2026 Recruiting

[4evaOrange]

No e

They’ve been high school juniors for about three minutes. They’ll grow.

No excuse

 

[nyclax]

the fogo who committed to maryland the other day was a 3 star on IL when he committed. now he's a 4 star. did they just decide to bump him up a star because he committed to maryland? interesting...

 

[DMVCuseLax]

the fogo who committed to maryland the other day was a 3 star on IL when he committed. now he's a 4 star. did they just decide to bump him up a star because he committed to maryland? interesting...

Improved overnight.

 

[CuseAlum87]

the fogo who committed to maryland the other day was a 3 star on IL when he committed. now he's a 4 star. did they just decide to bump him up a star because he committed to maryland? interesting...

of course, Maryland never misjudges a recruit.

 

[Zack80]

of course, Maryland never misjudges a recruit.

Terps have had a number of 3-star recruits over the last few classes, including Jonah Carrier in this year's 2024 class at face-off.

 

[Powellfan]

I wanted to see how, "spots" the team might have available, given the NCAA is trying to impose a 48 player roster limit. Obviously this is hard to predict, as you aren't sure how many transfers (both in and out) there will be, plus players could choose to take a redshirt, or forgo it. My best attempt is that the 2026 roster will look like this (including the three commits the Orange have landed this period).

Attack: 7 (Deere, Kraftson, O'Farrell, Bucktooth, Meyer, Peck, Rodriguez)
Midfield: 12 (Kellogg, Hottle, McCarthy, Hunter, Anderson, McIntee, White, Schell, Hahn, Rawson, Pike, Rayfield)
Face-off: 3 (Mullen, Angelo, Gibbs)
LSM: 3 (Bolognino, Filardi, D'Agostino)
SSDM: 3 (J. Spallina, Ochoa, Kittelberger)
Defense: 6 (Figuerias, Kuczynski, B. Spallina, Scott, Stephens, Ryan)
Goalie: 4 (McCool, Ippoliti, Ferguson, Bartlow)
Total: 38

So it looks like the Orange have about 10 more slots they could offer. I made a fair amount of assumptions here, so these numbers could change, obviously. The midfield breakdown is hard to predict, as I'm guessing one or two incoming freshmen will be moved to SSDM, and I listed Anderson as a middie even though he could very well be an attackman.

It's hard to compare to this year's roster since there were 61 guys listed, but to me, defense and face-off stand out right now. Again, hard to compare to last year, but SU had 20 longsticks for the '24 season. They are on track to have just nine for '26. They only brought in two in the '25 class (Filardi and D'Agostino), which makes getting young guys in the door that much more important.

As Jeremy has pointed out, the face-off position really needs a boost. I counted Gavin Gibbs as one of the seven, and there is no guarantee he'll be back since I am assuming he would use a redshirt. FWIW I also assumed Riley Figuerias, Jimmy McCool, Chuck Kuczyski would use a red-shirt year.

Outside of goalie, I don't think there is a position Syracuse would say no to, especially if the right player came along, so there is some flexibility. But yeah, hopefully the rumored defensive targets set their sights on the hill.

 

[ClvrUsrnm]

Didn’t Kucynski already use a redshirt his freshman year?

 

[JeremyCuse]

Didn’t Kucynski already use a redshirt his freshman year?

Yes, believe he was hurt.

 

[Zack80]

Terps pick up a 2nd St.Anthony's recruit

 

[Powellfan]

Some other recent top 100 commits:

No. 79 Max Bushaw (M, Carroll Senior) to Notre Dame
No. 29 Billy Weller (M, Deerfield) to Michigan
No. 48 Harrison Morris (A, St. Anne's Belfield) to Hopkins
No. 49 Johnny Devir (M, Don Bosco) to Yale

 

[Laxfanshutt]

I believe that McCarthy is the next highest rated fogo left

 

[Powellfan]

I believe that McCarthy is the next highest rated fogo left

It's (Brian) McCaffery (Allentown High School, NJ). He's the last IL Power 100 fogo left (#95 overall) according the IL. Connor Wambach (from Rochester area) is ranked #95 by Ty and is a four star according to IL. Other than McCaffery, he's the last uncommitted "Top 100" player across IL, Prep Lacrosse and NLF.

Still no word on the mystery FOGO who was supposed to commit to an ACC school yesterday.

 

[Laxfanshutt]

 

[Shrmdougluvr]

Lacrosse in that area isn’t much. It’s the leading edge #s that matter.

 

[Whitey23]

It's (Brian) McCaffery (Allentown High School, NJ). He's the last IL Power 100 fogo left (#95 overall) according the IL. Connor Wambach (from Rochester area) is ranked #95 by Ty and is a four star according to IL. Other than McCaffery, he's the last uncommitted "Top 100" player across IL, Prep Lacrosse and NLF.

Still no word on the mystery FOGO who was supposed to commit to an ACC school yesterday.

Is Wambach Abby's nephew? I think she was from Rochester area.

 

[Powellfan]

Is Wambach Abby's nephew? I think she was from Rochester area.

Yes she is.

 

[ClvrUsrnm]

Yes she is.

She went to Mercy High School in Brighton. Grew up and lived in Pittsford. So, fancy Rochester.

 

[ctlax]

Brady Wambach - Men's Lacrosse - University of North Carolina Athletics

Brady Wambach (22) Faceoff - 2024 (Freshman): Appeared in all 14 contests during true freshman campaign in Chapel Hill • Made collegiate and Carolina debut i...

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[Laxfanshutt]

 

[Powellfan]

Hopefully there’s a sleeper in this class. Fogo is one of the more difficult positions to predict, of course.

 

[Powellfan]

 

[4evaOrange]

Niceeee

 

[BomberOrange]

dook.

 

[DMVCuseLax]

Got’em

 

[JeremyCuse]

Got’em

5 star incoming...