Former UMass men's lacrosse star Tom Celentani (2009-12) was featured on the Boston Cannon's website recently following his addition to the team's roster. Celentani was selected in the supplemental draft by Boston and will join the team beginning with training camp next month. A USILA All-American and three-year starter on defense for the Minutemen, check out the spotlight on Celentani here.
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In the annual Major League Lacrosse draft, a trio of UMass men's lacrosse standouts were taken during the eight-round event on Friday evening. 2012 Tewaraaton Award finalist Will Manny was taken by Boston in the second round (14th overall) before teammate Jake Smith was picked by the Cannons as well, going two rounds later (30th). Colin Fleming was the final Minuteman picked, with the Ohio Machine taking the 6-foot-6 senior attack in the seventh round (49th). Below are a few links related to the draft results:
Boston Cannons draft roundup
Ohio Machine draft roundup
Inside Lacrosse's team-by-team draft grades
BostonLax.com: Local flavor prevalent in MLL Draft
Daily Collegian: Three former Minutemen taken 2013 MLL Draft
The Minutemen start their 2013 campaign and CAA regular season and tournament defense at home on Garber Field against Army at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9.
Boston Cannons draft roundup
Ohio Machine draft roundup
Inside Lacrosse's team-by-team draft grades
BostonLax.com: Local flavor prevalent in MLL Draft
Daily Collegian: Three former Minutemen taken 2013 MLL Draft
The Minutemen start their 2013 campaign and CAA regular season and tournament defense at home on Garber Field against Army at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9.
Entering his senior campaign this spring, Anthony Biscardi was drafted by Major League Lacrosse's Ohio Machine. He joined the squad following the season teaming up with former Minutemen Jim Connolly and Brett Garber. The Machine posted a Q&A with Anthony this week on their web site.
UMass senior attack/midfielder Anthony Biscardi and senior defenseman Tom Celentani were both selected yesterday evening in the 2012 Major League Lacrosse Draft.
Biscardi was taken in the second round (16th pick overall) by the Ohio Machine, while Celentani was picked by the Denver Outlaws in the fourth round (30th overall).
The Minutemen will begin the 2012 season on February 10 at Army in West Point, N.Y.
Corey McLaughlin of LaxMagazine.com has a preview of Major League Lacrosse's draft which will be held today.
McLaughlin says two Minutemen should be on the draft board: Anthony Biscardi at attack and Tom Celentani on defense.
For complete coverage and a live blog of the draft, visit www.majorleaguelacrosse.com:
Former UMass lacrosse head coach Ted Garber has been named head coach of the Ohio Machine which will begin its inaugural season in Major League Lacrosse next spring.
Currently the head boys varsity lacrosse coach at Loomis Chaffee, this will be Garber's second stint as a head coach in the MLL.
Jack Reid scored a goal against his former team helping Boston get past Rochester 16-14 on Saturday night to put the Cannons in a tie with Denver for the MLL top spot.
Reid is in his third season with the Cannons after spending his first three professional seasons with Rochester.
Former UMass defensive standout Diogo Godoi collected a pair of groundballs for the Rattlers.
Here's a look at UMass alums in action on the opening day of action in Major League Lacrosse on Saturday.
The Boston Cannons topped the Long Island Lizards 15-12 in front of more than 9,000 fans at Harvard Stadium. Jack Reid played solid defense for the Cannons and had a groundball. With the Lizards Chris Fiore had a goal and assist in the fourth quarter.
The Chesapeake Bayhawks topped the Rochester Rattlers in the New York team's return, 14-10 in Annapolis. Jake Deane had four groundballs, playing for his hometown Bayhawks. With the Rattlers, Brett Garber and Diogo Godoi each saw action, but didn't post any points.
The Major League Lacrosse outdoor season starts this weekend and numerous UMass alums are on the rosters of the six teams. Check them out here: MLL Releases Active Rosters for 2011 Season.
Here's a look team-by-team of UMass alums
Boston Cannons: Jim Connolly, Jack Reid
Chesapeake Bayhawks: Jake Deane, Jeff Zywicki
Long Island Lizards: Chris Fiore
Rochester Rattlers: Brett Garber, Diogo Godoi
Continue reading UMass Alums Dot MLL Opening Day Rosters .
The Springfield Republican, Garry Brown mentions: News item: Boston Cannons heading for Major League Lacrosse playoffs. With former UMass captain Jack Reid in their lineup. The Cannons are set for the postseason weekend on Aug. 21-22. The No. 1 seed Cannons play the Chesapeake Bayhawks in Annapolis.
