Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/10/15
This is one of a series of previews for the 2015 Philly lacrosse season
League: Inter-Ac League
Head Coach: John Nostrant, 24th year, record at Haverford – 388-129; overall HS record – 397-134
Last year’s record: 20-6, Inter-Ac League runner-up, Inter-Ac Invitational runner-up
Opener: Today at McDonbogh School, 4:15 p.m.
Key returnees:
Attack – Grant Ament (Sr., Penn State), Shane McBride (jr.), Forry Smith (jr, Johns Hopkins), Tucker McBride (jr.)
Midfield: Dox Aitken (jr., Virginia), Drew Supinski (sr, Johns Hopkins), Brandon Shima (sr., Michigan), Phil Poquie (sr., Virginia), Lane Odom (sr., Johns Hopkins), Keyveat Postell (jr.), Alec Haas (jr.), Peter Rohr (sr., Sewanee), Brendan Jacob (sr., Navy), Luke Desperito (jr., Virginia)
Defense – Noah Lejman (sr., Penn), Jack Doran (sr., Dickinson), Ben Euler (jr.), Chris Sabia (jr.), Andrew Westby (jr.), Jack Marshall (jr., Lafayette), Sam Deniuos (sr., Bowdoin)
Goalie – Alex deMarco (jr., Penn)
FO – Colin Bosak (sr., Navy), Jake Hervada (sr., Delaware), Brian Casey (sr., Ursinus)
Germantown Academy
League: Inter-Ac
Head Coach: Brian Grady (3nd Year);
Last Year’s Record: 11- 9 (3-7 Inter-Ac)
Key Returnees:
Seniors: Ian Davies – G(Roanoke), Anthony Bozzelli – D(Tampa), James Diver – M(Union), Garrett Trucksess – A(Haverford College), Carson Metzker – F/O(NJIT)
Juniors: Jimmy McAfee – M, Matt Ho – A
Sophomores: Brad Palmer – A, Joel Trucksess – M(Lehigh), Pat McGettigan – D
Others to Watch:
Senior: Grant LaSorda – M(Goucher), Sam Lehrman – D
Junior: Nick D’Ambrosio – D
Sophomore: Leroy Moser – G, Andrew Towne – M, Tripp Gundlach – D
Coach’s Outlook:
“The 2015 season represents a significant challenge as well as a much anticipated opportunity for the program to demonstrate that we are ready to challenge the top teams in our league. We will try to build upon the successes and experience we gained last year in an effort to take another step up in the standings within the competitive Inter-Academic League.”
Strengths:
“Experience in Goal and key seniors at each position in the field.”
Question Marks:
“Will our sophomores be ready to compete and contribute in the Inter-Ac and do we have enough offense to secure more league victories than last season?”
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