Division II Men's Lacrosse · Northeast-10 Conference

Adelphi University Men's Lacrosse

Garden City, NY · Private university · 19-1

Open Spots This Cycle

Computed from Adelphi's real roster — graduating players net of public commitments. A spot already filled by a commit is not counted.

Midfield~3 open

6 graduating − 3 committed = ~3 likely open

SSDM~2 open

2 graduating · ~2 likely open

Class Commitments

2026 Santino Sanford (Faceoff, NY) committed to Adelphi (D2)
A new men's Faceoff commit at Adelphi — tracked from public commitment data. Use it to gauge where the class is filling at your position.
Committed Nov 2025 · Source: public commitment data · view
2026 Chase Bier (Defense, NY) committed to Adelphi (D2)
A new men's Defense commit at Adelphi — tracked from public commitment data. Use it to gauge where the class is filling at your position.
Committed Sep 2025 · Source: public commitment data · view
2026 Nolan Hopper (Attack, NY) committed to Adelphi (D2)
A new men's Attack commit at Adelphi — tracked from public commitment data. Use it to gauge where the class is filling at your position.
Committed Sep 2025 · Source: public commitment data · view
2026 Ryan Healey (Defense, NJ) committed to Adelphi (D2)
A new men's Defense commit at Adelphi — tracked from public commitment data. Use it to gauge where the class is filling at your position.
Committed Aug 2025 · Source: public commitment data · view
2026 Matteo Asencio (Midfield, NY) committed to Adelphi (D2)
A new men's Midfield commit at Adelphi — tracked from public commitment data. Use it to gauge where the class is filling at your position.
Committed Aug 2025 · Source: public commitment data · view

About Adelphi

Location

Garden City, NY

Setting

Suburban

Type

Private university

Founded

1896

Undergrads

5,276

Total enrolled

7,406

Cost & admissions · College Scorecard

Cost

~$31k/yr net avg · $63k sticker

Getting in

Admits 66% — Accessible

SAT (mid)

1219

ACT (mid)

Graduates

67%

Net price is the average a family actually pays after aid — not the sticker.

Coaching staff

Who runs the program, how they got here, and the ground they cover.

Head coach

Gordon Purdie

Head Coach / Assistant Athletic Director

19th season (named head coach July 2007)

Played at Adelphi '89 — 2x All-American, Adelphi Athletic Hall of Fame (1995), 7x Australian national team & 100+ pro indoor games

Led Adelphi to back-to-back NCAA D-II national titles in 2024 and 2025 (the program’s 8th and 9th) and to the 2026 national final, building one of D-II’s most decorated lacrosse résumés.

Recruiting coordinator

Joe Catalanotti

Associate Head Coach

15th season at Adelphi (associate head coach since 2014)

Built and ran the Molloy College program from scratch — 92-59 as a varsity head coach, 27 All-Americans

Runs recruiting and the Panther defense and is a two-time IMLCA Outstanding D-II Assistant Coach of the Year (most recently 2024).

Contact details are not published here. They unlock in the app once your profile is coach-ready — which is also when writing to them is worth doing.

Adelphi recruiting map

Red = states this men's roster actually comes from, darker where there are more of them. Pins are events this program is tied to; the white-ringed pin is campus.