Hounds Shore up Defense, Midfield in Supplemental Draft
December 16, 2015 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Charlotte Hounds News Release
John Haus of the Charlotte Hounds
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BOSTON, MA - Major League Lacrosse today held its 2015 Supplemental Draft, giving teams the opportunity to build out their protected rosters to a 35-man preseason roster. The draft consisted of 12 rounds and the Charlotte Hounds had 14 picks, including the fourth overall. With that pick the Hounds selected Colin Dunster, a midfielder out of Bryant University.
Dunster has two seasons of MLL experience, playing with the Denver Outlaws in 2014 and Chesapeake Bayhawks in 2015. In a combined 16 regular-season games, the midfielder recorded 13 goals and three assists.
The Hounds fell short of their goals in 2015, finishing in 8th place with a 3-11 record. General Manager Mike Cerino knew that the team needed to add competition to the close defense position and depth to the midfield during the offseason. Each of those issues has now been addressed.
Prior to the start of the Supplemental Draft, the Hounds executed four separate trades. The first move sent veteran defenseman Joe Cinosky to the Atlanta Blaze in exchange for a fourth round 2016 Collegiate Draft pick. The Hounds then sent long pole Mason Poli to the Boston Cannons for a third round 2016 Collegiate Draft pick. Charlotte flipped the third round collegiate pick to the New York Lizards in exchange for goalie Charlie Cipriano. In their final move of the morning, the Hounds swapped Supplemental Draft picks with the Chesapeake Bayhawks, moving the No. 2 and No. 20 overall picks for the No. 4 and No. 13 overall selections.
Below is a complete roundup of the Hounds' supplemental draftees, who will join the members of the previously announced protected roster at training camp in early April and vie for a spot on the team's 25-man active roster or six-man practice squad.
1st round, 4th overall: Colin Dunster, M (Bryant '14 - 2 years MLL experience, most recently with Bayhawks)
1st round, 9th overall: Sean Young, D (Syracuse '15)
2nd round, 11th overall: Stephen O'Hara, D (Notre Dame '14)
2nd round, 13th overall: Ryan Kilpatrick, D (North Carolina '15)
4th round, 29th overall: Stephen Keogh, A (Syracuse '11 - 5 years MLL experience, most recently with Launch)
5th round, 41st overall: Pierce Bassett, G (Johns Hopkins '13 - 2 years MLL experience, most recently with Hounds)
6th round, 47th overall: Alex Zomerfeld, M (Bryant '14 - 2 years MLL experience, most recently with Hounds)
7th round, 56th overall: Steven Ianzito, M (Syracuse '13 - 2 years MLL experience, most recently with Rattlers)
8th round, 65th overall: Joe Meurer, D (Ohio State '14 - 2 years MLL experience, most recently with Launch)
9th round, 74th overall: Todd Heritage, A (Bucknell '14)
10th round, 83rd overall: Billy Ward, A (Syracuse '14 - 1 year MLL experience, most recently with Hounds)
11th round, 92nd overall: Kiel Matisz, M (Robert Morris '12 - 4 years MLL experience, most recently with Machine)
12th round, 101st overall: Greg Edmonds, M (Johns Hopkins '14 - 1 year MLL experience, most recently with Hounds)
Additional: Nate Norbo, LSM (Hampden-Sydney '13)
The final opportunity for the Hounds and other MLL teams to round out their rosters will be the 2016 MLL Collegiate Draft, to be held in conjunction with the US Lacrosse National Convention on Jan. 22, 2016. The Hounds will open the 2016 season at home on April 23 against the Boston Cannons. To order tickets please visit www.charlottehounds.com/tickets or call 704-206-1515.
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