2002 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Michael Springer
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ridgewood, NJ
- High School:
- Ridgewood
2003: Team captain...STX/USILA Second-Team All-America…played and started in all 16 games…scored 36 goals…had 24 assists and 60 points…recovered 27 groundballs…had a .336 shot percentage…scored three goals in 16 minutes in the win over Princeton in the national semifinal game…played for the North in the North/South Collegiate All-Star game.
2002: STX/USILA Honorable Mention All-American... finished third on the team in scoring with 48 points (35 goals)...tallied a game-high four goals and had two assists in the national semifinals against Virginia... scored one goal and had one assist in the title game against Princeton...became the 17th Orangeman to score 100 goals when he finished with a game-high four goals and an assist against Hobart...had four goals and an assist in the win at Denver...tallied the game-winning goal in overtime to beat Brown, 14-13...finished with three goals and an assist against the Brown Bears...chipped in two goals against Duke in the NCAA quarterfinals.
2001: Selected to the STX/USILA All-America Third Team...finished 15th in the nation in goals per game (2.67) and tied for 27th in points per game (3.53)...named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team...netted a career-high six goals in the national semifinal win against Notre Dame...was held without a point in the championship game against Princeton, the first time in his career at Syracuse that he was held without a point (31 games)...had a three-goal, two-assist performance against Hofstra in the quarterfinals...finished second on the team in total points (53)...had four goals at Georgetown...tallied at least two points in 13 of the 15 games he played...tallied four goals in wins against Penn, Virginia and Georgetown.
2000: Named a STX/USILA Honorable Mention All-American...the Orangemen's leading goal scorer (48 goals) and second-leading point scorer (68 points)...finished in a tie for fifth in the nation in goals per game (3.00)...ranked 14th in the country in points per game (4.25)...registered 11 games with three or more goals...attempted a team-high 125 shots...tallied five goals at Princeton...recorded five four-goal games...had a career-high seven points (four goals, three assists) in the loss at Cornell...totaled nine goals and four assists during SU's NCAA championship run through the tournament...his goal with 2:23 remaining in the fourth quarter against Johns Hopkins in the national semifinals broke a 12-12 tie and sent the Orangemen on to victory...he finished with three goals and one assist in that game...had two goals and two assists in the championship win against Princeton.
1999: Did not play.
High School: All-American as a junior and senior...second-team all-state as a sophomore...four-year letterwinner...team captain as a senior.
Personal: Son of Kenneth and Mary Springer...three younger brothers...his younger brother, Ken, plays lacrosse at Rutgers...born August 4, 1979 in Pittsburgh, Pa. ...majored in sociology.
