University of Albany's Joe Resetarits Named America East Rookie of the Week For 4th Time; UAbany Ranked in Both National Polls - UAlbany Sports 2009

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Cambridge, Mass. – University at Albany’s Joe Resetarits has been named America East Conference Rookie of the Week in men’s lacrosse, as announced on Monday, April 6 by the conference office. Resetarits, a freshman from Hamburg, N.Y., earned the weekly award for the fourth time this season.

Resetarits, whose older brother was an first-team All-American for the Great Danes, had three goals and one assist in his team’s 9-8 come-from-behind victory over conference-rival Hartford on April 1. He added one goal and a career-best two assists in last Saturday’s loss to nationally-ranked Johns Hopkins. Resetarits, who has totaled three or more points in six consecutive games, is America East’s top freshman scorer with 28 points (21 goals, 7 assists).

Despite falling to Johns Hopkins on April 4, UAlbany is still ranked in both national men’s lacrosse polls. The Great Danes are 18th in the USILA poll and No. 19 by Nike/Inside Lacrosse.

UAlbany (6-3, AE 2-0) and UMBC (8-2, AE 2-0) will battle for first place in the America East Conference standings on Saturday, April 11 at John Fallon Field. The Retrievers are No. 6 in the USILA rankings and No. 7 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse poll. The conference matchup will be televised in the Capital Region on Time Warner Cable (TW3), with Greg Tobben and Andrew Catalon handling the play-by-play duties.

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USILA COACHES POLL: 1. Virginia, 2. Princeton, 3. Cornell, 4. Notre Dame, 5. Hofstra, 6. Syracuse, 7. UMBC, 8. Duke, 9. Johns Hopkins, 10. North Carolina, 11. Brown, 12. Maryland, 13. Navy, 14. Massachusetts, t15. Loyola, t15. Colgate, t15. Harvard, 18. Albany, t19. Georgetown, t19. Bucknell.



NIKE/INSIDE LACROSSE: 1. Virginia, 2. Princeton, 3. Cornell, 4. Notre Dame, 5. Syracuse, 6. UMBC, 7. Hofstra, 8. Duke, 9. Johns Hopkins, 10. North Carolina, 11. Brown, 12. Navy, 13. Maryland, 14. Massachusetts, 15. Colgate, 16. Loyola, 17. Harvard, 18. Georgetown, 19. Albany, 20. Bucknell.