2024 Fantasy Lacrosse Draft

[PATalk]

Having 4 starters at A and M only leaves 5 bench spots to make gambles on.

[Matnum PI]

Having 4 starters at A and M only leaves 5 bench spots to make gambles on.

?? 6 A/M starters. 1 D. 7 bench spots. No? What am I missing?

[PATalk]

Having 4 starters at A and M only leaves 5 bench spots to make gambles on.

?? 6 A/M starters. 1 D. 7 bench spots. No? What am I missing?

Having 4 each protects against injuries or a coaches decision to switch a players position

Helps win ties also

[greenielax]

Drop Brian Luzzi
Add Will McCulloch A Yale

[Matnum PI]

6 starters, 4 bench, 1 D leaves 3 seedlings.

[Matnum PI]

Drop Brian Luzzi
Add Will McCulloch A Yale

Greenielax
1 Jack Boyden SR A UVA
2 Truitt Sunderland SO A/M UVA
3 Cam Rubin SR A Penn
4 Matt Caputo SO A OSU
5 Patrick Crogan SO M Georgetown
6 Max Krevsky JR M Yale
7 Jack Flaherty SO M Navy
8 Josh Webber JR M Towson
9 Will McCulloch JR A Yale
10 Henry Haberman SO A Loyola
11 Jack Brennan SR A/M UMD
12 Jake Stevens GRAD M Princeton
13 Luke Pisani FR M UVA
14 Denver D

[fcalax]

Drop Brian Luzzi
Add Will McCulloch A Yale

Yale or Loyola?

[Matnum PI]

Drop Brian Luzzi
Add Will McCulloch A Yale

Yale or Loyola?

The add? Yale...

[Matnum PI]

Just in case, if you did an Add/Drop last night between 11 PM and 6 AM EST, you should re-post the Add/Drop. We updated the forum last night and the post may've been lost.

[Matnum PI]

Add Will McCulloch A Yale

Yale or Loyola?

The add? Yale...

Greenie, Loyola or Yale? I don't see him on the Yale Roster but Yale doesn't have their 2024 Roster up yet. Loyola does: https://loyolagreyhounds.com/sports/men ... loch/12323. Bottomline, Yale or Loyola?

[PATalk]

Several transfers are still showing their old school. Slusher and English to name a couple

[Matnum PI]

Several transfers are still showing their old school. Slusher and English to name a couple

I made the two changes. After we lock the Rosters (at 12:46 pm est), I'll post the final rosters and ask for the coaches to make sure their player info is accurate.

[Matnum PI]

The team rosters are officially frozen. These are your squads for the 2024 season. Please take a look at your roster and make sure your roster is accurate, your players' names are spelled correctly, and the NCAA team they play for is correct. (That their class year is correct would also be good and we'll deal with the player positions after the season has started and we've seen some games and box scores.) These are the FanLax Fantasy Lacrosse Rosters for 2024:

CalLaxDad
Jimmy Ayers FR A JHU
Max Sloat SO A Duke
Max Busenkell SO M Notre Dame
Nicholas DeMaio SR A Towson
Matt Waterhouse SO M Villanova
Aidan Carroll JR M Georgetown
Alex Vardaro SR M Princeton
Kurt Bruun SR A OSU
Dylan Hess SR M Georgetown
Jordan Wray SO M Georgetown
Ryan Levy JR A/M UNC
Dylan Bauer SR A/M JHU
Dom Pietramala SO A UNC
Maryland D
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-
ChopSticks
Joey Spallina SO A Syracuse
Nick Teretsky SR A Rutgers
Ben Locke SR A Brown
Robert Schain SR A UPenn
PJ Behan SO M Brown
Hugh Mullane JR M UPenn
Dewey Egan JR A UNC
Jake Morin SR A PSU
Reed Landin JR M Duke
Carter Castillo SR A UMass
Stephen Avery SR M Denver
Patrick Hackler SR M Yale
Ryan Colsey SO A UVA
UVA D
-
DU-Fan
Antonio DeMarco JR M North Carolina
Andrew Perry JR M Harvard
Kian McCarthy FR M Virginia
JJ Sillstrop GRAD A Denver
Tomas Delgado FR M Duke
Max Hewitt SR M Navy
Mic Kelly JR M Denver
Michael Lampert SR A/M Denver
Chris Jordan GRAD A PSU
Kyle Lehman FR A PSU
Nick Golini FR A Navy
Eric Malever SR A UMD
Gabriel Sorichetti FR A JHU
Villanova D
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Farfromgeneva
Matt Licata SR A Villanova
Chris Kavanagh JR A Notre Dame
Tye Scott SO A Denver
Colin Kurdyla FR M Rutgers
Jacob Angelus SR A JHU
Adam Poitras SR A Loyola
Colin Kelly JR A Rutgers
Patrick McIntosh SR A UVA
Jackson Greene FR M Harvard
Eric Dobson SR M Notre Dame
Sam King SR A Harvard
Spencer Wirtheim SR A/M Cornell
Griffin King SR M Brown
Duke D
-

