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1 INSIDE BIG GREEN LACROSSE Newsletter for Friends of Dartmouth Men's Lacrosse October 2006 Greetings to Former Players and Current Friends, As the summer months quickly come to a close it is time to once again welcome a new group of freshmen to the Dartmouth family. The Class of 2010 has hit the campus running. A group of self starters, they have already found Manley Weight Room, the new 14,000-square foot Fitness Center and Scully-Fahey Field. Not a day goes by that we do not see the team doing the little things outside on the turf or in the gym. Our sophomores and seniors have taken the 2010 s under their wings as the fall 2006 season has begun. With our junior class off term our sophomore class will take on greater leadership roles within our team. After finishing our first team meeting and strength session it is evident that our men are prepared to continue the climb to the top of the Ivy League. Fall 2006 is highlighted by our Alumni Game Weekend which is in conjunction with Homecoming Weekend October Once again the more experienced alumni will get together on a Saturday afternoon to do it one more time. This highly anticipated re-match is building momentum as we continue to hear rumors of Alumni Team game planning in preparation for this year s event. Our fall meeting with the Men's Lacrosse Friends Advisory Board will also take place this weekend. While we will be discussing progress made within our committees, I would like to ask for everyone s help in establishing our mentoring program and a career day to take place during the season. We have already assigned Big Brothers within our team to mentor our 2010 s. This fall we would like to introduce alumni mentors to them as well. If you have interest in being a mentor please attend the Board Meeting or contact Andy.Towers@Dartmouth.edu. Captains for the season as elected by their peers include Nick Bonacci 07, Wilson Handler 07, and Ryan O Connor 07. The Tri-Captains have their sights set high as they lead the team into this fall season with the challenge of being the hardest working Big Green lacrosse team that has ever donned the Green and White. On the first day of fall term classes newly appointed strength and conditioning coach Dan Nichol began working with the team. We will continue to challenge ourselves each day to be the best team we can be in preparation for spring A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.), Dan Nichol joined the Dartmouth staff in July as the Big Green s new assistant strength and conditioning coach. Nichol will be responsible for the Dartmouth lacrosse team s strength, conditioning and nutrition programs. From January 2005 until his appointment at Dartmouth, Nichol worked as an assistant strength coach/personal trainer at Poliquin Performance Center East in Wilmington, Mass. Prior to that he was head strength and conditioning coach and equipment manager for the University of Tennessee-Martin football program during the 2005 season. Nichol earned his B.S. degree in applied exercise science from Springfield College in From , he was a graduate associate at Springfield while working toward his M.Ed. in strength and conditioning. With Coach Bartolo Governanti accepting his new appointment as the Head Men s Lacrosse Coach at Merrimack College, we have recently hired Coach Patrick Tracy. He comes to Dartmouth after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Goucher College in Towson, MD. While at Goucher, Tracy served as offensive coordinator. Prior to his stint at Goucher, Tracy spent two seasons coaching at the St. Paul s School in Brooklandville, MD. As a player, Tracy began his career at The Ohio State University and then transferred to Goucher College to play his final two seasons. During his senior year he was an All Capital Athletic Conference Attackman. We are excited to have Coach Tracy on board and have warmly welcomed him to the Dartmouth lacrosse family. We are looking forward to seeing you this fall and hope you can attend as many events in as possible starting with our Dartmouth Lacrosse Alumni Weekend. Please be patient with our new web site at as it is under construction. Keep up to date with Big Green lacrosse as we will continue to refresh our web site throughout the year. Sincerely, Bill Wilson Ben Grinnell '05 Adam White '05

2 Class of 2010 Ranked #10 Nationally by Inside Lacrosse Magazine As always it is time to introduce this year s freshman class. They are a geographically diverse group who will help bolster all areas within the Big Green lacrosse team. Connor Anderson (Worthington, Ohio) was a three-year letter winner in lacrosse at Thomas Worthington High School where he earned first team All-Ohio and All MSLA honors, as well as being named best junior on the team in In 2004 Anderson was named best sophomore on the team and was named honorable mention All-MSLA. John Brozena (Lothian, Md.) was named captain of the lacrosse team as a junior and senior. At the Calverton School, Brozena earned four letters in lacrosse and soccer, and led the lacrosse and soccer teams to MILL and MISAL Championships as a senior. He progressed up the awards list earning honorable mention All-League as a sophomore, second team as a junior and first team as a senior. In his senior year he was named first team All-League in soccer. Attackman Josh Gillam (Peterborough, Ont.) was a two-year captain and four year letterwinner in lacrosse at St. Peter s High School. Gillam led the team to the Ontario High School field lacrosse championship as a senior, with a 15-0 record. In 