UAlbany Men's Lacrosse: Lyle Thompson Named Brine DI Player of the Week

BALTIMORE – After leading the Great Danes to a dominant victory over UMass, Lyle Thompson was named the Brine Division I Player of the Week in all of DI men’s lacrosse. This weekly honor is selected by the staff at Inside Lacrosse magazine. This is UAlbany’s first National Player of the Week honor this season. Earlier this week, the junior attackman was selected as the America East Player of the Week. Matching his career-high for assists and points in a game, Lyle Thompson notched seven assists and four goals for 11 points against UMass, which had one of the top scoring defenses in lacrosse coming into the contest. He adding three ground balls to his tally. He leads all of Division I with 7.25 points per game and 4.75 assists per game, also ranking 34th in goals per game at 2.5. His first two rankings are at least one point/assist higher than the second-place player.