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Ways lax stats can improve and questions

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  • More stats on face-offs: who was on wings, who got possession after faceoff, who got ground ball after faceoff


Schedule matrix

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Albany Denver ND Syracuse UNC NOTE
5/16 Notre Dame, 3pm Ohio State, 5:30pm Albany NCAA 2nd round
5/17 Hopkins, 12 Maryland, 2:30 NCAA 2nd round
5/23 NCAA Final Four (1 and 3:30)
5/25 NCAA Championship (1 pm)

NCAA tournament performance

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Duke Maryland North Carolina Notre Dame Syracuse UVA Champion
2008 lost in final four to Johns Hopkins 9-10 lost in 2nd round to UVA 7-8 lost in 1st round to Navy 7-8 lost in 2nd round to Syracuse 9-11 won championship game over Johns Hopkins 13-10 lost in Final Four to Syracuse 11-12 SYRACUSE
2009 lost in final four to Syracuse 7-17 lost in 2nd round to Syracuse 6-11 lost in 2nd round to Duke 11-12 lost in 1st round to Maryland 3-7 won championship game over Cornell 10-9 lost in Final Four to Cornell 6-15 SYRACUSE
2010 won championship game over Notre Dame 6-5 lost in 2nd round to Notre Dame 5-7 lost in 2nd round to Duke 9-17 lost in finals to Duke 5-6 lost in 1st round to Army 8-9 lost in Final Four to Duke 13-14 DUKE
2011 lost in final four to Maryland 4-9 lost in finals to UVA 7-9 lost in 1st round to Maryland 6-13 lost in 2nd round to Duke 5-7 lost in 2nd round to Maryland 5-6 won championship game over Maryland 9-7 UVA
2012 lost in final four to Maryland 10-16 lost in finals to Loyola 3-9 lost in 1st round to Denver 14-16 lost in final four to Loyola 5-7 lost in 1st round to Duke 9-12 lost to Notre Dame in 2nd round 10-12 LOYOLA (MD)
2013 won championship game over Syracuse 16-10 lost in 1st round to Cornell 8-16 lost in 2nd round to Denver 12-11 lost in 2nd round to Duke 11-12 lost in championship game to Duke 10-16 not in tournament DUKE
2014 won championship game over Notre Dame 11-9 lost in final four to Notre Dame 6-11 lost in 1st round to Denver 5-9 lost in final to Duke 9-11 lost in 1st round to Bryant 9-10 lost in first round to Johns Hopkins 8-14 DUKE
2015 lost in 1st round to Ohio State 11-16 lost in 1st round to Johns Hopkins 7-19

North Carolina

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Game-by-game participation

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F HP MA H D M B R H M D UVA SU ND S C
ATTACK
Bitter, Sr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Goldstock, So. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Sankey, Sr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
MIDFIELD
Kelly S S S S S S S S S S S
Klawinski S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Pontrello S S S
Simpson S S S S S
Tutton S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
DEFENSE
Bailey S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Pifani S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Powers S S S S S S S S S S
Connell S S S S S S S
GOALIE
Balkam S S S S S S S
Burke S S S S S S S S S

UNC Defense statistics

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Statistic 2013 2014 2015
Caused turnovers/game 7.6 6.9 8.0
Opponents' shots per game 36.9 33.1 38.6
Opponents' shots on goal per game 22.0 18.9 21.3
Opponents' shots on goal/shots 60% 57% 55%
Saves/game 12.1 10.5 11.3
Penalties/game 3.5 3.8 4.3

Maryland defense statistics (starters)

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Statistic 2015
Caused turnovers/game 6.1
Opponents' shots per game 28.5 (UNC shoots 44.4/game; shot 31 against Maryland on 5/21/15)
Opponents' shots on goal per game 16.2 (UNC puts 26.9 SOG/game; 21 last game)
Opponents' shots on goal/shots 57% (UNC @ 61%; 68% last game)
Saves/game 9.6 (Maryland had 11 saves in last game versus UNC)
Penalties/game 2.5 (4 in last game versus UNC)

New to roster

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  • One player from 2014 (Spencer Parks) transferred out of North Carolina to Towson
From High School top 100[1] From PG top 25[2] Transfers Others
Joe Kenna, D, VA, 9 (2nd D) Chris Cloutier, A, Canada, 3 Luke Walsh, A (from Denison; three years of eligibility; 1st on the Denison team in goals in '14) Timmy Gehlbach, M, FL
Jordan Prysko, A, Canada, 27 Riley Graham, M, TX (faceoff specialist)
Will McBride, M, MD, 35 (older brother Greg was a senior on UNC lax team in 2014) Eddie Gilman, G, NY
Patrick McCormick, A, NY, 37 (on his varsity team as an eighth-grader)
Brian Cannon, A, NY, 76
Mike D'Alessandro, M, NJ, 79 (had ACL injury his senior year in high school)
Kyle Mathie, D, NY, 88
Bug Carper, LSM, MA, 94

UNC players on "Top 50" recruit list

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Freshmen in 2016 season (as of 12/14)[3] Freshmen in 2015 season Sophomores Juniors Seniors
Timmy Kelly, A, #2 Joe Kenna, D, #9 Stephen Kelly, midfield, #2 Steve Pontrello, midfield, #5 Jimmy Bitter, attack, #2
Jack Rowlett, D, #11 Jordan Prysko, A, #27 Austin Pifani, defense, #14 Patrick Kelly, attack, #7 Joey Sankey, attack, #6
Charles Kelly, F/O, #13
(no relation to other Kelly; played under current UNC assistant coach David Metzbower at Malvern)
Will McBride, M, #35 Tate Jozokos, midfield, #28 Michael Tagliaferri, midfield, #16 Ryan Kilpatrick, defense, #21
Andy Matthews, A/M, #14 Patrick McCormick, A, #37 Jack Lambert, defense, #29 Evan Connell, defense, #18 Walker Chafee, midfield, #49
Colin Reder, G, #37 Shane Simpson, attack, #33 Brian Balkam, goalie, #49
Jack Halpert, LSM, #40 Ryan Macri, defense, #50 Jake Matthai, midfield, #20
Alex McGovern, M, #41 Kieran Burke, goalie, #29
Aidan O'Brien, M, #48 Zach Powers, defense, #40
Ryan O'Connor, M, #49

UNC and Calvert Hall and Kelly family

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Brothers:
Frank Kelly, III (Cornell 1985)
David Kelly (UNC 1989): won championship at UNC in 1986
Bryan Kelly (UNC 1991): coaches the Calvert Hall lacrosse team in Baltimore, Maryland

Dads and sons:
Frank Kelly, III (Cornell 1985): Frankie Kelly (UNC 2014) and Stephen Kelly (UNC 2017)
David Kelly (UNC 1989): Patrick Kelly (UNC 2016) and Timmy Kelly (UNC 2020)
Bryan Kelly (UNC 1991): Jacob Kelly (UNC 2023)

Brothers:
Patrick Kelly (UNC 2016) and Timmy Kelly (UNC 2020)
Frankie Kelly (UNC 2014) and Stephen Kelly (UNC 2017)

An uncle of Patrick and Timmy Kelly on their mother's side (Ken Miller) played football at UNC.

