CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Following a weekend that saw America East
men's lacrosse teams go a perfect 6-0, two players who combined for 15 points
are the league's weekly award winners. The honorees for the week ending March
17 were announced Monday afternoon.
Albany's Mile Thompson set a school record for goals in a game en route to
earning Player of the Week accolades while UMBC's Nate Lewnes racked up six
points in his team’s win over High Point on way to being named Rookie of the
Week.
Thompson (Onondaga Nation, N.Y.) set a single-game Albany record by scoring nine goals in his team's 17-15 win at Bryant Saturday. The junior attack, who returned after missing three games due to injury, took over the game late in the second quarter. With the Great Danes up 7-6, Thompson scored Albany's next seven goals, growing the advantage to 13-7. The nine scores were the most by an America East player since Stony Brook's Jordan McBride had 10 at Delaware in 2008. Thompson leads the league averaging 4.67 goals per game.
Lewnes (Arnold, Md.) posted a team-season high six points to lead UMBC to a 16-11 victory over High Point on Saturday and earned Rookie of the Week honors as a results. The freshman attacked scored four goals and added a pair of assists while picking up a ground ball to lead the Retrievers to the win. Lewnes now has six goals and six assists this season.
Albany remains ranked 20th in both the USILA Coaches' Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll this week. In addition to the wins by the Great Danes and Retrievers saturday, Bingahamton beat Manhattan, 13-6, Hartford downed Quinnipac, 11-10, Stony Brook edged Sacred Heart, 12-10, and Vermont bested Wagner, 15-6.
2013 America East Men’s Lacrosse Weekly Award Winners
Feb. 18 – Player of the Week: Lyle Thompson (Albany); Rookie of the Week: Brody Eastwood (Stony Brook)
Feb. 25 – Player of the Week: Adam Cohen (UMBC); Rookie of the Week: Dan Shaughnessy (Stony Brook)
March 4 - Player of the Week: Jeff Tundo (Stony Brook); Rookie of the Week: Challen Rogers (Stony Brook)
March 11 - Player of the Week: Lyle Thompson (Albany); Rookie of the Week: Jack Bobzien (Hartford)
March 18 - Player of the Week: Miles Thompson (Albany); Rookie of the Week: Nate Lewnes