2003 Men's Lacrosse All-Conference Teams Announced

Griffin of Tufts named 2003 Player of the Year

HARTFORD, Conn. - Tufts University sophomore Bryan Griffin was honored by the conference coaches as the 2003 NESCAC Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Year. Griffin, the 2002 NESCAC Rookie of the Year, led the NESCAC in scoring this season with 41 goals and 23 assists for 64 points while leading Tufts to the championship game of the NESCAC Tournament.

Wesleyan freshman Glen Adams was named NESCAC Rookie of the Year. Adams was one of the top scoring midfielders in the conference this season and scored two game-winning goals in overtime this season.

NESCAC Champion Middlebury College placed four members on the all-conference first team. Junior goalkeeper Eric Krieger and junior defender John West anchored a defense which allowed the fewest goals per game in the league. Krieger led the conference in goals against average and save percentage stopping 63.5% of the shot attempts. Middlebury senior midfielder Mike Frissora and junior attacker Mike Saraceni were also first team selections. Saraceni was the leading scorer on the conference’s most potent offense. Middlebury coach Erin Quinn was named Coach of the Year by his peers after leading the Panthers to their third-consecutive NESCAC Championship.

Middlebury’s Frissora joins senior midfielder Chris Hayes of Williams, senior long-stick midfielder Ben Winston of Colby and junior defender Clancy Galgay of Connecticut College as first-team selections a year after being named to the all-conference second team.

Two Amherst midfielders were named to the first-team all-conference. Junior Mike Allison was among the conference leaders in scoring while freshman long-stick midfielder Andrew Wilcox led the Lord Jeffs in takeaways and groundballs.

Bowdoin senior Kyle Courtiss led the conference in goals (47) and was tied for second in points per game. Defenders Clancy Galgay of Connecticut College and Jeff Jorve of Wesleyan complete the first team selections.

NESCAC all-conference selections are determined in a vote by the conference coaches. Additional players honored on the first or second team are due to ties in the voting.

2003 NESCAC Men's Lacrosse All-Conference Team