LRU SCHEDULE, RESULTS: https://lrbears.com/schedule.aspx?path=mlax
SAC STANDINGS: https://www.thesac.com/sports/mlax/2018-19/standings-manual
SAC TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS: https://www.thesac.com/championships/lacrosse/2019_M_Lax_Bracket.pdf
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ROCK HILL, S.C – Three Lenoir-Rhyne University men’s lacrosse players were selected first-team All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) this week.
BUDUO
Joe Buduo, Eric Dickinson and Tyler Bane of the Bears were selected by conference head coaches and Noah Johnson made the league’s second team, league officials said in a press release.
Budo, a senior from Shrewsbury, Mass., and Dickinson, a junior from Charlotte, were league’s top scoring this season.
Budo had 42 goals and 64 points this season, topping 140 career goals and 200 career points at LRU, and Dickinson also scored 42 times and added 19 assists for 61 points.
DICKINSON
Bane, a junior from Warrenton, Va., was first-team after causing 24 ground balls for the Bears, who held league opponents to 52 goals (second fewest in the SAC).
Johnson, a freshman goalie from Johns Creek, Ga., allowed just 7 ½ goals per league match and his 62.5 percent save percentage led the league.
Alex Llerandi of Wingate was named conference Player of the Year, Newberry’s Brady Kearnan won Freshman of the Year and the top coach was Peter Bourque of Catawba.
LRU is the fourth seed in the conference tournament and won 15-6 over No. 5 Newberry in the first round on Tuesday.
The Bears’ next match is a semifinal on Friday at 4:30 p.m. at Wingate against the top-seeded Bulldogs, and the championship match is at 4 p.m. on Sunday at Wingate.
ALL-SAC MEN’S LACROSSE
First team
A – Joe Buduo, Lenoir-Rhyne
A – Keegan Bell, Tusculum
A – Dylan Mansur, Newberry
MF – Eric Dickinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Alex Llerandi, Wingate
MF – Joe Barber, Catawba
D – RJ Neal, Wingate
D – Tyler Bane, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – James Houston, Wingate
LP – Griffin Stechmiller, Queens
Spec. – Wyatt Weiseman, Wingate
GK – Kevin Geiger, Catawba
Second team
A – Bobby Padden, Wingate
A – Kealan Pilon, Queens
A – Cole Fanzo, Catawba
MF – Conor Gronbach, Wingate
MF – Ethan Irizarry, Coker
MF – Robert Tucker, Lincoln Memorial
D – Payton Leonard, Catawba
D – Ryon Bellamy, Queens
D – Nick Rizzieri, Queens
LP – Reese Orman, Wingate
Spec. – Sean Moran, Wingate
GK – Noah Johnson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Player of the Year: Alex Llerandi, Wingate
Freshman of the Year: Brady Kearnan, Newberry
Coach of the Year: Peter Bourque, Catawba
— Reported by SAC and LRU Sports Information