Lacrosse Picked to Finish in Third; Four Lions Earn Preseason Honors

ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Mars Hill men's lacrosse team was picked to finish in third place in the South Atlantic Conference by the league's coaches. Four Mars Hill players have earned preseason All-SAC honors.

The Lions finished in third place with a 5-2 league mark during the inaugural SAC men's lacrosse campaign a year ago. Mars Hill finished the season with a 7-8 overall record.

Seniors Jimmy McBride and Anthony Malcom earned first team honors at attack and midfield. McBride was third in the league with 39 goals and fourth with 55 points in 2014. Malcom scored 25 goals with 21 assists.

Senior Ryan Sage and junior Tanner Leach claimed spots on the second team at midfield and long pole midfield. Sage was second in the league with 42 goals and fifth with 50 points. Leach scored one goal, picked up 27 ground balls and was second on the team with nine caused turnovers.

Defending champion Queens was selected to win the league. The Royals earned eight of nine possible first place votes for 72 points. Lenoir-Rhyne, the 2014 runner-up, was the second place pick with 64 points followed by the Lions in third with 55 points.

Mars Hill opens the season on Valentine's Day at Pfeiffer.

Men's Lacrosse

Rk    Team (first-place votes)               Points

1.     Queens (8)                                            72

2.     Lenoir-Rhyne (1)                                   64

3.     Mars Hill                                                55

4.     Wingate                                                48

5.     Coker                                                    46

6.     Catawba                                                42

7.     Tusculum                                              28

8.     Brevard                                                 25

9.     Lincoln Memorial                                   16

All-SAC First Team – Men's Lacrosse

A- Garrett Chan, Queens

A- Casey Hock, Queens

A- Jimmy McBride, Mars Hill 

MF- Evan Farkas, Queens

MF- Anthony Malcom, Mars Hill

MF- Cory Schumacher, Wingate

Long Pole MF- Tim Cloud, Queens

D- Mitch Chapman, Tusculum

D- Stephen O'Hara, Lenoir-Rhyne

D- Patrick Thomas, Queens

Spec.- Kenneth Stryker, Queens

GK- Eric Dolan, Queens

All-SAC Second Team

A- Austin Murphy, Wingate

A- Jay Goldsmith, Lenoir-Rhyne

A- Ned Kaish, Lenoir-Rhyne

MF- Mike Martiello, Coker

MF- Ryan Sage, Mars Hill

MF- Chase Watts, Wingate

Long Pole MF- Tanner Leach, Mars Hill

D- Drew Thompson, Wingate

D- Mike Dorcy, Lenoir-Rhyne

D- Dylan Marks, Coker

Spec.- Daniel Rew, Catawba

GK- Alex Squires, Lenoir-Rhyne