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2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • SEASON PROSPECTUS • PAGE 2 QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY 2014 SCHEDULE Location Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 February Founded 1865 by Asa Packer 1 at Furman 1:00 Undergraduate Enrollment 4,700 8 MARQUETTE 12:00 President Dr. Alice P. Gast 15 VILLANOVA 3:00 Murray H. Goodman ‘48 Dean of Athletics Joe Sterrett 22 at Boston University* 1:00 Athletic Dept. Phone (610) 758-4300 Mountain Hawks Nickname March Mascot Clutch 1 LOYOLA 12:00 Colors Brown and White 8 at Bucknell* 12:00 Home Field Ulrich Sports Complex National Affiliation NCAA Division I 11 at Yale 7:00 Conference Patriot League 15 NAVY* 2:00 22 at Army* 12:00 LACROSSE 26 MONMOUTH 7:00 Head Coach Kevin Cassese (Duke ’03) 29 HOLY CROSS* 2:00 Email, Phone [email protected], (610) 758-4917 Career Record/Seasons 51-44/6 April Assistant Coaches Brendan Callahan (Stony Brook ‘07) 5 COLGATE (1) 2:00 Errol Wilson (Stony Brook ‘06) 8 at Princeton (ESPNU) 7:30 Will Scudder (Lehigh ‘11) 12 vs. Georgetown (2) 7:00 Director of Quality Control Tom Cassese (C.W. Post ‘67) 18 at Lafayette 7:00 2013 Record 12-5 22 Patriot League First Round 2013 Patriot League Record/Finish 6-0/1st 25 Patriot League Semifinals Starters Returning/Lost 5/5 27 Patriot League Championship Players Returning/Lost 31/18 Newcomers 14 May 10-11 NCAA First Round (3) (Campus Sites) HISTORICAL QUICK FACTS 17-18 NCAA Quarterfinals (4) First Season of Lacrosse 1885 24 NCAA Semifinals (5) National Championships 7 26 NCAA Championship (5) (Outright Championships: 1890, 1893, 1921; Shared titles: 1914, 1916, 1917, 1920) Patriot League Regular Season Championships 1 (1999) All dates and times Eastern and subject to change Patriot League Tournament Championships 2 (2012, 2013) Home games in Bold CAPS NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 (2012, 2013) *Patriot League opponent Rankings are Inside Lacrosse FO Yearbook/Coaches Poll MEDIA RELATIONS Men’s Lacrosse Contact Justin Lafleur (1) at Goodman Stadium Email [email protected] (2) Relentless Cup (at Folsom, Pa.; Ridley H.S.) Office Phone/Fax (610) 758-6631/(610) 758-4407 (3) Campus Sites Cell Phone (610) 577-5222 (4) Quarterfinals at Hempstead, N.Y. or Newark, Del. Mailing Address 641 Taylor St., Bethlehem, PA 18015 (5) M&T Bank Stadium; Baltimore, Md. Press Row Phone (610) 758-4903/4933 Website Lehighsports.com Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • SEASON PROSPECTUS • PAGE 3 2014 ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last College Major 1 Anthony Ramaizel Fr. A 5-11 185 Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East Arts and Sciences 2 Casey McAdam Fr. M 5-11 165 Somerville, N.J./Somerville Engineering 3 Klay Heston Jr. A 6-0 210 Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas Institute Finance 4 Mike Sammarro Fr. M 5-10 180 Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes Business 5 Kurtis Kaunas Jr. M/A 5-8 175 Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland High School Finance 6 Billy Oppenheimer So. A 6-0 180 Conshohocken, Pa./Germantown Academy Economics and English 7 Cody Ferraro Sr. M 6-2 213 East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville History 8 Cody Triolo Fr. M 5-8 170 Princeton, N.J./Princeton Day School Engineering 9 Matt Raposo Fr. A/M 6-2 185 Brachburg, N.J./Somerville Business 10 Jack Bogorowski Jr. M 6-3 216 Newtown, Pa./La Salle College High School Economics 11 Ray Mastroianni So. M 6-2 185 Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan Finance 12 Kevin Dougherty Fr. M 6-2 190 Kensington, Md./St. Albans Arts and Sciences 13 Steve Brodeur So. G 5-10 196 Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven High School Arts and Sciences 14 Jason Kozel Fr. D 6-1 210 Westport, Conn./Kent School Business 15 Chris Appell So. A 5-10 180 Locust Valley, N.Y./Locust Valley High School Business 16 Lukas Mikelinich Sr. D 5-11 180 Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West Psychology 17 Reid Weber So. A 6-0 200 Oreland, Pa./Germantown Academy Business 18 Bryson Craft Sr. D 6-3 190 Newton Square, Pa./Episcopal Academy Management 19 Alex Eaton So. M 5-8 180 Westford, Mass./Westford Academy Arts and Sciences 20 Pat Dougherty Jr. M 5-9 180 Kensington, Md./St. Albans Political Science 21 Matt Smith Sr. M/A 5-10 174 Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga Mechanical Engineering 22 Ian Strain Fr. M 6-0 190 Springfield, Pa./Episcopal Academy Business 23 Conor Duffy Fr. D 6-3 205 Leonardtown, Md./Choate Rosemary Hall Business 24 Harrison Lawrence Sr. M 6-1 182 Wayne, Pa./Radnor English 25 Andrew Mower Sr. D 6-0 196 St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade