ECAC Office Releases Its Weekly Awards
from press release
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
Collin Finnerty, Loyola
Senior, Attack, Garden City, N.Y.
Finnerty scored eight goals in a pair of games last week,
helping the Greyhounds win their second ECAC Lacrosse League game
of the season, 14-8, at Bellarmine. Against the Knights, Finnerty
scored a career-high five goals, eclipsing the four goals he scored
on three different occasions last season. On Saturday against No. 3
Notre Dame, Finnerty scored three second-half goals, tying for
game-high honors. Finnerty’s eight goals came on just 14
shots, and one was an EMO tally against Bellarmine.
Mario Ventiquattro, Ohio State
Senior, Attack, Carthage, N.Y.
Ventiquattro had a career-high four goals in the
Buckeyes’ overtime win against Penn State Saturday. He scored
his first two goals less than a minute apart in the first quarter
to put the Buckeyes ahead after Penn State scored the first goal of
the game. He completed the hat trick in the second quarter with a
man-up goal to extend the lead to 5-3. His final goal was scored
man-up 39 seconds into the fourth quarter, extending the Buckeye
lead to 9-7. His four goals came on five shots. The four goals were
a career high after four career hat tricks (last Feb. 21, 2009 vs.
Bucknell). Ventiquattro, who has six goals, three assists and nine
points on the year while starting all four games, now has 58 goals,
21 assists and 79 points as a Buckeye.
Defensive Player of the Week
Max Silberlicht, Hobart
Senior, Goalkeeper, New Hartford, N.Y.
Silberlicht earned his first win of the season with a
13-save performance at Colgate. He turned back four of the five
shots he faced in the first quarter, allowing the Statesmen to
build a five-goal lead through the first 15 minutes. Silberlicht
stopped four of the six shots he saw in the third quarter and saved
3-of-4 even strength shots in the third. Through two games, he has
a .578 save percentage and a 9.50 GAA.
CO-Rookies of the Week
Sam Snow, Fairfield
Freshman, Attack, Bainbridge, Wash.
Snow paced the Stags offense once again with a
career-best four goals. He scored the team’s first two goals,
the only tallies of the first-half. Snow then scored back-to-back
goals, 12 seconds apart, in the fourth quarter, giving the Stags a
6-5 lead. Snow scored his four goals on seven shots.
Logan Schuss, Ohio State
Freshman, Attack, Delta, British Columbia
Schuss had a career-best four assists and scored the
game-winning goal in overtime vs. Penn State. He set up the
go-ahead goal in the first quarter that gave Ohio State its first
lead of the day and had the assist on back-to-back goals in the
second quarter. His assist with 8:28 left in the fourth quarter
helped put the Buckeyes ahead, 10-7. His game-winning goal came
1:10 into the first overtime. Schuss has a team-best eight assists
and 15 points this year and shares the goal-scoring lead with
seven.
Honor Roll
Zack Carroll, Air Force
Cameron Flint, Denver
Dillon Roy, Denver
Alejandro Brown, Denver
Bobby Dattilo, Hobart
Steve Layne, Loyola
Patrick Fanshaw, Loyola
Brandon Freeman, Ohio State
Christian Haggerty, Quinnipiac
Kevin Benzing, Quinnipiac
TEAM NOTES
Air Force...Air Force hosts service academy rival Army
this weekend, March 13. It will mark the first time in the 16-year
series between the two teams that the Falcons have hosted the Black
Knights in lacrosse action... Junior midfielder Zack Carroll, who
scored six goals in a pair of games against Lehigh and Penn, was
the lone Falcon named to the Pioneer Face-off Classic
all-tournament team... Carroll, who entered this season with one
career point, currently leads Air Force with 12 points through
three games in 2010... Goalkeeper Brian Wilson matched a
career-high with 12 saves against Lehigh, and bested that mark with
13 saves versus Penn... Sophomore Adam Paranka registered a
career-high four goals and five points against Lehigh, playing in
front of his hometown crowd...Senior captain Ridge Flick also
matched career highs against Lehigh, with four assists and five
points... Junior long-stick midfielder Bryan Gilbreath, who picked
up a career-best nine ground balls against Penn, is averaging 8.33
ground balls per game.