David Kelly (UNC 1989) and Bryan Kelly (UNC 1991) played on the UNC lacrosse team with current head coach Joe Breschi.

UNC High School matrix

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Hill (Canada) Governor's (MA) Salisbury (CT) Calvert (MD) Deerfield (MA) St. Anthony's (NY) Gilman (MD) Niskayuna (NY)
Tutton
Cloutier
Carper
Gilman
Jozokos
Macri
Chaffee
Simpson
Kelly
Kelly
Kelly
Connell
Bitter
Walsh
Burke Halpert
Hutchins
Matthews
McBride
Goldstock
O'Brien


UNC depth chart

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Attackmen

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Probable starters Note
Jimmy Bitter (#4), Sr., 5'9, 175 Returning three-year starter; captain
Joey Sankey (#11), Sr., 5'5, 160 Returning three-year starter; captain
Luke Goldstock (#1), So., 6'2, 191 New starter; played primarily on man-up unit in 2014; Coach Breschi said he "stepped up" for UNC in Fall 2014 practices
Returning players competing for time at attack Note
Walker Chaffee, Sr., 6'5, 230 Coach Breschi said Chaffee would compete for a spot at attack; played on man-up unit in 2014
Patrick Kelly, Jr., 5'11, 180 Played attack in high school; on 2nd midfield line in 2014
Steve Pontrello, Jr., 5'8, 195 Started his freshman year at attack; played mostly at midfield in his sophomore year
New players competing for time at attack Note
Brian Cannon, Fr., 5'8, 165 Inside Lacrosse #76 on 2014 Power Freshman[4]
Chris Cloutier, Fr., 5'11, 215 From The Hill Academy in Canada; active player of box lacrosse[5]; #3 PG recruit[6]; played midfield in UNC's first scrimmage
Patrick McCormick, Fr., 5'10, 185 Inside Lacrosse #37 on 2014 Power Freshman
Jordan Prysko, Fr., 5'10, 175 UNC's top-ranked US high school attack recruit (#27); from Canada
Luke Walsh, So., 6'0, 195 Transfer from Denison; spent 2013 in PG year at Deerfield; his mom went to UNC
Year Player Goals/game Assists/game GB/game Turnovers/game
2012 Bitter, Fr. 1.6 0.8 1.2 1.4
2013 Bitter, So. 1.9 1.2 1.9 1.3
2014 Bitter, Jr. 2.1 0.5 2.2 1.1
2015 Bitter, Sr. (updated 4/14/15) 2.4 2.6 3.2 1.2
Year Player Goals/game Assists/game GB/game Turnovers/game
2012 Sankey, Fr. 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.2
2013 Sankey, So. 2.1 1.2 2.5 1.6
2014 Sankey, Jr. 2.2 1.6 2.1 2.3
2015 Sankey, Sr. 2.0 2.4 2.9 1.8

Midfield

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1st midfield (started last game) Note
Patrick Kelly (#2), Jr., 5'10, 175 Played attack in high school
Chad Tutton (#12), Sr., 6'0, 200 From Courtice, Canada; 83 miles from where Shane Simpson grew up
Peyton Klawinski, So., 5'9, 200 Played 4 games in 2014
Other midfielders Note
Steve Pontrello (#29), Jr., 5'8, 190 2012 U-19 USA team, did not play first two games in 2015
Duncan Hutchins, 5/5, 6'0, 185 On 1st midfield in 2011 and 2012; back surgery in 2013; played in 7/15 games in 2014
Shane Simpson (#22), So., 6'2, 170 From Hamilton, Canada; won Minto Cup with Six Nationals Arrows in summer 2014; DNP in 1st game; did-not-start in 2nd game
Other midfielders that played in last game Other midfielders on '14 roster New midfielders
Brent Armstrong (#47), Jr. (2012 U-19 USA team) Brett Bedard (#35), So. William McBride (top-ranked midfield recruit)
Joe Costigan (#5), Jr. Timmy Gehlbach (from FL)
Drew Hays (#44), Sr. Riley Graham (from TX)
Tate Jozokos (#28), So. Mike D'Alessandro (second-ranked midfield recruit)
Peyton Klawinski (#42), So.

Face-off

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Took a face-off in 2014 Won-loss (%) Ground balls per game Note
Stephen Kelly (#24), So. 74-121 (61.2%) 5.9 Had 13 ground balls against Princeton and 15 face-off victories; injured wrist in eighth game of season
Riley Graham, Fr., 5'11, 150 n/a Listed as backup in first game note
Brett Armstrong (#47), Jr. 9-29 (31.0%) 0.3
Ryan Kilpatrick (#15), Sr. 0-6 (0.0%) 1.5 LSM

Face-off wings

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Name
Tate Jozokos
Evan Connell
Ryan Kilpatrick

Long-stick midfielder rotation

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Name Note
Ryan Kilpatrick (#15), Sr., 6'0, 190 Team Captain
Evan Connell, Jr. Played in 10/15 games in 2014; missed three games in a row after seventh game with undisclosed leg injury after appearing in all previous games at LSM; in 2013 started 14 of 17 games at close defense; 2014 pre-season honorable mention All-American; switched to LSM in 2014; team leader in ground balls after two games in 2014;
Jack Lambert, 2/5, 6'1, 190 On depth chart in first game note

Defense

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Probable starters Note
Jake Bailey (#40, 6'6, 230), Sr. Team Captain
Austin Pifani (#17, 6'2, 220), So., Four-year varsity starter in high school; Second Team pre-season All American[7]
Zach Powers, Jr., 6'1, 180 Listed as starter in first game note; 3rd starter in previous scrimmage was Macri
Year Player GS/GP/TG GB/game CT/game Pen-Min
2012 Bailey, Fr. 0/8/17 0.4 0.3 1-1.0
2013 Bailey, So. 6/12/17 1.0 1.0 5-4.5
2014 Bailey, Jr. 15/15/15 1.9 0.3 4-2.5
2015 Bailey, Sr. 6/6/7 3.0 0.83 1-1.0
Year Player GS/GP/TG GB/game CT/game Pen/game
2014 Pifani, Fr. 15/15/15 2.1 0.7 3-2.0
2015 Pifani, So. 5/5/5 3.5 2.0 7-6.0
Year Player GS/GP/TG GB/game CT/game Pen-Min
2013 Connell, Fr. 14/17/17 1.5 0.9 9-8.5
2014 Connell, So. 0/10/15 2.0 0.5 4-3.5
2015 Connell, Jr. 1/5/5 3.0 0.3 2-1.5
Other defensemen Note
Ryan Macri (redshirted in '14, 6'0, 220) Third starter in UNC's first scrimmage; played on same football team in high school with UNC lacrosse teammates Jozokos (M), Carper (D) and Gilman (GK); his younger brother Cam will join UNC's lacrosse team in 2016; started in one of UNC's last scrimmages
Evan Connell, Jr., 5'11, 190 Starter on close D his freshman year
Matt Shannon, 4/5, 6'4, 227
Mark Rizzo (redshirted in '14, 6'1, 190)
Jack Lambert (redshirted in '14, 6'1, 190) Listed at LSM in first game note
Joe Kenna, Fr., 6'3, 240 UNC's top recruit in '14
Bug Carper, Fr., 6'0, 205
Kyle Mathie, Fr., 6'2, 190

Goalkeeper

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Starter Backups
Kiernan Burke, Jr. Duncan Saunders, So.
Bradley Dunn, Sr.
Brian Balkman, 2/5 (redshirted in 2014)
Eddie Gilman, Fr.

