Sisselberger and Spence Named USA Lacrosse Magazine All-Americans
5/19/2021 12:58:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Less than 48 hours after being recognized by Inside Lacrosse as Media All-Americans, Lehigh men's lacrosse junior Mike Sisselberger and senior James Spence received the same honor from USA Lacrosse Magazine, as announced late Tuesday. The program's first student-athlete named a first team All-American since 1923, Sisselberger recently wrapped up the best faceoff winning percentage in NCAA Division I lacrosse history while Spence's save percentage and goals against average are both among the nation's best in 2021.
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Following a 15-of-19 effort in Saturday's NCAA Tournament contest vs. Rutgers, Sisselberger finished his season at 79.5 percent (225-of-283), setting a new NCAA Division I record for faceoff percentage in a season. He broke the previous mark of 79.1 held by Albany's TD Ierlan in 2018. Sisselberger also finished the season with 160 groundballs, a new program and Patriot League mark, especially impressive after a shorter season than usual (12 games played in 2021). Sisselberger collected double-figure groundballs in 11 of those contests while offensively, he also had four goals and two assists. He was named the Patriot League's Faceoff Specialist of the Year and is the only men's lacrosse student-athlete from the league named a first team All-American.
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Spence wrapped up his season with an impressive 17-save effort against Rutgers to tie a career high. He made 10 of those saves in the second quarter alone to keep the Mountain Hawks within 5-2 at the half. His 56.0 save percentage in 2021 is good for 14th nationally while his 9.83 goals against average is 16th. During the regular season, Spence was named the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week following a 17-save performance against Loyola. He also made 15 saves at Bucknell, another one of his nine double-figure save performances in 2021.
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The Mountain Hawks ended their season with a 10-2 record, including a perfect 9-0 mark against Patriot League opponents. Lehigh earned the No. 1 seed in the league tournament and the league's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament – the program's first appearance since 2013.
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Following a 15-of-19 effort in Saturday's NCAA Tournament contest vs. Rutgers, Sisselberger finished his season at 79.5 percent (225-of-283), setting a new NCAA Division I record for faceoff percentage in a season. He broke the previous mark of 79.1 held by Albany's TD Ierlan in 2018. Sisselberger also finished the season with 160 groundballs, a new program and Patriot League mark, especially impressive after a shorter season than usual (12 games played in 2021). Sisselberger collected double-figure groundballs in 11 of those contests while offensively, he also had four goals and two assists. He was named the Patriot League's Faceoff Specialist of the Year and is the only men's lacrosse student-athlete from the league named a first team All-American.
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Spence wrapped up his season with an impressive 17-save effort against Rutgers to tie a career high. He made 10 of those saves in the second quarter alone to keep the Mountain Hawks within 5-2 at the half. His 56.0 save percentage in 2021 is good for 14th nationally while his 9.83 goals against average is 16th. During the regular season, Spence was named the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week following a 17-save performance against Loyola. He also made 15 saves at Bucknell, another one of his nine double-figure save performances in 2021.
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The Mountain Hawks ended their season with a 10-2 record, including a perfect 9-0 mark against Patriot League opponents. Lehigh earned the No. 1 seed in the league tournament and the league's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament – the program's first appearance since 2013.
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Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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