Mendota Heights, Minn., sophomore, faceoff specialist
One way to take some air out of No. 9 Albany's high-flying offense is to keep the ball out of the sticks of Lyle Thompson & Co., and the No. 2 Orange used Williams to do just that. The 5-foot-11, 192-pound player won 24 of 27 faceoffs and had a career-high 15 ground balls to take the time-of-possession battle away from a Great Danes offense that had averaged 24 goals in its previous four games. He went 9-for-9 in the first and third quarters. Williams is second in Division I in faceoff percentage at 70.0 percent (147-for-210) and first in ground balls per game at 10.7.