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Brothers:
Frank Kelly, III (Cornell 1985)
David Kelly (UNC 1989): won championship at UNC in 1986
Bryan Kelly (UNC 1991): coaches the Calvert Hall lacrosse team in Baltimore, Maryland
Dads and sons:
Frank Kelly, III (Cornell 1985): Frankie Kelly (UNC 2014) and Stephen Kelly (UNC 2017)
David Kelly (UNC 1989): Patrick Kelly (UNC 2016) and Timmy Kelly (UNC 2020)
Bryan Kelly (UNC 1991): Jacob Kelly (UNC 2023)
Brothers:
Patrick Kelly (UNC 2016) and Timmy Kelly (UNC 2020)
Frankie Kelly (UNC 2014) and Stephen Kelly (UNC 2017)
An uncle of Patrick and Timmy Kelly on their mother's side (Ken Miller) played football at UNC.
David Kelly (UNC 1989) and Bryan Kelly (UNC 1991) played on the UNC lacrosse team with current head coach Joe Breschi.
Played in 10/15 games in 2014; missed three games in a row after seventh game with undisclosed leg injury after appearing in all previous games at LSM; in 2013 started 14 of 17 games at close defense; 2014 pre-season honorable mention All-American; switched to LSM in 2014; team leader in ground balls after two games in 2014;
Four-year varsity starter in high school; Second Team pre-season All American[7]
Zach Powers, Jr., 6'1, 180
Listed as starter in first game note; 3rd starter in previous scrimmage was Macri
Year
Player
GS/GP/TG
GB/game
CT/game
Pen-Min
2012
Bailey, Fr.
0/8/17
0.4
0.3
1-1.0
2013
Bailey, So.
6/12/17
1.0
1.0
5-4.5
2014
Bailey, Jr.
15/15/15
1.9
0.3
4-2.5
2015
Bailey, Sr.
6/6/7
3.0
0.83
1-1.0
Year
Player
GS/GP/TG
GB/game
CT/game
Pen/game
2014
Pifani, Fr.
15/15/15
2.1
0.7
3-2.0
2015
Pifani, So.
5/5/5
3.5
2.0
7-6.0
Year
Player
GS/GP/TG
GB/game
CT/game
Pen-Min
2013
Connell, Fr.
14/17/17
1.5
0.9
9-8.5
2014
Connell, So.
0/10/15
2.0
0.5
4-3.5
2015
Connell, Jr.
1/5/5
3.0
0.3
2-1.5
Other defensemen
Note
Ryan Macri (redshirted in '14, 6'0, 220)
Third starter in UNC's first scrimmage; played on same football team in high school with UNC lacrosse teammates Jozokos (M), Carper (D) and Gilman (GK); his younger brother Cam will join UNC's lacrosse team in 2016; started in one of UNC's last scrimmages
Missed Harvard, Maryland and Johns Hopkins games with undisclosed leg injury after appearing in all previous games at LSM. In 2013 started 14 of 17 games at close defense, 2014 pre-season honorable mention All-American,[8] switched to LSM in 2014, team leader in ground balls after two games.
Michael Tagliaferri (#21), RFr., 6'0, 205, M
Did-not-play in Maryland or Johns Hopkins game after playing in all eight previous games
Stephen Kelly (#24), Fr., Face-Offs
Had surgery on a broken wrist on 3/24/14; out for season[9]
Jack Lambert (#34), Fr., Defense
Will take a redshirt medical season after tearing ACL in 2nd game of season[10]
America East (Albany, Hartford, Stony Brook, Vermont) = Albany
ACC = Syracuse
Big East (Villanova, Denver, Georgetown, Marquette) = Denver
Big 10 (Maryland, Ohio State, Penn State, Johns Hopkins)= Johns Hopkins
Colonial (CAA: Fairfield, Umass, Towson, Drexel) = Towson
Ivy (Princeton, Cornell, Yale, Brown)= Yale
MAAC (Quinnipiac, Detroit, Marist, Monmouth) = Marist
Northeast (Saint Joseph's, Hobart, Bryant, Mount St. Mary's) = Bryant
Patriot (Colgate, Bucknell, Army, Navy) = Colgate
Southern (SoCon: Richmond, Furman, Mercer, High Point) = High Point
18 teams make the tournament, with two play-in games for lowest seeded automatic qualifiers
Qualify based on ranking (eight teams outside of AQs):
Notre Dame
UNC
Duke
UVA
Brown
Cornell
Maryland
Ohio State
Leading team in goals and assists in first year on team after transferring from Maryland
Matt Kavanagh, Jr.
