LAKELAND, Fla. – Graduate students
Craig Connor and
Jay Minor along with senior
Sean Nolan of the No. 14 Florida Southern College men's lacrosse program have been selected to participate in the 2023 USILA Division I/II Senior All-Star Game which will take place tomorrow night, May 26 at 6:30 p.m. in Radnor, Pa.
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The trio represents the fifth, sixth and seventh Moccasins in program history to earn an invitation to the event. They join Moccasin alumni
D.J. Lubs (2010-14),
Matt Lalli (2014-17),
Jeff Atlas (2019-22) and
Kevin Horwitz (2018-22) as the only seven Mocs to compete in the USILA Division I/II Senior All-Star Game. Lubs competed in 2014 while Lalli along with head coach
Marty Ward participated in 2017. Lalli competed on the team while Ward served as the coach. Atlas and Horwitz took part in last year's event.
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In total 56 senior student-athletes among all Division I and Division II programs were selected to compete on the North and South Teams. Connor, Minor and Nolan will be three of the 29 members of the South All-Star Team which is made up of seven Division I athletes and 22 Division II members. Seven members of the Sunshine State Conference will be in attendance including the trio from Florida Southern. Sam Balch (Florida Tech), Mike Troese (Lynn), Trejan Cannon (Tampa) and Ryan Manning (Embry-Riddle) will also be in attendance.
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The coaching staff for the South is led by Hampton University head coach Chazz Woodson while he will be assisted by Chestnut Hill head coach Jim DeCarlo. The North coaching staff will be led by Marist head coach Keegan Wilkinson and he will be assisted by Marist assistant coach Dave Scarcello and Binghamton assistant coach Tyler Perrelle.
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For more information on the USILA North-South All-Star Game, visit the USILA's official website at
www.usila.org. The game will be streamed live tomorrow night
HERE.
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