Team USA Roster Announced for Jan. 10 Exhibition vs. Denver
By Lane Errington | @Lane_Errington
Scott McCall
BALTIMORE – US Lacrosse has announced the U.S. Men’s National Team roster for this weekend’s exhibition against 2015 NCAA champion University of Denver at the inaugural Team USA Spring Premiere in Bradenton, Fla. The game is set for 11 a.m. ET Sunday, Jan. 10 at IMG Academy, and will be streamed live on USLacrosse.org.
The 24-player roster includes nine players from the 2014 U.S. men’s national team that earned the silver medal at the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship in Denver, Colo. The exhibition is John Danowski’s first game as head coach of the 2018 U.S. men’s national team, which will go for a record 10th gold medal at the 2018 FIL World Championship in Manchester, England. Team USA’s assistant coaches and support staff were announced in December.
The University of Denver, led by head coach Bill Tierney—who guided Team USA to a gold medal at the 1998 FIL World Championship—won its first NCAA title in May with a 10-5 victory over the University of Maryland.
The Team USA roster by position, with MLL and college teams noted (numerical roster follows below):
Attack
Matt Danowski, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Duke
Marcus Holman, Ohio Machine, North Carolina *
Rob Pannell, New York Lizards, Cornell *
Casey Powell, Florida Launch, Syracuse +#
Jordan Wolf, Rochester Rattlers, Duke
Midfield
Brent Adams, Boston Cannons, Fairfield
Jake Bernhardt, Ohio Machine, Maryland
Ned Crotty, Rochester Rattlers, Duke *^
John Haus, Charlotte Hounds, Maryland
David Lawson, New York Lizards, Duke *
Paul Rabil, New York Lizards, Johns Hopkins *^ (injured and unable to participate)
Tom Schreiber, Ohio Machine, Princeton
Jeremy Sieverts, Denver Outlaws, Maryland
Drew Snider, Denver Outlaws, Maryland
Justin Turri, Atlanta Blaze, Duke
Defense
Tucker Durkin, Florida Launch, Johns Hopkins *
Michael Evans, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Johns Hopkins *
Ryan Flanagan, Charlotte Hounds, North Carolina
Joe Fletcher, New York Lizards, Loyola
Kyle Hartzell, New York Lizards, Salisbury *
Scott Ratliff, Boston Cannons, Loyola
Faceoff
Brendan Fowler, Charlotte Hounds, Duke
Greg Gurenlian, New York Lizards, Penn State *
Goalie
Drew Adams, New York Lizards, Penn State *
John Galloway, Rochester Rattlers, Syracuse
| No. | First | Last | Position | Ht. | Wt. | Current Team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus | Holman * | A | 5’10 | 185 | Ohio Machine | North Carolina |
| 2 | David | Lawson * | M | 6’1 | 200 | New York Lizards | Duke |
| 3 | Rob | Pannell * | A | 5’9 | 195 | New York Lizards | Cornell |
| 4 | Matt | Danowski | A | 6’0 | 200 | Chesapeake Bayhawks | Duke |
| 6 | Jordan | Wolf | A | 5’9 | 170 | Rochester Rattlers | Duke |
| 8 | Brent | Adams | M | 6’1 | 165 | Boston Cannons | Fairfield |
| 10 | Justin | Turri | M | 6’3 | 215 | Atlanta Blaze | Duke |
| 12 | Ned | Crotty *^ | M | 6’2 | 185 | Rochester Rattlers | Duke |
| 13 | Brendan | Fowler | FO | 5’11 | 195 | Charlotte Hounds | Duke |
| 14 | Drew | Adams * | G | 6’2 | 200 | New York Lizards | Penn State |
| 15 | John | Galloway | G | 6′ | 188 | Rochester Rattlers | Syracuse |
| 17 | Joe | Fletcher | D | 6’2 | 185 | New York Lizards | Loyola |
| 20 | Jeremy | Sieverts | M | 6’3 | 205 | Denver Outlaws | Maryland |
| 21 | Scott | Ratliff | D | 6′ | 185 | Boston Cannons | Loyola |
| 22 | Casey | Powell +# | A | 6’1 | 190 | Florida Launch | Syracuse |
| 23 | Drew | Snider | M | 6’0 | 175 | Denver Outlaws | Maryland |
| 24 | Ryan | Flanagan | D | 6’5 | 215 | Charlotte Hounds | North Carolina |
| 26 | Tom | Schreiber | M | 6’0 | 190 | Ohio Machine | Princeton |
| 28 | John | Haus | M | 6’0 | 185 | Charlotte Hounds | Maryland |
| 30 | Jake | Bernhardt | M | 6’0 | 190 | Ohio Machine | Maryland |
| 32 | Greg | Gurenlian * | FO | 6’1 | 225 | New York Lizards | Penn State |
| 33 | Michael | Evans * | D | 6’2 | 205 | Chesapeake Bayhawks | Johns Hopkins |
| 55 | Tucker | Durkin * | D | 6’2 | 210 | Florida Launch | Johns Hopkins |
| 81 | Kyle | Hartzell * | D | 6’2 | 180 | New York Lizards | Salisbury |
* Member of 2014 U.S. men’s national team
^ Member of 2010 U.S. men’s national team
+ Member of 2006 U.S. men’s national team
# Member of 1998 U.S. men’s national team
The Team USA Spring Premiere also includes two U.S. Women’s National Team exhibitions against the University of Florida (3 p.m. ET) and Syracuse University (5 p.m. ET) on Saturday, Jan. 9. Following the U.S. men’s national team game on Sunday, Jan. 10, the U.S. men’s under-19 team will take on Canada’s men’s under-19 team at 1:30 p.m. ET in preparation for the 2016 FIL Under-19 World Championship in Coquitlam, British Columbia. All four games will be streamed live on USLacrosse.org.
The U.S. men’s national team has amassed a 59-4 all-time record in international play, claiming gold at nine World Championships (1967, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010).
The world champion U.S. men’s national team trains and plays using best-in-class products provided by Nike (apparel and footwear), STX (equipment), and Cascade (helmets). Nationwide and Sweat X are official sponsors of Team USA. For more information on the U.S. Men’s National Team, visit uslacrosse.org/teamusa. Follow the team on social media @USLacrosse and use #USAMLAX on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Vine and Snapchat.
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