The Elizabethtown College men's lacrosse team will aim to build upon the momentum it created at the end of the 2008 season, when the squad won four of its last five games to finish with a winning 4-3 record in conference play.

Seven starters are back for fourth-year head coach Terry Corcoran from last season's squad, including junior midfielder Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township), a tri-captain who has been named a preseason All-American by Inside Lacrosse.

As a first-year player, Weber led Elizabethtown in scoring with 35 goals and 36 assists in 2007. Despite being hampered by injuries the first half of 2008, Weber still scored 22 goals and added 15 assists for 37 points to rank second on the team.

The attack will be led by three-year starter and senior tri-captain Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone), who led the team with 31 goals and 40 points, and sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) who added four goals and 12 assists for 16 points.

Weber leads a host of veteran returnees in the midfield, as he will be joined by juniors Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan), Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa), Josh Dougherty (Ocean City, MD/Worcester Prep) and Kyle Huckle (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca).

Day led the team with 106 faceoff wins, 79 ground balls and five man-up goals last season while scoring 24 goals. Staulters added eight goals and seven assists while Dougherty chipped in with 13 goals, including three with the man advantage.

Sophomores Shakir Saunders (Bethesda, MD/Cheshire Academy, CT), Brian Schaaf (West Chester, PA/East), Brent Campbell (Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joseph) and Ben Landis (Talmage, PA/Conestoga Valley) all saw action last year.

Freshmen midfielders Derek Neiheiser (Wernersville, PA/Conrad Weiser), Derek Karsten (Ephrata, PA/Cocalico), Andrew Venet (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley), and Dan Patton (Media, PA/Penncrest) will all add depth to the midfield. Transfers Corey Toby (Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon) and Shawn Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Hershey) will also bring more competition to this unit.

On defense, senior Dan Hinder (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) and junior Chris Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) return to the starting lineup. Hinder started all 14 games and collected 26 ground balls, while Day made 13 starts and picked up 60 ground balls to rank second on the team to his brother, Jon.

They will be joined by senior Jeff Long (West Chester, PA/Henderson), junior Nick Andrews (Cockeysville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and sophomore returnees Mike Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield), Roberto Zambrana (Upper Darby, PA/Upper Darby) and Mike McGraw (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven). First-year players Brian Wenger (Kingsville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and Griffin Lewis (Glen Rock, PA/Susquehannock) will also add depth to the defense. 

Junior Phil Robinson (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown West) and sophomore Matt Oberly (Stevens, PA/Cocalico) will play in the defensive midfield as long poles.