Regular season champion Virginia pulled off a clean sweep of the ACC men's lacrosse awards, announced yesterday. Defenseman Mark Koontz, attackman Joe Yevoli and coach Dom Starsia all earned awards.
Koontz, a senior from Upper Arlington, Ohio, was named ACC Player of the Year. Koontz became the first defenseman in Virginia history to be named All-ACC three times, and just the fourth in ACC history. He picked up 36 ground balls this season.
Yevoli, a freshman from Massapequa, N.Y., was named ACC Rookie of the Year. Yevoli leads the ACC with 2.64 goals per game and has tallied 34 points this season on 29 goals and five assists and is second on the team in scoring.
Starsia earned ACC Coach of the Year honors for the fifth time in his career and the third time in four years. He previously won the award in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2000. The Cavaliers won the national championship in 1999.
Virginia graduates named to U.S. World Cup team
Three former Virginia soccer players were part of the 23-man U.S. World Cup team announced Monday by national team coach and former Virginia coach Bruce Arena.
Defender Jeff Agoos, goalkeeper Tony Meola and midfielder Claudio Reyna are the three Virginia graduates that will represent the United States in the World Cup, which kicks off May 31 in Korea and Japan.
Agoos plays professionally for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer and Meola plays for the Kansas City Wizards of MLS. Reyna plays for Sunderland of the English Premier League.
- Compiled by Chip Knighton
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