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SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: Chairman of the Board Date: September 18, 2023, 5:17 pm
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: Chairman of the Board Date: October 16, 2023, 12:32 pm
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Yale, Vermont, Stony Brook Scrimmage Notes: Lyons, Pope Light Up
the Scoreboard
(HTM) https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/yale-vermont-stony-brook-scrimmage-notes-lyons-pope-light-up-the-scoreboard/62166<br
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On Sunday afternoon at Yale, the fallball carousel continued to
turn as Stony Brook and Vermont made the trip to New Haven to
take on the Elis.
All three clubs were without prominent players, but that meant
there were ample opportunities for young players to gain
experience and try to grab a bigger role in the spring. Yale won
their games handily, 18-8 over Stony Brook an d 18-6 over UVM.
The Catamounts held off a late charge from Stony Brook to hold
onto a win in their game by a score of 18-15. All three clubs
were able to get minutes for nearly everyone on their rosters.
Yale
Lyons got the party started early against Stony Brook, scoring a
goal off the opening face-off. While in past years, Lyons has
played the role of finisher and off-ball threat, he looked like
a top dodging option for Yale in their first game. Stony Brook’s
defense was aggressive sliding and switching picks, which led to
Lyons frequently having a shortstick matchup. He attacked that
matchup all day and unofficially finished with five goals and an
assist.
Stony Brook
The Seawolves played without some of their top weapons as well,
as midfielder Noah Armitage, attackman Dylan Pallonetti and UMBC
transfer Nick DuPuis were out of the lineup. They still put
together solid outings against Top 20 caliber opponents with a
fairly young lineup.
“For us, it’s exactly what you want to see,” coach Anthony
Gilardi said. “We have a lot of young guys, a lot of guys hurt,
so I think we gave so many opportunities to freshmen and
sophomores and that’s what you want. You want to see where you
are and you want to evaluate, and then sit down in individual
meetings with guys and get better.”
Without some stars in the lineup, Gilardi challenged
underclassmen to step up. As a result, the offense struggled at
times, but once they found their footing, the Seawolves were
able to create quality chances. It gave an opportunity to a
number of other players to lead the offense. Justin Bonacci and
Blake Behlen stood out both as scorers and initiators.
“You want to see who is going to step up and play, right? I
think that’s the fun piece,” Gilardi said. “We’re not really
prepared for any of these teams, but you want to see, in the
moment, who can compete. That’s what we use it for,
educationally, and we got a lot of good info out of it.”
Defensively, Stony Brook showed a few different looks. They
played some aggressive man-to-man against Yale, sliding and
double-teaming early, and switching on picks. Against UVM, they
also showed some zone defense, forcing more outside shots and a
slower pace.
“We were a little all over the place. We’ve been so banged up at
that position,” Gilardi says. “All fall, it’s been kind of out
of whack. But what you want to see is who can step up, and I
think some guys grew from game one to game two. I think Jesse
Corser-James, a freshman defenseman, played really well and got
a lot of minutes in that second game specifically.”
Stony Brook had a few young standouts as well, particularly
Bonacci, Ryan Barker, Charlie Cavalieri and Collin Williamson,
all of whom found the net at least once on the day.
“Justin Bonacci and Collin Williamson have been fantastic really
from day one,” Gilardi says. “I think it’s fun to see those guys
get paid off a little bit in the scrimmage. We’ve got some
freshman defensive middies that are really competing. You play
two really good teams, two competitive games, and they see,
‘Hey, you can do it.’ Now, these are the things where you can
get better.”
Netminder Jamison MacLachlan had two solid games, making
impressive saves in tight against Yale, and standing tall for
the first half against UVM.
Vermont
In the early going, it was all about Charlie Pope. The attackman
missed all of last season recovering from knee surgery, but he
looked game-ready against Stony Brook. He scored four of the
first five goals for UVM, and was effective as a dodger, shooter
and finisher inside. He finished the first game of the day with
a whopping nine goals. His big frame makes him tough to handle
physically, as Pope comes in at 6-0, 240 lbs.
Griffin Fenech and Carson Boyle also had strong offensive
outings for the Catamounts. Fenech had the goal of the day when
he finished around the world in traffic without even really
being able to see the goal, part of a massive third quarter run
for UVM against Stony Brook. The Catamounts were able to attack
the interior of the Stony Brook defense, creating high
percentage shots inside, or good looks at step downs after skip
passes.
