SUNYAC Men's Lacrosse
Players of the Week

Date
Player of the Week
Goalie of the Week
Ryan Heath - Cortland
Mike Robinson - Cortland
Mike Pizzuto - Geneseo
Mike Robinson - Cortland
Frank Sangiovanni - Plattsburgh
Billy Richards - Potsdam
Ryan Heath - Cortland
Mike Robinson - Cortland
Billy Fuchs - Cortland
Garret Allwes - Brockport
Frank Sangiovanni - Plattsburgh
Mike Robinson - Cortland
Mike Pizzuto - Geneseo
Judd Robinson - Oswego
Tom Costanza - Geneseo
Matt Hipenbecker - Cortland

April 28
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ryan Heath - Cortland attacker
Senior (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker)
In the SUNYAC regular-season title-clinching game versus Geneseo, Heath became just the seventh player in Cortland's school history to surpass 200 career points, scoring five goals and two assists. He currently has 211 points (122 goals and 89 assists).

In the Red Dragons' win at Potsdam, Heath's five points (two goals and three assists) gave him 80 for the season (43 goals and 37 assists), making him the first player in school history to have two 80-point seasons. Heath currently leads the No. 3 Red Dragons (13-1) in points, goals and assists.

GOALIE OF THE WEEK
Mike Robinson - Cortland
Junior (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison)
Robinson improved his season record to 11-1 as he helped the Red Dragons wrap up an undefeated conference regular season. In Cortland's 18-7 win over No. 11 Geneseo, Robinson made six saves.

During the Red Dragons' 19-8 victory over Potsdam, In the team's 19-8 victory over Potsdam, Robinson stopped six shots and played only 47 minutes, 11 seconds. For the season, Robinson has a 5.81 GAA and a .611 save percentage in 13 games.

April 21
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Mike Pizzuto - Geneseo attacker
Senior (Amherst/Amherst)
Pizzuto scored three goals and tallied four assists while setting a school record for assists in a season in a 12-7 win over Potsdam. The old mark was 38 and he has 42 on the season, which leads NCAA Division III at 3.8 per game. Earlier in the week, Pizzuto collected a goal and seven assists during the Knights' 21-9 over Oswego. He had 15 points during the week.

GOALIE OF THE WEEK
Mike Robinson - Cortland
Junior (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison)
Robinson played the first 45 minutes in the Red Dragons' 17-2 win at Brockport, stopping five shots. He then played the final 27 minutes of the first half of Cortland's 28-1 victory over Morrisville, making two saves. Robinson allowed one goal in each game.

Robinson has a 5.46 goals against average and a 63.7 save percentage this season for the No. 3 Red Dragons.

April 14
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Frank Sangiovanni - Plattsburgh attacker
Senior (Huntington Station/Huntington)
Sangiovanni led the Cardinals to a 2-0 SUNYAC week with 19 points including 15 goals. In a 21-6 win over Morrisville, he broke his own school record with nine goals while his 12 points were two shy of the single-game mark in school history. Then he followed up that performance with a six-goal effort in an 18-11 victory against Oswego, becoming the Cardinals' best goal-scorer in a single-season with 49. He also totaled seven ground balls while averaging 7.5 goals and 9.5 points during the week.

GOALIE OF THE WEEK
Billy Richards - Potsdam
Sophomore (Niskayuna/Niskayuna)
Goalkeeper Billy Richards went the distance in the Bears' two conference wins to finish with a .727 save percentage. He allowed only a 5.5 goals-against average in an 8-5 win over Oneonta and 6-4 victory against Brockport.

April 7
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ryan Heath - Cortland attacker
Senior (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker)
In Cortland's 21-5 win versus 11th-ranked Nazareth, Heath established a career-high with 10 points on five goals and five assists and became the 16th Red Dragon in school history to amass 100 career goals. He followed up with a goal and four assists in the fifth-ranked Red Dragons' 21-7 victory over Plattsburgh.

For the season, Heath leads the team in points (45) and assists (23). He is second in goals (22) and fourth in ground balls (19).

GOALIE OF THE WEEK
Mike Robinson - Cortland
Junior (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison)
Robinson stopped six shots in a little more than three quarters as Cortland routed Nazareth. He then stopped five shots through three quarters in a win versus Plattsburgh. For the season, Robinson has a 5-1 record with a 63.4 save percentage and a 6.56 goals-against-average in seven games.

March 31
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Billy Fuchs - Cortland attacker
Senior (Merrick/Sanford H. Calhoun)
Fuchs led the No. 4-ranked Red Dragons (5-1) to a convincing 13-4 victory Saturday over No. 6 Cabrini by recording seven points on four goals and three assists. He became the 38th player in school history to surpass 100 career points in the process, reaching the milestone in just 27 games in one-plus seasons. He currently leads the team with 17 goals and is second with 27 points.

GOALIE OF THE WEEK
Garret Allwes - Brockport
Junior (Amherst/Amherst)
Allwes backstopped the Golden Eagles to a pair of non-conference wins against Medaille (10-5 on Wednesday) and Cazenovia (11-2 on Saturday). He totaled a 3.78 goals-against average and a .733 save percentage in over 111 minutes of action. He has figured in each of Brockport's five games en route to a 4-1 start to the season.


March 24
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Frank Sangiovanni - Plattsburgh attacker
Senior (Huntington Station/Huntington)
Sangiovanni became the Cardinals' all-time record holder for goals (103) and points scored (127) with an 11-goal, 12-point road trip in which Plattsburgh State went 1-2, facing Eastern Connecticut State, Fontbonne, and Montclair State. He currently leads the SUNYAC with 30 goals and 33 points, and is on pace to break both of his school's single-season marks.

GOALIE OF THE WEEK
Mike Robinson - Cortland
Junior (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison)
Robinson made a career-high 16 saves in Cortland's 17-7 win at Rochester Tech on Wednesday. On Saturday, he stopped 10 shots in a 9-8 loss to fourth-ranked Ithaca College, finishing the week with a .619 save percentage, 26 saves and a 7.98 goals-against average. He is 2-1 on the season with a 7.67 GAA and .613 save percentage.

March 17
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Mike Pizzuto - Geneseo attacker
Senior (Amherst/Amherst)
Pizzuto helped nationally-ranked Geneseo sweep non-conference games against Nazareth (13-12 on March 11) and Keuka (18-9 on March 14), totaling 11 points on four goals and seven assists. He also had 10 shots on goal and five ground balls.

In an upset over No. 15 Nazareth, Pizzuto scored the tying goal with 2 minutes and 33 seconds remaining and picked up his fifth assist of the contest on the game-winning goal with six ticks left. He leads No. 17 Geneseo with 16 points on five goals and 11 assists.

GOALIE OF THE WEEK
Judd Robinson - Oswego
Sophomore (Guilderland/Guilderland)

Robinson helped keep the Lakers close against undefeated St. John Fisher, making 16 saves in a 10-6 loss to the Cardinals on March 15. His save percentage for the season is .632.

March 10
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tom Costanza - Geneseo attacker
Junior (Webster/Webster Schroeder)
Costanza led No. 17 Geneseo to a season-opening win over Utica College, 15-6 as he totaled seven points with four goals and three assists. Costanza had eight shots on goal and three ground balls for the Knights.

GOALIE OF THE WEEK
Matt Hipenbecker - Cortland
Junior (Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes)
Hipenbecker helped the third-ranked Red Dragons open their season with a 9-7 victory over No. 19 Stevens Tech. Hipenbecker made nine saves, including four in the fourth quarter, to deny the Ducks' comeback bid.





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