IF i WIN I ’ L L B A C K I T U P W I T H H U M I L I T Y.
Don’t undo my hard work with poor sportsmanship.
Table of Contents LIU Post.........................................................................................5 Mercy College..............................................................................6 New York Institute of Technology...........................................4 Roberts Wesleyan College.........................................................7
East Coast Conference Staff Melissa Reilly Casey Rafferty Robert Dranoff Associate Commissioner Assistant Commissioner Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org mreilly@eccsports.org crafferty@eccsports.org 631.372.1886 631.372.0886 631.372.0332 The 2019 East Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Communications, in Adobe InDesign CS5. Cover art work was designed by Casey Rafferty. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Melissa Reilly, and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.
LIU POST
No. Name Yr Pos Ht 1 Will Acerenza R-So. FO 5-10 2 Nick Grassa Jr. M 6-2 3 Dan Foley Jr. M 6-2 4 Dalton Chea So. FO 6-0 5 Alex Russell Jr. M 6-0 6 Jake Murphy Fr. M 5-11 7 Matt Riveira Fr. D 6-0 8 Matt Ruhlig Sr. M 5-10 9 Steven Frank Sr. M 6-0 10 William Snelders So. A 6-2 11 Marc Towe Sr. M 6-0 12 Michael Licata Sr. M 5-10 13 Bryan Ochs Sr. GK 5-10 14 John Harding R-Jr. D 6-1 15 Brad Beck Fr. A 5-10 16 Frank Ranfone Sr. A 5-9 17 Brody Leinson Fr. M 5-10 18 Dan Fuller Fr. D 5-9 19 Dean Patsos Jr. M 6-0 20 Thomas Long So. D 5-10 21 Shane Gibbons So. M 5-10 22 Patrick Harrington So. D 6-1 23 Wyatt Noone Jr. D 5-7 24 P.J. Usak Sr. D 5-11 25 Connor Farrell Sr. FO 6-2 26 Brendan Crowley Fr. M 6-0 27 Jonny Lieberz Jr. M 5-9 28 Doug Chase Fr. A 5-10 29 Kyle Dolan Fr. M 6-2 31 Marcin Maleski Fr. A 5-11 32 Brandon Cossaro Fr. M 5-11 35 Chris Belmonte Fr. D 5-8 36 Henry Flocco Fr. A 5-7 37 Jeff Jean-Baptiste R-Jr. A 6-2 39 Schuyler Valensky Fr. D 5-10 41 Jake Gillis Fr. A 6-4 43 John Ruddick Fr. GK 5-11 44 Ryan Blume So. D 6-1 45 Mike Kadner Jr. M 6-2 48 John Whitenack So. GK 5-10 50 Dylan Villari Jr. M 6-3 55 Thomas Liantonio R-Jr. A/M 5-7 99 J.C. Blume Jr. D 6-1
Wt 155 200 200 215 185 200 175 177 175 260 200 190 200 200 165 170 165 170 140 180 170 170 190 170 225 145 160 175 175 170 170 215 150 170 190 195 180 195 215 165 215 165 170
Hometown/Previous School Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon Carmel, N.Y./Mahopac Huntington Station, N.Y./UMBC Poynton, England/Nottingham Ridge, N.Y./Longwood Massapequa Park, N.Y./Kellenburg Memorial Islip Terrace, N.Y./Avon Old Farms Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge Port Jeff Station, N.Y./Comsewogue Baldwin, N.Y./Gannon Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North Syosset, N.Y./Syosset St. Johns, Fla./Ponte Vedra Oyster Bay, N.Y./Oyster Bay Guilford, Conn./Guilford Lunenburg, Mass./Littleton Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage Selden, N.Y./Newfield Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh Center Valley, Pa./Southern Lehigh Bay Shore, N.Y./St. John the Baptist Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East East Northport, N.Y./Northport Woodbury, N.Y./Syosset Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst Keene, N.H./Keene Glen Cove, N.Y./Chaminade Syosset, N.Y./Syosset Patterson, N.Y./Carmel Bridgeport, Conn./Emmett O’Brien North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon Calgary, Alberta/Robert Thirsk Malverne, N.Y./Valley Stream North Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester Franklin Square, N.Y./Nassau C.C. Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown Massapequa, N.Y./Holy Trinity Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester
Coach Eric Wolf
Connor Farrell
Jake Gillis
William Snelders
Head Coach: Eric Wolf (2nd Season) Assistant Coaches: Jimmy Montana, Brendan Schroeder, Josh Tullis, Jimmy Madden, Zach Oliveri
Quick Facts
Location: Brookville, N.Y. Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 8,472 Nickname: Pioneers Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. Kimberly R. Cline Director of Athletics: Debbie DeJong Stadium: Bethpage Federal Credit Union
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Did You Know?
•LIU Post has the third-best scoring offense in Division II at over 16 goals per game •Sophomore Will Snelders is tied for seventh in the country in total goals •Senior Connor Farrell is on pace to shatter multiple NCAA Division II records, including ground balls per game and faceoff winning percentage, while also setting a new single-season record for ground balls, and new single-game records for ground balls and faceoffs won.
