Spiders Well Represented in Atlantic 10 End-of-Year Awards

Washington — The University of Richmond men's lacrosse team was again well represented in the Atlantic 10 men's lacrosse end-of-year awards, with three Spiders taking home player of the year honors.

Dalton Young and Lance Madonna repeated as Offensive Player and Midfielder of the Year, respectively, while Zach Vigue was named Co-Goalkeeper of the Year.

Young, Madonna and Vigue all landed on the All-Atlantic 10 First Team along with Jake Kapp and Hunter Smith, while Jack Fabean took home Second Team honors.

Freshmen Gavin Creo and Charlie Packard were named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team, and Fabean, Young and Kapp also found their names on the All-Academic Team list.

Along with their teammates, the players above have guided Richmond to be one of the top teams in the country, consistently ranked in the top 20 throughout the season, reaching as high as No. 13 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Media poll during week 11. Richmond heads into the Atlantic 10 tournament at UMass ranking in the top 10 nationally and first in the Atlantic 10 in scoring defense (3rd, 8.79), scoring margin (4th, 5.07), shot percentage (7th, .331), and the team ranks seventh (3rd in A-10) in man-down defense at 0.767. The Spiders are top 20 nationally in assists per game (15th, 2nd in A-10, 7.79), caused turnovers per game (16th, 3rd A-10, 9.21), clearing percentage (15th, 1st in A-10, .887), points per game (14th, 2nd A-10, 21.64) and scoring offense (24th, 3rd A-10, 13.86).

All-Atlantic 10 First Team

Dalton Young | Attack | Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year

Earns back-to-back Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year honors
Started each game, recording multi-point outings on 12 occasions
Leads team and A-10 in points with 70 (34g, 36a)
Third in A-10 in goals (34), second in assists (36)
Has tallied three game-winning goals, 28 ground balls and one caused turnover
A-10's only Tewaaraton Nominee
One of the country's most consistent scorers, enters the Atlantic 10 tournament with 256 career points (144g, 112a)
Carries a 55-game point streak and has recorded a point in 57-of-63 career games
Goal streak is top five nationally, having tallied 90 goals over the last 39-consecutive games
With his five points from the Virginia game, Young reached 203 career points and became just the third Spider ever to eclipse 200
Young's 256 career points rank second all-time for the Spiders
Currently ranks ninth among the NCAA's active career leaders in career points at 256 and his 112 assists rank 10th
Has started 60 games, the fifth-most in program history and most among current Spiders

Lance Madonna | Midfield | Atlantic 10 Midfielder of the Year

Earns back-to-back Atlantic 10 Midfielder of the Year honors
Enters A-10 tournament with 21 goals and eight assists for 29 points, all of which are good for fourth on the team
Has recorded a point in every game since Feb. 2, 2023 at Maryland
Started each game and recorded multiple points in 11 contests this season
Collected nine ground balls and added a caused turnover

Zach Vigue | Goalkeeper | Atlantic 10 Co-Goalkeeper of the Year

Earns First A-10 end-of-year honor
Helped the Spiders reach third in the nation in scoring defense, holding teams to just 8.79 goals per game
Ranks second in the nation and conference in goals against average at 8.53
Ranks sixth in the nation in save percentage at .582
Against Duke, he helped the Spiders force the Blue Devils to match a then-season low in goals with 12
Enters the A–10 tournament with 139 saves and 100 goals allowed
Collected a single-season career-high 24 ground balls, and three caused turnovers
Has started 13 games, earning nine wins in cage

Jake Kapp | Long Stick Midfielder

Earns First A-10 end-of-year honor
Recorded 23 ground balls and caused nine turnovers
Tallied three goals and three assists for a single-season career-high six points
Has been instrumental in helping Richmond gain possession on face offs while playing wing
Recorded first-ever multi-point game against Bucknell with a goal and assist
Helped the Spiders reach third in the nation in scoring defense, holding teams to just 8.79 goals per game
Has helped Richmond to 15th in the nation and first in A-10 in clearing percentage at .887

Hunter Smith | Defense

Leads Richmond's non-face off specialists with 29 ground balls
Third on the team with 12 caused turnovers
Started all 14 games so far this season
Recorded a goal and an assist
Helped the Spiders reach third in the nation in scoring defense, holding teams to just 8.79 goals per game

All-Atlantic 10 Second Team

Jack Fabean | Defense

Earns First A-10 end-of-year honor
Helped the Spiders reach third in the nation in scoring defense, holding teams to just 8.79 goals per game
Started all 14 games
Third on the team with 10 caused turnovers
Collected 18 ground balls

Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team

Gavin Creo | Attack

Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week three times
Played in 13 games
Recorded seven goals and three assists for 10 points on just 15 shots
Recorded multi-point games on three occasions
Collected seven ground balls and chipped in a caused turnover

Charlie Packard | Midfield

Played in all 14 games
Tallied seven goals and two assists for nine points
Picked up two ground balls and added a caused turnover
Recorded a point in nine games

Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team

Jack Fabean | Defense
Jake Kapp | Long Stick Midfielder
Dalton Young | Attack

All-Atlantic 10 First Team

Brayden Mayea, High Point (Attack)
Nick Rizzo, High Point (Midfield)
Adam Shea, Hobart (Face-off Specialist)
Matt Knote, Massachusetts (Co-Goalkeeper)
Jake Kapp, Richmond (Co-Long Stick Midfielder)
Lance Madonna, Richmond (Midfield)
Hunter Smith, Richmond (Defense)
Zach Vigue, Richmond (Co-Goalkeeper)
Dalton Young, Richmond (Attack)
Matt Bohmer, Saint Joseph's (Attack)
Patrick Clemens, Saint Joseph's (Defense)
Jesse Jason, Saint Joseph's (Midfield)
Alex Keener, Saint Joseph's (Co-Long Stick Midfielder)
Levi Verch, Saint Joseph's (Defense)

All-Atlantic 10 Second Team

Zach Brenfleck, High Point (Defender)
Tommy Meehan, High Point (Midfield)
Corey O'Connor, High Point (Co-Long Stick Midfielder)
Jack VanOverbeke, High Point (Attack)
Chad Bach, Hobart (Midfield)
Shane O'Leary, Massachusetts (Midfield)
Jack Fabean, Richmond (Defense)
Tommy Gross, Saint Joseph's (Goalkeeper)
Levi Anderson, Saint Joseph's (Attack)
Carter Page, Saint Joseph's (Attack)
Liam Quinn, Saint Joseph's (Defense)
Gavin Tygh, Saint Joseph's (Face-off Specialist)

Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team

Ian Cann, High Point
Corey O'Connor, High Point
Chris Patterson, Hobart
Mike Valent, Hobart
Matthew Cargiulo, Massachusetts
Blaise New, Massachusetts
Gavin Creo, Richmond
Charlie Packard, Richmond
Jake Kucinski, St. Bonaventure
Danny Gaalaas, Saint Joseph's
Jesse Jason, Saint Joseph's
Mark Watters, Saint Joseph's

Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team

Nicky Gullace, Hobart
Adam Shea, Hobart
Quinn Owen, Massachusetts
Knote Matt, Massachusetts
Jack Fabean, Richmond
Jake Kapp, Richmond
Dalton Young, Richmond
Ryan Olan, St. Bonaventure
Matt Bohmer, Saint Joseph's
Patrick Clemens, Saint Joseph's
Liam Quinn, Saint Joseph's
Levi Verch, Saint Joseph's

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