MANSFIELD, Mass. – The Assumption University men's lacrosse team set a program-record ten Northeast-10 Conference men's lacrosse all-conference selections, headlined by
Shane Corcoran and
Connor Stack earning major awards, announced Friday afternoon.
Shane Corcoran was named as the Co-Rookie of the Year, as he had a historic freshman campaign, as he finished in the top four in the Northeast-10 Conference in save percentage (1
st - .632), total saves (2
nd – 148), goals against average (3
rd – 7.41), saves per game (4
th – 11.38). Nationally, he is third in save percentage and sixth in goals against average. Corcoran's season includes breaking the program record for wins in a season (10), while his goals against average misses out in the top 10. He became just the third Rookie of the Year in program history, joining
Cameron Theriault '19 and Chris Noyes '09. Corcoran was also named to the All-NE10 Third Team and the All-Rookie Team.
Connor Stack earned Faceoff Specialist of the Year and All-NE10 First Team honors after dominating the faceoff dot for the Greyhounds. He won 71.1 percent (128-of-180) of his faceoffs, shattering the previous program record set by Chris Noyes (.634 in 2011), while ranking third nationally. His 80 ground balls are tied for fourth in program history and sits third in the conference.
Head Coach
Guy Bourdon was named as the Northeast-10 Conference Co-Coach of the Year, as he broke numerous records in his seventh year patrolling the sidelines for Assumption. He began the year with the best start in program history (5-0), before becoming the winningest men's lacrosse coach at Assumption. He capped off the year with the program's first-ever home NE10 Playoff game and the most wins in a season (10). Coach Bourdon joins Mel McKee (2011) as the only two coaches in program history to win NE10 Coach of the Year.
Ryan Bogar joins
Connor Stack on the All-NE10 First Team. Bogar started all 13 games, leading the Hounds with 17 assists, while ranking second in goals (22) and points (39). It is the first time in program history to have two All-NE10 First Team selections, and just the second and third selections in school history, joining Justin Cecil, who made the list following the 1995 campaign.
The Greyhounds had four All-NE10 Second selections, as
Ben McHugh,
Brady McNulty,
Collin McSparren, and
Colby Leighton picked up the honor. McHugh led Assumption with 32 goals and 40 points. His 32 goals are the eighth most in a single season in program history since Travis Reid scored 40 in 2019. McNulty established new career-highs in goals (22), assists (12), and points (34). McSparren appeared in 12 games off the bench, while setting new career-highs in both caused turnovers (9) and ground balls (17). In 12 games this season, Leighton led the Assumption defense with the fourth-ranked scoring defense (7.00), as he recorded 26 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers.
Tom Raeke,
Trent Sargent, and Corcoran were all named to the All-NE10 Third Team. Raeke was a key component of the Assumption defense, as he logged 22 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers in 11 games. Sargent led the Greyhounds with 25 caused turnovers, while picking up 39 ground balls in 13 games.
Corcoran and McHugh are joined on the All-Rookie Team by
Boomer Staunton.
Assumption is back in action on Saturday, April 26
th, at 1:00 p.m., when it will host Bentley University in the Northeast-10 Conference first round.
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
Player of the Year: Braden Donnellan, ADE
Offensive Player of the Year: Sebastian Simonson, SMC
Defensive Player of the Year: Ries Bower, ADE
Goalkeeper of the Year: Dylan Renner, ADE
Faceoff Specialist of the Year: Connor Stack, ASM
Rookies of the Year: Matt Lemay, STA, and
Shane Corcoran, ASM
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
A: Braden Donnellan, ADE
A: Sebastian Simonson, SMC
A: Dan Zabbia, PAC
M: Kyle Lewis, ADE
M: Ryan Bogar, ASM
M: Nathan Alviti, BEN
M: Will Andrews, STA
D: Ries Bower, ADE
D: Michael D'Alessandro, ADE
D: Kyle Piersiak, BEN
LSM: Carter Linkletter, AIC
SSDM: Nick O'Shea, ADE
SSDM: Colby Goodchild, STA
FO: Connor Stack, ASM
GK: Dylan Renner, ADE
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
A: Noah Gibson, ADE
A: Ben McHugh, ASM
A: Chris Claflin, STA
A: Matt Lemay, STA
M: Ryan Bauco, ADE
M: Brady McNulty, ASM
M: David Gagnon, BEN
M: Will Danowski, PAC
D: Kevin Groom, ADE
D: Chris Butler, PAC
D: Colby Leighton, ASM
LSM: Alex Parton, BEN
LSM: Ryan Durnin, ADE
SSDM: Collin McSparren, ASM
SSDM: James Mantione, PAC
FO: Quinn Gannon, STA
GK: Finn Granara, STA
THIRD TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
A: Michael Durnin, ADE
A: Declan Landers, PAC
A: Cristian Reyes, SMC
M: Colin Reese, PAC
M: Mark Boyle, STA
M: Ethan Hughes, SMC
M: Sean Dwyer, SNHU
D: Trent Sargent, ASM
D: Brandon Tello, PAC
D:
Aidan Boyle, SNHU
LSM: Tom Raeke, ASM
SSDM: Kevin Sheahan, BEN
SSDM: Frank Falco, ADE
FO: Dalton MacKinnon, BEN
GK: Shane Corcoran, ASM
ALL-ROOKIE
William Greaves, ADE
Michael Hendrickson, ADE
Cole Gaudet, AIC
Luke Hawrish-Blight, AIC
Nicholas Kendall, AIC
Shane Corcoran, ASM
Ben McHugh, ASM
Boomer Staunton, ASM
Cam Brutus, BEN
Owen Galligan, FPU
Aidan Gibbons, FPU
Matt Baldino, PAC
Dennis Hodge-Boccanfuso, PAC
Matt Lemay, STA
Johnny Lucas, STA
Andrew Burke, SMC
Ethan Drake, SMC
Noah Veroneau, SMC
Charlie Pisciotta, SNHU
Blake Wozniak, SNHU
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