Under the Arch: Freshman Class Guidebook
10/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Oct. 27, 2015
Brian Archer is a junior faceoff man for the University of Michigan men's lacrosse team. In his third year (time flies, huh?) of scribing excellence in 'Under the Arch,' Archer, a Brighton, Michigan, native, provides periodic commentary, musings, and observations from an inside perspective on Team Five. The program can also neither confirm nor deny that he writes his installments under the actual arch in the Diag on campus, as moped parking can be tricky in the surrounding area.
After a long summer away from each other, we're back together and in the thick of fall ball. Another new year brings the usual assortment of gifts: fresh gear courtesy of our boyz at Maverik and Adidas, new lacrosse houses with less black mold, and our recently arrived freshmen wearing their M-Cards on lanyards around their necks everywhere they go just asking to be made fun of (I have yet to actually see a freshman do this but believe me, it is NOT cool ... not that I know from first-hand experience my freshman year or anything).
I've copied and pasted the roster from MGoBlue so you can get to know the freshmen this year a little better:
Teddy Bettencourt - Mass native, owns cool eyeglasses and has had dreadlocks. Dreadlocks may return if we can get a team petition approved by his girlfriend.
Michael Borda - Lovable Marylander who goes by "Peaches." Has red hair and wears number 35 -- there seems to be a pattern here (Max Zwolan).
Decker Curran -- From Greenwich (obviously) and loves "the boys." Rarely scores in practice as he prefers to save his goals for games.
Nick DeCaprio - From somewhere in Joyzee so probably loves Wawa. Has a better overhand shot than David Joseph.
Gunner Garn - Claims his hometown is in Germany, yet doesn't speak an ounce of German ... Supposedly went to high school in SoCal yet claims he never surfed to school ... The jury is still out on this goalie.
Justin Gibbons -- From the DMV area. Very hard shot ... Looks at the ground when he's shooting... makes getting Gatorade during practice a very dangerous affair.
Peter "Macaroni" Mascheroni - Another Cali kid to add to the list. Tried out this year and made the team due to his Spartan-like physique. Pretty sure Coach Broschart thinks his name really is Macaroni.
MJ Melillo - Italian (yep, Jersey). Believes body position is key but isn't afraid to throw the lumber on D. Sports a beard to hide his baby face. Bleeds Blue.
Brent Noseworthy - From the GTA -- not the 6 God but still reps Toronto hard. Tries to cover up Canadian accent by smothering himself in Vineyard Vines. Loves faceoffs and scoring genos.
Ben Paris - First Mich lax player ever from Oregon. Introduces himself by saying "Peter Baum went to my high school."
Brandon Shima - Tough player from "the streets of Philly." Messy locker, clean stick handles. I know for a fact Coach B thinks his first name is actually Shima.
JC Sorenson - Great shot on the run and even better hair (off the record). Believe it or not, ALSO FROM JERSEY. Kind of guy you'd want to bring home to meet your parents.
Rocco Sutherland - From Long Island, may have been recruited because we were running out of hair gel in the locker room. Reps Andrew `Porty' Portnoy with #29 but needs to work on his lever passes to really complete the look.
Robert Morris came to town two weekends ago and we put the Colonials away early. A decisive 13-6 victory with everyone getting a chance to show their stuff was a great way to spend our Sunday afternoon. Bellarmine brought a pretty good squad up to the Big House this past Saturday and it was a beautiful day for lacrosse. Our potent offense and gritty defense ended up earning us another "W" for the fall.
My Disney playlist on Spotify is about to repeat for the third time so I think that just about wraps up this week. Feel free to send me Halloween costume ideas!
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