SEASON’S EFFECT
EARLY Jordan
How has the college season’s well-documented trend toward January starts and high-impact games in February affected the way coaches approach fall ball?
Ryan McNamara CHASING DENVER
CHARITY EVENTS
The fall ball
landscape includes several tournaments benefitting meaningful and sometimes deeply personal causes.
Georgetown and Marquette took big strides in 2015. Can either of them, or pesky Villanova, give the NCAA champs a run in their own conference?
Cunningham
DUE TO BREAK THROUGH
What individual players and teams (across all levels) could break into elite territory in 2016?
KATIE ROWAN AT WAGNER
NOTRE DAME’S TIME IS NOW
Much like Denver last year, the Irish graduated virtually no one from a final four team and return seasoned title-hungry standouts at every position in Tewaaraton finalist attackman Matt Kavanagh, Memorial Day weekend warrior midfielder Sergio Perkovic and Schmeisser Award-winning defenseman Matt Landis.
SPALLINA’S NEXT ACT
Stony Brook’s incredible season fueled largely by freshmen and sophomores came to a screeching halt in an 8-4 NCAA tournament loss to Princeton. After leading the New York Lizards to the MLL title, Spallina will focus on taking the Seawolves to the next level.
30 LACROSSE MAGAZINE » October 2015 LASOTA ENCORE
Selena Lasota won’t catch anyone by surprise as a sophomore, especially not after leading Canada’s U19 team to a gold medal in Scotland.
A Publication of US Lacrosse
Once-woeful Wagner has been on the doorstep of the NCAA tournament the last couple of the years, losing in the NEC finals. Now they’ve got name recognition at the helm, with one of the most decorated players in recent NCAA and World Cup history coming on board with all of her Gary Gait tutelage.
SYRACUSE ROSTER MANIPULATION
More so than any team in the country, the Orange like to reload with redshirt players and transfers. How does this play into Syracuse’s winning culture and what does it mean for 2016? Sniper Dylan Donahue is back in the fold as a fifth-year senior.
FLORIDA SOUTHERN The Mocs became the latest upstart South Region team to crash the NCAA D-II women’s tournament, and their fall ball has the benefit of Florida weather. What’s next?
©MATT CASHORE (SP); ©KEVIN P. TUCKER (RM/JC); ©SYRACUSE (KR); ©ANDREW NELLES (DD); ©GREG SHEMITZ (SL)
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