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Table of Contents Dowling College.........................................................................4 LIU Post.........................................................................................5 Mercy College..............................................................................6 New York Institute of Technology...........................................7
East Coast Conference Staff Melissa Reilly Casey Rafferty Robert Dranoff Associate Commissioner Assistant Commissioner Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org mreilly@eccsports.org crafferty@eccsports.org 631.348.3453 631.348.3452 631.348.3451 The 2016 East Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Communications, in Adobe InDesign CS5. Cover art work was designed by Casey Rafferty. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Melissa Reilly, and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.
DOWLING COLLEGE No. Name Yr Pos 1 Eddie Hillkewicz So. M 2 Brian White Sr. A 3 Kevin Drane Sr. A 4 Josh Shaw Jr. M 5 Dan Keenan Fr. A 6 Carter Badour Fr. A 7 Steve Kreuscher Sr. M 8 Bryan Anderson Gr. M 9 Scott Reece Jr. M 10 Kevin Parker Sr. M 11 Matthew Simone Fr. M 12 JR Booth Fr. A 13 Kevin Fox So. D 14 Elias Pereira Fr. A 15 Victor Olivero So. D 16 Tony DiMonti Fr. M 18 John Roca Fr. GK 19 James Ragland Fr. M 20 Tom Cummings Jr. D 21 Mitch Kinney Jr. M 24 Tyler Deagan Fr. D 25 Nick Reisig Gr. M 26 Dominic Albi Fr. D 27 Jack Murray So. M 28 Shane Clark Fr. A 30 Frank Sommers R-Jr. GK 31 John Ferrara Fr. D 33 Frank Gluchowski Sr. D 35 Alex McDermott Sr. A 36 Andrew McMenamy Sr. M 40 Ryan Gibbons Fr. GK 42 James Conroy So. D 44 John Astrologo Sr. D 45 James Tucci Sr. M 46 Brad Schillinger Fr. M 50 Ryan Sommers R-Fr. GK
Ht 5-10 6-1 5-7 5-9 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-8 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-5 5-6 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-2 5-11 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-7 6-0 6-5 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-9 5-7 5-8 6-3
Wt 170 185 160 185 195 185 205 195 170 175 160 185 200 140 190 180 195 150 205 190 215 205 210 165 180 185 170 185 195 175 195 200 175 185 185 225
Hometown/Previous School Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue Bayport, N.Y./Bayport Blue Point Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai Ottawa, Ontario, Canada/Hill Academy Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point Medford, N.Y./Patchogue Medford Coram, N.Y./Longwood Seaford, N.Y./Seaford Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd Middletown, N.Y./Middletown Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Mount Sinai Riverhead, N.Y./Riverhead Seaford, N.Y./Seaford Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River Livonia, N.Y./Livonia Canton, Ohio/Jackson Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot Bellmore, N.Y./John F. Kennedy Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood Seaford, N.Y./Seaford Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac West Islip, N.Y./West Islip Rush, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd
Coach Tim Boyle
Frank Gluchowski
Scott Reece
Head Coach: Tim Boyle (17th season) Assistant Coach: Joe Turner and Ryan Dougherty
Brian White
Quick Facts
Location: Oakdale, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: Over 6,500 Nickname: Golden Lions Colors: Navy Blue and Gold President: Dr. Albert F. Inserra Director of Athletics: Melody Cope Stadium: Golden Lions Field
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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 six 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; Tyler Badamo, ‘14, New York (NL); Brendan Butler, ‘15, Oakland) • 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.
LIU POST
Coach John Jez
Matty Beccaris
Matt Bellando
Ryan Slane
Quick Facts