Bellarmine...On Wednesday, March 3, the Bellarmine lacrosse team
faced off against their second top 10 team of the season, No. 10
Loyola Maryland Greyhounds, and fell, 14-8… This game was
the ECAC debut for Bellarmine... The Knights moved to 0-2 on the
season at home, competing against two top 10 teams, University of
Maryland and Loyola University Maryland… Bellarmine is now
3-2 overall… The Knights were led by senior Sean Doyle with
four goals and seven shots… Sophomore Carson Craig picked up
six ground balls… Bellarmine started off with the lead at
the end of the first quarter, and then was tied with the Greyhounds
shortly into the second period… Bellarmine’s lead
diminished during the four goal run by the Greyhounds, and the
Knights could not keep up against Loyola’s five goals in the
third period and six goals in the fourth… Bellarmine goal
keepers Dillon Ward and Scott Bowles saved a combined 11
shots… The Knights play their next game at home, Wednesday,
March 10, at 3:30, taking on Bryant University… The
following Saturday, March 13, Bellarmine travels to West Hartford,
Conn. for a match-up against Hartford University… Jack
McGetrick, who is in his sixth season as head coach of the Knights,
returns to Hartford to face the team he formerly coached for 11
years with a record of 87-74, and where he picked up the
league’s Coach of the Year Award in 2003.
Denver...The University of Denver men’s lacrosse team (2-3)
hosted the DU Face-Off Classic at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium
over the weekend, playing host to Penn, Lehigh and Air Force... The
Pioneers started the weekend dropping an 11-7 decision to Penn
before outlasting Lehigh, 8-7, in the final game of the Classic...
Sophomore Alex Demopoulos led the Pioneers in points, finishing
with six on three goals and three assists to go along with five
ground balls and causing two turnovers...Freshman Cameron Flint led
the goal scoring efforts, finishing with four goals on six shots...
In his first two games back from injury, freshman Chase Carraro won
20-of-40 face-offs and secured 12 ground balls while causing one
turnover... Defensively, senior Dillon Roy turned in an impressive
performance causing five turnovers and scooping up six ground
balls... As a team, Denver averaged 7.5 goals per game and held the
advantage over its opponents in ground balls, 52-38.
Fairfield…Fairfield allowed three Villanova goals in the
final 6:25, falling 8-6 to the Wildcats... Sam Snow paced the
offense, with four tallies on only seven shots… Snow, a
rookie, now leads Fairfield in goals with six, and total points
with eight… Joe Marra made nine saves in net and has a .567
save percentage and a GAA of 8.67, playing all 180 minutes in net
for the Stags… Fairfield denied Villanova in 2-3 man-up
chances, denying 10-14 for the year… Fairfield won 5-6
fourth-quarter face-offs on Saturday… The Stags will play
Notre Dame this weekend in Houston, Texas, the team’s
first-ever game in that state… Fairfield is 2-4 against the
Irish, with the last meeting coming in 2005, a 12-11 victory that
helped the Stags to the GWLL title and its second NCAA Tournament
appearance.
Hobart...Hobart defeated Colgate, 12-9, in its only game last
week... The Statesmen have now won 24 in a row against the
Raiders... Attackmen Kevin Curtin and Chris Pedersen led the
offense with four points apiece, while fellow attackman Doug Shiver
added a hat trick... At the faceoff X, sophomore Bobby Datillo won
17-of-25 and scooped up a game-high nine ground balls. Through two
games, he’s won 61.4 percent of his restarts... In goal,
senior Max Silberlicht earned his first win of the season with a
13-save performance against the Raiders... Senior midfielder Tyler
Cassell and Silberlicht were named to the 2010 Tewaaraton Watch
List late last week. The Hobart duo are among 64 players identified
by the Greater Washington Sports Alliance as hopefuls for the
men’s 2010 Tewaaraton Trophy, presented to the lacrosse
player of the year. They represent half of the four ECAC Lacrosse
League players on the list... Hobart will be back in action on
March 13, when the Statesmen visit 13th-ranked Bucknell... Hobart
leads the all-time series with the Bison 17-5, including a 7-2 win
in Geneva last season... Bucknell will be the second ranked
opponent the Statesmen have faced this season, after opening the
year against No. 7 Cornell.
