-The 2010 Laxbacker Dinner will be held Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 6:30PM at the Meadow Club in Port Jefferson Station. Cost is $75/Person, and you can also sponsor a varsity player. This includes dinner and an open bar. Mike Poch '05 worked out a deal with Holiday Inn for rooms, so please let us know if you're interested in staying over. More details to follow on how to buy tickets. Mark your calendars.
-The new jumbotron has been installed in LaValle Stadium by Daktronics. For pictures and details, please visit http://goseawolves.cstv.com/genrel/113009aaa.html. Daktronics also has its own press release here: http://www.daktronics.com/Company/NewsReleases/Pages/StonyBrookUniversityLaValleStadium.aspx. You can also find recent live video on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGtdkyGdzUE.
-Toronto Nationals Lacrosse composed an extensive report on Canadian student athletes playing lacrosse in the NCAA. The report makes good mention of current SB athletes Kevin Crowley '11, Jordan McBride '11, Robbie Campbell '12, Greg Miceli '12, Kyle Belton '12, and JJ Laforet '13, all from north of the border. http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0007/8433/Canadian_Lacrosse_Players_in_the_NCAA_-_2009.pdf. Special thanks to former SB coach Ron Lavalle for providing the report to the Organization.
Greg Miceli '12 of King City, Ontario carries the ball against UNC in 2008.
-Inside Lacrosse published the AE Coaches Poll and placed SBU at #2 for 2010, behind UMBC and in front of UalbanY. The preseason all conference team contains attacker Jordan McBride '11, midfielders Kevin Crowley '11 and Adam Rand '11, and LSM Steve Waldeck '10. http://blogs.insidelacrosse.com/2009/12/01/face-off-yearbook-2010-conference-outlooks-america-east-lacrosse/. For more details, please visit http://goseawolves.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/120109aaa.html.
The Organization always wants to hear feedback from the Alumni- so please contact us and let us know what you're up to.
Lots of sports news coming from campus these days.
-SB Men's Soccer won the AE and received a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Brown in 2xOT. You may have heard about the footage on ESPN (PTI) of the cartwheeling goalkeeper- and the cartwheeling penalty kicker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X7WIB1z038
-SB Football (6-5; 5-1) won a share of the Big South Conference by defeating Liberty in a come from behind game- in the last 30 seconds. By 2010, the winner of this conference receives an auto-bid to the NCAA FCS Tournament. http://goseawolves.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/112109aaa.html On September 4, 2010, SB Football opens the season with a road game in Tampa against the University of South Florida, a member of the Big East.
-SB Basketball (3-0) takes on St. John's University in Jamaica, NY on Wednesday, December 2. An alumni pregame reception will be held at 5pm at the Sly Fox. You can sign up for the event here (which includes admission, food, and refreshments for $25): http://www.alumniconnections.com/links/link.cgi?l=942551&h=1318308&e=STO-20091123155348
-Greg Giampaolo '82 is organizing an indoor league in Suffolk County- for those over 30 that wish to play, please contact Greg at Lax07@att.net.
-Jordan McBride '11 and Rhys Duch '08 have been named to the Canadian National Team. For a breakdown, read here: http://www.nllinsider.com/2009/10/23/worlds-2010-team-canada-30-man-roster-breakdown/
Folks- some notes on the upcoming fall events:
Saturday Oct3-
SBU 2009 Odd/Even Fall Alumni Game (10am, Lacrosse Practice Field)
Sunday Oct4-
SBU v Army; SBU v Marist (12pm, West Point)
Sunday Oct18-
SBU v Manhattan; SBU v Dowling (10am, Dowling College)
Alums should email sbulacrosse@gmail.com if they wish to appear/play in the 2009 JR Memorial Alumni Game.
More Homecoming details here, including the festivities at the Park Bench: http://alumniconnections.com/olc/filelib/STO/cpages/9015/Library/Homecoming%202009/Homecoming%20Information.pdf
Some recruiting news- now for NEXT years incoming class, the Class of 2015:
-DOM CERASI (MID) Centereach, NY/Middle Country HS- Brother of former SB captain Larry Cerasi '07, from Middle Country HS, bigger than Larry, supposed to be better than Larry (according to Larry himself). Coach is excited about him playing for SBU in 2011.
-DAVE MITCHELL (DEF) Kings Park, NY/Kings Park HS- Coach says he is the best player in the whole class and that he should be the new Steve Waldeck '10. Mitchell is also the running back on the football team.
-MATT BELLANDO (ATT) Miami, FL/St Andrews School- 2xAA from St Andrews (LP #22 National Rating) in Florida. 101,38 in 24 games as a JR, small lefty quick attacker. 70,30 as a soph, 1st team all league and 1st team all district and AA, Palm Beach County Player of the Year. As a freshman, 1st Team All Dade County, 1st Team All District, 3rd Team All League, 51G,25A.
Dont miss this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuLNrqePEWo
More footage, though quality isn’t great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5wlN-MVx_Y
Florida player of the year as a JR and SR. 2 State Titles (7 consecutive for St Andrews). Ice hockey player, described as quick hands and slippery. Played for the Tampa Tribe and has attended invite camps up north. According to video and comments, he gets double/triple teamed often. A lefty that always seems to be open, most likely a crease finisher with a great quickstick and inside shot, however, he can isolate from X as well. He is talented on fast breaks and should be the new Bo Tripodi '08- a lefty crease finisher. He can also shoot on the run.
