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LANCASTER, PA - The Franklin & Marshall College men's lacrosse team remained #19 in the May 2 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association STX/Geico Division III Coaches Poll. The ranking marks the second of the week for the Diplomats as F&M is ranked #20 in the Laxpower.com poll. Leading the way have been attackmen Cyrus Adams (So., Nashville, TN/Montgomery Bell) and Steve Welsh (Sr., Lewes, DE/Cape Henelopen) who have combined for 59 goals and 49 assists through the regular season. The team’s leading scorer with 18 goals and 44 assists for 62 points, Welsh has 82 goals and 111 assists 193 points as he ranks second in assists and fifth in points in school history. Adams leads the team in goals scored as he has tallied 41-5-46 to date as the Diplomats are outscoring their opponents 137-102. In goal, Mike Sartorius (Sr., Summit, NJ/Summit) has a 7.34 goals against average and .621 save percentage as he now has a 8.05 gaa and a .607 save percentage in his career and ranks first in F&M history in saves with 667 in 3264:26. The key to the Diplomats success has been on defense and face-offs as Matt Capone (Sr., Scarsdale, NY/Scarsdale) has won 198-of-271 (73.1%) face-offs to raise his career total to 697-for-903 (77.2%) and the Franklin & Marshall defense is holding opponents to 7.74 goals per game. Franklin & Marshall (9-4, 5-3 Centennial Conference) will continue the season on May 6 at Gettysburg College in the semifinals of the 2005 Centennial Conference men’s lacrosse playoffs. Game time is set for 1:30 p.m. 2005 USILA May 2 Division III Men's Lacrosse Poll
1. Salisbury
2. Cortland
3. Middlebury
4. Gettysburg
5. Nazareth
6. Roanoke
7. Lynchburg
8. Stevens Tech
9. Washington
10. Amherst
11. Messiah
12. Springfield
13. Tufts
14. Geneseo
15. Ithaca
16. Hampden-Sydney
17. Ohio Wesleyan
Wesleyan
19. Franklin & Marshall
20. Bowdoin Others receiving votes: Washington & Lee, Bates, Skidmore, Denison, Hartwick, Dickinson
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