Seven former Loyola University Maryland men's lacrosse players are slated to suit up for various professional team later this month when Major League Lacrosse and Premier Lacrosse Leagues take the field.
 
Three players will compete starting Saturday for various MLL teams during the league's 20^th anniversary season that will be played at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.
 
P.T. Ricci will play for the Philadelphia Barrage in his 12^th professional season. The long-stick midfielder and former member of the Loyola coaching staff was recently profiled in an article on the league's website. He is a 2009 graduate of Loyola who was the ECAC Defensive Player of the Year his senior season.
 
Jack Carrigan, a 2017 Loyola graduate, returns to the New York Lizards for his fourth professional season, a year after he made the MLL All-Star Game for the first time. A two-time captain at Loyola, Carrigan earned All-America honors from Inside Lacrosse as a senior in 2017.
 
Brian Begley is back for the Denver Outlaws this season after he played in all 16 games last year, his first in the league. The short-stick defensive midfielder scored three goals, had an assist and grabbed 27 ground balls for Denver in 2019, and he was a two-time All-Patriot League honoree for the Greyhounds.
 
A quartet of players will don PLL uniforms when the league starts its championship series on July 25 in Herriman, Utah, at Zions Bank Stadium.
 
Scott Ratliff, a member of the Archers, was named the PLL's inaugural Welles Crowther Humanitarian of the Year last season, just one year after he won the MLL's David Huntley Man of the Year honor. Ratliff was a PLL All-Star last year, his fourth professional all-star honor since graduating from Loyola in 2013 as a two-time All-American and 2013 ECAC Specialist of the Year.
 
Romar Dennis joined the PLL for his third professional season in 2019 and will compete for the Atlas this year. The former All-Patriot League player and 2017 graduate of Loyola, Dennis tallied four goals and 10 ground balls for the Chrome.
 
Foster Huggins joins the Chrome for the 2020 campaign as a close defender. He earned All-America First Team recognition as a senior at Loyola in 2018 and was a two-time All-Patriot League First Team honoree.
 
Jacob Stover is slated to play for the Whipsnakes this season, his second in professional lacrosse after graduating in 2019 from Loyola. He earned All-America First Team recognition as a senior and was a two-time Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year.