FCALax
Alex Slusher SR A Duke
T.J. Haley SR A Georgetown
Shane Knobloch SR M Rutgers
Trey Deere FR A Syracuse
Sean Donnelly SR A PSU
Ben Mayer JR A OSU
Aiden Danenza SR M Duke
Carson Krammer FR M Princeton
Aidan Maguire SO M Duke
Sam English SR M Syracuse
Henry Caponiti SO A Georgetown
Ed Shean JR A OSU
Luke Raymond JR A Villanova
Loyola D


girlsdoitbetter
Race Ripley SO A Navy
Daniel Maltz SR A UMD
Charles Balsamo SO A Duke
Sean Cameron JR M Princeton
Ben Scandone SO M Brown
Matt Lazzaro SO A PSU
Tucker Goodelle SR M Villanova
Nate Kabiri FR A Princeton
Quinn Krammer SO M Princeton
Matthew Cargiulo FR M UMass
Joey Kamish SR A Loyola
Jack McKenna JR A OSU
Evan Plunkett SO M Army
Princeton D
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-
Genghiskhanbluejay
Ben Smith JR A Upenn
Will Angrick JR M Notre Dame
Dante Kulas JR A Rutgers
Owen Duffy FR A UNC
Michael Weisshaar SO M Towson
Jack Speidell FR A Harvard
Larry Horning FR M Georgetown
Joaquin Villagomez SO A Towson
Griffin Scane SO M Penn
Ethan Long JR M Penn State
Johnny Keib JR A/M Yale
Mac Costin SR M Penn State
Seth Higgins SR M Loyola
JHU D
-
-
Greenielax
Jack Boyden SR A UVA
Truitt Sunderland SO A/M UVA
Cam Rubin SR A Penn
Matt Caputo SO A OSU
Patrick Crogan SO M Georgetown
Max Krevsky JR M Yale
Jack Flaherty SO M Navy
Josh Webber JR M Towson
Will McCulloch JR A Yale
Henry Haberman SO A Loyola
Jack Brennan SR A/M UMD
Jake Stevens GRAD M Princeton
Luke Pisani FR M UVA
Denver D
-
-
harrisoncoburn
Graham Bundy SR M Georgetown
Tynan Walsh JR M UPENN
Thomas McIntire SR A Villanova
Wills Burt FR M UVA
Christian Mule SR A Syracuse
Josh Zawada SR A Duke
Brennan O'Neill SR A Duke
Jordan Faison FR M Notre Dame
Reese Burek SR A Army
Brian Piatelli SR A Rutgers
Paul Johnson SR A Army
Brooks English SO M JHU
Matt McMillen SO M Upenn
Cornell D
-
-
Keoni007
TJ Malone SR A PSU
John Sidorski SR M Rutgers
Brendan Grimes SR A JHU
Billy Barnds JR M Princeton
Jalen Seymour JR M Notre Dame
Marcus Wertheim SO M Brown
Miles Botkiss JR A/M Harvard
Thomas Greenblatt SR M OSU
Leo Johnson JR A Yale
Joey Terenzi SO M Virginia
AJ Nikolic FR M Cornell
Colm Barnett SO M Denver
Jack Ringhofer JR A Princeton
OSU D


