Mellen And Curry Tabbed to Tewaaraton Watch List
2/28/2019 8:56:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Sophomore midfielder Brendan Curry and redshirt-junior defender Nick Mellen were 2-of-50 players named to the first Tewaaraton Watch list of the season.
Presented annually to the nation's top-player, an Orange player has won the award three times, which was first presented in 2001. Mike Powell won it in 2002 and 2004, while Mike Leveille captured it in 2008.
Curry leads the Orange in points through three games this season with 10, including six goals and four assists. A Lutherville, Md. native, Curry recorded 17 points with ten goals and seven assists last year, appearing in all 15 games for 'Cuse as a freshman and is already well on pace to shatter those numbers for a season ago.
Mellen is named to the watch list for the second-straight year after missing all of 2017 due to injury. A local product of Syracuse, N.Y., Mellen was named to the All-ACC team in 2018 as a sophomore, leading the team with 22 caused turnovers and recording 31 ground balls.
In the Orange's two wins this season, Mellen has stepped up big defensively. He held Albany's Jakob Patterson, who scored 42 goals in 2018 and has five goals already in 2019, scoreless. Last Sunday, Mellen matched up with Army's Brendan Nichtern, who had scored seven goals in his previous two games, and limited him to just one.
Men's Watch List:
Dox Aitken, Virginia - Jr., Midfield
Grant Ament, Penn State - Jr., Attack
Gerard Arceri, Penn State - Jr., Face Off
Jared Bernhardt, Maryland - Jr., Attack
Charlie Bertrand, Merrimack - Jr., Attack
Tate Boyce, Providence - Sr., Goalie
Daniel Bucaro, Georgetown - Sr., Attack
Adam Charalambides, Rutgers - Redshirt Sophomore, Attack
Craig Chick, Lehigh - Sr., Defense
Bryan Costabile, Notre Dame - Jr., Midfield
Brendan Curry, Syracuse - Soph., Midfield
Chris Fake, Yale - Soph., Defense
Dylan Gaines, Denver - Sr., Defense
JT Giles-Harris, Duke - Jr., Defense
Brendan Gleason, Notre Dame - Sr., Attack
Zach Goodrich, Towson - Sr., Midfield
Phil Goss, Brown - Jr., Goalie
Chris Gray, Boston University - Soph., Attack
Teddy Hatfield, Richmond - Sr., Attack
Alex Heger, Robert Morris - Sr., Goalie
TD Ierlan, Yale - Jr., Face Off
Connor Kirst, Villanova - Soph., Midfield
Michael Kraus, Virginia - Jr., Attack
Tre Leclaire, Ohio State - Jr., Attack
Kyle Marr, Hopkins - Sr., Attack
Simon Mathias, Penn - Sr., Attack
Nick Mellen, Syracuse - Jr., Defense
Jackson Morrill, Yale - Jr., Attack
Kieran Mullins, Rutgers - Jr., Attack
Tehoka Nanticoke, Albany - Soph., Attack
Asher Nolting, High Point - Soph., Attack
Brent Noseworthy, Michigan - Sr., Midfield
Isaac Paparo, Massachusetts-Amherst - Sr., Defense
Ryland Rees, Stony Brook - Sr., Defense
Jack Rowlett, Carolina - Sr., Defense
Brad Smith, Duke - Sr., Midfield
Michael Sowers, Princeton - Jr., Attack
Patrick Spencer, Loyola - Sr., Attack
Jacob Stover, Loyola - Sr., Goalie
Johnny Surdick, Army West Point - Sr., Defense
Jeff Teat, Cornell - Jr., Attack
Ryan Terefenko, Ohio State - Jr., Midfield
Ryan Tierney, Hofstra - Jr., Attack
Jack Tigh, Yale - Sr., Midfield
Greyson Torain, Navy - Sr., Midfield
Tim Troutner Jr., High Point - Sr., Goalie
Max Tuttle, Sacred Heart - Sr., Midfield
Cade Van Raaphorst, Duke - Sr., Defense
Ethan Walker, Denver - Jr., Attack
Alex Woodall, Towson - Sr., Face Off
Players not named to the initial lists have several opportunities to play their way into a spot as the season progresses. Watch list additions, if applicable, will be announced on March 21 and April 4. On April 25, the field will be narrowed to 25 men's and 25 women's nominees. Nominees can be players on the watch lists or players not on the watch lists, effectively allowing for a third round of additions.
Five men's and five women's finalists will be announced on May 9 and invited to the 19th annual Tewaaraton Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on May 30.
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. The selection committees are made up of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation. Watch list additions can be made throughout the season.
Curry and Mellen return to action on Saturday for a showdown with Virginia in the ACC Opener. Faceoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. in the Carrier Dome on ESPNU.
