MLL draft

[Sir Mackel]

now tht the NCAA tourney is over i was wondering when the MLL draft is.

[atxlax07]

its on thursday at 8:30
who do you think is going first?

[wilsontopowell]

its on thursday at 8:30
who do you think is going first?

matt danowski no question

[UVAlaxer432]

Matt Danowski for sure

If he doesnt get authorized one more year of eligibility.

[atxlax07]

Danowski didn't show anything in the title game. He dropped at least six balls right at his stick.

[thebeast]

He wasnt very good in the title game, but Matt Danowski will still be the first one drafted

[laxr24]

He still had an amazing season, he'll definitely go first. Who else do you think rounds out the top 5?

[bellairelax]

ya joe walters had a horrible postseason game in the semi finals last year but he still got drafted first overall so one game doesn't mean anything

[ethslax12]

and guess who is gonna get him....the Machine...lets see if we will be able to do anything with him haha

[vegasboy]

haha lol i think jesse shwartzman will go in the top ten (goalie for jhu)

[laxmiddie11]

I don't know Drew Thompson could be #1 picks since Chicago is weak at the midfield position. And pretty much stacked at attack

[LvIlLeLaX5]

i was talkin to a friend who plays at the machine he said they are pretty set on drafting matt dawnoski because they could trade him and others for great middies or other attackmen he said

[Sir Mackel]

alex who oh thts rite he sux shut down by hopkins anyway how about paul rabil?

[BeaverFondu]

alex who oh thts rite he sux shut down by hopkins anyway how about paul rabil?


That just goes to show you how much you actually know about lacrosse. You should be laughing at yourself.

Rabil is a junior. As a matter of fact, Hopkins will be returning all of their first team midfield.

[gordie]

Danowski can run midfield in the MLL.

[Defense]

You guys act like the final game is all that matters. You say Danowski won't get the Tawaarton because of his championship performance. Look at the rest of the season.

[westlakelax17]

haha lol i think jesse shwartzman will go in the top ten (goalie for jhu)


Shwartzman is so OVERRATED. He had a great defense around him at Hopkins. It is going to be kip turner[uva] or Dan Luftus[duke].

[wilsontopowell]

You guys act like the final game is all that matters. You say Danowski won't get the Tawaarton because of his championship performance. Look at the rest of the season.

yeah seriously. even though he had one game where he wasnt at his best doesnt mean hes not a great player. he will for sure go number one and make an impact.

[CornerPicker22]

When will the NCAA make its decision about duke so if we know Danowski will decide to play MLL or not?

[WClax17]

matt mcmonagle, could go early as a goalie, but danowski will definately go first, i also think peter lamade helped his stock with his playoff preformance. i also think looney from navy was one of the best senior middies this year and he could go early for a team that needs help there.

when would a team draft a good lsm like ohara or panerelli? it seems kind of like a kicker in football, a position a team doesnt want to spend an early draft pick on, but can actually be really important.

[WHEELAX2]

haha lol i think jesse shwartzman will go in the top ten (goalie for jhu)


highly doubt it... whichever team drafts him will probably not keep him around

[WHEELAX2]

matt mcmonagle, could go early as a goalie, but danowski will definately go first, i also think peter lamade helped his stock with his playoff preformance. i also think looney from navy was one of the best senior middies this year and he could go early for a team that needs help there.

when would a team draft a good lsm like ohara or panerelli? it seems kind of like a kicker in football, a position a team doesnt want to spend an early draft pick on, but can actually be really important.


the MLL only alows 3 long poles on the field at a time... no such position as LSM

[atxlax07]

He still had an amazing season, he'll definitely go first. Who else do you think rounds out the top 5?
If Rabil was in the draft he would go first... don't get me wrong i love Duke & Danowski, but that performance was not enough to tell me that he desrved it.

[atxlax07]

ya joe walters had a horrible postseason game in the semi finals last year but he still got drafted first overall so one game doesn't mean anything
That's a load.... That one game that happens to be the biggest game of the year. If you want to win a championship, you might want to draft someone who you know will come up big when it counts the most.

[bellairelax]

it wasn't his fault that he had a bad he got shut down and was playing with his back up stick that didn't shoot the way he wanted it. There are millions of things that could cause someone to have a bad game and walters came through for the rattlers last year and did what the rattlers wanted him too. You just don't much about lacrosse and think that his performance in one game matters the most. Try looking back at his freshman, sophmore and junior years in the postseason to check his stats. He comes through in the clutch. Learn your stats then post about people sucking.

[stegmakk]

the MLL only alows 3 long poles on the field at a time... no such position as LSM
This is such a shame as LSMs are getting more athletic like Pannarelli and O'Hara...I really think LSMs would make the MLL more fan friendly...watching a pole take it coast to coast and get the goal is more exciting than watching an attackman score a btb shot...

[WClax17]

thanks for the correction, but is there anyway a guy like ohara or panerelli could be drafted for close d

[stegmakk]

thanks for the correction, but is there anyway a guy like ohara or panerelli could be drafted for close d
of course they can...i would draft them and give them free reign to go over and shoot whenever they wanted...

[duck]

yeah, look at what they've done with Brodie Merrill. He played LSM at g-town and now he's playing close d in the MLL.

I think Chicago needs to look to trade Danowski because they can get alot for him and they actually have a solid attack core already in place with Leville, Ianucci, and Morris. Dano could be bumped to midfield, but I think he's better suited at attack. Maybe with the sudden retirement of Millon and the aging of Maracheck the Bayhawks might be willing to trade some proven MLL talent.

[SellsLax15]

Matt Danowski for sure..
he played like a pro in college, why not in the MLL?

[Jblaxgoalie]

Didn't the Duke players have to sign some waiver to enter the MLL draft by 9 A.M. I could be wrong but i thought i saw that. If that is the case does anybody know if Matt Danowski signed the waiver to enter the draft or not?

[laxmasta8804123]

for everyone who is saying danowski will not go 1st pick because he had a not so great championship. Im pretty sure a mll team would want a tawaarton trophy winner on their team. I'm not even sure hes going to the MLL this year, but whatever.

