Three Knights lacrosse players named Pre-Season All-Americans

December 8, 2006

BALTIMORE, Md.—Inside Lacrosse magazine has released Face-Off Yearbook's list of preseason All-Americans for Division II men's lacrosse and has named St. Andrews Presbyterian College’s John Osterritter, Zach Mryncza, and Dan Hartzell to that prestigious list.

Sophomore defender John Osterritter (Arnold, Md.) was selected to the Pre-Season Second Team All-American list after starting all 15 games for the Knights in his freshman season last year. Osterritter posted three goals and one assist in his rookie campaign as a defender and was named a 2006 STX/USILA All-American and a First Team Deep South All-Conference selection.

Senior attack Zach Mryncza (Baltimore, Md.) was selected to the Pre-Season Honorable Mention All-American list. Mryncza led the Knights offense in 2006 with 38 goals, 31 assists, and 69 points. Mryncza, a 2006 First Team All-DSC honoree, also led SAPC in his freshman season with 53 points (20 goals, 33 assists).

Senior middie Dan Hartzell (Lacombe, Alberta, Canada) was also selected to the Pre-Season Honorable Mention All-American list. Hartzell was second on the Knights roster in scoring last year with 33 goals, 15 assists, and 48 points which earned Hartzell 2006 First Team All-DSC acclaim. In 2005, Hartzell had 16 goals and six assists. In his freshman season of 2004, Hartzell also had nine goals and 10 assists.

St. Andrews, which will be competing in the newly formed Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference for men’s lacrosse, was also picked to finish second behind No. 7 nationally ranked Limestone College in the CVAC Preseason Rankings released by Inside Lacrosse.

The three pre-season All-Americans (Osterritter, Mryncza, and Hartzell) and senior midfielder Tony Ferreira (Youngsville, N.C.) were also named to the Face-Off Yearkbook’s 11-man Pre-Season CVAC All-Conference list.

Preseason First-Team All-Americans  

A

Mike McDonald

Jr

Le Moyne

A

Greg Rogowski

So

Merrimack

A

Chris Elia

Jr

Merrimack

M

Matt Cassalia

Sr

Le Moyne

M

CJ Leary

Sr

Dowling

M

Al Bily

Jr

Le Moyne

F/O

Andrew Hennessey

So

Bryant

LSM

Joe Thon

Sr

Mercyhurst

D

Rob Blount

Sr

C.W. Post

D

Matt Juriga

Sr

Le Moyne

D

Vin Funaro

Sr

Dowling

G

Jared Corcoran

Sr

Le Moyne

G

Marty Ward

Sr

Limestone

Preseason Second-Team All-Americans  

A

Keith Henderson

Jr

NYIT

A

Alex Tack

Sr

Queens

A

Ryan Campbell

Jr

Dowling

M

Dan  Lamonica

Sr

Molloy

M

Adam Mulherin

Sr

Mercyhurst

M

John Delanoy

Jr

SNHU

F/O

Billy Brown

Jr

Molloy

LSM

Steve Moriarty

Jr

Pace

D

Chase Safarowic

Sr

C.W. Post

D

Pat Halsch

Sr

Queens

D

John Osterritter

So

St. Andrews

G

Chris Bird

So

Assumption

G

Eric Tompkins

Jr

Merrimack

Preseason All-Americans: Honorable Mention

A

Brian Cost

Jr

Le Moyne

A

Michael Gongas

Jr

Adelphi

A

Mark Greaney

Sr

Wheeling Jesuit

A

B.J. Lindner

Sr

Mercyhurst

A

Zach Mryncza

Sr

St. Andrews

A

Dominick Toscano

Sr

Molloy

M

Nick Cotter

Jr

Dowling

M

Thomas Fennel

Jr

Merrimack

M

Dan Galasso

Jr

Molloy

M

Dan Hartzell

Jr

St. Andrews

M

Stephen Mortimer

Sr

Adelphi

M

Dave Overberg

Sr

Queens

M

Bryan Safarik

Sr

Wingate

F/O

Thomas Stellwagen

So

Dowling

F/O

Brian Griffin

So

Le Moyne

D

Marc Cizenski

So

Le Moyne

D

Ken Dowse

Sr

Mercyhurst

D

Brian Perkins

Jr

Mercyhurst

D

Matt Pinder

Sr

Limestone

D

Chris Scuderi

Fr

NYIT

G

Dan Goosk

So

NYIT

G

Mark Kelske

Jr

Belmont Abbey

G

Nick Tracey

Jr

Dowling


CVAC Preseason Rankings  

1

Limestone

2

St. Andrews

3

Queens

4t

Pfeiffer

4t

Belmont Abbey

6

Lees-McRae


CVAC Preseason All-Conference Team

A

Zach Mryncza

St. Andrews

A

Alex Tack

Queens

A

CJ Robinson

Belmont Abbey

M

Dave Overberg

Queens

M

Tony Ferriera

St. Andrews

M

Dan Hartzell

St. Andrews

D

Pat Halsch

Queens

D

John Ostertter

St. Andrews

D

Matt Pinder

Limestone

D

Shane Rye

Belmont Abbey

G

Marty Ward

Limestone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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