Tournament Trend 10 Ryan Feuerstein T
Enemy Lines WHAT RIVAL COACHES SAY
“Thompson, Thompson, and Thompson. Top attack unit in college lacrosse and it isn’t even close... Mystical attack. Weakness is tasting their own transition medicine … The thing that makes the Thompsons so great is how hard they ride. They help to create a lot of chaos in that aspect of the game. Many of the top attackmen today do not focus on the ride as much as they should.”
Albany GREAT DANES
2013 RECORD: 13-5 (5-0 AMERICA EAST) COACH: SCOTT MARR (14TH SEASON) • RECORD AT ALBANY: 108-95
09 10 11 12 13
Key Game Albany again hits the road
to face the Blue Jays in Baltimore, where it pulled off a 10-9 win last year. This will be a good barometer for both teams, and could figure prominently come NCAA tournament selection time.
Schedule Feb 16 Feb 22 Mar 1 Mar 4 Mar 8
Mar 15 Mar 22 Mar 29 Apr 4 Apr 6
Apr 12 Apr 19 Apr 22 Apr 26
at Syracuse Drexel
Harvard Canisius
at UMass Bryant
at Penn State Vermont
at Johns Hopkins at Hartford Stony Brook at UMBC Siena
Binghamton
Projected Starters A Lyle Thompson (Jr.)* G: 50
he Thompsons get the attention. But aside from when either Lyle, Miles or Ty makes a dazzling play only they can
make, you won’t see the Albany bench more excited than when a complementary player steps up in a big way. Take Albany’s thrilling 10-9 win over
Johns Hopkins last season. Defenseman Doug Eich took a pass from goalie Blaze Riorden, ran the length of the field with his long pole and scored the go-ahead goal with two minutes left. The sideline erupted. In Albany’s season-opening, double- overtime win over Syracuse, the
yes, Thompson
trio combined for 18 points. But a midfielder had a hand in seven of the 16 goals. “We’re going to
have a lot of help,” Lyle
Thompson
said. “Our middies can play. If a team wants to focus
on just me, Miles and Ty, our middies are capable of stepping up and playing big.” Albany uses an unorthodox midfield
setup, rotating four pairs of two instead of the conventional three-player lines. They all are expected to play offense and defense in one quick shift, much like hockey. The Danes return six of their top eight
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Top Returner A LYLE THOMPSON (JR.)
LM’s Preseason Player of the Year is the Tewaaraton Award favorite. Can he top his 113 points to set the NCAA record?
midfielders from last year — including Ryan Feuerstein, Matt Garziano, Tim Cox, Derrick Eccles and Kevin McNally — plus Penn State transfer Riley Lasda. “Even while we’re substituting, we’re
going to the goal,” Albany coach Scott Marr said. “We don’t really stop at all. We keep coming at you in waves of midfielders.” Sophomore John Maloney is a fourth attackman/midfielder who will play as much as possible with the Thompsons. “He’s really good at catching inside,” Lyle Thompson said. “We think he’d be good at box.” Junior Will Stenberg fills a similar fourth attackman role. Watch 210-pound Canadian freshman Jake Cullen, too. Marr knows his up-tempo offense sometimes exposes his defense. But he’s confident that with experienced midfielders, a year of understanding the new rules and two starting close defenseman back in front of Riordan, the unit will be stronger than the one that was sixth-worst (12.50 goals allowed per game) in Division I. Albany averaged 15.94 goals on the
other end and lost in an NCAA tournament first-round shootout at Denver. Even a mild improvement on defense could lead to a deeper run.
— C.M. February 2014 >> LACROSSE MAGAZINE 41
A Miles Thompson (Sr.)* G: 43
A Ty Thompson (Sr.)* G: 54
A/M John Maloney (So.) G: 18
M Ryan Feuerstein (Sr.)* G: 16
A: 63 A: 30 A: 14 A: 3 A: 6
M Matt Garziano (Jr.)* G: 10
A: 11
FO Connor Russell (Fr.) FO%:70.0
LSM Eric Cantor (Jr.)* GB: 15
D Cody Futia (Sr.)* GB: 11
D Doug Eich (Sr.) GB: 31
* returning starters X-Factor G BLAZE RIORDEN (SO.)
Riorden had some monster games (20 saves against Johns Hopkins, 13 against Syracuse) as a freshman. His continued development could help a defense that is vulnerable to as many transition chances as it creates.
Power Ratings (SCALE OF 1-5)
5 3 3 2 OFFENSE DEFENSE GOALIE FACEOFF
CT: 22 CT: 9 CT: 5
D Jon Newhouse (Sr.)* GB: 44
GB:140 (at Penfield High) CT: 2
G Blaze Riorden (So.)* GAA: 11.93 SV%: 49.1
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