Top 100 Player List From 2020

[Laxrat120]

After spending the last 3 weeks watching every game I missed I want to gather together a list of my top 100 players. I probably missed some guys but this I feel is very accurate. My AA list was the closest to inside lacrosse as there was. Let's hear some thoughts, would love for others to share theirs. For Offense, I factored in their competition, points, matchups. For Defense, I factored in 1v1 Matchups, competition, on/off ball D. For FO, percentage, competition. Goalies, save percentage, competition, # of saves.

1. Michael Sowers 

2. TD Ierlan 

3. Grant Ament

4. Jared Conners

5. Chris Gray 

6. Jeff Teat

7. Connor Kirst

8. Ryan Terefenko

9. JT-Giles Harris

10. Sam Handley

11. Jamie Trimboli

12. Mac O’Keefe 

13. Bryan Costabile

14. Brendan Curry

15. Matt Moore

16. Chris Fake

17. Peter Dearth

18. Tanner Cook

19. Jared Bernhardt

20. Gibson Smith 

21. Logan Wisnauskas

22. Jack Hannah 

23. Drake Porter

24. Ryan McNulty

25. Dox Aitken

26. Ethan Walker 

27. Jonathon Donville

28. George Baughan 

29. Brett Kennedy

30. Owen Mcelroy 

31. Jack Kielty 

32. Bubba Fairman

33. Brendan Nichtern 

34. Ryan Tierney

35. Brett Makar

36. Jackson Morrill

37. Koby Smith 

38. Matt DeLuca

39. John Piatelli 

40. Chase Scanlan

41. Jake Carraway

42. Gavin Adler

43. Tucker Dordevic

44. Anthony Demaio 

45. Jack Kelly

46. Kyle Gallagher

47. Joey Epstein

48. Tre Leclaire

49. Jake Stevens

50. Nick Cardile

51. Brandon Salvatore

52. Michael Kraus

53. Mark Evanchick

54. Tehoka Nanticoke

55. Matt Gaudet

56. Wyatt Schupler

57. Justin Anderson 

58. Matt Brandau

59. Roman Pugliese

60. Kyle Kology

61. Connor Fletcher

62. Stephen Rehfuss

63. Justin Inacio

64. Sean Lulley

65. Mike Adler

66. TJ Malone

67. Will Bowen

68. Aidan Hynes

69. Zack Cole

70. Marcus Hudgins

71. Dylan Gregar

72. Nakeie Montgomery

73. Bailey Savio

74. Anthony Tangredi

75. Phil Goss

76. Cole Williams

77. Peter Lasalla

78. Sam Duggan

79. Arden Cohen

80. Ryan Lanchburry 

81. Josh Zawada

82. Will Yorke

83. Brian Tevlin

84. Kevin Lindley

85. Reece Eddy

86. Asher Nolting

87. Dyson Williams 

88. Will Perry

89. Jason Knox

90. Jeff Henrick

91. Travis Talarico

92. Adam Charalambides

93. Jack Meyers

94. Adam Goldner

95. Mike Madsen

96. Michael Long

97. Dylan Beckwith

98. Connor McCarthy 

99. Jakob Phaup

100. Chris Brown

[Cooter]

While Sam Handley had a nice game against UMd with 5pts (3g, 2a), but it was the only game he played. Seems a little much to rank him #10.

Both Fairman and Aitken are outstanding players, but both were struggling with scoring, so I might put them in the 2nd 50.

I would have Wisnaukas in the top 10 and Bernhardt right next to him.

I would have Tre LeClaire in the top 20. He had big games against quality teams: Cornell and ND.

A. DeMaio with 21 points in 6 games at midfield, probably deserves to be higher.

Justin Shockey returned to form for the Terps and probably should be top 100.
I'd probably have Kraus in the top 40, and Cormier in the top 100. Jackson Reid probably deserves to be top 100.

Your list needs a lot of work in my opinion.