Notre Dame
A
Leading team in points; pre-season 1st team All American[11]
Lyle Thompson, Sr.
Albany
A
Leading team in points; pre-season 1st team All American[12]
Ben Williams, So.
Syracuse
FO
1st in FO win % in D1; 3rd in GBs per game in D1
Myles Jones, Jr.
Duke
M
Sergio Perkovic, So.
Notre Dame
M
Jesse King, Sr.
Ohio State
M
Will Haus
Duke
SSDM
Michael Pellegrino, Sr.
Johns Hopkins
LSM
1st LSM selected in 2015 MLL draft; pre-season 1st team All American[13]
Christian Burgdorf, So., 6'4, 205
Denver
D
Tierney says he is in the top five of all the first-team All Americans he has coached and has chance to be "one of the best ever"[14]; Inside Lacrosse 1st team preseason All-American for 2015; Denver's primary stopper as a freshman
Brandon Mullins, Jr.
Syracuse
D
Inside Lacrosse 1st team preseason All-American for 2015; 2nd team All-American 2014
Inside Lacrosse 1st team preseason All-American for 2015; 2nd team All-American in 2014; turned down football scholarship offers from Texas, Notre Dame, TCU and Oklahoma; defensive player of year in football his senior year in his conference at linebacker
Christian Burgdorf, So., 6'4, 205
Denver
Tierney says he is in the top five of all the first-team All Americans he has coached and has chance to be "one of the best ever"[15]; Inside Lacrosse 1st team preseason All-American for 2015; Denver's primary stopper as a freshman
Jordan Stevens, Sr., 6'1, 195
Cornell
1st close-D selected in 2015 MLL draft
Matt Landis, Jr., 6'2, 195
Notre Dame
Won ACC Defensive Player of the Week on 3/17/15; ESPN announcer Carcaterra gushed about Landis being a given 1st team All American during the Notre Dame game against Ohio State on 3/21/15
Carson Cannon, Sr., 6'4, 200
Denver
30th pick in 2015 MLL draft (3rd close-D selected); started 16/19 games in 2014 (13 GBs and 9 CTs); started 18/19 games in 2013 (17 GBs and 3 CTs); started 16/16 games in 2012 (14 GBs and 8 CTs)
Played part in shutting down Duke's Myles Jones in game on 3/22/15; played in all of Syracuse's games in previous two seasons [in '14 had 41 GBs (2.6/game) and 9 CTs]; so far in 2015 averaged 3.3 GBs/game
Mike Riis (#23), Sr., 6'0, 185
Denver
Played in all 19 games in 2014 with 31 GBs and 10 CTs; played in every game for Denver in previous three seasons
Ryan Kilpatrick (#15), Sr., 6'0, 190
UNC
Team Captain, HM All-American
Michael Howard, 3/5, 6'5, 220
UVA
Singled out by head coach in October 2014 as having a "chance to be special"; played in 3/16 games in 2014
Peter Welch, Fr., 6'1, 170
Duke
1st-ranked LSM in 2015 recruiting class
John Sexton, Fr., 5'10, 185
Notre Dame
3rd-ranked LSM in 2015 recruiting class
2014 National Team players on college teams in 2015
Played alongside his older brothers his first two years of high school at Glenelg; moved to St. Paul's for his junior and senior seasons; his father played attack at Salisbury; his mother played field hockey at Salisbury; two brothers played at Florida Tech; one at Lynchburg; youngest brother will play at Mercer[18]
Started every game, leads midfielders in scoring, takes 5.4 shots a game, on varsity lacrosse for four years in high school and won four state titles, Michigan lacrosse player of the year as a junior and senior[19]
Trevor Brosco, Jr., 5'9, 185
In face off rotation in 2013; won 23/47 (48.9%) in 2013; no face offs in 2014, but started in 16/18 games in 2014
Jim Marlatt, 5/5, 6'1, 180
Graduate student, captain in 2014 and 2015
Defensive midfield rotation
Note
Jack Near, Sr
7th selection in 2015 MLL draft; 2015 preseason HM All American; captain in 2015
Will actively rotate first offensive set between attack and midfield
Berg said Denver has close to 70-80 plays, if include man-up[20]
There will be main sets, but Denver will change the sets for specific teams
Tierney says Canadian kids on his roster come back from the summer banged up after competing for annual Minto Cup
Brown in a Feb. 2015 article: "If a team doesn't want to slide and is slow to go, then you probably want to play in the middle of the field. You have a better angle to turn the corner and get your hands free. It might be more of a dodge-to-score day than a ball-movement and assisted goal day."[21]
Brendan Bomberry (Ranked 4th in a list on upcoming junior Canada lacrosse players in 2013[24]; graduate of The Hill Academy; member of the 2014 Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team with Zach Miller)
Joe Reid, M, CA, 23
Connor Donahue, A, MA (four-year varsity starting attackman)
Colton McCaffrey, A, CO, 55
Todd Fedyck, M, Ontario (went to Woodberry Forest)
Trey McGee, A, MD, 61
Grant Gravitt, A, NV
Trevor Baptiste, FO, NJ, 78, 5'10, 215
Matt Billings, LSM, DC
Ross Komenda, A, WA (four-year varsity starter)
Nick Phillips, M, CO
Sean Mayle, M, CA
Denver players on 2015 team on Top 50 recruit list
16th pick in 2015 MLL draft; was on the Canada men's national lacrosse team in 2014; started in attack in win over US in championship game; was also on the 2012 U-19 Canada team; said he may rotate between midfield and attack
Jack Bobzien, Jr.
