ALL DECADE TEAMS

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A decade of division three lacrosse has just wrapped up with a new champion and I thought it might be interesting to look back at the great players, best coaches and best programs from the last ten years to try and determine and All Decade Team for D3.

I started by compiling an all decade team for the best conferences (NESCAC, CAC, Liberty, ODAC and Centennial). I only applied season in which a player's team participated in that league, so, for example, Ithaca's Eli Gobrecht will not show up on the Liberty League All Decade Team. This is not based solely on All League awards, All American Awards or End of Year position awards, but also includes my own personal judgement.

The following is a post for each league, followed by a post for an All Decade Team:
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NESCAC

A- Uppgren (Tufts ’16)
A - Wolf (Amherst ’19)
A - Bailey (Tufts ’15)
A - Hessler (Tufts ’11)

HM - Wood (Tufts ’14), Moroney (Amherst ’16), Stanton (Wesleyan ’18), Chlastawa (Bates ’20)

M - Deveau (Colby ’13)
M - Fay (Bates ’17)
M - Weber (Bates ’17)
M - McCormick (Tufts ’12)

HM - Park (Amherst ’16), Andreycak (Tufts ’16), Witko (Tufts ’11), Ghesquire (Wesleyan ’18)

SSDM - Gillespie (Tufts ’16)

HM - McAfee (Amherst ’20), Killian (Amherst ’17), Stanton (Wesleyan ’14)

FO - Bunker (Colby ’11)

HM - Helfrich (Tufts ’16), Finazzo (Amherst ’20), Parens (Conn. College ’18)

D - Callahan (Tufts ’13)
D - Cassidy (Amherst ’16)
D - Rogers (Middlebury ’18)
D - Sessions (Bowdoin ’18)

HM - Rayner (Middlebury ’12), Hamilton (Williams ’16), Broekmate (Tufts ’19)

LSM - Hoffman (Williams ’17)

HM - Bialosky (Tufts ’11), White (Middlebury ’14), Kelley (Wesleyan ’11)

G - Bohan (Wesleyan ’20)

HM - Layton (Colby ’19), Johnson (Trinity ’12) Watkins (Tufts ’14)

POD - Uppgren (Tufts ’16)
COD - Daly (Tufts)
TOD - Tufts - 3 National Championships in 5 Finals, 9 NESCAC Championships, 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances
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Liberty

A - Lee (RIT ’17)
A - Healey (SLU ’17)
A - Killen (RIT ’18)
A - Kiesa (RIT ’15)

HM - Santangelo (Union ’14), McNeally (RPI ’17) Krzyston (RIT ’14), Levick (RIT ’17)

M - Warren (RIT ’15)
M - Aquin (RIT ’15)
M - Nally (RIT ’19)
M - Billy (RPI ’11)

HM - Bastarache (RPI ’19), Wallace (RIT ’17) St. Croix (Clarkson ’17), Della Puca (Ithaca ’19)

SSDM - Stanton (Union ’16)

HM - Dietsch (SLU ’17)

FO - Farrell (RIT ’18)

HM - Hall (Union ’15), Brooks-Lambert (RIT ’14)

D - Sands (Union ’15)
D - Lonergan (Union ’17)
D - Maruna (RIT ’20)
D - Hutchinson (RPI ’12)

HM - Hannigan (RIT ’17), St. Croix (Clarkson ’15), Phillips (RPI ’16), Krzyston (RIT ’16)

LSM - Hossack (RIT ’16)

HM - Salama (RIT ’18), Hall (RIT ’17)

G - Aaron (Union ’12)

HM - Johnston (RIT ’15), Basile (Union ’15), Hare (RIT ’20)


POD - Mat Hossack (RIT ’16)
COD - Coon (RIT)
TOD - RIT - 2 NCAA Championship Appearances, 8 for 8 Liberty League Titles, 8 NCAA Appearances as Representative of the LL (10 overall)
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Centennial