[Laxrat120]

I agree with all of this. Forgot Cormier but have different reasons for Aitken and Fairman. Even though they struggled with scoring they still were able to draw slides and have a lot of hockey assist. A lot of midfielders don’t have a lot of points because of this. DeMaio should be ranked in the top 30 you’re right

[Laxrat120]

I agree with all of this. Forgot Cormier but have different reasons for Aitken and Fairman. Even though they struggled with scoring they still were able to draw slides and have a lot of hockey assist. A lot of midfielders don’t have a lot of points because of this. DeMaio should be ranked in the top 30 you’re right

Also have to remember wisnauskas is nowhere near as good without bernhardt

[stupefied]

After spending the last 3 weeks watching every game I missed I want to gather together a list of my top 100 players. I probably missed some guys but this I feel is very accurate. My AA list was the closest to inside lacrosse as there was. Let's hear some thoughts, would love for others to share theirs. For Offense, I factored in their competition, points, matchups. For Defense, I factored in 1v1 Matchups, competition, on/off ball D. For FO, percentage, competition. Goalies, save percentage, competition, # of saves.

1. Michael Sowers 

2. TD Ierlan 

3. Grant Ament

4. Jared Conners

5. Chris Gray 

6. Jeff Teat

7. Connor Kirst

8. Ryan Terefenko

9. JT-Giles Harris

10. Sam Handley

11. Jamie Trimboli

12. Mac O’Keefe 

13. Bryan Costabile

14. Brendan Curry

15. Matt Moore

16. Chris Fake

17. Peter Dearth

18. Tanner Cook

19. Jared Bernhardt

20. Gibson Smith 

21. Logan Wisnauskas

22. Jack Hannah 

23. Drake Porter

24. Ryan McNulty

25. Dox Aitken

26. Ethan Walker 

27. Jonathon Donville

28. George Baughan 

29. Brett Kennedy

30. Owen Mcelroy 

31. Jack Kielty 

32. Bubba Fairman

33. Brendan Nichtern 

34. Ryan Tierney

35. Brett Makar

36. Jackson Morrill

37. Koby Smith 

38. Matt DeLuca

39. John Piatelli 

40. Chase Scanlan

41. Jake Carraway

42. Gavin Adler

43. Tucker Dordevic

44. Anthony Demaio 

45. Jack Kelly

46. Kyle Gallagher

47. Joey Epstein

48. Tre Leclaire

49. Jake Stevens

50. Nick Cardile

51. Brandon Salvatore

52. Michael Kraus

53. Mark Evanchick

54. Tehoka Nanticoke

55. Matt Gaudet

56. Wyatt Schupler

57. Justin Anderson 

58. Matt Brandau

59. Roman Pugliese

60. Kyle Kology

61. Connor Fletcher

62. Stephen Rehfuss

63. Justin Inacio

64. Sean Lulley

65. Mike Adler

66. TJ Malone

67. Will Bowen

68. Aidan Hynes

69. Zack Cole

70. Marcus Hudgins

71. Dylan Gregar

72. Nakeie Montgomery

73. Bailey Savio

74. Anthony Tangredi

75. Phil Goss

76. Cole Williams

77. Peter Lasalla

78. Sam Duggan

79. Arden Cohen

80. Ryan Lanchburry 

81. Josh Zawada

82. Will Yorke

83. Brian Tevlin

84. Kevin Lindley

85. Reece Eddy

86. Asher Nolting

87. Dyson Williams 

88. Will Perry

89. Jason Knox

90. Jeff Henrick

91. Travis Talarico

92. Adam Charalambides

93. Jack Meyers

94. Adam Goldner

95. Mike Madsen

96. Michael Long

97. Dylan Beckwith

98. Connor McCarthy 

99. Jakob Phaup

100. Chris Brown

Thx, good list of really fine players. Any such list involves subjectivity and will always have others critiquing and rearranging. 2020 had just begun with only five games. Body of work gotta matter some and Aiken deserves his ranking . No one is fretting when a proven .300 hitter is at .220 in June

[runrussellrun]

While Sam Handley had a nice game against UMd with 5pts (3g, 2a), but it was the only game he played. Seems a little much to rank him #10.

Both Fairman and Aitken are outstanding players, but both were struggling with scoring, so I might put them in the 2nd 50.

I would have Wisnaukas in the top 10 and Bernhardt right next to him.

I would have Tre LeClaire in the top 20. He had big games against quality teams: Cornell and ND.

