The 2014 ACC men's and women's lacrosse conferences included six teams, up from four in 2013. Notre Dame and Syracuse joined the ACC in July 2013. This was the only year that the ACC men's lacrosse conference included these six teams as Maryland left the ACC for the Big Ten at the end of the 2014 season. The finalists from the 2013 NCAA championship game are in the ACC conference in 2014, Duke and Syracuse. Additionally, all six teams were included in the Top 10 of the Lacrosse Magazine preseason ranking. The 2014 ACC men's lacrosse conference included teams that at the time had won 23 national championships and had 45 appearances in the title game.
On May 4, 2014, the NCAA announced the 18 teams that played in the Division I men's lacrosse tournament. As part of this selection, the bottom four teams played two play-in games. The ACC is one of 10 conferences that have automatic qualifiers, meaning the winner of the ACC tournament appeared in the tournament, leaving five ACC teams competing for eight at-large bids. Four of the six teams in the ACC competed in the conference tournament on April 25, 2014. PPL Park (now Subaru Park) in Philadelphia, Pa., hosted the ACC tournament in both 2014 and 2015.
ACC men's lacrosse team class composition
Duke Maryland North Carolina Notre Dame Syracuse UVA All ACC Freshmen 23% 29% 30% 24% 38% 31% 29% Sophomores 35 27 20 22 23 19 24 Juniors 21 29 23 20 25 26 24 Seniors 21 16 27 33 14 24 22
ACC teams with most "top 50" recruits in last three years
Team 2009 (upcoming seniors) 2010 (upcoming juniors) 2011 (upcoming sophomores) 2012 (upcoming freshman) TOTAL (last four years) UNC 8 5 9 7 29 UVA 5 6 4 5 20 Duke 3 3 5 5 16 Syracuse 4 4 1 5 14 *Inside Lacrosse
NCAA tournament performance (last six years) Duke Maryland North Carolina Notre Dame Syracuse UVA Champion 2008 lost in final four to Johns Hopkins 9-10 lost in 2nd round to UVA 7-8 lost in 1st round to Navy 7-8 lost in 2nd round to Syracuse 9-11 won championship game over Johns Hopkins 13-10 lost in Final Four to Syracuse 11-12 SYRACUSE* 2009 lost in final four to Syracuse 7-17 lost in 2nd round to Syracuse 6-11 lost in 2nd round to Duke 11-12 lost in 1st round to Maryland 3-7 won championship game over Cornell 10-9 lost in Final Four to Cornell 6-15 SYRACUSE* 2010 won championship game over Notre Dame 6-5 lost in 2nd round to Notre Dame 5-7 lost in 2nd round to Duke 9-17 lost in finals to Duke 5-6 lost in 1st round to Army 8-9 lost in Final Four to Duke 13-14 DUKE 2011 lost in final four to Maryland 4-9 lost in finals to UVA 7-9 lost in 1st round to Maryland 6-13 lost in 2nd round to Duke 5-7 lost in 2nd round to Maryland 5-6 won championship game over Maryland 9-7 UVA 2012 lost in final four to Maryland 10-16 lost in finals to Loyola 3-9 lost in 1st round to Denver 14-16 lost in final four to Loyola 5-7 lost in 1st round to Duke 9-12 lost to Notre Dame in 2nd round 10-12 LOYOLA (MD) 2013 won championship game over Syracuse 16-10 lost in 1st round to Cornell 8-16 lost in 2nd round to Denver 12-11 lost in 2nd round to Duke 11-12 lost in championship game to Duke 10-16 not in tournament DUKE * Note: Syracuse was not a member of the ACC for lacrosse in 2008 & 2009, they were independent
2014 MLL draft - ACC players
