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NEW YORK LIZARDS LACROSSE NYLIZARDS.COM | 516-742-1180

2017SCHEDULEApril Sat.22Sat.29

@Chesapeakev.Denver

W15-14(OT)L,7-13

May Sat.13 @Atlanta W,14-12Sat.20 @Boston L,13-16

June Fri.2 v.Florida L,10-13Sat.10 @Florida L,14-15(OT)Sat.17Sat.24Thu.29July

[email protected]

W,13-12L,14-17W,15-14

Thu.13 v.Atlanta L,14-16Sat.15 @Charlotte W,14-11Thu.20Sat.29AugustSat.5

[email protected]

W,16-14L,14-217:00p.m.

2017QUICKFACTSName………………..…..…NewYorkLizardsLocation………………..……GardenCity,NYFounded…………………..…………………2001HomeField…..JamesM.ShuartStadiumMLLTitles…………...3(2001,2003,2015)

ALL-TIMERECORDSRegularSeason………………………….113-88PostSeason…………………………..……….9-7

LIZARDSCOACHESHeadCoach…………………….…JoeSpallinaAssistantCoach……….……..TommySuskoOffensiveCoordinator………RyanDanehyDefensiveCoordinator…BrianDougherty

Venue:JamesM.ShuartStadium(Hempstead,NY)PlayingSurface:Fieldturf|Capacity:13,000

All-TimeSeries:Lizardslead,7-3LastMeeting:7/15/17:Lizards14,Hounds11

LiveVideo:LaxSportsNetworkTwitter:@LizardsLacrosseand@LaxSportsNet

TEAMINFORMATION

Website:http://www.NYLizards.com2017Record:6-7

HeadCoach:JoeSpallina(6thyear)Coach’sAll-TimeRecord:48-37

MEDIAINFORMATIONPRDirector:RickRissetto

Email:[email protected]:516-382-8460

TEAMINFORMATION

Website:https://www.charlottehounds.com/2017Record:6-7

HeadCoach:JimStagnittaMEDIAINFORMATION

MediaContact:WadeLeaphartEmail:[email protected]

Phone:704-516-3418


CoachingStaffJOESPALLINAHeadCoach- EnteringhissixthseasonwiththeLizards- PreviouslyservedasLizardsassistantcoach

fortwoyears- 2012BrineCoachoftheYear- HeadcoachoftheStonyBrookWomen’s

lacrosseteam

TOMMYSUSKOAssistantCoach- EnteringhisfifthseasonwiththeLizards- AssistantcoachatAdelphiUniversity

RYANDANEHYOffensiveCoordinator- EnteringhisfirstseasonwiththeLizards- Previouslyservedastheassistantcoachfor

themen’slacrosseteamattheUniversityofMichiganandDartmouthCollege

BRIANDOUGHERTYDefensiveCoordinator- EnteringhisfirstseasonwiththeLizards- HeadcoachoftheChestnutHillCollege

lacrosseMen’steam

DARRINSCHIRTZERTeamOperationsManager- EnteringhissixthseasonwiththeLizards- CoachesTeam91’sCrushwithJoeSpallina

ANDREWALDERMANAssistantEquipmentManager- Enteringhis16thseasonwiththeLizards- PlayedwiththeIsraelMen’sLacrosseTeam

attheFILWorldLacrosseChampionshipsin2014

PlayerNews“Beast”Mode

OnSaturday,GregGurenlianwillplayinthefinalregularseasonofhisprolificandhistoriccareer.Althoughcheesy,youcantrulysaythatheisa“Beast”onthefield.Gurenlianishavinganincredible2017campaignforNewYork,asheis231-for-284onface-offsandhaspicked126groundballs.Hisface-offswon,face-offsattemptedandgroundballtotalscurrentlyleadMLLthisseason.GoingintothegameagainsttheHoundsonAugust5th,thePennStatealumwillhaveloggedsomeprettyremarkablerecordsandstatistics.Gurenlianhasplayedin126careerregularseasongameswithfivedifferentorganizations,including93gameswiththeLizards.Beastcurrentlyranksfirstall-timeinMajorLeagueLacrosseingroundballspickedwith993andcounting,nottomentionleadingtheLizardswith846groundballs.Heisalsofirstall-timeinface-offswonandface-offsattempted,going2004-for-3387withafaceoffpercentageof59.2%.TheLizardswilltrulymisssuchadependableandconsistentlegendonthefield.


