Table of Contents Chestnut Hill................................................................................4 Dowling College.........................................................................5 LIU Post.........................................................................................6 NYIT..............................................................................................7
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CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE No. Name Yr 0 George Markey So. 1 Nicholas Capone Fr. 2 Andrew Hildebrand Fr. 3 Alec Dambach Fr. 4 Austin Mercado So. 5 Michael Florenzo Sr. 6 Thomas McDermott Fr. 7 Clay Arnold Fr. 9 Nicholas Johnson Jr. 10 Joseph Donnelly Sr. 11 Sean Johnsen Sr. 12 Jonathan Reynolds Sr. 13 Michael Landau Sr. 15 Matthew Stojakovich Sr. 16 Craig Steckel Jr. Fr. 17 Daniel DePasquale Fr. 18 Joseph Caramante Sr. 19 Michael Plaia So. 20 Justin Albarran Fr. 21 Mark Pascetta Fr. 22 Christopher Schaffer Sr. 24 Timothy Vilardi Fr. 25 Scott Parke Sr. 26 James DeCarlo Jr. 27 Michael Melnychenko Sr. 28 Gabriel Straub So. 31 Charles Stroble Jr. Sr. 32 Joseph Pozniak Fr. 34 John McCullough Fr. 37 Francisco Barone Jr. 40 Frank Berry III Jr. 41 Zachary Donnelly Sr. 42 Mark Winkelspecht Sr. 44 Christopher Mertens Jr. 45 Kyle Newman Fr. 55 Ryan Hildebrand Sr. 77 Derick Darnulc So. 93 Tanner Fisher So.
Pos Ht A 5-10 M 5-8 D/M 5-11 A 5-4 M 6-0 D 6-0 GK 5-7 A 5-11 M 6-3 GK 5-8 M 5-7 M 5-11 M 5-8 M 6-3 M 6-0 D 5-5 M 6-3 A 6-0 M 5-10 D 6-3 D 6-3 D 6-3 D 5-8 D 5-10 A 5-10 D 5-9 M 6-2 M/F 5-7 D 6-0 A 5-10 D 6-0 M 5-10 M 5-9 M 6-1 D 6-4 M 5-8 D 5-10 A/M 5-10
Wt 170 150 165 135 160 190 170 165 185 165 165 190 195 200 195 165 185 215 190 210 215 205 175 200 195 195 210 175 185 170 175 165 165 205 195 160 180 155
Hometown/Previous School Branchburg, N.J./Immaculata High Rochester, N.Y./Greece Arcadia Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham Howell, N.J./Howell Temecula, Calif./Great Oak Clarksville, Md./SUNY Binghamton Holmes, Pa./Ridley Jamesville, N.Y./Fayetteville Manlius Germantown, Md./St. John’s College HS Newtown Square, Pa./Rutgers-Camden Coach Brian Dougherty Toms River, N.J./Toms River East Chittenango, N.Y./Chittenango Central Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield Sicklerville, N.J./Winslow Township Secane, Pa./Ridley Livingston, N.J./Livingston East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow Hicksville N.Y./Holy Trinity Freehold, N.J./Freehold Township Milmont Park, Pa./Ridley Lititz, Pa./Warwick Derick Darnulc Little Silver, N.J./Red Bank Regional Springfield, Pa./Neumann College Conshohocken, Pa./Delaware CCC St. Catherines, Ontario Denis Morris Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron Berkley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston Floral Park, N.Y./St. Mary’s Cape May Court House, N.J./Middle Township Mission Viejo, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic Michael Melnychenko Newtown Square, Pa./Rutgers-Camden Laurys Station, Pa./Parkland Freeport, N.Y./Baldwin Plainsboro, N.J./ West Windsor-Plainsboro Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin Senior Port Coquitlam, British Columbia/Blue Ridge
Head Coach: Brian Dougherty (4th Season) Associate Head Coach: Mike Terranova Assistant Coaches: Adam Eddinger, Casey O’Rourke
Quick Facts
Location: Philadelphia, Pa. Founded: 1924 Enrollment: 910 Nickname: Griffins Colors: Scarlet, White, and Gold President: Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, Ph. D. Director of Athletics: Lynn Tubman Stadium: Victory Field # 1
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Did You Know?
