Maryland men’s lacrosse will be well represented at Sunday’s PLL All-Star Game, with five former Terps earning spots among the league’s best.
The Eastern Conference will have two Maryland starters in Brett Makar and Ajax Zappitello. Makar, now a defender for the New York Atlas, has been everywhere this season, forcing 14 turnovers and picking up 24 ground balls in just six games. He finished his Maryland career in 2023 after wearing No. 1 as a senior and starting 73 games during his time in College Park.
Zappitello also carried No. 1 in his senior year, and he has kept that momentum going after landing with the Maryland Whipsnakes. The former Terp has already caused 10 turnovers and collected 10 ground balls over his last six games.
Matt Dunn joined them on the Eastern All-Star roster as well. The 2016 Maryland graduate has put together steady production in five games while working as a dependable wingman to Zappitello on the Whipsnakes.
The lone Maryland starter for the Western Conference is Logan Wisnauskas, the 2022 Tewaaraton Award winner and one of the most accomplished attackmen in program history. Playing for the Denver Outlaws, he has scored 14 goals in five games and now stands as the Terp with the most career goals, finishing his Maryland run with 205 over four seasons in College Park.
Jared Bernhardt, who was a teammate of Wisnauskas at Maryland and in Denver, has also been productive this season. He has scored 10 goals in four games, and his career numbers remain near the top of several Maryland record lists.
The PLL All-Star Game is set to air on ESPN at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
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