five goals and five assists … picked up 12 ground balls … whistled for two penalties, totaling 1:30 in penalty time … had an impressive collegiate debut as he scored two goals in an 8-4 win over Penn State in the season opener … dished out assists against Hofstra and Brown in back-to-back games … tallied a goal in an 8-7 win over Dartmouth … upped his point streak to four games with a season-high two assists in a 9-8 win at Butler in the GWLL opener … made his first collegiate start against Denver … notched a goal and picked up a season-high three ground balls in a 10-7 win over Lehigh … scored a goal and assisted on another in a 14-10 loss at #1 Virginia in the first round of the CHRISTMAN’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB 2006 15/1 5 5 10 12 2007 15/2 6 2 8 15 2008 17/17 14 20 34 15 2009 16/16 15 18 33 26 Totals 63/36 40 45 85 68
Class of 2009 Midfielder 5-9 • 160 Southport, Connecticut Fairfield Prep School
CULLINANE’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP/GS G A Pts. GB 2006 3/0 0 0 0 0 2007 6/0 0 1 1 4 2008 6/0 0 0 0 2 2009 4/0 1 1 2 2 Totals
19/0
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Shots 14 22 53 61 150
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NCAA Tournament. PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-sport letterwinner at the Westminster School in Connecticut … earned three letters in both lacrosse and soccer, along with two in basketball … team captain of soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams his senior year … voted Team MVP of lacrosse team as a senior … selected all-conference and all-state as a senior … chosen the “Stewart Lindsay” Attackman of the Year of Western New England Division I … selected All-American as a senior … finished career with 46 goals and 77 assists … best high school performance came as a junior in a 19-13 win over Trinity Pawling, when he had three goals and
Sh Pct. SOG .357 9 .273 14 .264 34 .246 35 .267 92
P/Min UpG GWG 2-1:30 0 0 0-0:00 0 1 2-2:00 3 3 1-2:00 3 1 5-5:30 6 5
Played in 19 career games … earned a monogram his senior season … totaled three points on one goal and two assists … picked up eight ground balls … was 4-for-10 in faceoff attempts. AS A SENIOR: Played in four games and tallied two points on one goal and one assist … picked up two ground balls … dished out an assist in a 19-7 win over Dartmouth … scored the first goal of his career in a 10-2 victory over Quinnipiac … also saw time in wins over St. John’s (12-2) and Ohio State (16-7) in the title game of the GWLL tournament … earned a monogram. AS A JUNIOR: Appeared in six games, which matched a career-high total … attempted three shots and picked up two ground balls … went 0-for-2 in faceoffs … registered a shot and went 0-for-1 in the faceoff X in a 14-7 win over Lehigh … matched a career-high total with two ground balls in a 13-5 league win at Air Force … attempted one shot against the Falcons … was 0-for-1 in faceoffs against Quinnipiac in the semifinals of the GWLL tournament. AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in six games … totaled one point on one assist … attempted two shots … collected four ground balls … went 4-for-8 in faceoff attempts … appeared in
Shots 1 2 3 2
FO 0-0 4-8 0-2 0-0
Pct. .000 .500 .000 .000
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seven assists … participated in the Connecticut Super-Junior All-Star Game … also participated in the Peak 200 All-Star Game, New England Prep Division 1 Senior All-Star Game and the Senior Showcase … son of Jay and Peter Christman … mother graduated from Notre Dame in 1980 … has three younger siblings … was a student government officer in high school as a senior … born on July 19, 1987, in Hartford, Conn. … was a member of Notre Dame’s Academic Honors Program … graduated from Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters in May of 2009 with a political science degree … he finished with a 3.643 cumulative GPA. Career Highs Goals: 3, three times (MR: Ohio State^ ’09) Assists: 3, four times (MR: Bellarmine ’09) Points: 4, six times (MR: Ohio State^ ’09) GB: 4, Loyola ’09 Goal Streak: three games (Brown-Air Force ’07) Point Streak: five games (St. John’s-Maryland* ’09) * - NCAA Tournament; ^ - GWLL Tournament
wins over Penn State (11-8), #19 Drexel (16-5), Bellarmine (11-3), Villanova (15-5), Air Force (16-4) and Lehigh (14-2) … picked up two ground balls against both Air Force and Lehigh … went 1-for-1 in faceoffs against Air Force … that was the first faceoff attempt of his Irish career … went 3-for-5 in faceoffs against Lehigh. AS A FRESHMAN: Appeared in three games … attempted one shot … saw time in wins against Bellarmine (8-2), Brown (11-5) and Quinnipiac (19-7). PREP AND PERSONAL: Two sport standout at Fairfield Prep School … lettered three years each in lacrosse and basketball … team captain of both sports his senior year … allconference selection both junior and senior seasons … all-city and all-state selection his senior year … led Connecticut in points during senior season with 63 goals and 42 assists, scored 116 goals and 91 assists in high school career … MVP of Connecticut North-South All-Star Game … member of the National Honor Society … son of Francine and John Cullinane … has two older brothers who both played lacrosse in college … brother Jack played lacrosse at Providence College and brother Brian played lacrosse at Loyola College in Maryland … born June 23, 1987, in Greenwich, Conn. … graduated from Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters in May of 2009 with an anthropology degree and a minor in Peace Studies … he finished with a 3.247 cumulative GPA.
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