A. DeMaio with 21 points in 6 games at midfield, probably deserves to be higher.

Justin Shockey returned to form for the Terps and probably should be top 100.
I'd probably have Kraus in the top 40, and Cormier in the top 100. Jackson Reid probably deserves to be top 100.

Your list needs a lot of work in my opinion.

I would add, since this is the Div. I thread, Charlie Bertrand to the list. **

Cooter.....found it comical that you blamed a B1G loss on youth. Saying the Wolverines (evah a more appropriate movie ) LOST to a brand new Div. 1 program b/c of the young on the team.....especially on the Defensive end.
Comical
Besides the aforementioned attackman, one of the best 1 vs 1 scoring threats in Div. I (now) , Merrimack has TWO starters on defense that are true freshman. & LSM. FOGO also a rookie. In fact, 80% of the kids playing, in actual games, young (Soph/rookie )
So, I got a chuckle about THAT excuse.

**Merrimack doesn't show up in any stats. Oh....right....it's the N$aa (Hampton does, tho )

[Laxrat120]

I don’t believe Bertrand is a top 100 D1 player. He is good but not top 100

[runrussellrun]

I don’t believe Bertrand is a top 100 D1 player. He is good but not top 100

Hey, it's your list. Not knocking it. (will knock n$aa tho......would Merrimack counted in RPI formula? or essentially glorified scrimmages. For years. clowns, the n$aa are/IS )

You do have Zwanda on your list, even though Bertrand had more points in their VICTORY over his Wolvies. Be honest, how many times have you seen him play? (Bertrand )

[runrussellrun]

scroll to 8:00 to watch the limited Div. I action. (if claim it's against nobodies, your missing great lacrosse, players and even a handful of STEM majors running past.......B1G d-men. )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUJkYl2elMM

what else are we going to do......binge watch cakes, cookies and extreme house pronouns busting myths on oak island, lusting after peaky blinders.....

[Farfromgeneva]

After spending the last 3 weeks watching every game I missed I want to gather together a list of my top 100 players. I probably missed some guys but this I feel is very accurate. My AA list was the closest to inside lacrosse as there was. Let's hear some thoughts, would love for others to share theirs. For Offense, I factored in their competition, points, matchups. For Defense, I factored in 1v1 Matchups, competition, on/off ball D. For FO, percentage, competition. Goalies, save percentage, competition, # of saves.

