Five Picked to Liberty League Men's Lacrosse All-Star Team

Five standouts from the Clarkson University Men's Lacrosse team earned all-conference nods when the Liberty League announced its end of season award winners and all-stars on Tuesday morning.

Sophomores Conor Bartlett, Ryan Gabriel and Liam St. Croix each were picked by the coaches as Liberty League Second-Team All-Stars, while seniors Sam Groves and Michael Nourse gained Liberty League Honorable Mention nods from the coaching contingent.

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Bartlett finished 2018 as the team's leading scorer with 53 points, tallying team-highs of 30 goals and 23 assists. His 53 points were the most by a sophomore since Greg Gibbons in 2007, and he has now amassed 90 points in 30 career games. He was selected to the conference's weekly honor roll on three occasions in 2018.

Gabriel finished second in the conference in face-off percentage at 66.9%, winning 194 of his 290 draws at the midfield. He also ranked in the top three in the league in groundballs per game, picking up 5.53 per contest. He won the faceoff battle in 13 of 15 games, including a dominating effort in the second half of the season where he won 77.4% of the draws in the final seven games.

St. Croix is the latest brother in a group of four that has come to Clarkson to win multiple all-league honors. The sophomore defenseman edged up from Honorable Mention honors last year thanks to a solid season in which he ranked second on the team in caused turnovers with 17 and also scooped up 30 groundballs, ranking fourth on the team and first among defenders.

Groves earned conference all-star notice for the first time in his career thanks to a solid senior campaign. He scored 22 points, ranking fourth on the team in that category. He was fifth in goals with 13 and tied for second on the team in assists with nine. He also added 25 groundballs in the midfield.

Like Groves, Nourse was also a first-time conference all-star. Starting all 15 games on defense, Nourse led the team in caused turnovers with 19 and also chipped in 18 groundballs. His 19 caused turnovers in 2018 were on more than in his previous three seasons combined.

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Players Mentioned

#9 Sam Groves: A; 5' 8"; Sophomore

#14 Michael Nourse: D; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#2 Conor Bartlett: A; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#21 Ryan Gabriel: M; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#11 Liam St. Croix: D; 6' 0"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#9 Sam Groves
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: A

#14 Michael Nourse
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: D

#2 Conor Bartlett
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: A

#21 Ryan Gabriel
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: M

#11 Liam St. Croix
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: D