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2025 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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Dennis Young

2 Jake Bandler

  • Position Long Stick Midfield
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 165
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Warrenton, Va.

Biography

Career Highs
Goals - 3 (Apr. 19, 2025 at Southern Virginia)
Assists - 1 (Seven times)
Points - 3 (Apr. 19, 2025 at Southern Virginia)
Ground Balls - 8 (Two times)
Caused Turnovers - 6 (Mar. 30, 2024 at Brevard)

Athletic Awards
USA South First Team All-Conference (2024, 2025)
USA South All-Tournament Team (2025)

2025: Appeared in all 19 games, starting all 19… Recorded seven goals and one assist for eight points… Registered 59 ground balls and 38 caused turnovers, both career highs… Recorded at least one goal in three games… Scored a season-high three goals at Southern Virgina… Collected at least three ground ball in 11 games, including seven with 4+ ground balls… Recovered a season-high four ground balls at Oglethorpe University and against William Peace… Lead the team in caused turnovers… Registered at least three caused turnover in six games… Registered a season-high four caused turnovers at LaGrange.

2024: USA South First Team All-Conference (LSM) selection… appeared in all 17 games with 13 starts… recorded five goals (career-high) and one assist for six points… scored two goals at Huntingdon, matching a career-high… led the team with 23 caused turnovers… registered a caused turnover in 12 games, including five multi-caused turnover games… tallied a career-high six caused turnovers at Brevard… also recovered 41 ground balls… collected at least one ground ball in 15 games, including 12 multi-ground ball games… picked up a season-high six ground balls against Pfeiffer.

2023: Appeared in all 17 games… recorded two goals and two assists for four points… led the team with 22 caused turnovers… registered a caused turnover in 12 games, including five multi-caused turnover games… tallied a season-high five caused turnovers against William Peace… also recovered 34 ground balls… collected at least one ground ball in 16 games, including 11 multi-ground ball games… picked up a season-high four ground balls against Brevard.

2022: Appeared in all 17 games as a sophomore… recorded four goals and two assists for six points… tallied 44 ground balls and 29 caused turnovers, both single-season career-highs… scored a career-high two goals against LaGrange… 12 games with multiple ground balls… registered a season-high four caused turnovers against Huntingdon and LaGrange.

2021: Appeared in all 12 games as a freshman for MU, starting one… tallied 20 ground balls, seven caused turnovers, two goals, and an assist… scored first collegiate goal against William Peace… first collegiate assist against Greensboro… five games with multiple ground balls, including a career-high eight against Averett… recovered a ground ball in eight consecutive games… three caused turnovers against William Peace was a season-high.

Club team: Apocalypse Lacrosse (Va.)

Personal: Son of Shannon and Carey Bandler… majoring in digital forensics and cybersecurity.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2021Freshman

    Midfield
    5'11" 146 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Sophomore

    Long Stick Midfield
    5'11" 157 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Junior

    Long Stick Midfielder
    6'0" 160 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Senior

    Long Stick Midfield
    6'0" 165 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025Senior

    Long Stick Midfield
    6'0" 165 lbs
    2