DANBURY, CT – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced its 2026 Division I Men's Lacrosse All-ECAC Team and major award winners.
Siena Men's Lacrosse first-year head coach
Tim Cox was named the ECAC Coach of the Year to mark the second consecutive season in which Siena has won the award after the late coach Liam Gleason was the 2025 major award winner.
For the second year in a row, Siena (12-5) earned a share of the MAAC Regular Season Championship with Marist as each held an identical 7-1 conference record.
Siena earned the right to host both the MAAC Semifinals and MAAC Championship for the first time in program history as a participant through a head-to-head victory against the Red Foxes earlier this season to secure the top seed and home-field advantage at Hickey Field.
Cox led the Saints through a grief-stricken season after coach Gleason's passing in December of 2025, producing a program-record seven All-MAAC First Team selections with 12 All-MAAC honors including another four major award winners.
Among the major award winners, sophomore
Logan Banek earned his second consecutive MAAC Face Off Specialist of the Year Award, graduate student defenseman
Riley Hegarty was named the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year, senior attack
Caden Olmstead was selected as the MAAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year and coach Cox was named the unanimous MAAC Coach of the Year.
Among the noteworthy accomplishments included a seven-game winning streak from March 3-April 11, a 15-11 win over then RV/RV Sacred Heart and consistent rankings in both the USILA Coaches and KANE Inside Lacrosse Polls throughout the season.
Siena ranked first in the MAAC in goals scored (224), second in goals per game (12.44), first in assists (126), second in assists per game (7.00), first in points (350), second in points per game (19.44), second in shots (797), third in shots per game (44.28), first in shots on goal (452), second in shots on goal per game (25.11), first in man-up goals (21) and first in man-up goals per game (1.17), first in ground balls (619) and first in ground balls per game (34.39), first in caused turnovers (150), second in caused turnovers per game (8.33), first in face offs won (281) and second in face off win percentage (.594)
Coach Cox had served for the previous seven seasons as the late head coach Liam Gleason's right-hand man and offensive coordinator.
Cornell Attacker Willem Firth won Offensive Player of the Year while Princeton University's Jack Stahl won Defensive Player of the Year. New Jersey Institute of Technology freshman Blake Piscitiello won Rookie of the Year.
All-ECAC Team
Nate Kabiri – Princeton University, Jr., A
Silas Richmond – University at Albany, Sr., A
Willem Firth – Cornell University, Jr., A
Mikey Weisshaar – Towson University, Sr., A
Evan Plunkett – Army West Point, Sr., M
Tucker Wade – Princeton University, Jo., M
Joe Juengerkes – Rutgers University, Gr., SSDM
Cooper Mueller – Princeton University, Jr., SSDM
John Sullivan – Army West Point, Sr., D
Jack Stahl – Princeton University , Jr., D
Julian Radossich – Fairfield University, Jr., D
Brendan Staub – Cornell University, Sr., LSM
Jack Cascadden – Cornell University, Sr., FO
Ryan Croddick – Princeton University, Sr., GK
ABOUT THE ECAC
The ECAC is an eighty-six year old intercollegiate athletics organization with roughly 200 member schools for traditional sports across all three NCAA Divisions - I, II and III - that exists to enhance the experience of student-athletes participating in NCAA sports, and provide great value for universities, by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments and other competitions throughout the country. The ECAC also hosts a comprehensive esports program, with over 300 schools, 4,000 teams and 10,000-plus participants in twenty-four different games titles.