The defense held strong against Stony Brook for three periods,
but in the fourth, Stony Brook was able to do some damage,
putting up seven goals in the frame.
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: Chairman of the Board Date: December 21, 2023, 2:59 pm
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schedule:
(HTM) https://twitter.com/StonyBrookMLAX/status/1737939861779452410?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 13, 2024, 10:30 am
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5 Teams Flying Under the Radar Heading Into 2024
(HTM) https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/5-teams-flying-under-the-radar-heading-into-2024/62417
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Stony Brook (9-7 in 2023)
This is the deepest and most complete team Anthony Gilardi has
had at Stony Brook. Dylan Pallonetti is going to be the
headliner, for sure, but there is much more depth beyond him
than people realize. LSM Christian Lowd is one of the more
underrated players in the country. The Seawolves were just three
goals shy of Delaware in the CAA Championship Game; it’s fair to
call them a contender for the league crown this year. They
haven’t earned that big, signature win yet under Gilardi — when
that first victory arrives, others often follow.
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 13, 2024, 10:32 am
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Top 10 Most Underrated Players for 2024
(HTM) https://www.insidelacrosse.com/slideshow/top-10-most-underrated-players-for-2024/243?slide=1
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A powerful 6-foot-4 left-handed midfielder out of British
Columbia, Armitage draws slides consistently, almost always
makes the right read, and is an absolute matchup nightmare. He
was one of the most balanced scorers coming out of the box with
26G, 19A.
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 17, 2024, 12:43 pm
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USA Lacrosse Announces 2024 Division I Men's Preseason
All-Americans
(HTM) https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/college/men/usa-lacrosse-announces-2024-division-i-mens-preseason-all-americans
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HONORABLE MENTION
A – Dylan Pallonetti, Stony Brook [/quote]
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 17, 2024, 12:51 pm
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'One-Sixth': Pallonetti, Depth Set Stony Brook's Expectations
High
(HTM) https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/-one-sixth-pallonetti-depth-set-stony-brook-s-expectations-high/62431
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Dylan Pallonetti says over and over: “I’m one-sixth.”
The “one-sixth” is a concept of team buy-in that coach Anthony
Gilardi has preached for years, from his long tenure as the
offensive coordinator at Towson through building as head coach
at Stony Brook.
But think of it more like an apple pie, Gilardi says.
“Everyone’s piece may be a little bit different, but we’re only
getting one-sixth. His one-sixth is a little bigger, and he
knows that,” Gilardi says of his star attackman. “But he’s also
doing a good job of not forcing shots. And that’s the biggest
development he’s had, it’s the understanding he doesn’t need to
shoot every time because we have some really talented kids
around. That’s the one-sixth. Sometimes it’s initiating.
Sometimes it’s "one-more"-ing the ball. Sometimes it’s shooting
the ball. It’s understanding when your role comes in in that
one-sixth.”
Pallonetti returns for his graduate year as one of the most
prolific attackmen in the nation. He had 51 goals and 19 assists
in 2023, good for the second-most goals in a single season in
Stony Brook history. His 3.19 goals per game were 10th-best in
the NCAA. He’s a big one-sixth, for sure, but the whole pie is
also bigger — the deepest and most talented Stony Brook team
since Gilardi arrived.
“I've always had it in my head, offense is one-sixth,”
Pallonetti says. “It’s not one person trying to do too much,
because that's when things get messed up.”
Pallonetti was one of those players on everyone’s radar in high
school. An Under Armour All-American in 2019, Pallonetti won two
state championships at Ward Melville on Long Island and ended
his career as the storied program’s fifth all-time leading
scorer.
Originally a UMass commit, Gilardi couldn’t get Pallonetti to
engage when he was an assistant at Towson. Eventually, he
switched to Maryland, but entered College Park the same time as
COVID. Like so many, that altered his college experience, so he
sought a new home.
Seawolves assistant Mike Chanenchuk had previously worked with
Pallonetti with the LI Express program, and though there was
some misgiving about being so close to him that his family could
hear LaValle Stadium from their house, he transferred to Stony
Brook. Maryland coach John Tillman gave a positive
recommendation to Gilardi in that process.
“'You're going to be the guy we're going to build offense
around. We were going to coach you to be the best player you can
be because you're going to be a big fish in a small pond,'”
Gilardi recalls about those conversations when he was in the
NCAA Transfer Portal. “'You can go down as one of the best
players ever.' And he's definitely on track to do that.”
