College Crosse Prospectus - December 10, 2019: College Crosse Preseason All-Americans List, UMass & Quinnipiac Release Schedules, & St. John’s Breakdown

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By Eri_Barrister Dec 10, 2019, 6:30am EST

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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING, College Crosse Nation! Thanks for making us a part of your day! Here’s everything you need to know for December 10, 2019.

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Check out our 2020 College Crosse Preseason All-Americans list.

2020 College Crosse Preseason All-Americans

Position	First Team	Second Team	Third Team
Position	First Team	Second Team	Third Team
Attack	Grant Ament (Penn State)	Joey Epstein (Johns Hopkins)	Jackson Morrill (Yale)
Attack	Michael Sowers (Princeton)	Jared Bernhardt (Maryland)	Asher Nolting (High Point)
Attack	Chris Gray (North Carolina)	Mac O'Keefe (Penn State)	Logan Wisnauskas (Maryland)
Midfield	Chase Scanlan (Syracuse)	Bryan Costabile (Notre Dame)	Connor Kirst (Villanova)
Midfield	Anthony DeMaio (Maryland)	Bubba Fairman (Maryland)	Jack Kelly (Penn State)
Midfield	Sam Handley (Penn)	Dox Aitken (Virginia)	Brendan Curry (Syracuse)
FOGO	TD Ierlan (Yale)	Kyle Gallagher (Penn)	Justin Inacio (Ohio State)
SSDM	Roman Puglise (Maryland)	Ryan Terefenko (Ohio State)	Peter Dearth (Syracuse)
LSM	Brandon Salvatore (Cornell)	Jared Conners (Virginia)	Ryan McNulty (Loyola)
Defense	JT Giles-Harris (Duke)	Nick Mellen (Syracuse)	Mark Evanchick (Penn)
Defense	Gibson Smith (Georgetown)	George Baughan (Princeton)	Aidan Hynes (Yale)
Defense	Koby Smith (Towson)	Sean Menges (Richmond)	Nick Cardile (Penn State)
Goalie	Matt DeLuca (Delaware)	Drake Porter (Syracuse)	Caton Johnson (North Carolina)

UMass released their 2020 schedule yesterday.

The University of Massachusetts men’s lacrosse program and head coach Greg Cannella announced the team’s 14-game competitive schedule on Monday. The Minutemen will host six games on Garber Field, including against Harvard (Sat., Feb. 22), Yale (Sat., Feb. 29), Albany (Tues., March 3), LIU (Tues., March 10), Hofstra (Sat., April 4) and Towson (Sat., April 11).

Following exhibition games against Providence on Sat., Jan. 25 and at St. John’s on Sat., Feb. 1, Massachusetts begins the campaign with the annual rivalry matchup against Army on Sat., Feb. 8. The 2020 opener between the Minutemen and Black Knights marks the 10th consecutive season these sides start their respective campaigns against each other.

#MondayMotivation right here from alumnus @EfosaGuobadia ⤵️@MoveTogether_ & @FfittHealth led Efosa to Canillá, Quiché, Guatemala recently to help those in need recently.

He brought the game with him and shared it with members of the community at the nearby Mayan ruins. pic.twitter.com/GcFAJFE9ga
— UMass Men's Lacrosse (@UMassMLacrosse) November 26, 2019

Check out Quinnipiac’s 2020 calendar here.

The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team and head coach Mason Poli announced the program’s schedule for the 2020 season – a 15-game slate that includes four home contests in Hamden.

The Bobcats will square off with two opponents that appeared in the final Inside Lacrosse Media Poll of last season, as Quinnipiac will travel to Rutgers (received votes) for the season opener on Feb. 1 while also squaring off with Yale (No. 2 nationally) in New Haven on April 21. Quinnipiac’s non-conference opponents combined to win 64 games in 2019.

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— Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse (@QU_MLAX) October 24, 2019

Chris reviewed St. John’s 2020 schedule here.

The St. John’s Red Storm are the 51st team in our 2020 men’s college lacrosse schedule preview series and the sixth and final team from the Big East. St. John’s finished 4-10 overall in 2019 and 0-5 in Big East play. The Red Storm failed to qualify for the Big East Tournament and failed to win a conference game for the third straight season.

Hey @StJohnsLax Fans! Be sure to see your Johnnies take on some of the best lacrosse programs in the nation at DaSilva Memorial Field this season!! Schedule release ⬇️⬇️https://t.co/PfGg9nqAy4 #WeAreStJohns ⛈#WeAreNewYorksTeam #EXPECTtoWIN
— St. John's Lacrosse (@StJohnsLax) December 6, 2019

Great segment from WSBT on Notre Dame’s Tommy McNamara’s story of stopping a theft & his act of forgiveness.

He's being called a "class act." The scene unfolded when lacrosse player Tommy McNamara was eating lunch at the General Deli and Café and saw a robber steal a woman’s purse. @BOdanielWSBT has details in the story below. @NotreDame @NDlacrosse https://t.co/ZMn1cESgEo
— WSBT (@WSBT) December 9, 2019

Here’s a great article from Testudo Times on future Maryland lacrosse & football player Dante Trader, Jr.

Growing up, Dante Trader Jr. was quickly acquainted with the game of football thanks to his father being an assistant coach at Salisbury University.

When he was eight years old, his dad came to him with the choice to diversify his skill set with baseball or lacrosse, and he opted to pick up the lacrosse stick.

Great video from UMBC.

Week 15 we hear from some of the staff behind @UMBC_MLax . 1st up, Head Dawg @Rymo34 #Claimyourfuture pic.twitter.com/XPZMUjYgwR
— UMBC Men's Lacrosse (@UMBC_MLax) December 10, 2019

Inside Lacrosse reports that Rob Pannell is still “exploring all options” regarding his professional career.

Pannell’s Pro Future Remains Uncertain, “Exploring All Options.”

The season starts in less than two months!

Just 60 days until we open the season in the Dome against Colgate.

Have you gotten your season tickets yet?https://t.co/uPTiiV6DHH pic.twitter.com/QQcPDOoGk8
— Syracuse Lacrosse (@CuseMLAX) December 9, 2019

College Crosse Fall Ball Matrix

Check out our still in progress 2020 men’s lacrosse preseason matrix.

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What’s Up, New PhilaJersey?

I woke up this morning to find the Philadelphia Eagles in first place in the NFC East.

The Eagles were minutes away from their season falling apart on national television, but just when they looked to be dead, Carson Wentz reached back and pulled out a clutch victory, 23-17 over the Giants.

World/National News

CBS to sell Black Rock, its NYC home since 1964.

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish made the announcement at the UBS Global TMT Summit in New York Monday. “Black Rock is not an asset we need to own and we believe that money would be put to better use elsewhere,” he said.