1. Michael Sowers 

2. TD Ierlan 

3. Grant Ament

4. Jared Conners

5. Chris Gray 

6. Jeff Teat

7. Connor Kirst

8. Ryan Terefenko

9. JT-Giles Harris

10. Sam Handley

11. Jamie Trimboli

12. Mac O’Keefe 

13. Bryan Costabile

14. Brendan Curry

15. Matt Moore

16. Chris Fake

17. Peter Dearth

18. Tanner Cook

19. Jared Bernhardt

20. Gibson Smith 

21. Logan Wisnauskas

22. Jack Hannah 

23. Drake Porter

24. Ryan McNulty

25. Dox Aitken

26. Ethan Walker 

27. Jonathon Donville

28. George Baughan 

29. Brett Kennedy

30. Owen Mcelroy 

31. Jack Kielty 

32. Bubba Fairman

33. Brendan Nichtern 

34. Ryan Tierney

35. Brett Makar

36. Jackson Morrill

37. Koby Smith 

38. Matt DeLuca

39. John Piatelli 

40. Chase Scanlan

41. Jake Carraway

42. Gavin Adler

43. Tucker Dordevic

44. Anthony Demaio 

45. Jack Kelly

46. Kyle Gallagher

47. Joey Epstein

48. Tre Leclaire

49. Jake Stevens

50. Nick Cardile

51. Brandon Salvatore

52. Michael Kraus

53. Mark Evanchick

54. Tehoka Nanticoke

55. Matt Gaudet

56. Wyatt Schupler

57. Justin Anderson 

58. Matt Brandau

59. Roman Pugliese

60. Kyle Kology

61. Connor Fletcher

62. Stephen Rehfuss

63. Justin Inacio

64. Sean Lulley

65. Mike Adler

66. TJ Malone

67. Will Bowen

68. Aidan Hynes

69. Zack Cole

70. Marcus Hudgins

71. Dylan Gregar

72. Nakeie Montgomery

73. Bailey Savio

74. Anthony Tangredi

75. Phil Goss

76. Cole Williams

77. Peter Lasalla

78. Sam Duggan

79. Arden Cohen

80. Ryan Lanchburry 

81. Josh Zawada

82. Will Yorke

83. Brian Tevlin

84. Kevin Lindley

85. Reece Eddy

86. Asher Nolting

87. Dyson Williams 

88. Will Perry

89. Jason Knox

90. Jeff Henrick

91. Travis Talarico

92. Adam Charalambides

93. Jack Meyers

94. Adam Goldner

95. Mike Madsen

96. Michael Long

97. Dylan Beckwith

98. Connor McCarthy 

99. Jakob Phaup

100. Chris Brown

Thx, good list of really fine players. Any such list involves subjectivity and will always have others critiquing and rearranging. 2020 had just begun with only five games. Body of work gotta matter some and Aiken deserves his ranking . No one is fretting when a proven .300 hitter is at .220 in June

Actually lots of people bug out to slow starts unless you are Reggie Jackson.

[Farfromgeneva]

While Sam Handley had a nice game against UMd with 5pts (3g, 2a), but it was the only game he played. Seems a little much to rank him #10.

Both Fairman and Aitken are outstanding players, but both were struggling with scoring, so I might put them in the 2nd 50.

I would have Wisnaukas in the top 10 and Bernhardt right next to him.

I would have Tre LeClaire in the top 20. He had big games against quality teams: Cornell and ND.

A. DeMaio with 21 points in 6 games at midfield, probably deserves to be higher.

Justin Shockey returned to form for the Terps and probably should be top 100.
I'd probably have Kraus in the top 40, and Cormier in the top 100. Jackson Reid probably deserves to be top 100.

Your list needs a lot of work in my opinion.

I would add, since this is the Div. I thread, Charlie Bertrand to the list. **

Cooter.....found it comical that you blamed a B1G loss on youth. Saying the Wolverines (evah a more appropriate movie ) LOST to a brand new Div. 1 program b/c of the young on the team.....especially on the Defensive end.
Comical
Besides the aforementioned attackman, one of the best 1 vs 1 scoring threats in Div. I (now) , Merrimack has TWO starters on defense that are true freshman. & LSM. FOGO also a rookie. In fact, 80% of the kids playing, in actual games, young (Soph/rookie )
So, I got a chuckle about THAT excuse.

**Merrimack doesn't show up in any stats. Oh....right....it's the N$aa (Hampton does, tho )

Bertrand wasnt the best offensive player in the NEC, probably not in the top three in the conference in fact. Took all the shots, I'm sure one could try to counter that he was the sole focus of opposing defenses but that's simply not true if you watched their games at all (free on NEC network except Hobart as associate member). Would personally have not in order Popovich, R Smith, Knox and Holden ahead, maybe O'Rourke as well, and that's before you look at Adler/Cole (wonder if Cole could keep it up all season and beyond, he looked overworked already, happened to our guy Pedicine last year and Ben Williams at Cuse a few years back). Ryan Smith is one of the very few offensive players in top 10 in gbs/gm, Popovich had one of only two man down goals in conference. And Merrimack's Fogo was middle of conference at a healthy .546 so they had possessions too.

Conference stats for season:
4th in g/gm
Not top ten in assists/game
7th in pts/gm
3rd in shots/gm (top 3 were Smith, O'Rourke and Bertrand, interestingly far more shots/game than either Knox or Holden who were at 8.6 and 7.8/gm, Bertrand was at 11.17/gm so huge difference in shooting % between those guys including smith and o'rourke)

Here's Bertrand's game by game, he wasn't getting better as the season went on it appears:
Holy Cross - 2, 0, 2, 8shots, 4 SOG (25% shot)
Dartmouth - 6,0, 6 16 shots, 14 SOG (best game by far at .375 and most on goal)
Fairfield - 3,3,6, 12 shots, 5 SOG (25% shot)
Mich - 4,1,5, 9 shots, 6 SOG
Vermont - 1,1,2, 9 shots, 5 SOG
UM Lowell - 2,0,2, 13 shots, 7 SOG

So his last two games he was 3,1,3 on 22 shots which works out to less that 14% (rough math since 3/21 is 1/7 which we all know is .14 "bar")

He's a fine player, but I felt like he was sort of nationally overrated by the media this year and it's kind of unfair to the other guys in the conference. If you add him you have to add at least one other among Holden, Popovich, Smith, O'Rourke assuming one would keep Knox on the list who was down towards the bottom of the original one. Tough call, I think Knox is more talented than Holden, both are equally critical but for a lot of folks who saw the Syracuse game they'd probably be left with the impression Holden was head and shoulders above Knox even if Knox had like 3-4 pipes and one or two lasers just over a top left corner of the goal by very small margins.

