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 This past Summer was another grueling test of fitness and determination for our players.

We had our usual contingent of Long Island players, plus players from Texas, Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Westchester County, the Ivy Preps in NYC and Connecticut on our rosters.

We did a total of 7 tournaments , all well attended by the College coaching community. The recruiting lanscape continues to change at a rapid pace. With more individual show case events being introduced , many players were playing virtually every week end from late June to the end of August.

We continue to choose our tournament schedule based on perceived benefits to our players.We added two new tournaments this past Summer which were all they promised to be.

*The Baltimore Shoot Out, run by former assistant Dartmouth coach John Torpe ,was packed with College coaches and was well run with great facilities. The  side lines at the All Star game was jammed with College coaches .

*The Good to Great venue at Amhest College, was run by the dynamic new Amherst coach , John Thompson. We were the only cub to attend as a team. This decision was a direct result of our focus on maximizing our player`s exposure to the NESCAC conference schools. The All Star game here as well, had a side line packed with College coaches.

 As a result of the accelerated recruiting time line in Division 1, many of the D3 schools are now moving up their respective commit time lines.The IVIES which have historically held to a drawn out time line, also now seem to be seeking verbals at a much earlier date. Coaches in both divisions now can choose from  a wealth of excelent students entering the recruiting pool. All the more reason to focus on maximizing exposure to the elite D3 academic institutions .

As always, this whole process is about using Lacrosse to get a better education.

I suspect that with each new season, accomplishing this will be a greater challenge for even the best of students who happen to be excellent Lacrose players.

 The Summer of 2010 was the best in the history of the STING  program! We had great success even though we lost key players like Ryan Walsh, Mike Collins, Briggs Barton and Mat McReddie to their respective Empire squads.

Our team was a great mix of players from all over the map, including Texas, Minnesota, Florida, N.J. , Ct, Pennsylvania and or course L.I.

 Our defense was one of the best on the circuit. We saw spectacular play from a rising super star Sam Finney from Texas , who is now being recruited by the vast majority of the upper tier D1 schools . Ryan Rieley, Jeb Waters and Ryan Lawler anchored this great group that played as a phenomenal unit under the coaching of Eric Dunn

Coach Scott Rodgers turned our goalies into one of the best group of stoppers on the circuit. Riley Cahill, Tyler Will and Will Beurlein were nothing short of spectacular in the cage!!

Our offense was led by Alex Ryan, Charlie Zuckereman, Taylor Paul, Joe Kearney, J.B Bakst, Craig Kiernan, John Zullo, Johnathan Thomas and Mark Glicini. Our fogo, Andrew Newhouse was a key part of our success. 

•  We started off by going undefeated at ELITE 180 in front of the coaches from the NESCAC schools.
• We then headed down to Baltimore, where we played in the TOP 16 tournament, which was filmed by NFL productions.   We went 6-0 in the preliminaries, resulting in the top seed in our division.We eventually defeated EMASS 11-3 in the Championship game in the 103 degree heat!!! 

• Next stop was  TRI STATE where we went 6-0, before losing in the semi finals to TRI STATE BLACK by a score of   3-1. 
• The team then headed to the YALE BULLDOG TOURNAMENT where we went undefeated, allowing only 7 goals to be scored against us in 6 games!!!!
• On next to the prestigous BRINE SHOOTOUT, considered by many to be the premier recruiting venue on the circuit. This tournament boasts well over 100 college coaches in attendance. We came in as the 4th seed, after going 7-1 in the preliminary rounds . We scored a huge win in the play offs, defeating nationally ranked Boys Latin in a tough hard fought game. We eventually lost in the semis to Calvert Hall in sudden death over time. Calvert Hall  went on to defeat  The Clams to win the title.
• Our last stop on this grueling circuit was HOTBEDS at U. Delaware. HOTBEDS is a 4 day marathon of lacrosse with 64 teams in total vying for the championship. Our record in the preliminaries was 9-1, with a key win over nationally ranked West Islip. We steam rolled through the competition into  play off rounds, defeating teams from Minnesota, Massachusetts and Carolina. We  then went on to win the championship by defeating a tough hard nosed Ward Melville team.