The NCAA lacrosse season is almost over. It seemed like yesterday team’s were practicing in sweatshirts and sweatpants in frigid temperatures as they began their quest to the NCAA Tournament. As the lacrosse season heads into the conference tournaments and eventually the NCAA Tournament, some players will be playing their last lacrosse games ever while others will be moving onto the MLL.
While Miles Thompson, Kieran McArdle and Jordan Wolf have all had spectacular seasons thus far, how have the rest of this year’s crop of MLL draftees done recently?
Josh Dionne, A, Duke—Dionne’s play has really started to improve over his last four games. He has 11 goals and one assist during that time span and had three goals and an assist against Syracuse in the Blue Devils ACC Tournament loss.
Miles Thompson, A, Albany—Thompson currently ranks second in the nation with 90 points. In his last two games against Siena and Binghamton, he has combined for 13 points! He has six goals against Siena while he had three goals and two assists against Binghamton.
Mark Cockerton, A, Virginia—Cockerton has posted 11 points in his last two games against Bellarmine and UNC. In the ACC Showcase game this past weekend, Cockerton scored four goals and handed out three assists in Virginia’s 13-11 win over UNC. On the season, Cockerton has 60 points and will likely add to that total in the NCAA Tournament.
Kieran McArdle, A, St. Johns—In McArdle’s final collegiate game against Penn, he went out in style as he scored six points against a defense that allows nine goals a game. McArdle finishe with 79 points on the season and is among 28 players being considered for the Tewaaraton Award.
Jeremy Noble, M, Denver—Noble has been a do-it-all midfielder for the Pioneers on their way to a No. 3 national ranking. Noble has 38 points on the season, 27 of which are assists. In his last two games against Providence and Marquette he has handed out four and three assists respectively. He also has 38 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers!
Tom Schreiber, M, Princeton—Schreiber ended his record-setting career with two no shows against Harvard and Cornell. After lighting up every opponent along the way, he was held scoreless against Harvard and scored one goal against Cornell. Coincidentally, the Tigers lost both games and Princeton misses the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.
Justin Ward, A, Loyola—Ward has been the tone setter on offense as he has 68 points on the season and ranks second in the nation with 51 assists. Ward was his usual self as Loyola won the Patriot League Tournament this past week. He combined for nine points in two games against Colgate and Lehigh. He scored three goals and handed out six assists.
Jordan Wolf, A, Duke—Wolf continues to be the tone setter on offense for the Blue Devils. On the season, he has 72 points which ranks him at No. 5 in the nation. He has an outside shot of ending up No. 1 if Albany doesn’t make the NCAA Tournament. Even though the Blue Devils lost to Syracuse in a thriller, it wasn’t because of Wolf who had one goal and four assists.
Derek Maltz, A, Syracuse—Maltz has been on and off all season for the Orange. He has been scoreless in four games this season but he showed up for the Orange in the ACC Tournament. Against Duke he had two goals and in the ACC Championship game he scored two goals and handed out an assist.
Niko Amato, G, Maryland—Amato has been pretty steady for the Terps this season. In his last two games against Notre Dame, he had nine saves in each game. One was a win in which he allowed eight goals while the other was a loss in which he allowed only five goals. On the season he has a 57.3 save percentage, good for seventh in the nation.
Austin Kaut, G, Penn State—Kaut’s career ended with a 14 save performance against Delaware and an eight save performance in Penn State’s upset over No. 11 Hofstra. On the season, Kaut finished with 134 saves and a 54.7 percent save percentage.
Ben McIntosh, M, Drexel—McIntosh has been one of the better midfielders in the country for a majority of the season as he has helped Drexel to a Top 20 ranking. McIntosh has 49 points on the season. Over his last four games he has totaled 14 points. This past weekend against High Point he scored three goals and handed out an assist.
