2017 LIZARDS

WEEK 15 NOTES

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Venue: James M. Shuart Stadium (Hempstead, NY) Playing Surface: Fieldturf | Capacity: 13,000 2017 SCHEDULE All-Time Series: Lizards lead, 7-3 April Sat. 22 @Chesapeake W 15-14 (OT) Last Meeting: 7/15/17: Lizards 14, Hounds 11 Sat. 29 v. L, 7-13 Live Video: Lax Sports Network Twitter: @LizardsLacrosse and @LaxSportsNet May

Sat. 13 @ W, 14-12 Sat. 20 @ L, 13-16

June Fri. 2 v. Florida L, 10-13

Sat. 10 @Florida L, 14-15 (OT) TEAM INFORMATION Sat. 17 v. Rochester W, 13-12 Sat. 24 @Denver L, 14-17 Website: http://www.NYLizards.com Thu. 29 v. Ohio W, 15-14 2017 Record: 6-7 Head Coach: Joe Spallina (6th year) July Coach’s All-Time Record: 48-37 Thu. 13 v. Atlanta L, 14-16 MEDIA INFORMATION Sat. 15 @Charlotte W, 14-11 Thu. 20 v. Boston W, 16-14 PR Director: Rick Rissetto Sat. 29 @Ohio L, 14-21 Email: [email protected] Phone: 516-382-8460 August Sat. 5 v. Charlotte 7:00 p.m.

2017 QUICK FACTS

Name ………………..…..… Location ………………..…… Garden City, NY Founded …………………..………………… 2001

Home Field ….. James M. Shuart Stadium TEAM INFORMATION MLL Titles …………... 3 (2001, 2003, 2015) Website: https://www.charlottehounds.com/ ALL-TIME RECORDS 2017 Record: 6-7 Regular Season …………………………. 113-88 Head Coach: Jim Stagnitta Post Season …………………………..………. 9-7 MEDIA INFORMATION Media Contact: Wade Leaphart LIZARDS COACHES Email: [email protected] Head Coach …………………….… Joe Spallina Phone: 704-516-3418 Assistant Coach ……….…….. Tommy Susko

Offensive Coordinator……… Ryan Danehy

Defensive Coordinator…

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Coaching Staff

JOE SPALLINA BRIAN DOUGHERTY Head Coach Defensive Coordinator - Entering his sixth season with the Lizards - Entering his first season with the Lizards - Previously served as Lizards assistant coach - Head coach of the Chestnut Hill College for two years lacrosse Men’s team - 2012 Brine Coach of the Year - Head coach of the Stony Brook Women’s DARRIN SCHIRTZER lacrosse team Team Operations Manager - Entering his sixth season with the Lizards TOMMY SUSKO - Coaches Team 91’s Crush with Joe Spallina Assistant Coach - Entering his fifth season with the Lizards ANDREW ALDERMAN - Assistant coach at Assistant Equipment Manager

th RYAN DANEHY - Entering his 16 season with the Lizards Offensive Coordinator - Played with the Israel Men’s Lacrosse Team - Entering his first season with the Lizards at the FIL World Lacrosse Championships in - Previously served as the assistant coach for 2014 the men’s lacrosse team at the University of Michigan and Dartmouth College Player News

“Beast” Mode

On Saturday, will play in the final regular season of his prolific and historic career. Although cheesy, you can truly say that he is a “Beast” on the field. Gurenlian is having an incredible 2017 campaign for New York, as he is 231-for-284 on face-offs and has picked 126 ground balls. His face-offs won, face-offs attempted and ground ball totals currently lead MLL this season. Going into the game against the Hounds on August 5th, the Penn State alum will have logged some pretty remarkable records and statistics. Gurenlian has played in 126 career regular season games with five different organizations, including 93 games with the Lizards. Beast currently ranks first all- time in in ground balls picked with 993 and counting, not to mention leading the Lizards with 846 ground balls. He is also first all-time in face-offs won and face-offs attempted, going 2004-for-3387 with a faceoff percentage of 59.2%. The Lizards will truly miss such a dependable and consistent legend on the field.

