Men's Lacrosse Places Ten Players on America East All-Conference Squad

University at Albany’s Frank Resetarits leads a group of 10 players who were voted to the 2007 America East All-Conference Men’s Lacrosse Team, as announced on Wednesday, May 2 by the conference office at the tournament championship banquet. Resetarits was chosen the America East Player of the Year, while Scott Marr was named Coach of the Year.

Resetarits, a senior attacker, leads the nation in goals and scoring with 65 points on 46 goals and 19 assists. He becomes the first Great Dane since Luke Daquino in 2003 to be picked as the conference’s top player. A native of Hamburg, N.Y., he has netted four or more goals against seven opponents this season. Resetarits, who makes his third consecutive appearance on the all-league first team, leads all NCAA Division I scorers with 227 career points (148 goals, 79 assists). His 45-game scoring streak is the second-longest nationally.

Merrick Thomson is a member of the all-conference squad for the fourth consecutive year. Thomson, a senior attacker from Stoney Creek, Ontario, has 39 goals and 10 assists entering postseason play. He scored five goals on three occasions this season. Thomson is third on the school’s all-time scoring list with 224 points (171 goals, 53 assists).

Jordan Levine, Brett Queener and Craig McDonald joined Resetarits and Thomson on the all-conference first team. Levine and Queener are on the first unit for the second straight year. Levine, a junior midfielder, has accounted for 18 goals, 12 assists and a team-leading 59 ground balls. Queener, who is in his second season as the program’s starting goalkeeper, has a 9.34 goals against average and a .514 save percentage. He also plays on the extra-man grouping as an attacker. McDonald, a junior defenseman who was a second-team selection in 2006, has 41 ground balls with a pair of goals.

Steve Ammann, Mike Ammann, Derek Dale, Garrett Pedley and Tom Trapani were each named to the All-America East second team. Dale, a junior attacker, is third on the team in scoring with 17 goals and 16 assists. Mike Ammann (9 goals, 14 assists) and Steve Ammann (11 goals, 7 assists) have been productive as junior midfielders. Trapani, a senior, and Pedley, a sophomore, are starters on defense that is allowing 9.21 goals per game.

In addition, Thomson, Pedley and the Ammann brothers earned a spot on the America East men’s lacrosse all-academic team. Freshman Kyle Brunk was selected to the all-rookie squad.

UAlbany’s Marr receives the conference’s top coaching award for the second time. Marr, who also was tabbed in 2002, led the Great Danes to a share of the America East regular-season crown. UAlbany established school records for most wins in a season (12) and the program’s all-time mark for consecutive victories (11), breaking a standard that had stood since 1972. The Great Danes have won 10 or more games in four of the last five seasons and made three NCAA appearances.