2000s

2000

In the year 2000, Mizzou begins its second year as an associate team having lost no players to graduation and drawing an exceptional recruiting class.  The team had an outstanding year going 13-7, losing to Indiana in the CCLA playoffs. This year’s Captains were Jason Miltenberger and Matt Larson.  One of the major highlights of the year was the spring break trip to Florida.  The spring trip was exciting and exhausting. On the first night of the trip we stopped in St. Louis and played Washington University, we then drove all night and played Kentucky.  We then drove to Tennessee, spent the night and played Tennessee the next day. We then drove through to Orlando where we played Florida. We toured Disney and some took a brief trip to Daytona to see all the beach babes! (Stories to come).

Wash. Univ. (No pics), Kentucky, Tennessee, and Florida.

2000 Schedule & Record

Opponent Year Date W/L US THEM Postseason
Kansas State 2000 2/19 W 16 3
Tulsa 2000 2/19 W 19 0
Oklahoma State 2000 2/20 W 19 2
Missouri-Rolla 2000 2/26 W 24 0
Truman State 2000 2/26 W 25 4
Kentucky 2000 3/4 W 25 1
Missouri-Rolla 2000 3/4 W 16 0
Kansas State 2000 3/18 W 21 1
Michigan 2000 3/19 L 4 20
Washington-St. Louis 2000 3/24 L 10 OT 11 OT
Kentucky 2000 3/25 W 19 3
Southern Illinois 2000 3/25 W 1 0
Tennessee 2000 3/26 L 9 11
Central Florida 2000 3/28 W 1 0
Florida 2000 3/29 L 9 10
Illinois 2000 4/8 L 6 12
Iowa 2000 4/9 W 1 0
Marquette 2000 4/15 L 9 OT 10 OT
Wabash 2000 4/16 W 19 8
Indiana 2000 4/28 L 5 20 CCLA Playoffs
Captains: Jason Miltenberger, Matt Larson
2000 13-6 Regular Season 236 116 13-7  Overall

2000 Team-Florida

2000 Team in Florida (Disney World)

Back row:Coach Hawkins, Pete Stirling,  Treton Bilsland, Loren McDonald,Chad Kaufman, Joel Henning, Louis Epstein, Jared Diamond, Eli Gay, Ryan Coady, Tres Harriman, Matt Lane, Coach Hedrick.  Middle Row: Bill Conroy, Andy Gulata, Pete O’Neill, Chuck Ohms, Matt Larson, Jason Miltenberger, John McCool, Steve Gay. Bottom row:Cory McCarter, Reno Cova, Brian Schuh, Greg Roberts, Jamie Mullen, Kevin Corcoran, Steve Thompson.

2001

I have a lot of pictures to scan from this time period but I remember one memorable game in which we played Wash U at the ARC field.  It was raining and the water was actually running (moving in streams on the field).  The mud was so deep that Joel Henning got his foot stuck in the mud and severely sprained his ankle!  Some of the pictures from this game are below:

In 2001 Jason Miltenberger and Jamie Mullen were the team captains.  It was a pretty good year with a thrilling game against Illinois in the CCLA Playoffs.  We lost  8-7  in double overtime!

2001 Team Record

Opponent Year Date W/L US THEM Postseason
Minnesota 2001 2/17 W 14 4
Oakland 2001 2/18 W 12 7
Washington-St. Louis 2001 2/24 L 11 12
Truman State 2001 2/25 W 13 4
Indiana 2001 3/2 L 6 8
Michigan State 2001 3/4 L 6 7
Nebraska 2001 3/10 W 1 0
Kansas State 2001 3/11 W 18 0
Tulane 2001 3/17 W 22 6
Rice 2001 3/17 W 14 1
Baylor 2001 3/18 L 8 14
St. Louis University 2001 3/23 W 1 0
Illinois 2001 4/8 W 13 12
Marquette 2001 4/20 L 8 11
Purdue 2001 4/21 L 8 12
Missouri-Rolla 2001 4/22 W 13 0
Illinois 2001 4/27 L 7 2OT 8 2OT CCLA Playoffs
Captains: Jason Miltenberger, Jamie Mullen
2001 10-6 Regular Season 175 106 10-7 Overall

2002

In 2002 Jamie Mullen and Brian Schuh were team Captains.  The team had a 10-4 season record but lost in the CCLA playoffs to Washington University.  I haven’t found a lot of pictures for that season yet but realized that that was a year in which the team had a prom party and it was the first year for players to enter the Show-Me State Games with a team called the “Thundercats.”  It was made up of mostly Mizzou players with a couple of friends from other colleges playing as well.  Some photos are posted below:

First Year for the “Thundercats”!!

