GORHAM — For the second straight year, University of Southern Maine junior defender Sam Hornblower (Portland, Maine/Deering) has been named the Little East Conference Defensive Player of the Year and a first team all-conference selection when the conference office released its 2017 men’s lacrosse postseason awards and all-conference teams Tuesday following a vote by the head coaches.
Hornblower is just the second player in the history of the UMS men’s program to receive a major postseason award from the LEC, and the first to be a two-time winner. He joins Dylan Kenney (2013) as the second Husky in the last five seasons to be selected the Defensive Player of the Year.
The 6-foot-4 Hornblower, who regularly draws the top defensive assignment, played in all 16 games this season scoring eight goals and handing out four assists. “Sam is definitely one of the most intelligent players I’ve coached. He has an incredible game IQ,” commented sixth-year head coach Sam Lane. “And his size (6-4, 220) does hurt either. He moves very well for a big man.”
Southern Maine finished the season with a 6-10 record overall.
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