Warriors Sweep Men's Lax Awards
Cusick, Lyons Nail Down Weekly Honors

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- Lycoming men’s lacrosse opened the 2006 Middle Atlantic Conference portion of its schedule with the squads first victory of the season, and the rest of the conference took notice of some of the outstanding play from that effort.  The Warriors pulled off the rare sweep of conference weekly awards with sophomore Jim Cusick (Aston, Pa./Sun Valley) earning the Player of the Week nod and fellow second year Warrior Matt Lyons (Radnor, Pa./Conestoga) coming away with the Defensive Player/Goalkeeper of the Week honor.

Cusick spearheaded a potent Warrior attack that outpaced DeSales University on Saturday 12-5.  Held scoreless through the first period that found Lycoming up only one goal after 15 minutes of play, Cusick took control of the second frame with the only three goals period to push the Warriors out to a 6-2 halftime edge.  He added one more in the third period and two more in the fourth quarter to secure the Warriors’ first victory of the season.  Cusick also had two assists in the effort.

Lyons was just as effective on the opposite third of the field.  Lycoming’s starting netminder came away with 11 saves for the game, stifling the Bulldog attackers five times in the second period to help the Warriors to a four-goal advantage at the intermission.  He added four more saves in the third and a pair in the fourth quarter as DeSales tried to claw its way back into the game.

For the season, Cusick is tied for the team lead in points with 11 on a squad-best eight goals to go along with three assists.  Lyons is 1-2 on the season, having started all three games for the Warriors thus far.  He has made 37 saves and allowed 25 goals, good enough for a conference-best .597 save percentage.