UNC goalkeeper statistics versus prior season

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Statistic 2013 season 2014 season
Saves/game 12.1 9.9
Shots on goal/game 22.0 17.1
Save % 54.8% 57.7%

2015 injuries and missed games

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Name Note
Jake Bailey, 4/4, D Missed third game with flu
Steven Pontrello, 3/4, M Did not dress for first three games ("lower body injury")
Shane Simpson, 2/4, M DNP in first and third game ("lower body injury")
Keran Burke, 3/4, G DNP in first two games (wisdom teeth removal)

2014 Injuries and missed games

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Name Note
Evan Connell (#99), So., 6'0, 185, LSM Missed Harvard, Maryland and Johns Hopkins games with undisclosed leg injury after appearing in all previous games at LSM. In 2013 started 14 of 17 games at close defense, 2014 pre-season honorable mention All-American,[8] switched to LSM in 2014, team leader in ground balls after two games.
Michael Tagliaferri (#21), RFr., 6'0, 205, M Did-not-play in Maryland or Johns Hopkins game after playing in all eight previous games
Stephen Kelly (#24), Fr., Face-Offs Had surgery on a broken wrist on 3/24/14; out for season[9]
Jack Lambert (#34), Fr., Defense Will take a redshirt medical season after tearing ACL in 2nd game of season[10]

NCAA automatic qualifiers and rankings

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America East (Albany, Hartford, Stony Brook, Vermont) = Albany
ACC = Syracuse
Big East (Villanova, Denver, Georgetown, Marquette) = Denver
Big 10 (Maryland, Ohio State, Penn State, Johns Hopkins)= Johns Hopkins
Colonial (CAA: Fairfield, Umass, Towson, Drexel) = Towson
Ivy (Princeton, Cornell, Yale, Brown)= Yale
MAAC (Quinnipiac, Detroit, Marist, Monmouth) = Marist
Northeast (Saint Joseph's, Hobart, Bryant, Mount St. Mary's) = Bryant
Patriot (Colgate, Bucknell, Army, Navy) = Colgate
Southern (SoCon: Richmond, Furman, Mercer, High Point) = High Point

18 teams make the tournament, with two play-in games for lowest seeded automatic qualifiers
Qualify based on ranking (eight teams outside of AQs):
Notre Dame
UNC
Duke
UVA
Brown
Cornell
Maryland
Ohio State

ND versus UNC

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UNC O versus ND D

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UNC O ND D
Tutton (Canada; Hill; Sr.) Sexton (LSM; New England; Fr.)
Simpson (Canada; Salisbury; So.) Near (Bronxeville, NY; Sr.)
Pontrello (NJ; Jr.)
Bitter (LI; Deerfield; Sr.) Landis (Pelham, Jr.)
Sankey (PA; Sr.) Epple (MD; Calvert; So.)
Goldstock (Albany, NY area; So.) Glazener (CA; Jr.)

ND O versus UNC D

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ND O UNC D
Kavanagh (Chaminade; Hotchkiss PG; Jr.) Pifani (PA; Abington; So.)
Doyle (Gilman; Sr.) Connell (Calvert; Jr.)
Wynne (St. Paul's (Baltimore); Fr.) Bailey (central NY; Sr.)
Perkovic (MI, So.) Kilpatrick (PA, Sr.)
Ossello (CO, Sr.) Jozokos (NE; Governor's; So.)
Corrigan (IN, Sr.) Matthai (Gilman, Jr.)

Overlapping schools/areas

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Calvert Hall Gilman St. Anthony's
ND Epple, Close D, So. Doyle, A, Sr.
Ruhl, A, Fr.
Gilmartin, M, Sr.
Koshansky, M, So.
UNC Connell, Close D, Jr.
P. Kelly, M, Jr.
S. Kelly, FO, So.
Hutchins, M, RSr.
Matthai, SSDM, Jr.
McBride, M, Fr.
Burke, G, Jr.

Regional matrix (% of roster)

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Duke UNC Denver Syracuse ND
CO 0 0 17 0 1
Canada 0 9 15 7 1
MD and VA 10 21 10 3 12
NJ 10 3 11 5 9
CA 4 2 11 0 4
Long Island NY 21 14 9 12 6
New England 17 11 4 5 5
Central NY 0 7 0 37 0
Upstate NY 2 7 0 5 2
PA 14 7 0 2 4
OH 0 5 4 3 0
CT 4 5 0 3 1
FL 4 2 2 5 0
TX 4 2 0 2 0
MN 2 2 4 2 0

Best of 2015 (as of 3/13/15)

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Name Team Position Note
Connor Cannizzaro, So. Denver A Leading team in goals and assists in first year on team after transferring from Maryland
Matt Kavanagh, Jr. Notre Dame A Leading team in points; pre-season 1st team All American[11]
Lyle Thompson, Sr. Albany A Leading team in points; pre-season 1st team All American[12]
Ben Williams, So. Syracuse FO 1st in FO win % in D1; 3rd in GBs per game in D1
Myles Jones, Jr. Duke M
Sergio Perkovic, So. Notre Dame M
Jesse King, Sr. Ohio State M
Will Haus Duke SSDM
Michael Pellegrino, Sr. Johns Hopkins LSM 1st LSM selected in 2015 MLL draft; pre-season 1st team All American[13]
Christian Burgdorf, So., 6'4, 205 Denver D Tierney says he is in the top five of all the first-team All Americans he has coached and has chance to be "one of the best ever"[14]; Inside Lacrosse 1st team preseason All-American for 2015; Denver's primary stopper as a freshman
Brandon Mullins, Jr. Syracuse D Inside Lacrosse 1st team preseason All-American for 2015; 2nd team All-American 2014
Jordan Stevens, Sr., 6'1, 195 Cornell D 1st close-D selected in 2015 MLL draft

Top Close-D in 2015

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Name Team Note
Brandon Mullins, Jr. Syracuse Inside Lacrosse 1st team preseason All-American for 2015; 2nd team All-American in 2014; turned down football scholarship offers from Texas, Notre Dame, TCU and Oklahoma; defensive player of year in football his senior year in his conference at linebacker
Christian Burgdorf, So., 6'4, 205 Denver Tierney says he is in the top five of all the first-team All Americans he has coached and has chance to be "one of the best ever"[15]; Inside Lacrosse 1st team preseason All-American for 2015; Denver's primary stopper as a freshman
Jordan Stevens, Sr., 6'1, 195 Cornell 1st close-D selected in 2015 MLL draft
Matt Landis, Jr., 6'2, 195 Notre Dame Won ACC Defensive Player of the Week on 3/17/15; ESPN announcer Carcaterra gushed about Landis being a given 1st team All American during the Notre Dame game against Ohio State on 3/21/15
Carson Cannon, Sr., 6'4, 200 Denver 30th pick in 2015 MLL draft (3rd close-D selected); started 16/19 games in 2014 (13 GBs and 9 CTs); started 18/19 games in 2013 (17 GBs and 3 CTs); started 16/16 games in 2012 (14 GBs and 8 CTs)

