Cortland Men's Lacrosse will host its annual alumni weekend from Friday, Oct. 10 to Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. The team will honor seven legends of the program as well as the 1972 Team, the first team in program history to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.
Weekend Itinerary (view Red Dragon Network for registration and pricing):
Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
-Gathering at Central City 7:00 PM – Close
Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
-Golf at Elm Tree Golf Course 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
-SUNY Cortland Campus Tour 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
-Dinner and CLAX Legends Ceremony 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
(Corey Union Function Room)
-Reception 9:30 PM
(Dark Horse Tavern)
Hotel Options:
The Fairfield Inn (607) 299-4455
The Hampton Inn (607) 662-0007
Plan on returning for another great weekend of comradery and good times. We look forward to seeing you!! Stay tuned for updates and news through My Red Dragon, the Alumni office and the very grateful men's lacrosse program. Your support is greatly appreciated. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
Lelan Rogers
Head Men's Lacrosse Coach
(315) 575-9157
lrogers@cortland.edu
Honorees for the weekend include:
Dave Cook
Dave Cook was chosen twice as a first-team All-America midfielder and garnered three All-SUNYAC awards, while leading the Red Dragons to three SUNYAC titles. He registered career totals of 58 goals and 36 assists and was ranked consistently in the top two on the team in ground balls each season. His teams tied for third nationally in his senior year, tied for fifth nationally in his junior year, and Cook was chosen to compete in the 1986 North-South Senior All-Star Game. A Vestal, N.Y., native, Cook also holds numerous school records on the football field as a standout running back for Cortland. He was inducted into the C-Club Hall of Fame in 2014.
Beginning in 1991, Cook worked in the Maine-Endwell School District as a teacher, administrator and coach. He began as the school's boys' lacrosse head coach in 1994 and became the director of athletics in 2004.
Barry Davidson
Barry Davidson was an honorable mention All-American in 1961 and was the Red Letter Award winner in 1962. He still holds the program record for the highest assist per game average, set in 1961 when he recorded 4.5 assists per game. Davidson helped lead Cortland to 19 victories in his four-year career, including a pair of six-win seasons in 1959 and 1960, the most wins in a season at that time.
After graduating from Cortland, Davidson went on to serve as a math teacher in the Massapequa School District for over 30 years before his retirement.
Mark Koetzner
Mark Koetzner was a three-time All-America lacrosse attackman, first team in 1981, second team in 1980, and honorable mention in 1978. He earned the Jack Trumbull Memorial Award as the top Division III attackman nationally in 1981, was chosen for the North-South Senior All-Star Game, and a two-time Red Letter Award winner. He finished his career with 107 goals and 118 assists for 225 total points, and still holds school records for points in a game (14), and assists in a season (59). Koetzner helped the Red Dragons to the national finals in both 1980 and 1981, as well as three SUNYAC titles.
He served for 23 years in the New York City Fire Department before retiring in 2010. He passed away unexpectedly in January 2014. Koetzner was inducted into the Long Island Metro Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame and the C-Club Hall of Fame in 2016
Stan Kowalski
A three-time All-America midfielder at Cortland, first team in 1969, second team in 1968, and honorable mention in 1967, Stan Kowalski helped Cortland to a USILA Central New York Division title and was named to the 1969 North-South Senior All-Star Game in his senior year. He won a World Games gold medal in 1974 as a member of USA National Lacrosse Team and was an 11-time U.S. Club Lacrosse Association all-star selection for the Long Island Athletic Club during a successful playing career after graduation.
Kowalski was also a coach and physical education teacher at Half Hollow Hills High School and in collegiate lacrosse for almost four decades. In 1981, Kowalski was named the Suffolk County Lacrosse Coach of the Year. He was also an assistant coach at C.W. Post and Farmingdale State, winning 2005 Division II Assistant Coach of the Year.
He was inducted into the Long Island Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1989 and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1997. Kowalski passed away in 2016 at the age of 68 and was inducted into the C-Club Hall of Fame in 2019.
Ken McEwan
Ken McEwan earned first team All-America honors in the 1972 season and helped lead Cortland to a 14-2 record and the national semifinals in that year. He finished his career with 148 points on 44 goals and 104 assists in just three seasons. His 104 career assists set the school record at the time and rank ninth in program history at the time of induction.
After graduation, McEwan embarked on a distinguished collegiate teaching and consulting career that included stops at the New York State Department of Education, Tompkins Cortland Community College, Cornell University, and Empire State College, and private businesses such as Quaker Oats. He received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence from New York State in 1998 and the National Teaching Award for Excellence from the University of Texas in 1989.
McEwan has also served as an assistant lacrosse coach at the college level for Farmingdale, Ithaca, and Chestnut Hill, and at the high school level as well.
Peter Roy
Peter Roy was a two-time All-America goalkeeper at Cortland, named to the first team in 1971 and the second team in 1968. In 1971, he helped the Red Dragons to an 11-1 record, only losing to the eventual national champion Cornell, and averaged 13.5 saves per game while posting an extraordinary 3.83 goals-against average for the season. He was the Red Letter Award winner, and was named the MVP of the North-South Senior All-Star Game after making 18 saves – many from point blank range. His unique style of play, which has never been repeated or copied, constantly baffled opponents. Roy finished his three-year playing career at Cortland with 457 saves, averaging 13.1 saves per game and allowing only 5.1 goals per game.
Roy had a 35-year career with the Social Security Administration, retiring as a Technology Expert where he applied cutting-edge technologies to create, maintain, and develop systems, keeping them current with evolving agency programs.
Mike Tota
A national champion and three-time All-American, Mike Tota is the program's career goal scoring leader with 174 goals in four seasons, while also ranking third with 247 points. He is also a two-time Academic All-American, and was the NCAA Elite 89 winner with the highest GPA at the national finals site in 2012. Tota was the leading scorer with 49 goals in his freshman year to help the Red Dragons win the national title in 2009, and netted 46 times as a senior to help Cortland finish as national runner-up in 2012. Tota is a four-time All-SUNYAC selection, and was named the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year in 2009 and to the SUNYAC All-Decade Team for the 2010s.
After graduation, Tota has risen up the ranks in the professional world and is now a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He was also inducted into the C-Club Hall of Fame in 2025.
1972 Team - First NCAA Tournament Qualifier and National Semifinalist
The 1972 Cortland men's lacrosse team, under head coach Jack Emmer, was the first team in program history to qualify for the NCAA tournament. After finishing 11-1 but being left out of the NCAA Div. I tournament in 1971, the team adopted the motto "Avenge the Screw in '72" and earned an NCAA berth with a 13-1 record, including a win over Cornell, which handed Cortland its lone loss the previous year. The Red Dragons won their NCAA opener at Navy, 10-9 in overtime, to set up a semifinal matchup at home against Virginia on graduation weekend. Due to the fan interest, the time of the graduation ceremony was changed to accommodate the game. Cortland fell in the semifinals to Virginia, 14-7, and finished the season with a 14-2 record.
