2014 Men's Lacrosse Roster
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Jersey Number 5
Nicky Galasso
- Position:
- Attack / Midfield
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- West Islip, N.Y.
- High School:
- West Islip
Bio
Transferred to Syracuse after spending two years at North Carolina.
Senior Year (2014 at Syracuse): USIL Second Team All-American ... All-ACC selection ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... ECAC First Team All-Star ... Led all Syracuse middies and finished tied-for second on the team with 36 goals ... Ranked 37th nationally in goals per game (2.25) ... Scored a three goals in the season opener against Siena (2/7) ... Tallied four points (two goals, two assists) and collected a ground ball against Cornell (2/15) ... Tied his career high with four goals against Virginia (3/1) ... Recorded four points on two goals and two helpers and collected two ground balls at Notre Dame (3/28) ... Posted a five-point game against Albany, scoring four goals and adding an assist (4/2) ... Scored three times at North Carolina (4/11) ... Scored three goals against North Carolina in the ACC Semifinal (4/26) ... Added another three goals in the ACC Championship game against Duke (4/26) ... Scored three goals and added an assist and a ground ball in the regular-season finale at Colgate ... Tied a season high with five points (three goals, two assists) in the NCAA Quarterfinal against Johns Hopkins (5/17).
Junior Year (2014 at Syracuse): Played in 14 games as a member of the second midfield … Totaled 17 points on 13 goals and four assists … Four two-goal games … Scored at least one goal in eight of the team’s last 10 games … Made his Syracuse debut on Feb. 22 versus Maryland and attempted three shots … Scored the first two goals of his Orange career in the team’s 14-8 victory against St. John’s (3/8) at the Cobb County Lacrosse Classic ... Also scored twice against North Carolina (4/12), Notre Dame (4/27) in the ACC championship game, and versus Bryant (5/11) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Added an assist in the ACC title game against the Irish to finish was a season-high three points … ACC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
2013 (at Syracuse): Received a medical redshirt after being injured during the preseason.
Sophomore Year (2012 at North Carolina): Returned from a foot injury to play in 13 games, starting two … Contributed nine points on six goals and three assists … Second on the team with four man-up goals … Season-high two points (1 goal, 1 assist) versus Duke (3/16) and Johns Hopkins (4/1).
Freshman Year (2011 at North Carolina): USILA Third Team All-American … Earned All-ACC honors and was named the ACC Freshman of the Year … Won the Jay Gallagher Award as the team’s most outstanding freshman … Started all 16 games and set school freshman records for points in a season (56), assists in a season (32) and assists in a game (5) ... Led the Tar Heels in both points and assists, and his 24 goals were second on the team. His 32 assists were the most by a UNC player since 1996 … Named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week twice after wins over Robert Morris (2/12) and Maryland (3/26), respectively … Totaled at least one point in 15-of-16 games and had two or more points in 14 of them … Opened his career with four goals and one assist against Robert Morris … Had his second five-point game with two goals and three assists against UMBC (3/5) … Matched those numbers in a 12-7 win over Dartmouth (3/22) … Rung up seven points in an 11-6 win at Maryland to help the Tar Heels to their first win in College Park in eight years. Had two goals and a UNC rookie record five assists in that game … Turned in another seven-point effort (4 goals, 3 assists) at Lehigh (4/17) … Five three-point performances.
High School: Rated the top high school recruit in the Class of 2010 by Inside Lacrosse … 2010 Under Armour All-America selection … Started playing varsity lacrosse in eighth grade and was an attackman for five years at West Islip ... Three-time high school All-American … Newsday Long Island Player of the Year … Two-time Empire State Games team member … MSG Player of the Year honoree … Two-time state championship game MVP ... As a senior, Galasso had a goal and seven assists in the state title game to lead West Islip to the crown … All-time leading scorer in Long Island history with 500 points … Three-time team MVP … Holds the West Islip records for points in a season (136), goals in a season (72) and goals in a game (11). Also owns the team record for points in a game … Member of four New York state, Long Island and county championship teams ... Led West Islip to a No. 1 national ranking in 2007 … Team captain as a senior.
