Rutgers University Athletics

2016: Played in 16 games, with four goals, eight assists, 41 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers ... had an assist, three ground balls, and a caused turnover in the Big Ten Tournament Finals against No. 3 Maryland (May 7) ...compiled goal, assists, two ground balls and three caused turnovers at Ohio State (April 30) ... had two assists, two caused turnovers, four ground balls in win over No. 17 Penn State... had three ground balls at No. 5 Maryland (April 16) ... recorded two ground balls and had one caused turnover in win over Michigan (April 10) ... had one goal, one assist, two ground balls in 16-9 win over No. 9 Johns Hopkins (April 2) ... scored one goal and had five ground balls against Delaware (Mar. 26) ... caused a turnover in win over NJIT (March 18) ... had two ground balls and caused turnover at Stony Brook (March 11) ... scored goal and added three ground balls in win over Monmouth (March 5) ... totalled four ground balls, two caused turnovers and an assist at Wagner (March 1) ... scooped four ground balls and had one assist in win over Fairfield (Feb. 27) ... recorded one assist and had one ground ball in win against Army (Feb. 20) ... had four ground balls in season opener vs. St. John’s (Feb. 12)

2015: Played in all 15 games ... scored one goal and added five assists ... collected two ground balls in win over No. 10/11 Ohio State (April 25) ... assisted on goal at Penn State ... had an assist and two ground balls against No. 3/3 Maryland (April 12) ... scooped two ground balls at Michigan (April 5) ... had one ground ball and one caused turnover at No. 19/20 Johns Hopkins (March 28) ... scooped two ground balls in win against NJIT (March 20) ... tallied an assist, two ground balls and two caused turnovers against No. 10/13 Princeton (March 17) ... scored first career goal on opening possession in win at Delaware (March 14) ... notched assist against No. 9/11 Army (March 3) ... grabbed two ground balls versus Monmouth (Feb. 28) ... recorded first collegiate assist in win over Wagner (Feb. 24) and had five ground balls ... had two ground balls and one caused turnover vs. No. 6/5 Virginia (Feb. 21) ... made collegiate debut with one ground ball at St. John's (Feb. 7).

Prior to Rutgers: Four-year varsity player at Madison HS ... amassed 12 goals, eight assists and 15 ground balls despite playing in just five games due to injury ... named first team All-State, All-Waterman and All-Morris County, scoring 56 goals with 42 assists and 42 ground balls as a junior ... played varsity football his senior year, hauling in 14 catches for 372 yards and seven scores ... also returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown and recorded five interceptions ... also played two years of varsity basketball ... older brother Collin played lacrosse at RU, overlapping with Christian for three years ... has a sister, Codi ... parents are Patrick Scarpello and Kimberly Saunders.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 2 (vs. Army 2-18-17)
Assists: 2 (3x, last vs. NJIT, 3-17-17)
Points: 3 (2x, last vs. Army, 2-18-17)
Ground Balls: 5 (2x, last vs. Delaware, 3-26-16)
Caused Turnovers: 3 (at Ohio State, 4-30-16)