May 30, 2007

Washington, D.C. - Five members of the Georgetown University men's lacrosse team earned All-American honors from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA), announced during the NCAA Tournament.

Georgetown finished the season with a 12-3 overall record, advanced to the Quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the sixth-straight year, was selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament for the 11th-straight year and won the ECAC Lacrosse League Championship for the second-straight season and the sixth time since the league was formed in 2000.

The Hoyas had two players named to the USILA second-team and three players tabbed as honorable mention selections. Leading the way for the Blue and Gray were junior attack Brendan Cannon (Haverford, Pa./The Haverford School) and senior defender Jerry Lambe (N. Massapequa, N.Y./Farmingdale).

Cannon was named the ECAC Offensive Player of the Year this season and has been named to the ECAC All-League first team the last two years. He earned Offensive Player of the Year honors after leading Georgetown in scoring with a career-high 21 goals and 23 assists for 44 points. The junior, who was named the league's preseason offensive player of the year, ranked 19th in the country in assists per game (1.53) and 44th in the country in points per game (2.93). Cannon ranks eighth all-time at Georgetown in career assists (63) and is 14th in all-time scoring, with 113 points. He scored at least one point in 34-straight games, dating back to the 2005 season, before having his streak ended in the NCAA Quarterfinals.

Lambe, the ECAC's Defensive Player of the Year, guided the Hoya defense to one of its stingiest seasons. Georgetown held 12 of its 15 opponents to less than 10 goals and had a streak of nine-straight games in which its opponent has not reached double digits. Lambe, who was one of 17 finalists for the Tewaaraton Trophy recognizing the top player in Division I lacrosse, consistently covered the opponent's top scorer. He recorded 28 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers.

Three members of the team earned honorable mention honors, their first All-America recognition. Freshman middie Andrew Brancaccio (Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep), junior middie Dan D'Agnes (Manhasset, N.Y./Chaminade) and junior goalie Miles Kass (Rye, N.Y./Hotckiss) were all recognized for the first time in their careers.

Brancaccio, who was named the ECAC Rookie of the Week once during his first season, finished fourth on the team in scoring with 21 points. He tallied 20 goals, which tied for second on the team, and took 89 shots, second on the squad. The freshman had six multi-goal games, including two with a career-high three tallies. He scored three goals in the team's season-opening win at Maryland and then added three during a key regular season win at home over Loyola. Brancaccio, who had two game-winning goals this year, had two goals and his first career assist in GU's 9-8 win over Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

D'Agnes had a strong year after recovering from shoulder surgery last year, appearing in 12 games and become a staple on the team's second midfield line. A tough, hard-nosed middie, D'Agnes scored nine goals and had three assists for 12 points. He scored a career-high five goals in the Hoyas' 15-13 win over Hobart in March.

Kass, meanwhile, was stellar in the pipes for the Hoyas, starting all 15 games while posting an 8.16 goals-against average. He ranked 17th in the country in GAA, stood 31st nationally with a 50.0 save percentage and led the Hoyas with 66 ground balls, which ranked among the top-40 in the country.

This is the third-straight year that the Hoyas have had at least five players earn All-American honors, and the fourth time in the last five years. The team has had at least four players earn national honors in 10 of the last 11 seasons. In 1999, when Georgetown advanced to the Final Four, a school record seven players earned All-American honors. Under the direction of 17th-year head coach Dave Urick, at least one Georgetown player has earned All-American honors each year since 1993. Urick, who has a career record of 304-100, has guided 37 different players to 60 All-American honors.