ROSTERS

NewYorkLizards25-ManRoster(Alphabetical)# PLAYER POS HT WT COLLEGE14 Drew Adams G 6’0’’ 205 lbs. Penn State90 Jack Carrigan D 6’3” 205 lbs. Loyola (MD)70 Steve DeNapoli M 5’9” 165 lbs. Hofstra71 Curtis Dickson A 6’2” 200 lbs. Delaware25 Scott Firman D 5’11” 189 lbs. Syracuse24 Ryan Flanagan D 6’6” 220 lbs. UNC17 Joe Fletcher D 6’2’’ 185 lbs. Loyola41 Jon Garino FO 5’10” 180 lbs. Maryland66 Matt Gibson A 5’10” 170 lbs. Yale32 Greg Gurenlian FO 6’1’’ 225 lbs. Penn State81 Kyle Hartzell D 6’2” 180 lbs. Salisbury 77 Andrew Hodgson M 5'9" 165 lbs. Towson 5 Joe LoCascio M 5'9" 195 lbs. Maryland

11 Chris Madalon G 6’3” 210 lbs. UNC4 Will Manny A 5'9" 160 lbs. UMass

22 JoJo Marasco M 5’10” 193 lbs. Syracuse84 Tommy Palasek A 5’11” 185 lbs. Syracuse 3 Rob Pannell A 5’10” 195 lbs. Cornell

33 Austin Pifani D 6’2” 215 lbs. UNC99 Paul Rabil M 6’4” 220 lbs. Johns Hopkins27 Jacob Richard M 6’0’’ 180 lbs. Marquette7 Kyle Sweeney D 6’2” 195 lbs. Georgetown36 Kevin Unterstein M 5’11” 190 lbs. Hofstra43 Ryan Walsh A 6’4” 235 lbs. Colgate1 Joe Walters M 6’0” 192 lbs. Maryland

NewYorkLizards25-ManRoster(Numerical)# PLAYER POS HT WT COLLEGE1 JoeWalters M 6’0” 192lbs. Maryland 3 RobPannell A 5’10” 195lbs. Cornell4 WillManny A 5’9” 160lbs. UMass5 JoeLoCascio M 5’9” 195lbs. Maryland7 KyleSweeney D 6’2” 195lbs. Georgetown 11 ChrisMadalon G 6’3” 210lbs. UNC 14 DrewAdams G 6’0’’ 205lbs. PennState 17 JoeFletcher D 6’2’’ 185lbs. Loyola 22 JoJoMarasco M 5’10” 193lbs. Syracuse 24 RyanFlanagan D 6’6” 220lbs. UNC 25 ScottFirman D 5’11” 189lbs. Syracuse 27 JacobRichard M 6’0’’ 180lbs. Marquette 32 GregGurenlian FO 6’1’’ 225lbs. PennState 33 AustinPifani D 6’2” 215lbs. UNC 36 KevinUnterstein M 5’11” 190lbs. Hofstra 41 JonGarino FO 5’10” 180lbs. Maryland43 RyanWalsh A 6’4” 235lbs. Colgate 66 MattGibson A 5’10” 170lbs. Yale 70 SteveDeNapoli M 5’9” 165lbs. Hofstra 71 CurtisDickson A 6’2” 200lbs. Delaware 77 AndrewHodgson M 5’9” 165lbs. Towson81 KyleHartzell D 6’2” 180lbs. Salisbury 84 TommyPalasek A 5’11” 185lbs. Syracuse 90 JackCarrigan D 6’3” 205lbs. Loyola(MD) 99 PaulRabil M 6’4” 220lbs. JohnsHopkins


Week15GamePreviewWeek 15 Preview: Charlotte @ New York

August 5, 2017

The New York Lizards head into their final regular season game of the season and battle the Charlotte Hounds in hopes of securing a playoff spot.

Who: Charlotte Hounds at New York Lizards

When: Saturday, August 5, 2017. 7:00pm EST

Where: James M. Shuart Stadium, Hempstead, New York

Watch: Lax Sports Network (Live Feed on Twitter @LizardsLacrosse)

Week 14 Pregame Notes/Recap

The New York Lizards (6-7) look to go for the season sweep of the Charlotte Hounds (6-7) in an attempt to fortify a position in the 2017 MLL Playoffs. New York made their quest for the fourth playoff spot difficult due to a poor defensive showing in their previous game against the Ohio Machine. In the 21-14 loss, Tommy Palasek was one of the bright spots, nabbing a hat trick in the contest, including the lone first quarter goal for the Lizards. Joe Walters and Rob Pannell both had themselves five point nights. Walters netted three goals and adding two assists, while Pannell score two goals and tallied three assists. With two goals and one assist in the loss, Will Manny is first in MLL in goals (33) and in a three-way tie for second in points (46). Greg Gurenlian put on a clinic in the faceoff circle, winning 25-of-37 faceoffs, in addition to scoring a goal in the third quarter. Usually one of the most consistent scorers for New York, Paul Rabil did not score a goal or have an assist, the second time this season he has been shut out.

