Welcome Launch Fans!  Lee Roggenburg is providing live coverage of the MLL Collegiate Draft, live from the US Lacrosse National Convention, convening Friday night at 8:30. The Launch, due to a trade, hold the 5th, 10th and 12th overall picks in the draft, as well as 29th, 45th, 53rd and 61st overall.  We will update this site as the picks are made and Head Coach Stan Ross will be available over the weekend to comment on his picks!   Tom Schreiber – M – 1st Overall / Ohio Machine out of Princeton Jordan Wolf – A – 2nd Overall / Rochester out of Duke Joe Fletcher – D – 3rd Overall / New York out of Loyola Luke Duprey – D – 4th Overall / New York out of Duke   1st Round – 5th Overall Kieran McArdle – A – out of St. John’s http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/mcardle_kieran00.html Great Pick!   Jeremy Noble – M – 6th Overall / Denver Outlaws out of Denver U. Michael Ehrhardt – D – 7th Overall / Charlotte out of Maryland Scott McWilliams – D – 8th Overall / Boston out of Virginia Pat Laconi – M – 9th Overall / Charlotte out of Loyola   2nd Round – 10th Overall Joe Meurer – D – out of Ohio State  http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/joe_meurer_751966.html Top defenseman on a top team last year – OSU went to the NCAA quarterfinals last season. I believe he played in Boca Raton in High School as a member of McDonogh.   Mike Chanenchuk – M – 11th Overall / Charlotte out of Maryland   2nd Round – 12th Overall Ryan Creighton – M – out of North Carolina http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205530635 All three players picked so far come from lacrosse hot bed high schools.   Rob Guida – M – 13th Overall / Ohio out of Johns Hopkins Brendan Fowler – FOGO – 14th Overall / Charlotte out of Duke Thomas DeNapoli – M – 15th Overall / Charlotte out of Towson Brent Hiken – FOGO – 16th Overall / Denver out of Division 3 Stevenson Rob Emery – M – 17th Overall / Boston out of Virginia Josh Dionne – 18th Overall / Charlotte out of Duke Austin Kaut – G – 19th Overall / Boston out of Penn State Myles Thompson – A – 20th Overall / Rochester out of Albany Matt Harris – LSM – 21st Overall / Chesapeake out of Syracuse Ty Souders – D – 22nd Overall / Denver out of Lehigh Justin Ward – A – 23rd Overall / Charlotte out of Loyola Dylan Levings – FOGO – 24th Overall / Charlotte out of Yale Jackson Place – D – 25th Overall / Ohio out of Bucknell John LoCascio – D – 26th Overall / Rochester out of Villanova Scott Loy – D – 27th Overall / Ohio out of Syracuse Ty Thompson – A – 28th Overall / Rochester out of Albany   4th Round – 29th Overall Niko Amato – G out of Maryland http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=716314&SPID=120711&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=207327215&Q_SEASON=2013 Continuing the trend towards winning high school programs.   Colin Dunster – M – 30th Overall / Denver out of Bryant Henry Lobb – D – 31st Overall / Charlotte out of Maryland Daniel Eipp – M – 32nd Overall / Rochester out of Harvard Jack Reilly – D – 33rd Overall / Boston out of Johns Hopkins Brandon Mangan – A – 34th Overall / New York out of Yale Pat Kiernan – LSM – 35th Overall / Chesapeake out of Navy Alex Love – A – 36th Overall / Chesapeake out of Hobart     I can go to sleep happy now . . .  Erik Smith – M – 37th Overall / Boston out of Air Force Jamie Faus – G – 38th Overall / Denver out of Denver U. Derek Maltz – A – 39th Overall / Ohio out of Syracuse Branden Benn – A – 40th Overall / Chesapeake out of Johns Hopkins Steve O’Hara – D – 41st Overall / Ohio out of Notre Dame Phil Castronova – M – 42nd Overall / Boston out of Johns Hopkins James Connelly – D – 43rd Overall / Denver out of Delaware Tom Freshour – D – 44th Overall / Rochester out of Cornell   6th Round – 45th Overall Bobby Lawrence – D – Colgate http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4232 Another strong high school program in Summit, N.J., my brother’s home town!   Nick Fernandez – M – 46th Overall / Denver out of Princeton Zach Losco – M – 47th Overall / Charlotte out of Penn Kevin Cernuto – A – 48th Overall / Chesapeake out of St. John’s RG Keenan – FOGO – 49th Overall / Ohio out of North Carolina (another who played in Boca Raton while in High School at Boy’s Latin) Mark McNeill – M – 50th Overall / Chesapeake out of North Carolina Phil Poe – FOGO – 51st Overall / Boston out of UMBC Andrew Wagner – D – 52nd Overall / Rochester out of Mercyhurst   7th Round – 53rd Overall Andrew Barton – M – Providence http://www.friars.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/andrew_barton_743480.html   Terry Ellis – M – 54th Overall / Denver out of Denver U. Chris Hipps – D – 55th Overall / Charlotte out of Duke Mark Cockerton – A – 56th Overall / Rochester out of Virginia Spencer Schnell – M – 57th Overall / Ohio out of Ohio Wesleyan Alex Zomerfeld – A – 58th Overall / New York out of Bryant Jack Murphy – G – 59th Overall / Boston out of Fairfield Tom Lacrosse – M – 60th Overall / Rochester out of Penn State   8th Round – 61st Overall Duncan Clancy – A – out of Jacksonville http://www.scarletknights.com/mobile/roster_detail.asp?sportid=21&ID=4389 Clancy will be playing for Jacksonville this season after missing most of the last few years due to injury while at Rutgers.   Ben McIntosh – D – 62nd Overall / Denver out of Drexel Kevin O’Neill – M – 63rd Overall / Charlotte out of Villanova Brian Cooper – D – 64th Overall / Chesapeake out of Maryland (before converting to defense local fans might remember that Brian scored six goals in a high school game in Boca while a member of Archbishop Spalding)