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LANCASTER, PA - The Franklin & Marshall College men's lacrosse team is ranked #16 in the April 18 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Geico/STX Division III Coaches Poll. Ranked #17 in the April 11 USILA poll, the ranking marks the second of the week for the Diplomats as F&M is ranked #18 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 40 goals and 28 assists through the first eight games of the season. The team’s leading scorer with 13 goals and 28 assists for 41 points, Welsh assisted on three goals in leading the Diplomats in a 6-5 loss to #9 Washington College on April 16. The points raised his career-scoring total to 77-95-172 to surpass Peter Bidstrup ’86 for sole possession of fifth place in scoring at the College. Further, he is now five assists away from joining Jon Dale ’90 (218) and Bill Levy ’87 (102) as the only players with 100 career assists at Franklin & Marshall College. Adams leads the team in goals scored as he has tallied 27-3-30 to date as the Diplomats are outscoring their opponents 90-58. In goal, Mike Sartorius (Sr., Summit, NJ/Summit) has a 6.08 goals against average and .669 save percentage as he now has a 7.90 gaa and a .613 save percentage in his career and ranks first in F&M history in saves with 633 in 3038:51. The key to the Diplomats success has been on defense and face-offs as Matt Capone (Sr., Scarsdale, NY/Scarsdale) has won 131-of-170 (77.1%) face-offs to raise his career total to 629-for-802 (78.4%) and the Franklin & Marshall defense is holding opponents to 6.32 goals per game. Franklin & Marshall (7-2, 3-1 Centennial Conference) will continue the season on April 20 at Dickinson College. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m. 2005 USILA April 18 Division III Men's Lacrosse Poll
1. Salisbury
2. Cortland
3. Roanoke
4. Middlebury
5. Nazareth
6. Gettysburg
7. Stevens Tech
8. Washington
9. Lynchburg
10. Washington & Lee
11. Bowdoin
12. Messiah
13. Tufts
14. Springfield
15. Hampden-Sydney
16. Franklin & Marshall
17. Geneseo
18. Amherst
19. Ithaca
20. Bates Others receiving votes: Hartwick, Ohio Wesleyan, Denison, Connecticut, RIT, Dickinson, RPI, Williams, Hamilton, Skidmore
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