Position: Midfield College: Duke University Professional: Rochester Rattlers David Lawson has been involved in high-level lacrosse since his arrival on campus at Duke University. His first year at Duke, Lawson was a defensive midfielder for an offensive-minded team, which means that he was used in a variety of roles and situations in his inaugural season in Durham. He saw action in all 20 games that season and ended it in…
USA Profile: Kevin Leveille Position: Attack College: UMass ’03 Professional Team: Rochester Rattlers Kevin Leveille is a 10-year Lacrosse veteran and one of the most impressive athletes of the decade. He’s a player who’s shaped by not only natural talent but had a great upbringing that led to his success. He played for the TAYA Chiefs and thrived in high school before finding a place at UMass, where he…
Hometown: Baltimore, MD High School: Loyola Blakefield ’08 College: Virginia ’12 MLL Team: Ohio Machine Has anyone had quite the career that Steele Stanwick has had so far? If they have, they are far and few between. Stanwick has been a star at every level he has played at starting back in high school at Loyola Blakefield. The eldest Stanwick set a school record for career points with 231 of…
The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) has announced the complete schedule and division alignments for the 2014 FIL Men’s World Championship, which takes place July 10-19 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., the “Official Competition City” for the world championship. A record 38 nations will participate in this year’s world championship and will play 142 games over 10 days, beginning with a rematch of the last world championship game….
USA Profile: Marcus Holman Position: Attack College: North Carolina MLL Team: Ohio Machine Young, hungry and ready to go. Marcus Holman has proven that he can play with the big boys. He can bring it from the outside while shifting his way through the defense to put in a lay-up goal too. Marcus has vision and speed to add to his arsenal as well. After playing with two of the…
USA Profile: Matt Abbott Position: Midfielder College: Syracuse University Professional: Chesapeake Bayhawks. Syracuse hit a gold mine with their Class of 2009, winning two championships and producing a number of professionals. Not many people would have thought that the last one standing in the professional ranks would have been Matt Abbott. The midfielder out of Nottingham, New York became an entity in college sports that many coaches would do…
USA Profile: Rob Pannell Position: Attack College: Cornell University Professional: New York Lizards One has to wonder a few what ifs in the span of Rob Pannell’s college career. After almost making his way to Quinnipiac, Pannell opted to make a stop at a post-grad program in order to make his way to Ithaca. The Big Red, and college lacrosse itself, certainly benefited from this move in major ways….
USA Profile: Kyle Harrison Position: Midfield College: Johns Hopkins University Professional: LXM Pro Tour From the time Kyle Harrison stepped onto Homewood Field, lacrosse knew there was a star in the making. The early season tilt against Princeton gave lacrosse an early impression of his abilities. The two-sport sensation from the Friends School in Baltimore was now a star on the big stage with the Blue Jays. His goals,…
USA Profile: Joe Fletcher Defender Professional Team: New York Lizards College: Loyola 2014 There’s many things every coach looks for in a player. Physicality, I.Q., vision, foot work, stick skills are just a few. When you hear the names Lee Zink, Tucker Durkin, Michael Evans, Brian Spallina and Nicky Polanco, you think heavy hitters, physical, beasts, animals and more. Names like Kyle Sweeney, Kyle Hartzell, Ryan Flanagan,…
USA Profile: Chris Eck Face-off Midfielder Professional Team: Boston Cannons College: Colgate ’08 Chris Eck might be another product of lacrosse’s focus on the major powers and missing out on the work other conferences are doing in the college ranks. To most fans of the game, Eck has been a name that has flown under the radar. Look at his production in college and it is hard to believe…