NEWARK, N.J. --- Sophomore
Owen Corry has been honored by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) by being named to the USILA / Dynamic Division I Team of the Week, the organization announced Tuesday. The USILA recognizes ten players for posting exceptional performances in their programs games over the past week.
Corry, who was also
named America East Offensive Player of the Week this week, led the Highlanders
in the program's first-ever conference win over UMass Lowel on March 27 with a career-high seven points (5 G, 2 A). Corry's five goals tied teammate
Gavyn Willson (Hampton, Feb. 1, 2020) and former Highlander
Aaron Forster (No. 5 Rutgers, Mar. 17, 2017) for the third-highest goal scoring performance in NJIT history and his seven points matched alum Ryan Callaghan's effort (3 G, 4 A; at Hampton, April 15, 2017) for fourth-most in Highlander history.
The USILA honor is the first for NJIT since
Aaron Forster was recognized by the organization on March 6, 2019 after an 11-point outing against Quinnipiac.
The full list of honorees for this week are as follows:
- A - Payton Cormier, Virginia / vs. Notre Dame / scored 4 of his 5 goals in the second half to help the Cavaliers overcome a 7-5 halftime deficit
- A - Sean Goldsmith, Mercer / vs. Utah / tallied a team-best 7 points (6G, 1A), scoring 4 of Mercer's final 5 goals in its win over Utah
- A - Jakob Patterson, Albany / vs. UMass and Stony Brook / Produced 12 points (3G, 9A) in a pair of games, including 3 goals and 5 assists in a short-handed Albany win over UMass
- A - Dalton Young, Richmond / vs. High Point / led the Spiders with 8 points on a game-high 6 goals and 2 assists.
- M - Owen Corry, NJIT / vs. UMass-Lowell / paced the team with a career-high 7 points (5G, 2A) in leading NJIT to its first America East win in program history
- D - Brett Makar, Maryland / vs. Rutgers / held Rutgers' Kieran Mullins to just 1 assist as Maryland kept the Scarlet Knights under 10 goals for the first time this season
- D - Cade Saustad, Virginia / vs. Notre Dame / marked Pat Kavanaugh, who entered the game averaging a Division I-high 4.75 assists per game, and held him to 2, one coming on extra-man
- GK - Nick DiMuccio, Quinnipiac / vs. St. Bonaventure / made 14 saves (.778 sv%) in a 5-4 win over St. Bonaventure, 4 of his 14 saves came in the fourth quarter as the Bonnies got off 13 shots
- FO - TD Ierlan, Denver / vs. Providence / went 14 for 14 from the faceoff "x" while also grabbing 10 ground balls in his Denver and season debut
- FO - Jake Naso, Duke / Syracuse / won 24 of the 32 draws (.750) and grabbed 14 ground balls in the win over Syracuse
