Bucknell Bison men's lacrosse

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Bucknell Bison
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Founded1968
UniversityBucknell University
Head coachFrank Fedorjaka (16th season)
Stadium Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 13,100)
Location Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Conference Patriot League
NicknameBison
ColorsBlue and orange [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
(2) – 2001, 2011
Conference Tournament championships
(1) – 2011
Conference regular season championships
(12) – 1969, 1978, 1985, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2018

The Bucknell Bison men's lacrosse team represents Bucknell University in the Patriot League of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's lacrosse. Bucknell has played lacrosse at the varsity level since 1968.

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History

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A lacrosse game between Bucknell and Army in 2013

The Bucknell lacrosse team was founded in 1968, as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC). They went 6-3 that year and undefeated in conference. They won the MAC title the next year. In 1975, they joined the East Coast Conference, which they won twice, in 1978 and 1985. In 1991, they joined the Patriot League. They have won the Patriot League regular season title nine times, in 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, and 2018. In 2001, they played in their first NCAA tournament game, which Notre Dame won 12–7. In 2005, the only coach they had ever had, Sid Jamieson, retired. He was replaced with Frank Fedorjaka, who has been their coach ever since. They won their only Patriot League championship in 2011, defeating Colgate University 10–3. They reached their second ever NCAA lacrosse tournament game that year, which they lost to the University of Virginia 13–12 in overtime. [2] They currently compete as a member of the Patriot League and play their home games in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Bucknell Lacrosse undefeated 1996 season (12–0)

Mount Saint Mary's, 15–10
Penn, 6–4
Holy Cross, 18–3
Army, 14–10
Villanova, 10–5
Navy, 6–5
Hobart, 12–8
Lehigh, 9–7
Penn State, 11–6
Colgate, 11–3
UMBC, 13–8
Lafayette, 21–5

Season results

The following is a list of Bucknell's results by season since the institution of NCAA Division I in 1971:

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Sid Jamieson (Middle Atlantic Conference)(1968–1974)
1968Sid Jamieson 6–34–0N/A
1969Sid Jamieson 10–17–01st
1970Sid Jamieson 7–34–24th
1971Sid Jamieson 6–56–24th
1972Sid Jamieson 4–74–37th
1973Sid Jamieson 5–85–26th
1974Sid Jamieson 6–65–25th
Sid Jamieson (East Coast Conference)(1975–1990)
1975Sid Jamieson 5–63–12nd
1976Sid Jamieson 6–53–12nd
1977Sid Jamieson 6–63–12nd
1978Sid Jamieson 7–43–11st
1979Sid Jamieson 7–43–12nd
1980Sid Jamieson 7–53–12nd
1981Sid Jamieson 3–101–34th
1982Sid Jamieson 3–93–12nd
1983Sid Jamieson 6–82–34th
1984Sid Jamieson 6–62–34th
1985Sid Jamieson 8–54–11st
1986Sid Jamieson 4–71–43rd
1987Sid Jamieson 7–74–23rd
1988Sid Jamieson 4–102–44th
1989Sid Jamieson 7–73–34th
1990Sid Jamieson 5–93–34th
Sid Jamieson (Patriot League)(1991–2005)
1991Sid Jamieson 6–73–23rd
1992Sid Jamieson 7–63–22nd
1993Sid Jamieson 6–91–45th
1994Sid Jamieson 6–73–23rd
1995Sid Jamieson 7–62–34th
1996Sid Jamieson 12–05–01st
1997Sid Jamieson 3–102–34th
1998Sid Jamieson 6–82–34th
1999Sid Jamieson 7–63–23rd
2000Sid Jamieson 8–45–1T–1st
2001Sid Jamieson 10–46–01st NCAA Division I First Round
2002Sid Jamieson 6–75–1T–1st
2003Sid Jamieson 9–45–1T–1st
2004Sid Jamieson 6–84–33rd
2005Sid Jamieson 8–55–1T–1st
Sid Jamieson:242–232 (.511)142–72 (.664)
Frank Fedorjaka (Patriot League)(2006–Present)
2006Frank Fedorjaka 7–72–45th
2007Frank Fedorjaka 11–44–23rd
2008Frank Fedorjaka 10–54–2T–3rd
2009Frank Fedorjaka 9–76–01st
2010Frank Fedorjaka 8–63–34th
2011Frank Fedorjaka 14–36–01st NCAA Division I First Round
2012Frank Fedorjaka 9–73–34th
2013Frank Fedorjaka 12–45–12nd
2014Frank Fedorjaka 7–84–4T–4th
2015Frank Fedorjaka 9–65–3T–3rd
2016Frank Fedorjaka 10–55–3T–3rd
2017Frank Fedorjaka 5–83–5T–7th
2018Frank Fedorjaka 11–47–1T–1st
2019Frank Fedorjaka 6–94–46th
2020Frank Fedorjaka 5–10–0††
2021Frank Fedorjaka 2–61–54th (South)
2022Frank Fedorjaka 9–63–5T–6th
2023Frank Fedorjaka 3–102–6T–7th
2024Frank Fedorjaka 2–31–0
Frank Fedorjaka:149–109 (.578)68–51 (.571)
Total:391–341 (.534)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

†NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.

Bucknell Lacrosse Hall of Fame

James W. McKee, M
C. Edwin Farver, M
Louis L. Kissling, Jr., A
Ralph Turri, M [3]
Thomas H. Sanders, G
Peter W. von Hoffman, A
Rodney Brown, M/D
Thomas E. Cusick, A
Justin W. Zackey, A
Hugh Donovan, D
Chris Cara, A
Sid Jamieson, Coach

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References

  1. ↑ "Bucknell University Brand Guidelines" . Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bucknell Men's Lacrosse Record Book" (PDF). Bucknell Athletics. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ralph M. Turri". Bucknell Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
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