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Cole Zaferakis
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    Sr.-5
  • Hometown:
    Liverpool, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Liverpool
  • Position:
    GK
  • Major:
    Writing and Multimedia Studies
  • Letters:
    ****
  • gp
    19
  • gs
    19
  • min
    1016:49
  • ga
    124
  • gaa
    7.32
  • sv
    150

Bio

Overview: Cole has started all 55 games in his career, totaling 2765:52 of game time ... Has a 36-19 record, 441 saves, 8.33 GAA and .535 save percentage in his career ... Was named to the Inside Lacrosse.com All-Freshman Team as the nation's top freshman goalie in 2020 ... Named All-OAC Honorable Mention as a junior and senior ... Is a 6-time OAC Defensive Player of the Week ... Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District recognition as a senior ... Named Academic All-OAC as a junior and senior ... Had a school record 17 saves in his first collegiate appearance in an 8-6 victory over Southern Virginia on 2/14/20 ... Followed that up with a 19-save performance on 2/15/20, breaking his own record in a 9-5 win over Elmhurst (Ill.) ... Enters 2024 season as ONU's all-time leader in career saves, wins and goalie minutes and ranks 4th all-time in GAA.

Senior Season (2023): Started all 18 games, playing 923:06 of game time ... Named All-OAC Honorable Mention ... Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District and Academic All-OAC recognition ... Was a 3-time OAC Defensive Player of the Week honoree (3/6/23, 3/27/23, 4/17/23) ... Finished with a 12-6 record and 142 saves to go with a 7.41 GAA and .555 save percentage ... Ranked 3rd in the OAC in GAA and 4th in save percentage.

Junior Season (2022): Started all 17 games ... Totaled a 8.61 GAA and had a 48.5 SV% with a season high of 13 saves against Centre (Ky) and Gettysburg (Pa) ... Was named OAC Player of the Week on 3/28/2022 ... Also received All-OAC Honorable Mention honors ... Was also named Academic All-OAC.

Sophomore Season (2021): Played in 14 games with 14 starts ... Totaled a 8.90 GAA and had a 49.8 SV% with a season high of 13 saves during the game at Baldwin Wallace ... Was named OAC Player of the Week on 5/3/2021.

Freshman Season (2020): Started all 6 games before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Was named to the Inside Lacrosse.com All-Freshman Team as the nation's top freshman goalie in 2020 ... Was also named the OAC Defensive Player of the Week on 2/17/20 ... Had a school record 17 saves in his first collegiate appearance in an 8-6 victory over Southern Virginia on 2/14/20 ... Followed that up with a 19-save performance on 2/15/20, breaking his own record in a 9-5 win over Elmhurst (Ill.) ... In the two games, Zaferakis stopped 36 of 47 shots, an amazing save percentage of .766 ... Finished the season with a 4-2 record, 88 saves and a 9.01 GAA.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Apr 13 Marietta W, 13-1
Apr 17 at Baldwin Wallace L, 14-13
Apr 20 Mount Union W, 8-3
Apr 24 Wilmington W, 20-2
Apr 27 Otterbein W, 21-10
May 1 at John Carroll L, 7-5
  Total Conference
Games played 19 9
Games started 19 9
Minutes 1016:49 435:35
Goals against 124 36
Goals-against average 7.32 4.96
Saves 150 54
Save pct 54.7 60.0
Wins 12 7
Losses 6 2
Ties 0 0
Win pct 66.7 77.8

Game Log - Goalie

Date Opponent Score gs min ga sv sv%
Feb 17 St. Vincent (Pa.) W, 13-5 1 57:30 5 8 61.5
Feb 21 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 12-11 1 69:09 12 15 55.6
Feb 24 Allegheny (Pa.) W, 18-5 1 44:15 3 5 62.5
Mar 2 at Brockport State (N.Y.) W, 13-12 1 60:51 12 10 45.5
Mar 6 Trine (Ind.) W, 13-4 1 52:01 3 3 50.0
Mar 10 at Hampden-Sydney (Va.) L, 11-9 1 60:00 11 11 50.0
Mar 13 at Pfeiffer (N.C.) W, 10-9 1 60:00 9 10 52.6
Mar 16 vs. Nazareth (N.Y.) L, 16-9 1 60:00 16 15 48.4
Mar 23 at John Carroll W, 8-5 1 60:00 5 11 68.8
Mar 29 Capital L, 8-6 1 60:00 8 12 60.0
Apr 3 at Otterbein W, 13-4 1 57:41 4 8 66.7
Apr 6 Muskingum W, 14-2 1 49:45 1 4 80.0
Apr 10 Heidelberg W, 20-1 1 34:18 1 2 66.7
Apr 13 Marietta W, 13-1 1 41:07 0 2 100.0
Apr 17 at Baldwin Wallace L, 14-13 1 53:19 14 7 33.3
Apr 20 Mount Union W, 8-3 1 60:00 3 8 72.7
Apr 24 Wilmington W, 20-2 1 19:25 0 0 0.0
Apr 27 Otterbein W, 21-10 1 57:28 10 11 52.4
May 1 at John Carroll L, 7-5 1 60:00 7 8 53.3

Career Stats - Goalie

  gp gs min ga gaa sv sv%
2019-20 6 6 339:40 51 9.01 88 63.3
2020-21 14 14 680:46 101 8.90 100 49.8
2021-22 17 17 822:20 118 8.61 111 48.5
2022-23 18 18 923:06 114 7.41 142 55.5
2023-24 19 19 1016:49 124 7.32 150 54.7
Total 74 74 3782:41 508 8.06 591 53.8

Career Stats - Extended

  gp gs win loss tie win %
2019-20 6 6 4 2 0 66.7
2020-21 14 14 8 6 0 57.1
2021-22 17 17 12 5 0 70.6
2022-23 18 18 12 6 0 66.7
2023-24 19 19 12 6 0 66.7
Total 74 74 48 25 0 65.8

Splits Stats - Goalie

  gp gs min ga gaa sv sv%
Event              
Total 19 19 1016:49 124 7.32 150 54.7
Conference 9 9 435:35 36 4.96 54 60.0
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - 0.0
Location              
Home 10 10 475:49 34 4.29 55 61.8
Away 8 8 481:00 74 9.23 80 51.9
Neutral 1 1 60:00 16 16.00 15 48.4
Result              
Wins 13 13 654:21 56 5.13 82 59.4
Losses 6 6 362:28 68 11.26 68 50.0
Month              
February 3 3 170:54 20 7.02 28 58.3
March 7 7 412:52 64 9.30 72 52.9
April 8 8 373:03 33 5.31 42 56.0
May 1 1 60:00 7 7.00 8 53.3

Splits Stats - Extended

  gp gs win loss tie win %
Event            
Total 19 19 12 6 0 66.7
Conference 9 9 7 2 0 77.8
Exhibition - - - - - 0.0
Location            
Home 10 10 8 1 0 88.9
Away 8 8 4 4 0 50.0
Neutral 1 1 0 1 0 0.0
Result            
Wins 13 13 12 0 0 100.0
Losses 6 6 0 6 0 0.0
Month            
February 3 3 2 1 0 66.7
March 7 7 3 3 0 50.0
April 8 8 7 1 0 87.5
May 1 1 0 1 0 0.0