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Men's Lax's Mailloux, Abruzzo All-America First Team; Maloney National Coach of the Year

Men's Lax's Mailloux, Abruzzo All-America First Team; Maloney National Coach of the Year
Posted: May 17, 2015

Two Siena Heights men's lacrosse players -- senior goaltender Ryan Mailloux and junior defenseman Joshua Abruzzo -- were named to the MCLA Division II All-America First Team while Ed Maloney was named MCLA D-II Coach of the Year, as announced recently. Junior midfielder Tom Kreitzer was recognized on the All-MCLA Third Team.

Mailloux was also named to the MCLA All-Tournament Team. He totaled 37 saves in two national tournament games and finished with a 13-3 record, 6.23 goals-against average and 187 saves in roughly 895 minutes of action.

Mailloux was previously named Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association Defensive Player of the Year and All-CCLA First Team in 2015. Previous honors included 2014 All-CCLA First Team, 2013 All-CCLA First Team and 2013 All-MCLA Honorable Mention.

Abruzzo was a key cog within SHU's defense as well, rising from All-MCLA Honorable Mention honors a year ago. That's been a trend for Abruzzo, was also rose up the All-CCLA ranks, from Third Team (2013) to Second Team (2014) to First Team (2015).

In 2015, Abruzzo finished with a team-leading 54 groundballs. He also had one assist.

Kreitzer, who was previously named All-CCLA First Team, was the Saints' leading goal-scorer with 34 tallies. He had two assists to total 36 points.

Maloney was already recognized as CCLA Coach of the Year and Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Coach of the Year before guiding Siena Heights its highest win total and best finish in program history.

Maloney led the Saints to a 13-3 overall record an 4-0 slate in CCLA Central Division play -- good enough for SHU's first division championship.

Siena Heights then played in its first CCLA Tournament home game -- a thrilling 12-10 comeback win over Lourdes (Ohio) in the quarterfinals.

After a CCLA semifinal loss to Dayton (Ohio), the Saints advanced to their first MCLA Tournament where they became the first 14-seed to win a tournament game, claiming an 8-7 come-from behind win over three-seed Missouri Valley.

SHU's season ended in the MCLA quarterfinals. Once again, it battled back from a deficit to force overtime, but ultimately fell to eventual national champ and sixth-seeded Dayton, 7-6.