CARLISLE, Pa. – Coming off an outstanding 2024 campaign that saw them capture their third consecutive Centennial Conference Tournament title and advance to the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament, Head Coach David Webster and the tenth-ranked Dickinson men's lacrosse team open up their season on Sunday afternoon at home.
Game Information
Opponents – No. 13 Stevens Institute of Technology Ducks
Date – Sunday, February 16th
Time – 1:00 pm
Location – Carlisle, Pa. (Biddle Field)
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Schedule Overview
- The Red and White will take to the field 16 times during the season with seven contests taking place at Biddle Field, while the other nine will take the Devils away from Carlisle.
- Dickinson will once again face a daunting schedule with seven matchups coming against preseason nationally-ranked opponents.
- The Devils will once again make their annual trip to the Mustang Classic hosted by Stevenson University in Ownings Mills, Maryland on March 13th and 14th. DC will battle third-ranked Rochester Institute of Technology at 1:45pm on 3/14, before squaring off with fourth-ranked Washington and Lee University less than 24-hours later at 11:30am.
- The Centennial Conference opener comes on Saturday, March 22nd when the Shoremen of Washington College arrive at Biddle for a 12pm opening faceoff.
- Dickinson's matchups against the other top two teams in the CC, Gettysburg and Swarthmore are slated for Saturday, March 29th versus No. 15 Swarthmore at 1pm (Home) and Wednesday, April 9 at No. 19 Gettysburg (7pm).
- Senior Day for the Red and White comes up on Saturday, April 19th at 3pm when the Haverford College Fords come to town.
Centennial Conference Preseason Poll Position – 1st
Returning All-Conference Performers
Senior Leadership
- The group of Ethan Gess, Jack Murphy, Carter Wilmot, Jacob Strouch, Colin Williams, Evan Karetsos, Jack Schutte, Capp Reynolds, Ben Tompkins, Owen Porter, Jake Moore, Ben Trucksess and Matt Thurston will attempt to guide this current group of Red Devils to their fourth straight conference title and back to the NCAA Tournament.
Key Offensive Stat Returners
Defensive Backbone
- Groundballs: Karetsos (58), Porter (49), Reynolds (41), Ackerman (39)
- Caused Turnovers: Karetsos (30), Ackerman (22), Deady (21), Reynolds (19)
- Faceoffs:Â Trucksess (52-95), Andrew Atkins (3-7), Karetsos (1-1)
From the Mind of Coach Webster
- Thoughts on Schedule
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As always, we try and play a very challenging out of conference schedule to prepare us for highly competitive grind of the Centennial Conference. 6 of our first 7 contests will be against teams that were in the NCAA Tournament last year including two teams ranked in the preseason Top-4. We will learn a lot and have fun competing and growing in the early season.
- What have you seen in the preseason that has you excited about the season?
- With a February 1st start date, we don't have much of a preseason. We had five practices and then a scrimmage and then five more practices leading us into our first game. We have to balance trying to teach a lot and install the various parts of our game with trying to get into game shape and working on fundamentals. We have seen consistent energy and effort and great leadership from our senior class.
- How have your first-years acclimated to the college game so far?
- Our first-years have made a strong start and we attribute that to the arriving last fall in shape and excited to learn. We did a great job recruiting this class as they arrived with a terrific attitude and a growth mindset. We think this is a talented and focused group that has contributed to our strong team culture.
- What is your outlook for the year ahead?
- We have focused on building an elite team culture where we support each other and learn to have fun while competing at the highest level. We don't focus much on expectations we simply attempt each day to live up to and elevate our standards – on and off the field. If we do that consistently, I believe we can be competitive in the Centennial Conference. We have some new players in some much bigger roles than they have played before which will take some time for them to get completely comfortable. We have good depth and a hard-working team and we are excited to start on Sunday.
