Chris Massey (lacrosse)

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Chris Massey
NationalityAmerican
PositionAttackman
NLL draft16th overall, 1998
New York Saints
NLL teams New York Saints (1999 – 2000)
MLL teams Boston Cannons (2001)
New Jersey Pride (2001– 2002)
Long Island Lizards (2003 – 2007)
Los Angeles Riptide (2007)
NCAA team Princeton University
Pro career1999–2007
Career highlights
College highlights
Records
  • Princeton consecutive games with a goal (46, 1998–present)
Professional highlights

Christopher G. Massey is a retired lacrosse attackman who played professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL). He starred as a member of the Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team from 1995 through 1998, where he earned three United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-American recognitions, four Ivy League championships, and three national championships. He holds the Princeton lacrosse scoring records for consecutive games with a goal and ranks second in career goals. As a professional, he paid his way through law school as the MLL's only part-time law student/lawyer. In high school he was a two-time All-American and a state champion.

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Background

Massey is from Garden City, New York on Long Island. [1] Massey was a member of the Garden City High School New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class B lacrosse championship team in 1994. [2] At Garden City, Massey was a two-time high school All-American in lacrosse. [3]

College career

Massey was part of a trio of revered attackmen who were Princeton classmates along with Jesse Hubbard and Jon Hess. [4] [5] As starters, the trio of All-Americans, which retired second (Hess), third (Hubbard) and fourth (Massey) career points at Princeton, [6] had a 43–2 record and combined for 618 points. [7] He was a second team USILA All-American Team selection in 1998 and third team selection in 1996 and 1997. [8] [9] [10] He was also first team All-Ivy League in 1997 and 1998 and an honorable mention selection in 1996. [11] [12] [13] The 1995 team, which earned the school's sixth consecutive NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship invitation, [14] was Ivy League co-champion, [15] while the 1996–1998 teams were 6–0 undefeated outright conference champions. [11] [12] [13] These undefeated league champions won the 1996, 1997 and 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championships, becoming the first team to threepeat since Syracuse from 1988–90 and the first to be recognized to have done so without an NCAA scandal since Johns Hopkins from 1978–80. [7]

In the 1996 NCAA championship quarterfinals, he scored five goals in the 22–6 victory over Towson State. [16] In the 1996 semifinals, he scored a game-high six goals in an 11–9 victory over Syracuse, including a key goal after Syracuse tied the score at 9. [17] In the 1997 semifinals, he scored a game-high three goals in the 10–9 come-from-behind victory over Duke, including the tenth one as they erased a 9–7 deficit. [18] He scored three goals in the 19–7 1997 championship game victory against Maryland. [19] The 1997 team is regarded as the best in school history with a record number of wins during its 15–0 season. [20] He served as co-captain of the 1998 team, [21] and he scored a goal during the 1998 Championship game against Maryland. [7] [22] Massey holds the Princeton record for consecutive games with a goal (46) and remains second to Hubbard in career goals (146 vs. 163) at Princeton. [6]

Princeton University

   
SeasonGPGAPtsPPG
19951521627--
1996154613593.9
1997154514593.9
1998153413473.1
Totals60146461923.2

Professional career

Massey played with the New York Saints during the 1999 and 2000 NLL seasons. [23] Although the MLL has many part-time players who work in other professions on off days, Massey was the first lawyer. [24] Massey began his MLL career with the Boston Cannons during the 2001 MLL season after being drafted in the third round of the 2001 MLL Inaugural Team Draft. [25] Massey joined the New Jersey Pride later that season and played with them during the 2002 MLL season as well. [26] [27] He then played with the Long Island Lizards from 2003 through 2007 after they acquired him along with Jay Jalbert. [28] He finished his career at the end of the 2007 season with the Los Angeles Riptide. [26] Massey helped the Lizards win the 2003 MLL Steinfeld Cup championship. [2] He works in the corporate litigation department at the New York and New Jersey offices of Bressler, Amery & Ross. After graduating from Princeton, in 1998, he started at Brooklyn Law School in 2001 and worked at Bressler for the first two summers. He passed the New York and New Jersey bar examinations during the 2004 MLL season and subsequently began full-time employment at Bressler in September 2004. [24]

Personal

Massey was a regular surfer on the Jersey Shore during his time at Princeton. [4]

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