2006 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster

Dan Hardy
- Position:
- Attackman
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 214
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Tully, N.Y.
- High School:
- Tully HS
Senior Year (2009): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … Started all 18 games in the midfield … One of seven players to start every game … SU’s highest-scoring midfielder and third-leading scorer overall with 43 points (25g, 18a) … Had at least one point in 17-of-18 games … Tied Kenny Nims for the team lead with three game-winning goals … Averaged 2.39 points per game and 1.39 goals per contest … Second on the team in assists (18) … Collected 15 ground balls … Tallied a career-best five points in wins against Army (2g, 3a), at Loyola (4g, 1a) and versus Albany (3g, 2a) … His three assists against the Black Knights were a career high and his four goals against the Greyhounds matched his personal best … Named to the NIKE/Inside Lacrosse Team of the Week (March 31) for his performance at Loyola, which included scoring three goals in the final seven minutes of regulation, including the game-winner with 1:17 left … Registered three points versus Duke (1g, 2a) and Cornell (1g, 2a) in the NCAA Tournament, including an assist on Cody Jamieson’s game-winning goal in overtime against the Big Red in the NCAA title game … Had three points, including the 100th point of his career against Virginia (2g, 1a) … Also recorded three points versus Johns Hopkins (1g, 2a) and Hobart (1g, 2a) … Had two points at Georgetown (1g, 1a), and versus Binghamton (1g, 1a), Colgate (2g) and Maryland (2g) in the NCAA quarterfinals … Scored the game-winning goal versus Siena (NCAA) and also had goals against Providence, Cornell and Rutgers in the regular season … Passed out an assist versus Princeton at the Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic.
Junior Year (2008): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … Named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team after finishing second on the team in scoring (13 points) and goals (8) in the postseason, including a hat trick versus Johns Hopkins in the NCAA championship game … Appeared in all 18 games with seven starts … Fourth on the Orange with 40 points and 25 goals … Also had 15 assists … Recorded points in 16-of-18 games, including at least one point in 11 straight games to end the season … Tallied at least three points in a game seven times, including three of the team’s four NCAA Tournament games … Scored four man-up goals and collected 16 ground balls … Tied his career-high with five points at Rutgers, including a career-best four goals … Four points (3g, 1a) versus Villanova in the season opener … Contributed assists versus Army and against Virginia at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic … Also registered assists against Albany and Massachusetts … One goal and one assist at Johns Hopkins in the regular season … Two goals and matched his season best with two assists versus Binghamton … Had a hat trick versus Loyola … One goal and a season-best four ground balls against Princeton … Two points (1g, 1a) at Cornell … Scored twice at Colgate … Tallied four points, including tying his season high with two assists, against Canisius in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament … Three goals, including the game-winner, and tallied four total points in SU’s NCAA quarterfinal win against Notre Dame … Tied his season high with two assists in a double-overtime victory against Virginia in the NCAA semifinals.
Sophomore Year (2007): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … Played in all 13 games with 12 starts … Saw time at both attack and midfield … Second on the team in points (32) and tied for the squad lead with 22 goals … Had at least one point in 12 games and scored at least once in 11 outings … Averaged 2.46 points and 1.69 goals per contest … Four hat tricks … Scored a career-best five points against Hobart (3g, 2a) … Had two goals and an assist against Army … Scored once versus Virginia … Three goals at Georgetown … Also added an assist against the Hoyas … One goal, one assist versus Johns Hopkins … Dished out an assist versus Binghamton … Two goals, one assist at Loyola … Scored twice at Princeton … One goal and equaled his season high with two helpers against Cornell … Had a goal and an assist versus Rutgers … Scored three goals against Albany and at Massachusetts.
Freshman Year (2006): Played in all 15 games, starting 14 … Tied for fifth on the team with 21 points (11g, 10a) … Scooped up 11 ground balls … Three points on two goals and one assist at Virginia … Equaled his season high with three points (1g, 2a) versus Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament … One goal and one assist in his first collegiate contest versus Army … Tallied a goal and an assist at Johns Hopkins in the regular season … Two goals, including the game-winner, versus Loyola … Season-best two assists against Princeton … Had an assist against Albany … Scored goals versus Massachusetts and at Colgate … Scored a goal and had an assist versus Harvard in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and against Virginia in the NCAA semifinals.
High School: Member of the varsity lacrosse and basketball teams at Tully High School from eighth grade until his senior year … The lacrosse team posted a 16-4 record in his final year … Scored 58 goals and had 69 assists as a senior … For his career, he tallied 383 points (235 goals, 148 assists) … Served as team captain his senior year … Two-time member of the Empire State Games Central team (2003, 2004) … Helped the team win gold both times as the squad’s leading scorer … Named first-team all-league four times … Selected to the All-CNY First Team his senior year … Garnered All-America honors as a senior … Two-time team MVP.
Personal: Daniel Joseph Hardy ... Born in April 1987 in Syracuse, N.Y. … Son of Bill and Cheryl Hardy … Two brothers and one sister … Is the third member of his family to play lacrosse at Syracuse University, following in the footsteps of his father, Bill (1981-83), and his brother, Tom (1999-02) … Majoring in American studies.
Year
|
Games
|
Goals
|
Assists
|
Points
|
GB
|
Faceoffs
|
GW
|
2006
|
15
|
11
|
10
|
21
|
11
|
0-0
|
1
|
2007
|
13
|
22
|
10
|
32
|
11
|
0-0
|
1
|
2008
|
18
|
25
|
15
|
40
|
16
|
0-0
|
1
|
2009 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 15 | 0-0 | 3 |
Totals
|
64
|
83
|
53
|
136
|
53
|
0-0
|
6
|