2013 Lacrosse KNIGHTS 2013 1 2013 Bellarmine University Lacrosse # Name Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown # Name Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown 1 Michael Bender D So. 5-10 175 Emmaus, Pa. 22 Will Cary M Sr. 6-0 190 Louisville, Ky. 2 Paul Brebber M Jr. 6-2 190 Nanaimo, B.C. 23 Reid Wesley M So. 5-11 180 Louisville, Ky. 3 Billy Wersel M Sr. 6-0 187 Maineville, Ohio 25 Colin Hart D So. 6-0 190 Brentwood, Tenn. 4 Trevor Timmerberg M Gr. 6-2 205 Overland Park, Kan 26 Michael Plisco D Fr. 5-11 190 Brentwood Tenn. 5 David Herring M Sr. 6-0 215 Kansas City, Mo. 27 Brogan Hill M So. 5-10 195 West Chester, Ohio 6 Lance Robinson A Sr. 5-8 180 Bridport, Vt 29 Cameron Gardner M Jr. 5-9 160 Calgary, Alberta 7 Will Haas GK Sr. 6-5 170 Westerville, Ohio. 30 Nick Soriano D Fr. 6-3 210 Flemington, N.J. 8 Hayden Miller GK So. 5-10 165 Cincinnati, Ohio. 31 Paul Garcia A/M Fr. 6-0 185 Noblesville IN 9 Chad Mitchell M Jr. 6-1 170 Calgary, Alta. 33 Bradley Davis D Jr. 5-10 185 Brentwood, Tenn. 10 Luke Acton A R-Sr. 6-0 185 Saskatoon, SK, 34 Benjamin Charpentier A So. 5-10 180 Franklin, Tenn. 11 Nate Blue M So. 5-11 180 Medina, Ohio 38 Stephen Soriano M Jr. 5-11 190 Fleminton, N.J. 12 Karsen Leung M R-Sr. 6-0 185 Victoria, B.C 39 Dylan Gatt A So. 5-9 155 Welland, ON 13 Max Zandstra GK So. 6-3 215 Vancouver, Wash. 41 Daniel Zamora M So. 6-1 190 Highlands Ranch, Colo. 14 Jay Desnoyers A So. 5-10 185 Wilmington, N.C. 42 Devin Arruabarrena A Sr. 5-10 185 Fort Collins, Colo. 15 Michael Ward A Sr. 6-1 190 Ellicott City, Md. 44 Davis Reykdal M Fr. 5-10 150 Red Deer, Alta. 16 Sean Joyce D Jr. 6-2 190 Highlands Ranch, Colo. 45 Dillon Ward GK Sr. 6-5 180 Orangeville, Ont. 17 Liam Kelly A Sr. 6-5 190 Victoria, B.C. 47 Chris Cousins D Fr. 6-2 185 Westerville Ohio. 18 Ryan Scinta M So. 5-11 190 Louisville, Ky. 49 Cole Killion D Fr. 6-1 200 Louisville Ky. 19 Mitch McLaren M Sr. 5-10 190 Victoria, B.C. 50 Grant Beczkalo M So. 5-10 185 Denver, Colo. 20 Taylor Stuart M Fr. 5-10 175 Port Moody, B.C. 55 Tyler Kirby A/M Fr. 5-9 155 Burnaby, B.C. 21 Bobby Schmitt LSM So. 6-3 190 Louisville, Ky. Coaching Staff: Kevin Burns, Head Coach Bill Gleason, Assistant Coach Jim Mitchell, Assistant Coach PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Bellarmine bell-uhr-men 12 Leung LEE-ung 14 Desnoyers da-NOY-ers 34 Charpentier SHAR-pahn-tee-ay 18 Scinta SIN-ta 42 Arruabarrena ah-roo-ah-buh-wren-ah 44 Reykdal rayk-doll 50 Beczkalo becks-KAY-loh KNIGHTS 2013 2 CONTENTS BELLARMINE FAST FACTS Bellarmine 2013 Lacrosse Roster 2 Name: Bellarmine University Coaching Staff 4 Location: Louisville, KY Player Profiles 5 Founded: 1950 2012 Season Stats 32 Enrollment: 3,500 (Spring 2013) ECAC Information 33 President: Dr. Joseph J. McGowan Program Records 34 Director of Athletics: Scott Wiegandt Bellarmine in the Pros 35 Nickname: Knights All-Time Results 36 Colors: Scarlet and Silver University Administration 37 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Bellarmine Athletics Staff 38 Conference: Eastern College Athletic Conference Athletics Facilities 39 Home Field: Owsley B. Frazier Stadium Bellarmine University and Louisville, KY 40 Capacity: 2,000 Athletic Department Phone: 502-272-8380 Athletics FAX line: 502-272-8450 AThleTics ADMinisTraTion Mailing Address: 2001 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY Athletics Director, Scott Wiegandt 502.272.8496 40205 Assistant Athletics Director, Pam Stackhouse 502.272.7997 Assistant Athletics Director, Leslie Fields 502.272.8408 Academic offerings Athletics Office Manager, Linda Burt 502.272.8381 Athletics Secretary, Traci Siemens 502.272.8380 Bellarmine offers more than 50 majors in the arts Sports Information Director, John Spugnardi 502.272.8078 and sciences, business, education, nursing and health Cell phone 502.905.0922 sciences. Five year Accounting/MBA program. Gradu- Asst. Sports Information Director, Chris Cooper 502.272.8078 ate degrees include MBA, Executive MBA, MSN, MA Event Management Director, Patrick Crush 502.272.8036 Communication, MA Education, MAT, MSAIT (Applied Information Technology), MA in Spirituality and a Doc- Head Coaches tor of Physical Therapy. Baseball, Matt Tyner 502.272.8278 Basketball-Men, Scott Davenport 502.272.8383 Athletics offerings Basketball-Women, Chancellor Dugan 502.272.8382 There are 19 varsity sports at Bellarmine, all compet- Cross Country-Men & Women, Jim Vargo 502.272.8042 ing at the NCAA Dvision II level, except men’s lacrosse, Field Hockey, Mark Blankenbaker 502.272.8362 which plays at the NCAA Divsion I level in the East- Golf-Men, Ernie Denham 502.272.8380 ern College Athletic Conference. With the exception