2013 New York Lizards season

The New York Lizards are a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hempstead, New York, United States, located on Long Island. After the 2012 season the team changed its name from the Long Island Lizards to the New York Lizards. The team will play two of its seven home games in the 2013 season in Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island in New York City. The rest of the home games will be in Hempstead, NY on Long Island.

2013 New York Lizards
LeagueMajor League Lacrosse
General ManagerCasey Hilpert
CoachJim Mule
ArenaJames M. Shuart Stadium
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Current depth chart*

After the first two games of the season, 11 of the 18 players that recorded a statistic in those games were returning players from the 2012 Lizards team.

Name Age 2012 Lizards? College All-American awards in college*/note
ATTACK
Rob Pannel Cornell '12
Steve Mock Cornell '13
Vito DeMola 24 No Dowling '12 '12 (honorable mention)
Matt Gibson 23 Yes Yale '12 '10 (honorable mention), '11 (honorable mention)
Mark Matthews 23 No Denver '12 '11 (2nd team), '12 (2nd team)
Tommy Palasek 23 Yes Syracuse '12
MIDFIELDERS
Jojo Marasco Syracuse '13
Stephen Peyser 28 Yes Johns Hopkins '08 '07 (3rd team), '08 (2nd team); 2010 US nat'l team
Max Seibald Cornell
Justin Smith 30 Yes Salisbury '05 '04 (2nd team), '05 (1st team)
Mike Unterstein 27 No Hofstra '08
Kevin Unterstein 27 No Hofstra '08 '07 (honorable mention)
FACE OFF
Greg Gurenlian 29 Yes Penn State '06
DEFENSE
Matt Bernier 25 No Penn State '11
Dan Cocchi 32 Yes Towson '03 '01 (2nd team), '02 (honorable mention), '03 (honorable mention)
CJ Costabile 23 Yes Duke '12 '09 (honorable mention), '10 (3rd team), '11 (3rd team), '12 (1st team)
Brian Karalunas 24 Yes Villanova '11 '09 (honorable mention), '10 (honorable mention), '11 (1st team)
Jack Reid 29 No UMass '06 '04 (honorable mention), '05 (2nd team), '06 (1st team)
Michael Skudin 24 Yes Hofstra '11 (honorable mention)
Steven Waldeck 25 No Stony Brook '10 '10 (honorable mention)
GOALKEEPER
Drew Adams 27 Yes Penn State '09 '06 (honorable mention), '08 (honorable mention), '09 (honorable mention)

* Tables above include players with statistics in the first two games of the 2013. season[1] All-American awards tabulated by LaxPower[2]

On 2013 roster, no stats

Max Seibald (26 years old, Cornell '09) was on the 2013 Lizards injured reserve roster as of 20 May 2013 and had not appeared in a game in the 2013 season as of that date. Seibald was a four-time All-American (2006–2009), on the 1st team three times and on the 2nd team in his freshman year at Cornell. He was Player of the Year in Division I men's lacrosse in 2009. He played with Rob Pannell in the 2009 college season at Cornell. Cornell made it to the final of the Division I men's lacrosse tournament that year before losing to Syracuse 9-10. He played in 10 games in the 2009 season for Denver in the MLL after playing in the NCAA tournament. His first year with the Lizards was in 2012.[3] Seibald was on the US men's national lacrosse team in 2010.

Recent draftees

January 2012 MLL draft*
Pick # Name College Note
#1 Rob Pannell Cornell In last year of college eligibility at Cornell; playing in NCAA Division I playoffs; Tewaaraton award finalist
#18 Sam Bradman Salisbury Signed with LXM Pro Tour in California; DIII player of year in 2012
#28 Tommy Palasek Syracuse Leading NY Lizards in points after two games in 2013
#36 Kyle Moeller Stony Brook Did not suit up in 2012 season for the NY Lizards; selected by Charlotte in supplemental draft in Dec. 2012
#52 Charlie Streep Bucknell Spent fifth year of eligibility @ UVA in 2013, finished college season, graduated, not on 2013 Lizards roster
#60 Robert Campbell Stony Brook Not on 2013 NY Lizards roster

