Mount St. Mary's makes wholesale changes in starting lineup
No one can accuse Mount St. Mary’s coach Tom Gravante of being too fearful to shake things up.
Four days after a closed-door, team meeting following an 11-3 loss to Towson on Saturday, the Mountaineers will feature a much different starting lineup against Detroit for a rare Wednesday matinee.
Senior Mark Stapor and junior Anthony Golden will join sophomore Andrew Scalley on attack. Stapor and Golden replace juniors Cody Lehrer and Brett Schmidt, who registered 48 goals and nine assists and 17 goals and 21 assists, respectively, last spring. This year, Lehrer has scored just once, and Schmidt has compiled just one goal and one assist.
Junior Christian Kellett and sophomore Connor Carey will team with junior Eric Ososki on the first midfield. Junior Jake Willertz re-aggravated a hamstring injury that kept him out of the season opener against Virginia, and junior Bryant Schmidt has been bumped down to the second line with junior Mike Adkins and sophomore Daniel Stranix.
Finally, senior Andrew Miller and junior Brendan Rooney have been promoted to join senior Justin Schmidt as starting defensemen. Miller and Rooney replace sophomore Kevin Downs and freshman Shane Pierce.
Gravante had hinted Tuesday that changes were afoot, saying, “There’s going to be changes, and I’m looking for these kids to respond.”
