Coaches Select Boncaro as Landmark's Top Rookie
Goucher Lands Five Players on 2009 All-Conference Team
May 5, 2009
MADISON, N.J. – Goucher's Kyle Boncaro (Geneva,
N.Y./Geneva) caught the attention of the head coach of
every team the Gophers faced this season with his 28-goal,
35-assist debut. But the coaches who may have come away the most
impressed with the freshman attackman are the ones in the Landmark
Conference.
In voting by the conference's seven head coaches, Boncaro was not
only awarded a first-team spot on the 2009 All-Landmark Conference
Men's Lacrosse Team, but was also selected Rookie of the Year in
the Landmark Conference.
Boncaro is one of five Goucher players picked by the coaches to
fill one of the 26 openings on the all-conference team, which was
announced in its entirety this afternoon. The other first-team
selections from head coach Kyle Hannan's squad are senior
midfielder Brian Hoge (Crofton, Md./Arundel) and
sophomore defenseman Justin Dunn (Denver,
Colo./Mullen).
The Goucher players who earned spots on the second team are senior
attackman Sam Fitzpatrick (Littleton,
Colo./Arapahoe) and senior defenseman Andy Nielsen
(Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven).
Boncaro, one of only three freshmen to land on the all-conference
team, led Goucher in assists and points (63). His average of 4.20
points per game ranked first in the Landmark Conference and only
seven Division III players in the nation surpassed Boncaro in
assists per contest (2.33).
Hoge, a repeat first-team selection, supplied the Gophers with 29
goals and eight assists in his final season. His .382 shooting
percent was the highest on the team among players who scored two or
more goals during the season.
Dunn is a converted attackman who became the third starter on
close defense this season.
Fitzpatrick and Nielsen both started all 15 games in 2009. In his
final season at Goucher, Fitzpatrick tallied 35 goals and was
second on the team behind Boncaro in points with 51. Nielsen was
credited with a total of 45 ground balls.