Pick Name School Position 2/64 Jordan Wolf Duke Attack 4/64 Luke Duprey Duke LSM 7/64 Michael Ehrhardt Maryland D (Junior year), LSM (Senior year) 8/64 Scott McWilliams Virginia LSM (Junior year), D/LSM (Senior year) 11/64 Mike Chanenchuk Maryland Midfield 12/64 Ryan Creighton North Carolina Defensive Midfield 14/64 Brendan Fowler Duke FO 17/64 Rob Emery Virginia Midfield 18/64 Josh Dionne Duke Attack 21/64 Matt Harris Syracuse LSM (Junior year), D/LSM (Senior year) 27/64 Scott Loy Syracuse M 29/64 Nick Amato Maryland Goalie 29/64 Henry Lobb Duke D 39/64 Derek Maltz Syracuse Attack 49/64 RG Keenan North Carolina FO 50/64 Mark McNeill North Carolina Defensive Midfield 55/64 Chris Hipps Duke D 56/64 Mark Cockerton Virginia Attack 64/64 Brian Cooper Maryland D
Returning All-Americans in the ACC
Duke_____________ 2013 All-American team Position___________ Class year in 2014 Note____________________ Brendan Fowler 1st team Face-Off Senior 2014 Preseason 1st team All-American Jordan Wolf 2nd team Attack Senior 2014 Preseason 1st team All-American, #2 pick in 2014 MLL Draft Josh Dionne Honorable Mention Attack Senior Will Haus Honorable Mention Midfield Junior
Maryland_________ 2013 All-American team Position___________ Class year in 2014 Note____________________ Mike Chanenchuk 2nd team Midfield Senior Ivy League rookie of the year in 2010 at Princeton, withdrew after first season Michael Ehrhardt 2nd team Defense Senior 2014 Preseason 1st team All-American Niko Amato 2nd team Goalie Senior Goran Murray 3rd team Defense Senior
North Carolina___ 2013 All-American team Position___________ Class year in 2014 Note____________________ Chad Tutton 2nd team Midfield Junior 2014 Preseason 1st team All-American Joey Sankey 3rd team Attack Junior Jimmy Bitter Honorable mention Attack Junior Ryan Creighton Honorable mention Midfield Senior
Notre Dame_______ 2013 All-American team Position___________ Class year in 2014 Note____________________ Jim Marlatt 3rd team Midfield Senior Matt Kavanagh Honorable Mention Attack Sophomore
Syracuse_________ 2013 All-American team Position___________ Class year in 2014 Note____________________ Henry Schoonmaker Honorable mention Midfield Redshirt Junior
UVA______________ 2013 All-American team Position___________ Class year in 2014 Note____________________ Scott McWilliams 2nd team Defense Senior Mark Cockerton 3rd team Attack Senior Rob Emery 3rd team Midfield Senior
Next games
Non conference: Duke (8–2, #3, 2-1 ACC) vs. Harvard (5–3, #18), Sunday, 3/29/14, 12pm North Carolina (7–2, #5, 1-2 ACC) vs. Johns Hopkins (5–2, #9), Saturday, 3/29/14, 2pm
Conference: Maryland (7–1, #4, 2-1 ACC) vs. Virginia (7–2, #8, 1-1 ACC), Sunday, 3/30/14, 12pm Notre Dame (4–2, #7, 2-0 ACC) vs. Syracuse (4–3, #10, 0-3 ACC), 3/29/14, 12pm
High School matrix
Boys Latin, Md. Calvert Hall, Md. Chaminade, NY Deerfield Academy, MA St. Anthony's, NY Duke Christian Walsh, M Sr ('09) Brian Dunne, D, Fr.Brendan Fowler, M Sr.Danny Fowler, G, Fr.Greg Rhodes, M, So.Thomas Zenker, M, Fr. Luke Aaron, G Jr.Teddy Henderson, M, Fr.Christian Walsh, M Sr (PG '10) Maryland Thomas Guarino, G Sr.Colin Heacock, A, Fr.Mac Pons, D, Fr. Tyler Adelsberger, M Sr.John Belz, M, Fr. Michael Ehrhardt, D Sr.Tim Muller, D, Fr. None Mike Chanenchuk, M Sr.Joe LoCascio, M Jr.Charlie Raffa, M Jr. North Carolina Pat Foster, A Sr.R.G. Keenan, M Sr. Frankie Kelly, M Sr.Patrick Kelly, M, So.Stephen Kelly, M, Fr.Evan Connell, D, So. Jimmy Bitter, A Jr. (on varsity lax three years) Kieran Burke, G, So. Notre Dame Matt Kavanagh, A, So. Syracuse Virginia Ryan Lukacovic, A, Fr. Joe French, A, Fr. (PG'13)Alec Webster, D, Fr. (two years) Greg Danseglio, D Jr.
