Merrimack College Athletics

2023

• Appeared in all 14 games, starting 13 of them
• Scored two goals
• Collected 22 groundballs
• Caused 14 turnovers

2022

• Appeared and started in all 12 games 
• Team captain
• Had 2 assists
• Tallied 19 groundballs and caused 5 turnovers

2021

• Missed the season with an injury
• Team captain

2020

• Played and started in all six games on the season
• Picked up 12 ground balls and had a team-high eight caused turnovers
• Had a season-high three caused turnovers Mar. 7 against UMass Lowell
• Registered a trio of ground balls on three different occasions

2019

• USILA Preseason All-American
• NEILA All-New England First Team Long Stick Midfielder
• Major presence both on defense and in transition midfield for a defense that ranked in the top-20 nationally by season's end
• Played in all 20 games, one of only eight players to do so
• Led team with 24 caused turnovers while his 50 ground balls were the most by any non-faceoff specialist
• Set single-game highs with six ground balls twice while causing a personal-best four turnovers against Pace (4/13)

2018

• Played a key role in the defensive half of the field during his debut campaign with the Warriors
• Appeared in all 19 games, finishing with 26 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers
• Was a contributor for a defensive unit that finished the year ranked fourth nationally and second in the NE10 allowing only 7.32 goals per game
• Helped Merrimack's man-down defense finish the year ranked sixth nationally by turning away 81.5 percent of opponents' man-up chances
• Also helped the Warriors hold 16-of-19 opponents to single-digit goal totals
• Forced a career-high three caused turnovers while adding a personal best five ground balls in a win over Saint Anselm (4/3) 

Before Merrimack

• Attended Longmeadow High School
• Longmeadow High School Lacrosse Rookie of the Year (junior)
• Named to the 2016 Western Massachusetts Boys Lacrosse First Team (junior)
• Named to the 2016 All-American Game MIAA Watch List (junior)
• Bay State Games Lacrosse Gold Medal Winner (junior)
• Longmeadow High School Student Athlete of the Year (senior)
• US Lacrosse Bob Scott Award Winner (senior)
• Longmeadow High School Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year (senior)
• Massachusetts All-State First Team (senior)
• Named to the 2017 All-Western Massachusetts Boys Lacrosse First Team (senior)
• Named to the 2017 Western Massachusetts All-League Team (senior)
• MassLive Preseason and Postseason Western Massachusetts Lacrosse Super 7 (senior)
• Captain (senior)
• Helped team win Central/Western Massachusetts High School titles (junior, senior)
• Also ran indoor track and played soccer
• Helped the 4x400-meter relay team medal at the 2016 state championship meet and win back-to-back league titles in 2014-15 and 2015-16
• Was also a member of the boys' soccer team that won the Western Massachusetts sectional championship in 2015, which was the first state title in school history.

Personal 

• Born on May 31, 1999
• Son of Kris and Roland Joyal
• Brother to Conrad and Cooper
• Business Administration major

Career Highs