Plymouth Whitemarsh Boys Lacrosse Preview

PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH BOYS LACROSSE PREVIEW

Coach:  Phil Chang, 9th year

Assistant coaches:  Bryan Gregg (8th year), Paul Marro (9th year), Leo Kelly (2nd year), Tom Pierantozzi (7th year), Ryan Zehren (3rd year)

Last year’s record: 14-4 overall, 12-0 in the Suburban One American Conference, League Champions, Lost in the first round of the District Playoffs to Pennsbury

Notable losses:  Colin Joka (starting at Attack for Marist College), Gryphin Kelly (FOGO at Hobart), Andrew Cox (DeSales), Craig Lowery

Key returners:
Andrew Sabia (Senior/Goalie – committed to Ursinus), Nick Swift (Senior/Attack – committed to Scranton), Dylan Wixted (Senior/Attack) Corey Kelly (Junior/Midfield), John Walker (Junior/Midfield), Kevin Hennessy (Senior/Midfield), John Fritz (Senior/Midfield), Tyler Haney (Senior/Defense), Mike Martina (Senior/Defense), Drew Zucker (Senior/Defense), Brian Brown (Senior/LSM), Steve McKee (Senior/LSM)

Others to watch:
Brandon White (Junior/Attack), Christian Callahan (Senior/Midfield), Joe Harte (Senior/Midfield), Jake Brown (Sophomore/Attack)

Strengths/Question Marks:
The strength of our team is our defense. We return our goalie, our close defense and both of our long stick middies. We are experienced and have depth defensively.  We graduated a lot of our offense in Joka, Kelly, Lowery, and Cox.  We will need to establish scorers for this year’s team. 

Outlook:  We have a very senior heavy team this year. We rely on those seniors everyday to help us improve and get focused on our goals. Our number one goal is to get better every day and be playing our best lacrosse in May.  We hope to challenge for the league title and qualify for the district playoffs. 

GAMES TO WATCH: 
PW vs. Pennsbury (3/23)
PW vs. Wissahickon(3/27, 5/7)
PW vs. Upper Dublin (4/3, 4/27)
PW vs. Upper Merion (4/16, 5/4)
PW vs. Hatboro Horsham (5/10)

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