* Eligible players for January 2012 draft were college players set to maximize college playing eligibility that year as of the time of the draft (January 2012)[4]

Supplemental draft (12/11/12)*
Pick # Name Note
#5 Kevin Ridgway
#21 Andrew Hennessey
#37 Matt Cannone On 2013 NY Lizards roster
#45 Justin Smith On 2013 NY Lizards roster
#53 Parker McKee
#55 Matt Bernier On 2013 NY Lizards roster
#61 Chris Langton
#69 Joey Kemp
#77 Doug Shannahan On 2013 NY Lizards roster
#85 Joe Yevoli
#93 David Hild On 2013 NY Lizards roster

*[5]

January 2013 MLL draft
Pick # Name College Note
#37 JoJo Marasco Syracuse Currently in NCAA Division I playoffs
#47 John Antoniades Hofstra Finished college season, on 2013 NY Lizards roster
#53 Steve Murphy Notre Dame Currently in NCAA Division I playoffs
#56 Mark Mullen Hofstra Finished college season, on 2013 NY Lizards roster
#61 Jeffrey Tundo Stony Brook Finished college season, on 2013 NY Lizards roster

* Eligible players for January 2012 draft were college players set to maximize college playing eligibility that year as of the time of the draft (January 2012)[4]

Schedule
Date Time Away Team Home Team Lizards w/l, score
Sunday, April 283:30 PM ESTBoston Cannons@New York LizardsW, 14-11
Saturday, May 47:00 PM ESTNew York Lizards@Chesapeake BayhawksL, 3-14
Saturday, May 117:00 PM ESTNew York Lizards@Hamilton NationalsL, 11-12
Saturday, May 188:00 PM ESTNew York Lizards@Ohio MachineW, 14-8
Friday, May 317:30 PM ESTCharlotte Hounds@New York Lizards (Hempstead, NY)L, 12-14
Thursday, June 67:00 PM ESTChesapeake Bayhawks@New York Lizards (Icahn Stadium, NYC)L, 8-21
Thursday, June 137:00 PM ESTHamilton Nationals@New York Lizards (Icahn Stadium, NYC)W, 12-10
Saturday, June 227:00 PM ESTNew York Lizards@Boston CannonsL, 12-16
Sunday, June 303:00 PM ESTNew York Lizards@Rochester RattlersL, 10-13
Thursday, July 49:00 PM ESTNew York Lizards@Denver OutlawsL, 7-16
Saturday, July 204:00 PM ESTNew York Lizards@Charlotte Hounds
Saturday, July 277:00 PM ESTRochester Rattlers@New York Lizards (Hempstead, NY)
Sunday, August 43:30 PM ESTDenver Outlaws@New York Lizards (Hempstead, NY)
Saturday, August 107:00 PM ESTOhio Machine@New York Lizards (Hempstead, NY)

Standings
Playoff Seed
Major League Lacrosse
W L PCT GB GF 2ptGF GA 2ptGA
Denver Outlaws 14 0 1.000 - 226 10 136 3
Chesapeake Bayhawks 9 5 .643 5 181 12 149 7
Hamilton Nationals 9 5 .643 5 170 10 168 10
Charlotte Hounds 7 7 .500 7 178 10 179 10
Rochester Rattlers 6 8 .400 8 152 9 171 12
Boston Cannons 5 9 .357 9 178 5 202 15
New York Lizards 4 10 .286 10 144 6 173 7
Ohio Machine 2 12 .143 12 130 3 181 6

References
  1. "New York Lizards - Major League Lacrosse - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  2. "College All-Americans, Men's and Women's Lacrosse". LaxPower. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  3. "Max Seibald - Major League Lacrosse - player page | Pointstreak Sports Technologies". Pointstreak.com. 1987-08-14. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  4. "A Guide to the Upcoming MLL Drafts". Major League Lacrosse. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  5. "2013 Supplemental Draft". Major League Lacrosse. Archived from the original on 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
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