Georgetown University Athletics

At Harvard: 2014(Senior)Named to the NEILA Academic All-Region Team ... Picked up one ground ball against Holy Cross (Feb. 25) ... Tallied one ground ball at Albany (Feb. 28) ... Registered six ground balls and went 14-of-20 at the faceoff X versus Quinnipiac (March 4) ... Won 14-of-18 at the X and posted five ground balls versus Brown (March 15) ... Went 9-of-14 on faceoffs and contributed four ground balls against Dartmouth (March 22) ... Caused one turnover at Duke (March 29) ... Recorded 10 ground balls and went 20-of-26 at the faceoff X at Cornell (April 5) ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week April 7 ... Picked up two ground balls and scored one goal against Boston University (April 8) ... Named the Brine DI National Player of the Week April 10 ... Grabbed 10 ground balls at Penn while winning 13-of-18 faceoffs (April 12) ... Collected three ground balls against Princeton (April 19) ... Picked up five ground balls at Yale while going 8-of-15 at the X (April 26) ... Tallied three ground balls in the Ivy League Tournament semifinal game against Yale (May 2) ... Contributed three ground balls and one caused turnover in the Ivy League Tournament championship versus Penn (May 4) ... Picked up four ground balls at Notre Dame in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (May 10).
2013(Junior)Picked up one ground ball against UMass (Feb. 23) ... Tied a career high with seven groundballs and went 9-of-14 on faceoffs against Holy Cross (Feb. 26) ... Picked up two ground balls and caused one turnover, while going 5-of-9 on faceoffs against Hofstra (March 2) ... Posted three ground balls and one caused turnover in a victory over Georgetown (March 9) ... Was 4-of-4 on faceoffs while also picking up a career-high 10 ground balls and causing one turnover against Brown (March 16) ... Registered one ground ball in a victory against Bryant (March 20) ... Scored first career goal as well as recorded seven ground balls and a caused turnover in a win over Dartmouth (March 23) ... Tallied two ground balls in a game against Albany (March 26) ... Posted two ground balls and one caused turnover versus Cornell (April 6) ... Tallied one goal, six ground balls and one caused turnover in a win over Quinnipiac (April 9) ... Went 11-of-16 on faceoffs and tied a career-high with seven ground balls versus Princeton (April 20) ... Recorded a game-high eight ground balls and credited with one caused turnover against Yale (April 27).
2012(Sophomore)Did not see game action
2011(Freshman)Played in 14 games as a freshman...Won 75-of-128 faceoffs (.586) and picked up 34 ground balls...Collected three ground balls and won six faceoffs versus No. 20 Georgetown (March 8)...Claimed one face-off win and collected a ground ball against No. 2 Cornell in Ivy tournament final (May 8).
High School: A four-year letterwinner and starter in lacrosse at midfield and three-year starter in ice hockey at defense at Ithaca...Captained lacrosse and hockey squads as a senior...The No. 92 incoming freshman by Inside Lacrosse...Two-time All-New York State Public High School Association honoree in lacrosse...Earned Face-off Man of the Year honors, as well as all-tournament honors in 2008...Won 84 percent of face-offs as a senior...Wendy's Heisman Award recipient ... Academic All-American...Three-time all-conference selection in hockey and was a member of the squad's state championship team in 2007...Part of the Vitamin L Project since 2003...Recipient of the Distinguished Youth Award in 2009 and was honored by President Barack Obama and Governor Davis Paterson (N.Y.) for volunteer work. Personal: Son of James Mendola and Christina Culver...Has one younger brother, Luke, a defenseman at Harvard and a sister, Serena.