CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — Both Army West Point and Lehigh received two Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse weekly honors while Navy grabbed one as weekly awards were announced on Monday by the League office.
Army West Point junior attackmen Miles Silva was named the Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week while senior AJ Barretto earned goalie of the week honors. Lehigh senior Craig Chick nabbed the defensive player of the week and attackmen Tommy Schelling was named rookie of the week. Navy freshman Nick Barry rounded out the weekly awards as the faceoff specialist of the week.
Nine Patriot League men’s lacrosse student-athletes earned honorable mentions; Boston University sophomore midfielder Sean Christman and senior defender Quintin Germain, Lehigh sophomore goalie James Spence, senior attackmen Lucas Spence and sophomore Joel Trucksess faceoff specialist, Loyola Maryland junior long-stick midfielder Ryan McNulty, freshman midfielder Chase Scanlan, senior attackmen Pat Spencer, and senior goalie Jacob Stover.
Offensive Player of the Week
Miles Silva, Army West Point, Jr., A, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Ponte Vedra (USMAPS)
* Silva set a career-high in the 15-6 win over Binghamton with eight goals.
* The last time anyone at Army scored eight goals in a single game was Garrett Thul in 2013.
* The junior then scored a hat trick against Holy Cross as the Black Knights earned a 7-6 victory.
* Silva also earned three groundballs and one caused turnover in the week.
Defensive Player of the Week
Craig Chick, Lehigh, Sr., D, Edgewater, Md./South River
* Chick recorded three caused turnovers in each of the two games last week for Lehigh.
* In the 13-10 victory at Rutgers, all of Chick’s caused turnovers came in the final 18:23, as he tallied one with 3:23 left in the third quarter to go with a groundball. About 20 seconds later, Chick tallied a goal to pull the Mountain Hawks within 8-6.
* In the 15-7 win versus Lafayette, the defense allowed just two goals over the game’s first 29:33 and just five over the first 55:18.
* For the season, Chick owns 29 groundballs and 19 caused turnovers, to up his career number to 137 good for third in NCAA history.
Faceoff Specialist of the Week
Nick Barry, Navy, Fr., FO, Islip, N.Y./Islip
* Barry won a career-best 17-of-23 draws against Loyola Maryland, to go along with a career-best six groundballs.
* His performance in the X is the seventh-best performance in Rick Sowell’s eight seasons at Navy, while it is the second-most faceoffs won by a Navy freshman.
* With 58 wins on the year, he stands third on Navy’s all-time freshman faceoff wins list and is 19th on the Mids’ career wins leader board.
* Barry has taken the second-most faceoffs of any Navy freshman with 122.
Goalkeeper of the Week
AJ Barretto, Army West Point, Sr., GK, Darlington, Md./St. Paul’s School
* Barretto faced 62 shots in two games, allowing just 11 goals as the Black Knights defeated Binghamton (15-6) and Holy Cross (7-6). He also posted nine groundballs and one caused turnover.
* The senior registered a .711 save percentage to go with a career-high 19 saves against the Crusaders on Saturday.
* Barretto’s .617 save percentage for the season ranks his second nationally as his 7.95 goals against average is third in the country.
* Currently, he backs the country’s third-best scoring defense at 8.00.
Rookie of the Week
Tommy Schelling, Lehigh, Fr., A, Warren, N.J./Delbarton
* Schelling’s week was highlighted when he scored the game-winning goal with 2:19 left to play en route to a 13-10 win over Rutgers,
* The rookie went on to assist the team’s final goal of the evening.
* Schelling has posted six goals and three assists so far this season.
Honorable Mentions
Sean Christman, Boston University, So., M/FO, Kimberton, Pa./Milvern Prep
* Christman matched a career-high as he won 19-of-26 draws as he led the Terriers to a 13-9 victory over Bucknell. The sophomore also collected eight groundballs in the game.
Quintin Germain, Boston University, Sr., D, Huntington, N.Y./Chaminade
* Germain caused two turnovers and gathered three groundballs in the 13-9 win over Bucknell on Saturday. The senior was part of the defensive unit that kept the Bison scoreless in the final 16:46 of the game.
James Spence, Lehigh, So., GK, Springfield, Pa./Springfield
* Spence made a career-high 17 saves in the 13-10 win at Rutgers last week. The sophomore then tallied seven saves against Lafayette for a .615 save percentage for the week.
Lucas Spence, Lehigh, Sr., A, Springfield, Pa./Springfield
* Spence ended last week with 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists) in two wins for the Mountain Hawks. The senior attackmen set a career-high in groundballs with seven against Lafayette.
Joel Trucksess, Lehigh, So., M/FO, Perkasie, Pa./Haverford School
* Trucksess came into the game against Rutgers and won 8-of-10 draws, while he scored a goal off a faceoff, just 12 seconds after Chick pulled the Mountain Hawks within 8-6. For the season, Trucksess holds a .667 faceoff percentage (16-of-24).
Ryan McNulty, Loyola Maryland, Jr., LSM, Exton, Pa./Bishop Shanahan
* McNulty held Navy All-American midfielder Greyson Torain to just one goal and one point in Loyola’s 18-5 win. The junior also added six groundballs in the victory.
Chase Scanlan, Loyola Maryland, Fr., M, Irving, N.Y./IMG Academy (Fla.)
* Scanlan finished Saturday’s 18-5 win over Navy with two goals and an assist, to bring his NCAA freshman-leading goal total to 20.
Pat Spencer, Loyola Maryland, Sr., A, Davidsonville, Md./Boys Latin School of Maryland
* Spencer produced eight points on four goals and four assists on Saturday to pace the Greyhounds to an 18-5 win versus Navy. With his eight-point performance, the senior became Loyola’s all-time leader in points, eclipsing a 39-year old record of 311 scored by Gary Hanley from 1978-81.
Jacob Stover, Loyola Maryland, Sr., GK, Hunt Valley, Md./McDonogh School
* Stover finished with a .737 save percentage on Saturday as he allowed five goals against Navy. In the last eight games, Stover has made 120 saves in goal.
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