Men's Lacrosse

Dylan Donahue, Brandon Mullins and Ben Williams earn preseason All-ACC honors

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Dylan Donahue was named to the All-ACC preseason team on Monday morning, the conference announced.

Syracuse attack Dylan Donahue, defender Brandon Mullins and midfielder/face-off specialist Ben Williams were named to the preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference team by ACC coaches, the conference announced Monday.

The Orange was voted to finish third, tied with Virginia. Notre Dame was selected to finish first, followed by Duke. North Carolina was picked to finish in last.

SU was also came in eighth place in Inside Lacrosse’s preseason poll, which was released last week.

Syracuse is coming off a season in which it went 13-3 but lost in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament to John’s Hopkins, 16-15. The Orange lost five of its top six scorers from last season due to graduation, with Donahue being the only returner in that group.

Mullins, Williams and Donahue were named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Associations’ first, second and third teams, respectively, last season.



Here’s a look at the rest of the All-ACC preseason team:

Attack — Donahue, senior, Syracuse
Attack — Luke Goldstock, junior, North Carolina
Attack — Matt Kavanagh, senior, Notre Dame
Midfield — Deemer Class, senior, Duke
Midfield — Myles Jones, senior, Duke
Midfield — Sergio Perkovic, junior, Notre Dame
Defense — Mullins, senior, Syracuse
Defense — Matt Landis, senior, Notre Dame
Defense — Austin Pifani, junior, North Carolina
Goalkeeper — Matt Barrett, junior, Virginia
Face-off specialist — Williams, junior, Syracuse
Long-stick midfield — Michael Howard, junior, Virginia
Short-stick midfield — Tate Jozokos, junior, North Carolina





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