NEWSLETTER 29mar11

-Lax.com posted some video footage of SB defeating Delaware on March 12: http://www.lax.com/story.phtml?story=2799


Adam Rand '11 has won 101/150 (.673%) faceoffs in 2010 and registered 54 ground balls.


-Inside Lacrosse featured SB Lacrosse in its Game Day Gear column, including multiple photos of SB road gear: http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/22/game-day-gear-stony-brook-away


-SB defeated Bryant last Saturday at LaValle Stadium. Click here for a game writeup and photos from Bryant Athletics: http://www.bryantbulldogs.com/sports/mlax/2010-11/releases/20110326i97yv4


Kyle Moeller '12 has registered 19 takeaways so far in 2010 and also registered 13 ground balls.


-Kevin Crowley '11 has been chosen as a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. You can find his profile here: http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/kevin_crowley/

And you can vote once per day, so please visit and cast your vote for Kevin here: http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/lacrosse_2011/


-Mark Dixon of Inside Lacrosse covered SB Lacrosse in his Tuesday's Takeaways column, mentioning that the team is still the favorite to win the AE: http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/29/mark-dixons-tuesday-takeaways-syracuse-looks-2005-hopkins-team


Jordan McBride '11 has totalled 146 career goals in only three and a half seasons as a Seawolf.


-The 2011 Odd/Even Alumni Game, in memory of Jon Ryan '90, is approaching. Tickets will be $75 per person ($50 for alums '06-'10). Children from 5-18 are $15. You can also sponsor a student or contribute to the event. Forms will be emailed by the webmaster. For further information please contact Susan Abbott at 631.632.4647 or email Susan.Abbott@stonybrook.edu.

NEWSLETTER 28mar11

-SB lost to Towson in Baltimore last Saturday night by a score of 9-8. Find the game writeup from Towson Athletics and a photo here: http://www.towsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=101443&SPID=12495&ATCLID=205119507&DB_OEM_ID=21300


-Senior Timmy Trenkle '11 registered 3G in the loss to Towson.


-SB lost to Cornell at LaValle Stadium last Tuesday night. LaxMagazine published game photos here: http://www.laxmagazine.com/multimedia/photos/2010-11/news/032211_cornell_stony_brook_greg_shemitz


-Quint Kessenich of Inside Lacrosse wrote that SB is a favorite to win the AE, and that they are a potential bracket buster in the NCAA Tournament. http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/25/quint-kessenich-we-know-it-our-division-i-questions-will-be-answered


-The UMBC game has been moved to April 1st, and will be aired by CBS College Sports TV at 6:45 p.m. Find more media information here: http://www.goseawolves.org/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/032811aad.html


Jared Laverne '12 and the Seawolves take on rival UMBC this Friday night at LaValle Stadium at 7pm.


-Inside Lacrosse published photos of SB Lacrosse in action against Towson and St. John's: http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/24/photos-week-cornell-stony-brook-delaware-towson-hofstra-maryland-womens-western

RECRUITING ROUNDUP (MAR11)

-Stan Hudy of CN Weekly Update featured defenseman Andrew Dorsey '15 signing with SB Lacrosse, including photos and video interviews. http://www.cnweekly.com/articles/2010/12/01/sports/doc4cee56c526f2a199279711.txt


Coach Chuck Holohan said Dorsey's skills and athleticism were strong as early as the 8th grade and thinks he will make an impact as a freshman at SB.



Click on the photo above to see an interview with Dorsey on his commitment to SB Lacrosse.


-Inside Lacrosse listed the top 25 HS teams nationally, including West Islip at #17. West Islip senior midfielder Mike Diggle '15 will attend SB next year: http://insidelacrosse.com/rankpoll/hspower/2011-02-16


-Laxpower also ranked the top HS teams nationally, including Sachem North at #16 (Alex Harris '15) and at West Islip at #17 (Mike Diggle '15). Both will don the scarlet and gray in 2012. http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=22877&page=4


-Chris Kieser of Inside Lacrosse published a preview of Suffolk A high schools, including #1 Sachem North (Alex Harris '15), #2 West Islip (Mike Diggle '15). Both will attend SB next year. http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/17/high-school-insider-long-islands-suffolk-a-preview


Kieser described Harris as a defender with superior stick skills who can play close defense and defensive midfield. Harris registered 6G as a junior.


-Abby Drake of the Coppell Student Media reported on Alec Lucas '15 signing with SB. Lucas said that: “I am very thrilled to go to Stony Brook, I want to play in the north east since it is the hot bed of lacrosse." http://www.coppellstudentmedia.com/2010/10/19/quartet-of-lacrosse-players-eye-separate-collegiate-paths/


-Inside Lacrosse published a Texas HS lacrosse update, including a mention of midfielder Alec Lucas '15 of Coppell HS. Coppell went undefeated and won its conference last year and has moved up to Texas Division 1 for 2011. http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/09/high-school-lacrosse-insider-texas-update

NEWSLETTER 16mar11

-The 2011 Odd/Even Alumni Game is approaching- please see below for details:

Saturday, April 23
LaValle Stadium

1pm Women's Lax Game
3:30pm - 7pm Alumni BBQ
3:45pm Men's Alumni Game
7pm Men's Lax Game (Albany)
7pm Cocktail Reception (press box)


-SB defeated Delaware last Saturday at LaValle Stadium by a score of 14-9. Photos and stats are here: https://laxunation.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/delaware-is-officially-questionable-stony-brook-wins-14-9/

Inside Lacrosse photos: http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/13/delaware-vs-stony-brook-game-photos


Tom Compitello '11 registered 2G and 1A against Delaware, including converting this diving attempt pictured above.


