Eaton, Patinkin, and Cohen Highlight 2010 Pilgrim Lacrosse League Awards

May 10, 2010 - Springfield College junior Mark Eaton has been named the Pilgrim Lacrosse League's Player of the Year after leading Springfield to the NCAA Tournament this season for the third-straight year.  In his first season at Clark, Jeff Cohen was chosen as the league's Coach of the Year, while Rookie of the Year honors went to Babson’s first-year attackman Alex Patinkin.

On Saturday afternoon, Springfield captured its ninth Pilgrim Lacrosse League Championship as it topped second-seeded Wheaton College, 12-7.  For the year, Eaton has gone 187-303 from the face-off “X”, totaling a 61.7 winning percentage.  He has a team-best 131 ground balls and ranks in the top-15 nationally in both face-off percentage and ground balls per game.

Springfield will host Widener on Wednesday, May 12th in the NCAA Tournament First Round.

In his first year with the Cougars, Cohen helped guide Clark to a 6-8 overall record, improving on last season’s mark of 2-13. 

Patinkin had a terrific first season for Babson as he was one of the top offensive threats in the conference.  In his first collegiate season, he led the team in scoring as he recorded 35 goals and 20 assists en route to 55 points.

2010 Pilgrim Lacrosse League All-Conference

First Team

Billy McNamara          Wheaton          A                     So.       Mansfield, Mass.

Ben Cederberg            Wheaton          A                     Jr.        Duxbury, Mass.

Shawn Roche              Clark               A                     Gr.       Centerport, N.Y.

Joe Macchi                  Springfield      M                     Sr.        Mahopac, N.Y.

Mike Delia                  Springfield      M                     So.       Wading River, N.Y.

Chris Bulkley              Lasell               M                     Jr.        Groton, Conn.

Mike Smith                 Springfield      D                     Gr.       South Hadley, Mass.

Cory Schwarzkopf      Springfield      D                     Sr.        Mamaroneck, N.Y.

Bryan Beller                MIT                 D                     So.       Dix Hills, N.Y.

Mark Eaton                 Springfield      FO/SSD          Jr.        Westford, Mass.

Pete Sessa                   Springfield      LSM                Sr.        Newton, Mass.

Mike Saucier               Babson            GK                  Sr.        Nashua, N.H.

Second Team

Chris Landers              Wheaton          A                     Jr.        Manchester, Mass.

Brian Yepez                Lasell               A                     Sr.        Hillsborough, N.J.

Alex Patinkin              Babson            A                     Fr.        Providence, R.I.

Carl Tilbury                 MIT                 M                     So.       Newbury, Berkshire, U.K.

Shawn Runyon           Springfield      M                     Jr.        Fairport, N.Y.

Drew Schaffer           Wheaton          M                     Sr.        New Haven, Conn.

Eric Zuk                     MIT                 D                     Jr.        Concord, Mass.

Matthew Keiler          Lasell               D                     Fr.        Salem, Mass.

Christian Ebert            Babson            D                     Jr.        Boxford, Mass.

Anthony Erz               Lasell               FO/SSD          Jr.        Hampton, N.J.

Rob Suh                      Lasell               LSM                Jr.        Colchester, Conn.

Marc Martinez             Springfield      GK                  So.       Babylon, N.Y.

Player of the Year:  Mark Eaton, Springfield

Rookie of the Year: Alex Patinkin, Babson

Coach of the Year: Jeff Cohen, Clark