UAlbany Lacrosse Fall Ball Review

A Danes attack without its second leading returning scorer from 2008, senior attacker Brian Caufield, was led by two new faces. Junior transfer Dave Brock scored three goals in the first half against Hobart. Freshman Joe Resetarits seems poised to pick up where his brother Frank, a first team All-American for the Danes in 2007, left off. Resetarits displayed uncanny quickness and an outstanding ability to create his own shot, as he led the Danes in scoring against Colgate.

Defensively the Danes were led by senior defensemen Mark Kelly, sophomore midfielder Kyle Crotty, sophomore defensemen Mike Banks and most notably senior defensemen Garrett Pedley. Senior goalkeeper Dan McKeon was active around the net all day, but seemed to struggle at times, especially early in the game versus an aggressive Raiders attack. Redshirt freshman Drew DiCioccio saw heavy action in the second half against Hobart, where he started off with four consecutive saves and played a solid all around game.

Sophomore attackman Joe Pompo also saw heavy action in the second halves of both games, and stood out with several big plays on offense and in transition defense. Freshman midfielder Keith Olson was the most effective Dane on face-offs throughout the day. Inside Lacrosse - By Bryan Fitzgerald

Albany went with Resatartis, small, brock on attack....they looked pretty good considering it is the first four weeks they've worked together. Mark Cometti, Alpizar, Pompo on the first line - Good flow on offense, although Pompo was not at the second game. Second line had a lot of young guys mixed in, though I think Crotty did a particularly nice job in transition, Finnegan also appears to have increased his athleticism a little. Luke Cometti had a few nice plays and should figure into the middie rotation. The Defense consisted of a rotation of many players...all who played OK but none tremendous, I think Banks may be feeling the pressure of the Cover Story a little bit. By Laxking

I thought that the day went well for both teams, looking strong as they both should. Albany attack looked good, with strong performances by small, resetarits and brock. 'gate had a slow start in the morning against lemoyne but found their stride in the second game against albany. Thought the defence from both was good, but the offence moved the ball well and found ways to break them down, with a few great plays, one from resetarits and corp just looked unbelievable. By rustygate08

UA looked strong. Still need a FOGO but other than that was pretty good.
Brock will have a lot of points come spring. Joe R and Cory looked good both shooting and feeding. Brocks size come in handy. Hobart just looked small,
Dan looked good in goal the first half and 11 was pretty good the second half. By JimRidd

Although we know Caufield didn't play in either game, there are conflicting reports on Pompo playing or not playing in the second game.