Philly men named to USA Lacrosse rosters for two Fall events

Andy Shay, head coach of the U.S. Men’s Sixes National Team, has announced the 24 players that will be attending a three-day training camp at USA Lacrosse headquarters from Sept. 23-25. The training camp comes ahead of two major sixes international competitions this fall – The Atlas Cup at USA Lacrosse in Sparks, Md. (Sept. 24-26) and World Lacrosse Super Sixes in Oshawa, Ontario (Oct. 10-12).

Shay has divided the 24 players, which includes all four finalists for this year’s Premier Lacrosse League MVP Award, into two equal squads for the competitions as the U.S. program continues to build towards the 2028 LA Olympics that will utilize the sixes discipline of lacrosse.

The Atlas Cup, featuring the men’s and women’s national sixes teams from Canada, the Haudenosaunee Nationals, Puerto Rico and the United States, will feature fan zones, food trucks, custom merchandise, exclusive gate giveaways and interactive in-game entertainment while offering fans an up-close personal experience with the biggest names in the sport.

Half of the 24 players coming to camp have played for the U.S. in previous world championship competitions, including nine that have won gold medals. The player pool includes PLL MVP finalists Pat Kavanagh, Brennan O’Neill, Connor Shellenberger and Michael Sowers (Upper Dublin) along with all three PLL Goalie of the Year finalists Liam Entenmann, Logan McNaney and Blaze Riorden.

This will be the first training opportunity for the U.S. men’s sixes program since last fall’s USA Lacrosse Experience in Indianapolis where Shay led the U.S. team to victories over Colombia, Great Britain and Puerto Rico.

Name                                Pos              College                       Pro
Xander Dickson                  Field            Virginia ’23                 New York (PLL)
Jack Hannah                      Field            Denver ’22                 Philadelphia (PLL) / Las Vegas (NLL)
Colin Kirst                          Goalie          Rutgers ‘22                 Boston (PLL)
Danny Logan                     Field            Denver ’21                 New York (PLL) / San Diego (NLL)
Coulter Mackesy                Field            Princeton ’25              Boston (PLL)
Logan McNaney                 Goalie          Maryland ’25              Denver (PLL)
Mac O’Keefe                      Field            Penn State ’21            Utah (PLL)
Beau Pederson                  Field            Princeton ’23 /           Utah (PLL)
                                                            Michigan (Gr.)
Connor Shellenberger        Field            Virginia ’24                 New York (PLL)
Michael Sowers  (Upper Dublin)               Field            Princeton ’20              Philadelphia (PLL)
                              Duke (Gr.)
Ryan Terefenko (Wilson)                Field            Ohio State ’21            Denver (PLL) / Halifax (NLL)
Logan Wisnauskas             Field            Maryland ’22              Denver (PLL)

Name                                Pos              College                       Pro
Grant Ament  (Haverford School)                   Field            Penn State ’20            Utah (PLL)
Matt Brandau                    Field            Yale ’24                      Maryland (PLL)
Matt Campbell                  Field            Villanova ’23               Boston (PLL)
Liam Entenmann               Goalie          Notre Dame ’24          New York (PLL)
Chris Kavanagh                  Field            Notre Dame ’25          California (PLL)
Pat Kavanagh                     Field            Notre Dame ’24          Denver (PLL)
Sam King                           Field            Harvard ’25                Utah (PLL)
C.J. Kirst                            Field            Cornell ’25                  Philadelphia (PLL)
Connor Kirst                      Field            Villanova ‘20/             Boston (PLL) / Las Vegas (NLL)
                                                            Rutgers (Gr.)
T.J. Malone (Havertford School)                       Field            Penn State ’24            Maryland (PLL)
Brennan O’Neill                 Field            Duke ’24                    Denver (PLL) / Philadelphia (NLL)
Blaze Riorden                    Goalie          Albany ’16                  Carolina (PLL) / Philadelphia (NLL)