Five Wolves named to USILA Men’s Lacrosse All-South Region team

NEWBERRY – Five members of the Newberry College men’s lacrosse team were named to the 2024 USILA South Region All-American team as announced by the association on Friday, May 17th.

Senior attacker Scott Reed and midfielder Baker Westmoreland earned first team honors. Reed led the Wolves attack with 91 points on 69 goals and 22 assists. The South Atlantic Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year had scored six or more goals in seven games including two seven goal performances against Lynn and Tusculum.

Westmoreland had a team high 19-man up goals, including a six-goal performance against Belmont Abbey that landed him a conference player of the week honor. Westmoreland scored 54 points on the season on 38 goals and 16 assists.

Senior midfielder Curtis Butka and defender Jack Travassos got second team honors. Butka had 40 points on 18 goals and 22 assists while collecting 19 ground balls. Travassos held his own on the defensive side of the field. He led the Wolves with 27 caused turnovers. Travassos also had the team’s second most 59 ground balls collected in the 2024 campaign.

Earning honorable mention as a long stick midfielder was Brock Strong. Strong collected 32 ground balls and caused 13 turnovers. Strong had a highlight goal in the Wolves 14-9 victory over UIndy where he went coast-to-coast to give Newberry a 13-7 lead in that win.