CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- For the third time in his illustrious career, Stony Brook's Kevin Crowley (New Westminster, British Columbia/New Westminster) is the America East men's lacrosse Player of the Week while Vermont's Conner McNamara (Winchester, Mass./Brewster Academy) picked up his first career Rookie of the Week honor. The awards for the week ending Feb. 27 were announced Monday afternoon.
Crowley, the reigning America East Player of the Year, picked up where he left off last season by tallying four goals and an assist in Stony Brook's near upset of top-ranked Virginia Saturday. Crowley, the nation's active leading scorer with 181 career points and a finalist for the Tewaraaton Award last season, scored his team's first two goals of the game and helped force overtime by scoring with 21 seconds left to draw the Seawolves within one. He also picked up three ground balls in the 11-10 overtime loss.
McNamara (Winchester, Mass./Brewster Academy) scored a pair of goals in each of his first two games as a collegian last week. A freshman attack, McNamara scored twice in Vermont's 9-6 win at Air Force Friday and capped off the Catamounts' 7-0 run with a score early in the fourth quarter. He followed that performance with two goals in an 11-6 defeat to No. 16/17 Denver Sunday. McNamara also picked up a pair of ground balls for the Catamounts, whose 2-0 start was their first since the 2007 season.
Stony Brook, which began the season ranked fifth in the country, fell two spots in the USILA Coaches' poll and one notch in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and is now ranked seventh in both polls. The Seawolves nearly knocked off #1/2 Virginia as they forced overtime with the Cavaliers before falling, 11-10, in overtime Saturday.
Team Notes
Albany (0-1) started the season with a 14-7 loss at No. 20 Drexel on Feb. 26 ... the Great Danes dropped their opener for the fourth consecutive year and last won the first game of the season in an 8-7 decision at Johns Hopkins on Feb. 24, 2007 … Drexel reversed a 4-1 deficit in the first quarter with six unanswered to take the lead for good … All-America goalkeeper Mark Manos was brilliant with 14 saves … the Dragons, who won 18 of 23 face-offs, had opened the previous week with a three-goal loss to No. 2 Virginia … UAlbany is 15-41 all-time as a Division I program against teams ranked in the national top 20 … Brian Caufield (Bay Shore, N.Y. / West Islip), a two-time All-America East first-team selection who missed last year’s final five games with a broken jaw, returned to the lineup and had one goal and one assist … Caufield has 133 career points and is fifth on the program's all-time assists list (71) … the senior midfielder was picked in the sixth round by Rochester in the 2011 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft … Joe Resetarits (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg), who missed 11 games with a foot injury last year, had three goals and one assist … the junior attack extended his point-scoring streak to 20 consecutive games, the 13th-longest in the nation… freshman Ty Thompson (Hogansburg, N.Y. / Salmon River Central) had three points (2 goals, 1 assist) in his collegiate debut … goalkeeper John Carroll (Nesconset, N.Y. / Smithtown East) made 10 saves in three quarters of play … Carroll is eighth on the career saves list with 314 … Syracuse and Johns Hopkins are among five consensus national top-20 teams on the schedule.
Binghamton (0-2) suffered a 12-6 setback to host Lafayette in its second straight road contest of the 2011 campaign ... Sophomore Matt Springer (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) led the Bearcats in scoring with his sixth career hat trick and second in as many games this year ... Springer extended his consecutive scoring streak to 16 straight with a point as he has registered a point in every collegiate game he has played ... The Bearcats jumped out to an early 2-0 advantage in the first three minutes of play ... Freshman Jordan Tripp (Aurora, Ontario/St. Andrews College) posted his first career goal at the 13:30 mark followed by an unassisted goal from Springer 90 seconds later ... Newcomer Michael Antinozzi (Fallston, Md./Fallston) gave Binghamton a 3-2 edge with his first career goal later in the quarter ... Springer notched his second goal of the contest to wrap up a high-scoring first quarter at 4-4 ... Lafayette held the visiting Bearcats scoreless over a two-quarter span to pull ahead at 11-4 with seven straight goals ... Binghamton tallied fourth quarter goals from sophomore linemates Tyler Perrelle (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac) and Springer ... The Bearcats outshot the host Leopards 34-31 for the game, but Lafayette's Andrijko Andrusko stymied Binghamton offensively with a game-high 17 saves.
