Silberlicht named to IL preseason All-America team

courtesy of Hobart Athletics

Hobart senior goalie Max Silberlicht is one of seven goalies named to the 2010 Inside Lacrosse/Face-Off Yearbook Preseason All-America Teams. A starter in each of the past three seasons, he was listed among the magazine's honorable mentions.

Silberlicht played all but 6 minutes and 27 seconds in the cage for Hobart in 2009, compiling 174 saves, a 7-7 record, a .613 save percentage, and a 7.91 goals against average (GAA). He was third in the ECAC Lacrosse League and fifth in the nation in save percentage and second in the conference and 10th in the nation in GAA. Silberlicht's GAA broke his own Hobart Division I season record (8.05 in 2008), while his save percentage was second in Hobart Division I history behind the .633 Fred Pawlikowski '98 posted in 1996.

Silberlicht matched his career-high with 18 saves against UMass last season. He held the Minutemen to a season-low seven goals. Silberlicht also limited Binghamton (4) and Bucknell (2) to their lowest scoring game of the season.

Inexplicably omitted from last season's All-ECAC and All-America teams, Silberlicht enters his senior season with 375 saves, a .580 save percentage, an 8.77 GAA, and a 15-16 record. Among Hobart's Division I goalies, he ranks fourth in career saves (17 behind No. 3 Dan Valente '05), second in career save percentage (.020 shy of Pawlikowski's mark), first in GAA (0.74 better than Valente), and second in wins (1 behind Mike Borsz '03).

Silberlicht is the first Statesman to be named a preseason All-American since Daryl Veltman '08 received honorable mention prior to the 2008 season.