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16 Mitch Groves
Mitch Groves
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Fishers, Ind.
  • High School:
    Bishop Chatard
  • Position:
    M
  • Major:
    Construction Management
  • Letters:
    ***
  • gp
    18
  • p
    11
  • g
    7
  • a
    4

Bio

Overview: Mitch has played in 46 games and started 8 in his career ... Was named Honorable Mention All-West Region by the IMLCA and 1st team All-OAC as a SSDM in 2018 ... Ranks 5th all-time in ONU history in goals with 30 ... Is also #8 in assists with 15, is #8 with 45 points and #7 with 73 ground balls ... Ranks #5 in shots with 104 and ranks #6 in shots on goal with 63 ... Is one of 5 players on the squad to hail from Fishers, Ind. ... Is the brother of teammate Nicholas Groves.

Junior Season (2018): Played in all 17 games ... ... Was named Honorable Mention All-West Region by the IMLCA and 1st team All-OAC ... Tallied 8 goals, 4 assists and 12 points ... Also had 33 ground balls and 5 caused turnovers.

Sophomore Season (2017): Played in 14 games with 1 start ... Scored 4 goals and had 4 assists for 8 points ... Picked up 18 ground balls and caused 6 turnovers ... Took 18 shots and 10 were on goal.

Freshmen Season (2016): Mitch played in 15 games for the Polar Bears and started 7 ... Was 6th on the team with 18 goals, was 4th with 7 assists and was 6th with 25 points ... Had a hat trick with 4 goals and 5 points in a 24-2 win over Defiance on 3/30/16 ... Was 4th on the team in shots with 61 ... Picked up 18 ground balls. 

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Apr 13 at Marietta W, 24-5
Apr 19 Capital L, 11-9
Apr 24 Otterbein W, 13-8
Apr 27 at John Carroll L, 18-10
Apr 30 at Capital W, 10-9
May 4 at John Carroll L, 13-5
  Total Conference
Games 18 9
Points 11 8
Goals 7 7
Assists 4 1
Man-up goals 1 1
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 34 17
Turnovers 10 5
Caused turnovers 11 5
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 29 19
Shooting percentage 24.1 36.8
Shots on goal 14 11
Shots on goal percentage 48.3 57.9

Game Log - Offense

Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 16 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 12-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 -
Feb 23 at Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) W, 15-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Mar 3 at Guilford (N.C.) W, 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Mar 6 at Pfeiffer (N.C.) W, 22-8 0 3 3 0 0 0 - 0 -
Mar 9 at Brevard (N.C.) W, 15-8 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 0 0.0
Mar 16 at Alfred (N.Y.) W, 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 1 50.0
Mar 19 Wittenberg W, 15-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 -
Mar 23 Wilmington W, 26-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 100.0 1 100.0
Mar 30 at Mount Union W, 12-8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Apr 3 Heidelberg W, 23-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Apr 6 Muskingum W, 25-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 33.3 2 66.7
Apr 10 at Baldwin Wallace L, 16-14 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 0 -
Apr 13 at Marietta W, 24-5 2 0 2 1 0 4 50.0 2 50.0
Apr 19 Capital L, 11-9 1 0 1 0 0 2 50.0 2 100.0
Apr 24 Otterbein W, 13-8 1 0 1 0 0 2 50.0 2 100.0
Apr 27 at John Carroll L, 18-10 1 0 1 0 0 5 20.0 2 40.0
Apr 30 at Capital W, 10-9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 1 50.0
May 4 at John Carroll L, 13-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score gb to ct fo
Feb 16 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 12-10 7 2 2 0-0
Feb 23 at Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) W, 15-7 1 0 0 0-0
Mar 3 at Guilford (N.C.) W, 6-4 0 1 0 0-0
Mar 6 at Pfeiffer (N.C.) W, 22-8 1 0 3 0-0
Mar 9 at Brevard (N.C.) W, 15-8 5 0 0 0-0
Mar 16 at Alfred (N.Y.) W, 9-8 1 0 0 0-0
Mar 19 Wittenberg W, 15-8 1 0 0 0-0
Mar 23 Wilmington W, 26-2 2 0 0 0-0
Mar 30 at Mount Union W, 12-8 1 0 2 0-0
Apr 3 Heidelberg W, 23-3 1 1 0 0-0
Apr 6 Muskingum W, 25-3 1 0 0 0-0
Apr 10 at Baldwin Wallace L, 16-14 2 2 1 0-0
Apr 13 at Marietta W, 24-5 0 0 0 0-0
Apr 19 Capital L, 11-9 1 1 0 0-0
Apr 24 Otterbein W, 13-8 6 1 2 0-0
Apr 27 at John Carroll L, 18-10 3 0 0 0-0
Apr 30 at Capital W, 10-9 1 1 1 0-0
May 4 at John Carroll L, 13-5 0 1 0 0-0

Career Stats - Offense

  gp gs g a pts up dn sh sh% sog sog%
2015-16 15 7 18 7 25 2 0 61 29.5 38 62.3
2016-17 14 1 4 4 8 0 0 18 22.2 10 55.6
2017-18 17 - 8 4 12 1 0 25 32.0 15 60.0
2018-19 18 - 7 4 11 1 0 29 24.1 14 48.3
Total 64 8 37 19 56 4 0 133 27.8 77 57.9

Career Stats - Defense

  gp gs gb to ct fo
2015-16 15 7 22 18 1 0-0
2016-17 14 1 18 6 6 0-0
2017-18 17 - 33 14 5 0-0
2018-19 18 - 34 10 11 0-0
Total 64 8 107 48 23 0-0

Splits Stats - Offense

  gp gs g a pts up dn sh sh% sog sog%
Event                      
Total 18 - 7 4 11 1 0 29 24.1 14 48.3
Conference 9 - 7 1 8 1 0 19 36.8 11 57.9
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - -
Location                      
Home 7 - 4 0 4 0 0 9 44.4 7 77.8
Away 11 - 3 4 7 1 0 20 15.0 7 35.0
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - -
Result                      
Wins 13 - 5 3 8 1 0 22 22.7 10 45.5
Losses 5 - 2 1 3 0 0 7 28.6 4 57.1
Month                      
February 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 100.0
March 7 - 1 3 4 0 0 9 11.1 2 22.2
April 8 - 6 1 7 1 0 19 31.6 11 57.9
May 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 -

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp gs gb to ct fo
Event            
Total 18 - 34 10 11 0-0
Conference 9 - 17 5 5 0-0
Exhibition - - - - - 0-0
Location            
Home 7 - 19 5 4 0-0
Away 11 - 15 5 7 0-0
Neutral - - - - - 0-0
Result            
Wins 13 - 21 4 8 0-0
Losses 5 - 13 6 3 0-0
Month            
February 2 - 8 2 2 0-0
March 7 - 11 1 5 0-0
April 8 - 15 6 4 0-0
May 1 - 0 1 0 0-0