Mark Winkelspecht
• Chestnut Hill College is in their fifth season as an NCAA DII program, their fourth under Head Coach Brian Dougherty. • Chestnut Hill College Head Coach Brian Dougherty is a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a two-time, First Team All-American at the University of Maryland (1993-1996), a two-time Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Champion (1998 & 2010), a two-time Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award winner (1995 & 1996), and a three-time Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Champion (2003, 2006, & 2007), which previously earned him the title of “Goalie of the Decade” (2001-2010). • Senior attack Michael Melnychenko (St. Catharines, Ontario) was the East Coast Conference (ECC) Rookie of the Year and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) DII Scoring Champion in 2011 when he averaged 3.57 goals/contest with 50 goals over 14 games. • Among active players, Melnychenko is currently No. 2 in Division II in career goals and No. 10 across all three divisions. • The Griffin’s men’s lacrosse team excelled in the classroom in 2013, earning the ECC Academic Team of Excellence Award. Goalkeeper Dakota Maurer was also named the ECC Men’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
DOWLING COLLEGE
Coach Tim Boyle
Matt Crough
Derek Muzio
No. Name Yr 1 Frank Iaconetti Jr. 2 Brian White So. 3 Kevin Drane So. 4 Dylan Hopkins Sr. 5 Brian Hughes Sr. 7 Steve Kreuscher So. 8 James Tucci So. 11 Matthew Hin So. 12 Chris Stemke Fr. 13 Nick Bonura Jr. 14 Tom Cleary Sr. 15 Lance Swan Jr. 17 Kevin McElhone Sr. 18 Brian Michalec Jr. 19 Jacob Harding Sr. 21 Matt Crough Sr. 23 Kody Te Kanawa So. 25 Nick Reisig So. 26 Sheldon Burns Sr. 29 Derek Muzio Sr. 30 Frank Sommers So. 31 Michael Fitzpatrick So. 34 Tyler Cespites Fr. 35 Alex McDermott So. 36 Andrew McMenamy So. 37 Billy Richardson Sr. 39 Paul Harron Fr. 41 Michael Silva So. 42 Scott Reece Fr. 43 Tim Canevari Sr. 45 Pete Schneider Sr.
Pos Ht LSM 6-1 M 6-2 M 5-6 M 6-1 M 5-9 M 6-2 M 5-10 GK 5-7 A 6-2 M 5-11 M 6-2 GK 5-10 A 5-8 D 5-9 M 6-0 A 5-9 D 6-3 D 6-2 D 6-2 D 6-0 GK 6-0 M 5-8 D 5-8 A 6-5 M 6-0 A 6-2 M 5-10 M 5-10 M 6-0 D 6-0 M 6-5
Wt 205 200 160 165 160 205 160 145 180 160 190 160 190 220 190 165 220 205 200 190 185 180 170 190 170 170 155 175 170 185 225
Hometown/Previous School Selden, N.Y./Newfield Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue Babylon, N.Y./Babylon Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Bluepoint West Islip, N.Y./West Islip Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place Selden, N.Y./Centereach Ridge, N.Y./Longwood Comsewogue, N.Y./Comsewegoue Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue Georgetown, Ontario/Georgetown District Peterborough, Ontario/Holy Cross Secondary Coquitlam, British Columbia/Blueridge Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot Whitby, Ontario/Father Leo J. Austin Selden, N.Y./St. Anthony’s Brookhaven, N.Y./William Floyd Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh Port Jeff Station, N.Y./Comsewogue West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North Riverhead, N.Y./Riverhead Stonybrook, N.Y./Newfield Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford Lake Grove, N.Y./Centereach Syracuse,N.Y./Corcoran
Head Coach: Tim Boyle (15th season) Assistant Coaches: Mike Taylor, Mike Abbene, Louis Riley
Billy Richardson
Quick Facts
Location: Oakdale, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: Over 6,500 Nickname: Golden Lions Colors: Navy Blue and Gold President: Dr. Norman R. Smith Director of Athletics: Melody Cope Stadium: Golden Lions Field
Did You Know?
