Cal Poly Dominates WCLL-I Honors

NOVATO, Calif. – After rolling to an undefeated conference season and winning the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) Division I tournament, Cal Poly has been rewarded for its efforts with numerous postseason conference accolades.

The Mustangs placed six players on the 13-man first team All-WCLL squad while junior goalie Sean Pihl was named the Defensive Player of the Year and Bobby Dabrieo was named Coach of the Year.

Cal, which also earned an invitation to the 2016 MCLA National Chamiponships powered by Under Armour along with Cal Poly, has two players on the first team. That duo is highlighted by junior attackman Max McKone, who took home Offensive Player of the Year kudos.

Stanford placed three players on the all-conference first team while Dominican had two.

2016 WCLL Division I All-Conference Teams

First Team All-WCLL
A – A.J. Guralas, Cal Poly
A – Max McKone, Cal
A – John Corbolotti, Cal Poly
M – Peter Doyle, Stanford
M – Cody Bernstein, Dominican
M – Hunter Irvin, Stanford
LSM – Jeff Salvatore, Dominican
FO – Austin Lord, Cal Poly
SSDM – Dan Wessel, Cal Poly
D – Gideon Baum, Cal Poly
D – Connor McLeod, Cal
D – Tommy Walker, Stanford
G – Sean Pihl, Cal Poly

Second Team All-WCLL
A – Brendan Phinny, Santa Clara
A – Jack Gross, Dominican
A – Brad Bochesa, Sonoma State
M – Eric Lee, Stanford
M – Michael Manfredi, Dominican
M – Angelo Lagomarsino, Sonoma State
LSM – Greg Kurth, Chico State
FO – Cooper Urbany, Sonoma State
SSDM – David Leonardo, Santa Clara
D – Connor Veit, Cal Poly
D – Rudy Buhlman, Dominican
D – Spencer Castonguay, Sonoma State
G – Bert Schmickel, Cal

Honorable Mention All-WCLL
A – Jay Fuster, Stanford
A – Michael Tomita, Sonoma State
A – Alec Ledbetter, Nevada
M – Ben Berkow, Cal Poly
M – Wes Koenig, Sonoma State
M – Nate DeGroat, Cal
LSM – Jacke Becker, Sonoma State
SSDM – Brendan McCarthy, Nevada
D – Graham Walker, Cal Poly
D – Matt Schmitz, Stanford
D – Brandon Hall, Nevada
G – Luke Miller, Santa Clara

Offensive Player of the Year: Max McKone, Cal
Defensive Player of the Year: Sean Pihl, Cal Poly
Coach of the Year: Bobby Dabrieo, Cal Poly

(Photo by Jodi Vosika)