team all-league selection.
PERSONAL
Son of Joyce and Bernie … Has two siblings, Marissa and Lindsey … Father, Bernie, was an All-American wrestler at Penn State … Uncle, John, was an NCAA wrestling champion at Penn State and served as the program’s head coach in the ‘90s … Enrolled in the Questrom School of Business, majoring in business administration and management.
