2015 (Senior): Third Team All-American ... ECAC All Star Second Team ... named Big Ten Specialist of the Year and to the First Team All-Big Ten ... played in all 15 games, making one start ... named Big Ten Specialist of the Week (April 27) ... went 223-of-333 (.670) on faceoffs and led the team with 125 ground balls ... was top-five in the nation in faceoff winning percentage and ground balls per game ... also scored six goals and added nine assists ... team captain ... was 19-of-28 on faceoffs, scored two goals, collected nine ground balls and caused a turnover in win over No. 10/11 Ohio State (April 25) ... went 12-of-20 on faceoffs and had seven ground balls at Penn State ... scored goal, won 11 faceoffs with seven ground balls against No. 3/3 Maryland (April 12) ... won 16-of-22 faceoffs and grabbed six ground balls at Michigan (April 5) ... assisted on two goals, won 10 faceoffs and had five ground balls at No. 19/20 Johns Hopkins (March 28) ... named Big Ten Specialist of the Week (March 23) ...was 14-of-17 on faceoffs with an assist and four ground balls in win against NJIT (March 20) ... won 19-of-27 faceoffs with 13 ground balls, a goal and a caused turnover against No. 10/13 Princeton (March 17) ... named Big Ten Specialist of the Week (March 16) ... had career-highs in goals (2), assists (3) and points (5) while collecting 13 ground balls and winning 18-of-31 faceoffs in win at Delaware (March 14) ... led team with 11 ground balls and was 20-of-26 on faceoffs versus Stony Brook (March 8) ... won 13-of-19 faceoffs with nine ground balls against No. 9/11 Army (March 3) ... went 20-of-23 on faceoffs with 10 ground balls versus Monmouth (Feb. 28) ... was 18-of-24 on faceoffs in win over Wagner (Feb. 24) with an assist and 10 ground balls... won nine faceoffs and had six ground balls vs. No. 6/5 Virginia (Feb. 21) ... was 13-of-19 on faceoffs and had six ground balls at Richmond (Feb. 14) ... had one assist, team-high nine ground balls, and won 11 faceoffs at St. John's (Feb. 7) ... co-recipient of the Rutgers Senior Male Athlete of the Year Award.
2014 (Junior): Named an Inside Lacrosse Midseason First Team All-American ... was recognized as a Preseason Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook DI All-American ... earned Second Team All-BIG EAST honors for the second straight season ... posted an impressive .632 (206-of-326) face-off win percentage, totaling 10 or more wins in all but two of the 14 games he played in ... collected 137 ground balls and scored five goals while notching seven assists ... ranked fifth nationally in face-off win percentage and second in the conference ... fourth in the country and second in the BIG EAST with 9.79 ground balls per game ... collected 10 or more ground balls in eight games ... went 14-of-28 vs. Duke's Brendan Fowler, last year's NCAA Tournament MVP, at the No. 2 Blue Devils on April 19 ... won 17-of-29 attempts while also grabbing 14 ground balls vs. Villanova (April 12) ... went 20-of-30 (.600 percent) from the face-off X at No. 17 Princeton (April 5) ... won 92-of-105 face-off attempts in the first six games of the season, not losing more than four face-offs in any of the first six contests ... had a career-day vs. Richmond (March 17), winning all 18 of his face-off attempts, which ranks as the sixth-best 1.000 percent performance in NCAA Division I history ... collected 16 ground balls vs. the Spiders ... totaled a career-high three assists, tying his career-high in points, at Wagner on Feb. 18 ... went 18-of-21 at the "X" vs. the Seahawks ... opened the season by going 18-of-20 (.900 percent) and collecting a career-high 17 ground balls vs. Manhattan (Feb. 8)... won team's Rutgers Lacrosse Knight Cup.
2013 (Sophomore): Dominant presence in the faceoff circle, playing in all 15 contests ... finished the season ranked fourth in the nation in faceoff win percentage (.622) and ground balls per game (8.40) ... earned Second Team All-BIG EAST honors ... won 222-357 faceoff attempts, adding two goals, nine assists and four caused turnovers ... collected 126 ground balls, gathering 10 or more in four contests ... recorded 21 or more faceoff wins in two games, winning 11 or more in 13 of the 15 games ... held a .500 or better winning percentage in all but two games ... started off the season strong, going 21-24 in faceoffs (.875 percent) and scored the first goal of his career to go along with a career-high two assists against Manhattan (Feb. 10) ... tallied 19 faceoff wins and six ground balls against Wagner (Feb. 19) ... found the back of the net for the second time in his career against Stony Brook (March 2), while also collecting 11 ground balls and winning 13 of 22 faceoffs ... named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after winning 29 faceoffs between the Holy Cross (March 5) and Army (March 9) games ... accumulated a personal-best 27 faceoff wins at St. John's (March 16), which ranks fourth in BIG EAST history and tied for ninth in NCAA history for faceoff wins in a game ... set a career-best mark with 14 ground balls against the Red Storm, while tying a career-high with two assists ... totaled 12 ground balls vs. Providence (March 30) ... notched 18 faceoff wins in 26 attempts at Syracuse (April 13) to go along with one assist and nine ground balls... won team's William Miller Trophy.
2012 (Freshman): Saw action in all 15 games, primarily as a faceoff specialist ... first on the team in groundballs, scooping up 52 on the season ... second on the team in faceoff percentage with a .529 mark ... scooped three groundballs and caused two turnovers in the 11-10 victory vs. Air Force (Feb. 19) in the Carrier Dome ... won 12-of-18 faceoffs, picked up seven groundballs and caused one turnover in the 9-5 victory at Wagner (Feb. 21) ... won 11-of-19 faceoffs and scooped up four groundballs vs. UMBC (Feb. 26) ... won a then-season-high 13-of-16 faceoffs and registered five groundballs in the 9-6 victory over Lafayette (March 3), earning BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (March 5) for his efforts against the Leopards ... tied his season-high by winning 13-of-20 faceoffs vs. Marist (March 13), also picking up a season-best 12 groundballs and causing one turnover.
Prior to Rutgers: Helped Cazenovia High School to a New York Class C State Championship in 2011 ... as a team captain his senior season, earned First Team All-CNY honors ... two-time first team all-league ... also starred on the ice for Cazenovia, taking a place on the all-state tournament squad while leading his team to the 2011 New York Division 2 State Championship ... two-time first team all-league in hockey ... seven-time varsity scholar-athlete honoree ... played with club team CNY Roadhawks for three years.
Personal: Son of Bari and Andrew Nardella ... has an older brother, Brad, and a younger sister, Paige ... an economics major.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 5 at Delaware, 3-14-15
Goals: 2 at Delaware, 3-14-15)
Assists: 3 (2x; last at Delaware, 3-14-15)
Faceoffs Won: 27 (at St. John's, 3-16-13)
Ground Balls: 17 (vs. Manhattan, 2-8-14)
Caused TOs: 2 (vs. Air Force, 2-19-12)
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