2019 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Lipka, David

Jersey Number 20
David Lipka
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Derwood, Md.
- High School:
- Georgetown Prep / Army Prep
Bio
Instagram: @dmlipka
Honors and Awards:
4x ACC Honor Roll
Career Overview: After redshirting as a freshman, he first saw the field on the team’s second midfield unit in 2018, making the most of his opportunities by shooting at 40 percent ... Spent 2019 on the Orange’s top midfield line that combined to produce 90 points before moving back to the second line in 2020. Enters 2021 with the team's second-longest point streak, having registered a point in 17-straight games.
Junior Year (2020): Played in all-five games of the shortened 2020 season on the second-line midfield ... Scored three goals, added three assists and picked up four ground balls on the year ... Registered a point in all-five games after posting a point in the final 12 games of 2019 to finish the year with a 17-game point streak ... Scored a goal vs. Johns Hopkins (3/7) ... Extended his point streak to 16-straight games with his assist vs. Hobart (2/28) ... Scored the game-tying goal in a 9-7 comeback win over Army (2/23) ... Scored a goal, added an assist and picked up a ground ball against Binghamton (2/15) ... Had one assist and picked up two ground balls in the season opener against Colgate (2/7).
Sophomore Year (2019): Started every game at midfield for the Orange ... ACC All-Academic Team ... ACC Honor Roll ... Scored 14 goals and contributed 10 assists on the year ... Scored a goal and picked up a ground ball in the NCAA Tournament First Round vs. Loyola (5/11) ... Matched his career high with two assists and collected a ground ball in the ACC Tournament First Round vs. North Carolina (4/25) ... Tied a career high with three points (1-2) at Navy (4/20) ... Scored a goal at North Carolina (4/13) ... Contributed an assist vs. Cornell (4/9) ... Scored a pair of goals, tying his career high at Hobart, in what was his sixth-straight game with at least one goal (4/2) ... Scored a goal and added an assist at Notre Dame (3/30) ... Scored a goal and collected two ground balls against Duke (2/24) ... Posted a career high three points (2-1) in the Orange’s comeback win over Rutgers (3/15) ... Scored a goal and added an assist against Johns Hopkins (3/9) ... Scored a goal and contributed an assist while causing a career-high two turnovers against Virginia (3/2) ... Scored twice against Army (/24) ... Collected a career best three ground balls against UAlbany (2/16) ... Scored a goal and added an assist in the season opener against Colgate (2/8).
Freshman Year (2018): Appeared in 13 of 15 games this season on the second-line midfield … Scored a total of 12 goals and contributed a pair of assists …Picked up a season total of eight ground balls and caused on turnover ... Ended the season with two ground balls against Cornell in the NCAA Tournament First Round matchup (5/13) ... Scored a goal in the win over Cornell (5/5) ... Scored a goal in the ACC Semifinal at Virginia (4/27) ... Recorded one goal and a ground ball against Navy (4/21) … Had one goal and one ground ball against North Carolina (4/14) ... Scored two goals against Cornell (4/10) … Scored a goal and caused his first career turnover against Hobart (4/3) ... Had one assist against Notre Dame (3/31) … Recorded his first career multi-goal game against Johns Hopkins (3/10) ... Picked up two ground balls during the game at Virginia (3/4) ... Scored two goals against Army (2/24) ... Picked up one ground ball during the game against Albany (2/17) ... Had one goal, one assist and one ground ball against Binghamton in his Syracuse debut (2/10).
Redshirt Year (2017): Did not appear in any games.
High School: Helped lead Georgetown Prep to the 2014 IAC Championship Game... Was an All-Met Selection by the Washington Post as a senior... Selected as offensive team MVP, All-Conference and All-Gazette... Made Ty Xander's watch-list of top seniors for 2015... Also played football and basketball through two years of high school.
Personal: Born on December 20, 1996 in Boca Raton, Florida... Son of Bruce... Has two sisters, Samantha and Jessica... Father, Bruce, played professional tennis ... Dual major in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises and marketing management in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
PLAYER FEATURES
SU Players Stay Loose Thanks to Handshake Guy David Lipka (Charlie DiSturco/ Syracuse.com)
Honors and Awards:
4x ACC Honor Roll
Career Overview: After redshirting as a freshman, he first saw the field on the team’s second midfield unit in 2018, making the most of his opportunities by shooting at 40 percent ... Spent 2019 on the Orange’s top midfield line that combined to produce 90 points before moving back to the second line in 2020. Enters 2021 with the team's second-longest point streak, having registered a point in 17-straight games.
