Seven Exeter Alumni Participating in the 2004 NCAA Championships
As of Wednesday, May 19th, Middlebury and Nazareth are in the semi-finals as a result of their wins over Stevens Tech and Cortland St respectively. W&L fell to Salisbury and was eliminated. Three Exeter alumni remain alive in their quest for an NCAA DIII championship, and two alumni are still involved in the DI championship scene.
As of Monday, May 17th, only Penn and Alan Eberstein have been knocked out of the tournament. Despite Alan scoring a goal, Penn lost to the #2 ranked Navy team 11-5. Princeton, Hopkins, Middlebury, W&L, and Nazareth are all still alive and well as they each won their respective first round games.
Division I - Click
here to see the DI bracket
Alan Eberstein (Exeter 2002) - Alan transferred
to U
Penn from Butler, and it has been a good marriage all around. Alan plays
offensive midfield on either their first or second unit, and also takes some
face-offs.
Andrew Sung (Exeter 2001) - Andrew is
a junior midfielder at Princeton
who will be playing in his 3rd straight NCAA tournament. He will run on the
3rd/4th lines.
Joe Houlder (Exeter 2002) - Sophomore
at Johns
Hopkins University. Joe is a reserve long pole player again this year
after surprising everyone when making this #1 seeded team as a walk-on as
a freshman last Fall.
Division III - Click
here to see the DIII bracket
Michael Saraceni (Exeter 2000) - Michael
is the leading scorer for the #2 seeded Middlebury
team, an All-American in 2003, and he will be in his 4th consecutive NCAA
tournament. The Panthers attempt to win their 4th DIII title in the last five
years.
Gabe Wood (Exeter 2002)- Gabe is a starting
long pole for Middlebury,
a very defensively talented club. He is a key guy in their slide packages
because of his quickness and agility.
Perrin Monroe (Exeter 2002) - Perrin is
a starting defensive middie for the 8th ranked Washington
& Lee Generals. They won their ODC conference to win the automatic
bid, and they are favored to beat Messiah in the first round before playing
the #1 seed Salisbury team in the quarter finals.
Will Tuttle (Exeter 2003)
- Will is just a freshman on a very talented club that is ranked in the top
five in the country. He will probably see limited action as Nazareth
takes on Eastern CT in the first round before probably facing Cortland St.
in the quarter finals.