Matt Casey #26

2011

May 14 Vs. Long island Lizards 1 assist, 1 point

June 11 Vs. Long Island Lizards 1 ground ball

June 18 @ Rochester Rattlers 2 ground balls

June 25 @ Chesapeake Bayhawks 1 assist, 1 point, 1 groundball

2010: Played in 11 games, scoring 2 goals and notching 2 assists. Added 14 ground balls.  2009: Played in all 12 games for the Cannons....Scored 7 goals and 2 assists....third on the team with 36 ground balls. 2008 (Los Angeles): Appeared in seven games for the Riptide and collected six goals, three assists, one game-winning goal and 17 groundballs…Tallied a career-high three goals against San Francisco on 5/31/08. 2007 (Los Angeles): Played in 10 regular season games and scored seven goals…Picked up 23 groundballs and one penalty minute…Appeared in each of the Riptide’s two postseason games and collected one goal and four groundballs. 

COLLEGE: Earned First Team All-American honors and was named Empire-8 Player of the Year after scoring a team-best 56 points during his senior campaign (2005)…Led the team with 29 assists in 2005…Named to the Division-III North-South Senior All-Star Game in 2005…Two-time Second Team Empire-8 All-Star (2003 and 2004)…Ranked second on the team in assists with 20 as a junior in 2004…Named as a Third Team Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American as a junior in 2004. 

PERSONAL: Works as a Special Education teacher in Syracuse, NY…Enjoys beach volleyball…Favorite beach is South Beach in Miami, FL…Childhood idol was Michael Jordan…Only lacrosse player in his family.