• The men’s soccer program won the National Championship in 2006 and advanced to the National Championship game in 2008 • Dowling has had four baseball student-athletes selected in the MLB First Year Player draft (Kip Roggendorf, ‘93, Toronto; Wilberto Ortiz, ‘06, Los Angeles (AL); Billy Mottram, ‘07, Chicago (NL); David Wendt, ‘09, Tampa Bay) • The men’s lacrosse team won the program’s first National Championship in 2012 • In 2012-13 Dowling’s women’s basketball team advanced to the National Championship game after becoming the second team in ECC history to win the NCAA East Region Tournament..
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LIU POST No. Name 0 Dom Mantovani 1 Adam Winne 3 Octavio Bernabo 4 Maxwell Chin 5 Anthony Berardis 6 Connor Mackay 7 T.J. McAndrew 8 Michael Faughnan 9 Kyle Gerfo 10 Steven Liantonio 11 T.J. DiCarlo 12 Justin Woodley 13 Matty Beccaris 14 Ryan Slane 16 Connor Drost 17 David Hwang 18 Andrew Gonzalez 19 Robby Cegielski 20 Billy Deignan 21 Robbie Chiocco 22 Ryan Carroll 23 Scott Mattera 24 John Cegielski 26 Dan Kimmel 27 Mike Chimenti 29 Steve Gruse 31 Ryan Stern 32 Anthony DeLuca 33 Chris Caiazza 34 Mitch Sierakowski 35 Dan Jeannotte 36 Richie Mancuso, Jr. 37 James Doherty 38 Ivano Naccarato 43 Trevor Rodowicz 44 Matt Scalera 45 Mike Rotondo 46 Billy Ardamis 47 Nick Zebouni 48 Gary Ricca 49 Joe Costello 55 Brendon Walker 99 Michael Pristouris
Yr Sr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Gr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. R-Jr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Gr. Jr. So.
Pos Ht M 5-9 GK 5-9 M 5-7 A/M 5-9 M 6-2 A/M 5-9 D 6-2 M 5-11 M 5-9 M 5-7 GK 6-2 D 5-11 A 5-8 A 5-7 M 5-8 GK 5-8 A 5-10 M 6-0 M 5-9 D 5-10 D 6-3 D 6-1 A 5-10 D 5-10 A 6-1 D 6-2 D 5-7 A 5-8 A 6-4 M 6-1 D 5-10 D 5-9 GK 5-9 M 5-10 D 6-0 D 5-11 M 5-8 GK 6-0 M 5-7 M 6-0 A/M 5-11 M 6-3 M 6-5
Wt 185 165 165 170 185 160 200 175 185 154 185 190 170 155 165 155 165 180 180 184 195 200 175 168 175 180 160 171 195 185 185 152 155 170 225 180 165 185 150 175 185 215 200
Hometown/Previous School West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Shrub Oak, N.Y./Lakeland Randolph, N.J./Morris C.C. Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai St. James, N.Y./Smithtown East Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place Farmingdale, N.Y./Mercy Bloomington, Minn./South Suburban North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge Sayville, N.Y./Sayville Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Somers Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon West Islip, N.Y./West Islip Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Somers Port Jefferson, N.Y./Comsewogue Melville, N.Y./Walt Whitman New Fairfield, Conn./New Fairfield Shoreham, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River West Islip, N.Y./West Islip Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst Osseo, Minn./Champlin Park Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Arlington Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park Huntington, N.Y./St. Dominic Yaphank, N.Y./Longwood Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood Ponte Vedra, Fla./Ponte Vedra West Hempstead, N.Y./Holy Trinity Minneapolis, Minn./Saint Thomas Academy North Palm Beach, Fla./ Cardinal Newman Danbury, Conn./URI
Coach John Jez
Matty Beccaris
Chris Caiaza
T.J. McAndrew
Head Coach: John Jez (8th Season) Assistant Coaches: Frank Vitolo, Dan Forsyth, Jerry DeLorenzo
Quick Facts
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Location: Brookville N.Y. Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 8,472 Nickname: Pioneers Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. Kimberly R. Cline Director of Athletics: Bryan Collins Stadium: Hickox Field
Did You Know?
