Daily Word: New England Lacrosse Players to Watch

Daily Word: New England Lacrosse Players to Watch

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New for the 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AExtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings on our nine campuses and provide links to previews, recaps, features and exclusive coverage.

Vermont women’s lacrosse player Sydney Mas took the America East by storm last year. The Hartford men’s lacrosse team did the same thing thanks to Carter Bender.

Mas set conference and school rookie records by scoring 55 goals and tallying 63 points overall and she finished 12th in the nation in scoring. A freshman. 

Bender led the Hawks in points last year and he led them to the America East title upsetting Stony Brook in the final on Long Island. The attackman was also recently drafted by the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse.

Why are we talking about them? Because the New England Lacrosse Journal singled out Mas and Bender as 20 players who will make lacrosse news across the region this spring.

According to the journal, Bender played with the 2011 National Senior A box lacrosse champion Brampton Excelsiors this summer and developed into a leader the Hawks will need if they hope to repeat as conference champs in 2012. The top seven scorers from last season’s Hartford team are back this year and with Bender’s leadership ability, New England should expect big things.

As for Mas, what could she have saved up for a sophomore encore? At least according to her coach, a whole lot more of the same. Mas is quick to credit her teammates when she scores in bunches, her coach told the journal, which makes her supremely effective on the offensive end. Can the Catamounts be right there with the rest of the competitive America East? With Mas, many people think they can.

You can read the rest of New England Lacrosse Journal’s breakdown of the two lacrosse stars, here.

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