[moondog]

If Rabil was in the draft he would go first... don't get me wrong i love Duke & Danowski, but that performance was not enough to tell me that he desrved it.

Open the history book. I seem to remember a guy named Casey Powell who was totally shut down by Christian Cook, Corey Popham, and the Princeton D of 1998, in the semis, in his last game with the Orange(men)...

It's not like Dino's performance was the only time an elite player was shut down on a national stage...

[1nerual]

Didn't the Duke players have to sign some waiver to enter the MLL draft by 9 A.M. I could be wrong but i thought i saw that. If that is the case does anybody know if Matt Danowski signed the waiver to enter the draft or not?


im almost positive that none of the duke seniors signed it.

[pooponashingle]

Yea on inside lacrosse it says that danowski didn't sign it(link (http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=166062)), so does that mean that if the duke seniors do come out they get to pick what team they play for? like free agents?

[Sir Mackel]

for everyone who is saying danowski will not go 1st pick because he had a not so great championship. Im pretty sure a mll team would want a tawaarton trophy winner on their team. I'm not even sure hes going to the MLL this year, but whatever.
Indeed :thumbsup: One game will not stop him from being drafted first it didnt stop him from winning the Tewaarton.

[pi=3.1415]

ray megill .. 1st pick !

[pi=3.1415]

is there any way to order the draft on espn u or sumthin

[dragonsfan]

1) Chicago
2) Boston (from Washington)
3) Rochester
4) Long Island
5) New Jersey (from Philadelphia from New Jersey)
6) Los Angeles
7) Rochester (from San Francisco)
8) Boston
9) Denver
10) Denver (from Philadelphia)

Round 2
11) Chicago
12) Los Angeles (from Washington)
13) Rochester
14) Long Island
15) Chicago (from New Jersey)
16) San Francisco (from Los Angeles)
17) Los Angeles (from San Francisco)
18) San Francisco (from Boston)
19) Rochester (from Denver)
20) Chicago (from Philadelphia)

Round 3
21) Boston (from Washington from Chicago)
22) Washington
23) Rochester
24) Chicago (from Long Island)
25) Chicago (from New Jersey)
26) Washington (from Los Angeles)
27) Philadelphia (from San Francisco)
28) Chicago (from Boston)
29) Denver
30) Philadelphia

[EHSLAX12]

somoene is going to get ridiculous defense in casey carrol. also, danowski will probably go first. and if mcmonagle goes hell be picked relatively quickly.

[powell22]

is this on tv

[hvlacrosse311]

is this on tv
yeah but only on espnu

[laxgoaliebm16]

is there a web cast or anything?

[Irishlax22]

is there a web cast or anything?
Edit: I thought you could watch it on espnu.com but it turns out you cant.

[turtle lover 32]

wait who said ray megill first pick cuz hes from my town in facthe used to date my sister

[Sir Mackel]

anyone want to keep a live update here cause i dont get espnu
thank you

[Irishlax22]

EDIT: DRAFT COVERAGE ON PAGE 2

[Torin]

Pat Heim? Who?>

[Irishlax22]

Pat Heim? Who?>
Other teams and ESPNU are asking the same question

[laxn]

^Strong middie from Penn State, one of the most underrated players around, still VERY surprised by this though, it seems like they're looking for a diamond in the rough, or just choosing poorly, I bet they could have got him with their 11 pick, because he's not well known

[KnightsLax2]

Rochester's picks:
Pick No. 3 - Alex Smith - Delaware: FO
Pick No. 7 - Greg Rommel - Syracuse: M
Pick No. 13 - Andrew Spack - Loyola: M
Pick No. 19 - Matt Dasinger - Salisbury: M
Pick No. 23 - Brian Clayton - Cornell: M
Pick No. 33 - Joseph Thon - Mercyhurst: D
Pick No. 43 - Chad Amidan - Nazareth: M

[MiddieMan05]

that is veeery surprising. If they want a great middie, you've got Drew Thompson, Greg Rommel, Bill Looney, and a few others. Like previously stated, they probably could have gotten him with the 11th pick, so quite a surprise.

On Adam O'Neill's blog on IL, he says a trade with Boston, Long Island, and Denver is going down. Apparently Boston is giving Chris Fiore to Long Island and then a bunch of other things are happening. Wondering what this is gonna do to mix up the draft...

[laxn]

Alex Smith, now that seems like a good pick (0)

[Irishlax22]

Moving to this page....
Chicago 1st pick - Pat Heim - Penn State
2. Boston - Kip Turner - Virginia
3. Rochester - Alex Smith - Deleware
4) Denver from Lizards - Drew Westervelt - UMBC
5) Chicago from New Jersey - Bill Looney - Navy
6) Los Angeles - Greg Downing - Fairfield
7) Rochester - Greg Rommel - Syracuse
8) Boston - David Mitchell - Cornell
9) Boston from Denver - Ray Megill - Maryland
10) Long Island- Matt McMonagle - Cornell

Round 2
11) Chicago - Jordan Hall - Delaware
12) Los Angeles (from Washington) - Mitch Belisle - Cornell
13) Rochester - Andrew Spack - Loyola
14) Long Island
15) Chicago (from New Jersey)
16) San Francisco (from Los Angeles)
17) Los Angeles (from San Francisco)
18) San Francisco (from Boston)
19) Rochester (from Denver)
20) Chicago (from Philadelphia)


I will keep this going the whole 1st round. Stay tuned....
Anybody watching this? And want me to continue for another round?

[hvlacrosse311]

wow i cant believe Chicago picked Heim, i know hes good but i didnt think he was that good.

[itsthatkid]

Irish, is this on espnu?

Nvm, watching it as we speak

[Irishlax22]

Irish, is this on espnu?
its on espn u, but im not watching it directly. Im gettin IM's from a friend whos watching it. Still trying to find out what was involved in DENVER-LIzard trade.

