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2023 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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Karlee Sell

5 Matt Karsian

  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 175
  • Class Senior
  • Position Midfield
  • Hometown Wyckoff, NJ
  • Highschool Ramapo

Biography


Member of Monmouth's MAAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship team as a sophomore in 2021 ... two-time MAAC All-Academic Team selection ... 17 goals and 12 assists for 29 career points ... three-career game-winning goals.

2023 (Senior)
  • Played in all 14 games, including nine starts in the midfield
  • Scored 12 goals and handed out nine assists for 21 points
  • Tied for second on the team in assists
  • Fourth on the team in goals and points
  • Scored two man-up goals and two game-winning goals
  • Three multi-goal games
  • Had at least one point in 12 of 14 games
  • Totaled 67 shots, including 32 on goal
  • Picked up six ground balls
  • Scored twice in the victory over NJIT (2/21)
  • Had a season-high three points with the game-winning goal and two assists in the win at LIU (2/25)
  • Scored the overtime game-winner at Mount St. Mary's (3/4)
  • Scored twice against Hofstra (4/1) and at Fairfield (4/15)
  • Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society
2022 (Junior)
  • Played in 11 games, including two starts in the midfield
  • Scored three goals and added three assists for six points
  • Totaled 16 shots, including six on goal
  • Picked up five ground balls
  • Made his first-career start at Princeton (2/19)
  • Scored at Delaware (2/26)
  • Had a goal in the win over VMI (3/11)
  • Set career-highs in assists (2), points (3) and ground balls (2) in the win over Canisius (4/16)
  • Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
2021 (Sophomore)
  • Played in nine games as a reserve midfielder
  • Scored two goals, including one game-winning goal
  • Picked up two ground balls
  • Scored the game-winning goal in the victory against Quinnipiac (4/3)
  • Scored in the NCAA Tournament First Round game at North Carolina (5/15)
  • Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
2020 (Freshman)
  • Appeared in four games in the midfield
  • Picked up two ground balls and caused one turnover
  • Made his collegiate debut in the win over NJIT (2/8)
Before Monmouth
  • Four-year varsity letter winner in lacrosse at Ramapo High School for head coach Tom Albano
  • Second Team All-Conference and Second Team All-County as a sophomore
  • Named to the NJ.com All-Sophomore Team
  • First Team All-Conference, First-Team All-County and Second Team All-State as a junior
  • Nominated as Lacrosse Player of the Year by NorthJersey.com and was named to the All-Junior Team by NJ.com
  • First Team All-Conference, First-Team All-County and First Team All-State as a senior
  • Totaled 155 points with 118 goals and 37 assists in his career
  • Team was 2016 Group 2 North State Sectional Runner-Up
  • 2017 team was Group 2 North State Sectional Champions, Group 2 State Champions and advanced to the Tournament of Champions Final Four
  • Team won the 2018 Bergen County Tournament Championship and finished as the 2019 Group 2 North State Sectional Runner-Up
  • Played club lacrosse for Leading Edge Elite under head coach Chris Roy
  • Honor Roll and Superintendent List Student
Personal
  • Son of Patty and Keith Karsian
  • Majoring in Communication

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2020Freshman

    Midfield
    5'10" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'10" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Junior

    Midfield
    5'10" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Senior

    Midfield
    5'10" 175 lbs
    5