St. John's University Athletics
Schanen Tabbed To ECAC Lacrosse Honor Roll
2/23/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Feb. 23, 2009
QUEENS, N.Y. - St. John's men's lacrosse senior attackman Drew Schanen earned ECAC Lacrosse League honors as announced by the conference on Monday. Schanen's honor roll nod is the first of his career.
With a career-high five points on four goals and one assist, Schanen led St. John's in scoring in the Red Storm's 15-8 non-conference victory over the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Saturday. On Feb. 14, Schanen tallied another goal in the Red Storm's 10-5 win at Holy Cross. With six points, the North Brunswick, N.J., native has been the dominant scorer in both victories thus far.
With a 2-0 record, St. John's is off to its best start since 1985 and leads the league with 25 scored goals and 13 goals against. Overall, the team has a 12.50 goals-scored average, is 5-for-10 in man-up goal scoring opportunities, has a .929 clearing percentage and a .773 face-off win percentage.
The Red Storm opens league play on Feb. 28 with a home contest against Georgetown, who is ranked No. 5 in both the Feb. 23 Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and the USILA Coaches Poll. Face-off is slated for 1 p.m. on DaSilva Memorial Field.