Individual game tickets are available online at Cuse.com/Tickets, by phone (888-DOME-TIX), or at the Carrier Dome Box Office (Gate B).
Presented annually to the nation's top-player, an Orange player has won the award three times, which was first presented in 2001. Mike Powell won it in 2002 and 2004, while Mike Leveille captured it in 2008.
Curry leads the Orange in points through three games this season with 10, including six goals and four assists. A Lutherville, Md. native, Curry recorded 17 points with ten goals and seven assists last year, appearing in all 15 games for 'Cuse as a freshman and is already well on pace to shatter those numbers for a season ago.
Mellen is named to the watch list for the second-straight year after missing all of 2017 due to injury. A local product of Syracuse, N.Y., Mellen was named to the All-ACC team in 2018 as a sophomore, leading the team with 22 caused turnovers and recording 31 ground balls.
In the Orange's two wins this season, Mellen has stepped up big defensively. He held Albany's Jakob Patterson, who scored 42 goals in 2018 and has five goals already in 2019, scoreless. Last Sunday, Mellen matched up with Army's Brendan Nichtern, who had scored seven goals in his previous two games, and limited him to just one.
Men's Watch List:
Dox Aitken, Virginia - Jr., Midfield
Grant Ament, Penn State - Jr., Attack
Gerard Arceri, Penn State - Jr., Face Off
Jared Bernhardt, Maryland - Jr., Attack
Charlie Bertrand, Merrimack - Jr., Attack
Tate Boyce, Providence - Sr., Goalie
Daniel Bucaro, Georgetown - Sr., Attack
Adam Charalambides, Rutgers - Redshirt Sophomore, Attack
Craig Chick, Lehigh - Sr., Defense
Bryan Costabile, Notre Dame - Jr., Midfield
Brendan Curry, Syracuse - Soph., Midfield
Chris Fake, Yale - Soph., Defense
Dylan Gaines, Denver - Sr., Defense
JT Giles-Harris, Duke - Jr., Defense
Brendan Gleason, Notre Dame - Sr., Attack
Zach Goodrich, Towson - Sr., Midfield
Phil Goss, Brown - Jr., Goalie
Chris Gray, Boston University - Soph., Attack
Teddy Hatfield, Richmond - Sr., Attack
Alex Heger, Robert Morris - Sr., Goalie
TD Ierlan, Yale - Jr., Face Off
Connor Kirst, Villanova - Soph., Midfield
Michael Kraus, Virginia - Jr., Attack
Tre Leclaire, Ohio State - Jr., Attack
Kyle Marr, Hopkins - Sr., Attack
Simon Mathias, Penn - Sr., Attack
Nick Mellen, Syracuse - Jr., Defense
Jackson Morrill, Yale - Jr., Attack
Kieran Mullins, Rutgers - Jr., Attack
Tehoka Nanticoke, Albany - Soph., Attack
Asher Nolting, High Point - Soph., Attack
Brent Noseworthy, Michigan - Sr., Midfield
Isaac Paparo, Massachusetts-Amherst - Sr., Defense
Ryland Rees, Stony Brook - Sr., Defense
Jack Rowlett, Carolina - Sr., Defense
Brad Smith, Duke - Sr., Midfield
Michael Sowers, Princeton - Jr., Attack
Patrick Spencer, Loyola - Sr., Attack
Jacob Stover, Loyola - Sr., Goalie
Johnny Surdick, Army West Point - Sr., Defense
Jeff Teat, Cornell - Jr., Attack
Ryan Terefenko, Ohio State - Jr., Midfield
Ryan Tierney, Hofstra - Jr., Attack
Jack Tigh, Yale - Sr., Midfield
Greyson Torain, Navy - Sr., Midfield
Tim Troutner Jr., High Point - Sr., Goalie
Max Tuttle, Sacred Heart - Sr., Midfield
Cade Van Raaphorst, Duke - Sr., Defense
Ethan Walker, Denver - Jr., Attack
Alex Woodall, Towson - Sr., Face Off
Players not named to the initial lists have several opportunities to play their way into a spot as the season progresses. Watch list additions, if applicable, will be announced on March 21 and April 4. On April 25, the field will be narrowed to 25 men's and 25 women's nominees. Nominees can be players on the watch lists or players not on the watch lists, effectively allowing for a third round of additions.
Five men's and five women's finalists will be announced on May 9 and invited to the 19th annual Tewaaraton Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on May 30.
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. The selection committees are made up of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation. Watch list additions can be made throughout the season.
Curry and Mellen return to action on Saturday for a showdown with Virginia in the ACC Opener. Faceoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. in the Carrier Dome on ESPNU.
Individual game tickets are available online at Cuse.com/Tickets, by phone (888-DOME-TIX), or at the Carrier Dome Box Office (Gate B).
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