2007 NESCAC Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week
May 7, 2007
Alex Palmisano, Middlebury
(Senior, Goalkeeper - Southport, Conn.)
Palmisano was stellar in goal for the Panthers over the weekend as
he helped his squad capture the 2007 NESCAC Men's Lacrosse
Championship, the seventh-straight title for Middlebury. Palmisano
made 13 stops in an 8-7 win over Tufts on Saturday in the
semifinals, then posted 14 saves in an 11-6 victory over Wesleyan
on Sunday. For the weekend, Palmisano recorded a .675 save
percentage and a 6.50 goals against average.
April 30, 2007
Matt Harrigan, Tufts
(Sophomore, Goalkeeper - Darnestown, Md.)
Harrigan was the backbone for the Jumbos in two victories last
week, helping his team secure the number-one seed in the 2007
NESCAC Men's Lacrosse Championship and the right to host the
semifinals and championship. Wednesday afternoon at Amherst,
Harrigan made 15 saves in an 11-9 win. He followed up the
performance with 16 saves, including 10 in the second half, in a
7-6 overtime victory over Middlebury on Saturday, the first win by
the Jumbos over the Panthers in 40 years. He finished the week with
a .674 save percentage.
April 23, 2007
Russ Follansbee, Wesleyan
(Sophomore, Attacker - Deerfield, Mass.)
Follansbee scored five goals and added four assists to help the
Cardinals post a 2-0 week and claim the top spot in the NESCAC
standings heading into the final week of the season. Against NESCAC
rival Trinity on Wednesday, Follansbee had three goals and four
assists. He closed out the week on Saturday at Middlebury by
scoring two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, during a
5-4 win. Follansbee, who has scored six of Wesleyan's 13
game-winners this season, has netted the decisive goal in three of
the Cardinals last four NESCAC games.
April 16, 2007
Michael Vrla, Williams
(Junior, Attacker - Paradise Valley, Ariz.)
Vrla scored 13 of the Ephs' 18 goals last week as his team posted a
1-1 record. Vrla tallied seven goals in a 9-8 victory over Skidmore
on Tuesday before adding six more in a 10-9 overtime loss to NESCAC
rival Amherst. Vrla leads the Ephs with 21 goals and is second on
the team with 23 points this season.
April 9, 2007
Kevin Mullins, Bowdoin
(Senior, Midfielder - Duxbury, Mass.)
Mullins had a hand in six of the Polar Bears' nine goals during a
9-7 victory over Trinity on Saturday afternoon, scoring a
career-high four goals along with two assists. The senior captain
is second on the team in scoring this season with 13 points.
April 2, 2007
Dixon Hargrove, Williams
(Junior, Attack - Wallingford, Pa.)
Hargrove continued his hot start to the season for the Ephs,
netting four goals and three assists in a 1-1 week for Williams. On
Saturday at Bates, Hargrove scored four goals and assisted on a
fifth in a 12-10 win over the Bobcats. Earlier in the week,
Hargrove assisted on two goals in a 7-6 loss to Keene St. He leads
the Ephs with 19 points on seven goals and 12 assists so far this
season.
March 26, 2007
Connor Wells, Trinity
(Sophomore, Midfielder - Haddam, Conn.)
Wells dominated the face-off circle last week for the Bantams,
taking 10-of-12 with 12 ground balls and an assist in a win over
Colby on Saturday. During a loss at Lynchburg on Wednesday, Wells
won 12 out of 15 face-offs and picked up 10 ground balls.
Matt Harrigan,
Tufts
(Sophomore, Goalkeeper - Darnestown, Md.)
Harrigan provided the defensive backbone for the Jumbos during a
pair of wins last week, making a total of 26 saves with a save
percentage of .591. On Tuesday, Harrigan had 14 saves in a
come-from-behind victory at Roanoke, 13-12. He closed out the week
with 12 saves while allowing only six goals during a 9-6 win at
Wesleyan, as Harrigan made five stops in the third quarter as part
of a scoreless streak of 35:55.
March 19, 2007
Tom Petty, Middlebury
(Sophomore, Attack - Newburyport, Mass.)
Petty scored three goals and added an assist as the Panthers opened
the conference slate with a 10-9 victory over Connecticut College
on Sunday. The sophomore assisted on Middlebury's only goal of the
first quarter before tallying a goal in each of the remaining three
quarters, including the go-ahead goal in the fourth that broke an
8-8 tie.
March 12, 2007
Matt Chadwick, Bowdoin
(Senior, Attack - Needham, Mass.)
Chadwick scored five of the Polar Bears' nine goals in a 9-6
comeback victory over Connecticut College on Saturday. Chadwick
helped erase a three-goal deficit before halftime, followed by
scoring Bowdoin's only goal in the third quarter. He sealed the
victory for the Polar Bears in the fourth quarter, scoring twice
within a nine-second span, finishing the game with five goals and
two assists.






