9:03 a.m., June 14, 2007--The University of Delaware men's lacrosse team, which completed the finest season in school history this spring with a trip to the NCAA Division I championship tournament semifinals, was presented the 2007 Henry Ciccarone Award Wednesday night in a ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.

UD Head Coach Bob Shillinglaw and members of the squad were hand to receive the prestigious award, which is presented by the Touchdown Club of Annapolis each season to the collegiate men's lacrosse team of the year. The award was presented at the club's annual lacrosse cookout held in the Class of 1953 Pavilion in the stadium.

The award is named in honor of late Henry Ciccarone, the legendary Johns Hopkins University coach who is a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Ciccarone, who died in 1988, led Johns Hopkins to three consecutive national championships from 1978-80 and posted a nine-year record of 105-16.

The Fightin' Blue Hens posted a 13-6 record, captured their first Colonial Athletic Association championship and advanced to the NCAA Final Four before falling to eventual national champion Johns Hopkins.