Lax1
Andrew McAdorey JR A Duke
James Shipley SR M Upenn
Chop Gallagher SR A/M Towson
Tommy Barnds SR M Princeton
Dyson Williams A SR Duke
Owen Murphy SR A/M Maryland
Andrew Preis FR M UNC
Michael Leo SO A/M Syracuse
Chris Lyons JR A Yale
Brad Sharp JR A/M Yale
Luke Murphy SO A Loyola
Teddy Malone SO A Harvard
Colin Burns FR A Princeton
Navy D
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Maddog
Jake Taylor SR A Notre Dame
Marek Tzagournis FR A Denver
Finn Thomson A/M SO Syracuse
McCabe Millon FR A UVA
Casey McDermott SR A JHU
Kyle Lewis SR M OSU
Tyler Cordes JR M Syracuse
Cooper Mueller FR M Princeton
Elijah Stobaugh FR M Maryland
Brett Gladstone SR M OSU
Mark Marino FR M Princeton
Stevie Finnell FR M Duke
UNC D
PSU D
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-
Matnum PI
Mike Long SR A Cornell
Daniel Kelly SR A UMD
Evan James SR A/M Loyola
Aidan McLane JR A/M Brown
Joe Dowling JR A Harvard
Ryan Schrier SO A Towson
Lance Tillman SR A/M UNC
Jack Koras SR M UMD
Owen Gaffney JR A/M Harvard
Jackson Birtwistle JR M Syracuse
Braden Erksa SO A/M UMD
Jack Petersen FR M Harvard
Thomas Gravino FR M Maryland
Notre Dame D
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-
NC Lax
Griffin Schutz JR M UVA
Russell Melendez SR A/M JHU
Daniel DJ Clark FR M Denver
Willem Firth FR A Cornell
Kenan Everhart FR A Loyola
Davis Lindsey SR A Loyola
Stuart Phillips JR M JHU
Luke Rhoa SO M Syracuse
Brian Jackman A/M SO UMASS
Cody Malawsky SO A Denver
Logan Ip SO M Harvard
Jonathan Peshko SR M JHU
Xavier Arline SR A Navy
Towson D
-
-
NJLaxx11
Devon McLane SR A Brown
Shane Murphy SO A Rutgers
Danny Caddigan JR A Cornell
Colin Michener SO A Villanova
Ryan Goldstein FR A Cornell
Jon Jarosz SR A NAVY
Hamish McPherson FR A Maryland
Jack Aimone SR M Rutgers
Leo Hoffman FR M UPenn
Hugh Kelleher SR M Cornell
Justin Queen FR M Navy
Cole Cashion FR M Yale
Shane O’Leary JR M Umass
Rutgers D
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-
OCanada
Marek Seaman FR M LoyoSO
Braedon Saris JR A Princeton
Dillon Magee SO M OSU
C.J. Kirst SR A Cornell
Tucker Kellogg FR M Syracuse
Aiden Blake GRAD M Cornell
Brock Behrman FR A Notre Dame
Carter Kempney SO M Syracuse
Payton Cormier GRAD A UVA
Johnny Schwarz JR M UNC
Ben Beacham FR M UPenn
Matt Collison SO M JHU
Noah Manning JR A Denver
UMass D
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-
ohmilax34
Zach Whittier SO M UMD
Owen Hiltz SR A Syracuse
Jack Pappendick SO A/M Duke
Brody Upton FR M Princeton
Pat Kavanagh SR A Notre Dame
Bailey O'Connor SR M Army
Peter Moynihan FR A Yale
Chad Palumbo SO A/M Princeton
Matt Minicus SO A Loyola
Mike Tobin SR A/M Umass
Jeffrey Ricciardelli JR A Notre Dame
Grayson McClements FR A UPenn
Grant Breyo SR M Umass
Syracuse D
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-
PA Talk
Ross Scott GR A Rutgers
Richie Connell GR A Denver
Mac Haley SO A Navy
James Matan SO A UNC
Thomas Mencke SO A/M UVA
Hunter Chauvette FR A/M JHU
Ryan DiRocco FR A Army
Liam Matthews FR A/M PSU
Mason Reale GR M Villanova
Harry Wellford GR M UNC
Dane Swanson SR M Navy
Jack Kelly SR M Brown
Tucker Wade FR M PRN
Georgetown D
-

Typical Lax Dad
Jacob Todd FR M Princeton
Logan McGovern SR A UNC
Ryan Landolphi FR M Navy
Lukas Stanat SR M Princeton
Mason Bregman JR A UMass
Jacob Morin GRAD M Army
Gunnar Fellows SO A Army
Benn Johnston FR M Duke
Connor Shellenberger A GRAD UVA
Charles Kurtz FR A UMass
Coulter Mackesy JR A Princeton
Aidan Aitken SO M UMD
Koleton Marquis SO A JHU
Yale D
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-
UK Lax
Gabe Furey SR A/M UPenn
Eric Spanos SO A/M UMD
Henry Tolker JR A Navy
Matt Brandau SR A Yale
Carson Kuhl JR M Yale
Matt Traynor JR M PSU
Gannon Matthews JR A OSU
Shuey Kelly FR A Georgetown
Matteo Corsi JR A/M Brown
John Dunphey SO M Princeton
Charlie Iler FR M JHU
Paul Garza SO M Navy
Garrett Degnon SR A JHU
Army D

[PALax11]

And that wraps another fun draft!

