Six Selected to Play in Annual North/South Game

FOREST, Va. --- The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) announced the 2011 NCAA Division III All-American teams, and 12 ODAC student-athletes earned recognition.  Lynchburg College and Roanoke College placed four apiece amongst the second, third and honorable mention lists.  Hampden-Sydney College boasts three award winners, while Washington and Lee University garners the final honor.

Roanoke defenseman Alex Burkhead and midfielder Justin Tuma each were tabbed USILA Second Team All-Americans.  Burkhead improved upon his ’10 honorable mention recognition with a second team choice in 2011, while Tuma, the 2011 ODAC Player of the Year, earned second team honors for the second-consecutive year. He was a honorable mention selection in 2009. Attack Jeff Keating was selected to the USILA All-America Third Team and midfielder Trey Keeley was named to the honorable mention squad. As a team, Roanoke ended the season with a 17-4 overall record and a 7-0 conference mark, having advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Tournament. Roanoke currently sits first in the country in assists (10.52) and points per game (26.52), third in scoring offense (16.00 goals/gm) and fourth in ground balls per game (44.81).

Lynchburg is represented on the USILA All-America Third Team by defenseman Joe Lisicky.  Attack Dylan Hoff, midfielder Max Voumard and goalkeeper Franc Cook were each tabbed to the honorable mention squad.  The Hornets wrapped up the 2011 campaign with a 13-6 overall record and a 5-2 mark in league play.  LC advanced to the ODAC championship game for the second-straight season.  Lynchburg is ranked 23^rd in scoring defense (7.26).  The Hornets were third in the league in goals per game (11.37), ground balls per game (37.16) and man-up goals (1.26).

Hampden-Sydney is well represented on the USILA All-America Honorable Mention Team.  Attack Micah Keller and midfielders Cole Hawthorne and Carter Mavromatis garnered awards, as the Tigers wrapped up the season with a 12-5 overall record and a 4-3 conference record.  H-SC was second in the league in goals per game (11.88), ground balls per game (37.24) and points per game (17.76).

Washington and Lee’s lone choice is defenseman Joe LaSala, who was named a USILA Honorable Mention All-American.  LaSala was part of the Generals’ defense in 2011 that registered a 7.06 goals against average and a .564 save percentage.

In addition to the All-American honors, six student-athletes were selected to play in the annual North-South College All-Star Game.  RC’s Tuma, Burkhead, Keeley and Drew Manley will be joined by H-SC’s Hawthorne and W&L’s Austin Wernecke in the 67^th edition of the year-end classic.  Keeley will not participate in the event due to injury.  The game is scheduled for Friday, May 27 at 3:00 p.m. on the campus of Goucher College (click HERE for fule rosters).

To view the entire 2011 USILA All-America Teams, click HERE or visit the USILA at www.usila.org.  For more information on ODAC men’s lacrosse, visit any of the participating schools’ websites, or go to the ODAC’s home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com.