Club Officers 2009-2010

2009 Roster

Brett Amick
Evan Sander
Mac McDonald
Will Tynan
Michael Henneberry
Eric Tiede
Roy Martin
Colin Jenks
Erik Ulberg
Courtney Morris
Wyatt Marshall
Jason Weischendel
Nick Artenstein
Jonathan Aronson
Dirk Dijkstal
Tony Eccles
David Granzotto
Phil Blue
Sam Althauser
Ted Longabaugh
Mickey Einstein
True Overholt
Dylan Gessner
Tsua Matsui
Jerry McIntyre
Chris Gardner

Billy Shapiro

Ji '11 and Roy '10 get ready for the face off.

Will Tynan '11.

Ted Longabaugh '11, Dirk Dijkstal '11, Eric Teide '10, Matt Wollack '10, Mike Henneberry '09, Evan Sander '10, Brett Amick '10, Phil Blue '10 and Adam Karas '10.

Purpose

The Carleton Men's Lacrosse team is a competitive intercollegiate program in the Upper Midwest Lacrosse League, a group featuring a number of MIAC schools. The UMLL is a regional body of the USL-MDIA, a "virtual varsity" league that provides highly competitive intercollegiate play for schools without varsity programs. As such, we play under NCAA Division III rules. The club is open to players of all skill levels, and prides itself on being great fun while staying highly competitive.For more information on the UMLL including team profiles, schedules and rosters, visit http://www.umll.org/

For more information on lacrosse visit http://www.uslacrosse.org/

If you are a prospective student, please follow the link to our Recruitment Form

Team History

The 2007-2008 Season:

The Carleton Men's Lacrosse team enjoyed a year of unprecedented success and growth. In our quest to become a varsity program the team committed itself both on and off the field to take the necessary first steps in this long term process. Progress began this fall as the team met to collectively undertake the process of completing the Varsity Application. A learning process, this undertaking allowed for the team to gain a clear sense of its long term mission and short term goals and the team was very encouraged by the outpouring of administrative support that the proposal received.

With this in mind, the team got to work, on the field, in the weight room, at the chalkboard. Three practices a week throughout the winter, a grueling "early week" (where the team came back a week early from spring break) of two-a-days in March, and four times a week in the Spring, the players put their best effort forward to improve all aspects of our game. Under the leadership of our newly hired coach Daniel Lipkin (Colorado College '06, a midfielder himself), the strides on the field were obvious as both our scoring totals skyrocketed from a year before and with the exception of games against national powerhouses St. John's and St. Thomas, our goals against plummeted. The team finished the year above .500 for the first time in four years and boasted four 20+ scorers for the first time in team history. Next year's team will feature at least three new additions on offense and two on the back line to supplement the contributions of graduating seniors and to continue this on the field success.

Additionally, on the weekend of April 18-20 the team held its first (annual hopefully) Spring Weekend, highlighted by a "Kickoff" dinner to celebrate the team's growth and potential on Friday, April 18th. With over 70 guests (among them parents, alums, varsity coaches, and President and Mrs. Oden) the team announced that it surpassed its goal of raising $15,000 in this first year. This funding came from numerous sources all of whom represent the truly community-wide support for Carleton Lacrosse. This funding helped support new uniforms for the team, new helmets, practice gear, and coaching fees, with plenty remaining towards our future needs. The team also announced the inauguration of the Carleton Men's Lacrosse Alumni Association who will support one large scale project for the team annually in helping the team progress forward. The team was also very pleased to honor Professor Ed Buchwald (emeritus member of the Geology Department) as the first recipient of the "Ed Buchwald Award" which will be given annually to that person or persons who display Professor Buchwald's commitment to the spirit of Carleton Lacrosse; a spirit of hard work, fair play, teamwork, and love of the game.

All this said, the team was also very pleased to enjoy a strong working relationship with the Women's Lacrosse Club as they too progress forward. The future of lacrosse at Carleton is bright, though all are aware that much work remains. To become a varsity program the teams will need to expand their talent levels, on the field efforts, and off the field recruiting, which is greatly aided by Carleton's ability to draw students from throughout the country, unlike any of the schools with whom we compete. To this end, the teams will soon need expanded facilities to accommodate the growing programs, but also the reality of playing an early spring sport in the Minnesota climate. And in this same vein, securing the most knowledgeable and able coaches remains paramount to the success of this learning process, as student leadership efforts, though truly strong, are not the ideal mode through which a varsity-caliber, and then varsity program is to be run. The team will again be applying for Varsity status next fall and understands that although very strong progress has been made, there is still substantial distance yet to travel. This year's seniors (Eric Paul, Sam Lemonick, and Tim Singer) will be succeed by a strong group of rising leaders in Wyatt Marshall '09, Dave Granzotto '09, Roy Martin '10, Colin Jenks '10, and Will Tynan '11.

Thank you to all who assisted so genuinely in helping the team enjoy such a magnificent year of growth and to all who will help as this process moves forward into the future. --Tim Singer '08

"I was at Carleton from 1990-94, during which time we had some pretty solid results. At the time we didn't have the Upper Midwest Lacrosse League, but rather the Minnesota Collegiate Lacrosse League, which may still exist. I don't think we had a league championship in 1991, and I was abroad in 1992, but in 1993 we were knocked out in the semifinals by St. Thomas, and in 1994 we were in fact the Minnesota Collegiate Lacrosse League Champions, after pummeling U of M Duluth in the finals. I was a tournament MVP that year on attack, and the Captain, Dave Cameron, was an MVP for Defense I believe. I think the only teams we lost to that year were The Minneapolis and Twin Cities Lacrosse Clubs, and our record was on the order of 15-4" -- Alex Whittmore, '94

"I played Lacrosse at Carleton from Spring 1986 through Spring 1989, missing 1987 due to study abroad. During my time there, we were captained by Ed Foley and were quite successful, especially in 1989, when we went undefeated, including a thrilling OT win over the Johnnies [St. John's College] when John Carlson scored a spectacular goal to win it. The Minneapolis club team was our biggest rival during this time - most of the other teams we played were populated with hockey players just learning how to handle a lacrosse stick. Led by our fearless captain, team leaders included David Butzel, Ed Ford, Titus Song, Wes Lofgren and Chris Tapper. Keith Burke thought he was one of our best players, and we let him think that. As for myself, I was a 3rd line middie whose first exposure to the game came at Carleton. I continued my lacrosse career as a coach for several East Coast prep schools." -- Paul Grossi, '89