McCann, Paltauf Earn GNAC Weekly MLAX Accolades
WINTHROP, Mass. - Sophomore Trey McCann (Simsbury, Conn.) and freshman Ryan Paltauf (Southbury, Conn.) of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) men's lacrosse team each picked up a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly award, it was announced on Monday afternoon in the league's first weekly report of the 2021 season. McCann was named the GNAC Goalkeeper of the Week and Paltauf was tabbed the GNAC Rookie of the Week. The Blue Jays are off to a 1-1 start to the 2021 campaign.
McCann has played a crucial role in helping the Blue Jays get off to a 1-1 start to the 2021 season. The sophomore out of Simsbury, Conn. racked up an impressive 27 saves across the opening pair of games, while allowing just 11 goals for a 6.71 goals allowed average. In the season opener on March 5 versus Eastern Connecticut, McCann did everything he could between the pipes to give USJ a fighting chance, matching his career-high with 18 saves in an eventual 8-2 setback. He followed that up with nine saves in just 38 minutes of action as the Blue Jays toppled Mitchell, 22-4, in their second game of the season. McCann boasts the best save percentage (71.1%) amongst all GNAC goalkeepers to start the 2021 campaign.
Paltauf has wasted little time making a huge impact in a USJ uniform and has been a catalyst to help the Blue Jays get off to a 1-1 start to the 2021 slate. Paltauf racked up 13 points across the opening two games of the season, netting a pair of goals to go with 11 assists. Paltauf, a true freshman out of Southbury, Conn., factored in both of USJ's goals, with a goal and an assist, in an eventual 8-2 setback to Eastern Connecticut in the season opener on March 5. He followed that up with a goal and school-record 10 assists in what would be a 22-4 route of Mitchell College on March 10.
UP NEXT
The USJ men's lacrosse team will be back home again for another matchup, this time against Anna Maria College in its Great Northeast Athletic Conference opener. The opening faceoff is set for Tuesday, March 23 at 4:00 p.m. and links to watch and follow along can be found on www.usjbluejays.com.
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