A - Rogers (F&M ’18)
A - Mollihan (F&M ’20)
A - Cannon (Dickinson ’14)
A - Cord (WAC ’12)

HM - Hjelm (Haverford ’11), DeSimone (Ursinus ’19), Maddux (Gettysburg ’15)

M - Smith (Gettysburg ’16)
M - Nowicki ( WAC ’14)
M - Cherry (Dickinson ’13)
M - Harvey (Gettysburg ’19)

HM - Briggs (F&M ’19), Firouzan (Gettysburg ’15), Phillips (Dickinson ’19)

SSDM - Cioeta (Ursinus ’17)

HM - Englehart (WAC ’14), Sudah (Dickinson ’15) Donaghy (F&M ’20), Waldron (Dickinson ’14)

FO - Trapp (WAC ’15)

HM - Setian (F&M ’12), Campbell (Dickinson ’18)

D - Wycoff (Gettysburg ’20)
D - Ridinger (Ursinus ’15)
D - Zouck (Dickinson ’13)
D - McKnight (WAC ’14)

HM - Doran (Dickinson ’19), Jackson (Haverford ’17), Sudah (Dickinson ’15), Davis (Gettysburg ’16)

LSM - Palladino (Dickinson ’13)

HM - Usich (Dickinson ’19), Palladino (Gettysburg ’17)

G - Neff (Ursinus ’16)

HM - Banno (Haverford ’12), Brady (Gettysburg ’18)


POD - Palladino (Dickinson ’13)
COD - Webster (Dickinson) [4 Centennial Championships, 5 NCAA Appearance, Record of 129-47]
TOD - Gettysburg (2 Centennial Championships, 3 NCAA Final Fours, 7 NCAA Appearances, Record of 137-49)
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Capital

A - Dailey (Stevenson ’11)
A - Hutson (York ’15)
A - Blondino (Salisbury ’17)
A - Cannone (Salisbury ’12)

HM - Pfeiffer (York ’19), Kalama (Salisbury ’17), Dick (UMW ’14)

M - Bradman (Salisbury ’12)
M - Cirillo (Salisbury ’16)
M - Gwin (Salisbury ’19)
M - Lange (Salisbury ’14)

HM - Kluge (Salisbury ’13), Bromwell (Salisbury ’17), Krolus (York ’14), Whitcher (York ’18), Hannah (York ’18)

SSDM - Dabbs (Salisbury ’16)

HM - Ordakowski (York ’17)

FO - Granelli (Salisbury ’13)

HM - Witte (Stevenson ’11), Malamphy (Salisbury ’19), Geiser (Frostburg State ’16)

D - Nowesnick (Salisbury ’18)
D - Tucker (Salisbury ’18)
D - Kraus (Salisbury ’15)
D - Douglas (Stevenson ’11)

HM - Sellers (Salisbury ’12), Tokosch (Salisbury ’11), Martin (Salisbury ’14), Fiorino (York ’18), Kluver (York ’16), Beck (York ’19)

LSM - Smith (Salisbury ’14)

HM - Murphy (Salisbury ’20), Ternahan (Salisbury ’17), Roman (York ’20), Windsor (SMC ’12)

G - Rodriguez (Salisbury ’11)

HM - Taylor (Salisbury ’14), Abney (York ’16), Kraemer (Frostburg State ’16)

POD - Bradman (Salisbury ’12)
COD - Berkman (Salisbury)
TOD - Salisbury (4 NCAA Championships in 7 Finals, 9 Semi-Finals, 10 NCAA Appearances, 6 CAC Championships)
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ODAC

A - Witherell (W&L ’19)
A - Currier (Virginia Wesleyan ’16)
A - Stewart (Lynchburg ’16)
A - Keating (Roanoke ’12)

HM - Hoff (Lynchburg ’12), Lombardo (Lynchburg ’19), Murphy (Lynchburg ’16)

