Robarge's Career Stats
2012: Named Preseason All-American by Inside Lacrosse Magazine ... Selected No. 44 in the 2012 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft by the Denver Outlaws
2011:
Top-returning faceoff man in DI lacrosse ... Averaged 10.15 ground balls per contest, which ranks No.
8 in NCAA history and is the highest ground ball per game average in Division I
since 2006, when Denver’s Geoff Snider averaged 11.41 grounders per contest ...
For his efforts, he collected MAAC
Face-off Specialist of the Year honors, as well as Second Team All-MAAC
accolades. ... In conference action, the junior tri-captain collected 75
grounders in six games, good for a 12.50 clip per contest, more than doubling
the second-closest player, Marist’s Matt Dugan, who had 5.33 pickups a game. In
face-offs, he was 111-for-156 in conference action for a scorching 73.7 percent
... His season total of 205-for-306 (67 percent) in the face-off X is good for
second in MAAC history behind Brian Cole of Mt. St. Mary’s, who won 68.8
percent of his tries back in 2001... Ranked
second in nation in ground balls per game last season ... Team tri-captain ... Workhorse
of team ... Scored pair of goals off procedure faceoff violation calls against
Navy (2/12), scoring on both shots he took. ... Was second on the team with 6
ground balls against Navy while winning 10-21 faceoffs. ... Had goal, 3 shots
and 8 ground balls against Mercer (2/16) while going 16-17 on faceoffs ... Went
12-19 on faceoffs and had 8 ground balls against Army (2/19) ... Went 12-of-29
on faceoffs against UVA (2/28) and scooped up five ground balls ... Compiled 9 ground balls against PC (3/12)
and was 12-of-15 in the faceoff X ... Went 80 percent on Spring Break trip (36-45)
in faceoffs with 24 ground balls against Bellarmine (3/16) and Detroit (3/19)
... Was 15-of-26 in the faceoff X against Mount St. Mary’s, picking up 11
ground balls along the way ... Went 22-of-30 in faceoffs and picked up an
astounding 17 ground balls against Manhattan (3/26) ... Broke
VMI’s career ground ball record at with 13:43 left in the second quarter
of the Marist contest with his 248th ground ball pickup, a record that was
previously held by Derek Bogdon ‘01 ... Had eight ground balls and was 15-of-21
in the faceoff X against Marist (4/2) ... Had team-best eight ground balls
against Canisius (4/9) ... Scooped up 15 ground balls against Jacksonville
(4/24), which ties him for second in program history on the single-game list
... Went 23-of-29 on faceoffs against Jacksonville, and also scored fourth goal
of the season off of a faceoff win ... Collected 13 ground balls and went
20-of-39 on faceoffs against Siena (4/30) ... Assisted on a Will Baker goal
with 4:45 left in the second quarter against Siena (4/30).
2010: Emerged into one of the best faceoff men in Division I ... Led Division I in faceoff percentage for a large portion of the season, before winding up fourth with a 61.5% mark ... Set a new VMI single-season record for groundballs with 124, surpassing the record on the final faceoff he took during regulation time in 2010 ... Ranked second in NCAA in groundballs per game with 8.27 ... Was interviewed by Lacrosse Talk radio April 18 for his exploits ... Was dominant at the X versus both Navy and Army, going a combined 31 for 40 in those games ... Was 18 for 22 against Vermont and 16 of 18 versus Saint Joseph's ... Had five games of double-digit groundballs, including a season high of 11 versus Vermont ... Had 10 each against Jacksonville, Detroit, Siena and Wagner ... Had a career high three points against Saint Joseph's, coming on a goal and two assists ... Also had an assist versus Wagner.
2009: Made an immediate impression, winning 9-of-12 faceoffs in the first half of his collegiate debut as he helped the Keydets throw a scare into No. 11 Navy ... Also had a goal in that game, his lone goal of the year, and 10 groundballs ... Had a solid game versus Robert Morris, winning 8-of-14 faceoffs ... Also won five of his six attempts against Manhattan ... Posted 32 groundballs during the '09 season, as he saw action in every game.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Hayfield ... Holds school record for highest career faceoff percentage ... Named All-District and second team All-Region junior year, and also made second team All-District senior season ... Team captain senior season ... Played with multiple club teams during his high school career ... participated in the Ultimate Fall LAX Shootout at Maryland in 2007 ... Took part in the Top LAX Invitational in Lancaster, Pa ... Also was part of several other prestigious competitions throughout the east coast ... Also lettered two years in JV wrestling, and was named the JV wrestler of the year at 145 lbs his sophomore year.
Personal: Son of David and Cheryl Robarge … Full name is Stephen Robarge ... Has a trio of siblings, Matthew, Andrew and Sarah … Born August 17, 1990 … Business and Economics major.