[laxn]

Now Westervelt this is such a strange draft, people don't know how to rank their picks, its gonna look weird when Frank Resetarits is all of the sudden the 28 pick....... Maybe their looking for certain qualities that they think suit their teams?

[Irishlax22]

Chicago trades for New Jerseys 5th pick. NJ gets 25th pick and 1st round pick next year.

[crusaderslax09]

wait who said ray megill first pick cuz hes from my town in facthe used to date my sister

No, he was just kidding. But your from Clark, wow, me too man.

[Irishlax22]

Denver-Lizard-Boston trade = My friend didnt give me details, but it has Chris Fiore going to Long Island

[Irishlax22]

Anybody watching this? And want me to continue for another round?
NO Duke players yet, so they must have not declared for the draft.

[Torin]

Wow Chicago picking Pat Heim is almost like what the Texans did, take the Defensive end instead of Reggie (Blaze) Bush.

Yeah keep it going, the Blog on IL is slower.

[KnightsLax2]

http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/events/collegiatedraft/
Keep refreshing once in a while, it gets updated periodically.

[Irishlax22]

http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/events/collegiatedraft/
Keep refreshing once in a while, it gets updated periodically.
Alright boys im done for tonight. Thanks for reading.

[itsthatkid]

Im watching it.

I want ohara for boston so bad haha.

Anyone know the deal on the duke players?

Mitch belisle didnt look very happy...

Anyone know where I could get a list of the draft order?

[KnightsLax2]

Alright boys im done for tonight. Thanks for reading.
I will continue in your stead.

[Torin]

Thanks Irish.

And itsthatkid I think that the Duke Players are staying at Duke, or so it seems as though none of them signed up for the draft this mornin'.

[Irishlax22]

Im watching it.

I want ohara for boston so bad haha.

Anyone know the deal on the duke players?

Its a big secret :chuckle:

[KnightsLax2]

Round 1
1) Chicago - Pat Heim Penn State
2) Boston (from Washington) - Kip Turner: Virginia
3) Rochester - Alex Smith: Delaware
4) Denver (from Long Island) - Drew Westervelt: UMBC
5) Chicago (from New Jersey from Philadelphia from New Jersey) - Bill Looney: Navy
6) Los Angeles - Greg Downing: Fairfield
7) Rochester (from San Francisco) - Greg Rommel: Syracuse
8) Boston - David Mitchell: Cornell
9) Boston (from Denver) - Ray Megill: Maryland
10) Long Island (from Denver from Philadelphia) - Matt McMonagle: Cornell

Round 2
11) Chicago - Jordan Hall: Delaware
12) Los Angeles (from Washington) - Mitch Belisle: Cornell
13) Rochester - Andrew Spack: Loyola
14) Denver (from Long Island) - Zachary Jungers: Princeton
15) Chicago (from New Jersey) - Steve Whittenberg: Maryland
16) San Francisco (from Los Angeles) - Colin Hulme: Colgate
17) Los Angeles (from San Francisco) - Alex Buckley: Brown
18) San Francisco (from Boston) - Jake Byrne: Johns Hopkins
19) Rochester (from Denver) - Matt Dasinger: Salisbury
20) Chicago (from Philadelphia) - Dan Kallagher: Loyola

Round 3
21) Boston (from Washington from Chicago) - Drew Thompson: Virginia
22) Washington - Frank Resetarits: Albany
23) Rochester - Brian Clayton: Cornell
24) Chicago (from Long Island) - Steve Panarelli: Syracuse
25) New Jersey (from Chicago from New Jersey) - Chris Colliniates: Villanova
26) Washington (from Los Angeles) - Ricky Smith: Virginia
27) Philadelphia (from San Francisco) - Peter Trombino: Princeton
28) Chicago (from Boston) - Dan Deckelbaum: Delaware
29) Denver - Scott Sowanick: Princeton
30) Philadelphia - Ian Dingman: Navy

Round 4
31) Long Island (from Chicago) - Adam Crystal: Drexel
32) Washington - John Henry Flood: Harvard
33) Rochester - Joseph Thon: Mercyhurst
34) Long Island - Nick Bonacci: Dartmouth
35) New Jersey - Ryan Hotaling: Nazareth
36) Los Angeles - Julian Watts: Hofstra
37) San Francisco - Chris Heier: Salisbury
38) Boston - Brett Garber: UMass
39) Denver - Jesse Schwartzman: Johns Hopkins
40) Philadelphia - Mike Graham: Loyola

Round 5
41) Long Island (from Chicago) - Brian Hubschmann: Notre Dame
42) Washington - Luis Gonzalez: Salisbury
43) Rochester - Chad Amidan: Nazareth
44) Washington (from Long Island) - Eric Pittard: Cornell
45) Chicago (from New Jersey) - Harry Alford: Maryland
46) Los Angeles - Jim Borell: Maryland
47) San Francisco - Andrew Recchione: UMass
48) Boston - Dan Whipple: UMass
49) Denver - Peter Hein: Vermont
50) Philadelphia - Mike Fillipone: Drexel

[crusaderslax09]

Megill to Boson with the 9th pick...

EDIT:Kights bet me to it.

[Sir Mackel]

ok thank you guys for the updates im so suprised i didnt even kno penn state had a lacrosse team.

[Auburn10]

no one has picked danowski yet?

[Irishlax22]

So far Rochester and Boston has had the best draft. And a ton of no names in the first 14 picks. I never heard of some of these guys.

[Torin]

ok thank you guys for the updates im so suprised i didnt even kno penn state had a lacrosse team.

Lol! Same here well I knew they had a team but not a good team...

[Irishlax22]

no one has picked danowski yet?
No. So he probably didnt declare for the draft. Along with the rest of the seniors.

[itsthatkid]

Anyone else see all the pro7's on the tables.

[Torin]

Jeeze! Denver takes some weird Attack when Jake Byrne is still available. (GO OUTLAWS!!)

[laxn]

delete please..........

[FeauxGeaux]

So far Rochester and Boston has had the best draft. And a ton of no names in the first 14 picks. I never heard of some of these guys.