Great work Matt, thank you and thanks to all those that helped keep it moving!

[maddog29]

Super job as always Commish - my squad is correct as posted. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL COACHES!

[ohmilax34]

2024 Fantasy Lacrosse Draft Review

As I was thinking about the draft recently when we were getting into the 7th and 8th round I thought that those who've historically struggled should make an effort to only draft 4 players and 1 defense, so that they're forcing themselves to put more thought into their roster construction, instead of just throwing darts. But, drafting is fun. I came into this draft thinking I'd only draft 3 players and 1 defense, but once my 5th and 6th round picks came up, I decided to drop players I had last year and roll the dice with two new guys. This draft has been fun. The addition of FFG and fam has been a boost for the conviviality of this forum and I'm optimistic about some of the other additions. I want to keep this review fun. I don't want to go too hard on anyone, and even if I thought Matt had a horrible draft, I wouldn't actually let him know that.

Last year we could really building up our rosters with the addition of Brown, Villanova and Harvard, but it seems like the freshman class was a little weak. I like this year's freshman class. We'll see how they do in college with 5th years still hanging around. I think drafting established players instead of freshman might be in vogue right now. It's always been a good strategy, but it feels like more coaches are filling their fantasy rosters with guys with 1 or 2 years of eligibility left, just like our NCAA counterparts. Does that mean you get better value when drafting a freshman since there are more available? Are Ivy teams getting better freshman classes now because they don't have as many 5th years? I like the freshman classes of Yale, Cornell, Penn, Harvard and Princeton, so maybe!

Best Drafts

Genghiskhanbluejay
Genghis has zero Johns Hopkins players on his roster, but he got the JHU D in the third round. His roster looks good, and built for future success, but without a lot of BIG point getters, except Genghis got Owen Duffy, probably the most talented and most sure-thing in this draft at #6 overall. This isn't really a shot at the other picks, because (with the exception of Avery) they made enough sense. Duffy will get points this year and in the following 3 years. Speidell (Duffy's HS teammate) is a talented inside scorer, so I like that pick in the 2nd round. Horning in the 4th is fine. Genghis declined to draft after the 4th round. That usually means his roster was in pretty good shape already. He's probably hoping for a points bump this year from a few players, but he has a couple years to get those bumps.

Matnum PI
While I think passing on Duffy was a mistake, and his draft isn't knocking my socks off, I admire the construction of Matt's roster and I want to give credit to those who have drafted so well in prior years that they don't need to be great every draft. Matt has a mix of all classes, with players who at their best can put up a lot of points. I think Matt has had bad luck with injuries to Evan James and Michael Long. I think Schrier, Peterson and Gravino are all good later round picks. Peterson in particular was an exciting HS player. He has a lot of U. of Maryland players that he can root for now.

Greenielax
I seem to mention Greenie every year. At first I thought I was going to have negative comments for Greenie, but then I saw the method to the madness. Greenie's used to winning, and after a couple lean year's it looks like Greenie will be winning more this season. Boyden will get points, and for two seasons, so that pick's better than I originally thought. I think Kabiri and Duffy would've been good picks at #2 as well. Denver's D should be very good this season. Getting Caputo, Krevsky and Webber helps right away and in future years, so those are really good picks. I wanted Krevsky and would've drafted him in the 5th round for sure if he was available.

Other Notable Drafts
NC Lax
NC drafted 3 Canadians: Firth, Malawsky and D.J. Clark. I had my eye on Firth and Clark. Malawsky comes from good bloodlines, but I couldn't really find film of him doing much. After NC's pick I saw the article about him impressing the Denver staff, so that pick might work out great. Kenan Everhart looks like a good 5th round pick. Firth at #11 overall seems like a bit of a steal.

NJLaxx11
I love the players NJ drafted, but I'm not sure they fill this team's needs. I'm not sure where the attack points are going to come from this season, and the draft didn't address that. McLane is listed as A/M on ND's roster, and ND brings back their starting attack, although it sounds like P Kav is still recovering from an injury, so maybe there's time at attack for McLane then. Maybe Leo Hoffman plays attack, but we're not sure. Cole Cashion was a great pick, but he's a midfielder. Aimone was a great pick, but he's a midfielder now it seems. Ryan Goldstein was a great pick and an attackman. I think if he was 175 pounds he'd have been drafted in the first round. I think there's a good chance he's getting a lot of playing time in 2025.

Keoni007
Keoni's roster is sneaky good. Adding Nickolic in the 2nd round and Sidorski in the 4th round is sneaky good.

