2016 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Bobby Tait
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 218
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Buckingham, Pa.
- High School:
- Germantown Academy
Senior Year (2016): Played in 15 games, scooping five groundballs and forcing a career high three turnovers... Recorded one ground ball and career/season high one caused turnover against Albany [2/21] …Tallied another ground ball and caused turnover versus St. John’s [3/12] …Notched one ground ball and one caused turnover against Duke [3/26] …Picked up one turnover versus Notre Dame [4/02] …Recorded a season high two ground balls against Colgate [5/07].
Junior Year (2015): Saw action in all-16 games on defense ... Collected a ground ball vs. St. John's in the Cobb County Classic (3/7) ... Picked up a ground ball at North Carolina (4/11) ... Caused a turnover against North Carolina in the ACC Semifinal (4/24) ... Collected a ground ball in the ACC title game against Duke (4/26).
Sophomore Year (2014): Played in 12 games, including starts in the season's first three contests … Picked up six ground balls and record one caused turnover … Made his first career start in the season opener versus Siena (2/10) … Recovered a career-high four ground balls against Albany (2/16) … Forced the first turnover of his career in the ACC semifinals against Duke (4/25) … ACC Academic Honor Roll … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2013): Played in nine games overall, including the last seven as a member of the man-down unit .. Joined the man-down rotation April 20 at Georgetown and the group allowed only four extra-man goals the remainder of the season ... Made his Orange debut in an 18-9 win at Providence (3/19) and picked up two ground balls.
2012: Redshirt season.
High School: Ranked 62nd overall and 21st among defensemen in the Class of 2011 by Inside Lacrosse … 2011 U.S. Lacrosse All-American … Member of the Under Armour Underclassmen Philly Team … Two-time All-EPSLA and All-Inter-Ac selection ... Also played hockey for four seasons and led Germantown Academy to two IHL titles … Lacrosse and hockey team MVP … Captain of the hockey team as a senior.
Personal: Charles Robert Tait IV ... Born in March 1993 in Doylestown, Pa. ... Son of Bob and Jodie Tait ... One brother … Grandfather, Bob Tait Jr., played lacrosse at Delaware … Father, Bob Tait III, played football and basketball at Michigan in the 1980s … Information management major.
