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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 185
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Massapequa Park, N.Y.
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- High School:
- Massapequa HS
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- Position:
- Def.
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- Major:
- Management
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- gp
- 17
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- p
- 1
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- g
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Bio
As a Sophomore: Played in 17 games during the season for Tampa, with five starts… Notched one assist against Rollins (5/1) on the season… Picked up 12 ground balls on the year and caused four opposing turnovers.
As a Freshman: Second Team All-SSC…SSC All-Freshman Team…Started 15 games for UT, while appearing in 19…Pulled in 25 groundballs, and caused 19 turnovers on the season…Averaged .95 caused turnover and 1.32 groundballs per game…Recorded a six game streak of consecutive games with a groundball…Top performance of the year came against Ithaca (03/10) registering four groundballs and five caused turnovers.
High School: Graduated from Massapequa High School where he played for Coach Tim Radomski…Played on the Team Chief club team playing under Coach Draper and Coach Obrien… He was All County and State Champion… Played in the Hofstra Blue and Gold All Star game and the Nassau vs. Suffolk All Star game.
Personal: Volunteered donating and organizing food for Hurricane Sandy victims with St. Rose of Lima… Most memorable moment is winning the state championship… Brother of Chris and Alyssa… Son of Lydia and Paul Balzano...Management major.
Recent Games
| Total | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 17 | 5 |
| Points | 1 | 1 |
| Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Assists | 1 | 1 |
| Man-up goals | 0 | 0 |
| Man-down goals | 0 | 0 |
| Ground balls | 12 | 2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Caused turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Faceoffs | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Faceoff percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Shots | 0 | 0 |
| Shooting percentage | - | - |
| Shots on goal | 0 | 0 |
| Shots on goal percentage | - | - |
Game Log - Offense
| Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29 | IMG Academy | W, 15-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 14 | Tusculum | W, 17-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Feb 19 | #5 Adelphi | W, 19-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Feb 21 | Walsh | W, 15-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Feb 27 | at #1 Limestone | L, 25-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 1 | Chestnut Hill | W, 12-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 5 | #4 Lake Erie | W, 9-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 12 | Colorado Mesa | W, 12-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 19 | at Lynn | W, 15-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 25 | Adams State | W, 20-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 1 | Florida Southern | W, 22-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 6 | at Florida Tech | W, 12-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 9 | at #10 Mercyhurst | L, 11-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 15 | #20 Saint Leo | W, 12-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 22 | at Rollins | W, 11-9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 29 | Florida Southern | W, 15-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| May 1 | Rollins | W, 16-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| May 14 | at #4 Mercyhurst | W, 10-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 22 | at #1 Limestone | L, 13-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Game Log - Defense
| Date | Opponent | Score | gb | to | ct | fo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29 | IMG Academy | W, 15-5 | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 14 | Tusculum | W, 17-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Feb 19 | #5 Adelphi | W, 19-11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Feb 21 | Walsh | W, 15-8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 |
| Feb 27 | at #1 Limestone | L, 25-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Mar 1 | Chestnut Hill | W, 12-6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Mar 5 | #4 Lake Erie | W, 9-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Mar 12 | Colorado Mesa | W, 12-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Mar 19 | at Lynn | W, 15-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Mar 25 | Adams State | W, 20-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Apr 1 | Florida Southern | W, 22-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Apr 6 | at Florida Tech | W, 12-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Apr 9 | at #10 Mercyhurst | L, 11-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Apr 15 | #20 Saint Leo | W, 12-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Apr 22 | at Rollins | W, 11-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Apr 29 | Florida Southern | W, 15-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| May 1 | Rollins | W, 16-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| May 14 | at #4 Mercyhurst | W, 10-9 | - | - | - | - |
| May 22 | at #1 Limestone | L, 13-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
Splits Stats - Offense
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | |||||||||||
| Total | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Conference | 5 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Location | |||||||||||
| Home | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Away | 6 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Result | |||||||||||
| Wins | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Losses | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Month | |||||||||||
| February | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| March | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| April | 6 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| May | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Splits Stats - Defense
| gp | gs | gb | to | ct | fo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | ||||||
| Total | 17 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0-0 |
| Conference | 5 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 |
| Location | ||||||
| Home | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0-0 |
| Away | 6 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 |
| Result | ||||||
| Wins | 14 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0-0 |
| Losses | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Month | ||||||
| February | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0-0 |
| March | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 |
| April | 6 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| May | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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