M - Tuma (Roanoke ’12)
M - Stucker (Roanoke ’18)
M - Rogers (Lynchburg ’20)
M - Hamill (W&L ’20)

HM -Armstrong (Hamden-Sydney ’15), Jackson (Roanoke ’16), Brown (Hamden-Sydney ’17), Curran (Lynchburg ’13)

SSDM - Hower (Lynchburg ‘15)

HM - Riehl (W&L ’16)

FO - Hodgson (W&L ’19)

HM - Mitchell (W&L ’14), Distler (Lynchburg ’16)

D - Lisicky (Lynchburg ’12)
D - LaSala (W&L ’13)
D - Armstrong (W&L ’16)
D - Curry (Roanoke ’18)

HM - Meadows (Lynchburg ’19), Love (Roanoke ’10), Gifford (W&L ’18), Gill (Lynchburg ’14), Lombardo (lynchburg ’15)

LSM - McDonald (Lynchburg ’19)

HM - Gerrie (Roanoke ’13), Simmons (Roanoke ’10)

G - Davies (Roanoke ’19)

HM - Pease (Roanoke ’14), Cook (Lynchburg ’12)

POD - Currier (Virginia Wesleyan ’16)
COD - Koudelka (Lynchburg)
TOD - Lynchburg (4 ODAC Championships, 9 ODAC Finals, 8 NCAA tournament Appearances, 1 NCAA Runner-up)
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Division III


A - Uppgren (Tufts ’16)
A - Bailey (Tufts ’15)
A - Currier (Virginia Wesleyan ’16)
A - Lee (RIT ’17)

HM - Dailey (Stevenson ’11), Hessler (Tufts ’11), Witherell (W&L ’19), Cannone (Salisbury ’12)

M - Bradman (Salisbury ’12)
M - Fay (Bates ’17)
M - Tuma (Roanoke ’12)
M - Nowicki (WAC ’14)

HM - Warren (RIT ’15), Nally (RIT ’19), Aquin (RIT ’15), Slavik (Cortland ’14)

SSDM - Dabbs (Salisbury ’16)

HM - Gillespie (Tufts ’16), Stanton (Wesleyan’14)

FO - Simoneau (Nazareth ’15)

HM - Bunker (Colby ’11), Granelli (Salisbury ’13), Parens (Connecticut College ’18)

D - Lisicky (Lynhcburg ’12)
D - Kraus (Salisbury ’15)
D - Tucker (Salisbury ’18)
D - Robinson (Stevenson ’15)

HM - Gobrecht (Ithaca ’16), Nowesnick (Salisbury ’18), Callahan (Tufts ’13)

LSM - Hossack (RIT ’16)

HM - Palladino (Dickinson ’13), Smith (Salisbury ’14)

G - Davies (Roanoke ’19)

HM - Rodriguez (Salisbury ’11), Aaron (Union ’12)

POD - Uppgren (Tufts ’16)
COD - Berkman (Salisbury)
TOD - Salisbury
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Some notes:

I needed to go through each conference to refresh my memory a bit. The Centennial and the ODAC were the two most challenging because no one team really separated themselves. The ODAC had Roanoke, W&L and Lynchburg. The Centennial had Gettysburg, Dickinson, F&M, WAC, Ursinus and Haverford all win one.

LSM was probably the deepest position in Division III. The three guys that I mentioned on the last team are exceptional and anyone who objects to Hossack and says Smith or Palldino should be the guy could convince me. They could even convince me of guys I didn't put on that final list.

I cheated a bit with Fay and Gillespie. Gillespie spent his final year as an offensive midfielder and Fay spent his last year as an attackman. Nevertheless, they were both excellent and, particularly with Fay, needed to be on this list. He, along with Weber, elevated a historically weak program to elite status.

The NESCAC is an amazing league, but it really is a tough place for defensemen.

I was tempted to just write "Salisbury" for the CAC All Decade Team.