UK Lax
UK's roster is good, and he's hoping to make a deep playoff run this season in Brandau's last year. He drafted Army's D in the 2nd round, because drafting a D in the late 3rd round would've made it hard to get a good one. Getting Traynor in the 1st round is classic UK outsmarting us. However, I think the midfield picks in rounds 3 and 4 are questionable. UK went with a freshman and a sophomore with a bit of a track record. But, he could've gotten Zach Whittier who has a better track record than Dunphey and he could've gotten Cole Cashion who was mentioned this fall by IL and praised by Andy Shay. I think Shuey Kelly and Gannon Matthews are good late round picks.

ohmilax34
I've drafted 3 players in the last 2 draft from Noble & Greenough who've won the last 2 ISL championships. Certainly one of them has to turn out to be good, right?

The lefty attackman conundrum
It feels like it used to be that a team would get a skilled lefty attackman, sometimes a Canadian, and his NCAA coach could plug him into the lineup right away and he would produce. I'm thinking Zach Greer, Kevin Huntley, Brian Nee, Ben Rubeor, Sean Hartofilis. Now it feels like everyone has 3+ lefty attackmen and fitting them on the field is challenging, because generally they like playing in the same part of the field. Denver has Connell, Sillstrop and Malawsky (at least). Duke has Williams, O'Neill and Balsamo. Balsamo seems like the most versatile. Syracuse has Hiltz, Deere, Mule. Cornell has Kirst and Firth. Navy has a few, Princeton has a few, Virginia has a couple, etc. These are all talented players, but do the limitations of their High School / Club teams, that probably have only one elite lefty attackman, force the attackman to play in a specific and limited role that reduces their adaptability to other roles? Certainly we've seen versatile lefty attackmen, but they seem rare.

Individuals I enjoyed watching
I try to watch a fair amount of HS lacrosse and highlights of players eligible to be drafted. It's fun and it helps me make my draft board and prepare me for the draft. These are guys I really enjoyed watching.
1.3 girlsdoitbetter Nate Kabiri FR A Princeton - I was late to getting to Kabiri, and he immediately jumped off the screen
1.12 FCALax Trey Deere FR A Syracuse - He plays with style and grit. I really hope he gets to play at SU.
2.15 GenghiskhanBluejay Jack Speidell FR A Harvard - I love watching slick inside attackmen. Speidell is one of them.
3,10 NJLaxx11 Ryan Goldstein FR A Cornell - It's nice to see legacies do well.
3.19 Typical Lax Dad Charles Kurtz FR A UMass - Kurtz is big and scores a lot. I was surprised when I was watching him that he was committed to UMass, because he seems like a great prospect, but they have good players, so I shouldn't be too surprised.
4.11 NJLaxx11 Cole Cashion FR M Yale - Sometimes when I watch HS players, they don't carry the ball much for their team, and I'm shocked when I watch like, "Why isn't this #20 overall rated player carrying the ball for the majority of their HS team's possession? Cashion didn't carry the ball for the majority of RFH's possessions, but it seemed like the majority of possessions were designed for him to make a play, which is a big burden.
4.15 Matnum PI Jack Petersen FR M Harvard - Athletic playmaker that I could see filling a number of roles.
8.4 Maddog Mark Marino FR M Princeton - He stuck out last year when I watch Don Bosco to see Koleton Marquis.

Edit for realization that Boyden has two years at UVA if he wants them.

[Matnum PI]

[ohmilax34]

But really the teams that got Millon, Kabiri and Duffy had the best drafts.

[maddog29]

Sorry I didn't make the "good" cut as usual Ohmi. I've come to expect that. I was surprised to get Marino so late. As for Millon, there were four to five (including Kabiri) that I considered, but in the end I felt Millon would do well for at least 3 of his 4 years ..only time will tell. Thinking about your selectin of defenses, two of the past three seasons I've missed playoffs because of D's ..so I went after what I believe are two of the best because -19 and -32 aren't helpful IMHO. I appreciate your draft summary each and every season and look froward to any kind words!

[ohmilax34]

Sorry I didn't make the "good" cut as usual Ohmi. I've come to expect that. I was surprised to get Marino so late. As for Millon, there were four to five (including Kabiri) that I considered, but in the end I felt Millon would do well for at least 3 of his 4 years ..only time will tell. Thinking about your selectin of defenses, two of the past three seasons I've missed playoffs because of D's ..so I went after what I believe are two of the best because -19 and -32 aren't helpful IMHO. I appreciate your draft summary each and every season and look froward to any kind words!

The post right before yours had kind words for your draft.