MEN’S LACROSSE Media Contact: Cody Lahl // 845.750.4225 // [email protected] 2018 UMass Schedule UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN (1-3) (1-3 Overall, 0-0 CAA) VS. #1/1 ALBANY GREAT DANES (3-0) (1-2 Home, 0-1 Away, 0-0 Neutral) DATE OPPONENT Broadcast TIME Tues., March 6, 2018 F10 at #16/16 Army Patriot League Network L, 18-6 Twitter Garber Field F13 [-/RV] Sacred Heart UMass All-Access W, 13-9 @UMassMLacrosse; @UMassAthletics Amherst, Mass. F24 [RV/RV] Harvard UMass All-Access L, 16-11 F27 #11/11 Yale UMass All-Access L, 13-10 M6 #1/1 Albany UMass All-Access/LSN 3 p.m. M10 NJIT UMass All-Access 1 p.m. Live Stats StatBroadcast Instagram M13 at UMass Lowell 3 p.m. @UMassMLAX; @UMassAthletics M17 Hartford UMass All-Access 1 p.m. UMassAthletics.com M24 at Brown 1 p.m. M31 at Drexel* Lax Sports Network 1 p.m. A7 at Delaware* 1 p.m. Watch Head-To-Head Series Albany leads, 11-6 A14 Towson* 1 p.m. UMass All-Access (Free) Lax Sports Network Last: No. 9 Albany 17, Massachusetts 8 A21 at Fairfield* 1 p.m. UMassAthletics.com A27 Hofstra* Lax Sports Network 5 p.m. March 1, 2017 • Albany, N.Y. 2018 CAA Championship (Highest seed hosts) M3 Semifinal Round TBA M5 Championship Game TBA 2018 UMASS LACROSSE PROJECTED LINEUP *Denotes Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) op- No. Name Pos. Yr. Individual/Career Note(s) 3 Devin Spencer A So. Back-to-back hat tricks vs. Harvard (3G; 2/24/18) & #11 Yale (3G; 2/27/18) ponent // Rankings reflect USILA Coaches/Inside 10 Chris Connolly A Fr. Tied-2nd on team with 9 pts; scored 4 times in win over Sacred Heart (2/13/18) Lacrosse Media Top 20 polls // Home contests in 32 Jesse Leung A So. Scored all 11 goals of 2017 season in final 6 games, including 5 vs. Drexel (4/28/17) bold and hosted at Garber Field 35 Buddy Carr M Sr. 71 career points (43G, 28A), 47 groundballs in 47 career games 9 Ben Spencer M Jr. Scored twice vs. Harvard (2/24/18), including 12th career EMG PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 39 Dom St. Laurent M R-Jr. Five multi-point games in 2017; assisted on GWG at No. 15 Yale (3/7/17) 15 Isaac Paparo D Jr. Team-high 33 CTs in 2017, most by Minuteman since NCAA recognized stat in 2010 Aidan Byrne BURN 37 Jackson Suboch D So. Six GBs over the last 3 games; two CTs vs. No. 11 Yale (2/27/18) Michael Biddle bid-dull 45 Luc Valenza D Sr. Career high 5 CTs vs. #11 Yale, most in one game by an active Minuteman Joe Casucci cuh-SUE-chee 31 Sean Sconone G Jr. First collegiate win, career-high 15 saves, 1 CT, 1 GB vs. Sacred Heart (2/13/18) Kevin Cutinella CUT-in-EL-uh -- Logan Danenza duh-NEN-zuh 0 Jack Siebert A/M Fr. Single season records of 76 goals, 41 assists & 117 points as senior at Melrose HS Sam Eisenstadt EYE-zen-STAT 1 Nick Roy A So. First collegiate game & start came against Army (2/11/17) Jesse Leung LUNG 2 Cameron Carpenter G So. 9.53 GAA and .500 save pct at Mt. St. Mary's as freshman in 2017 Pete Mulumba muh-LUM-buh 4 Dan O’Brien LSM/D So. Personal-best four caused turnovers in the win over Sacred Heart (2/13/18) 5 Charlie O’Brien M So. Appeared as a midfielder in 10 games, including one start, in 2017 Greg Pandise pan-DEES 6 Kevin Tobin M Fr. Scored first collegiate goals vs. Harvard (2/24/18) on pass by Hampton Brannon Isaac Paparo puh-PAR-oh 7 Aidan Byrne A/M So. Won 2015 state title at Niskayuna; DNP as freshman at Stony Brook in 2017 Anthony Reale REE-al-EE 8 Christian Trahan FO Fr. Twin State (NH-VT) All-Star Game participant for Team New Hampshire Shane Rinkus RINK-us 11 John Tierney M Jr. Scored once in his 2017 season debut at No. 9 Albany (3/1/17) Sean Sconone scuh-NO-knee 12 Shane Rinkus LSM/D Sr. 3.4 groundballs (31) in final nine games of 2017, at least 3 in seven of those nine Dom St. Laurent saint luh-RENT 13 Joe Casucci D Fr. Was a US Lacrosse Academic All-American at Fairfield Ludlowe in 2017 Alex Shuster SHU-stur 14 Jeff Trainor M So. Scored on 5 of his 7 shots on goal this season (71.4 percent) Jack Siebert SEE-burt 16 Jake Lisauskas M Sr. Posted a 3-point game on two goals, one assist in win over Sacred Heart (2/13/18) Jackson Suboch SUE-bock 17 Josh Rotman M Fr. 1 of only 12 players in the Hockomock League with 50+ points (35g, 15a) in 2016 18 Hampton Brannon G Fr. Made eight saves, assisted on a goal in 33:44 of game action vs. Harvard (2/24/18) John