55 Jack Melby
Jack Melby
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    168
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Eagan, Minn.
  • High School:
    Eagan
  • Position:
    M
  • Major:
    Economics
  • gp
    19
  • p
    1
  • g
    1
  • a
    0

Bio

2018 Season (Junior): Appeared in all 19 games, making two starts...Won 64-of-108 faceoffs...Had a .593 faceoff winning percentage...Picked up 20 ground balls...Scored a goal...Caused a turnover...Was a perfect 14-of-14 on faceoffs and picked up seven ground balls at Fontbonne (March 31).

2017 Season (Sophomore): Named All-Midwest Lacrosse Conference Second Team as a midfielder...Named MLC Defensive Player of the Week (April 17)...Appeared in 14 games, making 11 starts...Assisted on two goals...Picked up 48 ground balls, which was tied for second on the team...Caused a turnover...Won 106-of-176 faceoffs...Had a 60.2 faceoff winning percentage...Recorded five games with double-digit faceoff wins...Had a stretch of five games winning 74-of-100 faceoffs in the middle of the season...Picked up a career-high 15 ground balls (second-most in a game in program history) and won 19-of-21 faceoffs at Monmouth (April 8)....Tallied 14-of-15 faceoff wins and picked up eight ground balls against MSOE (April 12)...Won 21-of-29 faceoffs (fourth most faceoffs won in a game in program history) and picked up nine ground balls against Concordia Chicago (April 15).

2016 Season (Freshman): Appeared in 13 games, making one start…Scored a goal…Assisted on a marker…Picked up 17 ground balls…Caused a turnover…Won 50-of-76 faceoffs (.658)…Recorded 13-of-17 faceoff wins (.764) and picked up six ground balls at Dubuque (April 9)…Recorded 9-of-15 faceoff wins (.600) and three ground balls against Carthage (April 13)…Had a goal, won 7-of-12 faceoffs (.583), picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover versus Concordia Chicago (April 23).

High School (Eagan): Helped the lacrosse team win two South Suburban Conference titles...Took the most faceoffs his junior year in the entire state of Minnesota...Won over 61 percent of his career faceoffs...Earned varsity letters in lacrosse.

Personal: Son of Scott and Jill...Has one sister, Grace.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 18 Benedictine W, 9-8
Apr 19 at Concordia Chicago W, 18-1
Apr 25 at MSOE W, 9-6
Apr 28 at Cornell W, 9-8
May 2 Benedictine W, 9-6
May 5 at Aurora L, 16-3
  Overall Conf
Games 19 9
Points 1 1
Goals 1 1
Assists 0 0
Man-up goals 0 0
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 20 16
Turnovers 0 0
Caused turnovers 1 0
Faceoffs 64-108 37-48
Faceoff percentage 59.3 77.1
Shots 2 2
Shooting percentage 50.0 50.0
Shots on goal 1 1
Shots on goal percentage 50.0 50.0
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 17 at Olivet W, 14-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7-11 0 - 0 -
Feb 24 John Carroll L, 12-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-10 0 - 0 -
Feb 28 Elmhurst L, 12-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-4 0 - 0 -
Mar 3 at Dubuque W, 10-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0 - 0 -
Mar 11 at Birmingham Southern L, 11-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-4 0 - 0 -
Mar 13 at Berry L, 12-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-6 0 - 0 -
Mar 17 Beloit W, 16-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6-6 0 - 0 -
Mar 20 Carthage W, 11-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5-16 0 - 0 -
Mar 28 North Central W, 10-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 - 0 -
Mar 31 at Fontbonne W, 21-4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 14-14 0 - 0 -
Apr 5 Aurora L, 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0 - 0 -
Apr 7 Monmouth W, 14-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2-4 1 100.0 1 100.0
Apr 11 at Marian W, 10-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 0 - 0 -
Apr 18 Benedictine W, 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-5 0 - 0 -
Apr 19 at Concordia Chicago W, 18-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7-12 1 0.0 0 0.0
Apr 25 at MSOE W, 9-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 28 at Cornell W, 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 0 - 0 -
May 2 Benedictine W, 9-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 0 - 0 -
May 5 at Aurora L, 16-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-5 0 - 0 -
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
2015-16 13 1 1 1 2 0 0 17 0 1 50-76 3 33.3 2 66.7
2016-17 14 11 0 2 2 0 0 48 5 1 106-176 2 0.0 0 0.0
2017-18 19 2 1 0 1 0 0 20 0 1 64-108 2 50.0 1 50.0
2018-19 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 44 4 1 89-151 1 0.0 1 100.0
Total 64 20 2 3 5 0 0 129 9 4 309-511 8 25.0 4 50.0
    gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Event Total 19 2 1 0 1 0 0 20 0 1 64-108 2 50.0 1 50.0
Conference 9 - 1 0 1 0 0 16 0 0 37-48 2 50.0 1 50.0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Location Home 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 23-49 1 100.0 1 100.0
Away 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 41-59 1 0.0 0 0.0
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Result Wins 13 1 1 0 1 0 0 19 0 1 52-78 2 50.0 1 50.0
Losses 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12-30 0 - 0 -
Month February 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12-25 0 - 0 -
March 7 - 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 32-49 0 - 0 -
April 7 - 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 17-28 2 50.0 1 50.0
May 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3-6 0 - 0 -

News Mentions

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Men’s Lacrosse earns shutout MLC victory

Seniors perform well on both ends of the field

April 7, 2018

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Falcons cruise past Griffins in MLC victory

Concordia Wisconsin began the game with 13-straight goals

March 31, 2018

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Season outlook: Men’s Lacrosse

Falcons travel to Olivet for a Saturday 11 am CST non-conference game to begin the 2018 season

February 16, 2018

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