LSM in 2015

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Name Team Note
Peter Macartney, 5/5, 6'1, 186 Syracuse Played part in shutting down Duke's Myles Jones in game on 3/22/15; played in all of Syracuse's games in previous two seasons [in '14 had 41 GBs (2.6/game) and 9 CTs]; so far in 2015 averaged 3.3 GBs/game
Mike Riis (#23), Sr., 6'0, 185 Denver Played in all 19 games in 2014 with 31 GBs and 10 CTs; played in every game for Denver in previous three seasons
Ryan Kilpatrick (#15), Sr., 6'0, 190 UNC Team Captain, HM All-American
Michael Howard, 3/5, 6'5, 220 UVA Singled out by head coach in October 2014 as having a "chance to be special"; played in 3/16 games in 2014
Peter Welch, Fr., 6'1, 170 Duke 1st-ranked LSM in 2015 recruiting class
John Sexton, Fr., 5'10, 185 Notre Dame 3rd-ranked LSM in 2015 recruiting class

2014 National Team players on college teams in 2015

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USA Canada Iroquois Nationals
Wes Berg, A, Sr., Denver Brendan Bomberry, M, Fr., Denver
Brendan Donville, G, Jr., Cornell Zach Miller, M/A, So., Denver
Jesse King, M, Sr., Ohio State Randy Staats, A, Sr., Syracuse
Warren Hill, G, Jr., Syracuse
Lyle Thompson, A, Sr., Albany
Adam Bomberry, M, Fr., OCC

2014 Minto Cup players on rosters

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Coquitlam Adanacs Six Nations Arrows
Wes Berg, A, Sr., Denver Brendan Bomberry, M, Fr., Denver
Tyler Pace, A, So., Denver Shane Simpson, M, So., UNC

Notre Dame

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Game-by-game participation

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GT M D DU UVA OSU SU Duke M UNC Duke Army Towson
ATTACK
Doyle, Sr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Kavanagh, Jr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wynne, Fr. S
(6 goals)
S S S S S S S S S S S S
MIDFIELD
Corrigan, Sr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Ossello, Sr. S S S S (dnp) S S S S S S S S
Perkovic, So. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Pridemore, So. S
DEFENSE
Epple, So. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Glazener, Jr. S
(1st close D start)
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Landis, Jr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
GOALIE
Kelly S
Doss X S S S S S S S S S S S S
GT M D DU UVA OSU SU Duke M UNC Duke
FACE-OFF
Ossello 3/14 10/19 8/12 6/17 3/7 4/12
Finley 10/13 6/8 7/9 1/6 7/16 1/6 7/14 16/29 12/19 15/31
Landis 0/1
Travisano 0/1 1/2 4/6 4/8 0/1 4/5 0/2

New to roster

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From High School top 100[16] From PG top 25[17] Transfers Others
Mikey Wynne, A, MD, 4 John Travisano, Jr., FO, MD
Brendan Collins, M, MD, 24 (some reports he enrolled in spring instead of fall) Austin Gaiss, M, MA (Corrigan said Gaiss was hurt and will not practice this spring)
Alex Hurdle, D, MD, 30 William Young, D, NY
Owen Molloy, G, NJ, 38 Patrick Hadley, M, NH, 6'3, 215
John Sexton, LSM, MA, 40 (his sister plays on the ND womens lax team) Kyle Borbi, M, NJ
Jordan Walter, M, NY, 51
Tyler Ruhl, A, MD, 64
Pierre Byrne, A, IN, 70

Notre Dame starters

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Starting attack

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Name Year________ Height Weight Note
Conor Doyle (#28) Sr. 5'11 161 Captain; 43rd selection in MLL draft
Matt Kavanagh (#50) Jr. 5'8 170
Mikey Wynne (#24) Fr. 6/0 175 Played alongside his older brothers his first two years of high school at Glenelg; moved to St. Paul's for his junior and senior seasons; his father played attack at Salisbury; his mother played field hockey at Salisbury; two brothers played at Florida Tech; one at Lynchburg; youngest brother will play at Mercer[18]

Other Attack

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Name Note
Eddy Lubowicki, Jr., 6'0, 180 Played in all 18 games in 2014; on man-up unit in 2014
Anthony Marini, So., 5'6, 160

Midfield

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First offensive midfield Note
Sergio Perkovic (#16), So., 6'4, 220 Started every game, leads midfielders in scoring, takes 5.4 shots a game, on varsity lacrosse for four years in high school and won four state titles, Michigan lacrosse player of the year as a junior and senior[19]
Trevor Brosco, Jr., 5'9, 185 In face off rotation in 2013; won 23/47 (48.9%) in 2013; no face offs in 2014, but started in 16/18 games in 2014
Jim Marlatt, 5/5, 6'1, 180 Graduate student, captain in 2014 and 2015
Defensive midfield rotation Note
Jack Near, Sr 7th selection in 2015 MLL draft; 2015 preseason HM All American; captain in 2015

Long-Stick Midfield

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Name Note
Henry Williams, Sr., 6'1, 179 Played in all 18 games in 2014
John Sexton, Fr., 5'10, 185 His sister plays on the ND womens lax team

Defense

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Starters_________________ Year________ Height Weight Note
Garrett Epple So. 6'1 205 Preseason HM All-American in 2015; Started in 2014 championship game against Duke; started in 7/18 games in 2014
Edwin Glazener Jr. 6'4 215 Played in 16/18 games in 2014
Matt Landis (#43) Jr. 6'2 195 Returning close D starter; long-stick midfielder in 2013; Preseason 3rd team All-American in 2015
Other defenders Note
Ryan Smith, Sr., 6'1, 185 Played in 8 games in 2014; listed on roster as LSM/Defense
Jack Sheridan, Jr., 5'11, 190 Played in 3 games in 2014
Chris Carter, So., 6'4, 205 Played in 2 games in 2014
Thomas Stephan, Jr., 6'0, 175 Played in 2 games in 2014
Pat Healy, So., 6'2, 200 Played in 2 games in 2014
William Young, Fr., 6'1, 175 From Andover
Alex Hurdle, Fr., 5'11, 195 ND's top-ranked D recruit

Face Off

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Primary_________________ Year________ Height Weight Note
Nick Ossello (#20) Sr. 6'1 185 In face off rotation in first scrimmage; won 39/88 face offs in 2014 (44.3%) backing up Liam O'Connor; last selection (60th) in 2015 MLL draft
P.J. Finley So. 5'11 185 In face off rotation in first scrimmage
John Travisano, Jr. Fr. 5'11 185 In face off rotation in first scrimmage

Face Off Wings

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Name Note
tbd Coach Corrigan said wing guys have to work well the faceoff guys

Goalkeeper

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Primary_________________ Year________ Height Weight

