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St. Mary's Senior Matt Tarrant and Salisbury Senior Austin Kemp Tabbed as CAC Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week

St. Mary's Senior Matt Tarrant and Salisbury Senior Austin Kemp Tabbed as CAC Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week

YORK, Pa. -- St. Mary's senior Matt Tarrant and Salisbury senior Austin Kemp were tabbed as the CAC Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week for April 13, 2015.  

Offensive Player of the Week

Matt Tarrant | St. Mary's | Sr. | M

Mount Airy, Md. | Urbana       

St. Mary's senior Matt Tarrant was named the CAC Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Seahawks to a 2-0 week with back-to-back hat tricks. Tarrant opened the week with three goals and an assist in a 9-6 triumph over Mary Washington. He then contributed three goals and season bests of two assists and five points in a 15-6 road win at Marymount. He finished the week shooting .857 with six goals on just seven shots. 

Defensive Player of the Week

Austin Kemp | Salisbury | Sr. | D

Ellicott City, Md. Centennial    

Salisbury senior Austin Kemp earned CAC Defensive Player of the Week accolades after leading a pair of strong defensive efforts for the Sea Gulls in victories over Christopher Newport and Frostburg State. Kemp tied for the team lead with four caused turnovers on the week, also adding five ground balls. Kemp and the Sea Gull defense limited its two opponents to just 10 goals in a pair of key CAC victories. 

 

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WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (4/13)

CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT: Nick Kirschke, So, M, Sterling, Va./Dominion

FROSTBURG STATE: Tom Kraemer, Jr., GK, Salisbury, Md./Parkside

MARY WASHINGTON: Miles Davis, So., Earlysville, Va./St. Anne's-Belfield

MARYMOUNT: Sam Dupont, Sr., D, Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle

WESLEY: James Moss, Sr, M, West Chester, Pa./Unionville

YORK: Joey Fiorino, Fr., D, Reisterstown, Md./McDonogh 

 

NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE

In the USILA Rankings, Salisbury is ranked No. 10 and Frostburg State is No. 18 ... In Nike/Lacrosse Magazine Rankings, Salisbury is No. 12 and Frostburg State is No. 20 ... Salisbury (7-0) took control of first place in the CAC with a 8-7 overtime triumph over Frostburg State on Saturday ... Frostburg State and York are both 5-1 in conference play, while Christopher Newport and St. Mary's are both 4-2 ... Frostburg State goalkeeper Tom Kraemer totaled 18 saves in two games last week, including a career-high 16 in the overtime loss to Salisbury ... St. Mary's goalkeeper Joe Casey posted a 6.67 GAA and .706 save percentage in a 2-0 week for Seahawks, totalling 24 saves in just 90 minutes of work ... Salisbury's Nathan Blondino scored the game-winner less than a minute into overtime against Frostburg State, keeping the Sea Gulls on top of the conference standings with one CAC game left ... York downed Wesley and Southern Virginia to improve to 5-1 in the conference. Joey Fiorino and Tyler Hutson led the Spartans to the wins, with Fiorino tallying eight ground balls and two caused turnovers, and Hutson finishing with 15 points on seven goals and eight assists. For the year, Hutson leads the Spartans in scoring with 64 points on 38 goals and 28 assists. He leads the CAC in points, is tied for first in goals and is second in assists. 

 

2015 CAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Week Offensive Defensive
Feb. 17  John Thompson, CNU  Josh Dean, WES
March 3 Devin Colegrove, FSU Caleb Abney, YCP
March 9  Devin Colegrove, FSU Mike Kempel, MU
March 16 Tony Cruz, CNU Connor Anderson, SAL
March 23 Carson Kalama, SAL Knute Kraus, SAL
March 30  Tyler Hutson, YCP Caleb Abney, YCP 
April 6 Greg Bourne, FSU Tom Kraemer, FSU
April 13 Matt Tarrant, SMC Austin Kemp, SAL