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As a senior: Started all 18 games betweenthe pipes for the fourth-straight season ... Two-time captain ...Played all but 16:55 on the season, spending 1081:49 anchoring theBulldogs in net ... Northeast Conference Defensive Player of theYear ... All-NEC First Team selection ... Backstopped Bryant to the2012 Northeast Conference Tournament title, where he was named anall-tournament team pick and the NEC Tournament MVP ...USILA/LaxWorld North/South Game selection ... USILA ScholarAll-American ... NEILA Senior Scholar-Athlete Team ... NEC AcademicHonor Roll selection ... Named the NEC Defensive Player of the Weekfour times as a senior ... Tabbed as the NEILA Player of the Weektwice ... Paced the Northeast Conference in goals against average(7.49) and save percentage (.602), where he ranked eighth and thirdin the nation, respectively ... Set a new single-season programrecord, averaging 11.33 saves per game, a number good for third inthe league and eighth on the national scale ... Held opponents tosingle-digit goals in 14 of his 18 games in 2012 ... Madedouble-figure saves in 13-of-18 outings, including in 10 straightto start the year ... Collected a season-high 19 stops againstFairfield in a double-overtime road loss, good for fourth in thesingle-game Bryant records ... Set a new single-season program markwith 204 saves on the year ... Posted a 14-4 overall record, alsotying the program mark for wins in a season ... Faced 616 shots ...Scored first collegiate point at home against Vermont on March 3,dishing out an assist ... Second on the team in ground balls with64 and third on the team in caused turnovers with 16 ... Hasstarted every single Division I game in Bulldog history, nevermissing a start in four years donning the Black and Gold ... Amongactive players through the end of the 2012 season, Love led allthree NCAA divisions in career goalkeeper minutes played, with3,986 minutes between the pipes from 2008-12 ... Love also led allactive Division I netminders in career saves, ranked ninth in GAA,13th in ground balls and 15th in saves per game ... Graduates asthe all-time program leader in career saves (666), career wins(44), career saves per game (9.94) and career games started (67)... Leaves Bryant also ranked in the program's all-time careertop-10 for save percentage (3rd, .562), goals against average (3rd,7.82), ground balls (5th, 197), ground balls per game (7th, 2.94),caused turnovers (T-5th, 36), caused turnovers per game (5th, 0.54)and games played (T-4th, 67) ... Leaves with a career record of44-23 (.657).
As a junior: Started all 17 games in netfor the Bulldogs for the third-consecutive season in 2011, playingall but 19 minutes between the pipes on the year ... Compiled a8.70 goals against average, ranking in the top 25 in the nation ...Anchored a Bryant defense ranked third in the nation in man-downsituations, allowing just 10 EMO goals in 52 tries (.808) ...Allowed opponents to score just a single man-down goal on the year... Posted a .493 save percentage and averaged 8.5 saves per game... Faced 485 shots on the year while making 144 stops ...Collected 47 ground balls on the season, good for third on team,and amassed seven caused turnovers ... Recorded double-digit savesin five contests, including a season-high 17 saves against Drexelon March 13 ... Stopped 15 shots vs. Yale, 12 vs. Fairfield, 11 atMount St. Mary's and 10 vs. Holy Cross ... Put together a four-gamewin streak from Apr. 5-16, allowing eight goals or less in each ofthe four contests ... Collected a season-high six ground balls vs.Fairfield on Feb. 26 and had at least one in all 17 contests,registering multiple ground balls in 13 games ... Earned NortheastConference Defensive Player of the Week honors twice ... Named aSecond Team All-Northeast Conference selection ... Named to the NECAcademic Honor Roll.
As a sophomore: Recorded another stellarseason between the pipes as a sophomore, starting all 17 contestsand playing in all but 2:16... Posted the best goals againstaverage in the nation, allowing just 6.51 goals per game... Let injust 111 scores on 458 shots faced... Boasted a .587 savepercentage ranked seventh in the nation... Made 158 saves on theseason, including turning away a career-high 20 in a 5-4season-opening loss on the road to No. 4 North Carolina... Those 20stops would stand as the ninth-highest single-game save performancein Division I in 2010... Recorded six double-digit saveperformances, only once allowing double-digit goals... Held eightopponents to five goals or less... Face 25 shots or more 11 times,including a season-high 42 against UNC... Posted a 12-5 recorded innet... Finished the season third on the team in ground balls with48, including a career-high six against nationally ranked Brown andNEC rival Quinnipiac... Forced seven caused turnovers, including apair against Sacred Heart... 2010 Northeast Conference Second Teamselection... NEILA All-New England First Team nod... NEC DefensivePlayer of the Month... Three-time NEC Defensive Player of the Weekchoice... LAXnews College Beat Player of the Week... Named to theNEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman: Won the starting jobbetween the pipes as a freshman, starting in goal in all 15 gamesand going 10-5... Played 863:37 minutes between the posts,finishing the season with a 8.75 goals against average, good for22nd in the nation... Ranked No. 20 nationally in save percentage(.559)... Made 160 saves on the season, tying him for No. 2 in thesingle-season record books... His 10.67 saves per game rank No. 1in a single season... Recorded a season-high 16 saves in a 15-11win over Penn on March 22... Also collected 38 ground balls...Faced 459 shots on the year... Named to the NEC Academic HonorRoll.
Before Bryant: A 2008 graduate of DarienHigh School... Named a 2008 Connecticut High School All-American...Served as a team captain in 2008 alongside current Bryant teammateTim Clinton... Named a First Team All-FCIAC and first teamall-state selection for the No. 7 Blue Wave in 2008... Led team towin state championship all four years... Broke school record with a.743 save percentage in 2008... Also a four-year letterwinner inice hockey.
Personal: Born August 29, 1990... Son ofJim and Pam Love... Has one brother, Will, and a sister, Maddy...Studies marketing in the College of Business.
CAREERHIGHS
Saves: 20 at No. 4 NorthCarolina (Feb. 13, 2010)
Goals allowed: 1 vs. Wagner (Feb. 28,2009)
Shots faced: 46, twice (last at RobertMorris (April 28, 2012)
Ground balls: 8, twice (last vs. StonyBrook, March 24, 2012)
Caused turnovers: 3, twice (last at Brown,April 3, 2012)
