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LANCASTER, PA - The Franklin & Marshall College men's lacrosse team is ranked #17 in the April 11 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Geico/STX Division III Coaches Poll. The ranking marks the first of the season for the Diplomats as Franklin & Marshall was outside the Top 20 through the first five weeks of the season. 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 40 goals and 28 assists through the first eight games of the season. The team’s leading scorer 13 goals and 25 assists for 38 points, Welsh scored three goals and assisted on two others for five points to lead F&M to a 10-2 victory over Muhlenberg at Williamson Field on April 9. The points raised Welsh’s career scoring totals to 77 goals and 92 assists for 169 points as he surpassed Don Gervais ’96 (90) for third place in assists at the College, and eclipsed Paul Friedman ’75 (166) to move into a tie with Peter Bidstrup ’86 (169) for fifth in points in Franklin & Marshall College men’s lacrosse history. Adams leads the team in goals scored as he has tallied 27-3-30 to date as the Diplomats are outscoring their opponents 85-52. In goal, Mike Sartorius (Sr., Summit, NJ/Summit) has a 6.09 goals against average and .674 save percentage as he now has a 7.94 gaa and a .613 save percentage in his career and ranks first in F&M history in saves with 623 in 2978:51.
The key to the Diplomats success has been on defense and
face-offs as Matt Capone (Sr., Scarsdale, NY/Scarsdale) has
won 120-of-154 (77.9%) face-offs to raise his career total
to 618-for-786 (78.63%) and the Franklin & Marshall defense
is holding opponents to 6.36 goals per game.
Franklin & Marshall (7-1, 3-0 Centennial Conference) will continue the season on April 16 at home versus Washington College in Lancaster. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m. 2005 USILA April 11 Division III Men's Lacrosse Poll
1. Salisbury
2. Nazareth
3. Cortland
4. Roanoke
5. Middlebury
6. Gettysburg
7. Messiah
8. Stevens Tech
9. Washington
10. Washington & Lee
11. Lynchburg
12. Amherst
Bowdoin
14. Tufts
15. Hartwick
16. Hampden-Sydney
17. Franklin & Marshall
18. Springfield
19. Bates
20. Geneseo Others receiving votes: Hamilton, Ohio Wesleyan, Ithaca, Connecticut, Denison, St. Lawrence, Williams
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