-SB Lacrosse defeated St. John's on Tuesday, 9-4, improving to 3-1 on the season. The Seawolves defense held their opponent scoreless until 11 minutes left in the game. Find photos and some game film here: http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/031511aaa.html


-See here for video highlights from the UVa game on 2/26: http://laxbuzz.com/2011/03/01/ncaa-lacrosse-video-highlights-of-1-virginia-mens-lacrosse-overtime-win-over-5-stony-brook/


Over 4,300 fans attended the UVa/SB game on 2/26/11. Click on the photo above for video coverage of the heartbreaking overtime loss.


-Weekly polls are out:

#5- Laxpower Forum (behind Hofstra; in front of UNC)
#5- Quint Kessenich (behind Hofstra; in front of UNC)
#5- Nike D1 Top 20 (behind Hofstra; in front of UNC)
#5- USILA D1 Coaches (behind Hofstra; in front of MD)


-Terry Foy of Inside Lacrosse assembled an early list of his picks for the 2011 Player of the Year, and included Kevin Crowley '11 as his second pick for the award. http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/16/mens-lacrosse-player-year-watch-march-16

PROFILE: Kyle Zorn '14

A closer look at new midfielder Kyle Zorn '14:


Kyle Zorn '14
Millersville, MD / Severna Park HS
Midfield
5’10’’
182 lbs
#19

SB Profile: http://www.goseawolves.org/sports/m-lacros/mtt/zorn_kyle00.html



Kyle Zorn '14 lead the Severna Park Falcons to a perfect 20-0 record and a Class A State Title in 2010.


-Maxpreps profile and stats: http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/gvLLQ57OTEu7m9RzV6O-zA/lacrosse-spring-10/profile-kyle-zorn.htm

-2010 Stats: 38G, 10A http://www.hometownannapolis.com/photos/2010allcounty_laxb.pdf

-2010 Capital-Gazette Communications All County Team

-2010 First Team All Anne Arundel County: http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/maryland-gazette/mi_8145/is_20100522/coaches-county-boys-lacrosse/ai_n53883457/

-2010 Washington Post All-Metro 2nd Team: http://www.aapreps.com/content.php?189-County-Athletes-Bring-Home-the-Hardware

-Video: http://lacrosserecruits.com/lacrosse/tour/player_tour/lacrosse_s1.swf/featured-videos.php?s=3&p=12


Zorn is a lefty that can shoot on the run and also play attack. Click on the screenshot above to see video of Zorn from his days at Severna Park HS in Maryland.


-Scored 2G en route to winning the Class A State Title: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/05/27-74/State-of-perfection-for-Severna-Park-lacrosse.html?ne=1

-Three year starter

-Fan commentary: http://network.laxpower.com/laxforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33292&p=651526&hilit=+kyle+zorn+#p651526

-WR/DB on the football team; distance runner; honor student



Zorn has already contributed as a Seawolf, appearing in two of the first four games of his career at SB.


Severna Park HS
http://www.laxpower.com/update10/binboy/XSVPMD.PHP
#56 National CCR
#54 National Computer Rating
#12 National RPI
#1 Maryland Public
#1 Maryland 43 East, State Champions (20-0)

NEWSLETTER 10mar11

-SB takes on Delaware this weekend at LaValle Stadium. You can catch the action via the links below:

Tickets: http://www.goseawolves.org/tickets/ston-10-mlax-tix.html
Radio: 90.1FM
Web Radio: http://wusb.fm/
Game Tracker: http://www.goseawolves.org/sports/m-lacros/sched/ston-m-lacros-sched.html
All Access (Pay Video): http://www.goseawolves.org/allaccess/?media=229824
Laxpower LAGR: http://www.laxpower.com/lagr/updates/



Defensive midfielder Jared Laverne '12 registered an assist in the victory against Marist last week.


-SB continues to be ranked in the polls:

(#6) Coaches Poll: http://insidelacrosse.com/rankpoll/d1usila/2011-03-07

(#6) Nike D1 Poll: http://insidelacrosse.com/rankpoll/d1media/2011-03-07

(#5) LP Forum: http://network.laxpower.com/laxforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42540

(#7) Quint Kessenich: http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/07/mens-lacrosse-quint-kessenichs-top-20-and-week-3-analysis


-Adam Rand '11 was named America East Player of the Week (photos) after going 18/21 against Marist at the faceoff, including 6 GBs: http://www.goseawolves.org/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/030711aac.html


Adam Rand '11 has won 35 of 47 faceoffs so far in 2011, including 13 GBs.


