Men's Lacrosse
May 6, 2008
MCDONALD, BEZEK & COACH SHEEHAN EARN NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE HONORS
South Easton, Mass. – Le Moyne College senior attack Mike
McDonald (Latham, N.Y.) was named the 2008 Northeast-10 Men’s
Lacrosse Player of the Year as voted by the conference’s 11
coaches.
McDonald has led the Dolphins to a perfect 10-0 conference record
to clinch the team’s eighth Northeast-10 Regular Season Title
in nine years. The senior is ranked second in the conference in
assists per game (1.86), third in points per game (3.86) and is
ranked in the top ten in goals per game (2.00). His stat line
includes 28 goals, 26 assists and 54 points. McDonald is also
ranked among the Division II leaders in all three categories. In
addition, the former NE-10 freshman of the year, was selected to
the All Northeast-10 First-Team for the fourth time in his
collegiate career.
Bryant University’s Gary Crowley (Scituate, Mass.) was
selected the 2008 Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year. In his first
year of collegiate play, Crowley is currently ranked third on the
Bulldogs in scoring with 20 goals, 11 assists and 31 points. He
also has 11 ground balls and three of his 20 goals are man-up
goals. In addition, Crowley was named to the All Northeast-10
Second-Team.
Le Moyne’s sophomore defender Drew Bezek (Syracuse, N.Y.) was
tabbed top defender as the 2008 Northeast-10 Defensive Player of
the Year. Bezek anchored a Dolphin defense that surrendered only
3.24 goals per games and held opponents to 19.4 shots per game. On
the year, he currently has 19 ground balls and one goal and was
selected to the All Northeast-10 First-Team.
Merrimack College’s Cory Spinale (Wakefield, Mass.) was named
the 2008 Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Year. Spinale has helped
the Warriors’ defense hold opponents to 6.85 goals per game
while in net, which is third best in the Northeast-10. He ranks
second among the conference goalkeepers in save percentage (.666)
and saves per game (13.13). Spinale is ranked among the Division II
leaders in goals against average (6th) and save percentage (2nd).
He was also selected to the All Northeast-10 First-Team for the
first time in his career.
Le Moyne’s Dan Sheehan and Merrimack’s Michael Morgan
were both voted the 2008 Northeast-10 Co-Coaches of the Year by
their peers. This is Sheehan’s seventh time winning the award
as he guided his team to an undefeated season (14-1) and a trip to
the Northeast-10 Championship game. Morgan, in his first year at
the helm at Merrimack, guided the Warriors to an 8-2 conference
record (12-4 overall) and the third seed in this year’s
tournament.
First-Team
Mike Ball, Southern New Hampshire
Mike McDonald, Le Moyne
Greg Rogowski, Merrimack
Alex Bily, Le Moyne
Nick Gatto, Le Moyne
Jim Long, Bryant
Drew Bezek, Le Moyne
Mike Malone, Le Moyne
Matt Murnane, Bryant
Brian Griffin, Le Moyne
Cory Spinale, Merrimack
Second-Team
Briant Cost, Le Moyne
Kevin Hoagland, Bryant
Chris Murphy, Saint Anselm
Gary Crowley, Bryant
John Delanoy, Southern New Hampshire
Steve Trocki, Saint Anselm
Matt Allen, Bentley
Tim MacLean, Le Moyne
Steve Mazza, Merrimack
Kevin Simmons, Saint Michael's
Andrew Hennessey, Bryant
Doug McIver, Le Moyne
