Towson and area players make CAA Silver Anniversary team
I'm a little late to the party with this, but the Colonial Athletic Association earlier this week released its Silver Anniversary team and five Towson players were named to the squad.
The Tigers representative are:
Midfielder Casey Cittadino: the Most Valuable Player of the 2004 CAA Championship who ranks second in Tigers history with 65 caused turnovers
Long-stick midfielder Danny Cocchi: the CAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2003 who ranks second with 283 ground balls
Midfielder Ben DeFelice: the CAA Co-Player of the Year in 2004 who ranks fifth in career groundballs (231) and sixth in faceoff wins (357)
Attackman Jonathan Engelke: the CAA Rookie of the Year in 2004 who is the CAA career leader in goals with 113 and ranks second in career points with 156
Goalkeeper Reed Sothoron: the 2005 CAA Tournament Most Valuable Player who helped lead Towson to three CAA titles and ranks second Tigers history in career GAA (9.13) and third in career saves (578)
There are also three players from the Baltimore area who made the list. They are:
Attackman Matt Alrich (Delaware): Timonium native and Calvert Hall graduate led the CAA with 34 goals and 46 points in 2004 and made the CAA All-Tournament team
Midfielder Dan Deckelbaum (Delaware): Owings Mills native and graduate was a CAA first-team selection in 2006 and 2007 who scored 27 goals in 2007
Face-off specialist Alex Smith (Delaware): Timonium native and Boys' Latin graduate who set NCAA career records for faceoffs won (1,027), faceoffs taken (1,484) and ground balls (553) and was the 2007 CAA Player of the Year
