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ECC RELEASES MEN'S LACROSSE PRESEASON POLL
February 11, 2013

ECC RELEASES MEN'S LACROSSE PRESEASON POLL

Orangeburg, N.Y. (2/11/13) The East Coast Conference (ECC) has released the 2013 Men's Lacrosse Preseason Poll this past Friday. The defending National Champion, Dowling College Golden Lions, have been tabbed as the 2013 preseason favorite in East Coast Conference men’s lacrosse.

Orangeburg, N.Y. (2/11/13)  The East Coast Conference (ECC) has released the 2013 Men's Lacrosse Preseason Poll this past Friday.  The defending National Champion, Dowling College Golden Lions, have been tabbed as the 2013 preseason favorite in East Coast Conference men's lacrosse.

New York Institute of Technology teammates, sophomore Luke Miller (Mastic, N.Y.) and junior Danny McDermott (Vancouver, B.C.), have been named the Preseason Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year.

Dowling took six of eight first place votes to take the top spot in the preseason poll. The Golden Lions won a program record 13 games in 2012 and won the first National Championship in program history with an 11‐10 victory over Limestone.  Dowling will attempt to repeat with five starters and 25 players back from last year's record‐setting squad.


NYIT and LIU Post each split the final two first place votes to come in second and third respectively.


Miller, the reigning ECC Rookie of the Year, is the coaches' pick as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Despite missing the last four games of the season due to injury, Miller still ranked among the top point scorers in the ECC. In 12 games, he racked up 44 points to rank eighth in the conference. Miller dished off 27 assists to come in third in the
conference and also scored 17 goals.


McDermott makes it a sweep for NYIT in the preseason honors, earning the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year award.  In 2012 McDermott was a First Team All‐Conference and also a USILA First Team All‐American. A shut‐down defender, McDermott scooped up 29 ground balls and finished fifth in the conference forcing 28 turnovers.


2013 East Coast Conference Preseason Poll

    School                     Points

1. Dowling                   (6) 62
2. NYIT (1) 53
3. LIU Post (1) 46
4. Chestnut Hill       42
5. Molloy       34
6. Mercy       27
7. Roberts Wesleyan       14
8. Dominican       10

 

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Luke Miller, So., ATT., NYIT
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Danny McDermott, Jr., D, NYIT

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.