LETT
HobbsDailyReport.com
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University dominated selections for this season’s All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) in men’s lacrosse with eight first-team players and top awards for player, freshman and coach for the year.
The team was announced Thursday by conference officials.
PARADINE
Collin Lett of LRU was named SAC Player of the Year, Myles Moffat won SAC Freshman of the Year, and the Bears’ head coach, Greg Paradine, was selected SAC Coach of the Year.
Lett is a senior long stick middle from Greensboro and Moffat is an attacker from Airdie Alberta Canada. Paradine won top coach for the third time in eight seasons as head coach of the Bears.
LRU won its third straight regular-season SAC title and has a 24-match win streak in league contests.
MOFFAT
The Bears (15-1, 8-0) – ranked No. 3 in NCAA Division II and No. 1 in the Southeast Region – are the top seed for the SAC tournament, facing fourth-seeded Queens (9-6, 5-3) in a semifinal on Friday at 11 a.m. at Wingate.
Lett has five goals, three assists, 56 ground balls and 33 forced turnovers this season. He gives the Bears two straight league MVPs (Mike Hanlon in 2017).
Moffat is third in scoring for the Bears this season with 28 goals. He has 24 assists and 52 total points.
Joining Lett as first-team All-SAC picks were: junior attacker Joe Buduo, senior attacker Ben Corrigan, sophomore midfielder Eric Dickinson, senior defender Jacob O’Connor, sophomore defender Tyler Bane, senior goalkeeper Ryan Crompton and senior face-off specialist Shane Gottberg.
ALL-SAC MEN’S LACROSSE
First Team
A – Joe Buduo, Lenoir-Rhyne
A – Adam Golia, Lincoln Memorial
A – Ben Corrigan, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Eric Dickinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Billy Kopsky, Lincoln Memorial
MF – Conor Gronbach, Wingate
D – Chris Gazzio, Wingate
D – Jacob O’Connor, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Tyler Bane, Lenoir-Rhyne
LP – Collin Lett, Lenoir-Rhyne
Spec. – Shane Gottberg, Lenoir-Rhyne
GK – Ryan Crompton, Lenoir-Rhyne
Second Team
A – Dalton Cook, Catawba
A – Kyle Arcuri, Lincoln Memorial
A – Jeremy Sullivan, Wingate
MF – Robert Tucker, Lincoln Memorial
MF – Alex Llerandi, Wingate
MF – Joe Barber, Catawba
D – Marc James, Wingate
D – Ryan Benck, Lincoln Memorial
D – Josh Hernandez, Lincoln Memorial
LP – Griffin Stechmiller, Queens
Spec. – Drew Flack, Queens
GK – Ryan Kearney, Mars Hill
Player of the Year: Collin Lett, Lenoir-Rhyne
Freshman of the Year: Myles Moffat, Lenoir-Rhyne
Coach of the Year: Greg Paradine, Lenoir-Rhyne