The final weekend of action in Major League Lacrosse wrapped up on Saturday. The MLL Championship Weekend Semifinals are set with the following match-ups on Aug. 21: Chesapeake Bayhawks vs. Boston Cannons and Long Island Lizards vs. Denver Outlaws. First-place Boston lost to the Bayhawks, 16-15 in an overtime thriller. Jack Reid played defense for the Cannons.
Long Island topped Toronto, 13-7 as Chris Fiore scored two goals and added an assist for the Lizards.
In the Chicago Machine's final game, they lost to Denver 18-8. UMass products Diogo Godoi (four groundballs), Kevin Leveille and Brett Garber played for Chicago.
Here's a look at UMass' alums in the MLL after 12 weeks of regular-season action.
Major League Lacrosse is holding a fan vote for its 10th Anniversary All-Time Team. UMass legend Kevin Leveille is on the ballot as on the top attackers over the decade of the league. Vote for the 2003 UMass grad often right here!
Leveille finishes the 2010 MLL season Denver Outlaws on Saturday. Watch the game on ESPN3.com.
The teams are set for Major League Lacrosse's Championship Weekend and two former Minutemen will be a part of the four-team event. Both the Boston Cannons with Jack Reid and Long Island Lizards with Chris Fiore will be in action the weekend of Aug. 21-22.In the Lizards 16-11 win over Toronto, Fiore had an assist. With Toronto, Jake Deane had three groundballs in his third game with the Nationals.
The Chicago Machine fell 20-12 to the Chesapeake Bayhawks. Both Brett Garber and Kevin Leveille scored goals and Diogo Godoi played on defense.
The Boston Cannons routed the Denver Outlaws, 16-5, as Reid had two groundballs.
Here's a look at Saturday's results and how UMass' alums performed.
UMass All-American Kevin Leveille is featured in the newest edition of Inside Lacrosse. He is the subject of this month's Shooting From The Hip. He mentions his time at UMass and repping the Minutemen. Leveille says, "We played a great style of lacrosse there. Coach Greg Cannella really let us get the ball up and down the field and we didn't have too many rules, which I think is the way lacrosse was meant to be played. It's helped me in MLL."
2006 UMass All-American lacrosse players went against each other last night as Boston with Jack Reid beat Toronto and Jake Deane 18-10. Deane opened the game's scoring with his second goal in as many games. He also had three groundballs and won four face-offs. Reid had four GBs for the winners, as the Cannons (7-3) clinched a playoff berth. Here's the game's blog.
In the Chicago Machine's 15-11 loss at Denver, Brett Garber had a goal and Diogo Godoi had a groundball on defense.
On Saturday
UMass alums will be in action as Boston with Jack Reid hosts Toronto
while Chicago with Kevin Leveille, Brett Garber and Diogo Godoi play at
Denver.
Former UMass All-American Chris
Fiore was opened the scoring for Long Island Lizards as they beat
the Chesapeake Bayhawks, 14-11. For the year, he has eight goals
including three 2-pointers for 11 points.
Here's an interesting look at the Chicago
Machine and how they have played "six home games" at neutral sites.
The Machine have lots of UMass ties with alums Kevin Leveille, Brett
Garber and Diogo Godoi on the roster. UMass Hall of Famer inductee Scott
Hiller is a team executive. Chicago plays at Denver on Saturday.
Major League Lacrosse posted a highlight
video from the Long Island Lizards' 17-15 win over the Chicago
Machine last Sunday. Alum Kevin
Leveille had two goals for Chicago.
In MLL action, UMass alums met up on Saturday as Long Island topped
Chicago, 17-15.
With the Lizards, Chris
Fiore didn't score. With the Machine, Kevin
Leveille had two goals while Brett
Garber had an assist. Boston beat the Bayhawks 16-10
as Jack
Reid had four groundballs for the Cannons.
In front of a professional lacrosse record crowd of 11,771, the MLL
All-Stars suffered
a dramatic 13-12 loss to Team USA. Former Minuteman Kevin
Leveille had two goals for the MLL squad.
In MLL action this weekend many UMass alums will be on the field as the Boston Cannons play the Chicago Machine
in Virginia Beach, Va., on Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will air live on
Comcast SportsNet New England. Look for former Minutemen with Boston in
Jack Reid and Jim Connolly and with the Chicago: Kevin Leveille, Brett
Garber and Diogo Godoi.Just days after Maryland hired Harvard's John Tillman,
Penn State announced it will be hiring Jeff Tambroni, who has coached
Cornell to the Final Four in three of the last for years. Inside Lacrosse has the story.