Only 5’6’’, jerseys are eerily similar to SB: http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/03/35/85/image_8585353.gif
Commentary: http://network.laxpower.com/laxforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32116&p=593544&hilit=+matt+bellando+#p593544
-DEREK MUZIO (LSM) Selden, NY/St Anthony's HS- from St Anthony’s HS (LP #6 National Rating). 6’ 180lbs. 7A as a JR. Running back. All catholic league, started at LSM as a soph. Captain of team, played varsity at Middle Country (Selden) as 8th grader. http://www.friarsports.com/2008/spring/blax/blax.php
-GEORGE BENITEZ (DEF) Darien, CT/Darien HS- from Darien HS (LP #19 National Rating). Listed as captain for 2010. http://www.darienlacrosse.com/Page.asp?n=23694&org=darienlacrosse.com%20Can%20also%20play%20pole.%202009%20CT%20Super%20Juniors:%20http://www.ncramslax.com/
2009 CT Super Juniors: http://www.ncramslax.com/
Commits to SB: http://network.laxpower.com/laxforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37179&p=649517&hilit=+george+benitez+#p649517
Commits to SB: http://laxlessons.com/blog/2009/08/your-source-for-the-latest-recruiting-news-darien-rising-senior-commitments/
George is also a footballer- plays defense and also backup QB: http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/X6deEAWsNEW2eYhOyr8LcA/football-fall-08/stats-george-benitez.htm
Some more recruiting news on the incoming class of 2014:
-TIM HAWKINS (MID) Rocky Point, NY/Rocky Point HS- A pure goal scorer who also feeds, put up great #s on a very strong Rocky Point team (LP #136 National Rating). Left hander, plays on the basketball team. http://longisland.newsday.com/sports/highschool/team.php?id=64-7
-DAVE MITCHELL (DEF) Kings Park, NY/Kings Park HS- Coach says he is the best player in the whole class. Should be the new Steve Waldeck '10. Running back on the football team.
-TYLER MCCABE (MID) Mt Sinai, NY/Mt Sinai HS/Quinnipiac University- transfer from QU, played Mt Sinai HS (LP #164 National Rating). Joe Cuozzo (longtime Ward Melville coach) says he is a great player. 5’10’’ 175lbs. 4x all league, 3x all county. All league football, played in Suffolk and LI Championships, MVP in the both games. Took a year off lacrosse. 32G as a soph. 4 year starter at Mt. Sinai. 42G as a SR. http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17500&ATCLID=1369359
-JJ LAFORET (MID) Georgetown, Ontario/Hill Academy- A Canadian coached by Brodie Merrill, supposedly he is just like Jared Laverne '11 but can play more offense. Right handed middie with a solid outside shot, both hands. Did a PG year up in Canadia. 6’ 175lbs.
Played for Edge Lacrosse http://www.edgelacrosse.com/success_stories_detail.php?id=112&team_id=100
Laforet is a large two way middie that can shoot outside, plays the outdoor field game, can play defense, has good size, and has the confidence to go to the cage. Some game and practice footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfIVAZJi_GI
Also played for Brampton Excelsiors (JR A) http://excelsiors.com/LaForet.htm
Commiting to SB: http://www.thehillacademy.com/news_item_laforet_commits.html OJMFLL Roster: http://www.ojmfll.org/roster_player/show/59998 Has a 91% average: http://www.thehillacademy.com/feather_awards.html
-NICK DIGIACOMO (GOAL) Centereach, NY/Middle Country HS- from Centereach, NY (hometown of Larry Cerasi '07), just missed making the LI Empire team. Played for LI Express North. Started at least as a soph. 2x all county. All division as a sophomore. 2 year captain and team MVP as a JR and SR. 3.7 GPA, was also recruited by Brown/Yale/Harvard/Mass and ND.
779 career saves, 1 goal. 17 saves against West Islip, 29 against Ward Melville. Multiple games with 15+ saves: http://longisland.newsday.com/sports/highschool/team.php?id=43-7
Some good details from fans: http://network.laxpower.com/laxforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31087&p=519934&hilit=+nick+digiacomo+#p519934
Commits to SB: http://www.northshoreoflongisland.com/Articles-i-2009-07-16-80696.112114-sub_MC_goalie_will_play_for_Seawolves.html
Id like to welcome everyone to our new webpage for the SBU Lacrosse Alumni Organization.
We have recently moved from www.geocities.com/sbulacrosse for various reasons. The Geocities webpage received thousands of hits in its existence (2003-2009) and served us well. Preceding the Geocities webpage was our inaugural page at www.alumniathlete.com (2002-2003), which housed a chat forum and no longer exists.
Since this new page is a work in progress, we appreciate your patience with the construction. We will start to post all newsletters to this page as a blog post, so you can catch up on SBU Lacrosse news and search the archives. Also, we will soon begin the process of populating this blog with all of the newsletters since the official inception of the Organization, back to 2002.
Thanks very much and please contact us with any inquiries you may have.
Frank C. Barile
President; Editor
Class of '02
