Maryland junior attackman Grant Catalino and Virginia junior midfielder Rhamel Bratton were named the Atlantic Coast Conference men's lacrosse Co-Players of the Week for the period ending on Sunday, March 7.

Catalino had a career-best five goals, including the game-winner, one assist, and four groundballs in the No. 7 Terrapins' 11-10 overtime victory over No. 9 Duke at the Face-Off Classic. The Webster, N.Y., native tallied his first career overtime goal at the 1:50 mark. With his second goal of the game, he reached the 100-point mark and now has 104 points on 62 goals and 42 assists. Catalino was also a key component in Maryland's defensive presence with his four groundballs and a caused turnover.

Bratton tallied a career-high four goals in second-ranked Virginia's 11-10 victory in front of 7,501 fans at Klöckner Stadium over No. 1 Syracuse. The Huntington Station, N.Y, native's goal at 5:46 in the second quarter helped erase an early 5-2 Orange lead and gave the Cavaliers the lead for good, 6-5. Bratton scored three of his goals unassisted on All-American goalie John Galloway and added two groundballs to contribute to the winning effort.

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Weekly and cumulative listings of the Player of the Week and related honors for the 2010 season awarded by the conferences in men's and women's Division I are available. To view the listings, visit the 2010 Weekly Conference Honors page. This link can also be found in the right-hand Conferences section on the LaxPower home page.

To see all of the honorees, use the selectors at the top to change from men's to women's listings (or vice versa) or to list all awards for one conference or for one week. (Awards from recent years are available as well.) The dates shown are for the Monday following the week of competition on which the awards are based and thus coincide with approximately when the awards are made.

Direct links for this week:  Men's Awards   Women's Awards

The database is updated as new information is released. Most announcements come out Monday afternoon or Tuesday, but some are made later in the week. Any missing awards will be added as soon as we learn about them. When this was posted, awards were yet to be announced for the Colonial (men's and women's) and ALC, Atlantic 10, MPSF, NLC, and NEC (all women's).

We do not have time to post the numerous releases that arrive from both teams and conferences. You can track down that information using the Links section, where the MD1 and WD1 sections have links to both conference and team web sites.

2010-03-08