WEST POINT, NY - Following a 15-4 win over Boston University on Saturday, the Army West Point men's lacrosse team nearly swept all Patriot League weekly honors. Nate Jones was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week and the Rookie of the Week after his five-goal performance against the Terriers. Classmate AJ Barretto took home his first weekly award as he was voted the conference's Goalie of the Week. Rounding out the award winners was senior Austin Schultz, who earned Defensive Player of the Week.
It was the first time this season that a team has won four lacrosse weekly awards for the Patriot League and four out of the five were rookies. Bucknell's Jarett Witzal won the Faceoff Specialist of the Week award. Jones led Army on Saturday to help clinch a spot in the Patriot League Tournament. He finished with a career high five goals, including a natural hat trick in the first half. He scored three of the first nine goals scored by the Black Knights to open the game. He added two more tallies in the second half to push his total to five. Jones has at least a hat trick in six of Army's 10 games in 2016, including four with three or more goals. He also picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover. Read More