What to Look Out For

It’s the Final Countdown!

If New York is going to play another game in August, here’s what needs to happen: New York has to beat the Charlotte Hounds at home while the Ohio Machine must win against the Rochester Rattlers. If these scenarios occur, Rochester and New York will both be 7-7, however, the Lizards would go to the postseason over the Rattlers because they defeated Rochester in their only match earlier in the season.


Tickets are still available for the Lizards’ contest with the Hounds. Call 1-855-NYLizards to purchase tickets for the game and learn more about the clinics. You can also purchase tickets online at www.nylizards.com/tickets.

PronunciationGuideGregGurenlian……………………………...Ger-EN-lee-ENTommyPalasek……………………………..PAL-uh-sekAustinPifani…………………………………..Puh-FAH-kneePaulRabil………………………………………..RAY-bullKevinUnterstein……………………………..Un-ter-STINEKyleHartzell…………………………………….HEART-zull

HEAD-TO-HEADCOMPARISONCHART2017STATISTICS

44.5...….….....….…....……Averageshotspergame..………...……...………46.712.8.………..…..…….…...….Averagegoalspergame.….……….…….………13.114.2.…………......….Averagegoalsallowedpergame….……..….…………13.328.9%………..……....….……..Shotpercentage……..………...….……...…28.0%30.5………………….………Averagegroundballspergame………….……….…31.8

241-401..……….……….….....…..….Face-offswon………….……………..………180-39160.1%...………………….….………Face-offpercentage…………………..…46.0%3.8.……..….....……..Averagepenaltyminutespergame……….…..….2.2


2016LizardsAwardWinnersWeekOne

Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:PaulRabil

WeekThree

Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:SteveHolmes

DefensivePlayeroftheWeek:SteveHolmes

WeekFour

Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:RobPannell

OffensivePlayeroftheWeek:RobPannell

WeekFive



WeekSeven



WeekOne WeekEleven Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:DrewAdams Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:WillManny

DefensivePlayeroftheWeek:DrewAdams OffensivePlayeroftheWeek:WillManny

WeekThree WeekTwelve

Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:PaulRabil Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:GregGurenlian

WeekNine WeekThirteen

Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:JoeWalters Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:WillManny

OffensivePlayeroftheWeek:JoeWalters

2017LizardsAwardsWinners

WeekEight

Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:DaveLawson

WeekNine

Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:DaveLawson

OffensivePlayeroftheWeek:DaveLawson

WeekThirteen

Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:PaulRabil

OffensivePlayeroftheWeek:PaulRabil

PlayeroftheYear:

FaceoffAthleteoftheYear:GregGurenlian

OffensivePlayeroftheYear:RobPannell


2017Quarter-by-QuarterBreakdownGame Date 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT

NY OPP NY OPP NY OPP NY OPP NY OP

P

@Chesapeake

22-Apr 6 6 1 3 4 4 3 1 1 0 15-14Wv.Denver 29-Apr 1 3 4 6 0 3 2 1 -- -- 7-13L@Atlanta

13-May 6 2 3 1 3 4 2 5 -- -- 14-12W@Boston 20-May 3 6 6 5 1 2 3 3 -- -- 13-16Lv.Florida 2-June 1 3 3 1 5 7 1 2 -- -- 10-13L@Florida 10-June 4 1 3 2 2 4 5 7 0 1 14-15Lv.Rochester 17-June 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 -- -- 13-12W@Denver 24-June 4 2 7 4 2 5 1 6 -- -- 14-17Lv.Ohio 29-June 2 2 4 3 4 6 5 3 -- -- 15-14Wv.Atlanta 13-July 5 4 4 3 4 5 1 4 -- -- 14-16L@Charlotte 15-July

3

3 5 1 4 4 2 3 -- -- 14-11Wv.Boston 20-July 7

4 3 2 4 5 2 3 -- -- 16-14W

@Ohio 29-July 1 6 4 4 3 6 6 5 -- -- 14-21Lv.Charlotte 5-Aug -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Total 46 45 49 38 40 59 37 45