Regional matrix
Canadians Pennsylvania Central NY, NY Long Island, NY Upstate, NY Maryland Virginia Duke (none) Tanner Scott Jr., M, ConestogaWill Haus Jr, M, Palmyra AreaBrian Dailey Jr, LSM, ConestogaJordan Wolf Sr, A, Lower MerionJamie Ikeda, So, D, Lower MerionHenry Lobb Sr, D, Malvern Prep Maryland Bryan Cole Jr, M, The Hill Academy Casey Ikeda Jr., D, ConestogaTyler Brooke, So., A, ConestogaMike Bender Jr., LSM, Emmaus BellarmineRyan Lehman, So., D, Garnet ValleyMatt Rambo, Fr., A, LaSalle College HSBradlee Lord, So., A, ConestogaKevin Forster Jr., A, LaSalleNiko Amato Sr., G, LaSalleGoran Murray Jr., D, HaverfordChad Raffery, Fr., D, MalvernJon Garino Jr., So., M, Episcopal North Carolina Chad Tutton Jr, M, The Hill AcademyShane Simpson, Fr, M, Hamilton, Ontario then Salisbury Ryan Creighton Sr., D-Mid, Malvern Prep.Ryan Kilpatrick Jr., D, SalesianumAustin Pifani, Fr., D, AbingtonJoe Sankey Jr., A, William Penn Charter Jake Bailey Jr, D, McQuaid JesuitDrew Hays Jr, M, Fairport Kieran Burke, So, G, St. Anthony'sBriam Balkam, Fr, G, Smithtown EastMark Rizzo, RFr, D, Hewlett Luke Goldstock, Fr, A, NiskayunaJack Lambert, John Jay Notre Dame Kyle Trolley, So, M, from Ontario, played three years at Culver Academy (IN) P.J. Finley, Fr, M, MalvernAdam Goins, So, M, ConestogaWesty Hopkins Sr, A, LaSalleConor Kelly Jr, G, HaverfordLiam O'Connor Sr, M, HaverfordStephen O'Hara Sr, D, St. Joe's PrepJack Sheridan, So, D, Malvern Syracuse Sean Young Jr, D, The Hill AcademyRandy Staats Jr, A/M, McKinnon Park Matt Walters Jr, M, Haverfordbobby Tait, RSo, D, Germantown Virginia Matt Cockerton Sr, A, Monsignor Paul DwyerJoe French, Fr, A, St. Michael's then PG at Deerfield Matt Barrett, Fr, G, MalvernBobby Hill Sr, M, MalvernJoseph Lisicky Sr, D, Unionville Ryan Lukacovic, Fr, A, ChaminadeDan Marino, So, G, Garden CityGreg Danseglio Jr, D, St. Anthony'sJames Pannell, So, A, Smithtown WestGreg Coholan, RSo, M, IrondequoitDavi Sacco Jr, D, Jamesville DeWittZed Williams, Fr, M, SIlver Creek Ryan Tucker Jr, M, GilmanPat Harbeson Sr, M, DeMathaTyler German Jr, M, Queen Anne'sPat Glading Sr, M, Georgetown Prep Carlson Milikin, RFr, M, Woodberry ForrestOwen Van Arsdale, RJr, A, St. Anne's BeifeldAlbert Kammler Jr, D, St. Alban'sMatt Robertson Sr, G, Salem
Duke In the 2013 season, Duke defeated Syracuse 16–10 to win the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse championship. 15 of the 25 players in the 2013 championship game played again for Duke in 2014. Attackman Jordan Wolf and face-off man Brendan Fowler were named pre-season first team All-Americans. Joining them on the list on the second team is Henry Lobb, senior defenseman. Honorable mentions are Josh Dionne (attack), Myles Jones (midfield), Will Haus (midfield), Luke Duprey (long-stick midfield) and Chris Hipps (defense). Face-off specialist Brendan Fowler was a first team All-American in 2013. In the four games in the NCAA tournament that year, he won 70% of his face-offs and gathered 10 ground balls per game. For the entire season he won 64% of his face-offs.
Duke's coaching staff places a priority on ground ball statistics in their post-game reviews. In comparison, Johns Hopkins had found that the four most important post-game statistical considerations are shooting percentage, your opponent's shooting percentage, your save percentage and your opponent's save percentage.
Duke starters
Attackmen Starters Other attackmen Josh Dionne (#8), Sr., 5'7, 185 Chad Cohan (#4), So., started first game of 2014 Case Matheis (#9), So., 5'8, 160, missed first game of 2014 Jordan Wolf (#31), Sr., 5'9, 170
Midfield First offensive midfield (last game) Defensive midfield Other midfielders (alphabetical) Deemer Class, So., 5'11, 190, played all 21 games in 2013 on 2nd line, scored 10 points against Syracuse in March 2014 Brian Dailey Jr., 5'11, 170 (moved to short-stick defensive midfield after playing previous two seasons as a long-stick midfielder/pdf9/2644288.pdf?ATCLID=209412168&SPSID=25937&SPID=2027&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4200) Jack Bruckner, Fr., 6'1, 197 (started first four games in 2014) Myles Jones, So., 6'4, 240, started fifth game in 2014, started five games at midfield in 2013, only two players in the ACC are heavier than Myles Jones: Freshman Matt Lane (attack, 252 lbs ) at Syracuse and redshirt Freshman Tyler Avallone (goalie, 262 lbs) at Syracuse, completed post graduate year at Salisbury School in 2012 after four years at Walt Whitman in Long Island Will Haus Jr. Kyle Keenan Jr. (U.S. Under 19 National Team in 2012) Christian Walsh Sr., 6'1, 202, started 2013 at attack before moving to first midfield line, played at Boys Latin before a post graduate year at Deerfield Greg Rhodes, So. Tom Zenker, Fr., 6'3, 205
Long-Stick Midfield Primary_________________ Year________ Height Weight Note Luke Duprey, Captain Senior 6'5" 210 Selected 4th in 2014 MLL draft Ethan Powley Fr. 6'2 195
Defense