2005 the team won the U19 Turkey Shoot, where he was named Tournament MVP, the U19 Ontario Championship, and the U19 Brogden Cup Championship. Gillam also earned Peterborough Laker Field Lacrosse MVP as a junior. Most recently Gillam helped lead the Jr A Peterborough Lakers to victory in the highly coveted 2006 Minto Cup Championship over the Burnaby Lakers and eventually the Six Nations Arrows. Named a high school All-American as a junior at Kent Denver School, Ian Ferrell (Denver, Colo.) was a four-year letterwinner in football Jamie and Coffin lacrosse, also '06 earning one letter in basketball. In 2003 and 2004, Kent Denver won the Colorado State Championship and made it to the finals in Ferrell was named first team All-State and All-League in 2004 and 2005 and earned first team All-State honors in football his senior season. Andy Gagel (Houston, Texas) captained the lacrosse team at St. John s School as a junior and a senior. He earned four letters in lacrosse, three in football and two in soccer. His lacrosse team won the district championship in 2003, 2004 and Gagel was named All-Southern Prep Conference as a sophomore and All-State in 2004 and Gagel also racked up All-American, All-SPC, District and Team MVP honors as a senior. He also captained his soccer and football teams, and in football was named All-SPC as a senior. A two-time captain of lacrosse at La Costa Canyon High School, Casey Hingtgen (Carlsbad, Calif.) led the team to the SD CIF Championship as a Championships from An All-American and San Diego Section Player of the year in 2005, Hingtgen also earned Westside California Player of the Year. His other honors include first team All-CIF, All-League and LCC Team MVP as a senior. Brad Heritage '06 The lone net-minder of the class, Michael Novosel (Somers, N.Y.) was a two-time member of the Hudson Valley scholastic lacrosse team. Named Captain of Somers High School lacrosse team as a senior, Novosel earned All-Section honorable mention in 2005 and was All-Section and All-League as a junior. He joined the soccer team as a senior, earning All-League and All-Section Honorable Mention as a goalie. Christopher Root (Houston, Texas) was a two-time captain of the lacrosse team at St. John s School. Root also captained the football and soccer squads earning four letters in soccer and lacrosse and two in football. Root was named All-American lacrosse player as a junior as well as earning All-SPC, All-Conference and All-State honors in both lacrosse and football. Benji Spanier-Yearsich (Alexandria, Va.) was a three-year letter winner in lacrosse at Georgetown Prep and also earned a letter in football and basketball. He was a member of two I.A.C. Championships teams, lacrosse in 2005 and football in In 2004 he was name to the Top Star Fabulous Forty All-Star team. The captain of both his lacrosse and soccer teams at Loomis Chaffee School, Ari Sussman (Windsor, Conn.) earned four letters in lacrosse and hockey, and added three more in soccer. His lacrosse team was the Founders League Champion in 2005 with a 14-2 record. Sussman earned the Junior Athlete Award for Loomis Chaffee in 2005 and was named All-State in soccer, and first team All-New England in lacrosse as a junior. A four-year starter on the varsity lacrosse squad at Cold Spring Harbor, Towney Swiggett (Huntington, N.Y.) was named captain his senior year. He earned letters all four years in both lacrosse and soccer. In 2004 Swiggett also was name the Long Island Sound 420 sailing champion. Swiggett helped lead his high school lacrosse team win the 2006 Class C New York State Championship. Defenseman Andrew Pollack (S. Glastonbury, Conn.) earned four letters in lacrosse and was named captain his senior year. Pollack was 3 Time All-Conference, 1st Team All State, All- American as a senior. Pollack also won the Harwell Award for Glastonbury.

3 Dartmouth Lacrosse Weekend October 14, 2006 October 14, 2006 As the summer months quickly come to a close it is time to welcome you to attend our fall Alumni Game! To assure an unbelievable game and experience for everyone spread the word to all of your classmates and friends so this will be the best event it can possibly be! It is time to once again bring together the Dartmouth lacrosse family to don the Dartmouth Green and White and play in our alumni game. We will meet the 2007 Dartmouth lacrosse team and rekindle the stories of the way things used to be. Board Meeting On Saturday, October 14 at 8:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. have breakfast in the McFate Suite (room 116) at the Hanover Inn with the Men's Lacrosse Friends Advisory Board and meet to discuss the progress we have made within our committees and what direction we will move in together. Everyone is encouraged to participate as we bolster the involvement of our Friends and Alumni. Then off to Memorial Field for a 12:30 p.m. kick-off with Dartmouth vs. Holy Cross. Go Big Green! Alumni Lacrosse Game On Saturday, October 14 at 4:00 p.m. at Scully-Fahey Field the alumni team will face the 2007 Dartmouth lacrosse team. 3:00 p.m. we have Scully-Fahey Field for warm-up. Take as much or as little time as you need to warm-up. Bring ALL the equipment you have, we will also have extras on the sideline for your use. We are playing on astro turf so bring your flat bottom sneakers. Pre-game please report to Scully-Fahey Field at which time we will provide game jerseys, extra equipment, etc We will be providing a locker room in Thompson Arena (Team Room D using Smoyer Lounge entrance) for pre-game and postgame needs. No pressure to play. Please