Uppgren was the POD for me. Somebody could argue for Bradman. They're both great. Uppgren has the extra year in the decade, so I gave him the nod.

Berkman and Salisbury are the obvious pick. The rings speak for themselves.
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Almost
ColonelFastBreak wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 11:13 pm Capital

HM - Pfeiffer (York ’19), Kalama (Salisbury ’17), Dick (UMW ’14)
"Strike-Two !!" for leaving Melton of the Capital HM list - You were wrong about 1st Team AA & Melton leads Luke Dick in every meaningful statistic for an attackman - Keep in mind that Melton was just a Junior this year- (Only three years played so far) -
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Uhm, how about amazing posts, fantastic effort that went into it, I want to quibble with one small thing. He also didn’t leave Melton of, he left him off, if you are going to come at that ridiculous effort in 5 lines try to proof read what you write.
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This DID take a lot of work, and thanks for doing it!

I was about to write that I could NOT believe that you "left off" one of the two best D-men in NESCAC history, then, ahhh......I checked and he graduated in 2009, not 2010!

Nice work! And thanks!
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The best defenseman in NESCAC history is Jed. But not for this list.
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The best in the NESCAC was Jed, without question, IMO.
But Spike was damn good, in a NESCAC that was stronger across the board. The guy was consistently a beast!

And in this decade, Callahan was a real stud. Smart. Because of the high octane offense, he may not have always been appreciated as much as he could/should have been.

Jed Raymond gets my nod for best ever D3 defenseman. Dominating.
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Muleski wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 6:50 pm I checked and he graduated in 2009, not 2010!
Right. And even then it would be tough to put Malangone on this past All Decade team for the NESCAC. He would have only played the one year during the decade.

It is a similar line of thought for Melton in the CAC. He had a perfectly good sophomore year in 2018 and then an excellent junior year. I felt like you had to have more than one big year to make an All Decade team. Just a personal choice. If you wanted to make the criteria "best players who played one season within the decade" then it is a different exercise and there are many, many more candidates. If you did the CAC that way then Steve Kazimer should be considered before Josh Melton. And perhaps Richie Ford as well. All great players given that they're part of a discussion about some sort of non-existent, hypothetical All-Decade team...
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Well done. Loved seeing some of those names again...
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pcowlax wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:39 pm Uhm, how about amazing posts, fantastic effort that went into it, I want to quibble with one small thing. He also didn’t leave Melton of, he left him off, if you are going to come at that ridiculous effort in 5 lines try to proof read what you write.
So, where was your righteous indignation when the Colonel was cherry picking statistics to devalue Melton's contribution to his team preceding the AA selections ? His blatant omission of Melton's name from anywhere on his AA list was almost comical. When you read how he decided to describe Melton's contribution and value to his team, it wasn't hard to tell he had an agenda.

In response to your, "5 Line" comment, I'm not going to write some dissertation to argue my case because, at some level, I'd be forced to do what I'm criticizing the Colonel for doing . I'm not interested in degrading the legacy of any player. Frankly, the statistics, facts and now this year's selections speak for themselves...
ColonelFastBreak wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:44 pm It is a similar line of thought for Melton in the CAC. He had a perfectly good sophomore year in 2018 and then an excellent junior year. I felt like you had to have more than one big year to make an All Decade team. Just a personal choice. If you wanted to make the criteria "best players who played one season within the decade" then it is a different exercise and there are many, many more candidates.
I have no horse in this race but I am a Salisbury fan. I really have no idea whether Melton should even be on the list or not but I can tell you Luke Dick should not be listed in front of Melton - Please tell us the "two" years when Luke Dick was better than Melton -
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Gullible wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:59 pm
pcowlax wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:39 pm Uhm, how about amazing posts, fantastic effort that went into it.....

I'm not interested in degrading the legacy of any player. ......


