Desko and Salcido take home top honors in the ACC
by: Mario Sacco
Posted: May 2, 2017 / 03:51 PM EDT / Updated: May 15, 2017 / 12:46 PM EDT
With the ACC season in the books, the awards are starting to rack up for the Syracuse men's lacrosse team.
For the third straight season, head coach John Desko was honored with the ACC Coach of the Year award.
Desko has led the Orange to an 11-2 record, and the ACC regular season championship this year.
Senior, Sergio Salcido was voted the ACC Offensive Player of the Year on Tuesday.
Salcido, a Tewaaraton Award Semifinalist has 45 points this season, scoring 15 goals and adding 30 assists.
Syracuse will close out the regular season on Saturday at Colgate.
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