Matthew Hall Named Captain of RPI Lacrosse

From RPI: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Matthew Hall of Sudbury 01776 has been named a captain of the men's lacrosse team.

A mechanical engineering major, Hall (Lincoln-Sudbury HS) played all 18 games last year and finished second on the team with 32 goals and 45 points. A midfielder, he scored eight man-up goals with one game-winner. An All-Liberty League First Team, All-Region Second Team and National All-America Honorable Mention choice, he added 13 assists, a team-high 97 shots (59 on goal) and 20 ground balls. In 49 career games, Hall has 73 goals, including 13 man-up and three game-winners, with 36 assists for 109 points. He has 270 shots (164 on goal) with 53 ground balls.

The Engineers, who are ranked 13th in Division III, host Keene State University in a non-league game on Saturday at 1pm at East Campus Stadium.

Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is America's oldest technological research university. For nearly two centuries, the Institute has been a driving force behind breakthroughs in engineering and science in virtually every arena-from transportation and infrastructure to business, medicine, outer space, and cyberspace.

As it approaches its bicentennial anniversary, the Institute continues to define The New Polytechnic, a new paradigm for teaching, learning, and research that uses advanced technologies to enable fresh collaborations across disciplines, sectors, and regions, in order to answer the global challenges of our day.

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