# Merrimack Warriors lacrosse

The Merrimack College Warriors men's lacrosse team represents Merrimack College of North Andover, Massachusetts in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college lacrosse. They started out as a Division II program. Where they won back to back DII national championships in 2018 and 2019 and were runners up in 2017. In 2020 they moved to Division I and joined the Northeast Conference. In 2024 they joined the Metro athletic conference. They are led by 1st year head coach Mike Sciamanna.

## History

The merrimack lacrosses program started in 1984. Their first head coach was Bob Quine Jr. he led the warriors to a 10-4 record in their first season. The warriors joined Northeast 10 conference in 1994. Led by head coach Frank Aloi the warriors would make back to back NE10 championships in 1998 and 1999 but would lose both. After losing to Pace 13–9 in the 1999 NE10 championship. The warriors would end the season by defeating West Chester 9–8 in the ECAC championship. This was the first championship in program history for the warriors and they would end the year 14–3 overall. They would carry this momentum into the next season. The 2000 season would end up being a historic year for the program. The warriors would win their first NE10 tournament championship. Beating Le Moyne 12–7 in the championship game. On top of this the warriors would repeat as ECAC champions beating Molly university 17-5 for the championship. Coach Frank Aloi would leave after the 2000 season. The warriors would have 3 different head coach from 2001-2007. But in 2008 the warriors hired former alumni Mike Morgan as their new head coach. Coach Morgan led the warriors a winning season every year from 2008 all the way to 2019. In this time the warriors made their first trip to the NCAA division II tournament in 2009 and their second NE10 tournament title in 2010 with a dominant 12–1 overall Le Moyne. During the mid and late 2010s still under the helm of Morgan the Warriors seen great success. Adding another NE10 title in 2018 and two regular season titles in 2013 and 2019. They made it to the NCAA tournament 5 years in a row from 2015 to 2019. The warriors made it all the to the national championship 3 years in a row from 2017 to 2019. They lost there first time falling to Limestone 9–11 in 2017. In 2018 they had a program record 18 wins and won their first ever national championship beating Saint Leo in dominating fashion 23–6. The following year they went 17–3 overall and beat Limestone 16–8 to win back to back national championships. In 2020 Merrimack joined the NEC and moved up to Division I. In only their 4 game as a DI program the warriors made a statement by beating the Michigan Wolverines for their first ever Division I victory. After two years in the NEC the warriors temporarily joined the American east conference. They spent two seasons in the conference and made the conference tournament in 2024. But before the playoff game Mike Morgan resigned as head coach after one of his players made a racist comment during the U Albany game two weeks prior. The assistant coaches coached the playoff game but they ultimately lost to Albany in the first round. In 2024 it was announced that the warriors would join the Metro Athletic Conference and would also hire Mike Sciamanna as their new head coach.

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position coached |
| Mike Sciamanna | Head Coach |
| Chris Diantgikis | Assistant coach |
| Christian Thomas | Assistant coach |
| Steve Moreland | Assistant coach |
| Trevor Gilligan | Men's Lacrosse Manager |
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## Player and coaches awards
### USILA Division II Coach of the Year

* Mike Morgan (2017)

### NE10 Player of the year

* Ed DeBruyn (1994)
* Greg Rogowski (2007, 2009)
* Greg Melaugh (2012)
* Corey Lunney (2013)
* Tim Towler (2017)
* Charlie Bertrand (2019)

### NE10 Rookie of the year

* Greg Rogowski (2006)
* Corey Lunney (2010)
* Charlie Bertrand (2017)
* Sean Black (2018)

### NE10 Defensive player of the year

* David Eaton (2000)
* Brandon Waiter (2013)
* Scott Corcoran (2016)
* James Bassett (2017)

### NE10 Goalkeeper of the year

* Connor Reagan (2013)

### NE10 Coach of the year

* Frank Aloi (1998)
* Ryan Polley (2004)
* Mike Morgan (2008)

### D2 All Americans

* David Eaton (2000)
* Jamie Stefanini (2000)
* Mark Ivany (2000)
* Mike Morgan (2000)
* Nelson Anderson (2000)
* Ryan Polley (2000)
* Greg Rogowski (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
* Nolan Godfrey (2007
* Cory Spinale (2008, 2010)
* Pete Schielke (2012)
* Corey Lunney (2012, 2013)
* Greg Melaugh (2012, 2013)
* Connor Reagan (2013)
* Brandon Waiter (2013, 2014)
* Jimmy Holland (2014)
* Mike Perdie (2014)
* Tim Towler (2014, 2015, 2017)
* Dom Madonna (2015)
* Tucker Schwarz (2015)
* Max Allen (2015, 2016)
* Scott Corcoran (2015, 2016)
* Tom McLaughlin (2015, 2016)
* Brennen Morin (2016, 2017)
* Jack Trask (2016, 2018)
* Ryan Poirier (2016)
* James Bassett (2017, 2018)
* Charlie Bertrand (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
* Blake Boudreau (2017, 2018)
* Blake Boudreau (2017, 2018)
* Sean Black (2018, 2019)
* Michael O'Connell (2019)
* Christian Thomas (2019)

## Head coaches

| Coach | Tenure | Record | Regular season champions | Conference champions | NCAA appearances | National Championships |
| Bob Quine Jr. | 1983-1985 | 10-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Hawley | 1985-1986 | 3-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Murphy | 1986-1995 | 115-129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Aloi | 1995-2000 | 49-24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Read | 2000-2003 | 18-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Polley | 2003-2006 | 28-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bartolo Governant | 2006-2007 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Morgan | 2008-2024 | 188-72 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Mike Sciamanna | 2025-present | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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