Lacrosse Player from Croton Recognized in Little East Conference Awards

A Croton-on-Hudson native is among 12 Eastern Connecticut State University students in three spring sports to be recognized in the Little East Conference season-ending awards program, released Wednesday. The LEC’s head coaches nominate and vote for the award-winners.

In men’s lacrosse, senior faceoff specialist Jesse Schulze (Croton-on- Hudson, NY) was voted to the first team.

After losing its top four scorers and starting goalie and five of six All-LEC selections from 2016, the men’s lacrosse team (8-10, 4-3 LEC) sustained its first losing season in the program’s 22-year history and it’s least number of wins in 17 seasons of Little East competition. Eastern failed to reach the championship game of the LEC playoffs for the second time in program history, losing in the semifinals after a three-goal win in the first round.

Schulze capped four seasons of improvement by setting personal bests in faceoffs won (223), attempted (400) and winning percentage (.558)… led the conference in faceoffs won and taken… won all but 17 of the team’s faceoffs… dominated LEC opponents by winning 67.3 percent of his attempts (99-of- 147) in seven regular-season conference games and 68.3 percent of his tries (41-of- 60) in two LEC playoff games…against LEC regular-season and playoff champion Keene State, was 35 of 57 (61.4 percent)… won more faceoffs than he lost over the final nine games contests of his career… top performances included 15-of- 19 vs. Southern Maine, 19-of- 27 against Plymouth State and 12-of- 15 vs. UMass Dartmouth… in final game, set season record for faceoff attempts (400)… ranks second all-time in attempts (1,010) and third in wins (545)…

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