Men's Lacrosse | 12/7/2017 6:30:00 PM

PHOTO: McGill's 2017 award winners (L to R): Emile Sassone-Lawless, William Waesche, Bohe Hosking, Oliver Bolsterli, Connor Plante and Alexander Linton 

MONTREAL -- Goaltender William Waesche of Greenwich, Conn., was named most valuable player to highlight the McGill University men's lacrosse team's 15th annual awards gala, held at the Alumni Lounge inside McConnell Arena, Thursday.
 
Other honors went to Connor Plante (most improved player) of Burlington, Vt., Oliver Bolsterli (rookie of the year) of London, Ont., Emile Sassone-Lawless (most dedicated player) of Ithaca, N.Y., Alexander Linton (leadership,) of Ridgewood, N.J., and Bohe Hosking (most physical player) of Vienna, Virginia.
 
Also, head coach Tim Murdoch announced his co-captains for the 2018 season. His son Maxime Murdoch, a senior from Westmount, Que., was named, along with senior Brendan Mullen of Toronto, junior Liam MacDonald of North Vancouver, B.C., and Tanner Baldin, a junior from Brantford, Ont.

It was a bittersweet campaign for McGill, which finished atop the CUFLA East Division for the seventh consecutive season, posting an 11-1 record in league play and a 12-3 mark overall. After demolishing Ottawa 17-6 in a quarter-final, the Redmen fell 14-11 to the eventual champion Western Mustangs.
 
Waesche, a fifth-year economics senior, posted a perfect 9-0 record and a league-leading 6.80 goals-against average in 11 regular season contests. It marks the second team MVP award for the 5-foot-10, 195-pound netminder who was previously honoured in his sophomore season. Waesche will graduate next spring with a spectacular 39-1 regular-season record in 51 career outings. Including playoffs and non-conference games, he registered a 44-3 record in 62 contests overall.
 
Plante, a defensive defender who measures 6-foot-3 and 180 pounds, became a starter in his sophomore year after making the team as a walk-on during his freshman campaign in 2016. The software engineering major was held pointless in 11 regular season games but did set up a goal in the playoffs.
 
Bolsterli, a management freshman out of The Hill Academy, was the only rookie to dress for 11 regular season contests and registered one assist. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound defender tallied his first career goal in the post-season.
 
Sassone-Lawless, a fifth-year senior majoring in psychology and environmental science, received the Evans Huber Memorial Award for his unwavering dedication to the program. One of the team's graduating co-captains, the six-foot, 180-pound midfielder scored 31 points, including eight goals in 11 games. A CUFLA East Division all-star last season, he graduates as McGill's all-time assist leader and
 
Linton, a co-captain, was the recipient of the team's Baggataway Award for leadership, character and passion. The six-foot, 180-pound midfielder scored 20 points, including 16 goals, in nine league games. A pharmacology senior who made the principal's student-athlete honour roll, Linton racked up an impressive 39-20-59 career record in 47 games overall.
                                                                                     
Hosking, a dominant 6-foot-5, 210-pound midfielder, won the Bell Ringer Award for his effective physical play. The fifth-year engineering senior scored once and had four points in 11 games. Also a co-captain, he merited CUFLA East all-star status in each of his last three seasons.