Virginia Places Six on 2023 All-ACC Men's Lacrosse Team

Six members of the Virginia men's lacrosse team have been selected to the 2023 All-ACC Men's Lacrosse Team, as determined by a vote of the conference's five head coaches.

Two Cavaliers - Connor Shellenberger and Petey LaSalla - were named All-ACC selections for the third-consecutive season, while Cole Kastner was selected to the All-ACC Team for the second time. Xander Dickson, Thomas McConvey, and Cade Saustad each earned All-ACC honors for the first time.

Virginia had the second-most All-ACC selections with six, trailing only Notre Dame's seven honorees. Duke had four selections and Syracuse one.

After taking three out of the four ACC Men's Lacrosse Awards last season, UVA did not receive a single award in 2023. Duke's Brennan O'Neill was named the ACC Offense Player of the Year and Duke head coach John Danowski was voted the ACC Coach of the Year. Notre Dame's Liam Entenmann was named both the ACC Goalie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, while Syracuse's Joey Spallina was selected as the ACC Freshman of the Year.

2023 ACC Men’s Lacrosse Season Awards
Offensive Player of the Year – Brennan O’Neill, Jr., A, Duke
Defensive Player of the Year – Liam Entenmann, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Goalie of the Year – Liam Entenmann, Sr., Notre Dame
Freshman of the Year – Joey Spallina, A, Syracuse
Coach of the Year – John Danowski, Duke

2023 All-ACC Men’s Lacrosse Team
A - Brennan O'Neill, Duke
A - Dyson Williams, Duke
A - Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A - Patrick Kavanagh, Notre Dame
A - Xander Dickson, Virginia
A - Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
M - Eric Dobson, Notre Dame
M - Cole Kirst, Syracuse
M - Thomas McConvey, Virginia
D - Kenny Brower, Duke
D - Chris Fake, Notre Dame
D - Cole Kastner, Virginia
D - Cade Saustad, Virginia
G - Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame
LSM - Will Donovan, Notre Dame
SSDM - Ben Ramsey, Notre Dame
FO - Jake Naso, Duke
FO - Petey LaSalla, Virginia

USA Lacrosse Magazine also released its Division I men's lacrosse All-Americans on Tuesday and Virginia led the country with 10 All-American selections, headlined by first-team defenseman Cade Saustad, second-team attackman Connor Shellenberger, second-team midfielder Thomas McConvey, third-team attackman Xander Dickson, third-team short-stick defensive midfielder Grayson Sallade, and third-team defenseman Cole Kastner. Attackman Payton Cormier, midfielder Griffin Schutz, faceoff specialist Petey LaSalla, and short-stick defensive midfielder Evan Zinn were each named All-American honorable mentions.

Virginia (11-3) has earned the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will host Richmond in the first round on Saturday at 12pm at Klockner Stadium.

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