Transferred from Hartford after 2013 season
Connor Cannizzaro, So.
Transferred from Maryland after the 2014 season; ACC rookie of the year in 2014
Zach Miller, So.
Tyler Pace, So.
Started 17/19 games in 2014; played attack his senior year in high school; 6th on team in points in 2014
30th pick in 2015 MLL draft; started 16/19 games in 2014 (13 GBs and 9 CTs); started 18/19 games in 2013 (17 GBs and 3 CTs); started 16/16 games in 2012 (14 GBs and 8 CTs)
Pat Karole, Jr.
Played in all 17 games in '14 with 5 GBs and 8 CTs
Other defenders
Note
Colin Siracuse, So.
Played in 11/19 games with 1 start; 2 GBs
Scott McGowan, So.
Listed as LSM; played in 7 games in 2014 with 4 GBs
Brian Wegner, So.
Listed as LSM; played in 5 games in 2014 with 0 GBs
Matt Jones, Fr., 6'4, 200
Did PG year at Salisbury after starting four years on lax team in Denver
Duke's coaching staff places a priority on ground ball statistics in their post-game reviews.[30] In comparison, Johns Hopkins has found that the four most important post-game statistical considerations are shooting percentage, your opponent’s shooting percentage, your save percentage and your opponent’s save percentage.[31]
PG year at Salisbury in 2014, #1 ranked PG recruit, four goals in first scrimmage
Chad Cohan (#4), Jr.,
Started in two games in 2014 and was on 2nd midfield line (listed on roster at A)
Jack Bruckner, So., 6'1, 197
Started first four games in 2014 and played in 19/20 games at midfield; #6 national recruit in 2013
Other attack
Note
Case Matheis (#9), Jr., 5'8, 160:
Played in first two games of 2014, but did not start; started 19/20 games in 2014; 16/21 games in 2013; top-ranked nat'l recruit in 2012
Kyle Keenan, Sr.,
Duke announced indefinitely suspended to start 2015 season; started at attack in last two games of 2014 (on roster as A; on 2nd mid line for most of '14)
Started all 20 games in 2014; played in all 21 games in 2013 on 2nd line; scored 10 points against Syracuse in March 2014
Myles Jones, Jr., 6'4, 240:
Started 16/20 games in 2014; started 5 games in 2013; only two players in the ACC are heavier than Myles Jones: So. Matt Lane (attack, 244 lbs ) at Syracuse and redshirt So. Tyler Avallone (goalie, 272 lbs) at Syracuse, completed post graduate year at Salisbury School in 2012 after four years at Walt Whitman in Long Island
Tom Zenker, So., 6'3, 205
Duke's 2nd-ranked recruit after Bruckner in 2013
Defensive midfield rotation
Note
Will Haus, Sr. (CAPTAIN), 6'1, 183
#3 selection in 2015 MLL draft; played in every game in the last three years at defensive midfield; Danowski said Haus is the cornerstone of what Duke does defensively
Played in 16/21 games and was "key" member of man-down unit
Ethan Powley, So., 6'2, 195, #44
Sometimes on roster as LSM; Played in 11 games in 2014; #47 recruit in 2013; marked Berg at some points during Denver game
Brian Dunne, So., 6'1, 200, #88
Started in 1 game in 2014 and played in 9/20; Duke's top-ranked D-recruit in 2013
Other defenders
Note
Brian Dailey, Sr., 5'11, 170
Suspended indefinitely at start of 2015 season[37]; has played both long- and short-stick defensive midfield at Duke; played in 17/21 games in 2014; stepped in for Duprey at LSM in 2014
Chris Coady, Jr., 6'2, 225
Suspended indefinitely at start of 2015 season[38]; played in 11/20 games in 2014
Rowland Pettit, Jr., 6'3, 215
Played in 5/20 games in 2014
Calder Alfano, So., 5'10, 185
Missed '14 due to injury
James Riley, Fr., 6'3, 205
Duke's 2nd-ranked D-recruit in 2014
