Sacred Heart University

#41 Joe Saggese

Stats: 2018 | 2017 | 2016

2018: 

• All-NEC First Team selection
• NEC Player of the Week (April 2)
• Started all 15 games
• Racked up a team-leading 22 assists to go along with 41 goals for 63 points
• His 63 points and 41 goals are both the third-highest single-season point total in program history
• Comes into his senior season ranked top five in program history with 131 points, 82 goals and 49 assists in 46 career games
• Finished third in the NEC in goals per game (2.73), fifth in assists per game (1.47), second in points per game (4.20) and first in shots per game (9.53)
• Ranked ninth in the nation in goals per game and 17th in points per game
• Was the third-highest junior in the country at 4.20 points per game
• Enters his senior year riding a 31-game point streak and 24-game goal scoring streak
• Totaled eight hat tricks in 2018
• Started the season with four points (two goals, two assists) in a road win at Stony Brook (2/10)
• Racked up another four points (three goals, one assist) with three ground balls at UMass (2/13)
• Scored a hat trick with three goals in a win over Furman (2/17)
• Put up five goals and one assist for six points in a home win over Dartmouth (2/24)
• Totaled five points (four goals, one assist) at Vermont (3/7)
• Racked up four points (three goals, one assist) against Hartford (3/10)
• Dished out three assists to go along with one goal at Robert Morris (3/17)
• Tied a season and career high with five goals to go along with one assist in a win over Mount St. Mary's (3/31)
• Totaled four goals, one assist and three ground balls at Saint Joseph's (4/8)
• Had a hand in seven of the 12 goals scored for SHU as he went for a career-high seven points on the strength of a career-best five assists and two goals in a win over Wagner (4/14)
• Chipped in four points (three goals, one assist) at Cleveland State (4/21)
• Went for three points (two goals, one assist) in the NEC semifinal loss at Saint Joseph's (5/3)

2017:

• Started all 15 games, leading SHU with 21 assists and 54 points
• Had four goals and five points against Stony Brook on Feb. 14 and at Dartmouth on Feb. 25
• Scored four goals in SHU’s win at Providence on March 4
• Had three goals and three assists in win at Mount St. Mary’s on April 1
• Had two goals and three assists in overtime win over Saint Joseph’s on April 15
• Scored four goals with an assist in win at Wagner on April 28

2016: 

• Two-Time NEC Rookie of the Week (Feb. 15 and Feb. 29)
• Played in all 16 games, recording 14 points on eight goals and six assists
• Scored three goals in his first collegiate game, SHU's 12-8 win at Lafayette on Feb. 12
• Had a goal in three straight games from Feb. 20 to Feb. 28
• Had two assists against Hartford on April 19

Prior to SHU: Saggese transferred to Sacred Heart from Drexel ... While at Smithtown East, Saggese was twice named All-County as his team won the 2014 Suffolk County championship ... Saggese was also an All-League selection as a soccer player. 

Personal: Son of Joseph and Patricia Saggese ... Cousin, Mike DeVito, played in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs ... International Business major.