Personal: Nicholas John Galasso … Born in December 1991 in West Islip, N.Y. … Son of Daniel and the late Cindy Galasso … Four older brothers ... Communication and rhetorical studies major.
Senior Year (2014 at Syracuse): USIL Second Team All-American ... All-ACC selection ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... ECAC First Team All-Star ... Led all Syracuse middies and finished tied-for second on the team with 36 goals ... Ranked 37th nationally in goals per game (2.25) ... Scored a three goals in the season opener against Siena (2/7) ... Tallied four points (two goals, two assists) and collected a ground ball against Cornell (2/15) ... Tied his career high with four goals against Virginia (3/1) ... Recorded four points on two goals and two helpers and collected two ground balls at Notre Dame (3/28) ... Posted a five-point game against Albany, scoring four goals and adding an assist (4/2) ... Scored three times at North Carolina (4/11) ... Scored three goals against North Carolina in the ACC Semifinal (4/26) ... Added another three goals in the ACC Championship game against Duke (4/26) ... Scored three goals and added an assist and a ground ball in the regular-season finale at Colgate ... Tied a season high with five points (three goals, two assists) in the NCAA Quarterfinal against Johns Hopkins (5/17).
Junior Year (2014 at Syracuse): Played in 14 games as a member of the second midfield … Totaled 17 points on 13 goals and four assists … Four two-goal games … Scored at least one goal in eight of the team’s last 10 games … Made his Syracuse debut on Feb. 22 versus Maryland and attempted three shots … Scored the first two goals of his Orange career in the team’s 14-8 victory against St. John’s (3/8) at the Cobb County Lacrosse Classic ... Also scored twice against North Carolina (4/12), Notre Dame (4/27) in the ACC championship game, and versus Bryant (5/11) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Added an assist in the ACC title game against the Irish to finish was a season-high three points … ACC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
2013 (at Syracuse): Received a medical redshirt after being injured during the preseason.
Sophomore Year (2012 at North Carolina): Returned from a foot injury to play in 13 games, starting two … Contributed nine points on six goals and three assists … Second on the team with four man-up goals … Season-high two points (1 goal, 1 assist) versus Duke (3/16) and Johns Hopkins (4/1).
Freshman Year (2011 at North Carolina): USILA Third Team All-American … Earned All-ACC honors and was named the ACC Freshman of the Year … Won the Jay Gallagher Award as the team’s most outstanding freshman … Started all 16 games and set school freshman records for points in a season (56), assists in a season (32) and assists in a game (5) ... Led the Tar Heels in both points and assists, and his 24 goals were second on the team. His 32 assists were the most by a UNC player since 1996 … Named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week twice after wins over Robert Morris (2/12) and Maryland (3/26), respectively … Totaled at least one point in 15-of-16 games and had two or more points in 14 of them … Opened his career with four goals and one assist against Robert Morris … Had his second five-point game with two goals and three assists against UMBC (3/5) … Matched those numbers in a 12-7 win over Dartmouth (3/22) … Rung up seven points in an 11-6 win at Maryland to help the Tar Heels to their first win in College Park in eight years. Had two goals and a UNC rookie record five assists in that game … Turned in another seven-point effort (4 goals, 3 assists) at Lehigh (4/17) … Five three-point performances.
High School: Rated the top high school recruit in the Class of 2010 by Inside Lacrosse … 2010 Under Armour All-America selection … Started playing varsity lacrosse in eighth grade and was an attackman for five years at West Islip ... Three-time high school All-American … Newsday Long Island Player of the Year … Two-time Empire State Games team member … MSG Player of the Year honoree … Two-time state championship game MVP ... As a senior, Galasso had a goal and seven assists in the state title game to lead West Islip to the crown … All-time leading scorer in Long Island history with 500 points … Three-time team MVP … Holds the West Islip records for points in a season (136), goals in a season (72) and goals in a game (11). Also owns the team record for points in a game … Member of four New York state, Long Island and county championship teams ... Led West Islip to a No. 1 national ranking in 2007 … Team captain as a senior.
Personal: Nicholas John Galasso … Born in December 1991 in West Islip, N.Y. … Son of Daniel and the late Cindy Galasso … Four older brothers ... Communication and rhetorical studies major.
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