Five America East Laxers to Play in College All-Star Game

Five America East men's lacrosse standouts will play in the USILA/LaxWorld North-South Division I/II College All-Star game. Stony Brook seniors Tom Compitello, Adam Rand and Timmy Trenkle and Hartford senior Tim Fallon will play on the North squad. UMBC senior DJ Harkey will represent the Retrievers and America East on the South team.

Adam Rand

The game will be played Friday, May 27 at 5:30 on the campus of Goucher College in Baltimore, Md.

Compitello, a senior from Hauppage, N.Y., was a two-time first-team all-America East attackman. Compitello scored 35 points in his senior season, tallying 17 goals and 18 assists. He ranked in the top ten in America East in both scoring (Tied 8th - 2.69 ppg) and assists (Tied 5th - 1.38 apg). Compitello was an honorable mention All-American in his junior year.

Rand finished his collegiate career as one of the top face-off specialists in the nation. As a senior, Rand was named the second-team all-America East face-off man and an honorable mention All-America nod. The Niantic, Conn., native won 59.5 percent of his faceoffs this season. As a junior, Rand was a first-team All-American. He is currently third in NCAA history in career faceoff wins and second all-time in attempts.

Trenkle had a breakout year as a season for the Seawolves. The senior scored 20 goals and added nine assists in his final campaign. Trenkle, from Commack, N.Y., started all 14 games in 2011 and was named a first-team all-conference midfielder.

Fallon, a native of Lowell, Mass., was the first-team all-conference face-off specialist in 2011. He led America East in ground balls (9.29 per game) and boasted a .627 face-off percentage. As a junior, Fallon led the nation in face-off percentage and ground balls. Fallon led the Hawks to their first America East Championship and was named the America East Tournament's Most Outstanding Player after winning 26-of-43 draws and picking up 26 ground balls in the tournament. 

Harkey, the lone America East representative on the South team, appeared in all 13 of UMBC's games as a senior. The native of Purcellville, Va., scored one goal and dished out one assist in his final season with the Retrievers. He also won 31 draws, picked up 19 ground balls and caused four turnovers from his midfield position.

Hitting the Links: 5/25/2011

And then there was one. One Championship, that is.

The America East season is quickly coming to a close, evidenced by the fact that the only America East Champion yet to be crowned is the one that plays on the baseball diamond. That final champion will be decided on the newly opened Joe Nathan Field on the campus of Stony Brook University.

Stony Brook is the top seed and host of the America East tournament. The Seawolves host Maine, Binghamton and Albany starting today. The Seawolves enter the tournament with a 41-10 record on the season and also carry a good amount of hardware. In fact, the Seawolves swept the America East individual awards as William Carmona took the Player of the Year award, Nick Tropeano earned Pitcher of the Year honors (again), Brandon McNitt grabbed the Rookie of the Year award and Matt Senk was named Coach of the Year.