Loyola...Loyola moved to 3-1 overall in 2010 and 2-0 in ECAC action
after defeating Bellarmine, 14-8, last week before falling to No. 3
Notre Dame, 11-9, in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic... Collin
Finnerty scored eight goals over the two games, recording a
career-high five goals against the Knights and three more versus
the Fighting Irish... Eric Lusby had back-to-back three-goal games,
matching his career-high for consecutive contests... Matt Langan
had four assists and a goal in two games, while Taylor Ebsary had a
goal and two assists... After allowing an extra-man goal in their
first two games of the season, the Greyhounds denied both
Bellarmine and Notre Dame on man-up opportunities last week... The
Knights were 0-of-1, while Notre Dame was 0-of-6 on Loyola
penalties... The Greyhounds also killed off two Notre Dame
extra-man chances when the Greyhounds were two men down... This
week, the Greyhounds open the new, state-of-the-art Ridley Athletic
Complex when they host Duke at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 13. The
complex will be the new home for Loyola men’s and
women’s lacrosse and soccer and provides a fantastic venue
for 6,000 fans to watch the Greyhounds in action.
Ohio State...Ohio State will play at Robert Morris on Tuesday
before hosting Albany in the first meeting between the schools.
Ohio State is 5-0 all-time vs. Robert Morris, with the teams
meeting each of the last five years. Ohio Sate posted a 19-13 win
March 11, 2009, in Columbus in the last meeting and won, 12-5, on
March 15, 2008, in the last meeting on the road... The Buckeyes won
the unofficial “Big Ten Championship” with an 11-10
overtime victory against Penn State last Saturday... Freshman Logan
Schuss had the overtime winner and had four assists and five points
in the game... Senior Mario Ventiquattro had a career-high four
goals... Schuss has a team-best eight assists and 15 points this
year. He shares the team goal-scoring lead with classmate Jeff
Tundo and senior James Green with seven each and senior Mario
Ventiquattro is third with six... Tundo is second with 10 points,
followed by Ventiquattro with nine... Schuss has 11 points in his
last two games combined (4g, 7a). He has at least one point in each
game this year... Ventiquattro’s four goals were a career
high after four career hat tricks (last Feb. 21, 2009 vs.
Bucknell)... Senior Scott Foreman and junior Matt Kawamoto have
started the last 37 and 17 games, respectively. Brandon Freeman has
started the last 20 games in goal for the Buckeyes... Schuss, Jeff
Tundo and Dominque Alexander have started all three games this
season, joined by Ventiquattro... Senior goalie Brandon Freeman had
his third game with 10 or more saves this season with 12 stops vs.
Penn State.
Quinnipiac…The Bobcats won a pair of games this week,
defeating Wagner, 20-3, on Thursday, before going on the road to
defeat Detroit-Mercy, 13-8, on Sunday... Christian Haggerty had a
pair of three-goal, one-assist performances on the week, while Jack
Oppenheimer (5 G, 1 A) and Peter McNichols (4 G, 2 A) contributed
six points each... Alex DeAlmeida had a team-best three assists to
go along with two goals on the week. .. Zach Pall was exceptional
on face-offs this week, winning 19-of-25, to go along with two
goals and an assist... Goalie Kevin Benzing earned the win in both
games, making eight saves in each game and compiling a combined
6.12 goals-against average and .640 save percentage... The Bobcats
return to action Saturday, when they play host to Providence.
