SUNY Cortland junior midfielder Chris DeLuca (Sayville) has been voted as the 2010 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men's Lacrosse Player of the Year by the league's coaches. In addition, freshman goalie Mike Kaminski (Sayville) was named the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year and fourth-year head coach Steve Beville earned SUNYAC Coach of the Year honors for the second time in three years.

Eleven Red Dragon players earned all-conference honors. Eight of those were first-team selections – DeLuca, junior attack Jay DiStefano (Huntington/Harborfields), senior attack Brian Krol (Niskayuna), senior midfielder Brandon Misiaszek (New Hartford), sophomore long-stick midfielder Jack Kennedy (Camillus/West Genesee), senior short-stick defender Tom Burke (Massapequa) and junior defenders Shane Crossett (Camillus/West Genesee) and Justin Schneidman (Katonah/John Jay-Cross River). Junior faceoff specialist Justin Battino (Plainview) and junior short-stick defender Eric Parah (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) were on the second team and sophomore attack Mike Tota (Webster/Webster Schroeder) was honorable mention.

DeLuca has 30 goals and 14 assists for 44 points, tied for third on the team, despite missing two of Cortland's 17 games. He has won 70.3 percent of his faceoffs (102-of-145) and is tied for second on the team with 58 ground balls. Kaminski has started all 17 games between the pipes during his freshman campaign. He ranks second nationally with a 5.59 goals against average and is in the top 50 nationally with a .569 save percentage.

DiStefano has 24 goals and a team-high 20 assists for 44 points in 17 games. He also has scooped up 25 ground balls and leads the team with four game-winning goals. Krol is Cortland's leader with 36 goals and 49 total points in 16 games. He also has recorded 37 ground balls. Misiaszek is fifth on the squad with 34 points on 20 goals and 14 assists. Kennedy has three goals and two assists along with 23 ground balls and four caused turnovers in 15 games. Burke has recorded 20 goals and 13 assists for 33 points, and is the team leader with 71 ground balls. He ranks second on the squad with 15 caused turnovers. Crossett has scored once and has 17 ground balls and eight caused turnovers, while Schneidman has two assists, 58 ground balls and a team-high 43 caused turnovers.

Battino is 118-of-191 (61.8 percent) on faceoffs this spring and also has three goals, one assist and 45 ground balls. Parah's totals are two goals, four assists, 44 ground balls and six caused turnovers in 17 games, while Tota is second on the team with 35 goals and 46 total points. Beville has led Cortland to a 15-2 overall record to date. The Red Dragons went 6-0 in SUNYAC play and outscored their opponents by a combined 34-7 in two SUNYAC tournament victories. Beville is 67-12 (.848) in his four seasons at Cortland.

Cortland will host either Keene State or Castleton in an NCAA Division III tournament second-round game on Saturday, May 15. The Red Dragons won NCAA titles both last season and 2006 and were national runner-up in 2007 and 2008.