“They've all been nothing but great from when I first picked up
the phone with them to now. They've stuck with everything
they've said,” Palonetti says about the Stony Brook coaches.
From Day 1, still amid unusual circumstances with COVID
protocols, Gilardi saw something special.
“The moment he stepped on campus, he was the hardest working
kid. I think to this day, the easiest part, you say it all the
time, you want your best players to be your hardest workers and
Dylan did it from the first rep on campus. We had the whole team
together and everyone was like, ‘Oh my God, this guy's really
good,’” Gilardi says.
His first game in a Stony Brook uniform, he put up six goals. He
won America East Offensive Player and Rookie of the Year and led
the team with 36 goals. He followed that with 34 goals his
sophomore year, and then in his junior year, Stony Brook made
the switch to the CAA and Pallonetti had his best season yet.
He’s learned to play smarter in addition to playing harder and
has fine-tuned things along the way.
“He's kind of like the Rocky Balboa of our team — when things
aren't going well, he's gonna play harder,” Gilardi says.“I
think he's really developed into being able to play smarter and
get some easy plays and some easy goals. And sometimes, just
move it. As opposed to, in the beginning, he would try and put
the team on his back, and he did.”
“After I transferred, I didn’t want to overstep, didn't want to
do anything wrong. I just tried to do the right thing and learn
from the older guys and learn from everyone on the team. And
that was that was great. I learned a lot them, and as the years
went on, I just really realized I was becoming a leader and
trying to really motivate kids — academically, athletically.
Just really try and be a positive person to everyone,”
Pallonetti says.
He stays after practice and shoots with Chanenchuk — an
elite-shooting coach/player duo if there ever was one — on the
same field he used to sneak on when he was in high school for
extra reps. He has an NIL deal with Warrior, where he appears in
several shootaround and gear videos for the company.
There is familiarity to Stony Brook now that bodes well. It’s
the second year in the CAA, Gilardi’s fifth season. It’s his
deepest team yet, and Pallonetti leads a group of 10 grad
students (including a few grad transfers) eager to go out on a
high note.
There’s a sense it is the year Stony Brook could get over the
hump. They’ve been hovering over .500 but haven’t quite gotten
that signature win. They fell to Delaware, 13-10, in the CAA
title game a season ago.
“This program hasn't gotten over the hump in a long time. So I
think, for us, it's continuing to take that next step as a
program and individually taking the next step,” Gilardi says.
“It’s time to break through.”
“Our expectations and our bar are set high for this year,”
Pallonetti says. “We want to win the CAA. We're going after that
feeling.”
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: sbufan Date: January 17, 2024, 2:47 pm
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Cool that Palonetti has a Warrior NIL deal. Good for him.
I'm hoping to follow the team closer this season and am
expecting big things.
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 26, 2024, 8:54 pm
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Previewing The CAA In 2024
(HTM) https://lacrossebucket.com/2024/01/24/previewing-the-caa-in-2024/
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Stony Brook Seawolves
Stony Brook has been close but hasn’t won its conference or made
the NCAA Tournament since 2012. Could 2024 be the year that
streak ends? Dylan Pallonetti (51G/19A) is the headliner of a
veteran-laden squad that features 10 graduate students and six
seniors. Those group of 16 veterans also include midfielder Noah
Armitage (16G/19A), LSM Christian Lowd (63GB/30CT), and
defenseman Michael Sabella (46GB/18CT), among others. Jamison
MacLachlan (195 saves, 52%) earned the starting job in
cage as a sophomore in 2023.
Top Players
Offensive Player of The Year: Dylan Pallonetti, A, Stony Brook
Projected Final Standings
1. Delaware Blue Hens
2. Stony Brook Seawolves
3. Towson Tigers
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2024 Season
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 26, 2024, 8:55 pm
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CAA, Lacrosse TV Announce 23-Game CAA Game of the Week Package
(HTM) https://caasports.com/news/2024/1/25/mens-lacrosse-caa-lacrosse-tv-announce-23-game-caa-game-of-the-week-package.aspx
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Men’s
Date
Saturday, Feb. 17
Saturday, March 16
Women’s
Date
Tuesday, April 9
Thursday, April 25
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(HTM) https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/college/23-caa-mens-and-womens-games-to-air-on-lacrosse-tv
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