These guys are hardly no names. They are the best collegiate seniors in 07. Some of them were Tewaarton watch list players earlier in the season. Just because they arent from Duke, Hopkins, Cuse, or UVA doesnt mean they are not great players that can fill the needs of MLL teams. Some of the posts on here make me wonder about the people on the TLF forum. Didn't know Penn State had lacrosse? Do you know how many Nittany Lions are in the MLL? Get real please.

[laxn]

So far Rochester and Boston has had the best draft. And a ton of no names in the first 14 picks. I never heard of some of these guys.
No namers? There are surprises but all these guys are established and all are atleast Honorable Mention All-America.


Jeeze! Denver takes some weird Attack when Jake Byrne is still available. (GO OUTLAWS!!)
It's hard to compare Drew Westervelt and Jake Byrne, but I would definitely say Drew Westervelt is more complete, Byrne is pretty much a pure shooter.

And seriously guys you need to step up your game, do you guys follow college lacrosse?

[Torin]

These guys are hardly no names. They are the best collegiate seniors in 07. Some of them were Tewaarton watch list players earlier in the season. Just because they arent from Duke, Hopkins, Cuse, or UVA doesnt mean they are not great players that can fill the needs of MLL teams. Some of the posts on here make me wonder about the people on the TLF forum. Didn't know Penn State had lacrosse? Do you know how many Nittany Lions are in the MLL? Get real please.


Well, I have only been playing lacrosse for just over two years and only since December have I really started getting into College, NLL, MLL and all parts of lacrosse and the players so all I usually hear about is Duke, Hopkins, Maryland, Virginia and 'Cuse.

[byualum]

Jeeze! Denver takes some weird Attack when Jake Byrne is still available. (GO OUTLAWS!!)

Take a look at the stats below and tell me which player you'd rather have?

35 goals, 36 assits - 71 points
30 goals, 7 assists - 37 points

Your boy Jake Byrne is on the bottom. Denver got a fantastic attackman in Drew Westerveldt. Fits in perfect with Brown and Mundorf. Westerveldt and Ianucci probably split time as the 4th attackman.

[Irishlax22]

These guys are hardly no names. They are the best collegiate seniors in 07. Some of them were Tewaarton watch list players earlier in the season. Just because they arent from Duke, Hopkins, Cuse, or UVA doesnt mean they are not great players that can fill the needs of MLL teams. Some of the posts on here make me wonder about the people on the TLF forum. Didn't know Penn State had lacrosse? Do you know how many Nittany Lions are in the MLL? Get real please.
I dont know how many guys from PSU are in the MLL, Do you? How many of them went 1st in the MLL draft. Where not saying these guys suck, they are better then most of the people on TLF (of course not kryptic, because hes well...Kryptic). We are saying that these picks are surprising and we dont know some of them. Not trying to be funny but seriously comedown, apparently some kids dont follow college lacrosse as much as others.

[ccharp]

yo the draft is going on about a mile from my house and i just realized its pretty cool

[Torin]

Take a look at the stats below and tell me which player you'd rather have?

35 goals, 36 assits - 71 points
30 goals, 7 assists - 37 points

Your boy Jake Byrne is on the bottom. Denver got a fantastic attackman in Drew Westerveldt. Fits in perfect with Brown and Mundorf. Westerveldt and Ianucci probably split time as the 4th attackman.


Wow, I guess it was just the fact that I had watched Byrne's championship game and never really looked at Westerveldt's stats. :nut: = me. Thanks for clarifying.

[laxn]

And I'm glad some of the underrated yet great players are getting recognition, it's good for the game, shows the development of lacrosse and how great players are spread out these days. Colin Hulme, Drew Westervelt, Greg Downing, Pat Heim, Alex Buckley are all great players, so it's good to see that the best players will get recognized in the MLL when they can finally play with players of their caliber. I am surprised by this though, it just seems that strategically you'd want to get the bigger names not necessarily just the best guys that you may be able to pick up later. In this scenario it seems you'd want to also think about popularity.

Yes, Dasinger is soo sick. too bad Washington hasn't picked yet, still a wealth of talent left though.

[Irishlax22]

No namers? There are surprises but all these guys are established and all are atleast Honorable Mention All-America.


Surprises is a better word. Obviously they have talent just playing D1 and being mentioned with the draft. They caught me off guard when I saw there names that high on the draft board.

[byualum]

A lot of people overlook guys like Westerveldt, Resitaris and Gallagher because they don't play at "big-name" schools.

I'm shocked Resitaris is still on the board. Someone is going to get a fantastic attackman.

[laxgoaliebm16]

who is this pat hiem?????? what a coked up top 6 .... kip b4 mcmonagle? a fogo going 3rd? loony b4 thompson??? what is going on!

[Irishlax22]

I would have never thought Reseterits would have slid down to the 3rd round. One MLL Gm is a very happy man.

[KnightsLax2]

Thompson is finally taken. Surprised he lasted so long w/out being picked.

[hvlacrosse311]

A lot of people overlook guys like Westerveldt, Resitaris and Gallagher because they don't play at "big-name" schools.

I'm shocked Resitaris is still on the board. Someone is going to get a fantastic attackman.

resetaris and thomson arent aloud to be drafted until the 3rd round because they decided to skip the combine.

[laxgoaliebm16]

is it just me or are the bayhawks drafting philosophys terrifingly similar to those of the redskins???? dc does not need this!

[hvlacrosse311]

who is this pat hiem?????? what a coked up top 6 .... kip b4 mcmonagle? a fogo going 3rd? loony b4 thompson??? what is going on!

thompson didnt have a good season at all

[Irishlax22]

resetaris and thomson arent aloud to be drafted until the 3rd round because they decided to skip the combine.
That explains alot.

[laxn]

Take a look at the stats below and tell me which player you'd rather have?

