The SUNY Geneseo men's lacrosse team has been an intercollegiate sport since the 1968. Head coach Jim Lyons is a 1988 graduate of Drew University and has a 113-50 record in 11 seasons. The program was started by John Hoey and has compiled a record of 302-257 in its 44 seasons. In 2011, Geneseo posted a 7-7 record for Lyons. Geneseo went 4-2 in the SUNYAC regular season to earn the number three seed for the conference tournament, where the Knights lost a tough 18-17 decision to #2 Potsdam in the semifinals to snap their string of eight straight SUNYAC title game appearances. An honorable mention All-America and first team All-SUNYAC pick, senior Craig Lange led the Blue Knights with 51 points on 18 goals and 33 assists, finishing his stellar career third in points (212), third in assists (113) and fifth in goals (99) on the Geneseo charts. Junior Brendan Kurpis scored 34 goals with three helpers for 37 points, advancing to #12 on the career chart in goals with 81. Senior Ray Ryan added 30 points on 19 goals on his way to first team All-SUNYAC, senior Bobby King scored 14 goals and eight assists and junior Jeff Watson had 19 points on 13 goals and six assists. Senior Evan Bryant (16) and first year Tim Burgess (10) reached double-digit goals. Second team All-SUNYAC senior Joe May paced the defense with 25 groundballs and a team-high 22 caused turnovers, junior Derek Drance caused 18 turnovers with 30 GBs and senior Joe McCormack scooped 27 groundballs with 12 caused turnovers. First year Ryan Zaremba played 763 of 847 minutes, posting a 7-6 record with a .525 save percentage and a 9.74 goals against average. Lange and sophomore short-stick defensive midfielder John Felix notched SUNYAC All-Tournament honors. Lange, May and Ryan represented Geneseo in the STX Division III North-South Senior All-Star game. | Team Links Statistics Archive |
