Austin Hasen and Brady Smith of Belmont Abbey Collect Men’s Lacrosse Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Austin Hasen and Brady Smith of Belmont Abbey have been chosen as the weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas men’s lacrosse for the week ending April 10, 2022.
Hasen was selected as the Offensive Player of the Week, while Smith was tabbed as the Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season.
A junior on attack for Belmont Abbey from Brampton in Ontario, Canada, Hasen finished two conference wins last week for the Crusaders with 10 goals and four assists. He also collected three ground balls and had two caused turnovers. In Belmont Abbey’s 20-8 home league win over Lees-McRae, Hasen had five goals, two assists, one ground ball and one caused turnover. Hasen followed that up by scoring five goals to go along with two assists, two ground balls and one caused turnover in a conference victory at Chowan. In conference only games, Hasen is second in the conference with 4.00 goals per game. He is fourth in points per game in conference games at 5.00.
A senior from Mason, Ohio, Smith was stellar in faceoffs last week, winning 21-of-26 (.808). He also totaled eight ground balls. In Belmont Abbey’s win over Lees-McRae, Smith was 10-of-11 on faceoffs while also securing five ground balls. He was 11-of-15 on faceoffs at Chowan. Smith had three ground balls in the victory at Chowan. Smith is fourth in the conference in games played overall with 5.57 ground balls per game. Among those with over 50 faceoffs, Smith is best in the league overall with an .893 faceoff percentage.
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2022 Conference Carolinas Men's Lacrosse Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Feb. 7, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Hayden Moffat, North Greenville
Defensive Player of the Week: Andrew Avarello, Mount Olive
Week 2 (Feb. 14, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Jaxon Martin, Chowan
Defensive Player of the Week: Andrew Avarello, Mount Olive
Week 3 (Feb. 21, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Thomas Cecere, North Greenville
Defensive Player of the Week: Joe Amici, North Greenville
Week 4 (Feb. 28, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Eric George, Chowan
Defensive Player of the Week: Pat Farist, Barton
Week 5 (March 7, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Jackson Downs, Chowan
Defensive Player of the Week: Brady Smith, Belmont Abbey
Week 6 (March 14, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Mason Chaney, Barton
Defensive Player of the Week: Thomas Sullivan, Belmont Abbey
Week 7 (March 21, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Jaxon Martin, Chowan
Defensive Player of the Week: Thomas Sullivan, Belmont Abbey
Week 8 (March 28, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Thomas Cecere, North Greenville
Defensive Player of the Week: Thomas Sullivan, Belmont Abbey
Week 9 (April 4, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Thomas Cecere, North Greenville
Defensive Player of the Week: Andrew Avarello, Mount Olive
Week 10 (April 11, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Austin Hasen, Belmont Abbey
Defensive Player of the Week: Brady Smith, Belmont Abbey