MERCY COLLEGE
Coach Jordan Levine
Bobby Chillianis
Ryan Gibbons
No. Name Yr 2 Bobby Chillianis Sr. 4 Thomas Umano Fr. 5 Luke Baron Sr. 6 Anthony DeVito Jr. 7 Kyle Gardner Jr. 8 Joe Poggio Fr. 9 Antonio Rey Jr. 10 Nick Sehring Sr. 11 Dominic Scorcia So. 13 Matthew DeFeo Sr. 14 Jack Kipnes Fr. 15 Nick Caterina Fr. 16 Joe Tortorella Fr. 17 Ricky Marchelos Jr. 18 Andrew Cali Sr. 19 Jack Gibbons Fr. 21 Brody Guido Fr. 22 JoJo Janavey Fr. 23 Erik Badger Sr. 24 Ryan MacSpadyen Sr. 25 John Collins So. 26 Jake Fitzgerald Fr. 27 Tommy McPartland Jr. 28 Vincent Campbell So. 29 Ryan Gibbons Sr. 30 Bobby Norton Jr. 33 Robert LoRicco Jr. 34 Joe Cortese Jr. 35 Christian Hernandez So. 39 Matthew Prasenski Jr. 40 Max Littleton Sr. 44 Anthony DeCeglia Sr. 47 Eric Marzocca Sr. 77 Sean Stockton So. 88 Joseph Guglielmo So. 96 Kieran Murchie Sr.
Pos Ht A 5-9 GK 5-6 M 6-1 M 5-7 D 5-10 A 5-9 M/FO 6-0 M/FO 5-7 A 5-8 A 5-10 D 6-0 M 5-10 GK 5-7 M 5-8 D 5-11 M 6-2 M 5-11 A 5-4 M 6-0 M 6-1 M/FO D 5-9 A 6-0 D 6-0 GK 5-11 D 6-2 M 6-0 M 5-5 M 6-0 GK 6-1 D 6-0 D 6-0 M/A 6-8 M 6-2 M 5-8 D 6-4
Wt 170 155 175 160 170 180 200 175 150 150 175 165 145 175 160 165 175 165 175 180 5-9 170 190 195 204 190 185 155 200 180 200 170 225 176 165 230
Hometown/Previous School Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage Seaford, N.Y./Seaford Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point Miller Place, N.Y./Rocky Point Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey Upper Brookville, N.Y./St. Dominic’s Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur Boynton Beach, Fla./Saint John Paul II Academy Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey New Hyde Park, N.Y./Herricks Huntington, N.Y./St. Dominic’s North Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham North Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse Shrub Oak, N.Y./Lakeland Fayetteville, N.Y./Onondaga CC Toronto, Ontario/Seneca College 175 Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale Clark, N.J./AL Johnson Seaford, N.Y./Dowling College Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale Guilford, Conn./University at Albany Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Lakeland Farmingdale, N.Y./Dominican College Rockaway Park, N.Y./Xaverian Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Northport, N.Y./Nassau CC North Babylon, N.Y./Nassau CC Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford Coral Springs, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey
Head Coach: Jordan Levine (7th Season) Assistant Coaches: Joe Corace, Lew Janavey, Chris Martinez
Ryan MacSpadyen
Quick Facts
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Founded: 1950 Enrollment: 9,403 Nickname: Mavericks Colors: Blue and White President: Timothy L. Hall Director of Athletics: Matt Kilcullen, Jr. Stadium: Mavericks Field
Did You Know?
• The Mavericks earned their first-ever ECC Regular Season Championship this season. • Mercy also earned the top seed in ECC Tournament for first time. • The Mavericks went undefeated in ECC play for first time. • This is the fifth straight appearance in the ECC Tournament for the Mavericks
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NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY No. Name Yr 1 Andrew Alban Sr. 2 Matt Murphy Jr. 3 Andrew Zito Jr. 4 Nicholas Nicolosi Sr. 5 John DeFeo Fr. 6 Joe Duchnowski Fr. 7 Austin Fitzpatrick Jr. 8 Tom Urena III Fr. 9 Mike Sofia Sr. 10 Dan Lembo Sr. 11 Matthew Stevens Fr. 12 Jason Sullivan Sr. 13 Matthew Greaves Fr. 17 Nick Johannsen So. 18 Lenny Innamorato So. 19 Matt Arnone Jr. 20 Chris Gomes Jr. 21 Eddie Greco Gr. 22 Brian Jockers Jr. 24 Kenny Wickline Jr. 25 Frank Callan Jr. 29 Brian Hoerter So. 30 Michael LoCastro Jr. 34 Chris Lieze-Hammel R-Jr. 36 Nick DeLuca Sr. 37 Dang Pham So. 42 Cameron Rossi So. 44 Michael Trainor Sr. 45 Ryan O’Neill Fr. 46 Jon Flores Jr.