Golf-Women, Art Henry 502.272.8380 Lacrosse, Kevin Burns 502.272.8397 of women’s field hockey, which is independent, the Soccer-Men, Tim Chastonay 502.272.8043 remaining sports teams compete in the Great Lakes Soccer-Women, Jonathan Velotta 502.272.8106 Valley Conference. Those teams include: men’s and Softball, Renee Hicks 502.272.8041 women’s Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Ten- Swimming-Men & Women, John Brucato 502.272.7727 nis, Track (Indoor and Outdoor), Swimming, Women’s Tennis-Men, John Mican 502.272.8380 Tennis-Women, John Mican 502.272.8380 Volleyball, and Softball and Baseball. Track & Field - Men & Women, Jim Vargo 502.272.8042 Volleyball, Dan Palmer 502.272.8380 Bellarmine lacrosse historical data First Year of Men’s Lacrosse: 2005 Overall All-Time Record: 53-60 OTher ConTacT INForMATion NCAA Appearances: 0 Sports Information e-mail: [email protected] Last NCAA Postseason Appearance: none Athletics Website: athletics.bellarmine.edu NCAA Tournament Record: 0-0 Men’s Lacrosse Coaching Staff Information MEDIA INFORMATION Head Coach: Kevin Burns For information regarding media passes and seating location for the media, please contact the sports information office at Alma Mater: Loyola (Md.) ‘03 502.272.8078. School Record (1 Yrs.): 4-8 Career Record (1 Yrs.): 4-8 Interviews with coaches can be set up through the sports in- Office Phone: 502-272-8397 formation office or by calling the coaches directly. To arrange E-mail: [email protected] an interview with a student-athlete, media should contact the Assistant Coaches: Bill Gleason, Jim Mitchell sports information office to set up a time. Frazier Stadium’s press box is equipped with wireless capa- bility, and phone lines for electronic transmissions are avail- able on request. KNIGHTS 2013 3 COACHING STAFF HEAD COAch KEVIN BURNS He has also coached at Bing- Bellarmine President Joseph hamton University and was on J. McGowan shares Wiegandt’s the staff when they reached their enthusiasm for the direction of highest national ranking of No. Bellarmine lacrosse. “Being 16. Burns started his coaching nationally competitive in all career as the defensive and phases of university life is impor- recruiting coordinator for the tant to us at Bellarmine, and Seahawks of Wagner College. Kevin Burns will help us achieve As a player, Burns was a just that in our lacrosse pro- 4-year defenseman at Loyola for gram,” McGowan said. legendary coach Dave Cottle. In his first season at the helm During his tenure, the Grey- the Knights finished the season hounds reached the No. 1 nation- 0-6 in the conference, 4-8 al ranking and finished among overall. With a season under his Kevin Burns became the the top eight in the country. belt in Louisville, and a more Bellarmine University men’s Bellarmine University Director experienced roster, Burns ex- lacrosse coach in August of 2011. of Athletics Scott Wiegandt said pects improvement from the Prior to joining the Knights, of Burns, “He has boundless Knights this year. “Guys have Burns completed five seasons as energy and has served and bought into the system that the an assistant coach under Greg played under some of the best coaching staff has put in place,” Cannella at UMass where he coaches in the game. I’m confi- Burns said. “We are looking to worked primarily on the defen- dent that Kevin will move Bellar- play a fun, uptempo style of sive side of the ball and helped mine lacrosse in the right direc- lacrosse that will put us in a lead the Minutemen’s recruiting. tion.” position to win a lot of games.” ASSISTANT COAch BILL GLEASON ASSISTANT COAch JIM MITchELL for SUNY-Cortland. During program at Roanoke. In his his time there, Gleason and tenure there, the Maroons the Red Dragons went on compiled a 2-year record of to the NCAA Div-III Na- 35-5, won a regular-season tional Championships three ODAC Title, spent several times. In 2006 SUNY-Cort- weeks as the #1 team in the land won the school’s first nation in the USILA Div. III National Championship, poll and made two NCAA defeating No. 1 Salisbury 13- Tourney appearances. He 12 in overtime. also coached the 2010 While getting to play Defensemen of the Year and in multiple National Cham- the Long Stick Middie of the pionship games, Gleason Year. was also fortunate to play Mitchell began his under three separate and Jim Mitchell is entering coaching career in the fall Bill Gleason is entering influential head coaches his second season as as- of 2006 as an assistant at his second season as an during his career includ- sistant coach and is now the Goucher College in Balti- assistant coach for the Bel- ing Lelan Rogers (Syracuse defensive coordinator for more, Md.