Senior midfielder Cam Flint has stepped up for the Pioneer men’s lacrosse team, leading them back to their previously-held top position in the nation and solid conference performances this season.
Flint has helped lead Denver to a 10-3 overall record, 5-1 in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference and has amassed 32 points on 25 goals and seven assists this season. Flint follows only senior attackman Eric Law with 54 points on 29 goals and 25 assists and sophomore midfielder Wes Berg with 48 points of 37 goals and 11 assists.
In the first three years of his career with the Pioneers, Flint tallied 86 points off 66 goals and 20 assists.
Flint, a Georgetown, Ontario, Canada native, has led the team as a captain the past two seasons and leads the midfield squad this season.
“The rest of the team needs his insight and leadership in the locker room,” said head coach Bill Tierney.
The Pioneers worked their way into the number one spot in the ECAC and national rankings before being upset this weekend by Fairfield and falling behind Loyola in the ECAC.
“Cameron has carried us on his back for the last four games,” said Tierney before Saturday’s game. “Cam and Eric Adamson have been the bookends of the defense this year.”
Despite being plagued by injuries throughout his career, Flint has managed to make this season his best showing thus far.
“This season has definitely been a relief for me,” said Flint. “I had surgery on my knee sophomore year, and it extended into junior year as I recovered, but I’m happy to be playing the style of lacrosse I played before I got injured.”
The health of his knee is essential to Flint’s play, as he makes sharp cuts taking his momentum from one direction to the next in a split second. On top of his agility, Flint packs a powerful punch.
Flint has a vision not only for himself in his senior year, but the team as a whole.
“I want to keep the team focused,” said Flint. “I don’t want them complacent with where we are at now. My goal is to make them understand the season is not over.”
Flint was also recently honored by the ECAC, when he was named Offensive Player of the Week on April 15, marking the second honor of his career.
Flint and the team are eyeing the NCAA championship trophy, looking to make a great season one for the history books.