[kramerica.inc]

I don’t believe Bertrand is a top 100 D1 player. He is good but not top 100

Bertrand is legit.
He has all the tools and can do it against any competition.
If you guy''s don't want him, that's fine. We'll welcome him with open arms at Loyola. Come to Evergreen, Charlie!



https://www.syracuse.com/sports/2020/04 ... e-get.html

[Farfromgeneva]

Would you take him over the five guys I referenced (Holden, Knox, Ryan Smith, Popovich and Marc O'Rourke)? Knox isn't going anywhere in truth as only a Soph, but the others I think were all Seniors as well, some are in the portal already.

I laid out his performance. Wasn't trending better last couple of games and wasn't shooting lights out overall, especially if you toss the Dartmouth game which was 1/3 of his goals on the season (6/18), only Knox had fewer assists and RMU and Bart played 5 games vs. 6 for Merrimack.

[Laxrat120]

I had Eric Holden on this list he should be somewhere in the 60-70 range. Knox is a good player and deserves to be on here. Bertrand would fall in the 100-110 range. I was thinking about posting top 10 players from each position as well. I think that would be nice to talk about

[Typical Lax Dad]

While Sam Handley had a nice game against UMd with 5pts (3g, 2a), but it was the only game he played. Seems a little much to rank him #10.

Both Fairman and Aitken are outstanding players, but both were struggling with scoring, so I might put them in the 2nd 50.

I would have Wisnaukas in the top 10 and Bernhardt right next to him.

I would have Tre LeClaire in the top 20. He had big games against quality teams: Cornell and ND.

A. DeMaio with 21 points in 6 games at midfield, probably deserves to be higher.

Justin Shockey returned to form for the Terps and probably should be top 100.
I'd probably have Kraus in the top 40, and Cormier in the top 100. Jackson Reid probably deserves to be top 100.

Your list needs a lot of work in my opinion.

I would add, since this is the Div. I thread, Charlie Bertrand to the list. **

Cooter.....found it comical that you blamed a B1G loss on youth. Saying the Wolverines (evah a more appropriate movie ) LOST to a brand new Div. 1 program b/c of the young on the team.....especially on the Defensive end.
Comical
Besides the aforementioned attackman, one of the best 1 vs 1 scoring threats in Div. I (now) , Merrimack has TWO starters on defense that are true freshman. & LSM. FOGO also a rookie. In fact, 80% of the kids playing, in actual games, young (Soph/rookie )
So, I got a chuckle about THAT excuse.

**Merrimack doesn't show up in any stats. Oh....right....it's the N$aa (Hampton does, tho )

Bertrand wasnt the best offensive player in the NEC, probably not in the top three in the conference in fact. Took all the shots, I'm sure one could try to counter that he was the sole focus of opposing defenses but that's simply not true if you watched their games at all (free on NEC network except Hobart as associate member). Would personally have not in order Popovich, R Smith, Knox and Holden ahead, maybe O'Rourke as well, and that's before you look at Adler/Cole (wonder if Cole could keep it up all season and beyond, he looked overworked already, happened to our guy Pedicine last year and Ben Williams at Cuse a few years back). Ryan Smith is one of the very few offensive players in top 10 in gbs/gm, Popovich had one of only two man down goals in conference. And Merrimack's Fogo was middle of conference at a healthy .546 so they had possessions too.

