Men’s Lacrosse NAZARETH COLLEGE 2008 MEDIA GUIDE Nazareth College, Rochester, N.Y. Men’s Lacrosse College Information Table of Contents Location . 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618 Nazareth College Athletics/ Main Telephone Number . (585). 389-2525 Men’s Lacrosse Quick Facts . Page 1 Enrollment . 2,000 (undergraduate) Staff Directory . Page 2 Founded . 1924 by the Sisters of St . Joseph Head Coach Rob Randall . Page 3 President . Daan. Braveman Assistant Coaches / Year by Year Records . Page 4 Nickname . Golden Flyers Colors . Purple. and Gold 2008 Season Preview . Page. 5-6 Affiliations . NCAA Division III, ECAC 2008 Roster . Page 7 Home Field (capacity) . G. olden Flyer Stadium (2,200) 2008 Returning Players . Page 8-12 Athletic Director . Peter. Bothner 2008 Newcomers . Page 14-16 Office Phone . (585). 389-2196 Empire 8 Conference . Page 17 E-mail . pbothne4@naz .edu Athletic Office Coordinator . L. yndsay Thomas Season Review . .Page 18 Office Phone . (585). 389-2186 2007 Game Summaries . Page 19-20 E-mail . lthomas4@naz .edu 2007 Results and Statistics . Page 21 Head Athletic Trainer . Adrienne. Jester 2008 Opponent Profiles . Page 22-24 Office Phone . (585). 389-2838 E-mail . ajester4@naz .edu Golden Flyers vs . All Opponents . .Page 25 Assistant Athletic Trainers . .Beth Abegglen, Mike Fahy Golden Flyers in Post Season Play . .Page 25 Assistant Athletic Director / Sports Information Director . .Joe Seil Golden Flyer Records . Page 26-28 Office Phone . (585). 389-2452 Honors and Awards . Page 29-30 Office Fax . (585). 389-2188 Year by Year Results . Page 31-33 E-mail . jseil2@naz. .edu Web Address . www. .nazathletics .com Sponsors and Donors . Page 34-37 Admissions Office . (585). 389-2860 History and Information . Page 38 Financial Aid Office . (585). 389-2310 Conference . E. mpire 8 NaZarEth MEN’S LacrossE 2008 is a production of the Empire 8 Commissioner . Chuck Mitrano Nazareth Athletic Department . Office Phone . (585) 581-0834 Special thanks to Kiel Sick . For further information, contact Joe E-mail . cmitrano@empire8 .com Seil at (585) 389-2452 or at Empire 8 SID . Tim. Farrell jseil2@naz .edu . E-mail . tfarrell@empire8 .com Web Address . www. .empire8 .com Front cover: MARK KANELLIS Head Coach . .Rob Randall (Nazareth, ‘88) STEVE CUTIA Record at Nazareth . .94-23 (7 seasons) JOHN HANSS Career Head Coaching Record . 137-55. (12 seasons) GHOSTED IMAGE: Office Phone . (585). 389-2194 MATT ALOI E-mail . .rrandal5@naz .edu DESIGN & LAYOUT: Assistant Coaches . .Ryan Martin, Jeff Mangini, Francis Donald Team Captains . Matt. Aloi, Steve Cutia, John Hanss, Mark Kanellis MAIN COLLEGE NUmbER: PREss BOX PhoNE: Players returning/lost . .21/19 (585) 389-2951 2007 Overall Record . 16-3. (585) 389-2525 2007 Empire 8 Record/Finish . 6-1/2nd. AthLETIC OFFICE FaX: PREss BOX FaX: 2007 Post-Season . .Won Empire 8 Tournament, lost in NCAA quarterfinals (585) 389-2839 (585) 389-2950 NCAA Tournament Appearances (17) . 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Sports INFO FaX: Sports HotLINE: . 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 (585) 389-2188 (585) 389-2095 NCAA Championships (3) . 1992, 1996, 1997 Overall Record . 271-63,. .811 (22 seasons) & PHONE Numbers 1—TOC/COLLEGE INFO 2007-08 Nazareth STAFF DIRECTORY BETH Abegglen SUE Behme PETER Bothner TERESE Bouchard toby Brown JACK Carpenter ASSIstaNT WOMen’S DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS EQUESTRIAN COACH ASSOCIatE Men’S WOMen’S ATHLETIC TRAINER LACROSSE COACH pbothne4@naz .edu tboucha3@naz .edu baskETBALL COACH SOFTBALL COACH babeggl6@naz .edu sbehme9@naz .edu 389-2196 389-2195 tbrown9@naz .edu jcarpen9@naz .edu 389-2838 389-2835 389-2193 389-2936 MARTY Coddington MIKE Daley MICHAEL Fa h y DANNY Gilbertson DEVIN Gotham ADRIENNE Jester Men’S & WOMen’S ASSISTANT ATHLETIC ASSISTANT Men’S SOCCER COACH women’S HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER, GOLF COACH DIRECTOR & Men’S ATHLETIC TRAINER baskEtbaLL coach ASST . ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, dgilber5@naz .edu SR . WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR mcoddin6@naz .edu BASKETBALL COACH mfahy8@naz .edu dgotham6@naz .edu 389-2191 ajester4@naz .edu 389-2851 mdaley8@naz .edu 389-2838 389-2190 389-2838 389-2814 SCOTT Love GAILMann daVE Marsh ryaN Martin MIKEPalermo ROBRandall CROSS COUNTRY, WOMen’S SOCCER COACH DIVING COACH ASSISTANT Men’S EQUIPMENT Men’S TRACK & FIELD COACH gmann8@naz .edu dmarsh3@naz .edu LACROSSE COACH ROOM MANAGER LACROSSE COACH DIRECTOR of INTRAMURALS elove9@naz .edu 389-2813 389-2198 mpalerm6@naz .edu rrandal5@naz .edu 389-2852 rmartin3@naz .edu 389-2837 389-2194 389-2858 JOE Seil MARTIE Staser LYNdsay Thomas ANDREA Tut in o PAULWaida CALW ick en s ASSISTANT ATHLETIC Men’S & WOMen’S ATHLETIC OFFICE FIELD HOCKEY COACH Men’S & WOMen’S Men’S & WOMen’S DIRECTOR/SID SWIMMING COACH