Will Fallo was named the tournament's MVP.
2015 Men's Lacrosse All-Tournament Team and MVP
The 2015 Empire 8 Men's Lacrosse All-Tournament Team has been announced.
Nazareth: Will Fallo (A) – MVP, Drew Simoneau (FO), Vincent Parrillo (D), Jerry Chasteen (D)
Ithaca: Scott Sidnam (G), Eli Gobrecht (D), John Januszkiewicz (A)
St. John Fisher College: Matthew Condon (M), Rick Hahn (D)
Stevens: Jan Schoonen (LSM), Andrew Scutchfield (A)
Fallo was named as the Championship's Most Valuable Player. He scored three goals in the 9-8 championship game victory over Ithaca and he also added a pair of assists in the semifinal win over Fisher.
Simoneau won 72 percent of his faceoffs in two games. He was 15-of-19 and scooped a game-high nine ground balls in the semifinal win against Fisher on Wednesday. In the championship game, Simoneau won 13-of-20, including 10 wins in the second half, while also accounting for nine of Nazareth's 38 groundballs.
Parrillo and
Chastenn led Nazareth's tenacious defense that held the Cardinals' offense scoreless for nearly 38 minutes from the end of the first quarter through the opening minutes of the fourth. The Golden Flyers then held the Bombers scoreless for 15 minutes from early in the third quarter to early in the fourth.
Gobrecht scooped six groundballs and forced three Stevens turnovers. He logged a team-best seven groundballs in the conference final game and recorded a caused turnover verse the Golden Flyers.
Sidnam made 18 saves in the conference tournament, including six saves against the Ducks and 12 against No. 15 Nazareth. He allowed only nine goals against the nationally-ranked Golden Flyers, and recorded a save percentage of .571 on the day.
Januszkiewicz led the Bomber's offense in the tournament, netting four goals and an assist against Stevens and three goals against Nazareth. He also grabbed four groundballs and registered two caused turnovers against the Ducks.
Condon netted back-to-back goals in a span of two minutes to give Fisher a 2-1 lead midway through the first quarter of the semifinal game against Nazareth.
Hahn, a defender, finished with one groundball and a caused turnover against the nationally-ranked Golden Flyers.
Schoonen, a defender, finished with two groundballs and two caused turnovers in the semifinal game against Ithaca.
Scrutchfield led the Ducks offensively with two goals and an assist. He gave Stevens a 3-2 lead early in the second quarter and he scored in the first minute of the fourth quarter to cut the Ducks' deficit to 9-8 against Ithaca. His assist came mid-way through the second quarter when Stevens took a 6-4 lead. Scrutchfield also totaled three groundballs and two caused turnovers.