Although the Centenary men’s lacrosse team finished a disappointing 6-8 in 2010, including a 1-5 mark in Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) action, the Cyclones’ conference mark includes two two-goal losses and one one-goal defeat, losses that kept head coach Matt Klank and the team from reaching the conference tournament. But the team returns most of its members and the experience from this season will help guide the young squad in 2011.

In his rookie campaign, Conor Nolan made his mark, leading the team in points (70) and assists (40) and finishing second in goals (30) and groundballs (75). His assists total is the third-highest single-season mark in program history and he led the nation in assists per game. For his efforts, Nolan was named First Team All-CSAC Midfield. Fellow classmate Sean Lowe earned All-Conference Honorable Mention Defense after leading the conference with 30 caused turnovers and finishing third on the team with 62 groundballs. Another rookie, Robert Nuzzolese, posted 32 points on 25 goals and seven assists.

A pair of senior co-captains finished their Cyclone career in style. Jason Rieg was named First Team All-CSAC Attack after leading the team in goals (32) and finished second in points (62) and assists (30). He scored his 100th career goal in CC’s final game of the season and ended his career ranked third all-time in program history in scoring. Eddie Montalvo earned Second Team All-CSAC Defense after leading the team with 86 groundballs and finishing second in the CSAC with 28 caused turnovers.

Centenary’s season began with three straight wins, including a 16-0 shutout of Penn State Abington. After two losses to two tough foes, Whittier and Kean, CC opened its CSAC slate with a 13-10 victory over Shenandoah. But the Cyclones dropped their next four, including three conference matches, before rebounding with a convincing 19-4 win over Mt. St. Mary’s. A 9-7 loss to Marywood and a 9-8 overtime defeat at the hands of Gwynedd-Mercy ended CC’s tournament hopes, but the team finished the year on a high note with a 19-5 win over Wells.

Academically, the team received four CSAC All-Academic Team accolades and Rieg and Montalvo were named Centenary’s Spring FAR-FAB Scholar-Athlete Recognition Award Winners. Additionally, Rieg took home United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Scholar All-America honors.

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (July 13, 2010) – Centenary men’s lacrosse rising sophomore Conor Nolan (Hillsborough, N.J./Immaculata) finished the season as the nation’s leader with 2.9 assists per game. Nolan’s 40 assists on the year tied the program’s third-best single-season mark.

Nolan was named First Team All-CSAC Midfield and Centenary’s Male Rookie of the Year for his efforts. He led the team in assists and points (70) and finished second in goals (30) and groundballs (75). He ranked fifth nationally in points and 66th in groundballs per game. In the final CSAC statistics, he was first in assists per game, second in points per game, tied for third in goals per game, fourth in groundballs per game and seventh in shots per game.

Nolan recorded double-digits in two separate games last season, finishing with 10 against PSU-Abington on March 6 and 11 against Wells on May 1. He was named to the CSAC Weekly Honor Roll twice.

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (June 10, 2010) - Centenary men's lacrosse head coach Matt Klank was featured in a recent article on the National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA)'s website. The story focuses on Klank's coaching and recruiting style.

To read the article, click here.

The NCSA was founded in 2000 by Chris Krause, a former full-ride scholarship football player at Vanderbilt University, with a two-pronged mission: to provide a means for college coaches at every level to find the recruits best suited for their programs and to educate high school student athletes and their families about the college recruiting process. For more information, click here.

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (June 1, 2010) – The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) named 74 Centenary student-athletes to its Winter/Spring All-Academic Teams, the league announced. All eight Winter and Spring sports received academic awards, as men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, baseball, softball and golf are listed in the CSAC awards and wrestling was named a Scholar-Academic Team after posting the 17th-best GPA in the nation.

“It is my pleasure to announce that 483 Colonial States Athletic Conference student-athletes have achieved the level of academic success necessary to be named to the Spring 2010 CSAC All-Academic Team,” said CSAC Commissioner Amy Friedman. “These student-athletes have assumed leadership roles on their campuses by demonstrating that a complete education includes both academics and athletics.”

The CSAC All Academic Award is earned by each student-athlete that meets the NCAA Division III eligibility requirements, earns varsity status in their respective sport, and earns a minimum semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.2. The team consists of student-athletes from men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s golf, men's lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, men's tennis, baseball and softball.

Men's Lacrosse 2010 Winter/Spring All-Academic Team
Kyle McVay, Business Administration Sports Management, So., North Brunswick, N.J.
Edward Montalvo, History, Sr., West Islip, N.Y.
Jeffrey Prudente, Mathematics/Teacher of Math, So., Somerville, N.J.
James Reed, Accounting, Fr., Egg Harbor Township, N.J.

2010 CSAC Winter/Spring All-Academic Team

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (May 26, 2010) – Centenary men’s lacrosse senior Jason Rieg (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) was named a United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) 2010 Scholar All-American, the organization announced Wednesday. Rieg is one of 70 Division I, II and III lacrosse players and the only Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) student-athlete to earn the honor.

The award is Rieg’s second academic honor, as he was named to the CSAC All-Academic team in 2009. The senior graduated in May with a degree in Management. He led the team with 32 goals and finished second with 62 points. He was named First Team All-CSAC and ranks 15th in the nation in assists per game, 16th in points per game and 81st in goals per game. In CSAC stats, Rieg is second in goals and assists per game, third in points and shots per game and tied for third with three game-winning goals.

2010 USILA Scholar All-Americans