No. Name 0 Forrest Bamonte 1 Adam Winne 2 Matt Bellando 3 Dylan Harned 4 Joey Denaro 5 Anthony Berardis 6 Eric Donahoe 7 Nick Ancona 8 Matt Ruhlig 9 Steven Frank 10 Lukas Jaklitch 11 Jeremy Morgan 12 Michael Licata 13 Matty Beccaris 14 Ryan Slane 15 Eddie Bisson 16 Frank Ranfone 17 Pat Robbins 18 Matthew Liantonio 19 Bryan Ochs 20 Steven Liantonio 21 John Langford 22 Anthony Galeotafiore 23 Eric Birmingham 24 P.J. Usak 25 Connor Farrell 26 Gary Watson 27 Tyler Alvarez 28 Jordan Marsh 29 Shyhiem Walters 31 Ryan Stern 32 Joey Scicolone 38 Brendan Gaghan 40 Shane Sweeney 41 Ryan Baker 42 Frank DeLuca 43 Trevor Rodowicz 44 Austin Concannon 46 Billy Ardamis 47 Nick Zebouni 48 Gary Ricca 50 Kris Alvarado 53 Paul Bamonte 55 Thomas Liantonio 99 John Harding
Yr Pos Ht Fr. A 5-5 Sr. G 5-9 Sr. A 5-4 So. M 6-1 So. D 6-3 Sr. M 6-2 So. M 6-1 R-Jr. D 5-10 Fr. M 5-10 Fr. M 6-0 Fr. A/M 6-0 Gr. M 6-0 Fr. M 5-11 Sr. A 5-8 Sr. A/M 5-7 So. A/M 5-7 Fr. A/M 5-8 So. A 5-10 Jr. G 5-8 Fr. G 5-10 Jr. M 5-7 Fr. M 5-10 Jr. M 5-6 Jr. D 5-10 Fr. D 5-11 Fr. M 6-2 Sr. A 5-9 Fr. M 5-9 So. M 6-0 So. M 5-9 Jr. D 5-8 Fr. D 5-7 Jr. A 5-9 Jr. D 5-11 So. D 5-9 Sr. G 6-3 Sr. D 6-0 So. D 5-9 Sr. G 6-0 Jr. M 5-7 Sr. M 6-0 So. M 5-9 R-So. A 6-0 Fr. A/M 5-8 Fr. D 6-1
Wt 165 160 175 185 195 195 176 185 177 173 170 200 190 170 160 155 158 195 205 197 168 170 158 205 165 225 190 157 160 150 173 160 150 195 180 198 235 178 210 160 180 165 160 160 200
Hometown/Previous School Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield Miami, Fla./Stony Brook Selden, N.Y./Newfield Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac East Islip, N.Y./Towson Islip Terrace, N.Y./Avon Old Farms Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge Lloyd Harbor, N.Y./Worcester Academy Ridge, N.Y./Endicott Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon Guilford, Conn./Guilford Cutchogue, N.Y./Marywood Miller Place, N.Y./Nassau C.C. Syosset, N.Y./Syosset Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place Redondo Beach, Calif./Redondo Union Wantagh, N.Y./Farmingdale State Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches Bay Shore, N.Y./St. John the Baptist Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East St. James, N.Y./Smithtown East Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East Sayville, N.Y./Sayville Hempstead, N.Y./Hempstead Shoreham, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Lakeland Massapequa, N.Y./Post Hicksville, N.Y./Hofstra Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue Farmingdale, N.Y./Wagner Yaphank, N.Y./Longwood Sayville, N.Y./Sayville Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood Ponte Vedra, Fla./Ponte Vedra West Hempstead, N.Y./Holy Trinity Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown Smithtown, N.Y./Suffolk C.C. Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place St. Johns, Fla./Ponte Vedra
Head Coach: John Jez (10th Season) Assistant Coaches: Frank Vitolo, Connor Drost, Dan Jeannotte, and Mike Cama
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: Bethpage Federal Credit Union
Did You Know?
• The Pioneers are in search of their fourth-consecutive East Coast Conference Championship. • Senior attackman Matty Beccaris became the program’s all-time leading goal scorer on Apr. 30, surpassing LIU Post Athletic Hall of Famer Tom Postel, who had 144 goals from 1963-65. • LIU Post earned a share of the ECC regular-season title, after posting a record of 7-1 in ECC play. • The Pioneers currently have the second-best man-up unit in the country, boasting a conversion rate of 52.3 percent. • Junior midfielder Anthony Galeotafiore ranks sixth in Division II in faceoff winning percentage (.689).
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MERCY COLLEGE No. Name 2 Bobby Chillianis 3 Ricardo Williams 4 Aaron Wright 5 Peter LoParo 6 Bobby McDonough 7 Mike Perrone 8 Kyle McDonough 9 Brandon Wood 10 Nick Sehring 11 Richie Morris 12 Matthew Carle 14 Robert Rossi 15 Kollin Diedrickson 16 Austin Berger 18 Andrew Cali 21 Daniel Speicher 22 Ross Schnitzer 23 Thomas Lackaye 24 Ryan MacSpadyen 25 Nick Wilcox 26 Connor McLachlan 27 Kyle Stockton 29 A.J. Pellati 30 Justin Rohr 31 Joe Persico 33 Nathan Korutz 34 Nick D’Amaro 37 Danny Chillianis 38 Ron Paulino 39 Joseph Saltrelli 40 Max Littleton 41 Keith Jefferson 42 Alex Kaphon 46 Michael Schneider 47 Daniel Taylor 50 Joe Simone 77 Joseph Kelley 88 Ben Shepherd 92 Luke Baron 96 Kieran Murchie
Yr Fr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr.
