Seton Hill University Athletics

SHU Wins Four of Six G-MAC Major Awards

After finishing a perfect regular season in G-MAC play, the Griffin men's lacrosse team was awarded by the league with four of the six major award winners, the league announced on Thursday afternoon.  The Griffins also had seven of the twelve members of the All G-MAC first team.  SHU added one other league honorable mention selection. 

Jack Moran was named the league's Offensive Player of the Year.  Max Eismann took home the league's top goalie award.  Brett Craig was named Specialist of the Year and Head Coach Brian Novotny was named the league's Coach of the Year.

Moran, who was a three-time conference athlete of the week selection, led the league in total points with 84 and assists with 36.  He also has set a new Seton Hill single season record for points in a season.  His playmaking ability has vaulted him into the conference career record books through two seasons as the league's best point scorer.

Eismann's save percentage of .553 was tops in the league as the Griffins' defense permitted just 101 goals from opponents in 15 games. He was also the conference defensive player of the week for the second time in his career this season.
 
The junior Craig draws a lot of attention on the field for his ability on both ends of the field and remains a viable repeat All-American candidate with SHU on a 13-game win streak entering the conference tournament. He had 11 goals and four assists with team-leading numbers in both ground balls (74) and caused turnovers (31).

Novotny navigated Seton Hill to a near-perfect season going into the playoffs with a 14-1 overall record and 7-0 run through the conference schedule. His Griffins are ranked third nationally in the USILA National Poll and third in the NCAA North Region rankings.

Moran, Eismann and Craig were joined on the first team by Zach Rusch, Sean Stanners, Joe Cillo and Jay Scerbo.  Logan Maloni was an honorable mention selection.