come and enjoy the Dartmouth family! Former Assistant Coach Bartolo Governanti becomes Head Coach at Merrimack College Bartolo Governanti, formerly an assistant men s lacrosse coach at Dartmouth College, has been hired as the new head men s lacrosse coach at Merrimack College. Governanti has had collegiate lacrosse coaching experience at five different institutions, most recently Dartmouth College. He has been an assistant with the nationally-ranked Big Green for the last two seasons helping coach offense, and goaltending. Former Volunteer Coach Ryan Curtis becomes Head Coach at Vermont Ryan Curtis, formerly the volunteer assistant with the Big Green in 2006, has been named the Head Men s Lacrosse Coach at the University of Vermont. Curtis helped coach the defense while at Dartmouth, and just represented the United States at the 2006 World Lacrosse Games in Toronto this past summer. Post Game Reception 5:00 p.m. post-game reception will be held in Smoyer Lounge (outside entrance to Smoyer Lounge between Thompson Arena and Boss Tennis Center). Plenty of food and drink will be provided. Hope to see you there to hear who has bragging rights! Alumni Game Photo A beautiful day and a field full former players along with our current players, made for a fun game and a great day. Dartmouth Lacrosse Staff Information Head Coach, Bill Wilson (603) Bill.Wilson@Dartmouth.edu Asst. Coach, Andy Towers (603) Andy.Towers@Dartmouth.edu Asst. Coach, Patrick Tracy (603) Patrick.Tracy@Dartmouth.edu

4 2006 Post Season Honors Review 1. Nick Bonacci 07 Attack - Honorable Mention All-American - Dartmouth Single Season Assist Record of 34 assists in 15 games Nick Bonacci '07 2. Jamie Coffin 06 Attack 3. Brad Heritage '06 Midfield - Academic All-American 4. Ben Lovejoy '06 Defense - 2 nd team All-Ivy 2006 Major League Lacrosse Review 1. Brad Heritage 06 Midfielder - Drafted 33 rd by San Francisco Dragons, traded to Chicago Machine - Scored 4 goals in 3 games for the Machine 2. Jamie Coffin 06 Attack - Drafted 39 th by the Boston Cannons 3. Ryan Danehy 06 Midfield - Drafted 49 th by the Boston Cannons, traded to Chicago Machine - Player in 2 games for the Machine Jamie Coffin '06 4. Ben Grinnell 05 Midfield - Scored 8 goals and had 5 assists in 12 games for the New Jersey Pride 2007 Dartmouth Men's Lacrosse (tentative schedule as of 10/02/06) Day/Date Opponent/Site Time Sat, Feb vs. Siena (Scrimmage) 10:00 AM Sat, Feb vs. Binghamton (Scrimmage)12:00 PM Sat, Feb UMass (scrimmage) 12:00 PM Sat, Feb Duke (ESPNU) 2:00 PM Sun, Feb UNC 12:00 PM Sat, Mar 3 Fairfield 3:30 PM Wed, Mar 3:30 PM Sat, Mar 17 ND 12:00 PM Tues, Mar 20 Vermont 3:00 PM Sat, Mar 24 Brown 1:00 PM Tues, Mar 27 Providence 3:00 PM Fri, Apr 6:00 PM Sat, Apr 14 Cornell 1:00 PM Wed, Apr 3:00 PM Sat, Apr Virginia 1:00 PM Sat, Apr 12:00 PM Tues, May Cross 7:00 PM Sat, May 5 Harvard 6:00 PM Sat, May 12 NCAA First Round Campus Sites Sun, May 13 NCAA First Round Campus Sites Sat, May 19 NCAA Quarters Princeton/US Naval Acad Sun, May 20 NCAA Quarters Princeton/US Naval Acad Sat, May 26 NCAA Semis M&T Bank, Baltimore, MD Mon, May 28 NCAA Finals M&T Bank, Baltimore, MD 5. Andrew Goldstein 05 Goaltender - Played in 2 games for the Long Island Lizards allowing a total of 4 goals Keep up-to-date with Big Green Lacrosse by visiting our website:

5 Game & Highlight DVD's Available The men's lacrosse office hopes that this letter finds you well. This year we are planning to make some of our games available to you on DVD - created by a hired professional and will be top-notch in quality (These games are noted by an asterisk *). All other games will be digitally filmed by a team manager. The cost of filming these games will be expensive, so we have decided to try to offset these expenses by turning it into a fundraiser for our program. Attached you will find an order form for the 2007 Men's Lacrosse season. Please fill out this out, by checking the games that you are interested in, and mail this back to us along with a check for the total amount owed. Please make your check payable to: Dartmouth Men's Lacrosse. Thanks in advance for your participation and ordering your DVD s prior to the 2007 season. We look forward to seeing you sometime this spring! Please detach and return with check Please check the games that you are interested in receiving and total the amount you owe. Game Cost [ ] Dartmouth vs. Duke * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. North Carolina * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Fairfield * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Albany * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Notre Dame * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Vermont * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Brown * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Providence * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Penn $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Cornell * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Yale $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Virginia $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Princeton $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Holy Cross * $15 [ ] Dartmouth vs. Harvard * $15 [ ] Dartmouth 2006 Highlight Film * $25 [ ] Dartmouth 2007 Highlight Film * $25 Please enclose a check for the following amount with your order: Total = $ Name: Address City, State, Zip Please make your check payable to: Dartmouth Men's Lacrosse Please mail your order to: Andrew Towers Men s Lacrosse Office Dartmouth College Athletics 6083 Alumni Gym Hanover, NH