HAVERFORD, Pa. – Former Haverford College men's lacrosse All-American goalkeeper Joe Banno '12 was recently inserted into the starting lineup for the Rochester Rattlers. Banno was picked up in the preseason by the Major League Lacrosse team and was named to the active roster after a two-weekend training camp.

In his start for the Rattlers, Banno made 14 saves during his 60 minutes in goal, including a critical point-blank, man-down save during Rochester's fourth quarter rally where the Rattlers scored five unanswered goals. He did not allow any two-point goals and picked up three groundballs during the game. The Rattlers also played without three key defensemen in the eventual 14-11 defeat.

After starting his team's second game of the season, Banno currently ranks sixth of twelve goalies in the league in save percentage and goals against average with .500 and 14.00, tied with Ohio Machine's Adam Fullerton, Rattlers backup Jason LaShomb and Atlanta Blaze's Adam Ghitelman.

Banno earned the start after primary goalie John Galloway was unable to make the game due to a conflict with his college coaching responsibilities outside of the Rattlers.

In addition to his success in Major League Lacrosse, Banno is in his fourth year teaching history, now at 7th-8th grades, and coaching at Harford Day School, Bel Air, Md. He currently resides in Baltimore and is also a National Director coaching for Ryan Boyle's Trilogy Lacrosse, mostly during summers but also some weekends during the year. He has also been accepted into Johns Hopkins' School of Education Graduate Certificate Program, in which he will continue his teaching job while taking courses over a three year period covering two Graduate Certificate Programs, resulting in the achievement of his Master of Science (MS) in Education with a concentration in Educational Studies.