VILLANOVA, Pa.—Amidst one of the program's most successful seasons in recent memory, the Villanova men's lacrosse team had four players recognized as Inside Lacrosse Midseason Media All-Americans on Friday afternoon. Fifth year midfielder Matt Campbell (Madison, N.J.) and fifth year SSDM Chet Comizio (Basking Ridge, N.J.) were each named first team selections. Fifth year midfielder Austin Fraser (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) and junior defenseman Reid Colwell (Westfield, N.J.) garnered honorable mention accolades.
 
The midseason All-America honors come as the Wildcats are set to open conference play with a home game against St. John's on Saturday afternoon. Villanova is currently 7-2 on the year and is ranked No. 6 nationally in this week's Inside Lacrosse and USILA polls. The season to date has seen the Wildcats compile a six-game winning streak from February 19-March 21, while Villanova owns a season scoring margin of +2.8 goals per game.
 
Campbell has been at the forefront of the Wildcats dominant offense so far this season. He leads Villanova with 41 points thanks to scoring 25 goals (second on the team) and leading the squad with 16 assists. Earlier this season Campbell broke the program's career record for goal scored when he notched his 129^th career tally. He has since pushed the new record to 142 goals, while his 67 career assists are 10^th in school history. Campbell enters the game against St. John's on Saturday needing four more points to equal the Wildcats career record of 213 which has stood for 29 years.
 
Through the first seven weeks of the season Campbell has been a five-time BIG EAST weekly honoree, including three Midfielder of the Week nods to go along with a pair of Honor Roll selections. Campbell has scored four or more goals in a game on four occasions this season and he had a career-high six assists in a win over Navy on March 21. Campbell was named to the preseason Watch List for this year's Tewaaraton Award and remains in the running for the nation's top collegiate lacrosse honor.
 
Comizio is the veteran leader of the Villanova defense and is having another sensational season. He leads Wildcats defenders with 37 ground balls on the year and is averaging just over four ground balls per game to go along with nine caused turnovers. Comizio has added one goal, two assists and three points. His best game of the season came in a 13-12 win at then-No. 10 Delaware when he recorded a season-high seven ground balls and two caused turnovers. Comizio has picked up at least five ground balls on three occasions.
 
This season has been a breakout campaign for Fraser who ranks second on the team with 15 assists and is third on the squad in both goals (14) and points (29). He has scored at least one goal in every game and notched his first career hat trick against Navy two games ago. Fraser had a career-high six assists at Hofstra on March 4, with his game that day marking only the sixth time in school history a Villanova player had at least six assists in one contest.
 
Colwell is also enjoying the best season of his career and is leading the Wildcats with 15 caused turnovers on the year to go along with 23 ground balls which is tied for third on the team. He has had at least two caused turnovers in a game five times in nine outings this season, including a career-high four forced miscues in the Hofstra win and three more at Penn that Villanova won 9-8 with a late rally. Colwell's average of 1.67 caused turnovers per game is third in the BIG EAST and ranks in the top-25 nationally.
 
This is the second straight year that Campbell and Comizio have earned Midseason Media All-America honors. The selections of Fraser and Colwell are the first of each of their careers.