University of Scranton Men's Lacrosse

Sage has had 17 players earn All-Landmark Conference honors, including Tim Cleary, who repeated as honorable mention All-American by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) for his play at long-stick midfield in 2013, and Ryan Millard, who was also named honorable mention All-American by the USILA in 2015 at long-stick midfield. In addition, Cleary in 2013, John Gregitis in 2014, Millard in 2015 and Brad Elkin in 2016 have been named Scholar All-American by the USILA, the only Royals in program history to earn this distinction. Prior to his appointment at Scranton, Sage spent the previous two seasons as the top assistant coach, recruiting coordinator and assistant strength and conditioning coach at Gettysburg College, where the Bullets finished the 2012 season ranked 20th in the NCAA Division III rankings. During his stint at Gettysburg, Sage was responsible for coaching the defense, face-offs and man-down defense. Off the field, his responsibilities included travel arrangements, scouting opponents, practice planning, tracking student-athletes academics and overseeing the strength and conditioning programs. He was also the campus contact and board member of Friends of Gettysburg Lacrosse. Sage spent three stints on the coaching staff at Gettysburg, the first in 2002 when he helped the Bullets go 17-2 and reach the NCAA Division III national title game while serving as offensive coordinator. After stepping away from the college game to serve as a high school athletics director for four years, he began his coaching career in earnest as the second assistant at Gettysburg in the fall of 2006, where he was also an intern in the sports information office. He helped the Bullets go 33-6 over two seasons, both ending in NCAA tournament losses to top-ranked Salisbury. While working with the defense, Sage coached Centennial Conference Players of the Year in both 2007 (goalie Pat Vaughn) and 2008 (defenseman Andrew McGann). When a chance to be the top assistant at Drew University came around, Sage jumped on it prior to the 2009 season. In one year in Madison, New Jersey, Sage served as recruiting coordinator and helped the Rangers go 9-8 and earn a spot in the Landmark Conference and ECAC Metro/South tournaments. On the field, he was in charge of the defense, face-offs, man-down defense, man-up offense and the substitution box. Off the field, he monitored student-athletes academics, planned practices, scouted opponents, prepared travel itineraries, fundraised for a spring break trip and supervised the strength and conditioning program. Sage then took the same position at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, also one of the top Division III programs in the country. With the help of Sages guidance, the Ducks went 9-6 in 2010. He was in charge of game and practice planning, scouting reports and travel itineraries, as well on on-field duties that included coaching the offense, face-offs and man-up offense. From Stevens, Sage returned to Gettysburg for the 2011 season and helped long-time head coach Hank Janczyk lead the Bullets to a 23-14 record in two years, including NCAA tournament appearances both seasons. With Sage coaching the defense, Gettysburg knocked off Scranton in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2011, pulling away in the second half for an 8-3 win. The Bullets also won a first-round game in the tournament in 2012. Prior to his second stint at Gettysburg, Sage was the athletics director at Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, New Jersey, from 2002 to 2006. He served as the girls lacrosse coach there in 2003 and also coached the boys lacrosse team at nearby St. Josephs Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey, from 2003-2006. Sage starred on the lacrosse field at Gettysburg College from 1995-1998, playing in the midfield and helping the Bullets reach the NCAA semifinals in both 1995 and 1997. He also played Centennial Conference championship teams in 1995 and 1998, and served as a team captain in 1998. He graduated from Gettysburg with a bachelors degree in environmental science in the spring of 1998. He is currently working toward a masters in business administration at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. Prior to his college career, Sage was an all-state lacrosse player at Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Sage is also coach, director and founder of Next Level Lacrosse and Gamerz Lacrosse located in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Tim Cleary (honorable mention, 2013) Ryan Millard (honorable mention, 2015) Tim Cleary (2013) John Gregitis (2014) Ryan Millard (2015) Brad Elkin (2016) Tim Cleary (1st team, 2013) Mike Deliberti (1st team, 2014; 2nd team, 2013) Adam Drury (1st team, 2016) Brad Elkin (2nd team, 2015; 1st team, 2016) Matt Finor (1st team, 2015; 2nd team, 2013, 2014) John Gregitis (1st team, 2014) Will Mahle (1st team, 2015) Dillon McInerney (1st team, 2013) Nicholas McKaba (1st team, 2014, 2015; 2nd team, 2016) Peter Meehan (2nd team, 2015) Alec Mikrut (1st team, 2014, 2016; 2nd team, 2015) Ryan Millard (1st team, 2014) Taylor Nelson (1st team, 2013) Ryan Saraceni (1st team, 2014) Gus Sturm (2nd team, 2014) Brendan Synan (2nd team, 2013) Ben Worthington (2nd team, 2013)

Sloma , a native of Niskayuna, N.Y., and a 2013 graduate of SUNY Potsdam, joined the Royals coaching staff in the fall of 2014. At SUNY Potsdam, he was a four-year letterman on the Bears mens lacrosse team and started in goal his senior year, where he recorded a 6-8 win-loss record, an 8.9 goals against average, and a .588 save percentage.  He also played 762 out of a possible 850 minutes and served as team co-captain.  In addition, he earned second-team All-State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) honors in 2013 and was named the Bears most valuable player (MVP) on defense.   He was also named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Defensive Player of the Week and the SUNYAC Goalie of the Week for the period ending April 17 on the strength of his 24-save performance in a 5-4 loss to Oneonta St. on April 13 and 13-save effort in a 10-4 loss to St. Lawrence on April 15. In the classrom,  Sloma was named to the Deans List honors twice and earned SUNYAC All-Academic honors for the 2013 fall semester.  He served as a representative for the mens lacrosse team on the Athletic Leadership Council for the 2013 academic year, a community-service group that organized the first Bears Olympics, a department-wide Olympic-style event in which more than 200 student-athletes participated.  He also volunteered within the athletics department, taking part with in a Habitat for Humanity project, participating in the annual Potsdam leaf-ranking and spring clean-up days, and assisting with event management at three indoor lacrosse tournaments. Last spring, Sloma served as a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater, specializing in the goalie position while helping the Bears post a 10-6 overall record, including a 4-2 conference mark.  During the summer of 2010, he served as a volunteer coach with the Albany Power Lacrosse Club where he worked with area coaches and players to mentor and coach children between the ages of 8-12 on the fundamentals of the game of lacrosse.  He has also worked at numerous summer camps throughout upstate New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from SUNY Potsdam.