Dec. 22, 2009
BALTIMORE, MD. -
Billy Bitter, Chris Hunt, Ryan Flanagan and Sean DeLaney have all been chosen to the coaches' preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team named by the 2010 Face-Off Yearbook. Meanwhile, the preseason coaches poll in the ACC has picked the Tar Heels to finish third in the league this year.
Bitter, a junior attackman from Stowe, Vt., was named to the 2009 All-ACC Team in a vote of the league coaches. He is joined on this year's preseason team by senior midfielder Sean DeLaney of Moorestown, N.J. and two other juniors - defenseman Ryan Flanagan of West Islip, N.Y. and midfielder Chris Hunt of Arnold, Md.
Face-Off Yearbook Preseason ACC Coaches Poll
1. Duke
2. Virginia
3. North Carolina
4. Maryland
Face-Off Yearbook Coaches' Preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team
Attackmen: Billy Bitter, Jr., North Carolina; Ned Crotty, Sr., Duke; Ryan Young, Jr., Maryland.
Midfielders: Brian Carroll, Sr., Virginia; Shamel Bratton, Jr., Virginia; Sean DeLaney, Sr., North Carolina
Face-Off: Sam Payton, Sr., Duke
Short Stick Defensive Midfielder: Chris Hunt, Jr., North Carolina
Long Stick Midfielder: C.J. Costable, So., Duke
Defensemen: Max Schmidt, Jr., Maryland; Mike Manley, Jr., Duke; Ryan Flanagan, Jr., North Carolina
Goalkeeper: Brian Phipps, Sr., Maryland.