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ROSTERS

New York Lizards 25-Man Roster (Alphabetical) New York Lizards 25-Man Roster (Numerical) # PLAYER POS HT WT COLLEGE # PLAYER POS HT WT COLLEGE 14 Drew Adams G 6’0’’ 205 lbs. Penn State 1 M 6’0” 192 lbs. 90 Jack Carrigan D 6’3” 205 lbs. Loyola (MD) 3 A 5’10” 195 lbs. Cornell 70 Steve DeNapoli M 5’9” 165 lbs. Hofstra 4 Will Manny A 5’9” 160 lbs. UMass 71 Curtis Dickson A 6’2” 200 lbs. Delaware 5 Joe LoCascio M 5’9” 195 lbs. Maryland 25 Scott Firman D 5’11” 189 lbs. Syracuse 7 D 6’2” 195 lbs. Georgetown 24 Ryan Flanagan D 6’6” 220 lbs. UNC 11 Chris Madalon G 6’3” 210 lbs. UNC

17 Joe Fletcher D 6’2’’ 185 lbs. Loyola 14 Drew Adams G 6’0’’ 205 lbs. Penn State 17 Joe Fletcher D 6’2’’ 185 lbs. Loyola 41 Jon Garino FO 5’10” 180 lbs. Maryland 22 JoJo Marasco M 5’10” 193 lbs. Syracuse 66 Matt Gibson A 5’10” 170 lbs. Yale 24 Ryan Flanagan D 6’6” 220 lbs. UNC 32 Greg Gurenlian FO 6’1’’ 225 lbs. Penn State 25 Scott Firman D 5’11” 189 lbs. Syracuse 81 Kyle Hartzell D 6’2” 180 lbs. Salisbury 27 Jacob Richard M 6’0’’ 180 lbs. Marquette 77 Andrew Hodgson M 5'9" 165 lbs. Towson 32 Greg Gurenlian FO 6’1’’ 225 lbs. Penn State 5 Joe LoCascio M 5'9" 195 lbs. Maryland 33 Austin Pifani D 6’2” 215 lbs. UNC 11 Chris Madalon G 6’3” 210 lbs. UNC 36 Kevin Unterstein M 5’11” 190 lbs. Hofstra 4 Will Manny A 5'9" 160 lbs. UMass 41 Jon Garino FO 5’10” 180 lbs. Maryland 22 JoJo Marasco M 5’10” 193 lbs. Syracuse 43 Ryan Walsh A 6’4” 235 lbs. Colgate 84 Tommy Palasek A 5’11” 185 lbs. Syracuse 66 Matt Gibson A 5’10” 170 lbs. Yale 3 Rob Pannell A 5’10” 195 lbs. Cornell 70 Steve DeNapoli M 5’9” 165 lbs. Hofstra 33 Austin Pifani D 6’2” 215 lbs. UNC 71 Curtis Dickson A 6’2” 200 lbs. Delaware 99 M 6’4” 220 lbs. Johns Hopkins 77 Andrew Hodgson M 5’9” 165 lbs. Towson 27 Jacob Richard M 6’0’’ 180 lbs. Marquette 81 Kyle Hartzell D 6’2” 180 lbs. Salisbury 7 Kyle Sweeney D 6’2” 195 lbs. Georgetown 84 Tommy Palasek A 5’11” 185 lbs. Syracuse 36 Kevin Unterstein M 5’11” 190 lbs. Hofstra 90 Jack Carrigan D 6’3” 205 lbs. Loyola (MD) 43 Ryan Walsh A 6’4” 235 lbs. Colgate 99 Paul Rabil M 6’4” 220 lbs. Johns Hopkins 1 Joe Walters M 6’0” 192 lbs. Maryland

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Week 15 Game Preview

Week 15 Preview: Charlotte @ New York

August 5, 2017

The New York Lizards head into their final regular season game of the season and battle the in hopes of securing a playoff spot.

Who: Charlotte Hounds at New York Lizards

When: Saturday, August 5, 2017. 7:00pm EST

Where: James M. Shuart Stadium, Hempstead, New York

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Week 14 Pregame Notes/Recap

The New York Lizards (6-7) look to go for the season sweep of the Charlotte Hounds (6-7) in an attempt to fortify a position in the 2017 MLL Playoffs. New York made their quest for the fourth playoff spot difficult due to a poor defensive showing in their previous game against the . In the 21-14 loss, Tommy Palasek was one of the bright spots, nabbing a hat trick in the contest, including the lone first quarter goal for the Lizards. Joe Walters and Rob Pannell both had themselves five point nights. Walters netted three goals and adding two assists, while Pannell score two goals and tallied three assists. With two goals and one assist in the loss, Will Manny is first in MLL in goals (33) and in a three-way tie for second in points (46). Greg Gurenlian put on a clinic in the faceoff circle, winning 25-of-37 faceoffs, in addition to scoring a goal in the third quarter. Usually one of the most consistent scorers for New York, Paul Rabil did not score a goal or have an assist, the second time this season he has been shut out.

