Lacrosse Season 4: Week 4 Draft Dots

Here is a list of notes and tidbits related to the AU Pro Lacrosse Week Four draft.

• Attacker Sam Apuzzo is serving as a captain for the 12th consecutive week, marking the longest streak by an Athletes Unlimited athlete in any sport … Guard Odyssey Sims (basketball) spent 11 straight weeks as a captain to hold the previous record. 
• Apuzzo enters Week Four with a 24-9 all-time record as a captain, marking the most victories by any captain in AU Pro Lacrosse history … The former Boston College standout has authored a 5-4 record this season, including a perfect 3-0 mark during Week Two. 
• Apuzzo has now had 72 different players on her teams during her 12-week streak … Midfielder Dempsey Arsenault has been selected to Apuzzo’s teams nine times, while defender Lizzie Colson has been on the Team Apuzzo roster seven times. 
• Apuzzo is wearing the Gold jersey for just the third time in her Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse career, including her second week in a row … The only other time she donned the Gold top was during Week Five of the inaugural 2021 campaign. 
• Apuzzo carries four of her Week Three team members over to her roster in Week Four, including midfielder Dempsey Arsenault, defender Abby Bosco, attacker Erin Coykendall and defender Marge Donovan. 
• Goalkeeper Taylor Moreno begins her 11th consecutive stint as a captain and will lead the Blue squad into the final week of the season … The two-time reigning Athletes Unlimited Pro Champion titleist is donning the Blue top for the second time in three weeks after not wearing it once in her first eight career weeks. 
• Moreno owns a 17-13 career record as a team captain, including a league-best 6-3 mark this season … She ranks second on the league’s all-time lists for wins and games as a captain behind Apuzzo. 
• Moreno’s Week Four roster will have a similar look to the Week Three group after the team captain selected eight of her teammates from last week again on Monday. 
• Attacker Charlotte North wears Orange for the third time in her AU Pro Lacrosse career, including the second instance this season … She also opened the campaign on the Team Apuzzo roster. 
• North’s Week Four roster will feature seven players who also appeared on her Week Three group. 
• Midfielder Ally Kennedy will have four of her Week Three teammates joining her in Week Four – goalkeeper Britt Read, midfielder Haley Warden, attacker Kailyn Hart and defender Trinity McPherson. 
• Offense was the name of the game in Monday’s Week Four draft as attackers and midfielders accounted for the first 13 picks … Rookie Sydney Scales was the first defender taken in the proceedings, going to Team North in the fourth round (No. 14 overall). 
• Attacker Izzy Scane became the first player in Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse history to be taken with the No. 1 overall pick three times in the same season after going to Team Kennedy on Monday … Scane also becomes the first player in league history to be selected first overall three times in a career. 
  • No. 1 Overall Weekly Draft Picks – AU Pro Lacrosse History 
    • Izzy Scane – 3 
    • Sam Apuzzo – 2 
    • Charlotte North – 2 
    • Ally Mastroianni – 2 
    • Kenzie Kent – 2
• A different player was the first defender taken in each of the four weekly drafts after Scales’ selection on Monday … Courtney Taylor was the first defender taken in Week One before 2023 Defensive Player of the Year Abby Bosco earned the honor in Week Two … Rookie Emily Nalls was the first defender off the board in Week Three. 
• The first goalkeeper chosen in Monday’s Week Four draft was Britt Read, who was selected in the ninth round (No. 33 overall) by Team Kennedy. 
• Eight of the first 16 picks in Monday’s Week Four draft were rookies, including four of the top 10 choices. 
• Defenders accounted for all four picks during the eighth round, while midfielders were taken in all four selections during the third round. 
• Five players will have the distinction of wearing all four jersey colors during the 2024 season – defenders Kristen Carr, Kendall Halpern, Emily Nalls, and Sydney Scales in addition to goalkeeper Kady Glynn. 
• No player will finish the 2024 Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse season wearing just one jersey color over all four weeks … Midfielder Megan Kinna’s hopes of being the only player in the same jersey color all four weeks were dashed when she was selected by Team Moreno on Monday … In addition, midfielder Haley Warden was prevented from wearing the Blue jersey all four weeks when she was taken by Team Kennedy. 
• Midfielder Dempsey Arsenault is wearing the Gold jersey for the third consecutive week after being taken by Team Apuzzo in the first round on Monday … The only player to be selected in the first round during all four weekly drafts this season, Arsenault is a member of the Gold team for the fifth time in her AU Pro Lacrosse career. 
• Defender Abby Bosco was named to the Gold team for the fourth time in her two AU Pro Lacrosse seasons, including the third week in a row, after being chosen by Team Apuzzo for its Week Four roster. 
• Defender Marge Donovan earned a spot on the Gold squad for the third week in a row after being selected by Team Apuzzo … It is the fifth time in eight career AU Pro Lacrosse weeks she has been named to the Gold team. 
• Defender Meg Douty will wear the Gold jersey for the first time in her AU Pro Lacrosse career after being taken by Team Apuzzo in the eighth round on Monday … Douty, a four-year veteran, has worn the Purple jersey the most in her Athletes Unlimited career with eight weeks. 
• Midfielder Ally Mastroianni is also wearing the Gold jersey for the first time in her three AU Pro Lacrosse seasons after being selected by Team Apuzzo on Monday … She has worn Blue the most in her career, doing so six times. 
• Attacker Sam Geiersbach will join Team Apuzzo for Week Four, marking the second time in 12 career weeks the former Richmond and North Carolina standout has been selected to wear the Gold jersey. 
• Midfielder Lauren Gilbert was named to the Orange unit for the ninth time in her three Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse seasons … She is tied with attacker Sam Apuzzo for the most times wearing the Orange jersey in the league’s four-year history. 
• Goalkeeper Kady Glynn is wearing the Orange jersey for just the third time in her 17 career AU Pro Lacrosse weeks … She also donned the Orange top during the first two weeks of the 2023 campaign. 
• Midfielder Ally Kennedy will be wearing the Purple jersey for the eighth time in her AU Pro Lacrosse career, sharing the league record with defender Meg Douty … However, it is the first time the former Stony Brook star has been named to the Purple team since Week One last season. 
• Defender Caroline Wakefield will be wearing the Blue jersey for just the second time in her Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse career after being taken by Team Moreno on Monday … It is the first time she has been selected for the Blue squad since Week Two of the inaugural 2021 campaign. 
• Goalkeeper Caylee Waters is wearing the Gold jersey for just the third time in her four AU Pro Lacrosse seasons, including the second time this season … Prior to the 2024 campaign, the only time Waters was on the Gold squad came in Week One of the 2022 campaign.