Denver

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  • Will actively rotate first offensive set between attack and midfield
  • Berg said Denver has close to 70-80 plays, if include man-up[20]
  • There will be main sets, but Denver will change the sets for specific teams
  • Tierney says Canadian kids on his roster come back from the summer banged up after competing for annual Minto Cup
  • Brown in a Feb. 2015 article: "If a team doesn't want to slide and is slow to go, then you probably want to play in the middle of the field. You have a better angle to turn the corner and get your hands free. It might be more of a dodge-to-score day than a ball-movement and assisted goal day."[21]

Game-by-game participation

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Duke AF F UNC ND OSU L PSU GT V SJU P M V GT Brown
FIRST OFFENSE
Adamson, Sr., #34 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Berg, Sr., #14 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Bobzien, Jr., #11 S S S S S S S S S S S S S
C. Cannizzaro, So., #40 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S. Cannizzaro, Sr. S S S
Miller, So., #33 S X S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Pace, So., #3 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
DEFENSE
Burgdorf, Jr., #15 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Cannon, Sr., #26 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Karole, Jr., #52 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Nolan S S
GOALIE
LaPlante, Sr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Duke AF F UNC ND OSU L PSU GT V SJU P
FACE-OFF
Baptiste 25/34 17/21 11/18 11/22 16/23 19/28 12/17 14/22 25/26 15/21 15/23 22/24

New to roster

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From High School top 100[22] From PG top 25[23] Transfers Others
Jeremy Bosher, M/A, B.C., 20, 6'2, 220 Matt Jones, D, CT, 8 Connor Cannizzaro, A, So. (from Maryland) Brendan Bomberry (Ranked 4th in a list on upcoming junior Canada lacrosse players in 2013[24]; graduate of The Hill Academy; member of the 2014 Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team with Zach Miller)
Joe Reid, M, CA, 23 Connor Donahue, A, MA (four-year varsity starting attackman)
Colton McCaffrey, A, CO, 55 Todd Fedyck, M, Ontario (went to Woodberry Forest)
Trey McGee, A, MD, 61 Grant Gravitt, A, NV
Trevor Baptiste, FO, NJ, 78, 5'10, 215 Matt Billings, LSM, DC
Ross Komenda, A, WA (four-year varsity starter)
Nick Phillips, M, CO
Sean Mayle, M, CA

Denver players on 2015 team on Top 50 recruit list

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Freshmen[25] Sophomores[26] Juniors[27] Seniors[28]
Jeremy Bosher, M/A, B.C., 20 Connor Cannizzaro, A, 8
Joe Reid, M, CA, 23 Zach Miller, M, 10


First attack unit (attack and midfield; will rotate)

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Name Note
Erik Adamson, Sr. 14th pick in 2015 MLL draft
Wesley Berg, Sr. 16th pick in 2015 MLL draft; was on the Canada men's national lacrosse team in 2014; started in attack in win over US in championship game; was also on the 2012 U-19 Canada team; said he may rotate between midfield and attack
Jack Bobzien, Jr. Transferred from Hartford after 2013 season
Connor Cannizzaro, So. Transferred from Maryland after the 2014 season; ACC rookie of the year in 2014
Zach Miller, So.
Tyler Pace, So. Started 17/19 games in 2014; played attack his senior year in high school; 6th on team in points in 2014

Defensive Midfield Rotation

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Name Note
Christian Thomas, Jr., 6'0, 195, #43 Guarded Duke's Myles Jones on some plays in early season game

Face-off

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Player Note
Chris Hampton, Jr., 5'10, 180 52% win rate in 2014 (162/309); played in 18/19 games
Trevor Baptiste, Fr., 5'10, 215 Won 80% of his FOs in senior year in high school

Appeared on face-off wings

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Player Note
Mike Riis, Sr., 6'0, 185, #23

Long-stick midfielder rotation

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Name Note
Mike Riis, Sr., 6'0, 185 Listed as LSM; played in all 19 games with 31 GBs and 10 CTs; played in every game in three years
Jake Nolan, So, 6'6, 225 Played in all 19 games in 2014 with 21 GBs and 6 CTs

Defense

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Potential starters Note
Christian Burgdorf, So., 6'4, 205 Started 18/19 games in 2014; 28 GBs and 13 CTs
Carson Cannon, Sr., 6'4, 200 30th pick in 2015 MLL draft; started 16/19 games in 2014 (13 GBs and 9 CTs); started 18/19 games in 2013 (17 GBs and 3 CTs); started 16/16 games in 2012 (14 GBs and 8 CTs)
Pat Karole, Jr. Played in all 17 games in '14 with 5 GBs and 8 CTs
Other defenders Note
Colin Siracuse, So. Played in 11/19 games with 1 start; 2 GBs
Scott McGowan, So. Listed as LSM; played in 7 games in 2014 with 4 GBs
Brian Wegner, So. Listed as LSM; played in 5 games in 2014 with 0 GBs
Matt Jones, Fr., 6'4, 200 Did PG year at Salisbury after starting four years on lax team in Denver
Matt Billings, Fr. Listed as LSM

Goalkeeper

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Starter Backups
Ryan LaPlante



Pre-season All-Americans[29]

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Denver_____________ 2015 Pre-season All-American team Position___________ Note____________________
Wesley Berg 1st team A
Erik Adamson 1st team M
Christian Burgdorf 1st team D Only sophomore on pre-season All-American team
Zach Miller 2nd team M
Jack Bobzien 3rd team A
Carson Cannon HM D
Ryan LaPlante HM G
Duke_____________ 2015 Pre-season All-American team Position___________ Note____________________
Myles Jones 1st team M 2nd team All-American in 2014
Deemer Class 1st team M 1st team All-American in 2014
Will Haus 3rd team M HM All-American in 2014; HM All-American in 2013
Kyle Rowe HM FO
Maryland_________ 2015 Pre-season All-American team Position___________ Note____________________
Goran Murray 1st team D 1st team All-American in 2014; 3rd team All-American in 2013; HM All-American in 2012
Joe LaCascio 3rd team M
Charlie Raffa 3rd team FO
Casey Ikeda 3rd team D
North Carolina___ 2015 Pre-season All-American team Position___________ Note____________________
Chad Tutton 2nd team M
Joey Sankey 2nd team A
Austin Pifani 2nd team D
Jimmy Bitter HM A
Ryan Kilpatrick HM LSM
Kieran Burke HM G
Notre Dame_______ 2015 Pre-season All-American team Position___________ Note____________________
Matt Kavanagh 1st team A
Sergio Perkovic 2nd team M
Matt Landis 3rd team D
Jack Near HM M
Garrett Epple HM D
Syracuse_________ 2015 Pre-season All-American team Position___________ Note____________________
Kevin Rice 1st team A
Brandon Mullins 1st team D
Randy Staats 2nd team A
Sean Young 3rd team D
Henry Schoonmaker HM M
UVA______________ 2015 Pre-season All-American team Position___________ Note____________________
Tanner Scales 1st team D Injured achilles tendon on 1/31/15 and will miss season
James Pannell 3rd team A
Ryan Tucker 3rd team M