Tierney TEER-knee 19 Anthony Reale SSDM Jr. Earned first collegiate point on an assist vs. Sacred Heart (2/13/18) Kevin Tobin TOE-bin 20 Michael Biddle M Fr. 2017 All-Merrimack Valley Conference selection at Andover High School Christian Trahan TRAY-han 22 Brendan Cray A Fr. 2017 New Hampshire Division I All-America First Team selection Luc Valenza Luke VUH-len-zuh 23 Billy Philpott SSDM R-So. Three groundballs, three caused turnovers in SSDM role during 2018 24 Jake Marino SSDM Sr. Had 15 of 20 GBs in final 8 games; 5 points led all UMass defensive players in 2017 26 Mike Elcock LSM/D R-Jr. First collegiate caused turnover/groundball combo vs. Sacred Heart (2/13/18) WHATCHA LOOKING FOR? 27 Greg Pandise D Jr. Appeared in five games during 2017 as a reserve close defenseman Numerical Roster .......................Page 2 28 Logan Danenza D So. Eight appearances at close defense for High Point in 2017 with 5 GBs, 2 CTs Alphabetical Roster .....................Page 3 29 Noah Rak FO Sr. Surpassed 300 career FO wins with 12-of-19 effort, 8 GBs, 2g at No. 16 Army (2/10/18) Greg Cannella’s Bio ..................Pages 4-5 30 Dan Tracy D So. Father, Dan, played at Maryland; sister, Samantha Jo, at North Carolina Assistant Coach Bios ....................Page 6 33 Dean Brooks FO Fr. Had more than 500 faceoff victories during his tenure at Billerica High School Opponent Series Information ...........Page 7 34 Tom Meyers FO Jr. Is 13-of-24 (.542) on FOs with 9 GBs this season; won at least 50.0% in 3 GP 36 Alex Shuster M Fr. Posted 199 career points (123g, 66a) at St. Charles Prep; 55p-35g-20a in 2017 Quick Facts & Game Notes ..............Page 8 38 Pete Mulumba SSDM So. 3-year letterwinner at Beverly HS; joined UMass team as walk-on in Fall, 2017 Game Notes & Assorted Stats ........Pages 9-18 40 Mike Sullivan LSM/D Jr. Transfer from Siena College; Three-time Hockomock League All-Star at Franklin HS Student-Athlete Bios ...............Pages 19-25 42 Clayton Proctor A Fr. Dished an assist in the win over Sacred Heart (2/13/18) for his first collegiate point 2018 Game Box Scores .................Page 26 44 Sam Eisenstadt D Fr. Named an EMLCA All-American, Bay State League MVP following his senior season 2018 Season Statistics ..................Page 27 55 Kevin Cutinella M Fr. 69 goals, 46 assists, 115 points at Shoreham-Wading River HS 1 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LACROSSE ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER BY POSSIBLE POSITIONS NO. NAME YEAR POS. HT./WT. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL Attack (10) Midfield (25) 20 Michael Biddle Fr. M 5-10/175 Andover, Mass./Andover Aidan Byrne Michael Biddle 18 Hampton Brannon Fr. G 5-11/220 Atlanta, Ga./Episcopal (Va.) Buddy Carr Aidan Byrne 33 Dean Brooks Fr. FO 6-1/190 Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial Chris Connolly Dean Brooks (FO) 7 Aidan Byrne So. A/M 6-6/215 Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna/Stony Brook Brendan Cray Buddy Carr 2 Cameron Carpenter So. G 6-0/175 Amherst, N.Y./St. Joseph's/Mount St. Mary's (Md.) Jesse Leung Kevin Cutinella 35 Buddy Carr Sr. M/A 5-11/195 Exeter, N.H./Exeter Clayton Proctor Mike Elcock (LSM) 13 Joe Casucci Fr. D 6-3/205 Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe Nick Roy Jake Lisauskas 10 Chris Connolly Fr. A 5-9/175 Glastonbury, Conn./Xavier (Conn.)/Trinity Pawling (N.Y.) Jack Siebert Jake Marino (SSDM) 22 Brendan Cray Fr. A 5-9/150 Amherst, N.H./Souhegan/Brewster Academy Devin Spencer Tom Meyers (FO) 55 Kevin Cutinella Fr. M 5-10/195 Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River John Tierney Charlie O’Brien 28 Logan Danenza So. D 6-2/195 Muttontown, N.Y./St. Anthony's/High Point (N.C.) Dan O'Brien (LSM) 44 Sam Eisenstadt Fr. D 6-2/195 Needham, Mass./Needham Defense (12) Isaac Paparo (LSM) 26 Mike Elcock R-Jr. LSM/D 6-3/220 Needham, Mass./Needham Joe Casucci Billy Philpott (SSDM) Noah Rak (FO) 32 Jesse Leung So. A 5-7/155 Brookline, Mass./Brookline Logan Danenza Anthony Reale (SSDM) 16 Jake Lisauskas Sr. M 5-11/190 Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Sam Eisenstadt Mike Elcock Shane Rinkus (LSM) 24 Jake Marino Sr. SSDM 5-9/180 Harrison, N.Y./Harrison Josh Rotman 34 Tom Meyers Jr. FO 5-9/190 Radnor, Pa./Radnor Dan O’Brien Greg Pandise Alex Shuster 38 Pete Mulumba So.