Four Orange Honored with Inside Lacrosse All-America Honors
5/15/2017 11:14:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Four members of the Orange were tabbed as Inside Lacrosse All-Americans in the publication's inaugural media All-America teams.
Senior midfielder Sergio Salcido and senior defender Scott Firman both collected first team honors, while senior midfielder Nick Mariano was named to the second team and senior faceoff man Ben Williams earned honorable mention accolades. The USILA All-America teams are expected to be announced in conjunction with Championship Weekend.
Salcido, the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, collected All-ACC honors earlier this season as well. Salcido has emerged as one of the nation's best passing midfielders, on pace to break Syracuse's record for most assists by a midfielder this season. He enters the NCAA Quarterfinals with 33 helpers and 17 goals, marking his second 50-point season in a row. Another two-time member of the All-ACC team, Salcido now has two of the top-nine single season assist totals amongst midfielders. The Tewaaraton Award Semifinalist is majoring in child and family studies.
Firman, who switched from LSM to close defense prior to this season, has transformed into the team's top defensive weapon. Drawing the opponents' top threat every game, Firman is holding them to an average of 2.58 points per game. Those same players have season averages of 3.76 points per game. In addition, Firman has 16 caused turnovers and 32 ground balls on the year, most recently moving into sixth place in program history for caused turnovers against Binghamton with the 45th of his career. He's majoring in marketing at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at 'Cuse and is a Senior CLASS Award semifinalist.
Mariano enters the NCAA Quarterfinal leading the Orange with 34 goals and second on the team with 49 points. He's also sporting the nation's 10th-longest goals streak, having found the back of the net in all-12 games this season. A Tewaaraton Award nominee, Mariano is on pace to lead the Orange in goals for the second-straight season since transferring from UMass prior to his junior season. He's majoring in child and family studies and was a USILA Second Team All-American last season and was named a Tewaaraton Award Semifinalist earlier this year.
Williams has re-written the 'Cuse record books since arriving on campus prior to his sophomore season and 2017 is no different. The senior became the program's all-time faceoff wins leader (626) and ground balls leader (330) this season and is one of 23 players on record to win 100 faceoffs or more in all-four seasons. He's won 171-of-316 (.541) faceoffs this season and collected 73 ground balls. He's also scored twice and registered an assist. Williams is a double major in finance and accounting at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
Syracuse will face Towson in the NCAA Quarterfinal on Sunday, May 21 at Noon on ESPN2.
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Senior midfielder Sergio Salcido and senior defender Scott Firman both collected first team honors, while senior midfielder Nick Mariano was named to the second team and senior faceoff man Ben Williams earned honorable mention accolades. The USILA All-America teams are expected to be announced in conjunction with Championship Weekend.
Salcido, the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, collected All-ACC honors earlier this season as well. Salcido has emerged as one of the nation's best passing midfielders, on pace to break Syracuse's record for most assists by a midfielder this season. He enters the NCAA Quarterfinals with 33 helpers and 17 goals, marking his second 50-point season in a row. Another two-time member of the All-ACC team, Salcido now has two of the top-nine single season assist totals amongst midfielders. The Tewaaraton Award Semifinalist is majoring in child and family studies.
Firman, who switched from LSM to close defense prior to this season, has transformed into the team's top defensive weapon. Drawing the opponents' top threat every game, Firman is holding them to an average of 2.58 points per game. Those same players have season averages of 3.76 points per game. In addition, Firman has 16 caused turnovers and 32 ground balls on the year, most recently moving into sixth place in program history for caused turnovers against Binghamton with the 45th of his career. He's majoring in marketing at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at 'Cuse and is a Senior CLASS Award semifinalist.
Mariano enters the NCAA Quarterfinal leading the Orange with 34 goals and second on the team with 49 points. He's also sporting the nation's 10th-longest goals streak, having found the back of the net in all-12 games this season. A Tewaaraton Award nominee, Mariano is on pace to lead the Orange in goals for the second-straight season since transferring from UMass prior to his junior season. He's majoring in child and family studies and was a USILA Second Team All-American last season and was named a Tewaaraton Award Semifinalist earlier this year.
Williams has re-written the 'Cuse record books since arriving on campus prior to his sophomore season and 2017 is no different. The senior became the program's all-time faceoff wins leader (626) and ground balls leader (330) this season and is one of 23 players on record to win 100 faceoffs or more in all-four seasons. He's won 171-of-316 (.541) faceoffs this season and collected 73 ground balls. He's also scored twice and registered an assist. Williams is a double major in finance and accounting at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
Syracuse will face Towson in the NCAA Quarterfinal on Sunday, May 21 at Noon on ESPN2.
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