-The UMBC game has been moved to 4/1 (Friday night) at 7pm. It will be aired on CBS College Sports. More media details will follow.


-The 2011 Annual Odd/Even Alumni Game is scheduled for 4/23. The Varsity takes on Albany later in the day. More details to follow as well.


-SB Men's Basketball advances to the AE Finals this Saturday against Boston University. For more coverage, see here: http://www.goseawolves.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030711aaa.html

PRO & INTERNATIONAL UPDATE 8mar11

-Quint Kessenich of Inside Lacrosse reported on Team USA vs Notre Dame in the preseason and wrote that Team USA played like professionals, including a mention of Steve Waldeck '10: http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/02/01/five-things-learned-2011-champion-challenge


Steve Waldeck '10 was the first ever SB defenseman to be named All America in the Division 1 era.


-Neil Stevens of Lacrosse Magazine reported that Rhys Duch '08 has the third most points in the NLL and is on track for his most productive season yet. http://laxmagazine.com/nll/2010-11/news/022311_stevens_on_national_lacrosse_league_stealth_poised_for_big_second_half


-Paul Tutka of NLL Insider listed Rhys Duch '08 in his column entitled Money Ballers. Duch is among the NLL leaders in power play goals, goals, game winning goals. http://www.ilindoor.com/2011/02/28/money-ballers-the-nlls-goal-scoring-leaders-past-the-leaderboard/


-Nick Steblenko of NLL Insider covered the NLL All Star Game, and described a goal by Rhys Duch '08 as a great shot: http://www.ilindoor.com/2011/02/27/nll-all-star-game-live-blog/

Rhys Duch '08 still holds the NLL Rookie Scoring Record and currently sits atop the NLL points leaders in multiple categories.


-Paul Tutka of NLL Insider covered the Washington Stealth's 20-7 victory over the Colorado Mammoth and posted a photo of Rhys Duch '08. The article also includes video footage of the game. http://www.ilindoor.com/2011/02/22/week-7-video-highlights-package-teams-experience-varying-home-floor-success/

Caroline Darney of NLL Insider ran a live game blog for the victory, which included Duch scoring a hat trick, including his signature "Dip & Duch" maneuver. http://www.ilindoor.com/2011/02/18/national-lacrosse-league-in-game-blog-mammoth-vs-stealth/

And you can find more coverage and stats of Duch here: http://www.ilindoor.com/2011/02/21/money-ballers-will-records-fall-in-2011/

NEWSLETTER 5mar11

-iLacrosse Television interviewed Coach Rick Sowell on the upcoming 2011 season (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ewyWUuHnaw


Coach Sowell talked with iLacrosse about expectations and his goals for the 2011 season.


-The America East interviewed Coach Rick Sowell in its 2011 preseason preview (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCcefq_BY3o&feature=related


-Though a valiant effort, SB fell to #1 Virginia at home in overtime last week, by a score of 11-10. Virginia Sports posted a photo gallery: http://www.virginiasports.com/PhotoAlbum.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=17800&PALBID=370869

More photos: http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/01/photos-week-virginia-maryland-umass-salisbury


Adam Rand '11 won 17 of 26 faceoffs and registered 7 GBs against #1 Virginia.


-Newsday covered the Virginia/SB game as well: http://sbradiosports.blogspot.com/2011/02/virginia-nips-stony-brook-in-rematch.html


-Mark Dixon of Inside Lacrosse published his weekly column "Tuesday Takeaway" and reviewed the Virginia/SB game: http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/03/01/mark-dixons-tuesday-takeaways-virginia-stony-brook-navy-unc-and-more

See this short video of Russ Bonanno '12 scoring the tying goal with 3 seconds left: http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=WLCMs4oQoag


In his first outing as a Seawolf, Russ Bonanno '12 tied the game against Virginia with only 3 seconds left in regulation.


-Kevin Crowley '11 was named America East Player of the Week: http://www.americaeast.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14000&ATCLID=205105865


-The Long Island Pulse published an interview with Coach Rick Sowell and his career and his success at SB over the last five years: http://sbradiosports.blogspot.com/2011/02/long-island-pulse-rick-sowell.html


-The Tewaaraton Committee released its first watch list of Finalists for the 2011 Trophy, including four Seawolves: Jordan McBride '11, Kevin Crowley '11, Adam Rand '11, and Tom Compitello '11. http://network.laxpower.com/laxforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42502


-SB defeated Marist yesterday by a score of 13-7. http://www.goseawolves.org/sports/m-lacros/recaps/030511aac.html

SBU Lacrosse Remembers: Ron LaValle (1943-2010) 6mar11

-During the halftime break of the Virginia/SB game, SB Lacrosse honored former coach Ron LaValle with a ceremony for the LaValle Family.


SB Athletics played a photo montage of Coach LaValle on the jumbotron at halftime.



Cynthia LaValle (pictured in red) and the LaValle Family were honored as the 4300 fans in attendance observed a moment of silence in LaValle's memory.


Though not present, in LaValle's absence, the ceremonial Canadian and American flags were fixed to the mezzanine at the 50 yard line.