May 6, 2004

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Four Stony Brook men's lacrosse players were named to America East all-conference first team on Thursday. Jason Cappadoro, George LaFlare, Eric Hatkewitz and Kyle Pearl were among the 10 players selected first team all-stars. Stony Brook's Brendan Callahan and Larry Cerasi were named to the all-rookie team.

Sophomore goalkeeper Kevin McKeown and head coach Ed Stephenson, who helped lead Binghamton University to a perfect 6-0 mark in conference play, were selected America East Player and Coach of the Year, respectively. Attackman Merrick Thomson of University at Albany was named Rookie of the Year. All voting was conducted by the conference's head coaches.

Cappadoro is third in America East with 26 goals and fourth in the conference in scoring with 46 points. Albany junior Luke Daquino, the 2003 America East Player of the Year, was the only unanimous selection to the all-conference first team. He is joined at attack by sophomore Brendan Mundorf of UMBC.

Seniors Pat Muston and Franklin Berry of UMBC are joined at the first-team midfield by senior LaFlare of Stony Brook. LaFlare, a repeat selection to the first team, had 16 goals and 10 assists.

The first-team defenders are sophomore Michael Baudouin of Binghamton and junior Kyle Pearl and senior Eric Hatkewitz of Stony Brook. It marks the third time in as many years that Pearl, who has totalled 77 ground balls, and Hatkewitz have been named to an all-conference team.

McKeown is the first-team goalkeeper.

The all-rookie team includes Resetarits, Thomson, McNamara and Layton, who earned all-conference honors, as well as defender Tom Trapani of Albany, attackman Nate Kerstein and midfielder Jeff Santucci of Binghamton, attackman Drew Westervelt of UMBC, attackman Larry Cerasi and goalkeeper Brendan Callahan of Stony Brook and attackman Dan Zwirko of Vermont. Callahan leads the nation in goals against average at 5.96.