WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE LACROSSE ASSOCIATION Contacts: Chris Day (Association Director) 970-424-0486 • [email protected] Website: www.thewila.com Twitter: @WILA_SID ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Men’s • Week 1 • February 18, 2015 QUICK HITS... The fifth season of the WILA is underway as new member ROCKHURST began their second ever season with a comfortable 21-4 win over Missouri rival Fontbonne on Sunday, February 8... The Hawks had 11 different goal scorers, including Jake Martin, who had a game-high six... That total is equal to the third most in WILA history and is just one off the single-game goal scoring record, jointly held by Jake Fritz of Dominican (2012) and Connor Morgan of ADAMS STATE (2014)... Michael Beckham had nine points (4G, 5A) in the Hawks’ victory... The nine offensive points are equal to the fourth most in the WILA’s single-game history and are just one off the record of 10, set by Fritz and Dominican’s Kevin Powers, who did it twice... The 21 goals that the Hawks scored are equal to fifth most in WILA history... The same can be said for their 13 assists and 34 offensive points... The Hawks’ Ian Meister won 17 of 21 faceoffs, equal to the fourth most faceoff wins in WILA single-game history... He also had a game-high 11 ground balls... The Hawks will play a second NCAA Division III opponent this Saturday (Feb. 21) evening at 7 p.m. (CST) when they play host to Dubuque (Iowa)... That game was originally scheduled to be played in Des Moines, Iowa... The WILA’s other new member CSU-PUEBLO will begin their first regular season on Friday at Division III Colorado College... The ThunderWolves did scrimmage both MCLA teams Johnson & Wales and Fort Lewis on Feb. 7 and 8, respectively... COLORADO MESA, picked to win the WILA (see page 2), will scrimmage MSU-Denver on Friday in Grand Junction before starting the regular season on Feb. 28 by hosting Colorado College... The Mavericks were listed amongst the “others receiving votes” in the USILA Division II Preseason-Poll... CSU- Pueblo will visit Rockhurst in the first WILA match of the season on that same day... Adams State does not begin the season until March 6, when the Grizzlies host Colorado Mesa. 2014 WILA MEN’S STANDINGS WILA Overall Institution W-L Pct. GF GA W-L Pct. GF GA Streak Last 5 Rockhurst 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 21 4 W1 1-0 Adams State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 — 0-0 [RV] Colorado Mesa 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 — 0-0 CSU-Pueblo 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 — 0-0 WILAAA UPCOMING WILA SCHEDULE/ PLPLPLAAAYERS OF THE WEEK RECENT RESULTS Sunday, February 8th @ Rockhurst 21, Fontbonne (Mo.), 4 WILA Player of the Week Friday, February 20th CSU-Pueblo at Colorado College, 3 p.m. Selections will begin on $-MSU-Denver (Club Team) at [RV] Colorado Mesa, 5 p.m. Saturday, February 21st February 25, 2015 Dubuque (Iowa) at Rockhurst, 7 p.m. (CT) Saturday, February 28th *-CSU-Pueblo at Rockhurst, 12 p.m. (CT) The Players of the Week are selected by a vote of the WILA Head Colorado College at Colorado Mesa, 1 p.m. Coaches and Sports Information Directors Sunday, March 1st CSU-Pueblo at Lindenwood (Mo.), 1 p.m. (CT) *- WILA Game; $-Scrimmage [#]- Current USILA Rank (RV = Receiving Votes) 2015 WILA Men’s Lacrosse News & Notes Week 1 • February 18 CMU to begin WILA’s new era as favorites GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— Colorado Mesa University has been tabbed the favorite to win the 2015 Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Asso- 2015 PRE-SEASON ciation title, according to the preseason coaches’ poll announced Tuesday (Feb. 10). The Mavericks, based in Grand Junction, Colorado, received all WILA COACHES’ POLL three possible first place votes and also lay claim to the Preseason Player of ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ the Year selections in Stephen Dunn (Offensive) and Eric McCosker (Defensive). The Mavericks went 9-3 overall and 5-1 in WILA play last year Institution Pts ‘14 Record (WILA Record/Place) finishing second in the championship chase on tie-breaking procedures. 1. Colorado Mesa (3) ..... 3 9-3 (5-1, 2nd*) After finishing third in the WILA last year, Adams State University 2. Adams State (1) .......... 5 4-8 (2-4, 3rd) of Alamosa, Colorado, was tabbed second in the poll while new association 3. Rockhurst ..................... 7 2-8# 4. CSU-Pueblo ................. 