The NCAA lacrosse season has now moved on to the beginning of the NCAA Tournament. With the NCAA season winding down and players now transitioning to the start of the MLL season, teams will start to slowly incorporate their rookies onto their teams. Here is a team-by-team look to see how many of their draft picks ended their college careers.
Ohio Machine
Schreiber ended his college career with 51 points and had just one goal in the last two games. Rob Guida had six points in his last two games. He had two goals against Villanova and three goals and an assist against Loyola. Scott Loy and Derek Maltz had solid days as Loy has scored a goal in three consecutive games while Maltz had two goals and an assist versus Notre Dame in the ACC Championship Game.
Defensively, Jackson Place and Stephen O’Hara are two stout defenders with Place finishing with 38 takeaways this season, good for second in the nation. O’Hara continues lead the Notre Dame defense.
New York Lizards
Luke Duprey saw his season end due to an ACL tear in their game against Virginia and is out for the upcoming season. Joe Fletcher continues to shut down the top offensive threat on the opposing offense as Loyola has won 15 straight games. Brandon Mangan finished his Yale career with 45 points this season and had four and two points in games the Bulldogs’ last two games, both of which came against Harvard. Alex Zomerfield had 36 points on the season but had only one point in Bryant’s last two games.
Rochester Rattlers
John LoCascio ended his fantastic career at Villanova with 18 points and 36 caused turnovers in his last season. Jordan Wolf finished the season with 80 points and had 21 points over his last three games. Meanwhile, Miles Thompson eclipsed the 100 point mark and had back-to-back nine points in the America East Tournament for Albany. Ty Thompson finished with 47 points and had five points, including four goals in the America East Championship game against UMBC. Harvard midfielder Dan Eipp had 21 points on the season and had five points for the Crimson in the Ivy League Tournament. Mark Cockerton had a great end to the regular season as he had seven points against North Carolina.
Chespeake Bayhawks
Alex Love has been out for Hobart since the third game of the season. He had 10 points in three games for Hobart. Meanwhile, Kevin Cernuto finished his career at St. Johns with three goals against Villanova and three assists against Penn on his way to a 42 point season. Brandon Benn also had two goals in each of his last two games against Villanova and Loyola as he finished the year with 40 points. Faceoffman Dylan Levings won 58 percent of his faceoffs as he helped Yale to the Ivy League Tournament.
Denver Outlaws
Jeremy Noble has been a do-it-all midfielder for the Pioneers as he has 41 points, 17 caused turnovers and 45 ground balls on the season. He had three assists this weekend as Denver took care of busines in clinching the Big East Tournament. Teammate Jamie Faus saved 11-of-17 combined shots that he saw in both games in the Big East Tournament as well. Meanwhile, Bryant midfielder Colin Dunster had seven points as the Bulldogs won the NEC Tournament. Ben McIntosh helped Drexel to a surprise CAA Championship as he had 10 points combined this weekend and ended the season with 59 points.
Boston Cannons
Rob Emery finished the year with 19 points and had a goal apiece in the team’s last two games of the season. Air Force midfielder Erik Smith was huge in helping the Falcons win the ECAC Tournament and get their first NCAA Tournament berth since 1988. On the season he had 35 points and had three points against Ohio State and had one goal against Fairfield in the ECAC Championship game. Smith also went 7-of-11 on faceoffs. Goalies Austin Kaut and Jack Murphy played pretty well as their season came to a close. Murphy was named the ECAC Goalie of the Year while Kaut was saved 54 percent of his shots this season.
Florida Launch
McArdle finished with 79 points on the season and carried St. Johns’ offense all year. Ryan Creighton continues to be a do-it-all midfielder for the Tar Heels as they look to take the next step in the NCAA Tournament. Meanwhile, Maryland goalie Niko Amato finished ranked sixth in the nation with a 57 percent save percentage and had two back-to-back games where he saved 60 percent of the shots he saw to end the season.
