Men's Lacrosse

Sheiner, Men's Lacrosse Earn Skyline Honors

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (05/05/08) - After capturing the Skyline Conference Men's Lacrosse Championship, Kean University had five players earn all-conference honors, while Head Coach Shelley Sheiner earned Coach of the Year honors, as announced by the conference on Monday afternoon.

Sophomore attack Scott Leathem, defender Nick Miceli and goalkeeper Dave Nichols earned first-team honors, while midfielder C.J. Gannon and long-stick midfielder Tom Eller were named second-team all-stars.

In his fifth-year at the helm, Sheiner has guided the Cougars to its first Skyline championship in program history and fifth conference title in school history after also winning four Knickerbocker Lacrosse Conference Championship.  The Cougars also tied the program record for wins in a season, currently with a 14-5 overall record. 

Leathem (Fair Lawn, N.J.) earns his first all-conference nod after ranking second in the conference in both goals per game (47/2.47) and points (75/3.95).  The sophomore netted the game-winning goal in the conference championship game, scoring with 57 seconds remaining in the 8-7 victory.

Earning all-conference honors for the second time in their careers, Miceli (East Setauket, N.Y.) and Nichols (Florham Park, N.J.) anchored a defensive unit that ranked second in the conference goal against average (8.21).  Miceli (pictured right) ranked first on the team in caused turnovers (12), while picking up 25 groundballs.  Nichols, who averaged 12.84 saves per game, made 12 saves in the championship game to also earn Most Valuable Player honors in the tournament. 

Playing his first season of intercollegiate lacrosse, Gannon (Morris Plains, N.J.) ranked second on the team in goals (30) and third in points (46), while picking up 27 groundsballs. 

Eller (West Caldwell, N.J.) ranked second on the team in groundballs (58), while causing seven turnovers and adding one assist.