Manhattanville University Athletics

2015: Made 12 starts in 13 appearances for the Valiants in his final season with the team … ranked ninth in the Freedom Conference in ground balls per game (3.46/gm) and won 42.7 percent of his faceoffs to rank second on the team … went 10-for-19 in the faceoff circle in the season opener against Vassar (2/25) … recorded a career-high 10 ground balls while also putting two shots on goal in the team’s 12-11 (2ot) victory over Mount St. Vincent (3/30) … picked up his only points of the season, getting a goal and an assist in a 13-7 victory over Alfred State (4/8) … finished his Manhattanville career with 15 goals and 5 assists in 57 career appearances for the Valiants.
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2014: Made 10 starts in 16 appearances during his junior season at Manhattanville … scored two goals and an assist while collecting four ground balls and causing two turnovers in the season-opener against SUNY Maritime (2/22) … won a season-high 10 faceoffs against while scoring a goal and collecting five ground balls against Vassar (3/1) … scored a goal and collected three ground balls in an 8-7 (4ot) victory over Bard (4/9) … finished second on the team in shooting percentage (.385) … led the Valiants in man-up goals with six on the season … finished third on the team in ground balls with 41.  
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2013: Saw action in all 16 games for Manhattanville during his sophomore campaign while getting the start in all but one contest … ended the season fourth on the team with 42 ground balls … was 68-for-173 as one of the team’s primary face-off takers … had a goal in his season debut against Vassar while also picking up four ground balls (3/2) … went 6-for-8 on face-offs in the next game against Western Connecticut State (3/6) … went 7-for-11 on face-offs while taking a shot along with two ground balls against Curry (3/13) … notched his second goal of the season on one shot against Farmingdale (3/20) … picked up two assists while also picking up a season-high eight ground balls while going 12-of-14 on face-offs in non-conference action against Merchant Marine (3/27) … scored two goals including a man-up tally against Arcadia (4/17) … collected four shots and six ground balls over the final three games of the year against King’s (4/20), FDU-Florham (4/23) and DeSales (4/27). 
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2012:  Saw field time in 11 of Manhattanville’s 15 games during his first season … went 14-for-40 in limited faceoff situations … picked up four ground balls against the University of New England (3/22) while finishing the season with nine.
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High School: Graduated with honors from Hamden High School in 2011 … played four years of varsity lacrosse for the Dragons … reached the state playoffs with the team during his senior year … played for the Connecticut Whalers travel team.

Personal: Born December 30, 1992 … son of Danette and Tim Balog … has one sister, Brittany … intends to study computer science while at Manhattanville.