Matt O'Connor

Position:
Goalie
Height:
6-2
Weight:
215
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Spring Lake, N.J.
High School:
Lawrenceville

At Princeton

2015 - played in one game, making three saves without allowing a goal against Manhattan

2014 - had a career-high 13 saves against Penn, including nine in the second half ... made first start of the season, played the entire game and made 12 saves against North Carolina ...played the second half against Hofstra and Johns Hopkins and most of the second half against Manhattan ... made save in the final minute against Hofstra to keep it a two-goal game in 12-10 win

2013 - started 11 games ... became the third Princeton goalie in the last 25 years to start Game 1 of his freshman year (Scott Bacigalupo in 1991, Tyler Fiorito in 2009) ... made 12 saves while allowing eight goals against Rutgers ... made 12 saves while allowing 11 goals in win over Villanova ... made 11 saves against Brown ... made five saves while allowing eight goals in the first half against Villanova; made seven saves while allowing three goals in the second half ... made 12 saves against North Carolina and Penn ... made 10 saves while allowing seven goals in win over Johns Hopkins ... allowed one goal while making eight saves against Manhattan ... made six saves and allowed seven goals against Hofstra

At Lawrenceville

Lettered four times in lacrosse, once in football, once in water polo and twice in basketball ... lacrosse team won state Prep A championship all four years ... won MAPL league all four years ... team captain senior year ... two-time winner of Pershing Award as team's most inspirational player ... first-team all-state senior year ... three-time first-team all-Prep A and three-time first-team all-league ... had a .660 save percentage as a senior ... Dean's List ... played club for Tri-State ... worked at school's camp for underpriviledged kids ... volunteered as a special education camp

Personal

Born Feb. 4, 1994 ... son of Dan and Debbie O'Connor ... father is a graduate of SUNY-Brockport ... mother is a graduate of St. Vincent School of Nursing ... one of five brothers ... oldest brother Danny is a 2009 Princeton grad who was on the swim team ... older brother Brian ... older brother Will graduated from Lafayette in 2014 ... younger brother Michael is a freshman goalie at Hobart

Major

History major ... senior thesis is a re-examination of Bill Clinton's foreign policy legacy and counterterrorism efforts