Pos A A M M GK A M D M M A A M D A M M GK GK M D M A M D M D M D D
Ht 5-6 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-8 5-9 5-9 5-10 5-10 5-8 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-3 5-7 5-8 5-7 5-9 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-8 6-1 5-9 5-7 6-0 5-10 6-3 5-9
Wt 165 172 180 214 170 159 181 202 184 145 146 158 174 218 165 205 135 190 227 160 211 185 164 176 201 146 182 182 216 179
Hometown/Previous School Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches West Islip, N.Y./Suffolk CC Oyster Bay, N.Y./Univ. of Scranton Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony’s Aquebogue, N.Y./Riverhead Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem NorthS Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville Riverhead, N.Y./Riverhead Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon Hicksville, N.Y./Nassau CC Dix Hills, N.Y./Commack Fort Salonga, N.Y./Quinnipiac Univ. North Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge Medford, N.Y./Bellport Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa New Hyde Park. N.Y./New Hyde Park Lake Grove, N.Y./Sachem North Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin Brooklyn, N.Y./John Dewey Mastic, N.Y./William Floyd Northport, N.Y./Nassau CC Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage West Babylon, N.Y./Morrisville State
Head Coach: Bill Dunn (10th Season) Assistant Coaches: Tim Tuttle, Mike Cama, Matt Sullivan and Mike Schwalje
Coach Bill Dunn
Lenny Innamorato
Brian Jockers
Matt Murphy
Quick Facts
Location: Old Westbury, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 15,000 Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue and Gold President: Henry C. “Hank” Foley, Ph.D. Director of Athletics: Dan Velez Stadium: President’s Stadium
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Did You Know?
• NYIT has won two straight ECC postseason titles • The Bears have qualified for the ECC playoffs despite suffering their first losing season since 1976. • Assistant coach Matt Sullivan was inducted into the NYIT Athletics Hall of Fame on April 12.
ROBERTS WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Coach Rocky Delfino
Pat Hynes
Hunter Lemieux
No. Name 1 Connor Jones 2 Matt Culp 3 Michael Gouger 4 Amelio Ripa 5 Collin Waden 6 Jake Sparks 7 Sam Schubach 8 Stephen Connolly 9 Cody Menzies 10 Zach Cree 11 Gavin Marsh 13 Alessandro Tuttobene 14 Tyler Carpenter 15 Matt Gademske 16 Colin Vandewater 20 Michael Pierog 22 Mitch Streety 25 Jared Bardeen 26 Brennan Mackey 27 Jonathan Deats 29 Pat Shea 33 Kyle Dunham 40 Jon Karbowniczak 44 Pat Hynes 66 Hunter Lemieux 77 Rocky Delfino 92 Connor Schissler 99 Mike Richardson
Yr Pos Fr. A Fr. A R-Sr. A Fr. A Sr. M Jr. D Sr. FO Fr. D Sr. A Fr. D So. M Sr. M Fr. D So. M Jr. D Fr. M So. FO So. D Jr. GK Fr. A Jr. D Sr. M Jr. M So. GK So. A Sr. D Jr. D Jr. M
Ht Hometown/Previous School 6-0 Syracuse, N.Y./Liverpool 5-7 Buffalo, N.Y./Sweet Home 5-9 Rochester, N.Y./Hilton 5-8 New Hartford, N.Y./New Hartford 6-1 Henrietta, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta 6-4 Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee 5-11 Rush, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta 6-0 Rochester, N.Y./Webster Schroeder 5-11 Georgetown, Ontario/Christ the King 6-0 Westfield, Mass./Westfield 5-10 Dryden, N.Y./Dryden 6-0 Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas Institute 5-10 Rochester, N.Y./Hilton 5-9 Buffalo, N.Y./Sweet Home 5-9 North Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham 6-0 Georgetown, Ontario/Christ the King 5-8 Buffalo, N.Y./Orchard Park 6-1 Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua 6-0 Victor, N.Y./Victor 6-3 Bath, N.Y./Bath 6-0 Buffalo, N.Y./Genesee C.C. 6-2 Fairport, N.Y./Fairport 5-11 Chittenango, N.Y./Chittenango 6-0 Irondequoit, N.Y./Irondequoit 6-2 Lockport, N.Y./Starpoint 5-8 Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas Institute 5-11 Dexter, N.Y./Genesee C.C. 5-8 Hilton, N.Y./Hilton
Head Coach: Rocky Delfino (8th Season) Assistant Coaches: Aaron Civalier, Ian Nash, Sean McNamara
Cody Menzies
Quick Facts
Location: Rochester, N.Y. Founded: 1866 Enrollment: 1,823 Nickname: Redhawks Colors: Red, Black, and White President: Dr. Deana L. Porterfield Director of Athletics: Bob Segave Stadium: Roberts Wesleyan Soccer Stadium
Did You Know?
• This is Roberts Wesleyan’s first-ever appearance in the ECC Men’s Lacrosse Championship. • Two-time Olympic medalist (gold, silver) Jenn Suhr (pole vault) played basketball at Roberts Wesleyan. She ranks second all-time in program history with 1,819 career points.
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IF i LOSE I ’ L L R E S P O N D W I T H R E S P E C T.
Don’t undo my hard work with poor sportsmanship.