High School matrix

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The Hill Academy (Canada) Delbarton (NJ) Governor's Academy (MA) Salisbury Boys Latin, Md. Calvert Hall, Md. Chaminade, NY Deerfield Academy, MA St. Anthony's, NY
Denver Bomberry, M, Fr
Bridle, A, So
Miller, A, So
Matt Jones, D, Fr.
Duke Schaffer, M, Jr.
Welch, LSM, Fr.
Justin Guterding, A, Fr. Christian Walsh, M, Sr ('09) Brian Dunne, D, Fr.
Brendan Fowler, M, Sr.
Danny Fowler, G, Fr.
Greg Rhodes, M, So.
Thomas Zenker, M, Fr.
Luke Aaron, G, Jr.
Teddy Henderson, M, So.
North Carolina Tutton, M, Sr
Cloutier, A, Fr
Bug Carper, D, Fr.
Eddie Gilman, GK, Fr.
Tate Jozokos, M, So.
Ryan Macri, D, 2/5
Walker Chaffee, A, Sr.
Shane Simpson, M, So.
Pat Foster, A, Sr.
R.G. Keenan, M, Sr.
Patrick Kelly, M, Jr.
Stephen Kelly, M, So.
Evan Connell, D, Jr.
Jimmy Bitter, A, Sr. (on varsity lax three years)
Luke Walsh, A, So. (PG)
Kieran Burke, G, So.
Notre Dame Riccardi, M, Jr. Matt Kavanagh, A, So. Bobby Gray, Jr. (PG)
Patrick Hadley, Fr.
Liam Kennedy, So. (PG)
Syracuse Hill, GK, Jr
Young, D, Sr
Virginia Ryan Lukacovic, A, Fr. Joe French, A, Fr. (PG'13)
Alec Webster, D, Fr. (two years)
Greg Danseglio, D, Jr.

Regional matrix (% of roster)

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Duke UNC Denver Syracuse ND
CO 0 0 17 0 1
Canada 0 9 15 7 1
MD and VA 10 21 10 3 12
NJ 10 7 11 5 9
CA 4 2 11 0 4
Long Island NY 21 14 9 12 6
New England 17 11 4 5 5
Central NY 0 7 0 37 0
Upstate NY 2 7 0 5 2
PA 14 7 0 2 4
OH 0 5 4 3 0
CT 4 5 0 3 1
FL 4 2 2 5 0
TX 4 2 0 2 0
MN 2 2 4 2 0

Duke

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Duke's coaching staff places a priority on ground ball statistics in their post-game reviews.[30] In comparison, Johns Hopkins has found that the four most important post-game statistical considerations are shooting percentage, your opponent’s shooting percentage, your save percentage and your opponent’s save percentage.[31]

Game-by-game participation

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HP AF D M H P L GT SU UNC ND UVA SB M ND S
ATTACK
Bruckner, So. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
George, Sr. S
Guterding, Fr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Matheis, Jr. S S S S S S S S S S
Russell, Fr. S S
MIDFIELD
Class, Jr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Cohan, Jr. S S S S S S S S S S
Keenan, Sr. S S S S S
Jones, Jr. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Scott S S
DEFENSE
Dailey, Sr. S
Dunne, So. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Pelton, Fr. S S S S S S S S S
Powley, So. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Yanulis S S S S S S S S S
GOALIE
Aaron S S S S S S S S S
Fowler S S S S S S S
FACE-OFF
K. Rowe 8/28 2/4 24/35, 17 GBs 18/20, 13 GBs 13/25, 7 GBs 18/26, 13 GBs 12/26, 11 GBs 10/28, 7 GBs 11/23, 8 GBs 12/23, 7 GBs 18/20, 7 GBs 3/9, 1 GB 14/19, 9 GB 19/30, 14 GB

New to roster

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From High School top 100[32] From PG top 25 Transfers Others
Greg Pelton, D, PA, #3 (1st D-man; committed to Duke before his sophomore year) Justin Guterding, A, CT, #1; committed to Duke before his Junior year Pat Resch, SSDM, PA (joined Duke as graduate student after playing three full seasons at Dartmouth) Jack Harrington, D, CT (committed to Duke in sophomore year; on varsity lacrosse as freshman)
Jake Seau, M, CA, #10 (son of NFL LB Junior Seau) Kyle Rowe, FO, Stony Brook (older brother Jack on team; will practice/compete against each other for FO spot) Thomas Palisi, FO, NJ (won 84% of his face offs his senior year)
Peter Welch, LSM, NJ, #11 Greg Shea, M, WA
James Riley, D, MN, #39
Mitch Russell, A, SC, #41
Matthew Giampetroni, M, MI, #46
David Gill, M, NJ, #62

Duke players on 2015 team on Top 50 recruit list

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Freshmen[33] Sophomores[34] Juniors[35] Seniors[36]
Greg Pelton, D, 3 Jack Bruckner, M, 6 Case Matheis, A, 1 Kyle Keenan, A, 19
Jake Seau, M, 10 Tom Zenker, M, 26 Deemer Class, M, 10 Brian Dailey, D, 20
Peter Welch, LSM, 11 Danny Fowler, G, 28 Jamie Ikeda, D, 19 Kyle Turri, G, 29
Mitch Russel, A, 41 Ethan Powley, LSM, 47 Luke Aaron, G, 29 Will Haus, M, 43
Matt Giampetroni, M, 46 Brian Dunne, D, 48

Duke starters

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Attackmen

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Starters last game Note
Justin Guterding, Fr. PG year at Salisbury in 2014, #1 ranked PG recruit, four goals in first scrimmage
Chad Cohan (#4), Jr., Started in two games in 2014 and was on 2nd midfield line (listed on roster at A)
Jack Bruckner, So., 6'1, 197 Started first four games in 2014 and played in 19/20 games at midfield; #6 national recruit in 2013
Other attack Note
Case Matheis (#9), Jr., 5'8, 160: Played in first two games of 2014, but did not start; started 19/20 games in 2014; 16/21 games in 2013; top-ranked nat'l recruit in 2012
Kyle Keenan, Sr., Duke announced indefinitely suspended to start 2015 season; started at attack in last two games of 2014 (on roster as A; on 2nd mid line for most of '14)
Ben Sharf, Jr. Played in 4 games in 2014
Alex Prezioso, Jr. played in 1 game in 2014
Seamus Connelly, Jr. played in 8 games in 2014
Alex Prezioso, Jr. played in 1 game in 2014
Mitch Russell, Fr.

Midfield

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First offensive midfield (projected) Note
Deemer Class, Jr., 5'11, 190 Started all 20 games in 2014; played in all 21 games in 2013 on 2nd line; scored 10 points against Syracuse in March 2014
Myles Jones, Jr., 6'4, 240: Started 16/20 games in 2014; started 5 games in 2013; only two players in the ACC are heavier than Myles Jones: So. Matt Lane (attack, 244 lbs ) at Syracuse and redshirt So. Tyler Avallone (goalie, 272 lbs) at Syracuse, completed post graduate year at Salisbury School in 2012 after four years at Walt Whitman in Long Island
Tom Zenker, So., 6'3, 205 Duke's 2nd-ranked recruit after Bruckner in 2013
Defensive midfield rotation Note
Will Haus, Sr. (CAPTAIN), 6'1, 183 #3 selection in 2015 MLL draft; played in every game in the last three years at defensive midfield; Danowski said Haus is the cornerstone of what Duke does defensively
Greg Rhodes, Jr., 6'0, 200
Jake Seau, Fr., 6'3, 195
David Gill, Fr., 5'10, 175 Some blog said he would be in SSDM rotation
Other midfielders Note
Tom Zenker, So., 6'3, 205
Justin George, Sr., 6'1, 170 (CAPTAIN)
Year Player GP/TG Goals/game Assists/game GB/game TO/game CT/game Pen-Min
2012 Haus, Fr. 20/20 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.5 0.5 4-4.5
2013 Haus, So. 21/21 0.3 0.2 2.8 0.5 0.3 7-5.0
2014 Haus, Jr. 20/20 0.6 0.2 2.2 0.4 0.2 6-4.5
2015 Haus, Sr.