What to Look Out For

It’s the Final Countdown!

If New York is going to play another game in August, here’s what needs to happen: New York has to beat the Charlotte Hounds at home while the Ohio Machine must win against the Rochester Rattlers. If these scenarios occur, Rochester and New York will both be 7-7, however, the Lizards would go to the postseason over the Rattlers because they defeated Rochester in their only match earlier in the season.

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Tickets are still available for the Lizards’ contest with the Hounds. Call 1-855-NYLizards to purchase tickets for the game and learn more about the clinics. You can also purchase tickets online at www.nylizards.com/tickets.

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON CHART 2017 STATISTICS

44.5...….….....….…....…… Average shots per game..………...……...………46.7 12.8.………..…..…….…...…. Average goals per game.….……….…….………13.1

14.2.…………...... …. Average goals allowed per game….……..….…………13.3 28.9% ………..……....….…….. Shot percentage ……..………...….……...… 28.0% 30.5………………….……… Average groundballs per game ………….……….…31.8 241-401..……….……….….....…..…. Face-offs won ………….……………..………180-391 60.1%...………………….….……… Face-off percentage …………………..… 46.0% 3.8.……..….....…….. Average penalty minutes per game ……….…..….2.2

Pronunciation Guide

Greg Gurenlian……………………………...Ger-EN-lee-EN Tommy Palasek ……………………………..PAL-uh-sek Austin Pifani …………………………………..Puh-FAH-knee Paul Rabil ………………………………………..RAY-bull Kevin Unterstein ……………………………..Un-ter-STINE Kyle Hartzell …………………………………….HEART-zull

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2016 Lizards Award Winners

Week One Week Eight Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Paul Rabil Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Dave Lawson Week Three Week Nine Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Steve Holmes Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Dave Lawson Defensive Player of the Week: Steve Holmes Offensive Player of the Week: Dave Lawson Week Four Week Thirteen Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Rob Pannell Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Paul Rabil Offensive Player of the Week: Rob Pannell Offensive Player of the Week: Paul Rabil Week Five Player of the Year: Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Rob Pannell Faceoff Athlete of the Year: Greg Gurenlian Offensive Player of the Week: Rob Pannell Offensive Player of the Year: Rob Pannell Week Seven

Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Rob Pannell

Offensive Player of the Week: Rob Pannell

2017 Lizards Awards Winners

Week One Week Eleven

Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Drew Adams Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Will Manny

Defensive Player of the Week: Drew Adams Offensive Player of the Week: Will Manny

Week Three Week Twelve

Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Paul Rabil Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Greg Gurenlian

Week Nine Week Thirteen

Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Joe Walters Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Will Manny

Offensive Player of the Week: Joe Walters

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2017 Quarter-by-Quarter Breakdown

Game Date 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT NY OPP NY OPP NY OPP NY OPP NY OP @ Chesapeake 22-Apr 6 6 1 3 4 4 3 1 1 0P 15-14 W v. Denver 29-Apr 1 3 4 6 0 3 2 1 -- -- 7-13 L @ Atlanta 13-May 6 2 3 1 3 4 2 5 -- -- 14-12 W @ Boston 20-May 3 6 6 5 1 2 3 3 -- -- 13-16 L v. Florida 2-June 1 3 3 1 5 7 1 2 -- -- 10-13 L @ Florida 10-June 4 1 3 2 2 4 5 7 0 1 14-15 L v. Rochester 17-June 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 -- -- 13-12 W @ Denver 24-June 4 2 7 4 2 5 1 6 -- -- 14-17 L v. Ohio 29-June 2 2 4 3 4 6 5 3 -- -- 15-14 W v. Atlanta 13-July 5 4 4 3 4 5 1 4 -- -- 14-16 L @ Charlotte 15-July 3 3 5 1 4 4 2 3 -- -- 14-11 W v. Boston 20 -July 7 4 3 2 4 5 2 3 -- -- 16-14 W @ Ohio 29-July 1 6 4 4 3 6 6 5 -- -- 14-21 L v. Charlotte 5-Aug ------

