OrangeXtreme
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That is great to know one can attend practices. Pumped for the CT stop on the season.Shrmdougluvr Jr and Shrmdougluvr III spent quite a bit of time hanging around the PLL practices over the past two days. If you live in the Capital District and can get to UAlbany, its worth checking out. You can basically watch four practices simultaneously. The players pass by where the spectators are so their is lots of interaction. Among others, my sons, and about about three of their friends, spent time talking with Michael Sowers (The III's favorite player), Zach Currier, Jules Heningberg, Paul Rabil, Cole Kirst (gave one of his friend's his head from Syracuse), Blaze Riorden, Brett Kennedy, Roman Pugliese, Jerry Ragonese, Jarod Neumann, Drake Porter, and many others. They have about five balls full of signatures, and several PLL cards.
I don't have a lot of observations about the play itself, obviously the level is top notch. My primary observation is how much bigger the players look now. A few years ago, they mostly looked like guys coming in to work a second job - former athletes. Height wise they are getting taller on average, and they almost all are fairly muscled-out.
Spent the most time talking to Brett Kennedy this morning. He is still really enthusiastic about Syracuse, both the Program and University. He was extremely high on Will Mark (Porter was too) and there must be a lot of talk around the fogo recruit in this class, as he specifically mentioned that addition.
‘Cuse Represented for PLL Camps - Syracuse University Athletics
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – On the cusp of the upcoming Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) season, Syracuse University men's lacrosse is well represented on 30-man training ...cuse.com
Nine athletes and one assistant coach are listed on 30-man training camp rosters as the PLL gets set for its fifth season. Former 'Cuse netminder and long-time official Matt Palumb will also be with the PLL for the 2023 PLL season.
As of May 23, Atlas lists Brendan Curry (midfield), Peter Dearth (short-stick defensive midfielder), and Drake Porter (goalie). Steven Brooks is back as an assistant coach after serving as the interim head coach and guiding Atlas to the title game for the PLL's Championship Series in February.
Cannons will trot out two former Orange, Steven Rehfuss (midfield) and Jakob Phaup (faceoff), while Chaos will have a similar number in the recently-claimed Alex Simmons (attack) and Brett Kennedy (defense), now in his second professional field season
The 30-man training camp roster for the Redwoods sports Cole Kirst (midfield), the 18th overall pick (third round) in last week's PLL College Draft.
Two-time PLL champion Whipsnakes LC drafted Tucker Dordevic sixth overall in this year's draft and have the versatile offensive player listed as a midfielder. Dordevic played at Syracuse from 2018-22. He elected to conclude his collegiate eligibility at Georgetown University for Spring 2023.
Looks like brett kennedy didn’t make it. Don’t understand that dude is beast. Also never got why not have him play lsm instead of close in pll.Looks like all of the Cuse players made it to the final rosters. Great to see!
We certainly would be a heck of a lot worse without the LIU guys from last season. Murphy will be missedFormer LIU defenseman Chris Cambell made the Archers 25 man roster. He transferred to UMASS this past season for his grad yr when coach Wolf left. Became there number 1 cover guy. Wanted him at SU too with Mark and Murphy. Kid is a beast and was so underrated in college. Told u guys that LIU team had some underrated dogs on it. If Wolf stayed they would have been legit this yr. Just lacked depth behind all the guys who transferred out. Keep an eye on him u will enjoy his game he's an animal and highly skilled.
Is Simmons out for season or just to start ?Gait mentioned during the season that Simmons was playing through an injury. Sounds like it was pretty serious. Kudos to Alex for battling through for the Orange.