Five Named to All-ACC Team

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Five Syracuse University student-athletes were named to the 2015 All-ACC Men's Lacrosse Team, released on Wednesday, April 22.

Attackmen Dylan Donahue, Kevin Rice, midfielder Nicky Galasso, defenseman Brandon Mullins and faceoff specialist Ben Williams were selected to the 18-person team in a vote of the league's five head coaches who were not permitted to vote for their own players.

The Orange's five honorees matched North Carolina for the most of any school.

Rice and Mullins repeated as All-ACC selections after earning the honor in 2014. Galasso is also a two-time All-ACC honoree. He received all-league plaudits as a freshman at North Carolina in 2011.

Donahue leads the Orange in goals (38) and is tied with Rice for the team points lead with 52. Donahue is first in the ACC and fifth nationally in goals per game (3.45). He is tied for second in the conference in points per game (4.73). Donahue has scored five or more goals in four different games this season, including a season-high seven at Notre Dame. He's earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors four times and he leads the NCAA in extra-man goals (12).

Rice has a team-best 30 assists and he is tied with Donahue atop the Orange scoring chart (52 points). Rice has turned in three seven-point performances this season. He leads the ACC and ranks fourth nationally in assists per game (2.73). He is also tied with Donahue for second in the conference in points per game (4.73). Rice has scored a goal in 26 consecutive games, the second-longest active streak in the country. He has 22 goals on the year, including an ACC-best four game-winners.

Galasso leads all Syracuse midfielders in goals (23) and points (29). He has four hat tricks on the year, including a season-high four goals in wins against Virginia and Albany. Galasso boasts the highest shooting percentage (.469, 23-49) on the team of anyone with at least 10 attempts.

Mullins has started all 11 games on close defense. He has 11 ground balls on the season and leads the Orange in caused turnovers (13). Mullins routinely covers the opposing team's top offensive player and anchors an Orange defense that ranks second in the ACC in goals-against average (9.11).

Williams is second in the nation in faceoff winning percentage (.693, 176-254) and he leads the NCAA in ground balls per game (10.0). The sophomore has claimed at least 15 draws seven times this year and has won better than 75 percent of his faceoffs five times. Against Albany on April 2, Williams won a career-high 24 faceoffs and finished the game 24-for-27 (.889) with 15 ground balls at the X. He currently ranks third on SU's single-season record list with 110 ground balls.

The ACC Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year will be announced by the league next week.

Syracuse plays North Carolina in the semifinals of the ACC Men's Lacrosse Championship at PPL Park on Friday, April 24. The third-seeded Orange and second-seeded Tar Heels square off at 8 p.m. live on ESPNU.

2015 All-ACC Men's Lacrosse Team
Deemer Class, Jr., M, Duke
Will Haus, Sr., SSDM, Duke
Myles Jones, Jr., M, Duke
Jake Bailey, Sr., D, North Carolina
Jimmy Bitter, Sr., A, North Carolina
Ryan Kilpatrick, Sr., LSM, North Carolina
Joey Sankey, Sr., A, North Carolina
Chad Tutton, Sr., M, North Carolina
Conor Doyle, Sr., A, Notre Dame
Matt Kavanagh, Jr., A, Notre Dame
Matt Landis, Jr., D, Notre Dame
Sergio Perkovic, So., M, Notre Dame
Dylan Donahue, R-Jr., A, Syracuse
Nicky Galasso, R-Sr., M, Syracuse
Brandon Mullins, R-Jr., D, Syracuse
Kevin Rice, Sr., A, Syracuse
Ben Williams, So., F/O, Syracuse
Matt Barrett, So., GK, Virginia

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