Total 46 45 49 38 40 59 37 45 173-188

2017 MLL Special Teams Statistics

TEAM GP PPGF ADV PPPCT SHGA PPGA TSH PKPCT SHGF

Atlanta 13 13 50 26.00 3 15 52 71.15 0

Boston 13 16 50 32.00 1 12 46 73.91 1

Charlotte 13 9 41 21.95 1 11 37 70.27 0

Chesapeake 13 11 47 23.40 1 11 41 73.17 3

Denver 13 7 35 20.00 1 12 45 73.33 0

Florida 14 2 48 4.17 1 9 48 81.25 1

New York 13 18 55 32.73 0 10 42 76.19 0

Ohio 13 15 39 38.46 0 9 47 80.85 1

Rochester 13 9 33 27.27 0 11 40 72.50 2

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2017 Lizards Team Statistics

# PLAYERS POS GP G 2ptG A PTS PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG GB DC TO CTO S SPCT SOG FO

1 Walters, Joe M 13 21 0 17 38 0 2 5 0 0 0 7 0 19 0 67 .313 46 0-0

3 Pannell, Rob A 10 20 0 22 42 7 3 4 0 0 0 14 0 30 0 68 .294 48 0-0

4 Manny, Will A 14 33 0 13 46 2 5 4 0 0 1 22 0 19 1 121 .273 79 0-0

5 LoCascio, Joe M 12 19 2 6 27 1.5 2 1 0 0 1 12 0 5 1 78 .244 36 0-0

7 Sweeney, Kyle M 9 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 4 4 1 .000 1 0-0

17 Fletcher, Joe D 13 1 0 0 1 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 3 4 1 1.000 1 0-0

24 Flanagan, Ryan D 8 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0-0

27 Richard, Jacob M 10 2 0 0 2 .5 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 0 2 1.000 2 0-0

32 Gurenlian, Greg FO 13 7 0 6 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 126 0 10 1 12 .583 9 231-384

36 Unterstein, Kevin D 10 3 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1 3 7 .429 6 0-0

43 Walsh, Ryan A 10 6 0 3 9 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 26 .231 14 0-0

66 Gibson, Matt A 11 23 0 7 30 .5 3 2 0 0 0 11 0 5 0 76 .303 50 0-0

70 DeNapoli, Steve M 8 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 3 3 5 .000 2 0-0

81 Hartzell, Kyle D 13 1 1 1 3 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 6 6 14 .071 7 0-0

84 Palasek, Tommy A 10 13 0 7 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 11 0 5 0 32 .406 23 0-0

90 Carrigan, Jack D 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0-0

99 Rabil, Paul M 13 25 3 17 45 4 3 1 0 0 0 14 0 11 2 108 .231 67 0-0

TOTALS: - 13 167 6 94 267 49.5 18 26 0 0 6 396 0 189 42 578 .289 370 241-401

# GOALIES GP MIN W L GA 2ptGA GAA SV SV%

14 Adams, Drew 13 788:57 6 7 184 4 13.99 208 .531

11 Madalon, Christopher 0 0:00 0 0 0 0 .00 0 .000

TOTALS: 13 - 6 7 184 4 14.15 208 .531

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DREW ADAMS #14 GOALIE

- Member of 2014 US Men’s National Team, won silver - 2011 and 2012 Warrior Goalie of the Year - Three time member of the MLL All-Star Team (2011, 2012, 2013)

JACK CARRIGAN #90 DEFENSE

- Played at Loyola University

STEVE DENAPOLI #70 MIDFIELD

- Played college lacrosse at Hofstra - Member of 2014 MLL All-Star Team - Scored four goals for New York in 2014 - One of three Lizards players to play in all 14 games of the 2014 season

CURTIS DICKSON #71 ATTACK

- Played college lacrosse at Delaware University - Two-time All-American and 2010 Finalist - All-time leading goal scorer in Delaware history (162 goals)

SCOTT FIRMAN #25 DEFENSE

- Played college lacrosse at Syracuse - USILA Second-Team All-American and Inside Lacrosse First-Team All-American

RYAN FLANAGAN #24 DEFENSE

- Played college lacrosse at UNC - Spent first five seasons as a member of the Charlotte Hounds - Picked up 59 ground balls in his rookie season in 2012

JOE FLETCHER #17 MIDFIELD

- Played college lacrosse at Loyola - 2014 Tewaaraton Award Finalist - Only college player named to the 2014 US Men’s National Team 30-man training roster - Two-time member of the MLL All-Star Team (2015, 2016)