• Graduate goalie T.J. DiCarlo presently ranks in the Top-10 in Division II for save percentage and goals-against average. • The LIU Post men’s lacrosse team sports the East Coast Conference’s top success rate on man-up opportunities, scoring 44.9 percent of the time. • Senior defenseman T.J. McAndrew and sophomore attackman Matty Beccaris were tabbed as Preseason All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse. • The LIU Post men’s lacrosse team was dubbed the favorite in the 2014 ECC Preseason Poll.
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Coach Bill Dunn
Luke Miller
Shawn Murphy
No. Name 1 Luke Miller 2 Mike Luccarelli 3 Ryan Brunet 4 Dan Koehler 5 Ryan Seelinger 7 Andrew Schweigert 8 Danny McDermott 9 Shawn Murphy 10 John Diaz 11 Mike Zerbo 13 Shane Lenahan 14 Tom Hughes 17 Ian Brown 18 Ed Torriero 19 Eric Talbot 20 Dermott Kramer 21 Alex Seltzer 22 Kevin Long 23 George Schultz 24 Nick Pelella 26 Mike Buscemi 27 Jon Lynott 29 Will Kistinger 30 Mike Renick 31 Nick Sidaras 33 Godwin Sotome 35 Cory Triola 36 Danny Patterson 39 Patrick Bonacum 41 Joe Morhardt 42 Peter Izzo 48 Nick Haiduk 50 Nick Olson
Yr Pos Jr. A Fr. M Jr. M Fr. A Jr. M So. M Sr. D So. A Fr. M Fr. D Fr. A RS-Fr. A Fr. D Jr. D So. M Sr. M Fr. GK So. A Fr. A Jr. M Fr. M Fr. D Fr. M Fr. M RS-So. M Fr. GK Sr. A Fr. D So. GK Fr. D Fr. GK Fr. A Jr. M
Ht 5-10 6-0 6-1 5-8 5-10 5-10 6-2 5-11 5-8 5-10 6-1 5-9 6-4 5-9 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-10 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-2 5-9 5-9
Wt 185 175 205 170 175 185 200 188 170 180 190 175 210 190 175 215 200 210 165 200 180 180 185 170 185 180 180 185 180 200 185 170 165
Hometown/Previous School Mastic, N.Y./Stony Brook Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hallow Hills West Sound Beach, N.Y./Comsewogue Sayville, N.Y./Dowling Massapequa, N.Y./Adelphi West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon Vancouver, Canada/Matthew McNair Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North Syosset, N.Y./Syosset East Setauket, N.Y./Ward MelvilleS Plainview, N.Y./Plainview JFK Port Jefferson, N.Y./Comsewogue Huntington, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North Freeport, N.Y./Stony Brook Plainview, N.Y./Plainview JFK Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./St. Anthony’s Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Stony Brook Farmingville, N.Y./St. Anthony’s Massapequa, N.Y./St. Anthony’s Bohemia, N.Y./Connetquot Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd Uniondale, N.Y./Uniondale Levittown, N.Y./ Division Avenue Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale Port Jefferson, N.Y./Suffolk County C.C. Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst Merrick, N.Y./St. Dominic’s Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North Bellmore, N.Y./Adelphi
Head Coach: Bill Dunn (5th Season) Assistant Coaches: Karl Hedstrom, Steve Tempone, Brian Mangan, Justin Battino, and Anthony Muscarella
Cory Triola
Quick Facts
Location: Old Westbury, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 15,000 Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue and Gold President: Edward Guiliano, Ph. D. Director of Athletics: Clyde Doughty Jr. Stadium: President’s Stadium
Did You Know?
• Senior Cory Triola became the seventh Bear in program history to tally 100 career goals. He currently ranks fourth all-time. • Junior Luke Miller is a legacy at NYIT. His older brother Matt, was a three-time AllAmerican and a member of the 2003 and 2005 National Championship teams. Luke currently leads the nation in assists and points per game. • Senior Danny McDermott was recognized for his achievements on the field when he was named the 2014 NYIT Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year, it was announced at the Bears’ Athletics Awards Night on April 28.
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