BYU’S Taylor Snags Warrior Award

ATLANTA – After leading the Cougars to a pair of huge conference victories that earned them the RMLC top seed, Brigham Young junior attackman Gavin Taylor is the MCLA Division I Warrior Player of the Week for the period ending April 20.

BYU opened the week with a huge rivalry game at Utah and Taylor helped the Cougars cause with a goal and two assists. This set up the regular-season finale against No. 4 Utah Valley at home.

The American Fork, Utah, native came up big for BYU, factoring in over a third of the team’s offensive output in an 11-9 thriller. Taylor finished up two goals and two assists in the victory.

For the week, he had three goals and four assists along with five ground balls.

“I absolutely love having Gavin on the team,” said Brigham Young coach Matt Schneck. “He is one of the hardest working players and consistently demonstrates exceptional leadership and tenacity in every practice and in every game.

“He sets the tone for our team with relentless effort both as an offensive player and the way he buys into our ride and finds ways to keep the ball on the offensive end of the field. Gavin is an all-around player you can trust anywhere on the field. He makes smart decisions under pressure, and never backs down from a challenge.”

For his efforts earning the Warrior Player of the Week, Taylor will receive a Warrior Burn XP2-O head – a $120 value. Warrior is a proud sponsor of the MCLA.

Warrior Honor Roll

Jack Baird, Utah Valley
Had six caused turnovers and seven ground balls in a narrow loss to Brigham Young.

Charlie Ciardullo, Georgia Tech
Won 76 percent of his faceoffs with 28 ground balls to spark Tech to the SELC title.

Joe Dixon, Colorado State
Had four caused turnovers and three GBs in the Rams upset of Colorado.

Braden Rome, Arizona State
Buried six goals with a dime to lead the Sun Devils past Grand Canyon.

Jake Saldutti, Connecticut
Combined for eight goals and an assist in a split week against UNH and Northeastern.

Tyler Superczynski, Clemson
Had five goals, one assist and five ground balls in the tourney win over Virginia Tech.