Conference stats for season:
4th in g/gm
Not top ten in assists/game
7th in pts/gm
3rd in shots/gm (top 3 were Smith, O'Rourke and Bertrand, interestingly far more shots/game than either Knox or Holden who were at 8.6 and 7.8/gm, Bertrand was at 11.17/gm so huge difference in shooting % between those guys including smith and o'rourke)

Here's Bertrand's game by game, he wasn't getting better as the season went on it appears:
Holy Cross - 2, 0, 2, 8shots, 4 SOG (25% shot)
Dartmouth - 6,0, 6 16 shots, 14 SOG (best game by far at .375 and most on goal)
Fairfield - 3,3,6, 12 shots, 5 SOG (25% shot)
Mich - 4,1,5, 9 shots, 6 SOG
Vermont - 1,1,2, 9 shots, 5 SOG
UM Lowell - 2,0,2, 13 shots, 7 SOG

So his last two games he was 3,1,3 on 22 shots which works out to less that 14% (rough math since 3/21 is 1/7 which we all know is .14 "bar")

He's a fine player, but I felt like he was sort of nationally overrated by the media this year and it's kind of unfair to the other guys in the conference. If you add him you have to add at least one other among Holden, Popovich, Smith, O'Rourke assuming one would keep Knox on the list who was down towards the bottom of the original one. Tough call, I think Knox is more talented than Holden, both are equally critical but for a lot of folks who saw the Syracuse game they'd probably be left with the impression Holden was head and shoulders above Knox even if Knox had like 3-4 pipes and one or two lasers just over a top left corner of the goal by very small margins.

O’Rourke is a good player. It took him a few games to get going but he can play.

[Farfromgeneva]

I had Eric Holden on this list he should be somewhere in the 60-70 range. Knox is a good player and deserves to be on here. Bertrand would fall in the 100-110 range. I was thinking about posting top 10 players from each position as well. I think that would be nice to talk about

Did a control F and didn't see his name but must've missed it.

Other thing I noticed is it seemed like Tierney was overrated compared with a lot of peers. He's got the name but I've tracked him as something of a comp for Holden and some of the guys between Holden and Tierney should've been above Tierney IMO.

[Laxrat120]

Attack (Loaded)
1. Michael Sowers

2. Grant Ament

3. Chris Gray

4. Jeff Teat

5. Mac O’Keefe

6. Matt Moore

7. Jared Bernhardt

8. Logan Wisnauskas

9. Matt Moore

10. Brendan Nichtern 


Midfield
1. Connor Kirst

2. Sam Handley 

3. Brendan Curry

4. Jamie Trimboli

5. Bryan Costabile 

6. Dox Aitken 

7. Jonothan Donville

8. Tanner Cook

9. Anthony Demaio 

10. Tucker Dordevic


SSDM
1. Ryan Terefenko

2. Peter Dearth 

3. Jake Stevens 

4. Roman Pugliese

5. Danny Logan 

6. Sam Duggan

7. Connor Maher

8. Michael Brown

9. John Fox

10. Luke Esbach


LSM
1. Jarred Connors 

2. Ryan McNulty

3. Brandon Salvatore

4. BJ Farrare

5. Sean Menges

6. Jeff Henrick

7. Reece Eddy

8. Jared Fernandez

9. Hunter Newman

10. Adrian Enchill


Defense
1. JT-Giles Harris

2. Chris Fake 

3. Gibson Smith

4. George Baughan

5. Jack Kielty 

6. Brett Kennedy 

7. Koby Smith 

8. Brett Makar 

9. Gavin Adler

10. Mark Evanchick

[BigTom4]

I agree with all of this. Forgot Cormier but have different reasons for Aitken and Fairman. Even though they struggled with scoring they still were able to draw slides and have a lot of hockey assist. A lot of midfielders don’t have a lot of points because of this. DeMaio should be ranked in the top 30 you’re right

Also have to remember wisnauskas is nowhere near as good without bernhardt

100% agree with this. Bernhardt was a FAR more impactful player than Wisnauskas this year. Points don't tell the whole story.

List is decent. Definite over-ranking of Cuse guys but I'm guessing that is your team Laxrat.

[Laxrat120]

Not a Cuse fan honestly am a big Duke fan was just trying to be honest. Would love to hear who I overrated on cuse

[stupefied]

Was hard to get a firm handle on Duke this year. Bit up and down but they're gonna be real good real soon. Good vets if they return, some young players in Williams ,Caputo and Leadmon. Going get Robertson back and next few recruiting classes are top notch.