Pos A M M D A D A D M M GK M M M D A D M M M A M GK M D M M D M M D M D GK D D M M M D
Ht 5-10 6-1 5-7 5-9 5-8 5-8 5-9 5-11 5-7 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-8 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-6 6-1 5-8 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-6 6-0 6-4 5-6 5-7 6-1 6-1 6-4
Wt 165 194 170 185 155 160 175 200 160 165 160 185 180 155 155 185 210 185 180 190 185 175 185 180 200 205 175 195 185 175 195 195 160 215 192 160 165 190 172 200
Hometown/Previous School Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon Freeport, N.Y./Freeport Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood Farmingdale, N.Y./Plainedge West Islip, N.Y./Florida Southern College Wall Township, N.J./Wall Cortland, N.Y./Tompkins Cortland CC Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale Randolph, N.J./Randolph North Massapequa, N.Y./Adelphi Kirkville, N.Y./East Syracuse Minoa Ossining, N.Y./Ossining Huntington, N.Y./St. Dominic’s Seaford, N.Y./Seaford Scarsdale, N.Y/Loyola University (Md.) Summit, N.J./Summit Toronto, Ontario/Seneca College Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg Albany, N.Y./Guilderland Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford West Islip, N.Y./West Islip Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage North Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge Johnson City, N.Y./Johnson City Manorville, N.Y./Eastport-South-Manor Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage Copaigue, N.Y./Lincoln Memorial University Webster, N.Y./Webster-Schroeder Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Riverhead, N.Y./Riverhead Newburgh, N.Y./Valley Central West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North Syracuse, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy Huntington Station, N.Y./Univ. of Tampa Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey
Head Coach: Jordan Levine (4th Season) Assistant Coaches: Joe Corace, Mike Munch, and Octavio Bernabo
Quick Facts
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Founded: 1950 Enrollment: 9,403 Nickname: Mavericks Colors: Blue and White President: Timothy L. Hall Director of Athletics: Matt Kilcullen, Jr. Stadium: Mavericks Field
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Did You Know?
Coach Jordan Levine
Peter LoParo
Ryan MacSpadyen
Kyle Stockton
• Mercy is making their second consecutive appearance in ECC Championship. • The Mavericks have been ranked in the USILA Division II Top 20 poll throughout the season, ranking as high as No. 11. • Coming in to ECC Championship play, the Mavericks rank No. 13 in the USILA poll. • Mercy has put together a successful season despite playing a tough schedule. The Mavericks have played six teams that are currently ranked in the USILA Top 20.
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Coach Bill Dunn
Kevin Long
Jon Lynott
No. Name Yr Pos Ht Wt 1 Andrew Alban Fr A 5-6 140 2 Vincent Ferraro Sr A 6-2 200 3 Danny Sullivan Fr A 6-0 155 5 Jeremiah Sullivan Fr M 5-7 160 6 Ian Prate So D 5-10 168 7 Andrew Schweigert Sr M 5-10 169 8 Mike Chimenti Jr A 5-11 190 9 Shawn Murphy Sr A 5-11 188 11 Matt Chanenchuk So. A 6-0 225 12 Jason Sullivan Fr. A 5-9 132 13 Philip Grella III Fr. GK 5-10 192 14 Tom Hughes Jr M 5-10 167 15 Alex Seltzer Jr GK 6-0 185 16 Jake Slater So M 5-9 150 18 Nick Deluca Fr D 5-9 192 20 Sean Cleary Gr M 6-4 215 21 Tom Brennan So D 6-3 213 22 Kevin Long Sr A 6-0 243 23 George Schultz Jr. A 5-10 170 25 Chris Lieze- Hammel Fr M 6-3 188 26 Sebastian Cacioppo Fr M 5-7 170 27 Jon Lynott Sr D 5-10 210 29 Will Kistinger Jr M 6-0 185 31 Nick Sidaras Gr M 6-0 185 33 Peter Bell Fr M 5-9 193 34 Mike Sofia Fr M 5-10 192 36 Danny Patterson Jr. D 5-9 232 40 Anthony Herman So D 5-8 228 41 Joe Morhardt Jr D 6-0 195 42 Tommy Terino Fr A 5-11 175 44 Mike Zerbo Jr D 5-10 175 50 Pablo Endora Fr D 6-1 190
Hometown/Previous School Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd Smithtown, N.Y./Kean Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West West Islip, N.Y./West Islip West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon Huntington Station, N.Y./LIU-Post Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Maryland Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville Glen Cove, N.Y./Glen Cove Port Jefferson, N.Y./Comsewogue Plainview, N.Y./Plainview JFK Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin East Setauket, N.Y./UMass Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./St. Anthony’s Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West Horsham, Pa./Hatboro- Horsham Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd Massapequa, N.Y./Stony Brook Bohemia, N.Y./Connetquot Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd Hicksville N.Y./Hicksville Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale Bethpage, N.Y./Post Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst Atlantic Beach, N.Y./Lawrence East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville Kendall Park, N.J./South Brunswick
Head Coach: Bill Dunn (7th Season) Assistant Coaches: Karl Hedstrom, Steve Tempone, Tim Tuttle, and Michael Chanenchuk
Shawn Murphy
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: Duane Bailey Stadium: President’s Stadium
Did You Know?
• Jon Lynott, Shawn Murphy and Tom Hughes were all named 2016 Face-off Yearbook Division II All-Americans at the start of the season, on the first, second and third teams, respectively. • NYIT is fifth in NCAA Division II in scoring margin behind ECC foe LIU Post at 6.07. The team is also third in assists per game with 8.67, the only ECC team in the top five. Goalkeeper Alex Seltzer is third in all of Division II in save percentage at .595. • The Bears rank first in the conference in assists per game, man-down defense, points per game, scoring offense and winning percentage ahead of the playoffs.
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