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S-138-06-07
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Elizabethtown’s Frankie Puzzangara to Play in USILA North-South Men’s Lacrosse Classic  

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse midfielder Frankie Puzzangara (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) has been selected to play in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association’s (USILA) North-South Classic, a national all-star game for seniors, Friday, May 25, 2007. Puzzangara will play for the South Team in the NCAA Division III game beginning at 4:00 p.m. Friday. He is only the second Elizabethtown player ever selected for the North-South Classic in the six-year history of the Blue Jay men’s lacrosse program.

Puzzangara was the back-to-back Middle Atlantic Conference Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007, and he was a four-time All-MAC selection. He was also named an Inside Lacrosse Pre-Season All-American for 2007.

In the 2007 season, he led Elizabethtown in goals scored with 39, in ground balls with 126, and in face-offs won with 106. Puzzangara’s 126 ground balls in 2007 was a new Elizabethtown single-season record, breaking his mark of 125 set in 2006. He was also second on the team in 2007 in points with 49 and third on the team in assists with ten.

He holds Elizabethtown career records in goals with 126, points with 167, ground balls with 322 and shots with 542. He also ranks second all-time at Etown in career face-offs won with 267 and fourth in career assists with 38.

The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team finished the 2007 season with a 10-5 overall record and a 7-3 mark in the Middle Atlantic Conference. The Blue Jays reached the semifinals of the MAC playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.