The East Coast Conference announced the 2011-2012 Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year, as well as the Scholar-Athletes of the Year for all of its sponsored sports at the ECC Awards Dinner on May 23.
Fourteen men’s lacross student-athletes from the East Coast Conference have been selected as All-Americans by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.
Kyle Sopko buried a feed from Brendan Hayes with 1:33 seconds left in the first overtime as Dowling defeated No. 1 Mercyhurst 7-6 at Tullio Field. With the win, the Golden Lions (11-2) advance to the NCAA Lacrosse Championships and take on No. 3 Limestone Sunday, May 27 at 1:00 pm at Gillette Stadium for the Division II National Championship.
The conference’s coaches have selected Mercyhurst senior long stick middie Greg Bensman as both the 2012 East Coast Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. NYIT’s Billy McGee was named the Goalkeeper of the Year, while teammate Luke Miller grabbed the Rookie of the Year honor.
Two East Coast Conference teams will make up half of the NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship tournament field, as the Mercyhurst Lakers and Dowling Golden Lions both earned a berth.
Six East Coast Conference members, including the defending National Champion Mercyhurst College Lakers, were ranked in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association preseason national poll.
Senior Eddie Plompen (West Islip, N.Y.) of C.W. Post has been named the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while junior goalkeeper T.J. DiCarlo (Farmingdale, N.Y.) of Mercy has been named the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
The Lakers of Mercyhurst College, the defending Division II National Champions, maintained their hold on the No. 1 ranking in the Preseason Top Ten released this week by Inside Lacrosse Magazine.
On October 13th, 2010 Shane Franzone was a typical college freshman who had just finished his fall lacrosse season at Chestnut Hill College by scoring his first collegiate goal.
The 3rd Annual Wishmakers Fall Classic raised more than $2,000 this Sunday at Golden Lions Field, with all proceeds on the day going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.