Coach's CornerLindenwood

Texas A&M Fightin’ Texas Aggie Lacrosse

2008 Forecast

Coach Hanrahan and I are extremely pleased with the team’s progress this fall and excited about the upcoming season.

At attack returning starters Steven Bouchard, Will James and William Kettler and lettermen Jim Savage are joined by Andrew Bachinskas (Southlake Carroll), Zach Chance (Jesuit).

At midfield returning starters Alex Bouchard, Chris Deeke, Austin Wall, Eric Bouchard, James Mansfield, Allan Kotzot, Jeremy Graves and lettermen Paul Steen, Vik Ambrose, and Max Niemiec are joined by Michael Pappas (Kinkaid), Daniel Curl (Jesuit Prep), Andy Valeraine (Plano Senior High), Derrick Dees (Stratford), and .

Returning defensive midfielders Justin Bolner, Lucas Moss, Nick Scaljon, and Josh Loch are joined by Colton Cuny, Mike Henderson and Caleb Moreland (Spring Hill).

At LSM returning starters Nick Schoenberger and Kyle Kephart are joined by Nathan Bosch (McCallum) and two outstanding freshmen in Will Simmons (Kinkaid) and Cory Hartstein (Plano West).

At defense returning starters Nick Reinsvold, Joey Saladino and Frank Zastoupil, lettermen Chris Atmar and Shane Young, are joined by Thomas Fleps (Southlake Carroll) and Hunter Morvan (Plano Senior High).

At Goalie Jason Jolly returns after a phenomenal freshman season and incoming freshman Steve McNulty (Cedar Park) and Ben Jacobson (Strake Jesuit) provide the Ags with solid goaltending.

Strengths: Depth, defense and team speed.  Veteran leadership at every position along with impact freshman have the Aggies looking to repeat as Lone Star Alliance Champions.

Impact freshman: Will Simmons, Cory Hartstein, Michael Pappas, Daniel Curl, Andy Valeraine and Thomas Fleps.

Out of Conference games: Sonoma State, Lindenwood, Simon Fraser, Illinois, Santa Clara, Chico State and UC-Davis provide the Aggies with solid competition from the WCLL, GRLC, and the PNCLL.

Lone Star Alliance Conference games:  The Aggies look forward to games with SMU, Texas Tech, North Texas, and Baylor from the LSA Div. 1 North.  The LSA Div. 1 South the Aggies will face our usual tough challenges from both Texas State and Texas.

Teams to Watch in the LSA: Texas Tech/SMU.  Look for the Mustangs of SMU and the Texas Tech Red Raiders to be focused after missing the LSA Championships last year.  I anticipate an even tougher LSA Final Four in 2008 with SMU, Texas Tech, Texas State, North Texas and Texas all competing for the Final Four spots along with the Aggies.