Sal LoCascio

Sal LoCascio (born April 6, 1967) is a hall of fame lacrosse goaltender and coach.

During his playing career, Locascio excelled as both a field lacrosse goalkeeper and a box lacrosse goaltender, two very different positions.^[1]

Playing career

University of Masachusetts Amherst (1985 - 1989)

From 1985 to 1989, LoCascio played for University of Massachusetts Amherst. He set the record for the most saves by any NCAA goalie in 1987, with 271 saves. LoCascio graduated in 1989, and was a four-time All-American.^[2] In 2000, he was elected to the UMass Athletic Hall of Fame.^[3]

New York Saints and World Cup Titles (1990 - 2001)

While playing in the United States Club Lacrosse Association with the Long Island Hofstra, LaCascio won four USCLA championships in the 1990s, and was awarded Player of the Year honors in 1995.^[2]

LoCascio, a goaltender, signed with the New York Saints of the National Lacrosse League in 1990. He played 10 seasons with the Saints as their starting goaltender from 1990 to 2000. LoCascio was named all-pro five times, in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1997.^[4]

In addition to his decade-long tenure as goaltender for Team USA. He won three gold medals in the World Lacrosse Championship, one in 1990 as a backup goaltender, and two more as a starting goaltender, in 1994 and 1998.

Coaching career

In 2002, LoCascio was named the head coach of the Bridgeport Barrage of Major League Lacrosse, and won the Steinfield Cup in his first season with them. He remained with the team even after they moved to Philadelphia, and again again won the Major League Lacrosse Steinfeld Cup in 2004 and was awarded the Major League Lacrosse Coach of the Year Award. However after winning the Steinfield Cup in 2004, LoCascio resigned as head coach of the Barrage.

Later life

In addition to being a lacrosse coach, LoCascio has also built a pharmaceutical career, and in November 2004, he obtained a job at Amgen. Throughout 2005 and 2007, LoCascio built more on his job at Amgen. He served a salesman for Amgen from 2009 to 2013, but in October 2013, LoCascio was promoted to the executive director of sales for Amgen.

In 2008, LoCascio founded 91 Lacrosse, an elite youth/travel lacrosse club for amateur lacrosse players on Long Island. Originally consisting of only 11 youth boys teams, 91 lacrosse now (As of 2015) consists of 32 boys teams, and 13 girls teams.

As of 2015, LoCascio serves as the executive director of Amgen's sales. LoCascio also remains part of 91 Lacrosse, and manages some of their rosters, and also coaches their 2018 graduates team.

Awards

In 2004, LoCascio was awarded the Major League Lacrosse Coach of the Year Award. He was also inducted into U.S. National Lacrosse Hall of Fame the same year. In February 2008, LoCascio was inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame.

Statistics

NLL

MLL

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