47 Alexander Kleinberg
47 - Alexander Kleinberg
Height: 5-11
Weight: 185
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Bel Air, Md.
High School: C. Milton Wright HS
Position: M
Major: English
gp 15
p 2
g 1
a 1

2017: Enters his final collegiate campaign with a program-record 211 faceoff wins... His 407 faceoffs taken are also a Tusculum record... 116 career ground balls are the second most by a Pioneer.

2016: Finished third on the team with 33 faceoff wins, including a season-best 17 at Emmanuel (Mar. 12) which are tied for the second-most in program history... Saw action in 11 contests where he posrted 13 grounds balls and forced a turnover... Attempted six shots... Season-high seven ground balls in road win at Emmanuel.

2015: Led the team 104 wins in the face-off dot... His .591 face-off winning percentage (104-176) was fifth in the SAC and 15th-best in NCAA II... Also led the team with 60 ground balls (4.62 avg - 8th in SAC/35th in NCAA II)... Went 22-of-27 in the face-off dot against North Greenville (Apr. 7)... Also posted a school single-game record 17 ground balls against NGU... Tallied 10 ground balls each against Ohio Valley (Feb. 28) and Brevard (Mar. 28).. Scored a goal on three shots against North Greenville... Recorded an assist against Coker (Apr. 3).

2014: Made 10 appearances, including six starts... Led the team with his 74 faceoff wins, which were ninth in the conference... Posted a .544 faceoff won-loss percentage... Won a season-best 17 faceoffs against Coker (Mar. 15) in 24 attempts... Won 13-of-20 faceoffs against Post (Mar. 4) and 9-of-11 vs. Lees-McRae (Feb. 19)... Also tallied a season-high 10 ground balls against the Cobras... Scored his first collegiate goal at Catawba (Mar. 22)... Tallied his first collegiate assist against Coker... His 43 ground balls were third-most on the team... Posted nine ground balls each against Lees-McRae (Feb. 19) and Post (Mar. 4).

High School: Graduated from C. Milton Wright HS in Bel Air, Md... Coached by Steven Gerard... Four-year varsity lacrosse letterman... Junior varsity captain as a sophomore... Face-off specialist during high school and club career... Champions of the annual C. Milton Wright Lacrosse Tournament... Also letered in soccer where he captained his sophomore prep squad... Club Team: Celtic Cross... Coached by Pat Hanley.

Personal: Born June 27, 1994 in Baltimore, Md... Son of Allen and Kim Kleinberg... Sister - Emma... Majoring in English with a minor in religion... Future plans: Write, Teach, Lead... Hobbies: Mentoring children, sports, working on his relationship with God... Community service: Adopt-a-Highway volunteer, David Crockett State Park volunteer, Adopt-a-Family during Thanksgiving volunteer... Favorite book: "Are you My Mother"; Favorite class at Tusculum: Soccer Class; Favorite midnight snack: Cheese Balls; Favorite movie: "Tropic Thunder"; Favorite musical artist: Beyonce; Favorite song: "My Humps"; Favorite sports team: Baltimore Ravens; Alexander can't go a week without: His lacrosse stick; Most thrilling moment in sports: Beachlax 2015 when Ben Boyd caught the lacrosse ball on his knees and his team won in OT"; Favorite Tusculum moment: Eating curly fries in the cafeteria; Advice to kids: "Never drop your stick"; Favorite color: Blue; Favorite food: Indian; Favorite sport other than lacrosse: Soccer; Person Alexander most admires: Jesus; Most famous person Alexander has ever met: Ray Rice; Toughest opponent Alexander has ever played against: Zach Esser; What people don't know about Alexander: He can sing; When he was a kid, Alexander tried to be like: Stanley Yelnats.

Recent Games
Apr 1 Queens (N.C.) W, 12-9
Apr 9 at Coker W, 17-7
Apr 15 at Mars Hill W, 12-7
Apr 22 #14 Wingate L, 10-9
Apr 25 Lincoln Memorial W, 11-4
Apr 27 vs. #11 Wingate L, 8-7
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 15 8
Points 2 0
Goals 1 0
Assists 1 0
Man-up goals 0 0
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 53 30
Turnovers 5 3
Caused turnovers 3 2
Faceoffs 115-227 65-136
Faceoff percentage 50.7 47.8
Shots 5 2
Shooting percentage 20.0 0.0
Shots on goal 5 2
Shots on goal percentage 100.0 100.0
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 5 at #4 Tampa L, 15-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-8 0 - 0 -
Feb 11 Pfeiffer W, 16-6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 7-16 0 - 0 -
Feb 18 at Shorter W, 23-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-3 0 - 0 -
Feb 25 Walsh W, 13-9 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 11-18 0 - 0 -
Mar 4 Brevard W, 12-11 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 12-19 0 - 0 -
Mar 11 Emmanuel (GA) W, 27-4 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 15-19 2 50.0 2 100.0
Mar 18 at #12 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 12-11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6-23 1 0.0 1 100.0
Mar 25 Catawba W, 14-8 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 12-24 0 - 0 -
Mar 29 at Lincoln Memorial W, 13-12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3-12 0 - 0 -
Apr 1 Queens (N.C.) W, 12-9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-4 0 - 0 -
Apr 9 at Coker W, 17-7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 15-25 0 - 0 -
Apr 15 at Mars Hill W, 12-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-7 0 - 0 -
Apr 22 #14 Wingate L, 10-9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 13-22 1 0.0 1 100.0
Apr 25 Lincoln Memorial W, 11-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 10-19 1 0.0 1 100.0
Apr 27 vs. #11 Wingate L, 8-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-8 0 - 0 -
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
2013-14 10 6 1 2 3 0 0 43 12 0 74-136 10 10.0 8 80.0
2014-15 13 8 1 1 2 0 0 60 3 1 104-176 9 11.1 4 44.4
2015-16 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 1 33-95 6 0.0 3 50.0
2016-17 15 12 1 1 2 0 0 53 5 3 115-227 5 20.0 5 100.0
Total 49 30 3 4 7 0 0 169 22 5 326-634 30 10.0 20 66.7
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Total 15 12 1 1 2 0 0 53 5 3 115-227 5 20.0 5 100.0
Conference 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 2 65-136 2 0.0 2 100.0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
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Home 8 6 1 1 2 0 0 42 5 1 82-141 4 25.0 4 100.0
Away 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 31-78 1 0.0 1 100.0
Neutral 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-8 0 - 0 -
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Wins 11 8 1 1 2 0 0 47 5 3 91-166 3 33.3 3 100.0
Losses 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 24-61 2 0.0 2 100.0
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February 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 11 1 1 23-45 0 - 0 -
March 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 25 3 2 48-97 3 33.3 3 100.0
April 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 44-85 2 0.0 2 100.0