SUNY COBLESKILLS JOHN WILLIAMS NAMED NAC MENS LACROSSE DEFENSIVE PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK

Waterville, Maine: The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) announced today that SUNY Cobleskill first year goalkeeper John Williams, Smyrna, Delaware, Smyrna High School, has been named the conference’s Men’s Lacrosse Defensive Player-of-the-Week for the week ending Sunday April 3, 2022. The marks the second consecutive week that Smyrna has earned NAC recognition as he was named the league’s Rookie-of-the-Week last week.  

The Fighting Tiger goalie helped Cobleskill to a 15-7 non-conference victory over the Highlanders of Cairn University on Thursday by recording 22 saves for a .759 save percentage to go with a ground ball and caused turnover in the win.   

For the season the Smyrna, Delaware native is now 2-2 overall allowing 13.54 goals per game against while making 91 saves with save percentage of 65.5% on the year to date. Williams is currently ranked 17th in the nation in save percentage while leading the team to a second place national ranking in saves per game at 20.40 per game.  

The Fighting Tigers are currently 2-3 overall on the year including a 1-2 record in conference play and are next scheduled to be in action on Tuesday April 5 when they are to travel to Buffalo, N.Y. to meet the Mavericks of Medaille at the Medaille Sports Complex at Buffalo Color Park with face-off scheduled for 4:00 p.m.