Brian Williams, MLAX, Athlete, Cortland

Williams helped guide the Red Dragons to a 1-1 record during their opening week of the season. In a 14-6 victory at Potsdam in non-conference action on Tuesday, Williams won 13-of-14 face-offs and collected nine ground balls. He then won 9-of-15 face-offs and secured eight ground balls at home versus nationally top-ranked RIT as Cortland played to a tough 12-8 loss to the Tigers. For the two games, he won 22-of-29 face-offs (.759) and scooped up 17 ground balls.