The Orange have a battle with No. 1 Maryland on Friday night, but they also have several players vying for some individual hardware this season.
The Syracuse University men's lacrosse program is currently No. 2 in the nation after rolling over St. Joseph's 20-2 on Saturday afternoon at the JMA Wireless Dome. They'll now turn their attention to a battle with No. 1 Maryland on Friday night at the Dome in one of the most anticipated matchups of the entire college lacrosse season.
And while the Orange team is looking for hardware at the end of the campaign, several Orange players are looking for individual hardware as well.
Four SU men were named to the watch list for the Tewaaraton Award on Tuesday. The Tewaaraton is the lacrosse equivalent of the Heisman Trophy.
The full list
Hunter Aquino, Penn State - Soph., Midfield
Ty Banks, Georgetown - Jr., Defense
Cullen Brown, Ohio State - Sr., Defense
Sean Byrne, Army - Sr., Goalie
Jack Cascadden, Cornell - Sr., Face Off
Richard Checo, Lehigh - Sr., Defense
Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins - Sr., Midfield
Ryan Croddick, Princeton - Sr., Goalie
Henry Dodge, Maryland - Sr., Face Off
Will Donovan, Notre Dame - Sr., LSM
Hunter Drouin, Colgate - Sr., Midfield
Owen Duffy, North Carolina - Jr., Attack
Billy Dwan III, Syracuse - Sr., Defense
Willem Firth, Cornell - Jr., Attack
Caleb Fyock, Ohio State - Jr., Goalie
Ryan Goldstein, Cornell - Jr., Attack
Logan Ip, Harvard - Sr., Midfield
Charlie Johnson, Duke - Sr., Defense
Benn Johnston, Duke - Jr., Midfield
Eric Kolar, Maryland - Sr., SSDM
Michael Leo, Syracuse - Sr., Midfield
Kyle Lewis, Adelphi - Sr., Midfield
Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame - Jr., Defense
Aidan Maguire, Duke - Sr., SSDM
AJ Marsh, Navy - Jr., Defense
Jake Melchionni, Villanova - Jr., LSM
McCabe Millon, Virginia - Jr., Attack
Anderson Moore, Georgetown - Jr., Goalie
John Mullen, Syracuse - Jr., Face Off
Max Neeson, Albany - Sr., Defense
Aidan O'Neil, Richmond - Sr., Attack
Chad Palumbo, Princeton - Sr., Midfield
Dominic Pietramala, North Carolina - Jr., Attack
Jack Pilling, Richmond - Sr., SSDM
Evan Plunkett, Army - Sr., Midfield
Julian Radossich, Fairfield - Jr., Defense
Jack Regnery, Tufts - Sr., Attack
Silas Richmond, Albany - Sr., Attack
Alex Ross, Penn State - Sr., Defense
Will Schaller, Maryland - Sr., Defense
John Schroter, Virginia - Sr., Defense
Tim Shannehan, Boston University - Soph., Attack
Hunter Smith, Richmond - Sr., Defense
Joey Spallina, Syracuse - Sr., Attack
Eric Spanos, Maryland - Grad. Student, Attack
Jack Speidell, Harvard - Jr., Attack
Cardin Stoller, Rutgers - Jr., Goalie
Bobby Van Buren, Ohio State - Grad. Student, Defense
Brady Wambach, North Carolina - Jr., Face Off
Mikey Weisshaar, Towson - Sr., Attack
About Spallina
A senior from Mount Sinai, N.Y., he played 19 games last season, scoring 90 points on 35 goals and 55 assists. He was just named ACC Player of the Week and already has seven goals and seven assists this season.
About Dwan
A senior defenseman from Maryland, he had four points a season ago and already has one this season. He's picked up five ground balls.
About Leo
A senior from Seaford, N.Y., he scored 44 points a season ago on 32 goals and 12 assists. He has six points (four goals) through two games already.
About Mullen
A junior faceoff specialist, he's previously been named as a second-team All-American by USILA. He's also the single-season ground ball record holder (182 in 2025) and the single season faceoff wins record holder (283 in 2025).
The Tewaaraton Award has been around since 2001, making this the 25th year of the honor. SU will play Maryland at 6 p.m. ET on Friday.
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