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Currier Taken By Denver With Sixth Pick In MLL Draft; McBride Also Chosen By Outlaws
May 28, 2017 | Men's Lacrosse
The Denver Outlaws clearly wanted Zach Currier in Sunday's Major League Lacrosse Draft.
Currier was taken with the sixth pick of the first round by the Outlaws, who traded away three other picks in the draft and face-off specialist Brent Hiken to move up into position to select the do-everything midfielder.
Gavin McBride, a fellow Princeton senior, was also selected by the Outlaws, with the ninth pick of the fifth round.
Currier led Division I midfielders in assists with 34 and points with 58 this season, while also winning 56 pecent of his face-offs, leading the team in caused turnovers and coming within one of the school record for ground balls with 130. In Major League Lacrosse, with smaller active rosters, having a player with that diverse of a skillset is a plus.
Currier becomes Princeton's first MLL first-round selection since Tom Schreiber was the No. 1 overall pick in 2014. Schreiber, of the Ohio Machine, was the MLL Most Valuable Player a year ago.
McBride led Division I in goals per game this season and set the Princeton single-season record with 54 goals.
McBride's Princeton career saw him go from zero goals as a freshman to 24 as a sophomore and 26 as a junior. He exploded as a senior with 54, breaking the school record of 53 set by US Lacrosse Hall of Famer Jesse Hubbard back in 1996. McBride scored at least three goals in 10 of 15 games as a senior, including at least five in six different games. He had his career-high of seven against Harvard.
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Currier was taken with the sixth pick of the first round by the Outlaws, who traded away three other picks in the draft and face-off specialist Brent Hiken to move up into position to select the do-everything midfielder.
Gavin McBride, a fellow Princeton senior, was also selected by the Outlaws, with the ninth pick of the fifth round.
Currier led Division I midfielders in assists with 34 and points with 58 this season, while also winning 56 pecent of his face-offs, leading the team in caused turnovers and coming within one of the school record for ground balls with 130. In Major League Lacrosse, with smaller active rosters, having a player with that diverse of a skillset is a plus.
Currier becomes Princeton's first MLL first-round selection since Tom Schreiber was the No. 1 overall pick in 2014. Schreiber, of the Ohio Machine, was the MLL Most Valuable Player a year ago.
McBride led Division I in goals per game this season and set the Princeton single-season record with 54 goals.
McBride's Princeton career saw him go from zero goals as a freshman to 24 as a sophomore and 26 as a junior. He exploded as a senior with 54, breaking the school record of 53 set by US Lacrosse Hall of Famer Jesse Hubbard back in 1996. McBride scored at least three goals in 10 of 15 games as a senior, including at least five in six different games. He had his career-high of seven against Harvard.
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