Nine Cavaliers Tabbed as Inside Lacrosse All-Americans

Virginia led the country with nine players selected as 2023 Inside Lacrosse All-Americans

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Inside Lacrosse released its 2023 Division I Men's Lacrosse All-Americans on Wednesday and Virginia led the entire country with nine players selected as Inside Lacrosse All-Americans. 

Graduate midfielder Thomas McConvey was UVA's lone First-Team selection at the midfield position, as the Vermont transfer has tallied 27 goals and 21 assists for a total of 48 points this season. 

Virginia placed two attackmen on the All-American Second Team as redshirt junior Connor Shellenberger and redshirt senior Xander Dickson were both barely edged out of the top three First-Team attackmen spots by Duke's Brennan O'Neill, Cornell's CJ Kirst, and Notre Dame's Pat Kavanagh. 

UVA also had two Third-Team selections in graduate defensive midfielder Grayson Sallade and redshirt senior defenseman Cade Saustad. 

Four more Cavaliers were named All-American honorable mentions: senior attackman Payton Cormier, graduate faceoff specialist Petey LaSalla, graduate defensive midfielder Evan Zinn, and junior defenseman Cole Kastner. 

Inside Lacrosse's Media All-America Teams were determined by a vote of a dozen media members who vote in IL's weekly Media Poll. The vote was taken prior to the start of the NCAA Tournament. 

See the full list of 2023 Inside Lacrosse All-Americans below: 

First Team

A-Brennan O'Neill, Duke
A-CJ Kirst, Cornell
A-Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A/M-Matt Campbell, Villanova
M-Sam Handley, Penn
M-Thomas McConvey, Virginia
FO-Jake Naso, Duke
SSDM-Payton Rezanka, Loyola
SSDM-Chet Comizio, Villanova
LSM-Roy Meyer, Boston U
D-Gavin Adler, Cornell
D-Brett Makar, Maryland
D-Owen Grant, Delaware
G-Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame

Second Team

A-Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
A-Xander Dickson, Virginia
A-Coulter Mackesy, Princeton
M-Eric Dobson, Notre Dame
M-Alexander Vardaro, Princeton
M-Brian Tevlin, Notre Dame
FO-Mike Sisselberger, Lehigh
SSDM-Connor Maher, North Carolina
SSDM-Beau Pederson, Princeton
LSM-Ethan Rall, Rutgers
D-Will Bowen, Georgetown
D-Ajax Zappitello, Maryland
D-Kenny Brower, Duke
G-Jack Fracyon, Penn State

Third Team

A-Tucker Dordevic, Georgetown
A-Tye Kurtz, Delaware
A-Matt Brandau, Yale
M-Graham Bundy, Jr., Georgetown
M-Matt Traynor, Penn State
M-Shane Knobloch, Rutgers
FO-Luke Wierman, Maryland
SSDM-Piper Bond, Penn
SSDM-Grayson Sallade, Virginia
LSM-John Geppert, Maryland
D-Chris Fake, Notre Dame
D-Cade Saustad, Virginia
D-Alex Mazzone, Johns Hopkins
G-Will Mark, Syracuse

Honorable Mention

A-Payton Cormier, Virginia
A-Joey Spallina, Syracuse
A-Michael Boehm, Michigan
A-Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A-Chris Lyons, Yale
A-Andrew McAdorey, Duke
A-TJ Malone, Penn State
A-Dyson Williams, Duke
A-Reese Burek, Army
A-Vince D'Alto, Boston U
A-Scott Cole, Lehigh
A-Kyle Playsted, Bellarmine
A/M-Evan James, Loyola
A/M-Brian Minicus, Georgetown
A/M-Thomas Greenblatt, Binghamton
M-Jake Stevens, Princeton
M-Evan Plunkett, Army
M-Garrett Leadmon, Duke
M-Adam Poitras, Loyola
M-Austin Fraser, Villanova
M-Jacob Morin, Army
FO-Will Coletti, Army
FO-Zach Cole, Saint Joseph's
FO-Justin Wietfeldt, Michigan
FO-Alec Stathakis, Denver
FO-Petey LaSalla, Virginia
FO-Tommy Burke, Vermont
SSDM-Dante Trader, Jr., Maryland
SSDM-Grant Haus, Penn State
SSDM-Brett Martin, Johns Hopkins
SSDM-Evan Zinn, Virginia
LSM-Jacob Piseno, UAlbany
LSM-Richard Checo, Lehigh
LSM-Saam Olexo, Syracuse
LSM-Tyler Carpenter, Duke
D-Cole Kastner, Virginia
D-Wilson Stephenson, Duke
D-AJ Pilate, Army
D-Jack Posey, Penn State
D-Mason Woodward, Marquette
D-Scott Smith, Johns Hopkins
D-Troy Hettinger, Jacksonville
D-Jackson Bonitz, Navy
D-Paul Barton, North Carolina
G-Mike Gianforcaro, Princeton
G-Matt Knote, UMass
G-Knox Dent, Army

No. 2 Virginia (12-3) is set to take on No. 7 Georgetown in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship on Saturday at 12pm at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York. 

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