Lemieux leading way for men's lacrosse

by Richard Magda editor in chief

The men's lacrosse team is shredding competitors on its 11 game winning streak, since losing the first two games of the season. With stellar performance and outstanding. leadership, the team is currently 11-2 and has earned the no. 1 seed in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference.

Reientlessly attacking oppo_:nents, Tom Lemieux, senior captain of the men's lacrosse team, is used to being on top. Leaving challengers behind on the field and on the scoreboard, Lemieux leads his teammates with intensity and emotion, paving the way for success.

This season, Lemieux became Cabrini's all-time leading scorer with 208 career points. Points in lacrosse, like hockey, are a tallied total of goals and assists. Entering the season, Lemieux needed 37 points to break the record previ- ously held by 1997 graduate Joey Collins. Against Shenandoah on March 29, Lemieux had five goals and one assist, six points, to become the all-time scoring leader in a 22-7 victory for the Cavaliers.

"It happened in Virginia and no one told me anything and then they announced. it before the Neumann game at home and gave me a ball and took pictures. It was a great honor," Lemieux said.

. Despite being the alUime scoring leader and three-time PAC Player of the Week this season, Lemieux credits his teammates for his success

"Breaking the record is something that comes from the players around me. People who get points get recognition but all the players make it happen. It's a credit to all the players around me over the past four years," Lemieux said.

"But I've been working hard all four years. Its tough to be an athelete and deal with the whole

School in Long Island, NY, Lemiuex led the team to a state championship. Playing attack as a captain, Lemiuex was voted onto the All County team in Suffolk County, NY, which has long been a hot spot for lacrosse, according to Lemiuex.

"We won states my senior year. After that, I heard from Carbini and I liked it," he said.

Sophomore goalie Antonio Masone played high school lacrosse with Lemiuex and feels fortunate to be an outlet for Lemieux 's scoring rampage.

''Tommy is an emotional role model," Masone said. "He's a great person on and off the field photo by Geri Lynn Utter and his teammates look up to him. I've been playing lacrosse TomLemieux with him for five years between school thing. My teammates have high school and college and he's helped me out." been someone to look up to."

Success with lacrosse is not When Lemieux's playing days new territory for Lemieux. As a for Cabrini are over, he will not senior at Comsewogue High only be able to say that he helped the team be successful for four