Matt Rambo

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Matt Rambo
Born (1994-07-25) July 25, 1994 (age 27)
Glenside, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight205[1] pounds (93 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionAttack
NCAA teamMaryland (2017)
NLL draft11th overall, 2018
Philadelphia Wings
NLL teamPhiladelphia Wings
MLL draft3rd overall, 2017
Charlotte Hounds
MLL teamsCharlotte Hounds
PLL teamWhipsnakes Lacrosse Club
Pro career2017–
Career highlights
  • 2017 Tewaaraton Award Winner
  • 2017 Enners Award
  • 2x USILA All-American (2017, 2016)
  • 2017 First Team All-America (USILA, Inside Lacrosse)
  • 3x NCAA All-Tournament Team (2017, 2016, 2015)
  • 2017 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2017 First Team All-Big Ten
  • 2016 Big Ten Tournament Most Valuable Player
  • 2015 First Team All-Big Ten
  • Maryland record for career goals, career points, career NCAA tournament points.[2]
  • 2019 Jim Brown Award winner
  • 2019 PLL Championship MVP
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's lacrosse
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Third place 2019 Langley

Matt Rambo (July 25, 1994) is a professional lacrosse attackman for the Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League from Glenside, Pennsylvania. He played college lacrosse at Maryland.

College career[]

Rambo spent four years at the University of Maryland, where he only missed one start his entire career,[2] and reached the final four every year[3] and the championship game in his final three years.[4]

Freshman year[]

In Rambo's first game at Maryland, he scored four goals against the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers. He ended the season with 30 goals and six assists.

Sophomore year[]

As a sophomore, Rambo played in the only game that he didn't not start in his entire college lacrosse career. He became the first Maryland player to score 40 goals in a season since Joe Walters in 2004. He also made First Team All Big Ten.

Junior year[]

Rambo became the first player in Maryland history to have 40 goals and 30 assists in one season after ending the year with 43 goals and 32 assists. These 75 points are third all-time in Maryland history. He helped Maryland win the Big Ten tournament[5] and won Big Ten Tournament MVP and USILA All-American. Maryland lost in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship in a game that is considered a classic.[3][6]

Senior year[]

Rambo started the season with 19 points in the first three games, which is the most by a Maryland player in a three-game span since Mike Mollot.[2] In the final game of the season, on April 29, against Johns Hopkins, Rambo scored six points in the first 18 minutes, which broke the Maryland all-time points record.[7] Rambo helped lead Maryland to their first NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 42 years.[8] Rambo also won the Tewaaraton Award, the highest award for a college lacrosse player. He was the first player in Maryland history to win the award.[9]

Professional career[]

MLL career[]

Rambo was drafted third overall in the 2017 Major League Lacrosse draft by the Charlotte Hounds. He had nine goals and six assists in six games for the Hounds that year.[10]

NLL career[]

Rambo was drafted in the fifth round of the NLL draft by the New England Black Wolves, but decided to sit out the season and travel around doing clinics and camps instead of playing in the NLL.[11] The next year, Rambo returned home to Pennsylvania for the start of his box lacrosse career after being selected 11th overall in the 2018 National Lacrosse League expansion draft to play for the Philadelphia Wings.[12]

Rambo scored 26 goals and had 30 assists in 17 games in his first season in the NLL.[13]

PLL career[]

In 2018, Matt Rambo was announced as a member of Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club in the inaugural season of Paul Rabil’s new Premier Lacrosse League.[14] He was selected to the league's first All Star game in 2019, where he was a captain.[15] Rambo led the league in points and assists during the 2019 regular season.[16] He was named league MVP for the 2019 season during the awards show on Thursday, September 19.[17]

On Saturday, September 21, Rambo scored both the game-tying goal with under a minute left and the sudden-victory game-winner in overtime in the PLL championship game against the Redwoods. He was named MVP of the game.[18]

Rambo made first team all-pro for the 2019 PLL season.

International career[]

Rambo represented the United States at the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, where he recorded nine points in four games as the US won the bronze medal.[19]

NCAA Career Statistics[]

Team Season GP GS G A Pts GB CT
Maryland 2014 17 17 30 6 36 19 3
Maryland 2015 19 18 40 19 59 28 2
Maryland 2016 20 20 43 32 75 23 6
Maryland 2017 19 19 42 45 87 30 5
Career 75 74 155 102 257 100 16

Source:[20]

NLL Career Statistics[]

Matt Rambo Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP

2019 Philadelphia Wings 17 26 30 56 36 17 3.29 2.12 1.00 –––––––––
2020 Philadelphia Wings 14 22 34 56 42 0 4.00 3.00 0.00 –––––––––
31 48 64 112 78 17 3.61 2.52 0.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Career Total: 31 48 64 112 78 17 3.61 2.52 0.55

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played. Source:[21]

PLL Career Statistics[]

Matt Rambo Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA
2019 Whipsnakes LC 10 19 0 23 42 66 9 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 7 11 3 0 0 0 0
2020 Whipsnakes LC 6 7 0 18 25 22 6 0 0 0 0 –––––––––––
2021 Whipsnakes LC 6 12 0 6 18 45 11 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 6 11 6 0 0 0 0
22 38 0 47 85 133 26 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 6 13 22 9 0 0 0 0
Career Total: 27 45 0 53 98 155 35 0 0 0 0

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted Source:[22]

References[]

  1. ^ "Matt Rambo". Philadelphia Wings. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Rambo, Matt". University of Maryland. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Dan Aburn (May 2, 2017). "May Cover Story: Maryland's 1-2 Punch". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  4. ^ Gary Lambrecht (May 19, 2017). "RAMBO'S RUN: MARYLAND'S HISTORIC ATTACKMAN AND HIS DOWN-TO-EARTH APPROACH". USLacrosse Magazine. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "Matt Rambo, Maryland men's lacrosse claim first Big Ten tournament title". Washington Post. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  6. ^ Dan Aburn (June 4, 2017). "A Champion's Legacy: On Matt Rambo, an All-Time Terp". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  7. ^ Roman Stubbs (April 29, 2017). "Matt Rambo sets Maryland lacrosse scoring record in dominant win over Johns Hopkins". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  8. ^ "After breaking records, Matt Rambo wants to end Maryland lacrosse's 42-year title drought". The Diamondback. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  9. ^ "Matt Rambo is the first Maryland men's lacrosse player to win the Tewaaraton Award". The Diamondback. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "Matt Rambo". Charlotte Hounds. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  11. ^ "WINGS FORWARD MATT RAMBO EXCITED TO BE PLAYING WITH HOMETOWN TEAM". National Lacrosse League. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  12. ^ "Philadelphia Wings' Matt Rambo brings his lacrosse journey full circle". The Inquirer. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  13. ^ "# 1 Matt Rambo". pointstreak.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  14. ^ "Matt Rambo". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  15. ^ "2019 PLL All-Star Draft: Team Selections". Lacrosse Allstars. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  16. ^ "PLL Stats". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  17. ^ Matt Dasilva (September 20, 2019). "RAMBO NAMED PLL MVP, GLICINI STEALS SHOW WITH REGAN TRIBUTE". USLacrosse Magazine.
  18. ^ Jack Goods (September 21, 2019). "RAMBO LEADS WHIPSNAKES TO DRAMATIC PLL CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY". USLacrosse Magazine.
  19. ^ "Stats - 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships". wilc.lacrosseshift.com. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  20. ^ "Matt Rambo - Men's Lacrosse". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  21. ^ "Matt Rambo". NLL. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  22. ^ "Premier Lacrosse League Stats". Premier Lacrosse League Stats. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
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