Jack Harrington, Fr., 6'3, 205
On his high school varsity lacrosse team as a freshman
Played in five games in 2014 and won 11/25 faceoffs; won 6/8 versus his brother in game versus Stony Brook; Played in seven games in 2013 and won 8/19 faceoffs; played in two games in 2012 and won 4/5 faceoffs
Kyle Rowe, So., 6'0, 205
Transfer from Stony Brook; primary faceoff man his first year; won 248/397 (62.5%; 6th in DI) and had 10 GBs per game (3rd in DI)
Started all 16 games at attack in 2014; rotated as starter in 2013 with Billy Ward, son of assistant coach
Randy Staats (#45, Sr., 6'2, 185)
Played 2012 and 2013 seasons at Onondaga Community College (OCC), set OCC record in points in 2013, played for Iroquois Nationals in 2012 U-19 tournament; played on Iroquois national team in 2014 tournament
Other potential attack
Note
Tim Barber (Jr., 5'10, 192)
Starter at attack for Staats (ineligibile for scrimmage?) in October 2014 scrimmage versus Syracuse alumni
2014 and 2015 team captain; started all 17 games at midfield in 2012; 2nd midfield in 2013; played two-way midfield in Oct. '14 scrimmage
Henry Schoonmaker (#77, 5/5, 6'1, 206)
Pre-season Honorable Mention All-American
Nicky Galasso (#5, 5/5, 6'0, 200)
Transferred to Syracuse after two years at UNC; took a medical redshirt in his first season at Syracuse after an injury in the preseason; third team All-American and ACC Freshman of the Year after his first year at UNC in 2011
Other midfielders
Note
Tim Barber (Jr., 5'10, 192)
2014 NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year; starter at attack in Oct. '14 scrimmage for Staats (ineligible for scrimmage)
Nick Weston, So., 5'9, 168
listed on 2nd line in first depth chart
Jordan Evans (So., 5'9, 166)
#1 recruit in Class of 2013; started on 1st line in Oct. '14 scrimmage; played both midfield and attack in preseason practices
Sergio Salcido, 3/5, 5'7, 159
listed on 2nd line in first depth chart
Hayes McGinley (2/5, 6'4, 199)
Took a medical redshirt in 2014 after being injured in Fall 2013 practices; started on 1st line in Oct. '14 scrimmage
Pre-season first team All American; started all 16 games in 2014; started two games in 2013 before injuring knee; started in 10/17 games his freshman year
Sean Young (#27, Sr., 6'2, 204)
Won ACC Defensive Player of the Week after game against Cornell for guarding Dan Lintner and holding him scoreless; Lintner previously had a point in 16 straight games; career high 4 GBs and matched career high with 3 CTs; played at Hill Academy for Brodie Merrill; transferred to Syracuse after freshman year from Towson
Jay McDermott (#88), Jr., 6'2, 184
Started fifth game in 2014; started in game versus Syracuse alumni in October 2014
Other close defenders
Note
Bobby Tait, 4/5
Rotated in for McDermott in 2H in first scrimmage
Ryan Palasek (#81), Jr., 6'1, 223
Ralph D'Agostino, Jr., 5'8, 191
Transferred to Furman after his Freshman year at Syracuse; back to Syracuse form Furman after his sophomore year
At least three UNC shots hit posts in 1Q
Colgate scored on dump passes inside and on UNC's 44 twice
21 botched a couple GBs near sideline
Big narrative of next season is how Goldstock will do without Bitter and Sankey
Also, will Metz stay?
C scored every time 44 was on field
Why rotate so many people of face off? Kelly example for Cornell
goals with 2nd midfield versus 1st?
12 looked a little gimpy
TO everytime 21 was on field
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