Four Teams Represented with Major Award Winners as CAA Announces Men’s Lacrosse Postseason Honors

5/4/2022 11:00:00 AM

Hunter Peters

RICHMOND, Va. (May 4, 2022) – The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) has announced its men’s lacrosse postseason awards, with four teams represented among the major award winners as voted on by the league’s six head coaches.

Jack Mulcahy of Drexel was tabbed as the CAA Offensive Player of the Year, and Delaware’s Owen Grant was named CAA Defensive Player of the Year. Jack McKenna of Fairfield earned CAA Rookie of the Year accolades, while Towson head coach Shawn Nadelen was selected as the CAA Coach of the Year by his peers.

Mulcahy is the first Drexel student-athlete to be named a men’s lacrosse major award winner since 2014, when Ben McIntosh earned CAA Player of the Year honors. The senior midfielder leads the CAA in assists (25) and assists per game (1.92), recording a single-game league-high five assists on two occasions. Mulcahy has a team-best 44 points (19g, 25a) and recorded at least two points in 11 games this season, including a career-high nine points against Saint Joseph’s on March 8 to match the highest single-game total in the conference this season.

Last season, Grant became Delaware’s first-ever CAA Defensive Player of the Year and now is the first student-athlete to earn back-to-back CAA Defensive Player of the Year honors since 2013-14. The senior defenseman has a team-high 26 caused turnovers to rank second in the conference while ranking 12th nationally with 1.86 caused turnovers per game. Grant has recorded at least one caused turnover in every game this season and has had two or more in seven contests.

McKenna is the third CAA Rookie of the Year in Fairfield program history, becoming the first to claim the honors since Will Fox and Colin Burke collected the accolades in consecutive years in 2015 and 2016. The freshman attack leads the CAA with 43 goals this season and ranks 15th in the NCAA, averaging 3.07 goals per game. During his rookie campaign, McKenna scored at least two goals in every game and netted three or more seven times. He registered five goals on three occasions and had a season-high six points against Binghamton on March 14.

Nadelen earns the second CAA Coach of the Year honors during his tenure. He joins Tony Seaman with two honors, giving Towson four CAA Coach of the Year accolades in program history. Nadelen guided Towson to a share of the regular-season title as the Tigers captured their league-leading ninth CAA regular-season title. Additionally, he coached Towson to a league-high seven all-conference honorees this spring.

The All-CAA First Team is comprised of Towson senior James Avanzato, UMass graduate student Kevin Tobin and Delaware sophomore JP Ward at attack. In the midfield, Mulcahy was joined by fellow Drexel senior Ryan Genord and Fairfield graduate student Taylor Strough. Towson sophomore Colby Barsz was slotted as a long-stick midfielder on the All-CAA First Team, while UMass redshirt freshman Caleb Hammett was selected at the face-off X. On defense, Grant was accompanied by UMass graduate student Sam Eisenstadt and Towson redshirt senior Koby Smith. Towson redshirt senior Shane Brennan and UMass junior Matt Knote round out the All-CAA First Team between the pipes.

2022 CAA Men’s Lacrosse First Team

Player	School	Class	Position	Hometown
James Avanzato	Towson	Sr.	Attack	Lake Grove, N.Y.
Kevin Tobin	UMass	Gr.	Attack	Reading, Mass.
JP Ward	Delaware	So.	Attack	Owings Mills, Md.
Jack Mulcahy	Drexel	Sr.	Midfield	Chester Springs, Pa.
Ryan Genord	Drexel	Sr.	Midfield	Grand Blanc, Mich.
Taylor Strough	Fairfield	Gr.	Midfield	Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.
Colby Barsz	Towson	So.	Long-Stick Midfielder	Matthews, N.C.
Caleb Hammett	UMass	R-Fr.	Face-Off Specialist	Hanover, Mass.
Sam Eisenstadt	UMass	Gr.	Defense	Needham, Mass.
Owen Grant	Delaware	Sr.	Defense	Newmarket, Ont.
Koby Smith	Towson	R-Sr.	Defense	Lutherville, Md.
Shane Brennan	Towson	R-Sr.	Goalkeeper	Huntington Station, N.Y.
Matt Knote	UMass	Jr.	Goalkeeper	Speonk, N.Y.

2022 CAA Men’s Lacrosse Second Team

Player	School	Class	Position	Hometown
Tye Kurtz	Delaware	Sr.	Attack	Puslinch, Ont.
Jack McKenna	Fairfield	Fr.	Attack	Fairfield, Conn.
Mike Robinson	Delaware	Jr.	Attack	Peterborough, Ont.
Kyle Berkeley	Towson	Jr.	Midfield	Dunkirk, Md.
Mark Bieda	Delaware	Gr.	Midfield	Bridgewater, N.J.
Mike Drake	Fairfield	Gr.	Midfield	Wilmington, Del.
Jack Farrell	Drexel	Sr.	Long-Stick Midfielder	Havertown, Pa.
Joe Speers	Delaware	So.	Long-Stick Midfielder	Glenview, Ill.
Matt Constantinides	Towson	Fr.	Face-Off Specialist	New Fairfield, Conn.
Braden Lynch	Fairfield	So.	Defense	Baldwinsville, N.Y.
Bryan McIntosh	Hofstra	Gr.	Defense	Jamison, Pa.
Sean Quinn	Drexel	Sr.	Defense	Summit, N.J.
Mac Gates	Hofstra	R-Jr.	Goalkeeper	San Francisco, Calif.

CAA Offensive Player of the Year: Jack Mulcahy, Drexel
CAA Defensive Player of the Year: Owen Grant, Delaware
CAA Rookie of the Year: Jack McKenna, Fairfield
CAA Coach of the Year: Shawn Nadelen, Towson

2022 CAA Men’s Lacrosse All-Rookie Team

Player	School	Class	Position	Hometown
Zach Antoniou	Fairfield	Fr.	Defense	Tampa, Fla.
Matt Constantinides	Towson	Fr.	Face-Off Specialist	New Fairfield, Conn.
Chop Gallagher	Towson	R-Fr.	Midfield/Attack	Portland, Ore.
Caleb Hammett	UMass	R-Fr.	Face-Off Specialist	Hanover, Mass.
Rory Jones	Hofstra	R-Fr.	Midfield/Attack	Abington, Md.
Aidan Kaminska	UMass	R-Fr.	Midfield	Port Jefferson, N.Y.
Gerard Kane	Hofstra	So.	Attack	Suwanee, Ga.
Jack McKenna	Fairfield	Fr.	Attack	Fairfield, Conn.
Shane O’Leary	UMass	R-Fr.	Midfield	Byfield, Mass.
Max Semple	Drexel	R-Fr.	Attack	Coquitlam, B.C.

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