35 goals, 36 assits - 71 points
30 goals, 7 assists - 37 points

Your boy Jake Byrne is on the bottom. Denver got a fantastic attackman in Drew Westerveldt. Fits in perfect with Brown and Mundorf. Westerveldt and Ianucci probably split time as the 4th attackman.
Good post for the most part I agree but Ianucci isn't on the outlaws..... maybe you mean Unterstein, between Unterstein and Westervelt they should have found a third man to complement Brown and Mundorf, not to mention Mundorf and Westervelt have already played together.

Denver and Chicago seem to have built up well

DC gets Resetarits, maybe he can help replace Millon (notice I said help), as a fourth attackmen he should contribute and if needed he should have good trade value.

[Auburn10]

Good pick by Washington, I thought Resetarits would have gotten drafted earlier...

[byualum]

Good post for the most part I agree but Ianucci isn't on the outlaws..... maybe you mean Unterstein, between Unterstein and Westervelt they should have found a third man to complement Brown and Mundorf, not to mention Mundorf and Westervelt have already played together.

Denver and Chicago seem to have built up well

DC gets Resetarits, maybe he can help replace Millon (notice I said help), as a fourth attackmen he should contribute and if needed he should have good trade value.
Yes, thank you. I knew they picked up an attackman from Hofstra in the Zywicki trade. Thanks for the correction.

[laxn]

Anyone else surprised that Pittard is till available?

[FeauxGeaux]

I dont know how many guys from PSU are in the MLL, Do you? How many of them went 1st in the MLL draft. Where not saying these guys suck, they are better then most of the people on TLF (of course not kryptic, because hes well...Kryptic). We are saying that these picks are surprising and we dont know some of them. Not trying to be funny but seriously comedown, apparently some kids dont follow college lacrosse as much as others.

Right off the top of my head there is Matt Vallone G for the Riptide, Greg Gurenlian FO for Rattles, Marc Young M and Kevin Keenan G for Barrage. There are handfuls of others as well, those four are without me even digging. None of them went first in the draft, no. But none of them are no names and surprise, surprise, they actually played varsity lax at PSU. I am beginning to think that the kids on THIS board don't follow college lax as much as others.

[laxn]

^This is the worst I've seen a lot of people do, don't loose faith....

[hvlacrosse311]

Right off the top of my head there is Matt Vallone G for the Riptide, Greg Gurenlian FO for Rattles, Marc Young M and Kevin Keenan G for Barrage. There are handfuls of others as well, those four are without me even digging. None of them went first in the draft, no. But none of them are no names and surprise, surprise, they actually played varsity lax at PSU. I am beginning to think that the kids on THIS board don't follow college lax as much as others.

yeah i dont know how you cant know that PSU had a lacrosse team, they have one of the best goalies in the country. Drew Adams

[UVAlaxer432]

resetaris and thomson arent aloud to be drafted until the 3rd round because they decided to skip the combine.

Hey you who posted above me, read this quoted post.

[lwinter21]

IL Blog says Resetarits and Thompson couldn't get picked before the 3rd round because they didn't attend the Warrior Major League Challenge this afternoon

[laxgoaliebm16]

RICKY SMITH IS IN DC WAHOOO WHAA

[hvlacrosse311]

Hey you who posted above me, read this quoted post.


yes, and whats your point. This is what it says on IL


"By the way, some of you may be wondering why Frank Resetarits, who I thought would go top 5-6, is. Reseterits and Merrick Thomson both didn't attend the Warrior Major League Challenge today (they were expected to). Word has it that because of that, the MLL decided that they would not be allowed to be picked until the THIRD round."

[laxgoaliebm16]

did nick ohara go pro??? is that him bottom left of this link?http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/events/collegiatedraft/

[Torin]

I think that he didn't know there was a 3rd page because on the 2nd page the last person was wondering why Thompson and Resetarits hadn't been picked yet.

[MC Escher]

anywhere I can get a draft recap?

[tribal803]

Bad choice by Boston gettin rid of Chris Fiore in that trade with Denver/Long Island...he was third on the team last year and Boston is seriously lacking in the midfield. They shouldn't have taken David Mitchell, even though he is a great player, he is an attackman and Boston doesn't need anymore. Luckily we got Drew Thompson which i think we a pretty nice snag in the third round.

[Auburn10]

http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/events/collegiatedraft/

[ethslax12]

i was reading the draft link and i am wondering why john danowski hasnt been drafted? did he not enter the draft or something?

[Torin]

did nick ohara go pro??? is that him bottom left of this link?http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/events/collegiatedraft/


No, that is a picture from last year I think, and correct me if I am wrong but I believe that is Matt Zash. (It is a short stick not a long pole.)

[Torin]

i was reading the draft link and i am wondering why john danowski hasnt been drafted? did he not enter the draft or something?

John? You mean Matt? I believe none of the Duke seniors signed up for the draft and are probably staying at Duke for another year.

[laxn]

Bad choice by Boston gettin rid of Chris Fiore in that trade with Denver/Long Island...he was third on the team last year and Boston is seriously lacking in the midfield. They shouldn't have taken David Mitchell, even though he is a great player, he is an attackman and Boston doesn't need anymore. Luckily we got Drew Thompson which i think we a pretty nice snag in the third round.
I must disagree, Mitchell's finishing ability should be a great complement to Powell's feeding abilities, and Woodson and Christmas can both play midfield.

[laxgoaliebm16]

No, that is a picture from last year I think, and correct me if I am wrong but I believe that is Matt Zash. (It is a short stick not a long pole.)

yeah i think ur right, i got confused i saw the umass pole n thought it was zash's

[DukeMid18]

Yea, I was a little surprised at Heim going first, I was thinking McMonagle, but thats alright. I'm just really happy about the acceptance of the eligibility letter at Duke. If all or most of the seniors return, which they should, they'll be no doubt the favorite at next years championship

[DukeMid18]

Danowski didn't show anything in the title game. He dropped at least six balls right at his stick.

Yea, I was a little...well actually very disappointed at Danowski's and Greer's performance in the championship game....oh well them two are with out a doubt the most dynamic attackmen in the nation....add Quinzani in there also hes an outstanding freshman...I expect big things for Duke next year, should all the seniors return as they are expected now.

