BEARS LAX TRAX FAX 01292023

BLTF weekly reports onall of the Bears who are playing lacrosse (LAX) at the next level. Keeping track (trax) of the 14 Div.I players is a lot of work. Having done the research for the first few editions, it is a time consuming commitment- finding the players, searching their play–Goals, assists, shots, GBs, CTOs, saves– with the more sophisticated Div. I sites. Adding Div. III is even more challenging. FOR THOSE REASONS, A BIG BEAR THANKS TO JOHN!!!

By John Nichols

at the wedding of hIs son, TylerL’10

The 2023 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse season will kick off on Saturday February 4 and Bears Lax Trax Fax will be covering four games that weekend including back-to-back matches for Navy on Saturday and Sunday. In Division I play, we are following these teams for the 2023 season:

Dartmouth—Brendan and Brett Gallagher, Cameron Brown* Denver—Ryan Giles Harvard—Joey Graham Hobart—Jackson Galiani* Maryland-John Geppert (preseason Honorable Mention All American) Michigan—Graham Hertzberg, Hunter Taylor* Navy—JT Thomas and Preston Luger* Ohio State—Cullen Brown* Penn—Stephen Bou Yale—Jake Cohen (* indicates first year player)

First games: Denver (Ryan Giles) vs. Utah Maryland (john Geppert) vs. Richmond Navy (JT Thomas, Preston Luger) vs. Mount Saint Mary’s Ohio State (Cullen Brown) vs. Air Force Navy (JT Thomas, Preston Luger) vs. Queens University

All in, our coverage will include 113 regular season games, including 13 Bears vs. Bears matchups, plus all the conference tournaments and the NCAA tournament. Division III rosters are not set yet and that schedule doesn’t get going for another month. More on D-III in futures editions.