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| BALTIMORE, Nov. 27, 2012 – US Lacrosse today announced the U.S. Men's National Team roster for the Sunday, Jan. 27 exhibition against defending NCAA champion Loyola at Champion Challenge, a US Lacrosse event. Scheduled for 1:30 p.m. EST at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., this eighth annual event will be the first in which the Team USA men take on the defending NCAA champion. Team USA also will square off against 2012 NCAA semifinalist Notre Dame on Saturday, Jan. 26, with Jacksonville University also scheduled to participate in the event. The reigning world champion U.S. men's national team, which defeated Canada to win the 2010 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship, will bring 38 players to evaluate prior to tryouts for the 2014 U.S. men's national team, to be held Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2013. At the 2012 Champion Challenge, Team USA defeated the University of Denver 16-15 in overtime. The Team USA roster for the Champion Challenge by position with professional teams, collegiate alma maters, and previous U.S. team experience noted: Attack Billy Bitter, Rochester Rattlers, North Carolina Grant Catalino, Long Island Lizards, Maryland Matt Danowski, Charlotte Hounds, Duke Matt Gibson, Long Island Lizards, Yale Mike Leveille, Rochester Rattlers, Syracuse* Kevin Leveille, Rochester Rattlers, Massachusetts Steele Stanwick, Ohio Machine, Virginia^ Chazz Woodson, Ohio Machine, Brown Midfield Sam Bradman, LXM Pro Tour, Salisbury Steven Brooks, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Syracuse Steven DeNapoli, Rochester Rattlers, Hofstra Benson Erwin, N/A, Johns Hopkins Graham Gill, LXM Pro Tour, Navy Kyle Harrison, LXM Pro Tour, Johns Hopkins# Ben Hunt, Chesapeake Bayhawks, North Carolina Cameron Lao-Gosney, Hamilton Nationals, Lehigh Roman Lao-Gosney, Hamilton Nationals, Lehigh Peet Poillon, Charlotte Hounds, UMBC Paul Rabil, Boston Cannons, Johns Hopkins* Jeremy Sieverts, Denver Outlaws, Maryland Kevin Unterstein, Long Island Lizards, Hofstra Defense CJ Costabile, Long Island Lizards, Duke^ Ryan Flanagan, Charlotte Hounds, North Carolina Kyle Hartzell, Ohio Machine, Salisbury Brian Karalunas, Long Island Lizards, Villanova John Lade, Rochester Rattlers, Syracuse^ Eric Martin, Denver Outlaws, Salisbury* Kevin Ridgway, N/A, Notre Dame Dillon Roy, Denver Outlaws, Denver Brett Schmidt, Charlotte Hounds, Maryland Michael Simon, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Stevenson Chad Wiedmaier, Hamilton Nationals, Princeton Lee Zink, Denver Outlaws, Maryland Goalie Jordan Burke, Boston Cannons, Brown John Galloway, Rochester Rattlers, Syracuse Scott Rodgers, Hamilton Nationals, Notre Dame Faceoff Chris Eck, Boston Cannons, Colgate Alex Smith, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Delaware* * 2010 U.S. men's national team member # 2006 U.S. men's national team member ^ 2008 U.S. men's national under-19 team member "Champion Challenge will be another opportunity for our coaching staff to evaluate the Team USA player pool prior to next year's tryouts, Team USA coach Richie Meade said. "We'll have some familiar faces to the program out there, and we'll also take a look at some new guys. We're looking forward to testing ourselves against what will be a top-notch opponent in Loyola." Throughout the Jan. 25-27 weekend, the U.S. Women's National Team will face Northwestern and Syracuse, the 2012 NCAA champion and runner-up, respectively. Both the U.S. men's and women's national teams will host instructional clinics for youth and high school players in grades 1-12, as well as coaching clinics on Saturday, Jan. 26. The U.S. women's national team roster and ESPN TV schedule will be released later this year. For more information about Champion Challenge, a US Lacrosse event, click here. For more information about the U.S. national teams, visit www.uslacrosse.org/teamusa. |
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