Blue Hens
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE MEN’S LACROSSE MEET THE BLUE HENS Player as a senior in 2010. • led teams to a four-year record of 64-26 • team went 22-1 and lost in the
against Drexel • had season-high two groundballs vs. Saint Joseph’s • team went 5-10 for head coach Bob
league championship game his freshman year in 2007 • National Honor Society • honor roll student.
Shillinglaw. 2012 Season: Played in all 15 games and started five on the first midfield unit as a redshirt
Personal: Christopher J.C. “Chris” Herbert • born April 21, 1992 • son of Mike and Deb Herbert • honor
freshman • recorded six goals, including four man-up scores, and two assists on 28 shots • also scooped up
student as a political science major with a minor in legal studies at Delaware • has team’s highest grade
11 groundballs • scored a goal in collegiate debut vs. Detroit and also added scores against Loyola, Johns
point average • three-time member of Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
Hopkins, Saint Joseph’s, and Penn State • had season-high three groundballs each vs. Mt. St.Mary’s and
• member of the National College Athlete Honor Society • has worked at a law firm and as a youth coach
Massachusetts • team went 6-9 under Shillinglaw. 2011 Season: Did not see game action and retained
during the summer • has a younger brother • enjoys ice fishing in his spare time • color blind • father is
freshman eligibility • team went 11-7, captured the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament title, and
an insurance advisor and mother is a legal secretary • father attended Northeastern University • plans to
advanced to the NCAA Tournament under Shillinglaw. High School: Three-sport athlete in lacrosse, water
be a lawyer after graduation.
polo, and swimming while at Calvert Hall High School • two-year starter in lacrosse for head coach Brian Kelly • led lacrosse squad to 13-3 record as a junior • water polo squad went undefeated at 13-0 and captured the league championship as a freshman. Personal: Thomas Rockwell “Tom” Holland • born Sept.
Chris Herbert at Delaware
25, 1992 • son of Tom and Donna Holland • landscape horticulture major at Delaware • has a sister Sarah
Year GP/GS Minutes GA GAA Saves Save Pct. W-L 2012 12/11 624:09 105 10.09 100 .488 3-7 2013 8/8 451:55 79 10.49 93 .541 2-6 Totals 20/19 1076:04 184 10.26 193 .512 5-13
• enjoys listening to music and horticulture in his spare time • father served as his coach for much of his youth career • father is a graduate of Florida and mother earned her degree from Delaware’s CAA rival Towson • worked as a gardener at Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Md. during the summer.
Tom Holland at Delaware
TOM HOLLAND
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Junior • Midfield Baltimore, Md. Calvert Hall
Year 2012 2013 Totals
GP/GS G A Pts 15/5 6 2 8 15/0 4 4 8 30/5 10 6 16
Sh GB Faceoff 28 11 0-0 .000 28 6 0-0 .000 56 17 0-0 .000
BEAU JONES
Penalty 1-1:00 0-0:00 1-1:00
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At Delaware: Fourth-year member of the squad as a junior • will continue to be a key part of Delaware midfield unit and will be counted upon for goal-scoring • projected to be part of Hens’ starting midfield • hard dodger and great finisher • one of Hens’ most improved players • has played in 30 career games with five starts and contrib-
Junior • Attack Philadelphia, Pa. Germantown Academy
uted 10 goals and 6 assists • one of only four UD players with 10 or more career goals • also has 17 career groundballs and 56 shots. 2013 Season: Earned second letter as a key member of Delaware’s No. 2 midfield unit • played in all 15 games and recorded four goals and four assists • had 28 shots but scored on 4 of his 10 shots on goal • also contributed six groundballs • scored one goal each vs. High Point, Loyola, Hofstra, and Saint Joseph’s and had career-high two assists
At Delaware: Third-year member of the squad as an attackman • has good size and outstanding offensive skills • will add solid backup support to unit • will be looking to add scoring punch to Delaware offensive attack • has excellent vision and quickness and is an outstanding feeder • has appeared in 12 career games with 11 starts and has scored seven goals and seven assistts for 14 points • has recorded 23 shots on goal to go with 13 groundballs and eight caused turnovers. 2013 Season: Part of Delaware offensive unit but was limited to just five games of action due to an injury • missed first four games of the season • played in five games with four starts and recorded three goals and three assists • had nine shots to go with seven groundballs and four caused turnovers • scored two goals vs. Hofstra and added third vs. Towson • had assists vs. Villanova, Lafayette, and Towson • contributed two groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. Binghamton. 2012 Season: Expected to redshirt in first season at Delaware but was pressed into duty at mid-season and was a solid performer in Blue Hen attack • saw action in seven games with seven starts and contributed four goals and four assists to go with 14 shots, six groundballs, and four caused turnovers • scored two goals in collegiate debut at Towson and came back in the next game to add two more scores plus an assist against Drexel • also dished out assists vs. Michigan, Mercer, and Penn State • had season-high three groundballs vs. Mercer and two caused turnovers against Penn State • team went
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