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JON GARINO, JR. #41 FACEOFF

- Played college lacrosse at Maryland

MATT GIBSON #66 ATTACK

- Played college lacrosse at Yale - 2012 Cascade Rookie of the Year - Member of the 2012 MLL All-Star Team

GREG GURENLIAN #32 FACEOFF

- Ranks second all-time in the MLL for ground balls in a single season (124 in 2012) - Finished 2013 season with the highest face-off win percentage in the history of the MLL (.641) - Member of 2014 US Men’s National Team, won silver - Winner of the inaugural MLL FOGO of the Year award in 2014 - 2013 Defensive Player of the Week: Weeks 1 and 7 - Team Captain in 2013 and 2014 - Two-time member of the MLL All-Star Team (2013, 2016) - Three time All MLL Team member (2012, 2013, 2014) - Currently holds MLL record for most face off wins

KYLE HARTZELL #81 MIDFIELD

- Played college lacrosse at Salisbury - Member of 2014 US Men’s National Team, won silver - Set record for most points in a season by a defenseman in 2012 with the Ohio Machine (21 points)

ANDREW HODGSON #77 MIDFIELD

- Played college lacrosse at Towson

JOE LOCASCIO #5 MIDFIELD

- Played college lacrosse at Maryland - Acquired by the Lizards in trade with Boston in June 2017

CHRIS MADALON #11 GOALIE

- Played college lacrosse at North Carolina

WILL MANNY #4 ATTACK

- Played college lacrosse at UMass - Acquired by the Lizards in trade with Boston in June 2017 - Totaled 106 goals in his first four seasons with Boston

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JOJO MARASCO #22 MIDFIELD

- Played college lacrosse at Syracuse - Re-acquired by Lizards in trade with Rochester in June 2017 - Totaled 65 goals in his first four seasons with New York - Was a member of the 2015 MLL Championship team.

ROB PANNELL #3 ATTACK

- Member of 2014 US Men’s National Team, won silver - Three-time MLL All-Star (2013, 2014, 2016) - 2014 Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Weeks 1, 8, 13 - Leading scorer for New York in 2014 - 2013 Cascade Rookie of the Year - 2013 Tewaaraton Award winner - NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer with 354 career points

TOMMY PALASEK #84 ATTACK

- Played college lacrosse at Syracuse - 2014 Coca-Cola Player of the Game: Weeks 4, 10 - Second leading scorer for New York in 2014 - Two-time Cascade Rookie of the Week in 2012 - Ranks 8th in the league for most goals scored by a rookie - Game MVP April 28, 2013 v. Boston Cannons; June 13, 2013 v. - Member of the 2013 MLL All Star Team

AUSTIN PIFANI #33 DEFENSE

- Played college lacrosse at North Carolina - Two-time Tewaaraton Award Watch List nominee - 2017 ACC Defensive Player of the Year

PAUL RABIL #99 DEFENSE

- Member of 2014 and 2010 US Men’s National Team, won silver and gold respectively - 2014 FIL All-World Team - Two-time FIL World’s Best Midfielder (2010, 2014) - 2010 FIL World’s MVP - Eight-time member of the MLL All-Star team (2008 – 2016) - Six-time member of the MLL First-Team All-Pro (2009 – 2014) - Holds MLL Single Season All-Time Points Record with 72 points in the 2012 season for Boston - Two-time MLL MVP (2009, 2011) - MLL Championship MVP (2015)

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JAKE RICHARD #27 MIDFIELD

- Played college lacrosse at Marquette University

KYLE SWEENEY #7 DEFENSE

- Played college lacrosse at Georgetown - Has won four MLL Championships (2004, 2006 and 2007 with the Bridgeport Barrage and 2011 with the Boston Cannons) - 13-year MLL veteran

KEVIN UNTERSTEIN #36 MIDFIELD

- Played college lacrosse at Hofstra - Team captain in 2013 - Scored career-high five points in 2013 - Member of 2014 US Men’s National Team 52-man training roster - Member of 2014 MLL All-Star Team

RYAN WALSH #43 ATTACK

- Played college lacrosse at Colgate - 2015 NCAA All-American - Finished at the top of the All-Patriot League with 31 goals and 45 points

JOE WALTERS #28 DEFENSE

- Played college lacrosse at the University of Maryland - Played 3 seasons with Rochester with 73 goals - Played 4 seasons with the Hamilton Nationals with 80 goals

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