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Scott S. Bacigalupo is a former
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. He was a high school
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, four-time collegiate
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(USILA)
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, three-time
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(NCAA) goaltender of the year, two-time NCAA tournament outstanding player and a national player of the year. Scott Bacigalupo starred as a member of the
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team from 1991 through 1994 where he helped them win their first two NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships and was inducted into the
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on October 30, 2010. Scott was selected to the NCAA Lacrosse Silver Anniversary team in 1995. He was a four-time All-
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(three times first team) selection. In his four-year college career, Princeton won its first two NCAA tournament Championships, two Ivy League Championships and earned four NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament invitations.


Background

Scott Bacigalupo was a high school All-American at St. Paul's of
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College career

Bacigalupo started all 60 of Princeton's games during his career from 1991 to 1994. During those four years, Princeton posted a 52–8 record, including a 7–2 record in four NCAA tournament appearances. On five occasions he recorded 15 or more saves in an NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament game, and the Tigers won the
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in both 1992 and 1994. The 1992 and 1993 teams were undefeated 6–0 outright Ivy League champions. Bacigalupo was inducted into the
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on October 30, 2010. He is a three-time winner of the
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(1992, 1993, 1994) as the NCAA's best goaltender and a former Lt. Raymond Enners Award-winner (1994) as the NCAA Division I lacrosse player of the year. He was a first team
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selection in 1992, 1993, and 1994 and a second team selection in 1991. In addition, he was a 1994 USILA Scholar All-American. He was first team all-Ivy League in 1991, 1992 and 1993 and a second team selection in 1994. His 732 career saves are 122 more than any other Princeton goaltender. ''Lacrosse Magazine'' named him to its All-Century team and he participated in the 1994 North/South All-Star Game. During the
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game against
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, Bacigalupo allowed Syracuse to tie the score when he lost a ball near his own goal, but he made a key save in the first
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. The Tigers eventually won their first NCAA championship in the second overtime, and Bacigalupo was selected as the most outstanding player of the tournament. Bacigalupo also performed well in the
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s and was again the most outstanding player during the
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tournament when the Tigers won the championship for a second time.


Professional career

After college, he took a
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job with
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. Bacigalupo has not played professionally in either the
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or
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Notes

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