Home Opener: Saturday March 2nd

Season opens up Saturday March 2nd here at UMass Dartmouth on beautiful Cressy Field. The Cadets from Norwich University travel down for face-off at 1pm. Come out and support ya boys.

Cheers, No Regrets 

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Season Preview Press Release

Here's a press release I wrote for the school website, it's a season preview for our 2013 campaign. You can also see it published on http://corsairathletics.com/landing/index:

Captains: Junior goalie Nick Thayer and senior defenseman Ryan Holbrook

Corsairs Open Up 2013 Campaign Saturday

NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA--- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Men’s Lacrosse Team begins their season Saturday afternoon at 1pm at Cressy Field and look forward to building upon the success of the past two seasons. In the home opener, the Corsairs are set to face off with the Cadets of Norwich University. 21 returning players and 13 newcomers make up the 2013 roster. 

UMass Dartmouth will be returning several veteran players on both sides of the ball including junior captains Adam Niden (Walpole, MA) and Jordan MacPherson (Westwood, MA ) on offense. On the defensive side of the ball, captains Nick Thayer (Chelmsford, MA) and Ryan Holbrook (Braintree, MA) return to the team. “The leadership on the team is not just our five captains but most of the returning players are all leading by example” says Head Coach Kevin Mahoney. Mahoney added “They are setting the tone in practice and trying to improve our play on a daily basis, it is a good thing to see”  

The offense will lean on 2012 LEC 2nd Team attackman Adam Niden along with fellow point leaders from last year’s squad junior Justin Lawless (Quincy, MA) and sophomores Conner Gaffney (Andover, MA) and Riley Baxter (Groton, MA.) Other offensive returners include MacPherson, Brendan Dalton (Braintree, MA), Mike Lynch (Lynn, MA), Todd Davis (Sandwich, MA), Zach Medeiros (Freetown, MA), Torrey Savoie (Wilbrham, MA), and Dennis Healy (Hanover, MA). Newcomers such as Freshmen Tyler Chasnov (Plymouth, MA), freshman Nicklaus Prozinski (Ashland, MA), Alex Lucas (Brookfield, MA), Andrew Johnson (Hopkinton, MA), Tyler Prentice (Chelmsford, MA), Spencer Andrews (Bourne, MA), Steve Merrick (Methuen, MA),and Joe Bouthilette (Northbridge, MA) will also look to contribute to offensive production.

Along with Holbrook, the Corsair defense returns nearly all of its starters from last year including Steve Tarpey (Shrewsbury, MA), Larry Gilvarg (Natick, MA), and 2012 2nd team all conference goalie Nick Thayer (Chelmsford, MA). Last year’s defensive midfielders juniors Jared Wright (Gloucester, MA) and Dan Dawley (Revere, MA) will be joined by freshman Joey Christopher (Chelmsford, MA), Dan Brown (Beverly, MA), and Zach Drolette (Burlington, VT). Other returning defensive players include Eric Kulpa (Pittsfield, MA), Brian Grant (Eastham, MA), Andrew Ahearn (Medway, MA), and goalie Jesse Johnson (Pembroke, MA). New comers to the Corsair defense also include freshman Xavier Hillman (Westfield, MA), and Nico Cornelio (Woburn, MA).

Coach Mahoney is looking forward to the season, “We have a great combination of returning and new players. They are feeding off each other, putting forth some excellent effort and improving on a daily basis. Competition in practice is better and we are on track with our short term and long term goals; getting better every day and competing for the Little East Championship. It is a long season and we look forward to seeing how our hard work is going to pay off.”   

Cheers, No Regrets

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Scrimmage Recaps

Saturday February 16th

We traveled down to Bristol, RI for a couple scrimmages against Emmanuel College and the host team Roger Williams University. As soon as we arrived we got suited up quickly and faced off against RWU right away. We were able to work in the entire roster and empty the bench. We came out on top 11-5.

In the second matchup we stayed on the field like psychos in the snow and waited for the Emmanuel Saints to get on the field. Again we were able to work the entire roster into the rotation and the game ended in a 5-5 tie.

Saturday February 23rd

The following Saturday the boys and I took an early trip down to Middletown, CT to face off against two teams nationally ranked in the preseason Division III polls: Wesleyan University and Trinity College. In the first game we faced Trinity, and held our own. In the end we couldn't contain them, final score 10-2.

In the second scrimmage we again stayed on the field in the snow and sleet and waited for the home team Wesleyan Cardinals to take the field. We were able to keep them to single digits with the final score being 9-1. Not bad for a state school a month into the season against two nationally recognized programs.

All in all, I'd say we got a lot out of both trips. It was a good couple of chances to go out and hit someone else besides ourselves. We'll see how it translates for the next couple of days before our home opener Saturday against Norwich.

Cheers, No Regrets

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Storm Nemo: Oh Man Dude

This kid wasn't playing around at all: 2+ feet of snow, 2 days off of classes, 4 days off of practice. 

The Mass South Coast was like a pale wasteland. It all started Thursday night when MyUMassD alerts went out. My phone vib'd a whole bunch of times for emails, texts, and voicemails saying campus was closed for Friday and Saturday. No one person I talked to was upset. 

So Thursday night at Pine Hill myself, 12, 1, 13, 4, 6 and others got snowed in which was cool until the power went out. The outage carried into the next day. We grilled and hungout in the snow pretty much all day, attempted to build a snowman but failed. We walked up the driveway to notice a gigantic tree blocking the entrance so we had to drive over the neighbors lawn to go back to campus. We stayed the night there until we heard back from the landlord saying power was back. Unfortunately for Eddie St New Bedford house they weren't as lucky. Actually I think they just got power back today.

Tonight was our first night back at it since Thursday. Got in the gym right after the girl's team and got after it right away. Things moved fast and quick. Looked a lot better than you would think for kids coming off 4 pretty unproductive days.

All in all, it was just another obstacle we had to deal with. We'll just have to push through the rest of the week until scrimmages on Saturday at Roger Williams.

Cheers, No Regrets

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