[laxn]

yeah i think ur right, i got confused i saw the umass pole n thought it was zash's
It is Matt Zash and Jack Reid, you can tell by the fact that he is wearing an older Duke helmet, and because there are no Duke players or top UMass defenders this year.

Washington picked: Luis Gonzalez, Eric Pittard, Frank Resetarits, John Henry Flood, and Ricky Smith.
I would say a pretty good selection so far. Resetarits and Pittard might not be necessary but for the future it will be good (when Marecheck retires). We also got a faceoff guy which is always good in the MLL. Ricky Smith is a strong LSM/ close defender whom will most likely be used as an LSM this year. And having Luis Gonzalez will be great. Good defensive midfielders are important in the MLL, as are great athletes and he is both. I'm glad Washington recognized him and picked him up, not too mention he can score some.

[DukeMid18]

If Rabil was in the draft he would go first... don't get me wrong i love Duke & Danowski, but that performance was not enough to tell me that he desrved it.


Yea I doubt Rabil would go top 5 if he was in the draft this year....if Danowski and the rest of the Duke players were in it, Id say somewhere around number 7 pick or so....other big name guys like Smith, McMonagle, Turner, Danowski, McDevitt (if they were in the draft), would go ahead of Rabil

[tribal803]

but again...we don't need anymore attack man...we need SOME threat on midfield and right now our only threat is Poskay...Fiore has got more experience under him and hes a good playoff player/leader...Hes also a big intimidating player at 225 to have on the field...31 points is a very good point total for a midfielder and we need that this year

[KnightsLax2]

There you are boys, the 2007 MLL Collegiate Draft.

For complete list, go to page 2 in this thread or: http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/events/collegiatedraft/

[laxn]

People just forget how great Danowski's season was, so he didn't have an outstanding championship he's human. Not too mention all the other greats who have been shutdown in big games, Mike Powell, Casey Powell, Ryan Boyle, Joe Walters just to name a few.

but again...we don't need anymore attack man...we need SOME threat on midfield and right now our only threat is Poskay...Fiore has got more experience under him and hes a good playoff player/leader...Hes also a big intimidating player at 225 to have on the field...31 points is a very good point total for a midfielder and we need that this year
Sorry if it was unclear but I was only disagreeing with the second part of your post, from the they shouldn't have picked Mitchell on part. I agree they should have kept Fiore. But too address that issue, the pick does allow the Cannons to possibly use Christmas for midfield (or maybe woodson)

[Laxer1241]

Chicago now new favorite team. Amazing draft for them.

[ethslax12]

John? You mean Matt? I believe none of the Duke seniors signed up for the draft and are probably staying at Duke for another year.

ya i meant matt, i forgot about them trying for eligibility again

[laxgoaliebm16]

[QUOTE=laxn]People just forget how great Danowski's season was, so he didn't have an outstanding championship he's human. Not too mention all the other greats who have been shutdown in big games, Mike Powell, Casey Powell, Ryan Boyle, Joe Walters just to name a few.

danowski may be human ......but zack greer is not

[flyersrule9733]

does anyone know if the duke senor thing is official? all ive heard is just rumors so far

[Torin]

Long Island trades Ryan Moran and its second round 2008 pick to Washington for Frank Resetarits.

Wow! This was on the IL blog.

[Auburn10]

does anyone know if the duke senor thing is official? all ive heard is just rumors so far

Yes, it is official http://www.lax.com/stories/1863

[laxn]

I think thats a fine move, Moran is a two way middie which is always helpful while we didn't really need Resetarits as long as we can fall back on Pittard in event of an injury or when Millon retires, but by next year we'll have a top pick too.

O and by the way did anyone notice this other trade?
New Jersey's Liam Banks and Ryan Hotaling go to San Francisco for Joe Yevoli and New Jersey's 2008 second round collegiate pick
That's pretty big. Liam Banks has been a staple on the Pride for a while, and no one really knows how Hotaling will do but probably pretty well. For New Jersey Yevoli may be able to distribute better to Scott Urick and Jesse Hubbard, and a 2008 pick gives them access to new youth for their future. Yevoli played graet his rookie season in San Francisco but Banks should adapt well and they do need more attackmen, anyone to help out Powell. Overall I think it's pretty fair.

[wilsontopowell]

im not surprised that heim was picked first. if anyone has watched him play at all you would know what he could do and in my opinion was the best midfielder available

[laxn]

^I think being two way helped him a lot. He is a great player but #1 pick? I was surprised

[Zach]

Wouldn't be that surprised if Fiore requested the trade to Long Island. His family lives a couple miles from me and he might wanna be around them to make the commute easier.

EDIT: I'm about an hour from LI, makes things much easier for him.

[WHEELAX2]

thanks for the correction, but is there anyway a guy like ohara or panerelli could be drafted for close d


yeah, they would be, there is a huge need in the MLL for middies, and they would most likely play shorty d or close d if they are capable

[Irishlax22]

Long Island trades Ryan Moran and its second round 2008 pick to Washington for Frank Resetarits.

Wow! This was on the IL blog.
Thats awesome. I want LI to take him too. He should fit in perfectly with the Lizards.

[SweetLou]

I was pretty thrown off by the order of this draft, I didn't see schwartzman going in the forth round...