173-188

2017MLLSpecialTeamsStatisticsTEAM GP PPGF ADV PPPCT SHGA PPGA TSH PKPCT SHGF

Atlanta 13 13 50 26.00 3 15 52 71.15 0

Boston 13 16 50 32.00 1 12 46 73.91 1

Charlotte 13 9 41 21.95 1 11 37 70.27 0

Chesapeake 13 11 47 23.40 1 11 41 73.17 3

Denver 13 7 35 20.00 1 12 45 73.33 0

Florida 14 2 48 4.17 1 9 48 81.25 1

New York 13 18 55 32.73 0 10 42 76.19 0

Ohio 13 15 39 38.46 0 9 47 80.85 1

Rochester 13 9 33 27.27 0 11 40 72.50 2


2017LizardsTeamStatistics# PLAYERS POS GP G 2ptG A PTS PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG GB DC TO CTO S SPCT SOG FO

1 Walters, Joe M 13 21 0 17 38 0 2 5 0 0 0 7 0 19 0 67 .313 46 0-0

3 Pannell, Rob A 10 20 0 22 42 7 3 4 0 0 0 14 0 30 0 68 .294 48 0-0

4 Manny, Will A 14 33 0 13 46 2 5 4 0 0 1 22 0 19 1 121 .273 79 0-0

5 LoCascio, Joe M 12 19 2 6 27 1.5 2 1 0 0 1 12 0 5 1 78 .244 36 0-0

7 Sweeney, Kyle M 9 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 4 4 1 .000 1 0-0

17 Fletcher, Joe D 13 1 0 0 1 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 3 4 1 1.000 1 0-0

24 Flanagan, Ryan D 8 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0-0

27 Richard, Jacob M 10 2 0 0 2 .5 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 0 2 1.000 2 0-0

32 Gurenlian, Greg FO 13 7 0 6 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 126 0 10 1 12 .583 9 231-384

36 Unterstein, Kevin D 10 3 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1 3 7 .429 6 0-0

43 Walsh, Ryan A 10 6 0 3 9 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 26 .231 14 0-0

66 Gibson, Matt A 11 23 0 7 30 .5 3 2 0 0 0 11 0 5 0 76 .303 50 0-0

70 DeNapoli, Steve M 8 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 3 3 5 .000 2 0-0

81 Hartzell, Kyle D 13 1 1 1 3 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 6 6 14 .071 7 0-0

84 Palasek, Tommy A 10 13 0 7 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 11 0 5 0 32 .406 23 0-0

90 Carrigan, Jack D 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0-0

99 Rabil, Paul M 13 25 3 17 45 4 3 1 0 0 0 14 0 11 2 108 .231 67 0-0

TOTALS: - 13 167 6 94 267 49.5 18 26 0 0 6 396 0 189 42 578 .289 370 241-401

# GOALIES GP MIN W L GA 2ptGA GAA SV SV%

14 Adams, Drew 13 788:57 6 7 184 4 13.99 208 .531

11 Madalon, Christopher 0 0:00 0 0 0 0 .00 0 .000

TOTALS: 13 - 6 7 184 4 14.15 208 .531

MediaContact:RickRissetto [email protected]

LizardsPlayerProfiles(AlphabeticallyListed)DREWADAMS #14 GOALIE

- Memberof2014USMen’sNationalTeam,wonsilver- 2011and2012WarriorGoalieoftheYear- ThreetimememberoftheMLLAll-StarTeam(2011,2012,2013)

JACKCARRIGAN #90 DEFENSE

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatLoyolaUniversity

STEVEDENAPOLI #70 MIDFIELD

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatHofstra- Memberof2014MLLAll-StarTeam- ScoredfourgoalsforNewYorkin2014- OneofthreeLizardsplayerstoplayinall14gamesofthe2014season

CURTISDICKSON#71 ATTACK

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatDelawareUniversity- Two-timeAll-Americanand2010TewaaratonAwardFinalist- All-timeleadinggoalscorerinDelawarehistory(162goals)

SCOTTFIRMAN #25 DEFENSE

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatSyracuse- USILASecond-TeamAll-AmericanandInsideLacrosseFirst-TeamAll-American

RYANFLANAGAN #24 DEFENSE

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatUNC- SpentfirstfiveseasonsasamemberoftheCharlotteHounds- Pickedup59groundballsinhisrookieseasonin2012

JOEFLETCHER #17 MIDFIELD

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatLoyola- 2014TewaaratonAwardFinalist- Onlycollegeplayernamedtothe2014USMen’sNationalTeam30-mantrainingroster- Two-timememberoftheMLLAll-StarTeam(2015,2016)