9 N/A% members Rockhurst University of Kansas City, Missouri and Colorado Notes: First place votes in parenthesis were picked third and fourth, respectively. The State University-Pueblo *-Colorado Mesa finished second behind Dominican in the WILA Rockhurst Hawks played their inaugural 2014 season as independents Championship Tie-Breaking procecures while CSU-Pueblo will field its first ever men’s lacrosse team this spring. #-Rockhurst played the 2014 season as an independent The association’s four head coaches were asked to rank their opposi- %-CSU-Pueblo is sponsoring a men’s lacrosse program for the first tion 1-3 without voting for their own squad. They similarly selected a time in 2015 Preseason Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year. Dunn, a 6-foot-1 senior from Draper, Utah, was a Second Team All-WILA selection at attack in 2014 after scoring 22 goals while assisting on six others. McCosker, slated to play as a long stick midfielder this season, earned First Team All-WILA honors last year as a defender after recording 25 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers to go along with three goals and two assists. The 6-foot senior hails from Concord, Calif. The 2015 campaign, which is the WILA’s fifth, will begin a new era for the association as the two California-based programs (Dominican University and Notre Dame de Namur University) decided to leave the organization following the 2014 campaign. Additionally, Adams State and Colorado Mesa both have new head coaches in Jason Levasque and Vince Smith, respectively. CSU-Pueblo will be guided by Sean Blair in the ThunderWolves’ initial season while Kevin Kelley will guide Rockhurst after founding the Hawk program last year. Although the faces may be new, the association schedule format and championship determination methods will remain the same, as once again, the WILA championship will be determined by a 6-game association regular season schedule in which each of the four members will play each opponent twice - home and away. USILA Coaches’ Poll Preseason (Jan. 26) Points 1. Limestone (S.C.) .................................. 132 (8) 2. LeMoyne (N.Y.) .......................................... 114 3. LIU-Post (N.Y.) ............................................ 111 4. Tampa (Fla.) ............................................ 106 5. Adelphi (N.Y.) ........................................... 103 6. NYIT ................................................................ 99 7. Merrimack (Mass.) ...................................... 76 8. Mercyhurst (Pa.) ......................................... 74 9. Lake Erie (Ohio) ......................................... 58 T10. Queens (N.C.) ......................................... 40 Preseason Offensive Preseason Defensive T10. Florida Southern .................................... 40 12. Dowling (N.Y.) ............................................ 37 Player of the Year Player of the Year 13. Seton Hill (Pa.) ......................................... 30 Stephen Dunn • Colorado Mesa Eric McCosker • Colorado Mesa 14. Molloy (N.Y.) .............................................. 26 #22, Sr., A, 6-1 • 175 #29, Sr., LSM, 6-0 • 185 15. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) ................................... 8 Draper, Utah/Juan Diego Catholic HS Concord, Calif./De La Salle HS Also receiving votes: Mercy (N.Y.), Wheeling Jesuit (W. Va.), Mount Olive (N.C.), Saint Leo (Fla.), Bentley (Mass.), Chestnut Hill (Pa.), Colorado Mesa 2015 WILA Men’s Lacrosse Team Schedules/Results Week 1 • February 18 ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY (0-0, 0-0 WILA) ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○CSU-PUEBLO THUNDERWOLVES (0-0, 0-0 WILA) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result Mar. 6 Colorado Mesa* ....................................... 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at Colorado College .............................................................. 3 p.m. Mar. 11 at CSU-Pueblo* ....................................................................... 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Rockhurst* ................................................................Noon (CT) Mar. 15 Rockhurst* .............................................. 1 p.m. Mar. 1 at Lindenwood (Mo.) .................................................. 1 p.m. (CT) Mar. 17 vs. Vassar (N.Y.)-$ .................................................................. 11 a.m. Mar. 7 Colorado Mesa* ........................................ 1 p.m. Mar. 21 at Rollins (Fla.) ............................................................... 1 p.m. (ET) Mar. 11 Adams State* .......................................... 7 p.m. Mar. 22 at [10] Florida Southern ............................................ 3 p.m. (ET) Mar. 18 Rockhurst* ............................................. 7 p.m. Mar. 24 at [RV] Saint Leo (Fla.) ............................................. 7 p.m. (ET) Mar. 21 at Brevard (N.C.) .........................................................4 p.m. (ET) Mar. 26 at [4] Tampa (Fla.) ..................................................... 7 p.m. (ET) Mar. 25 at Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) ...................................... 3 p.m. (ET) Apr. 4 Colorado College ...................................... 1 p.m. Apr. 3 at Colorado Mesa* ................................................................. 7 p.m. Apr. 7 at Lindenwood