Galloway, NJ –Stockton University, in its first year in the Colonial State Athletic Conference, swept all four major awards and placed 12 players on the
All-CSAC Men's Lacrosse Team. The Ospreys finished first in the conference with a 6-0 league record and are the No. 1 seed for the CSAC Tournament.
The Ospreys garnered all four primary awards.
Luc Swedlund (Randolph/Randolph) was voted CSAC Player of the Year,
Colin Wharton (Cinnaminson/Camden Catholic) was chosen CSAC Defensive Player of the Year,
Dante Poli (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks South) was selected CSAC Rookie of the Year and
Kevin Zulauf was named CSAC Coach of the Year.
Swedlund, Wharton, attack
Erik Anderson (Monroe Twp./Monroe Twp.), defender
Logan Holleritter (Oak Ridge/Jefferson Twp.), goalkeeper
Justin Ruiz (Holmdel/Holmdel), midfielder
Eric D'Arminio (Roxbury/Roxbury) and short stick defender
Max Pukenas (Medford/Shawnee) were selected to the CSAC First Team.
Joining Poli on the CSAC Second Team were defender
Chris Holleritter (Oak Ridge/Jefferson Twp.), faceoff specialist
Matt Thermann (Spring Lake Heights/Manasquan) and midfielder
Eric Ellis (Voorhees/Eastern). Long stick midfielder
Ryan Bradley (Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) earned a CSAC Honorable Mention nod and was Stockton's representative on the All-Sportsmanship Team.
Swedlund has had a record-breaking season for Stockton. A two-time CSAC Player of the Week, he leads the league and set a school record with 77 goals. Swedlund leads the league and is second in NCAA Division III with 4.53 goals per game. He also ranks third in the CSAC with 89 points.
Anderson has scored 48 goals and dished a league-leading 45 assists (18th in NCAA DIII) for 93 points, tops in the conference. Wharton, a two-time USILA Honorable Mention All-American, has 33 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers, anchors a defense that is second in the CSAC with a 9.19 goals against average.
Defensive mate
Logan Holleritter leads the team with 20 caused turnovers (1.18/game, 7th in CSAC) and has 48 ground balls, good for third on the Ospreys. D'Arminio has dished 23 assists (1.35 apg, 8th in CSAC) while scooping 36 ground balls and scoring 26 goals with 23 assists for 49 points. Pukenas has been a shutdown defender against many of the league's top scorers.
Ruiz was selected as the CSAC First Team goalkeeper. The junior has been a two-time CSAC Defensive Player of the Week while making 215 saves. He leads the league in minutes played (922:55) and save percentage (.583). Ruiz ranks third in the league in saves per game (12.65 spg) and fourth with a 9.65 goals against average.
Poli, named CSAC Player of the Week once this season, has scored 44 goals in his rookie year with 44 assists for 71 points. The freshman is sixth in the CSAC in goals per game (2.59), fourth in assists per game (1.59) and eighth in points per game (4.18).
Chris Holleritter is the third member of the defense to be honored, as he has scooped 24 ground balls and caused 12 turnovers (4th on the Ospreys). Wharton and the Holleritter brothers have helped Stockton hold their opponents to a stingy 9.19 goals against average this season.
Thermann, a two-time CSAC Defensive Player of the Week honoree, has won 182-323 (.563) faceoffs. He has scooped 101 ground balls, including a career-high 20 against Bryn Athyn on April 20. For the year, the sophomore is fourth in the conference with an average of 5.94 ground balls per game.
Ellis has scored 20 goals with 21 assists for 41 points, ranking fourth on the team in assists and fifth in goals while giving the Ospreys their fifth player with 20 or more goals. Bradley has been stellar on the defensive side with 34 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers (2nd on the team). The junior also has one goal and one assist this year as well.
Zulauf has guided the Ospreys to a record-breaking offensive year, as evidenced by setting new school records in goals (322), assists (198) and points (520). Stockton is also ranked number one in NCAA Division III in goals per game (18.94 gpg) and ranks second in the CSAC in shots per game (52.82 spg) plus third in assists per game (11.65 apg) and points per game (30.59 ppg).
This is Zulauf's third overall Coach of the Year Award, including two in the Skyline Conference (2015, 2017). He has the Ospreys within one victory of tying the school record of 16 wins, set in 2017. Zulauf garnered his 100th career win as head coach with an 18-12 victory over Misericordia on March 23.