St. John's University Athletics
2024 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Dane Armstrong
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- FO
- Hometown:
- Hardyston, N.J.
- High School:
- Pope John XXIII
- Prev School:
- UMBC
2024: Appeared in 11 games and won 96-of-157 faceoffs… His 52.4 percent win rate at the faceoff ‘X’ led the team… Had six games with at least 10 faceoff victories… Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll following his 17 faceoff victories against Saint Joseph’s (March 16)… Collected a career-best 18 faceoff wins against Providence (April 26)… Scored goals against Binghamton (March 9) and Providence… Scooped a team-best 61 groundballs, including a season-best 11 against Saint Joseph’s.
2023 (At UMBC): Appeared in six games… scored a goal vs Mercer on March 11…Won 10 face-offs on the year… Won seven draws against Mercer… Picked up four ground balls on the season
2022 (At UMBC): Saw action as a face-off specialist in a pair of contests… Won two of four draws in the regular season finale versus NJIT… Recorded his first collegiate point, an assist, in the win over the Highlanders
2021 (At UMBC): Saw action as a face-off specialist in four contests… Made his debut at Hartford on March and won 4-of-12 draws… Attempted 20 of the game’s 26 face-off at UAlbany on April 11 and won 13-of-20… Recorded a season-high seven ground balls, the most recorded by a Retriever in the 2021 regular season… Competed in triumphs over UML (April 17) and at Stony Brook (April 24)
High School: Played four years of varsity at Pope John XXIII High School… Three-year captain… Unanimous First Team All-Conference selection in 2019… 2019 New Jersey Herald Player of the Year… Pope John XXIII all-time face-off and career groundball leader… Awarded the Thomas Manning Jr. Men’s Lacrosse Award… Won 75% of face-offs during his senior season in 2019… Played club for BBL Boys Lacrosse
Personal: Son of Keith and Renae Armstrong… Wrestled until eighth grade… Coaches youth lacrosse in his free time… Credits his father as the most influential figure in his athletic career… Favorite food is anything Italian… Plans to major in sociology