USILA Division II All-Americans Announced
from press release
The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association announced
its selections for the Division II All-America teams, and the C.W.
Post men's lacrosse team led all schools with nine selections.
Senior attacker Greg Cerar (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) and senior
midfielder Matt Dimler (Long Valley, N.J.) along with junior
midfielders Bryan Leonard (Yorktown, N.Y.) and Mike Cama
(Farmingville, N.Y.) were named First Team.
Senior attacker Dave Loftus (Merrick, N.Y.), junior long-stick
midfielder Joe Blount (Lawrence, N.Y.) and senior goalkeeper Daniel
Sciulla (Merrick, N.Y.) were named to the Second Team.
Sophomore midfielder Mike Messina (Sayville, N.Y.) and senior
defender Jon Kology (West Babylon, N.Y.) garnered Honorable Mention
honors.
A third-year All-America selection, Cerar currently leads the
nation with an average 5.4 points per game. Cerar, who was named an
East Coast All-Conference selection for the fourth consecutive
year, leads the Pioneers with 44 goals this year. He has earned
seven man-up tallies and dished out 34 assists. Cerar led the ECC
with three man-down goals this season to help his team to a 13-1
record.
Dimler has played his best season with the Pioneers in 2009,
tallying 36 points on 28 goals and eight assists. He was selected
ECC First Team this season.
Selected to the Second Team last season, Leonard is second on the
squad with 18 caused turnovers on the defensive end and has two
goals and an assist to his credit.
Cama, the Pioneers' face-off specialist, has earned a .692
face-off percentage, while scooping up a team-high 161 ground
balls.
An Honorable Mention selection in 2008, Loftus ranks second on the
team in scoring with 43 goals and 12 assists. Earlier this season,
Loftus registered a hat trick in a 16-12 win against previously
undefeated New York Institute of Technology.
Blount leads the team with 20 caused turnovers while scooping up
27 ground balls. He helped out offensively by scoring his only goal
this season in a 13-7 win over Adelphi.
Sciulla is currently second in the nation in goals against average
(6.10) and saves percentage (.639) this season. He has proved
clutch in the cage with an average 9.6 saves a game. Against NYIT,
he made a season-high 18 saves and twice has registered 16 saves in
a game this season.
Voted last season's ECC Rookie of the Year, Messina has been a big
contributor on offense this season with 19 goals and seven assists.
He registered a hat trick during the Pioneers' most recent game
against Limestone College.
Kology has nabbed 28 ground balls and caused 16 turnovers for C.W.
Post. Fellow defender Blount has tallied 25 ground balls and 19
caused turnovers while Schmidt has contributed 26 ground balls, 17
caused turnovers, and two assists.
C.W. Post (14-1) hopes to conclude its season with a win against
top-ranked LeMoyne College at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough,
Massachusetts on May 24 at 3:00 p.m.
First Team
Attack
Greg Cerar - C.W. Post
Jack Harmatuk - Le Moyne
Keith Henderson - NYIT
Greg Rogowski - Merrimack
Midfield
Matt Dimler - C.W. Post
Keith Galante - Molloy
Matt Messina - NYIT
Long-Stick
Midfielder
Joseph Biondolillo - Dowling
Defense
Drew Bezek - Le Moyne
Bryan Leonard - C.W. Post
Spencer Wims - Limestone
Goalie
Doug McIver - Le Moyne
Specialist
Michael Cama - C.W. Post
Second Team
Attack
Mike Ball - Southern New Hampshire
Stephan LeBlanc - Queens
David Loftus - C.W. Post
Midfield
Matt Chadderdon - Le Moyne
Mark Hodsdon - Wingate
Albert Maione - Molloy
Brian Welch - Le Moyne
Long-Stick
Midfielder
Joseph Blount - C.W. Post
Marc Cizenski - Le Moyne
Defense
Kyle Rubisch - Dowling
Evan Schaller - Wingate
Matthew Spahr - Mercyhurst
Goalie
Jason LaShomb - Mercyhurst
Dan Sciulla - C.W. Post
Specialist
Brian Griffin - Le Moyne
Honorable Mention
Attack
Danny Farmer - Mars Hill
John McClure - Dowling
Midfield
Sean Ball - Southern New Hampshire
Mike Messina - C.W. Post
Mike Poerstel - Limestone
Defense
Jonathon Kology - C.W. Post
Doug Logan - Bentley
Goalie
Timothy Matheis - Pace