2002 Record

Opponent Year Date W/L US THEM Postseason Captains
Minnesota 2002 2/16 W 14 8
Iowa State 2002 2/17 W 18 4
Washington-St. Louis 2002 2/23 L 9 10
Truman State 2002 2/24 W 19 10
Kansas 2002 3/1 W 18 8
Tennessee 2002 3/9 W 12 6
Auburn 2002 3/10 L 6 15
Illinois 2002 3/16 W 10 9
Iowa 2002 4/6 W 16 5
Purdue 2002 4/7 W 1 0
Marquette 2002 4/13 W 20 2
Western Michigan 2002 4/14 W 20 9
Michigan 2002 4/20 L 1 20
Oakland 2002 4/21 L 15 18
Washington-St. Louis 2002 4/26 L 7 13 CCLA Playoffs Brian Schuh
Jamie Mullen
2002 10-4 Regular Season 186 129 10-5 Overall

2003

This was another good year for the Tigers. The two captains for Mizzou were Cole Dimond and Joel Henning. Both became All-Americans!  The team went 10-3 during the regular season but once again could not get over the hump and lost to Illinois 9-7  in the GRLC playoffs. A couple major highlights to the year were the trip to Arizona and another great alumni game & after-party!

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2003 brochure

The Alumni showed up in full force for the pre-game football tailgate, annual game and after-party at Harpo’s!

2003 Schedule

 

Opponent Year Date W/L US THEM Postseason Captains
Minnesota-Duluth 2003 2/7 L 9 12
Minnesota 2003 2/8 L 11 13
Lindenwood 2003 2/22 W 14 4
Truman State 2003 2/23 W 20 5
Illinois State 2003 3/1 W 13 5
Northern Illinois 2003 3/2 W 23 2
Northern Arizona 2003 3/7 W 18 2
Arizona State 2003 3/8 W 17 10
Utah State 2003 3/9 W 11 6
Illinois 2003 3/15 W 6 5
Iowa 2003 4/4 W 13 3
Washington-St. Louis 2003 4/11 L 5 10
St. Louis University 2003 4/13 W 15 6
Illinois 2003 4/26 L 7 9 GRLC Playoffs Joel Henning,
Cole Dimond
2003 10-3 Regular Season 182 92 10-4 Overall

2004 

When people talk about the Mizzou Lacrosse program 2004 will always be a season to be remembered.  The team went 16-1 in the regular season and then went on to beat Illinois 9-5 in the GRLC Finals moving the team into the National Championships. Although we lost to Sonoma State in the first round the team was loaded with talent and played their hearts out.  This was one of those teams that had a special chemistry and was really fun to watch.  The roster below provides the names of those who played on this special team.