Prep Supply Chain Management 27 Austin Orr Sr. M 5-11 170 Hopewell, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central Industrial Engineering 28 Dylan O’Shaughnessy Jr. D 6-5 232 Merrick, N.Y./Chaminade High School Civil Engineering 29 Ryan Buttenbaum Sr. M 6-1 201 Malvern, Pa./Conestoga Biology 30 Matt Poillon Jr. G 5-10 185 Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai High School Economics 31 Casey Eidenshink So. D 5-11 185 Wyncote, Pa./La Salle College High School Business 32 Jimmy Cahill Sr. M 5-11 190 Silver Spring, Md./St. Albans Mechanical Engineering 33 Cody Newton Sr. M 6-0 187 New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan High School Journalism 34 Sam Lawrence Jr. M 6-1 206 Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley High School Finance 35 Chester Toye Fr. M 6-3 190 South Orange, N.J./Seton Hall Prep IDEAS 36 Sam Cunard Sr. D 6-2 214 Seattle, Wash./South River Supply Chain Management 39 Eddie DeDomenico So. M 6-1 200 Rye, N.Y./The Brunswick School (Conn.) Business 40 Ty Souders Sr. D 6-1 210 Macungie, Pa./Emmaus Finance 41 Dan Taylor Jr. A 6-3 207 Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial High School English 42 Patrick Corbett Jr. A 6-0 195 Burlington, Ontario/The Hill Academy Finance 44 Alan Henderson Jr. M 5-11 183 Manorville, N.Y./Eastport/South Manor High School Finance 45 Matt Risk Sr. M/A 6-2 202 Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill Finance 46 Garrett Miers Fr. G 5-9 180 Allentown, Pa./Emmaus Business 50 Donny Stires Fr. G 6-5 218 Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan Engineering 66 Tripp Telesco So. D 6-2 208 Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood High School Supply Chain Management 77 Corey Eppley So. D 6-1 190 Darien, Conn./Darien High School Business Smith Family Head Lacrosse Coach: Kevin Cassese (Duke ’03), Seventh Season Assistant Coaches: Brendan Callahan (Stony Brook ’07), Errol Wilson (Stony Brook ’06) and Will Scudder (Lehigh ’11) Director of Quality Control: Tom Cassese (C.W. Post ’67) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 Anthony RAM-a-zel 4 Mike SAH-marrow 5 Kurtis CONN-iss 11 Ray MASS-tree-on-E 14 Jason KOH-zel 15 Chris AH-pell 16 Lukas MIKE-a-lin-ich 25 Andrew MOW-er 30 Matt Pool-E-on 31 Casey EYE-din-shank 36 Sam COO-Nard 40 Ty SOW-ders 46 Garrett MY-ers Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • SEASON PROSPECTUS • PAGE 4 SEASON PREVIEW MIDFIELD The Mountain Hawks were up-and-down through the beginning part The Mountain Hawks feature plenty of talent at midfield - some experi- of last season. A loss to UMass dropped the squad’s record to 5-4. Something ence along with several individuals looking to break onto the scene. needed to change if Lehigh was to win its second straight Patriot League Junior Alan Henderson is the team’s best overall midfielder. The two- Championship. The Mountain Hawks did just that, winning seven in a row way middie is a tough competitor who had eight points last season behind capped off by their second straight league title behind a dominant 11-5 win two goals and six assists, while also scooping 33 groundballs and causing over Bucknell. three turnovers. The success carried over into the offseason and despite losing a talented Classmate Kurtis Kaunas ran primarily at second midfield last season, senior class of 14, the Mountain Hawks are poised to continue the success finishing with 10 points behind eight goals and two assists. The quick and in 2014. shifty midfielder is tough to defend with one man. The local product scored “I’d say we had one of the best fall semesters we’ve ever had around a pair of goals at #11 Denver last February. here,” said seventh-year Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. “Our guys Junior Jack Bogrowski looks to break into the regular midfield rotation worked incredibly hard on the field, in the weight room, in the community after seeing significant time at defensive midfield in his first year at Lehigh. and in the classroom (3.11 team GPA). I thought we developed great team Both he and senior Cody Ferraro are big, strong and can shoot extremely chemistry and leadership over the course of the fall lacrosse season. Our guys hard. Ferraro was primarily a man-up specialist in 2013, scoring four goals made major gains in the strength, speed, and skill development departments (three on the extra man). Ferraro is a good feeder as well who looks to break during the fall improvement season as well. Overall, the tone for a successful into the lineup. spring was set in the fall semester.” Sophomore Ray Mastroianni is a highly-regarded midfielder out of The Mountain Hawks will be led by a pair of two-time All-Americans: New Jersey who sat out all of last season with an injury.