Long-Stick Midfield

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Competing for time Year________ Height Weight Note
Greg Pelton Fr. 6'1 170 #3 national recruit in 2014; 1st D-man recruit; committed to Duke before his sophomore year
Peter Welch Fr. 6'2 185 #11 national recruit in 2014

Defense

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Starters in last game Note
Ian Yanulis, So, 6'3, 200, #39 Played in 16/21 games and was "key" member of man-down unit
Ethan Powley, So., 6'2, 195, #44 Sometimes on roster as LSM; Played in 11 games in 2014; #47 recruit in 2013; marked Berg at some points during Denver game
Brian Dunne, So., 6'1, 200, #88 Started in 1 game in 2014 and played in 9/20; Duke's top-ranked D-recruit in 2013
Other defenders Note
Brian Dailey, Sr., 5'11, 170 Suspended indefinitely at start of 2015 season[37]; has played both long- and short-stick defensive midfield at Duke; played in 17/21 games in 2014; stepped in for Duprey at LSM in 2014
Chris Coady, Jr., 6'2, 225 Suspended indefinitely at start of 2015 season[38]; played in 11/20 games in 2014
Rowland Pettit, Jr., 6'3, 215 Played in 5/20 games in 2014
Calder Alfano, So., 5'10, 185 Missed '14 due to injury
James Riley, Fr., 6'3, 205 Duke's 2nd-ranked D-recruit in 2014
Jack Harrington, Fr., 6'3, 205 On his high school varsity lacrosse team as a freshman

Faceoff Rotation

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Name Note
Jack Rowe, Sr., 6'0, 190 (CAPTAIN) Played in five games in 2014 and won 11/25 faceoffs; won 6/8 versus his brother in game versus Stony Brook; Played in seven games in 2013 and won 8/19 faceoffs; played in two games in 2012 and won 4/5 faceoffs
Kyle Rowe, So., 6'0, 205 Transfer from Stony Brook; primary faceoff man his first year; won 248/397 (62.5%; 6th in DI) and had 10 GBs per game (3rd in DI)
Thomas Palisi, Fr., 5'8, 165 Won 81% of his faceoffs in high school

Faceoff Wings

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Name Note

Goalkeeper

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Primary_________________ Year________ Height Weight Note
Luke Aaron (#2) Jr. 6'1 190 Started five of first seven games in 2014, on Deerfield varsity lacrosse team for four years
Kyle Turri (#1) Sr. 6'3 170 Recovering from injury at start of 2015 season[39]; Played in five of first seven games in 2014

Albany

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Game-by-game participation

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Yale UMBC
ATTACK
Lyle Thompson (Sr.) S S
Seth Oakes (RSo.) S S
Connor Fields (Fr.) S S
MIDFIELD
John Maloney (Jr.) S S
Riley Lasda (Sr., LSM) S
Eric Cantor (Sr., LSM) S
Matt Garziano (Sr.) S
DEFENSE
Stone Sims (Fr.) S S
Mike Russell (RSr.) S S
James Burdette (So.) S S
GOALIE
Blaze Riorden (Jr.) S S

Syracuse

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Game-by-game participation

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S C A S J D ND UA UNC H UNC D C M
ATTACK
Barber, 3/4 S S S
Donahue, 4/5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Rice, 4/4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Staats, 2/2 S S S S S S S S S S S
MIDFIELD
Evans, So. S
Galasso, 5/5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Lecky, 5/5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Schoonmaker, 5/5 S S S S S S S S S dnp S S S S
DEFENSE
D'Agostino, 3/4 S S (played)
McDermott, 3/4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Mullins, 4/5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Young, 4/4 S S S S S S S (played) S S S S S S
GOALIE
Wardwell, 4/4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S C Army SJU JHU Duke ND UA UNC H UNC
FACE-OFF
Williams 17/20 9/22 21/25 13/19 16/27 14/22 18/29 24/27 21/35 8/9 14/21
  • Syracuse had one player transfer (Dylan Maltz, A, Fr., to Maryland) after the 2014 season

New to roster

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From High School top 100[40] From PG top 25[41] Transfers; Junior College Others
Austin Fusco, D/LSM, NY, 58 Ralph D'Agostino, D, Jr. (from Furman) Luke Schwasnick, M, NY
Bradley McKinney, M, NY, 60 Tim Barber, M, Jr. (from OCC; National JC Player of the Year in 2014) Gale Thorpe, A, NY (father a coach on Syracuse women's lacrosse team)
Warren Hill, G, Jr. (from OCC) Pat Carlin, FO, NY
Zach Vehar, FO, So. (from Qunnipiac, sister on women's lacrosse team) Max Parker, M/FO, FL
Ben Williams, FO, So. (from Holy Cross) Tyler Ford, M, NY
Marcus Cunningham, D, NJ
Nolan Callahan, G, FL
Laz Chavez, D, NY
Nate Farrell, M/FO, NY
Brennen Ferguson, A, NY
Conner Phillips, D, NJ

Syracuse starters

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Attackmen

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Projected starters Notes
Kevin Rice (#2, Sr., 5'8, 170); Pre-season first team All American
Dylan Donahue (#17, 4/5, 5'9, 178) Started all 16 games at attack in 2014; rotated as starter in 2013 with Billy Ward, son of assistant coach
Randy Staats (#45, Sr., 6'2, 185) Played 2012 and 2013 seasons at Onondaga Community College (OCC), set OCC record in points in 2013, played for Iroquois Nationals in 2012 U-19 tournament; played on Iroquois national team in 2014 tournament
Other potential attack Note
Tim Barber (Jr., 5'10, 192) Starter at attack for Staats (ineligibile for scrimmage?) in October 2014 scrimmage versus Syracuse alumni