2007 Collegiate Draft Order Round 1

Round 1
1) Chicago - Pat Heim (M) Penn State
2) Boston (from Washington) - Kip Turner (G) Virginia
3) Rochester - Alex Smith (FO/M) Delaware
4) Denver (from Long Island) - Drew Westervelt (A) UMBC
5) Chicago (from New Jersey from Philadelphia from New Jersey) - Bill Looney (M) Navy
6) Los Angeles - Greg Downing (M) Fairfield
7) Rochester (from San Francisco) - Greg Rommel (M) Syracuse
8) Boston - David Mitchell (A) Cornell
9) Boston (from Denver) - Ray Megill (D) Maryland
10) Long Island (from Denver from Philadelphia) - Matt McMonagle (G) Cornell

Round 2
11) Chicago - Jordan Hall (M) Delaware
12) Los Angeles (from Washington) - Mitch Belisle (D) Cornell
13) Rochester - Andrew Spack (M) Loyola
14) Denver (from Long Island) - Zachary Jungers (D) Princeton
15) Chicago (from New Jersey) - Steve Whittenberg (D) Maryland
16) San Francisco (from Los Angeles) - Colin Hulme (D) Colgate
17) Los Angeles (from San Francisco) - Alex Buckley (M) Brown
18) San Francisco (from Boston) - Jake Byrne (A) Johns Hopkins
19) Rochester (from Denver) - Matt Dasinger (M) Salisbury
20) Chicago (from Philadelphia) - Dan Kallaugher (FO/M) Loyola

Round 3
21) Boston (from Washington from Chicago) - Drew Thompson (M) Virginia
22) Washington - Frank Resetarits (A) Albany
23) Rochester - Brian Clayton (M) Cornell
24) Chicago (from Long Island) - Steve Panarelli (D) Syracuse
25) New Jersey (from Chicago from New Jersey) - Chris Colliniates (FO/M) Villanova
26) Washington (from Los Angeles) - Ricky Smith (D) Virginia
27) Philadelphia (from San Francisco) - Peter Trombino (A) Princeton
28) Chicago (from Boston) - Dan Deckelbaum (M) Delaware
29) Denver - Scott Sowanick (M) Princeton
30) Philadelphia - Ian Dingman (A) Navy

Round 4
31) Long Island (from Chicago) - Adam Crystal (D) Drexel
32) Washington - John Henry Flood (FO/M) Harvard
33) Rochester - Joseph Thon (D) Mercyhurst
34) Long Island - Nick Bonacci (A) Dartmouth
35) New Jersey - Ryan Hotaling (A) Nazareth
36) Los Angeles - Julian Watts (M) Hofstra
37) San Francisco - Chris Heier (D) Salisbury
38) Boston - Brett Garber (M) UMass
39) Denver - Jesse Schwartzman (G) Johns Hopkins
40) Philadelphia - Mike Graham (D) Loyola

Round 5
41) Long Island (from Chicago) - Brian Hubschmann (A) Notre Dame
42) Washington - Luis Gonzalez (M) Salisbury
43) Rochester - Chad Amidon (M) Nazareth
44) Washington (from Long Island) - Eric Pittard (A) Cornell
45) Chicago (from New Jersey) - Harry Alford (G) Maryland
46) Los Angeles - Jim Borell (M) Maryland
47) San Francisco - Andrew Recchione (M) UMass
48) Boston - Dan Whipple (D) UMass
49) Denver - Peter Hein (M) Vermont
50) Philadelphia - Mike Fillipone (M) Drexel


Total Picks by Team:
Boston – 6
Chicago – 8
Denver – 5
Long Island – 4
Los Angeles – 5
New Jersey – 2
Philadelphia – 4
Rochester – 7
San Francisco –4 Washington - 5

[SED]

He comes through in the clutch. Learn your stats then post about people sucking.
Actually if you watched the championship game you would see that Danowski completely choked. Quinzani was the only attackman who kept his head and he made some big plays, especially as a freshman. By the way, let me know how he did in his Junior year post season okay?

[bellairelax]

that statement was made about joe walters not danowski

[BwineLAX42]

The duo of Deckelbaum and Hall is reunited in Chicago. And Delware's best 2 players ever are united in Rochester, Smith and Grant.

[lax-crazy]

Every one who thinks that Danowski sucks due to his preformance during 1 game(yea i understand its the finals) makes him a bad player, look at what he did against hopkins in 2005 in the championship he went 2g,4a. I have only seen danowski play from his sophmore year, but he constantly was a threat, from the very start. 91 points his sophmore year, and 95(or 96) this year. Not just that but look what he did the first time he played hopkins this year, 1g,4a. He is a beast and if he was in the draft would no doubt go first

he also was on the world team, if i am correct.

[laxn]

^ He was an alternate as a junior

Actually if you watched the championship game you would see that Danowski completely choked. Quinzani was the only attackman who kept his head and he made some big plays, especially as a freshman. By the way, let me know how he did in his Junior year post season okay?

I wouldn't say he choked, he did miss some passes but mainly his poor stats were due to excellent team defense play by Hopkins, they were all over him and Greer. And as I stated before one game doesn't dictate a player no matter how big or small, Huntley had a great championship game but a overall disappointing season. Not too mention again how many other great players have been shutdown in the post season: the Powells, Ryan Boyle, and Joe Walters to name just a few. And how he did his Junior post season? Are you joking?!?!? Anyways his sophomore post season he actually did really well, 21 points on 13 goals and eight assists, including 2 goals and 4 assists against Hopkins in the final, so I don;t know what your point really is.......

[lax-crazy]

i agree 100% with laxn

[BwineLAX42]

People say the same thing about A. Smith, they are wrong too. People need to get out and see more games than Championshipo weekend.

[johnpd]

i gotta give probs to Mike Fillipone who was drafted for philly in the 5th round. He used to be an assistant coach for my (high school) team back when he was having knee problems and couldnt play. No ones prolly heard of him, but hes a sick lacrosse player, and also a great guy. He was drexels #1 midfeilder during his seinor year, and drexels #1 face off guy prolly his whole college career(at one point being ranked the #9 faceoff specialist in the nation). He'll prolly only be a faceoff guy on the barage; but hes a huge guy with great faceoff skills who i believe will do well.

I congradulate him and wish him luck!!!!!

(its nice to say that i know i pro lacrosse player. hopefully ill see him again one day.)

[gordie]

Heim scores 4 goals in Chicago's win over Denver tonight. Looks like the Machine knew what they were doing!

[arizona]

A lot of people overlook guys like Westerveldt, Resitaris and Gallagher because they don't play at "big-name" schools.

I'm shocked Resitaris is still on the board. Someone is going to get a fantastic attackman.


