Current time in Baltimore 4:33 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 2009
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2008: Played in all 14 games at defense, started the last six ...Named Second-Team All-ECAC...collected 16 groundballs, including three apiece in wins over Rutgers and Georgetown...was fourth on the team with nine caused turnovers...caused two turnovers each in three different games.
2007: Played in eight games at defense ... registered one groundball and one caused turnover for the year ... both came in Loyola's win over Fairfield.
Before Loyola: Was a two-year letterwinner at Mountain Lakes ... named 2006 New Jersey Player of the Year ... earned First-Team All-America and First-Team All-State honors his senior year ... set school record for most groundballs in a season with 274 as a senior ... selected as Inside Lacrosse Magazine "Young Gun" in 2005 ... led team to 2005 Morris County Championship ... named 2006 Morris County Player of the Year.
Personal: Majoring in accounting at Loyola...the son of Tom and Annette Dircks...brother Curt (22) attends Syracuse University...also has a younger sister, Lauren (17) and a younger brother, Eric (13).
