Honorable mention All-American Greg McCarthy works against Syracuse's Mike Powell. (Photo by k. colton/SportsPics.net)

June 2, 2004

GENEVA, N.Y.—Hobart junior defenseman Greg McCarthy (Pinkerton Academy/Derry, N.H.) was named to the honorable mention All-America team by the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. The Statesmen’s top defenseman has started all 42 games he’s played in over the last three seasons.

Charged with stopping the opposition’s top scoring threat, McCarthy is a physical defender and a deft takeaway artist. He was sixth on the team in ground balls (41) this season, raising his career total to 85. McCarthy turned in two of his best defensive efforts of the season against Navy’s second-team All-American attackman Ian Dingman, limiting the midshipman to a two assists during the teams' regular season meeting and just one helper in the Patriot League championship game.

McCarthy and the Hobart defense sported an 8.83 goals against average this season, the lowest GAA by the Statesmen since the 1990 Division III National Championship team posted a 7.54 GAA. The Hobart defense also led the Patriot League and ranked 15th in the nation this season in man-down defense, killing off 74 percent of the opposition’s man-up attempts.

McCarthy is the 248th Statesman to earn All-American praise and the fifth since 1995 to earn Division I honors.

Hobart finished the season, its 10th in Division I, with a 9-7 overall record. The Statesmen played their final season in the Patriot League with a 6-1 mark and a runner-up finish in the league’s postseason tournament, falling to the eventual national runner-up Navy in the title tilt, 9-8. Hobart joins the ECAC Lacrosse league for 2005 season.

The Statesmen made their 25th NCAA Tournament appearance this season, and fourth at the Division I level, falling at ninth-ranked Cornell, 11-5, in the first round. Only Johns Hopkins (33), Maryland (27), and Virginia (27) have earned more NCAA Tournament bids.