Gallagher was not picked up. Someone messed up. :angry:

[clo2400]

what players drafted played this week in the MLL?

Pat heim had 4 goals in his first game, he is a MACHINE!!!!!!!

[hvlacrosse311]

what players drafted played this week in the MLL?

Pat heim had 4 goals in his first game, he is a MACHINE!!!!!!!

Alex Smith played for Rochester. David Mitchell scored two goals for Boston

[shiftylax]

Alex Smith played for Rochester. David Mitchell scored two goals for Boston

Mithcell actually had a trick in his debut. I'm still skeptical of him as an every day MLLer, but he has been proving people wrong all year playing on Cornell. Smith won 19 of 29 for Roch, not a lot of rookies didn't dress, much less play, this week...

[atmusfear]

Philly's attack is looking pretty scary (Literally) Now they've got an outside shot in Peter Trombino, and, the (HUGE) physical presence of 6'4 250lb Ian Dingman.

Christ that man is huge.

[EHSLAX12]

wow, we got mcmonagle up here in li...thats awesome.

[hvlacrosse311]

Philly's attack is looking pretty scary (Literally) Now they've got an outside shot in Peter Trombino, and, the (HUGE) physical presence of 6'4 250lb Ian Dingman.

Christ that man is huge.

yeah Dingman is a beast. The only downside to those Navy guys is that they wont always be able to play so your potentially wasting a draft pick. But if i was a coach or GM id love to have him on my team, he bulls through people and his shot is pretty sick

[clo2400]

Alex Smith 19-29...Wow. Will he be the biggest impact player in the MLL?

[shiftylax]

No, he's too small. small = durability issues. Plus he has a more complete FO and middie behind him in Gurenlian. He would ahve been better off on NJ, but they didn't get a chance to select him. Roch is not a good place for him to be.

[clo2400]

More complete FO guy? Probably, but Alex smith is easily a better face off guy and they need one.

Gurenlian - senior year at PSU he went 158-259 or 61% and had 17 points
Smith- senior year Delaware he went 311 - 440 or 72% and had 8 points.

Gurenlian - MLL last year as rookie went 113 - 233 or 48% and had 11 points!!!

Rochester as a team had a cumulative FO percentage of .458, the 2nd worst in the league and Gurenlian took the majority of their face offs. Rochester most definitely needs Alex Smith.

I will be very very surprised if Smith and Rochester doesn't have a better FO percentage than that at the end of the year.

[shiftylax]

Alex Smith couldn't guard a kitten with an assault rifle.

We all know Smith's stats, we also know that he was dominated on the biggest stage and was still drafted in the first round.

Can he get his "hands" on the ball so to speak? Sure. But I just see him being a liabillity on the defensive end if he ever gets stuck out there.

It's a midfielder's league, you can't just be a FOGO in the MLL, you have to be able to play defense and push the ball.

[aviatorlax]

anybody heard any news about dingman dressing for philly yet?

[southernlaxguy2]

i just got back from camp with matt mcmonagle and matt belyle ( i thjink thats how you spell their names) ... they both were really tight.

[HawkletLax]

matt mcmonagle is a great goalie.
i see him being the first goalie taken. not to mention he was all american right?

[hvlacrosse311]

matt mcmonagle is a great goalie.
i see him being the first goalie taken. not to mention he was all american right?

first of all the draft already happened. Secondly Kip Turner from UVa was the first goalie taken and yes he was first team AA

[aviatorlax]

what camp did you go to that mcmonagle was there?

[clo2400]

Alex Smith couldn't guard a kitten with an assault rifle.

We all know Smith's stats, we also know that he was dominated on the biggest stage and was still drafted in the first round.

Can he get his "hands" on the ball so to speak? Sure. But I just see him being a liabillity on the defensive end if he ever gets stuck out there.

It's a midfielder's league, you can't just be a FOGO in the MLL, you have to be able to play defense and push the ball.

It sounds like you want Rochester to play the game to lose....Dont try to win the face-off because you are afraid the other team might score? Whats the point of faceoffs?

[shiftylax]

Uh...no, that's nto what it sounds like at all. Realistically you cannot win every face-off. If you do it's not like getting a no hitter - it's actually never happened in the MLL. Just beacuse you try to win the face-off because you are good at face-offs does not mean that you shouldn't be able to play defense or handle the ball - ESPECIALLY as a PROFESSIONAL player. Smith actually has a little bit better handle than a lot fo FO guys (in general) but I stand by my statement about defense. There isn't as much subbing in the MLL as there is in college so there won't be as many chances to get off the field when you happen to actually lose the face-off. To insinuate that I was referring to anything else would be asinine. Plus, you are jealous of my sweet line involving a kitten, even if you think it is erroneous you must respect the imagery. In fact, draw me a cartoon of it and I'll forgive you for your indolence.

[x3angiebaby]

I cant believe no one took Adam Zuder-Havens. He lead points in delaware and was a realy good attackman at Herkimer and UD. He use to date my friends sister.

[shiftylax]

I cant believe no one took Adam Zuder-Havens. He lead points in delaware and was a realy good attackman at Herkimer and UD. He use to date my friends sister.

He is actually on New Jersey's practice squad right now, the Pride claimed him after the draft was over because he was in the player pool.

[DJ Death]

yeah, he's on the pride along with the other new attackmen merrick thomson, chris unterstein (acquired from denver) and joe yevoli (acquired through a trade with LA for liam banks). you won't see much of them during games though because the veteran attackmen still rule the roost -- jesse hubbard, scott urick, conor ford, and jason doneger are all disgustingly talented, and urick and hubbard are 2 of the only 3 MLL players (along with mark millon) to have more than 200 points in their careers.

[clo2400]

I was burning some time at work.... and noticed that the MLL put up a photogallery for the 2007 draft. If you goto majorleaguelacrosse.com --> fan zone ---> multimedia---> photogalleries. It will take you to about 50 pictures from the draft, its pretty cool.

the url is http://majorleaguelacrosse.com/fanzone/photos/

[Torin]

Nice find clo. Some decent pictures too.