Hartford (1-1) scored its first win of the 2011 season when it defeated Holy Cross, 12-7, at Hart Turf Field on Saturday ... Attackmen Ryan Compitello (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge), Aidan Genik (Toronto, Ontario/Malvern C.I./Univ. of Western Ontario) and Jared Franze (Glenville, N.Y./Niskayuna) each netted hat tricks in the contest ... Genik finished with a game-high four points while Carter Bender (Caledon, Ontario/Brewster Academy) also finished with four points on one goal and three assists ... Sophomore goalie Frank Piechota (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) rejected eight shots en route to his first collegiate win ... Following a 2-2 score at the end of the first quarter, Hartford rallied to outscore Holy Cross, 7-1, to close out the half with a commanding, 9-3 advantage ... Compitello, Genik and Franze accounted for six of those goals in the second quarter ... Hartford totaled 41 shots while its stifling defense held the Crusaders to just 26 attempts ... The Hawks also held the advantage at the face-off X, winning 15-of-23 led by junior Tim Fallon (Lowell, Mass./Lawrence Academy) ... In addition, Hartford forced 25 turnovers and scooped up 36 ground balls to the Crusaders' 23 ... Fallon and Conor Flynn (Corning, N.Y./Corning East) each finished with a game-high seven ground balls ... The Hawks next travel to Siena on March 5 for a 2:00 p.m. start time ... Last season, Hartford scored a 13-11 win in Hempstead, N.Y.
UMBC (1-1) dropped its home opener, 12-5, to Rutgers (3-0) on Feb. 26...The Retrievers committed 24 turnovers and put only nine of 26 shots on goal against the Scarlet Knights... UMBC junior goalkeeper Brian McCullough (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) took the loss, allowing six goals and making two saves in the first half... Sophomore Adam Cohen (Arnold, Md./The Severn School) allowed six second half goals and made four stops... After winning 29 of 34 home games from 2006-2009, the Retrievers have dropped seven of the last eight at UMBC Stadium... Junior attackman Rob Grimm (Black River, N.Y./Carthage) scored a first quarter goal to extend his consecutive games scoring streak to seven... The Retrievers won the first five draws of the game, but Rutgers would capture 13 of the final 16 and dominated time of possession over the final 45 minutes ... Rutgers’ win evens the series at 7-7... UMBC travels to Chapel Hill to take on the Tar Heels on March 5... The Retrievers won three of five meetings with UNC from 1999-2003, but are 0-4 since 2004... Senior midfielder Jamie Kimbles (Centreville, Md./Queen Anne's) scored a career best three goals in last season's 12-7 loss to UNC at UMBC Stadium... Kimbles missed the two scrimmages and the opener vs. Presbyterian due to injury, but did see limited action vs. Rutgers.
#7 Stony Brook (0-1) lost to top-ranked Virginia, 11-10, in overtime ... senior Kevin Crowley (New Westminster, British Columbia) led the Seawolves with four goals and an assist as they rallied from two three-goal deficits ... senior Brett Drost (Wading River, N.Y.) had the game of his life, scoring three goals and adding an assist ... senior Rob Camposa (Syosset, N.Y.) made eight saves in his first start since the America East Championship game in 2009 ... Virginia led 10-8 with 1:12 left in regulation before Crowley scored with 21 seconds left and junior Russ Bonanno (Seaford, N.Y.) tied the game at 10 with a wrap-around goal with three seconds left ... Stony Brook travels to face Marist next Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Vermont (2-1) went 1-1 last week in a pair of road games in the state of Colorado … The Catamounts opened the week with a 9-6 victory at Air Force on Friday … Freshman Ahmad Zachary (Lower Merion, Pa./Lower Merion) led the Catamounts with two goals and an assist, while classmate Connor McNamara (Winchester, Mass./Brewster Academy) added a pair of goals, the first two of his career … The Cats improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2009 and it was also the first win over the Falcons in three all-time meetings … The Catamounts trailed 3-1 early in the game before rattling off seven straight goals to take an 8-3 lead … Senior Kyle Sminkey (White River Jct., Vt./Hartford) also added a goal and an assist … Vermont also dropped an 11-6 decision at No. 16/17 Denver on Sunday … McNamara led the Cats with two goals, giving him four in two games on the week … The Pioneers broke open a 5-3 game at the half with five unanswered scores in the third quarter … Denver outshot Vermont, 15-2, in the frame and extended their lead to 10-3 going into the final 15 minutes of play … Junior Geoff Worley (Coronado, Calif./Coronado) added a goal and an assists, while classmate David Barton (Hanover, Mass./Boston College HS) recorded 19 saves, one shy of matching a career high … Vermont returns to action this week when it hosts Bryant on Saturday at 1 p.m.