DANBURY, Conn. – The Salisbury University men's lacrosse team garnered one major postseason honor from the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) with three being placed on the All-ECAC squad,
announced by the league on Wednesday morning.
Connor Herraiz earned Offensive Player of the Year honors.
Blake Malamphy and
Riley Strub accompanied
Herraiz on the All-ECAC team.
Herraiz, a senior from Succasunna, NJ, was a scoring machine for SU, notching 35 goals with 74 helpers for a total of 109 points. His 3.52 points per game average was good for fourth in the nation, bolstered by eight games of seven-plus point performances.
Strub, a senior from Darien, Conn., racked up 77 total points this season via 48 goals and a career-high 29 assists. A two-time USILA DIII Team of the Week honoree, he averaged 4.25 points per game in postseason play, bringing his season average up to 3.67 tallies per contest.
Malamphy, a senior from Annapolis, Md., earned his third career nod to the All-ECAC Team. He put together a monster season to wrap up his maroon and gold tenure, winning 344-of-457 face-offs for a 75.3 percent winning percentage. Malamphy's 245 ground balls are tops across all three NCAA divisions. He also scored a career-high 10 goals to go along with two assists. Malamphy finishes his illustrious career with the sixth-most face-off wins (1,086) in Division III history.
ABOUT THE ECAC
The ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) is an eighty-five-year-old organization with well over 200 member schools across all three NCAA Divisions - I, II and III. The ECAC exists to enhance the experience of student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics and provides great value for universities and colleges by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments and other competitions throughout the Northeast. The ECAC also hosts a comprehensive esports program that presently involves 160 schools fielding 1100 teams across 14 different esports games, streamed live four nights a week. The ECAC's esports platform has and continues to expand the geographic footprint of the Conference nationally.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 211 conference championships, and have produced 54 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
