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Aaron Verardi

 
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Aaron Verardi returns for his sixth season as head coach of the men's lacrosse program and his eighth year overall at Harford.

The Fighting Owls began 2020 ranked as the No. 4 team in the NJCAA preseason poll. The Fighting Owls regular season would unfortunately never get off the ground, as the NJCAA cancelled the remainder of the 2020 spring sports season on March 16 due to COVID-19

In 2019, the Fighting Owls had a historic season under Verardi, boasting a 13-2 mark and a 3-0 record against Maryland Juco Conference opponents. Harford's 13-game win streak is the longest in the prorgram history and helped wrap up the first Md Juco Conference and Region XX titles for the FIghting Owls. Harford's No. 2 ranking achieved midway through the year is its best since the 2017 version of Verardi's Fighting Owls. The 2019 Fighting Owls also earned another program first when it knocked off No. 1 Onondaga on March 2, handing the Lazers their first regular season loss at home since 2008.

When the dust settled on 2019, the Fighting Owls had landed 10 members of the team on the All-Maryland JUCO squad, including Defensive Player of the Year Barret Casto. Of those 10, seven were named to the All-Region XX side and a program record five earned NJCAA All-American honors.

2018 would see Verardi achieve his third straight winning season with an 8-6 record, including a perfect 4-0 mark at home. Harford earned the lone at-large bid into the NJCAA National Tournament thanks to a huge 9-8 overtime win against #7 Suffolk County and a 16-8 victory in the Region XX tournament over #5 Anne Arundel. 10 players received All-Conference honors, with three being selected for the All-Region Team. Verardi would also play a hand in seeing defenseman Nicholas Perrot achieve All-American status, the third player to do so in the last two years.

In 2017, coach Verardi led the Fighting Owls to a historic season with an 11-6 record including a program best #2 ranking in the NJCAA. Harford beat then #2 ranked Nassau for the first time ever on a last second goal to win 10-9 as part of a nine game winning streak.

After a tough 2015 season, coach Verardi led Harford to a nice rebound year with an 8-6 record and a second place finish in the conference with a 4-1 record in Md Juco competition.

As interim head coach of the 2015 men's lacrosse team, the Fighting Owls went 4-10, including a 3-4 mark at home.