COORDINATOR atutino0@naz .edu TENNIS COACH VOLLEYBALL COACH jseil2@naz .edu mstaser3@naz .edu lthomas4@naz .edu 389-2199 pwaida7@naz .edu cwicken0@naz .edu 389-2452 389-2198 389-2195 389-2853 389-2189 2007-2008 STAFF DIRECTORY—2 HEAD COACH Men’s Lacrosse HEAD COACH Rob Randall Now in his eighth season as head Hartwick, 18-7 . They won playoff games over Stevens Tech (13-10) coach of the Golden Flyers’ men’s and Cortland (14-7) before losing at Middlebury . lacrosse team, Rob Randall has worked Randall was a logical choice to replace Nelson as coach since he diligently to carry on the program’s played at Nazareth in 1987 and was an assistant coach for three successful tradition . seasons in the 1990s . He was on the staff in 1992 when the Randall took on the Nazareth Golden Flyers won their first national title . lacrosse coaching challenge in 2001, A native of Rochester, Randall spent the 2000 season as head succeeding Nazareth Sports Hall of coach at SUNY Geneseo . His coaching experience also includes a Famer Scott Nelson, who won 177 four-year stint as head coach at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, games and three national titles in 15 seasons . Conn . and three seasons as a Division I assistant coach at the u .S . Randall’s determined focus and attention to detail have been key Military Academy at West Point . ingredients in enabling the Golden Flyers to maintain their status At Sacred Heart, Randall, like Nelson, started from scratch, building among the elite teams in Division iii . a program that would eventually be ranked fourth nationally in Nazareth has made five NCAA Tournament appearances in Division ii . Randall’s seven seasons and made a trip to the Division III He compiled a record of 41-20 in his four seasons there and twice championship game in 2004 . In 2005, Randall had the Golden was a finalist for Division II Coach of the Year honors . His 1996 Flyers once again on the brink of a national championship game team won the ECAC Division II title . appearance, but Nazareth lost a close game at Middlebury in the Division III semifinals . In ‘06, Nazareth finished 12-4 and scored As a player, Randall was a starting attackman and was named the decisive wins over Oneonta and Ithaca to win the ECAC Upstate Golden Flyers’ offensive most valuable player in 1987, Nazareth’s Championship . In ‘07, Nazareth gained an automatic berth by second season of intercollegiate competition . He had 48 points on winning the Empire 8 Conference Tournament, then defeated 18 goals and a team-best 30 assists . Geneseo in convincing fashion, 15-5, in the opening round of the Randall was a scholastic standout at Irondequoit High School and NCAA Tournament . The Golden Flyers’ season ended with a tough went on to earn junior college All-America honors at Herkimer 9-6 loss to Wesleyan in the national quarterfinals . County Community College before enrolling at Nazareth . Randall’s seven-year Nazareth record of 94-23 ( .803) includes a He earned a degree in sociology from Nazareth in 1988 and a school-record 16 victories in 2004 and 2007 . He has been named Master of Arts degree in teaching from Sacred Heart . Empire 8 Conference Coach of the Year three times -- in 2001, In addition to coaching lacrosse at Nazareth, Randall oversees 2003 and 2007 . Last season, he also was selected to coach the game management operations during the fall and winter sports North squad in the annual North-South Senior all-star game in seasons . During the summer he will operate the popular Nazareth Baltimore . College Lacrosse Camp . This year’s camp is July 7-11, 2008 . The Golden Flyers won their first 15 games for Randall in 2001, Nazareth also will operate a camp for the first time in Indianapolis before falling to Middlebury in the national semifinals . from June 16-20 . Then after a somewhat disappointing season -- by Nazareth Randall resides in Rochester with his wife, Barbara; daughter, lacrosse standards -- in 2002 when the Golden Flyers finished Carly; and son, Brett . 9-5 and missed the NCAA playoffs for the first time in 12 years, Randall steered the program back in the right direction in 2003 as the Golden Flyers finished 12-4 overall and captured the Empire 8 Conference championship with a thrilling 12-11 double overtime victory over Ithaca . In 2004, after tough regular-season road losses at Cortland and Ithaca, the Golden Flyers regrouped in time to avenge both defeats come playoff time . A 7-5 win at Ithaca enabled Nazareth to win the Empire 8 Conference title for the second year in a row, and a 10-8 win at Cortland in the national quarterfinals set up a semifinal matchup at Middlebury . Nazareth won at Middlebury, 12-8, snapping the Panthers’ 45-game home-field winning streak and earning the Golden Flyers a trip to Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium to meet Salisbury in the national championship game .