DURHAM – A small group of ex-Blue Devils has been invited to the opening phase of the process of trying out in the United States Men’s Lacrosse National Team to prepare for 2023’s World Lacrosse Men’s Championship.
Duke Head Coach John Danowski In his second year as the head in his second term as the head of the U.S. Men’s National Team working with his staff to pick the nation’s best men’s players to USA Lacrosse headquarters for the week of tryouts between 13-16 June.
It is the Blue Devils invited are JT Giles-Harris, Justin Guterding, Myles Jones, Brad Smith, Michael Sowers, and Cade Van Raaphorst. Six Blue Devils currently are on Premier Lacrosse League rosters. Smith And Sowers are both players with U19 National Team experience for the Men’s and won gold at this year’s U19 FIL World Championship. Guterding Smith along with Sowers will be competing at this year’s World Games Sixes for the United States this fall.
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After the trial, the initial roster of training comprised of 46 athletes will then be selected to take part in team activities during the season.
In 2023, the World Lacrosse Men’s Championship will take place between June 21 and July 1st, 2023 in San Diego on the campuses of San Diego State University and the University of San Diego. More than 30 countries are expected to participate in the event as the U.S. looks to win for the record-setting 11th time since the tournament was first held in the year 1967. Canada remains the one country to win the quadrennial championship, having won in the years 1978, 2006, and 2014. The team has not been a repeat winner since the U.S. won six straight championships from 1982 to 2002.
Here’s the complete list of U.S. team players invited to participate in the first tryout
| Name | Pos | College | Pro Team(s) |
| Dominique Alexander | M | Ohio State ’13 | Archers |
| Trevor Baptiste | FO | Denver ’18 | Atlas/Philadelphia |
| Jesse Bernhardt | D | Maryland ’13 | Chrome |
| Charlie Bertrand | M | Merrimack ’20/Virginia (Gr.) | Redwoods |
| Will Bowen | D | North Carolina ’21/Georgetown (Gr.) | |
| Liam Byrnes | D | Marquette ’16 | Waterdogs/Panther City |
| Jack Concannon | G | Hofstra ’18 | Atlas |
| Jared Conners | LSM | Virginia ’21 | Archers |
| Ryan Conrad | M | Virginia ’19 | Waterdogs |
| Bryan Costabile | M | Notre Dame ’20 | Atlas |
| John Crawley | M | Johns Hopkins ’17 | Atlas |
| Peter Dearth | M | Syracuse ’21 | Atlas |
| Romar Dennis | M | Loyola ’17 | Atlas |
| Matthew Dunn | D | Maryland ’16 | Whip snakes |
| Michael Ehrhardt | LSM | Maryland ’14 | Whip snakes |
| Garrett Epple | D | Notre Dame ’17 | Redwoods |
| Ryder Garnsey | A | Notre Dame ’19 | Redwoods |
| Adam Ghitelman | G | Virginia ’11 | Archers |
| JT Giles-Harris | D | Duke ’21 | Chrome |
| Eddy Glazener | D | Notre Dame ’16 | Redwoods |
| Mark Glicini | M | Yale ’16 | Chaos/San Diego |
| Eli Gobrecht | D | Ithaca ’16 | Waterdogs/San Diego |
| Zach Goodrich | M | Towson ’19 | Cannons |
| Justin Guterding | A | Duke ’18 | Whip snakes |
| Sam Handley | M | Penn ’22 | |
| Colin Heacock | M | Maryland ’17 | Chrome |
| Jules Heningburg | M | Rutgers ’18 | Redwoods |
| Marcus Holman | A | North Carolina ’13 | Archers |
| TD Ierlan | FO | Yale ’20/Denver (Gr.) | Redwoods |
| Myles Jones | M | Duke ’16 | Redwoods |
| Connor Kelly | M | Maryland ’18 | Waterdogs |
| Jack Kelly | G | Brown ’16 | Redwoods |
| Stephen Kelly | FO | North Carolina ’17 | Cannons |
| Jack Kielty | D | Notre Dame ’21 | Cannons |
| Connor Kirst | M | Villanova ’20/Rutgers (Gr.) | Whip snakes/Georgia |
| Danny Logan | M | Denver ’21 | Atlas |
| Brett Makar | D | Maryland ’22 | |
| Will Manny | A | Massachusetts ’13 | Archers |
| Tim Muller | D | Maryland ’17 | Whip snakes |
| Joseph Nardella | FO | Rutgers ’15 | Whip snakes |
| Jack Near | M | Notre Dame ’15 | Redwoods |
| Jarrod Neumann | D | Providence ’17 | Chaos |
| Brendan Nichtern | A | Army ’22 | Chrome |
| Asher Nolting | A | High Point ’22 | Cannons |
| Mac O’Keefe | A | Penn State ’21 | Chaos |
| Rob Pannell | A | Cornell ’13 | Redwoods |
| Brian Phipps | G | Maryland ’10 | Whip snakes |
| Matt Rambo | A | Maryland ’17 | Whip snakes/Philadelphia |
| Ben Randall | D | Ohio State’ 18 | Waterdogs |
| Patrick Resch | M | Dartmouth ’15 | Chaos |
| Michael Rexrode | D | Rutgers ’18 | Atlas |
| Troy Reh | LSM | Albany ’18 | Chaos |
| Payton Rezanka | M | Loyola ’22 | |
| Jacob Richard | M | Marquette ’16 | Atlas |
| Blaze Riorden | G | Albany ’16 | Chaos/Philadelphia |
| Kevin Rogers | M | Lynchburg ’20/High Point (Gr.) | Chrome |
| Jack Rowlett | D | North Carolina ’19 | Chaos |
| Mikie Schlosser | M | Michigan ’17 | Waterdogs |
| Tom Schreiber | M | Princeton ’14 | Archers/Toronto |
| Connor Shellenberger | A | Virginia ’24 | |
| Michael Sisselberger | FO | Lehigh ’22 | |
| Brad Smith | M | Duke ’19 | Whip snakes/Albany |
| Michael Sowers | A | Princeton ’20/Duke (Gr.) | Waterdogs |
| Ryan Terefenko | M | Ohio State ’21 | Chrome/Halifax |
| Tim Troutner | G | High Point ’19 | Redwoods |
| Cade van Raaphorst | D | Duke ’19 | Atlas |
| Logan Wisnauskas | A | Maryland ’22 | Chrome |
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