#   Name          Pos   Year     Hometown     High school

25  Andy Milsark  G      Soph    St. Louis, MO  DeSmet Jesuit

0    Nate Stein     G      Fresh   St. Louis, MO  Vianney Marianist

6    Irfan Ali         G      Senior  St. Louis, MO  Parkway South

5    Paul Cullmann D     Junior   St. Louis, MO  Vianney Marianist

30  Matt Schaller D     Fresh   St. Louis, MO   DeSmet Jesuit

29  Matt Hibler    D      Fresh   Brookfield, CT  Brookfield

34  Rob Comire   D      Fresh    St. Louis, MO   DeSmet Jesuit

77  Joe Eickhorst  D    Soph     St. Louis, MO   Parkway Central

31  Matt Hogan   LSM   Fresh   St. Louis, MO   DeSmet Jesuit

9    Mark Kern      LSM   Fresh   St. Louis, MO  Culver Military (IN)

21  Chris Krajacic  DM  Senior  St. Louis, MO  Vianney Marianist

14  Scott Krajacic  DM  Fresh  St. Louis, MO   Vianney Marianist

45  Dan McGraw  DM     Fresh   St. Louis, MO   Kirkwood

35  Eric  Berrong  DM    Junior  St. Louis, MO  Parkway West

17  Cole Dimond  Mid     Senior  Kansas City   Rockhurst Jesuit

24  Jeff Devero  Mid     Fresh   St. Louis, MO  DeSmet Jesuit

16  David Wolf    Mid     Junior   St. Louis, MO  Parkway West

12  Chris Wolf    Mid     Soph     St. Louis, MO   Parkway West

4   Tom Mueth   Mid      Soph     St. Louis, MO   CBC

28  Tim Cahill     Mid     Junior    St. Louis, MO   Parkway West

7   Mark Wright   Mid    Fresh    St. Louis, MO   Webster Groves

8   Greg Witte    Mid    Fresh     St. Louis, MO   Hazelwood  Cent

36  Rob Schrader  Mid  Fresh    St. Louis, MO   SLUH

44  John Ritchell   Mid   Fresh   Chicago, IL       New Trier

19  Bill  Hupp     Mid     Fresh    Chicago, IL      Glenbard  West

22  Mike Brauss   Att   Senior   St. Louis, MO   Parkway Central

11  Tom McKittrick Att  Fresh  St. Louis, MO   DeSmet Jesuit

26  Brad Brown   Att   Fresh     Columbia, MO   Columbia-Hickman

13  Mike Nahlik   Att     Fresh   St. Louis, MO    Vianney Marianist

Injured –  23  Drew  McManus   DM   Fresh   St. Louis, MO   DeSmet Jesuit

Managers:
Ben Haynes,  Senior, St. Louis, MO  Kirkwood High
Mike Dianics,  Soph,  Columbia, MO   Columbia-Rock Bridge High

Kyle Hawkins – Head Coach
Eddie Hedrick – Assistant Coach

2004 Season Photographs

2004 Playoffs versus Washington University

2004 GRLC Championship – Lindenwood Field, St. Charles, Missouri

2016

2016 was Coach Clayton Melrose last year as head coach . He added defensive Coach Hatton Taylor , offensive coach Kyle Bader, and goalie coach, Eddie Hedrick to his coaching staff.  The team was made up of players from Connecticut, , Illinois, Massachusetts. Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas and Virginia.

ROSTER

Player Name Position Hometown
Abel Rios M Minooka
Alex Schott D St. Louis, MO
Austin Savage D Naperville, IL
Ben Lis LSM/D St. Louis, MO
Blake Habib LSM  Barrington
Caelan Morgret F/O Columbia, MO
Chad Thetford A Parkville, MO
Chad Ummel G Omaha, NE
Cory Chlebicki M Crystal Lake, IL
David Reed A Grayslake, IL
Derrick Rens DM Kansas City, MO
Drew Roither M St. Louis
Grant Pieper A Plano, TX
Grant Smith M Chanhassen, MN
Gunnar Magnus M New Canaan, CT
Hayden Clark A Naperville, IL
Harry Tice M Hartland
Jake Thompson DM Ballwin, MO
Jamie Jones A Kansas City, MO
Jason Thetford LSM Kansas City, MO
Joe Yeschek DM Crystal Lake, IL
Joey Kramer D St. louis park MN
John Marshall G St. Louis
Kevin Boyle M Wellesley, Massachusetts
Kevin Murphy G Houston, TX
Kyle Holmes M Channahon, IL
Marcus Jones DM Los Angeles
Matt Needham G Northbrook, IL
Matt Yacovino D St. Louis, MO
Nick Christian LSM/D St. Louis, MO
Nick Ricci D St. Louis, MO
Patrick Mueller LSM Burke, VA
Phil Bergman F/O Media, PA
Riley O’Keefe D Belmont, MI
Ryan Skiermanski M Crystal Lake
Scott Flynn M St. Louis, MO
Turner Thompson M Plano, TX

Team Meeting

Winter Scenes

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