I really have no idea whether Melton should even be on the list or not but I can tell you Luke Dick should not be listed in front of Melton - Please tell us the "two" years when Luke Dick was better than Melton -
You do realize that It takes you LESS then 5 lines to do precisely that which you infer is beneath you and inevitable if you write a dissertation .... degrade a players legacy!

I too have no horse in this race .... in fact my conference isn’t even considered ..... but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the effort the Colonel made to start a dialogue as we all go through withdrawals! Thanks for the effort Colonel... much appreciated.

And you CAN do it without degrading any player - just provide your own team and don’t include/mention those you feel fall short.

Melton is a great player ... just continue to highlight his contributions and you will win a lot of people over ... maybe even the Colonel if you think his prejudiced against him.
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Muleski wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:10 pm The best in the NESCAC was Jed, without question, IMO.
But Spike was damn good, in a NESCAC that was stronger across the board. The guy was consistently a beast!

And in this decade, Callahan was a real stud. Smart. Because of the high octane offense, he may not have always been appreciated as much as he could/should have been.

Jed Raymond gets my nod for best ever D3 defenseman. Dominating.
Spike was amazing, the octopus in the zone, incredible stick and feel for the game.
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Gullible wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:59 pm
pcowlax wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:39 pm Uhm, how about amazing posts, fantastic effort that went into it, I want to quibble with one small thing. He also didn’t leave Melton of, he left him off, if you are going to come at that ridiculous effort in 5 lines try to proof read what you write.
So, where was your righteous indignation when the Colonel was cherry picking statistics to devalue Melton's contribution to his team preceding the AA selections ? His blatant omission of Melton's name from anywhere on his AA list was almost comical. When you read how he decided to describe Melton's contribution and value to his team, it wasn't hard to tell he had an agenda.

In response to your, "5 Line" comment, I'm not going to write some dissertation to argue my case because, at some level, I'd be forced to do what I'm criticizing the Colonel for doing . I'm not interested in degrading the legacy of any player. Frankly, the statistics, facts and now this year's selections speak for themselves...
ColonelFastBreak wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:44 pm It is a similar line of thought for Melton in the CAC. He had a perfectly good sophomore year in 2018 and then an excellent junior year. I felt like you had to have more than one big year to make an All Decade team. Just a personal choice. If you wanted to make the criteria "best players who played one season within the decade" then it is a different exercise and there are many, many more candidates.
I have no horse in this race but I am a Salisbury fan. I really have no idea whether Melton should even be on the list or not but I can tell you Luke Dick should not be listed in front of Melton - Please tell us the "two" years when Luke Dick was better than Melton -
You have no horse in the race?? You are bareback riding the horse. You sound like you are not just a Salisbury fan but may be Melton’s father. Out of an enormous effort and with obviously enormous knowledge reflecting back over dozens and dozens of teams over a decade it’s not hard to tell he had an agenda for leaving off one specific player who only had one great year? My friend, it is extraordinarily clear that YOU have an agenda. Make your own team, all Salisbury players, Melton at attack, mid and D, that will be more forthright.
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Appreciate the good work put in by the Colonel to start this discussion & agree with the larger point made by Ned. Please don’t replace anybody; add a name for consideration.

To that end I’d like to add Rooney (DU) to our discussion. POD on a highly ranked team.

Lisicky belongs atop the D list. He finished his lax career as a starter at UVA. In summer leagues and men’s leagues after graduation he had a reputation as a bone cruncher. If he had taken his last year (2013) at LC, I wonder if LC might have won the NC that year.

Melton’s a work in progress. If in 2020 he puts up numbers like 2019, he could be #3 on the Gull All Time Points list behind Jason Coffman and Matt Cannone.

As points of reference Coffman had 451 points in 62 games; Uppgren had 418 points in 90 games; Cannone had 369 points in 87 games; Hessler had 321 points in 75 games; Lee had 372 points in 86 games; Currier had 353 points in 65 games; Dailey had 325 points in 77 games; Bailey had 312 points in 88 games.
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