Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 7/1/23
The Duke’s Lacrosse Club’s Elite 2028 team finished a strong 9th place in the Lacrosse World Series Championship at the Mecklenburg County Sportsplex at Matthews, N.C.
Dukes entered play seeded No. 17 in the 25-team field and finished 4-2 overall, defeating BBL (NJ), 6-3, for ninth place after qualifying for the playoffs.
Goalie Michael DePetris was named First Team All-World and attackman Mason Smith earned Second Team All-World honors.
Players
43 Ben Winward M
9 Brady Brevic A/M
35 Brady Wainwright D
26 Cavan Stahl M
18 Christopher Tuohey A/M
0 Colin Murphy M/D
99 David Guarnaccia D
46 Dominic Charlesworth D
20 Drew Shellaway M
5 Gabe Ryan M
2 John “Jack” Rynearson IV A
48 Keehan Petock FO
12 Kyle Intal M
44 Logan Blair M
7 Logan Cornes M
21 Mason Smith A
10 Mason Ellis M
29 Michael Goffice G
11 Michael DePetris M/G
40 Quinn Maguire D
49 Sean Flaherty D
6 Tyler Moore A
87 Zachary Strohmeier M
Head Coach: Rick Smith, assistants Bill Moore, Mike Murphy, Jason Christmas and Matt Schleicher
“Our Dukes players performed above and beyond our coaches’ expectations,” said Smith. “I am so extremely proud of how hard the players gave 110% every single game.
“The competition was outstanding and our players embraced adversity the entire tournament. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that our players will remember forever.”
Dukes scores:
#17 Dukes 7 #13 Sweetlax Upstate 6
#17 Dukes 8 #9 3D Georgia 4
#17 Dukes 8 #1 Team 91 Venom 9 OT
#17 Dukes 11 #22 Thunder National 1
#17 Dukes 7 #4 Eclipse 8 OT
#17 Dukes 6 #2 BBL 3
Tryouts for Duke’s Elite teams for all age classes are being held July 11 and 18 at La Salle College High. Click here to register.
