Overview
Stockton Men's Lacrosse went 12-6 overall, winning at least 12 games for the eighth consecutive full season under head coach
Kevin Zulauf (excluding 2020-21 COVID years). The Ospreys went 3-2 in the inaugural season of the Coastal Lacrosse Conference to finish third behind a pair of NCAA Final Four teams. The campaign featured a pair of three-game winning streaks in March.
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Zulauf (152 wins) became the program's winningest coach, surpassing his mentor Dick Rizk (140 wins). Stockton led the CLC in shots (52.17/game), shots on goal (32.33/game) and penalty killing percentage (.781) while also finishing second in assists (8.78/game). Among 240 NCAA Division III teams, the Ospreys ranked 22nd in penalty killing and 26th in scoring (15.78 goals/game).
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Awards
Luc Swedlund: USILA All-America Honorable Mention, CLC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, CLC First Team, All-ECAC Team, CLC Offensive Player of the Week 3/27/23, CSC Academic All-District, Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Honorable Mention
Dante Poli: CLC Second Team, CLC Offensive Player of the Week 2/27/23, CSC Academic All-District, USILA Preseason All-America Second Team, USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-America Third Team, Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Fourth Team
Reegan Capozzoli: CLC Second Team, CSC Academic All-District
Ryan Anderson: CLC Second Team
Brenden McSorley: CLC Second Team
Tyler Horvath: CLC Defensive Player of the Week 3/13/23, USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-America Honorable Mention
Brendan Scanlon: USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-America Honorable Mention
Hayden Smallwood: CSC Academic All-District
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Team Leaders
Goals:
Luc Swedlund, 75
Assists:
Dante Poli, 36
Points:
Luc Swedlund, 88
Ground Balls:
Tyler Horvath, 190
Caused Turnovers:
Brendan Scanlon, 22
Faceoff Wins:
Tyler Horvath, 335
Saves:
Colin Bernstein, 187
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Highlights
- Luc Swedlund became Stockton's first four-time USILA All-America Honorable Mention player. Swedlund led the CLC and finished fifth in Division III in goals per game (4.17). He also ranked fourth in the league in points per game (4.89) while leading Stockton in goals (75) and points (88).
- Swedlund finished his career third in Division III history in goals (354), sixth in points (427) and tied for ninth in goals per game (3.93). He exited as the program's career leader in goals and points after 90 games in a Stockton uniform.
- Dante Poli was third in the CLC in points per game (4.94) and fifth in assists per game (2.12) and goals per game (2.82). Poli led the Ospreys in assists (36) and was second to Swedlund in goals (48) and points (84). He ended his career 16th in Division III history in points (362) as well as Stockton's career leader in assists (160) and second in goals (202) and points.
- Reegan Capozzoli tallied 38 goals plus 15 assists for 53 points, finishing third on the team in all three categories. The junior, who has 97 goals for his career, scooped 27 ground balls and caused 10 turnovers this year.
- Ryan Anderson, who had a breakout senior season, ranked eighth in the CLC with a 1.83 assist per game average and was second on the team behind Poli with 33 assists. Anderson played all 18 games and added 12 goals for 45 points.
- Tyler Horvath broke the school records for ground balls in a season (190) and career (391). The face-off specialist led the CLC and finished eighth in the nation in ground balls (10.56/game). Horvath also topped the league in faceoffs won (335).
- Brendan Scanlon led the team and finished ninth in the CLC in caused turnovers (22; 1.22/game). Scanlon also was second on the team in ground balls with 51. Brenden McSorley caused 19 turnovers, second on the team behind Scanlon, and scooped 42 ground balls.
- Matt Gibson and Jared Long were key contributors on defense. Gibson totaled 16 caused turnovers and 36 ground balls while Long added 13 ground balls and seven caused turnovers.
- In net, Colin Bernstein ranked second in the CLC with an 11.69 saves per game average to go with 187 saves and a .471 save percentage in 882 minutes. Bernstein reached double figures in saves 11 times, highlighted by a career-high 20 stops against Maritime on 3/4/23.
- Hayden Smallwood (23 G, 5 A, 28 P), Sean Haddock (16 G, 6 A, 22 P), Brendan McHale (11 G, 7 A, 18 P) and Colin Hopkins (14 G, 2 A, 16 P) all reached double figures in goals while Robbie O'Brien (8 G, 11 A, 19 P) hit double digits in assists. Noam Levy-Smith filled the stat sheet with nine goals, eight assists, 35 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers.
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