Head Coach: Nate Hunsicker (14th Season 247-44-10)
Assistant Coaches:
Derrick Reinert – JV HC/Assistant Varsity
Mark Allison – Assistant Varsity
Team Name: Northwestern Lehigh Tigers
League: Colonial
2023 Record: 18-0 (Regular Season), 24-1 (Including Playoffs)
Key Players Lost:
Matt Johnson – FWD
Nick Krum – Def
Tim Zellner – Def
Issac Frey – Mid
Zach Grim – Mid
Caden Mertz – Mid
Key Returning Players:
Jack Mauro – Senior – Midfield: 20 Goals , 20 Assists
Key piece of our midfield. Works very hard in the field and works tirelessly as both a defending and attacking player.
Jake van Lierop – Senior – Forward: 19 goals, 23 assists
Dangerous player who we can use in a variety of positions but will mostly play an attacking role this season.
Nate Kinzel – Senior – Defender
Leads our back line from the center back position. Great leader on and off the field.
Brandon Krapf – Senior – Goalkeeper; 14 Shutouts (Second year starting at GK)
Caelan Stangil – Junior – Midfield; 13 goals, 13 assists
Logan Mesics – Junior, Midfield; 15 goals, 8 assists
Cole Mertz – Sophmore, Forward; 3 goals, 13 assists
Key Newcomers:
Def – Austin Bittenbender (Junior)
Def – Isaiah Lynch (Junior)
Wing – Ben Bachman (Senior)
Wing – Cayden Lloyd – Senior
2024 Outlook: “Our biggest strengths this year will be our flexibility with our lineup. We have a lot of kids that can play in different positions which is very helpful over the course of a long season and needing to fill gaps as needed. Additionally I think our balanced attack this year will help keep our opponents on their toes and not allow them to game plan to just try and stop 1 or 2 goalscorers. Lastly our defense will once again be very strong. We defend as a team and everyone in their position from top to bottom knows their job is to defend and possess the ball which obviously limits our opponents attacking opportunities.
