Maryland's Bernhardt, Murray take home conference awards

Bernhardt named co-Defensive Player of the Year, Murray Freshman of the Year

Maryland failed to repeat as the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament champion this past weekend, but the No. 8 Terps didn’t walk away empty-handed.

Junior long-stick midfielder Jesse Bernhardt shared the ACC Defensive Player of the Year award with Duke senior long-stick midfielder C.J. Costabile. Bernhardt leads Maryland in caused turnovers with 22 and is first in the conference in caused turnovers per game with 2.0. He is also averaging 3.3 groundballs per game.

Defenseman Goran Murray became the seventh Terp to earn the Freshman of the Year award. He is the first Maryland player since 2007 when goalkeeper Brian Phipps received the honor. Murray ranks sixth in the conference in caused turnovers per game with 1.1.

Virginia senior attackman Steele Stanwick was named the Offensive Player of the Year, while Duke's John Danowski was voted as the Coach of the Year.