Eight Mustangs Named All-CAC in Men's Lacrosse
YORK, Pa. - After totaling a school record 14 wins and a No. 1 national ranking, the Stevenson University men's lacrosse team had eight players named to the All-CAC men's lacrosse team on Thursday, the most of any school in the conference. The Mustangs also had the most first team selections with four.
Highlighting Stevenson's eight selections was senior Greg Furshman (Miami, Fla./Towson) who received his third all-conference honor by being named to the second team. The school's career leader with 359 faceoff wins, he was named to the first team a year ago after receiving second team honors in 2007.
Senior Mike Simon (Fallston/Fallston) and sophomore Evan Douglass (Exeter, N.H./Exeter) each received their first all-conference selection as Simon was named to the first team and Douglass was chosen to the second team.
Simon has leads the team and is second in the CAC this season with 33 caused turnovers. Wesley's Kirk Waldie, who joined Simon on the first team, leads the conference in caused turnovers with 40.
In four seasons with the Mustangs, Simon has totaled 81 caused turnovers in 66 games.
Meanwhile, Douglass is third on the team with 18 caused turnovers and fourth with 39 ground balls.
Also on the first team for Stevenson were juniors Steve Kazimer (Syracuse, N.Y./Henninger) and Nic Bevacqua (Boonton Township, N.J./Mountain Lakes) and sophomore Jimmy Dailey (Westminster/Winter Mills).
Kazimer received his second-straight first team selection after ranking second on the team with 26 goals, 28 assists and 54 points. He was named CAC Co-Player of the Week on March 16 and in two seasons with the Mustangs, has totaled 137 points on 63 goals and 74 assists.
Bevacqua earned his first first team selection after garnering second team honors in 2007 despite missing nine of the team's 16 games. This season, he has totaled 25 goals and seven assists to raise his three-year total to 56 goals and 21 assists.
After earning All-CAC First Team honors in 2007, Dailey missed all of the 2008 season due to injury, but has returned to be one of the nation's top offensive threats this year. He leads the team with 31 assists and 57 points while ranking second with 26 goals. In two seasons at Stevenson, he has totaled 58 goals and 59 assists for 117 points.
Rounding out this year's honorees are second team selections, senior Brett Yoder (Parkton/Hereford) and junior Richie Ford (Baltimore/Towson).
A first team selection a year ago, Ford leads the team with 37 goals and three game-winning goals. In two seasons as a Mustang, he has totaled 96 goals and 38 assists for 134 points. For his career, Ford has 107 goals after posting 11 goals and six assists as a freshman at Randolph-Macon in 2006.
The most decorated player on this year's team, Yoder was also named All-CAC Second Team in 2006 as a sophomore at Salisbury where he won two national championships in 2005 and 2007. This year, he has 17 goals and 10 assists after totaling 30 goals and 55 assists in three seasons with the Sea Gulls.
