LACROSSE 2017 MEDIA GUIDE Ohio Machine Team Guide Kaley Rentz Director of Communications and public relations Cell Phone: 740-877-1734 E-Mail: [email protected] FRONT OFFICE STAFF Ohio Machine Lacrosse History Ryan Chenault........Team President All Time Record…………………………………....29-41 CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Kaley Rentz….............Director of Communication and Public Relations All Stars……………………………………………………… 26 Season long credentials are issued in April; game-by-game Brian Ciccone…........V.P of Marketing and Corporate Partnership Longest Home Win Streak…............(2014, 5) credentials must be requested before 5p.m. on the Wednes- Bear Davis….................V.P of Community Relations Longest Win Streak……………………………(2014, 5) day prior to each home game. All credential requests must Julianne Noll..............Director of Ticketing Sales and Operations League MVP……………………………………………. 1(2016) be submitted to Kaley Rentz at krentz@theohiomachine. Offensive Player of the Week………. 7 com or 740-877-1734. Defensive Player of the Week……… 10 Ohio Machine Lacrosse Contact....................................Kaley Rentz Rookie of the Week……………………………..4 Cell Phone.......................................................740-877-1734 All MLL Team…………………………………………….4 Player interview Email............................ [email protected] Tewaaraton Winners……………………………4 Mailing Address..............................................................3811 Attucks Drive Media wishing to conduct interviews with any member of the Team USA Members……………………………5 Powell, Ohio 43065 Ohio Machine should contact Kaley Rentz. Please call at least Team Canada Members……………………1 one day in advance. BudLight Player of the Game………..4 Coca-Cola Player of the Game………11 Road Requests ohio machine facts Please direct all road requests for Machine road games to the Location................................................................Obetz, Ohio host teams media contact. Founded..................................................................................2012 Nickname...........................................................................Sheens 2016 In Review Weekly Release Colors...............................Carolina Blue, Red and White Overall Record.............................................8-6 Lost in Championship Game to the Denver Outlaws The weekly release, which included notes and stastics, is available each week on the official Ohio Machine website: coaching Staff theohiomachine.com. 2017 Schedule Bear Davis………........Head Coach and General Manager Darryl Delia…………….Offensive Coordinator Media Game services Nat St. Laurent…….Defensive Coordinator Eric O’Brien.......Faceoff Specialist and Assistant Coach Game notes and starting lineups will be made available to the media prior to each game. Scoring summaries will be distrib- APR 22 AT ATLANTA uted to the media about 10 minutes following the game. Any additional requests should be directed to Kaley Rentz. 29 AT CHARLOTTE Radio and TV broadcasts MAY 6 ROCHESTER Members of the media wishing to broadcast Ohio Machine games should contact Kaley Rentz at least 48 hours prior to 20 CHARLOTTE the date Post Game porcedures 27 FLORIDA Interviews will begin approximately 10 minutes after the game JUN 2 AT CHESAPEAKE ends. There is no formal press conference; interviews will be held on the field or by the team lockerrooms. A member of the Ohio Machine will assist with interviews. Please inform a 10 BOSTON member of the athletics communications office of any specific 22 AT BOSTON requests. Photo requests 24 CHESAPEAKE All still photography requests of Ohio Machine plaeyers and coaches must be emailed to Kaley Rentz (krentz@theohioma- 29 AT NEW YORK chine.com). JUL 8 ALL STAR GAME The Ohio Machine Online Theohiomachine.comis the official website of the Ohio 15 DENVER Machine Lacrosse team. A wide variety of information can be found on the site, including links to all gameday and player 23 AT DENVER information. Accessible on the Ohio Machine page are complte season stastics for both team and individuals, career statistics 29 NEW YORK for current Machine members, game recaps and box scores and weekly and special releases. The team also has a facebook page (facebook.com/theohiomachine), a twitter (twitter.com/ AUG 5 AT ROCHESTER machinemll) and an instagram feed (instagram.com/ma- chinemll). Video Services For all information reguarding video services and game foot- age (if available), contact Kaley Rentz. Ohio Machine Team Guide 2017 ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. College #23 Dominique Alexander 6'2" 215 The Ohio State University #15 Peter Baum 6'1" 197 University of Colgate #3 Jake Bernhardt 6'0" 190 University of Maryland #35 Kyle Bernlohr 5'10" 160 University of Maryland #13 Mike Birney 6'1" 200 Detroit Mercy University #41 Mark Cockerton 5'10" 185 University of Virginia #55 Bryan Cole 6'3" 190 University of Maryland #29 Kevin Cunningham 5'11" 165 Villanova University #28 Derek DeJoe 6'1" 210 Syracuse University #0 David DiMaria 6'1” 196 Lehigh University #24 John Grant