Rochester Knighthawks General Manager and Vice President of Lacrosse Operations Dan Carey announced today that the team has re-signed forward Parker Pipher and transition man Joe Post to two-year contracts, pending league approval.
Pipher, 22, is entering his second professional season with the Knighthawks after spending the 2022-23 campaign with Rochester. In three games, he posted three goals and five assists for eight points in as a rookie.
After beginning the first 16 weeks on the practice squad, Pipher was promoted to the active roster ahead of Rochester’s inaugural trip to face the Vegas Desert Dogs. In his NLL debut, the Whitby, Ontario native scored back-to-back goals in the second quarter before adding an assist in the second half to cap a three-point outing on Mar. 27, 2023.
Currently in his first campaign with the Brooklin Lacrosse Club (MSL), he’s produced one goal and 17 assists for 18 points in seven games. He is fourth on the team in assists and tied for seventh in points.
In two seasons with the Whitby Warriors in Junior ‘A’, Pipher totaled 49 points (11+38) in 32 games while also adding one goal in eight playoff contests. The 5-foot-9, 160-pound forward scored the game-winning goal to give Whitby its eighth Minto Cup in 2022.
Pipher was a third-round selection (45th overall) of the Knighthawks in the 2022 NLL Entry Draft.
Post, 25, returns to the Knighthawks for his second season after playing the 2022-23 campaign under a one-year contract with Rochester. He appeared in five games with the team, collecting 28 loose balls while winning 48 percent of his face-offs. Additionally, he gathered six loose balls and went 13-for-28 in the faceoff circle in the team’s first-ever playoff appearance.
The Canandaigua native made his professional debut against the Georgia Swarm back on March 12, winning 13-of-37 face-off attempts while adding six loose ball recoveries.
Before turning pro, Post was one of the most decorated players to come out of Division III St. John Fisher University from 2018-2022. He was a two-time USILA All-America First Team selection and holds NCAA Division III all-time records for career face-off wins (1,250) and groundball recoveries (854).
In 78 career games with the Cardinals, Post amassed 27 points (17+10) points and he won more than 200 face-offs in four of his five seasons. Additionally, he topped the 300-mark twice, including 336 during his sophomore campaign, while helping Fisher to three straight NCAA National Championship tournament appearances.
A four-time Empire 8 All-Conference honoree, he also owns the distinction of becoming just the second player in program history to be crowned Empire 8 Conference Player of the Year.
As a graduate student in 2022, Post tied career-highs in goals (5) and points (7) while dominating inside the face-off circle, winning 313-of-433 face-offs for a career-best .723 winning percentage, which ranked seventh in the country. He also finished the season ranked second nationally with 237 ground balls, becoming the first player in D-III history to surpass the career 800-mark, on his way to earning USA Lacrosse Magazine and USILA All-America First Team honors for the second straight year.
He earned more than 20 face-off wins on four occasions during the season, including going 24-for-30 while recording two points (1+1) in the 30-11 win over Nazareth in the Empire 8 Championship game on May 7, 2022. Post helped the Cardinals finish the season with a 16-3 record, leading to his selection as USILA’s Co-Faceoff Specialist of the Year and Empire 8 Conference Player of the Year.
During his senior season, Post set career-highs in goals (5) and points (7) while winning 267-of-378 face-off attempts. For his efforts, he was named a USILA All-America First Team and USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Third Team selection in addition to being named to the Empire 8 All-Conference First Team and All-Tournament Team.
As a sophomore, Post was named to the Empire 8 All-Conference First Team after setting the program’s all-time single-season record with 244 ground balls leading Empire 8 with 336 face-off wins with a .707 winning percentage.
Post emerged as Fisher’s primary face-off specialist as a freshman in 2019 when he led the conference in face-off wins (236) and ground balls (143) en route to earning Empire 8 All-Conference Second Team honors.
Prior to joining Fisher, Post was an accomplished three-sport athlete in hockey, lacrosse and football at Canandaigua Academy. He was named Canandaigua’s Male Athlete of the Year in 2017 and garnered All-Greater Rochester accolades for all three sports as a senior. Post was also a two-time All-Monroe County Division II selection, including a First Team nod as a senior.
