Jake Sturtevant

Prep Nationals Semifinal Standout

Somebody’s got to get the ball to the Big Red’s talented shooters. Sturtevant was more than happy to oblige as the quarterback, finishing with five assists and a pair of goals, too. He showed excellent vision mostly from X, but he also had a dime of a top-center no-look EMO feed to Adam Ponting (Princeton) on the crease. Sturtevant had a terrific feed to a cutting Aydan Matthews on the man-up and found the Canadian sophomore later in the game for another tally. He also dished up a pass right in five-star Hansen Peck‘s (Team 91 Long Island / Syracuse) stick for another EMO finish. If Sturtevant’s got the ball in his stick, everybody’s open. He can fit passes into tight windows and knows where his guys want the ball.

“We’ve been working a lot on man-up. I’ve got to give it to the cutters. They find seams really well and I was able to see them. They were sloughing in on the back side and I think it’s just a lot of patience and poise and putting them in the right spot.