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BUDUO
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Both weekly awards in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s lacrosse belong this week to Lenoir-Rhyne University stars.
The conference gave the Bears’ Joe Buduo the top award on offense for theweek and Ryan Crompton collected the top award on defense.
They led LRU to two road wins last week, 10-4 over seventh-ranked Belmont Abbey and 13-11 at Wingate in an SAC match.
Buduo, a junior attacker from Shrewsbury, Mass., scored four goals in each of those matches and added four assists and five ground balls for the week. He leads the Bears in goals scored (27) and total points (38).
CROMPTON
Crompton, a senior goalkeeper from Frederick, Md., totaled 28 saves with a .651 save percentage in last week’s matches. He’s won the league weekly honor three times this year – nine total for his collegiate career – and is the Bears’ all-time leader in saves with 400.
LRU (7-1, 1-0), ranked No. 4 in NCAA Division II, has a 17-game regular-season conference win streak.
The Bears play Saturday at 3 p.m. at Tusculum (3-3, 1-0) in a SAC match.
NCAA DIVISION II TOP 20 RANKINGS
(through March 12)
1. Merrimack (16) 3-0
2. Le Moyne (4) 4-0
3. Pace 3-0
4t. LENOIR-RHYNE 7-1
4t. Colorado Mesa 6-0
6. Seton Hill 4-1
7. Tampa 6-1
8. Mercyhurst 4-1
9. Adelphi 2-1
10. Belmont Abbey 5-1
11. Limestone 4-3
12. Mount Olive 5-2
13. LIU Post 2-2
14. Saint Leo 5-1
15. Mercy 5-1
16. Lindenwood 3-1
17. Saint Anselm 1-0
18. NYIT 2-4
19. Indianapolis 3-1
20. Lake Erie 1-1
–Reported by LRU Sports Information