Midfield

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1st line in 1st scrimmage Note
Hakeem Lecky (#8, 5/5, 5'10, 175) 2014 and 2015 team captain; started all 17 games at midfield in 2012; 2nd midfield in 2013; played two-way midfield in Oct. '14 scrimmage
Henry Schoonmaker (#77, 5/5, 6'1, 206) Pre-season Honorable Mention All-American
Nicky Galasso (#5, 5/5, 6'0, 200) Transferred to Syracuse after two years at UNC; took a medical redshirt in his first season at Syracuse after an injury in the preseason; third team All-American and ACC Freshman of the Year after his first year at UNC in 2011
Other midfielders Note
Tim Barber (Jr., 5'10, 192) 2014 NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year; starter at attack in Oct. '14 scrimmage for Staats (ineligible for scrimmage)
Nick Weston, So., 5'9, 168 listed on 2nd line in first depth chart
Jordan Evans (So., 5'9, 166) #1 recruit in Class of 2013; started on 1st line in Oct. '14 scrimmage; played both midfield and attack in preseason practices
Sergio Salcido, 3/5, 5'7, 159 listed on 2nd line in first depth chart
Hayes McGinley (2/5, 6'4, 199) Took a medical redshirt in 2014 after being injured in Fall 2013 practices; started on 1st line in Oct. '14 scrimmage
Defensive midfield rotation Note
Tom Grimm, 4/5 2015 captain

Long-Stick Midfield

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2014 returners Year________ Height Weight Note
Peter Macartney (#28) 5/5 6'1 186 Back-hand pass in Cornell game in transition
Scott Firman (#29) So. 6'0 (last year listed as 5'10) 195 (last year listed as 185) Switched time with Macartney against Duke's Myles Jones

Defense

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Starters in first scrimmage Notes
Brandon Mullins (#11, 4/5, 6'2, 212); Pre-season first team All American; started all 16 games in 2014; started two games in 2013 before injuring knee; started in 10/17 games his freshman year
Sean Young (#27, Sr., 6'2, 204) Won ACC Defensive Player of the Week after game against Cornell for guarding Dan Lintner and holding him scoreless; Lintner previously had a point in 16 straight games; career high 4 GBs and matched career high with 3 CTs; played at Hill Academy for Brodie Merrill; transferred to Syracuse after freshman year from Towson
Jay McDermott (#88), Jr., 6'2, 184 Started fifth game in 2014; started in game versus Syracuse alumni in October 2014
Other close defenders Note
Bobby Tait, 4/5 Rotated in for McDermott in 2H in first scrimmage
Ryan Palasek (#81), Jr., 6'1, 223
Ralph D'Agostino, Jr., 5'8, 191 Transferred to Furman after his Freshman year at Syracuse; back to Syracuse form Furman after his sophomore year

Face Off Rotation

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Name Year Note
Ben Williams (5'11, 192) So. Transfer from Holy Cross; won 53% of his face-offs his freshman year; won 11 of 16 FOs in scrimmage against Hofstra
Mike Iacono (#18, 6'5, 225) Sr. Played 2012 and 2013 at Nassau Community College; won 78% of his faceoffs in JC; won 32% (8-25) in six games at Syracuse in 2014
Cal Paduda (#41, 5'8, 180) 3/5 Redshirted in 2014 after playing at faceoff in 2013
Zach Vehar (5'11, 215) So. Transfer from Quinnipiac; won 54% of his face-offs his freshman year
Joe DeMarco (5'4, 184) So. Won all his face-offs in the Oct. '14 alumni game
Austin Wentworth (5'11, 186) Jr. Won 31% (5-16) in six games in 2014
Pat Carlin Fr.
Max Parker Fr.
Nate Farrell Fr.

Goalkeeper

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Name Year Note
Bobby Wardwell Sr. Split time in goal in 2014
Warren Hill Jr. Starting goalie for Onondaga Community College (OCC) in previous two seasons; starting goalie for Iroquois national lacrosse team in 2014

UNC vs Colgate notes (5/10/15)

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Face-off log

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# UNC FO and wings Result Note
1 24, 28, 15 UNC wing battle, eventual pickup by 28
2 24, 28, 15 UNC wing battle, eventual pickup by 28
3 21, 24, 77 Colgate bad 21 GB effort; out of bounds for second time
4 24, 28 UNC wing fight; eventual pickup by 24
5 24, 15, 28 Colgate wing fight; 15 pick-up then TO to Colgate
6 Colgate false start on UNC's 24
7 Colgate wing fight
8 22 out there for UNC? UNC push on C
9 UNC first clean pickup by FO 24
10 24, 15 C clean FO pick-up
11 28, 15, 77 UNC after wing fight
12 UNC 24 clean pick up after FO
13 UNC pick up and push
14 24, 77 UNC wing fight, pick up by 21
15 24 UNC 24 pick up
16 24, 15 C false start on UNC
17 24, 66, 28 Colgate
18 UNC great pop from 24 to 15

Offense possession

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# Matchups Result
1 20 on 11; 13 on 4; 23 on 1; LSM 3 on 22; first play an isolation to Pontrello good move and shot by Tutton; good save
2 20 on 11; 13 on 1; 23 on 4 bad shot by Klawinski, good UNC ride and C TO; post shot; first goal by Chafee (2nd line is Kelly, Chafee and Klawinski)
3 33 (SSDM) on 12; 20 on 11; easy shot by Goldstock
4 13 on 1 easy shot by 1 and score (UNC 2-0)
5 TO
6 2nd pipe shot of quarter; bad shot by 15; first penalty of game Pontrello man-up goal (UNC 3-1)
7 LSM 3 on 12; 8 on 0; iso for 22 to start 2nd Q; 13 on 1; good move from 1 on 13 for goal 1 goal; 4-4
8 good shot by 1 again; running O through Goldstock; had a SS on him Goldstock goal on 1on1 move; 5-4
9 Pontrello shot and score; C goalie not making saves in 2nd Q UNC 6-4
10 Bitter dodge on 23 and score UNC 7-4
11 Goldstock gets off his own shot again; then UNC TO
12 20 on 11 save by C goalie
13 bad man-up possession; TO on pass
14 good save by Burke; good GB by Mathai; good transition by 28; UNC goal 8-5 (great team goal @ 6:10 in 2Q)
15 FO pick up, then 77 alone in front of goal for goal @ 5:56 in 2Q
16 great passing; Bitter goal; UNC 10-5
17 great Pontrello goal to end half

Defense shift

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# Matchups Result
1 21 on 1; 17 on 22; 6 on 15; 15 on 10; 99 on 6; First shot a bad shot; good check by Pifani and C TO; bad GB pickup by 21; C TO
2 17 on 22 (Colgate's top A); 28 on 21 (does 28 rotate every possession?) TO by C
3 C TO
4 17 on 22; 66 in; bad D by 21 and 44 C 1-2
5 6 on 1; 40 on 6 good C pass and score; C 2-3
6 40 on 6; Tag poop game; bad D by 44 again good C pass and score; C 3-3
7 99 on 6; 28 on 15 good move by 10 past 99; C 4-3
8 28 on 15; C TO
8 28 on 15; C TO
9 good save by Burke
10 17 on 6; 40 on 22 easy feed inside again; C 5-7
11 15 on 15; shot off post; Pifani pick up
12 99 on 6 goal on easy shot to save; C 6-10

Notes

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At least three UNC shots hit posts in 1Q
Colgate scored on dump passes inside and on UNC's 44 twice
21 botched a couple GBs near sideline
Big narrative of next season is how Goldstock will do without Bitter and Sankey
Also, will Metz stay?
C scored every time 44 was on field
Why rotate so many people of face off? Kelly example for Cornell
goals with 2nd midfield versus 1st?
12 looked a little gimpy
TO everytime 21 was on field
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