Junior Year (2020): Played in all-five games of the shortened 2020 season on the second-line midfield ... Scored three goals, added three assists and picked up four ground balls on the year ... Registered a point in all-five games after posting a point in the final 12 games of 2019 to finish the year with a 17-game point streak ... Scored a goal vs. Johns Hopkins (3/7) ... Extended his point streak to 16-straight games with his assist vs. Hobart (2/28) ... Scored the game-tying goal in a 9-7 comeback win over Army (2/23) ... Scored a goal, added an assist and picked up a ground ball against Binghamton (2/15) ... Had one assist and picked up two ground balls in the season opener against Colgate (2/7).
Sophomore Year (2019): Started every game at midfield for the Orange ... ACC All-Academic Team ... ACC Honor Roll ... Scored 14 goals and contributed 10 assists on the year ... Scored a goal and picked up a ground ball in the NCAA Tournament First Round vs. Loyola (5/11) ... Matched his career high with two assists and collected a ground ball in the ACC Tournament First Round vs. North Carolina (4/25) ... Tied a career high with three points (1-2) at Navy (4/20) ... Scored a goal at North Carolina (4/13) ... Contributed an assist vs. Cornell (4/9) ... Scored a pair of goals, tying his career high at Hobart, in what was his sixth-straight game with at least one goal (4/2) ... Scored a goal and added an assist at Notre Dame (3/30) ... Scored a goal and collected two ground balls against Duke (2/24) ... Posted a career high three points (2-1) in the Orange’s comeback win over Rutgers (3/15) ... Scored a goal and added an assist against Johns Hopkins (3/9) ... Scored a goal and contributed an assist while causing a career-high two turnovers against Virginia (3/2) ... Scored twice against Army (/24) ... Collected a career best three ground balls against UAlbany (2/16) ... Scored a goal and added an assist in the season opener against Colgate (2/8).
Freshman Year (2018): Appeared in 13 of 15 games this season on the second-line midfield … Scored a total of 12 goals and contributed a pair of assists …Picked up a season total of eight ground balls and caused on turnover ... Ended the season with two ground balls against Cornell in the NCAA Tournament First Round matchup (5/13) ... Scored a goal in the win over Cornell (5/5) ... Scored a goal in the ACC Semifinal at Virginia (4/27) ... Recorded one goal and a ground ball against Navy (4/21) … Had one goal and one ground ball against North Carolina (4/14) ... Scored two goals against Cornell (4/10) … Scored a goal and caused his first career turnover against Hobart (4/3) ... Had one assist against Notre Dame (3/31) … Recorded his first career multi-goal game against Johns Hopkins (3/10) ... Picked up two ground balls during the game at Virginia (3/4) ... Scored two goals against Army (2/24) ... Picked up one ground ball during the game against Albany (2/17) ... Had one goal, one assist and one ground ball against Binghamton in his Syracuse debut (2/10).
Redshirt Year (2017): Did not appear in any games.
High School: Helped lead Georgetown Prep to the 2014 IAC Championship Game... Was an All-Met Selection by the Washington Post as a senior... Selected as offensive team MVP, All-Conference and All-Gazette... Made Ty Xander's watch-list of top seniors for 2015... Also played football and basketball through two years of high school.
Personal: Born on December 20, 1996 in Boca Raton, Florida... Son of Bruce... Has two sisters, Samantha and Jessica... Father, Bruce, played professional tennis ... Dual major in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises and marketing management in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
PLAYER FEATURES
SU Players Stay Loose Thanks to Handshake Guy David Lipka (Charlie DiSturco/ Syracuse.com)
Press Conference | NCAA Semifinal
Saturday, May 24
Highlights | Syracuse vs. Maryland - NCAA Semifinal
Saturday, May 24
Syracuse vs. Maryland: NCAA Tournament Semifinals
Saturday, May 24
Walkin' and Talkin' with Carter Rice
Saturday, May 24