Jr. 6'2" 224 University of Delaware #7 Will Haas 6'5" 200 Bellarmine University #40 Pat Harbeson 5'7" 170 University of Virginia #18 Kyle Harrison 6'0" 194 Johns Hopkins University #1 Marcus Holman 5'11" 180 University of North Carolina #16 Ryan Hunter 5'9" 190 The Ohio State University #25 Brian Karalunas 6'0" 185 Villanova University #6 Patrick Kelly 5'11" 185 University of North Carolina #22 Brandon Mangan 6'2" 185 Yale University #33 Joe McCallion 5'11" 205 University of Pennsylvania #11 Matt McMahon 6'4" 225 University of Pennsylvania #88 Mike Messenger 6'2" 203 Limestone College #30 Michael Noone 6'3" 205 Lehigh University #10 Eric O'Brien 6"3" 220 The Ohio State University #17 Jackson Place 5'11" 185 Bucknell University #92 Greg Puskuldjian 5'11" 205 Adelphi University #14 Michaedl Quinn 6'2" 195 Yale University #42 Scott Rodgers 6'4" 265 Notre Dame University #4 Mike Rooney 5'9" 175 Stony Brook University #26 Tom Schreiber 6'0" 190 Princeton University #20 Logan Schuss 6'0" 210 The Ohio State University #8 Andrew Sellers 5'10" 190 Salisbury University #6 Steele Stanwick 5'10" 190 University of Virginia #12 Steven Waldeck 6'0" 210 Stony Brook University #77 Reid Weber 6'0" 190 Lehigh University #2 Lance Yapor 5'11" 185 Hofstra University Pronouncation Guide Jake Bernhardt: BERN-HART Kyle Bernlohr: BERN-Lor Coaching Staff Mike Birney: BERN-EE Bear Davis.....................Head Coach David DiMaria: DEE-Maria Darryl Delia.................Offensive Coordinator Will Haas: H-AA-S Nat St. Laurent.........Defensive Coordinator Pat Harbeson HARB-Eh-SON Dom Marzano..........Special Events Coordinator Mike Messenger MESS-ing-er Bill Wolford................Special Advisor Michael Noone Noon Greg Puskuldjian PU-SKULL-GIN Tom Schreiber SCH-I-BER Ohio Machine Team Guide HEAD COACH BEAR DAVIS Bear Davis completed his fourth season as head coach for he Machine boasted four players that scored 27 or more goals, a Prior to joining Robert Morris, Davis helped start the Wheeling the Ohio Machine in 2016. He took over the program in June feat that hadn’t been accomplished in the league since 2004. Jesuit men’s lacrosse program and guided the cardinals to a No. 24, 2013, after spending the majority of his coaching career 1 national ranking in 2003. in collegiate lacrosse. Davis was the runner up for the Brine Coach of the Year Award in 2014 and 2015. In addition to handling the Ohio Machine, Davis will also be In his first season as head coach, Davis led the team to a serving as the team Operations Manager and the Vice President program best 8-6 record. Under the first year head coach In 2016, head coach Davis lead the Machine to an 8-6 record of Community Relations, heading COYLL (Central Ohio Youth the team went to the 2014 MLL Semi-Finals. The Machine’s and a spot in the MLL Semi-finals, the Machine would then Lacrosse League). Davis took over COYLL in 2016 and is excited to six-game improvement is tied for the largest single-season advance to the MLL Championship Game against the Denver continue his improvement of the game of lacrsosse throughout turnaround in Major League Lacrosse history. Outlaws. Unfortunately, after a back and fourth battle the the Midwest. Machine lost. Under Davis, the Machine posted the top-ranked offense is Davis currently resides in Hilliard with his wife Marissa, daughter Major League Lacrosse in 2014. The team ended their 2014 Under Davis, the Machine have had 26 MLL All-Stars and four Sadie and two sons, Matthew and Kaiden. season with five straight wins, which is tied for the longest All-MLL Players., included MLL League MVP Tom Schreiber. winning streak in MLL that season. Prior to joining the Ohio Machine full-time, Davis was the Ohio Machine Team Guide Offensive Coordinator Darryl delia Second season Darryl Delia is back with the Ohio Machine serving as Offensive Coordinator for a second straight year. Delia is responsible for coordinating the offensive unit of the team, including practice, game planning, and management. Delia is continuing into his fifth year with the Albertus Magnus College men’s lacrosse program. 2016 was a record-setting season for the Albertus Magnus College men's lacrosse team as the Falcons ended the year a 4-10 overall record and finished eighth in the GNAC. The team set a new school record with four wins as AMC scored victories against Anna Maria, Wheelock, Emerson and Mount St. Vincent. He also coached the program's first-ever Academic All-American who was ranked in the top-five of the country in scoring. Currently, Delia is the Executive Director of DSquared Lacrosse, a clinic/ camp program based out of Connecticut, and also a Director of Lacrosse at the CT Speed School and co-owner of Run & Shoot Lacrosse. Delia is employed full-time as a lacrosse/team sales representative for Lids Team Sports. Defensive Coordinator nat st. Laurent Third Season Nat St. Laurent will return for his third season with the Machine and second as defensive coordinator. St. Laurent is responsible for coordinating the defensive unit of the team, includ- ing practice, game planning, and management. St.