JONGARINO,JR. #41 FACEOFF

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatMaryland

MATTGIBSON #66 ATTACK

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatYale- 2012CascadeRookieoftheYear- Memberofthe2012MLLAll-StarTeam

GREGGURENLIAN #32 FACEOFF

- Rankssecondall-timeintheMLLforgroundballsinasingleseason(124in2012)- Finished2013seasonwiththehighestface-offwinpercentageinthehistoryoftheMLL(.641)- Memberof2014USMen’sNationalTeam,wonsilver- WinneroftheinauguralMLLFOGOoftheYearawardin2014- 2013DefensivePlayeroftheWeek:Weeks1and7- TeamCaptainin2013and2014- Two-timememberoftheMLLAll-StarTeam(2013,2016)- ThreetimeAllMLLTeammember(2012,2013,2014)- CurrentlyholdsMLLrecordformostfaceoffwins

KYLEHARTZELL #81 MIDFIELD

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatSalisbury- Memberof2014USMen’sNationalTeam,wonsilver- Setrecordformostpointsinaseasonbyadefensemanin2012withtheOhioMachine(21points)

ANDREWHODGSON #77 MIDFIELD

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatTowson

JOELOCASCIO #5 MIDFIELD

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatMaryland- AcquiredbytheLizardsintradewithBostoninJune2017

CHRISMADALON #11 GOALIE

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatNorthCarolina

WILLMANNY #4 ATTACK

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatUMass- AcquiredbytheLizardsintradewithBostoninJune2017- Totaled106goalsinhisfirstfourseasonswithBoston


JOJOMARASCO #22 MIDFIELD

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatSyracuse- Re-acquiredbyLizardsintradewithRochesterinJune2017- Totaled65goalsinhisfirstfourseasonswithNewYork- Wasamemberofthe2015MLLChampionshipteam.

ROBPANNELL #3 ATTACK

- Memberof2014USMen’sNationalTeam,wonsilver- Three-timeMLLAll-Star(2013,2014,2016)- 2014Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:Weeks1,8,13- LeadingscorerforNewYorkin2014- 2013CascadeRookieoftheYear- 2013TewaaratonAwardwinner- NCAADivisionIall-timeleadingscorerwith354careerpoints

TOMMYPALASEK #84 ATTACK

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatSyracuse- 2014Coca-ColaPlayeroftheGame:Weeks4,10- SecondleadingscorerforNewYorkin2014- Two-timeCascadeRookieoftheWeekin2012- Ranks8thintheleagueformostgoalsscoredbyarookie- GameMVPApril28,2013v.BostonCannons;June13,2013v.HamiltonNationals- Memberofthe2013MLLAllStarTeam

AUSTINPIFANI #33 DEFENSE

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatNorthCarolina- Two-timeTewaaratonAwardWatchListnominee- 2017ACCDefensivePlayeroftheYear

PAULRABIL #99 DEFENSE

- Memberof2014and2010USMen’sNationalTeam,wonsilverandgoldrespectively- 2014FILAll-WorldTeam- Two-timeFILWorld’sBestMidfielder(2010,2014)- 2010FILWorld’sMVP- Eight-timememberoftheMLLAll-Starteam(2008–2016)- Six-timememberoftheMLLFirst-TeamAll-Pro(2009–2014)- HoldsMLLSingleSeasonAll-TimePointsRecordwith72pointsinthe2012seasonforBoston- Two-timeMLLMVP(2009,2011)- MLLChampionshipMVP(2015)


JAKERICHARD #27 MIDFIELD

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatMarquetteUniversity

KYLESWEENEY #7 DEFENSE

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatGeorgetown- HaswonfourMLLChampionships(2004,2006and2007withtheBridgeportBarrageand2011with

theBostonCannons)- 13-yearMLLveteran

KEVINUNTERSTEIN #36 MIDFIELD

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatHofstra- Teamcaptainin2013- Scoredcareer-highfivepointsin2013- Memberof2014USMen’sNationalTeam52-mantrainingroster- Memberof2014MLLAll-StarTeam

RYANWALSH #43 ATTACK

- PlayedcollegelacrosseatColgate- 2015NCAAAll-American- FinishedatthetopoftheAll-PatriotLeaguewith31goalsand45points

JOEWALTERS #28 DEFENSE

- PlayedcollegelacrosseattheUniversityofMaryland- Played3seasonswithRochesterwith73goals- Played4seasonswiththeHamiltonNationalswith80goals

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