FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(May 10, 2000)
Contact: Jamie Joss at (315) 228-7566

Hobart Dominates All-Patriot League
Men's lacrosse team

Breslin Offensive Player of the Year, Gardiner Defensive Player of the Year,
O'Hara Coach of the Year

Bethlehem, Pa. – Patriot League champion Hobart College placed eight players on the all-Patriot League men's lacrosse team, and received three of the four individual honors, in a vote of the League's head coaches.

James Breslin (Jr., A, Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes) was named the Offensive Player of the Year, while Austen Gardiner (Sr., D, Timmonium, Md./Phillips Exeter) was named the Defensive Player of the Year. Head Coach B.J. O'Hara was named the Coach of the Year.

Breslin led the Patriot League in scoring (4.83 pts/gm) and goals scored (3.33 g/gm) in League games, and was tops in overall goals scored (2.54 g/gm). He was second in overall points scored (3.69 pts/gm). He was twice named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week.

Gardiner picked up 38 ground balls while leading a defense that allowed the opposition just 7.67 goals per game in League play.

Army's John Ryan (Fr., M. Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) was named the League's Rookie of the Year. He appeared in 13 games for the Cadets, including seven as a starter. Ryan scored 12 goals, including one extra man goal. He also had two assists and picked up 17 ground balls.

O'Hara led the Statesmen to a 7-6 record overall including 5-1 in League games. The Statesmen won the championship in their first year in the Patriot League. Seven of O'Hara's players were named first team All-League.

Colgate University placed three players on the All-Patriot League teams including junior middie Parker Gibson (Newtown, Pa./Westminster School) on the first team, while junior attackman Dan Grady (Baldwinsville, N.Y./Baldwinsville) and senior defenseman Nate Morse (Sante Fe, N.M./Choate Rosemary) were second team selections.

Gibson finished tied for second on the Red Raider squad with 25 points (18-7-25) and ranks among the NCAA's elite in face-off percentage (109-for-173, .630). Grady led Colgate in scoring with 32 points (18-14-32), while Morse had 19 ground balls in his senior campaign.

2000 All-Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Team

First Team
Name School Cl. Pos. Hometown/High School
Tim Pearson Army So. A Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewoque
Jared Bebee Hobart Sr. A Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee
James Breslin Hobart Jr. A Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes
Parker Gibson Colgate Jr. M Newtown, Pa./Westminster School
Spencer Niebuhr Hobart Sr. M Smithtown, N.Y./Stony Brook
Jason Ouellet Hobart Jr. M Cheshire, Conn./Avon Old Farms
David Cain Hobart Sr. LSDM Watertown, N.Y./Immaculate Heart Cent.
Austen Gardiner Hobart Sr. D Timmonium, Md./Phillips Exeter
Christian McLean Hobart Sr. D Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook
Tim Gosser Lehigh So. D Milmont Park, Pa./Ridley
Duncan Woodward Lafayette Jr. G New Canaan, Conn./St. George's

Second Team
Name School Cl. Pos. Hometown/High School
Dan Grady Colgate Jr. A Baldwinsville, N.Y./Baldwinsville
Kevin Bromby Lafayette Jr. A Ipswich, Mass./Dovernor Dummer
Christian Castellani Lehigh So. A New Canaan, Conn./Langley
Alex Fyfe Army Sr. M Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point
Michael Cheng Bucknell Jr. M Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park
Joe Leska Hobart Jr. M Vestal, N.Y./Vestal
Ryan Hanraham Army Jr. LSDM Hingham, Mass./Hingham
Mark Juelis Bucknell Jr. LSDM Westfield, N.J./Westfield
Justin Charise Army Sr. D Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk
Steve Burman Bucknell Sr. D Kensington, Md./Landon
Nate Morse Colgate Sr. D Sante Fe, N.M./CHoate Rosemary
Todd Schreiner Lehigh Sr. G Bala Cynwyd, Pa./Lower Merion

Offensive Player of the Year: James Bresline, Hobart
Defensive Player of the Year: Austen Gardiner, Hobart
Rookie of the Year: John Ryan, Army (Fr., M, Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa)
Coach of the Year: B.J. O'Hara, Hobart