Women's Lacrosse All-Conference Teams Released
Wheeler of Middlebury
Named Player of the Year
HARTFORD, Conn. - Senior attack
Betsy Wheeler of NESCAC champion Middlebury College was named the
2001 NESCAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Year. Wheeler led the
Panthers with 44 regular season goals and 51 points and helped lead
Middlebury to an undefeated season and top ranking in the
nation.
Wheeler was one of five players to
earn repeat first-team all-conference honors. Junior defender Ali
Connolly of Middlebury was named to the first team after leading
the Panthers in ground balls and caused turnovers. Three players
from conference runner-up Amherst earned repeat first-team
accolades. Senior attacks Sarah Scheessele and Kristin Osborn, and
senior defender Alison Kitay were named to the first team for the
second consecutive year. Scheessele scored 31 goals, including
three game-winners, and Osborn scored 45 goals and totaled 58
points. Kitay led the team in caused turnovers.
Senior attack Angela Pappas of
Colby and sophomore goalkeeper Abi Jackson of Williams were named
to the first team this year after being named to the second team a
year ago. Pappas scored 18 goals and became the fifth player at
Colby to score 100 career goals. Jackson was among the conference
leaders in goals against average and save percentage all
season.
Two other players from Middlebury
and Williams were each named to the all-conference first team.
Sophomore midfielder Char Glessner and junior midfielder Julia
Bergofsky were honored on the first team. Glessner was second on
the Panthers in points and Bergofsky led the team in draw controls
and finished second in caused turnovers. Junior midfielder Heather
Black and senior defender Sarah Commito of the Ephs received
first-team honors. Black led Williams in scoring, while Commito was
the backbone of the team's defense. Rounding out the first team was
senior attack Jen Gregorian of Tufts. She was the team leader with
40 goals and 17 assists.
First-year attack and midfielder
Nuala O'Donohoe of Middlebury was named the 2001 NESCAC Rookie of
the Year after finishing tied for second on the team in scoring.
Middlebury Head Coach Missy Foote was named the 2001 NESCAC Coach
of the Year.
2001 NESCAC Women's Lacrosse
All-Conference Team
| |
First
Team
|
Institution
|
Yr.
|
Hometown |
| A |
Jen Gregorian |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Wayland, Mass.
|
| A |
Angela Pappas
|
Colby |
Sr. |
Gwynedd Valley, Pa.
|
| A |
Sarah Scheessele
|
Amherst |
Sr. |
Pittsburgh, Pa.
|
| A |
Betsy Wheeler
|
Middlebury |
Sr. |
Wenham, Mass.
|
| M |
Julia Bergofsky |
Middlebury |
Jr. |
Exeter, N.H. |
| M |
Heather Black |
Williams |
Jr. |
Wayland, Mass. |
| M |
Char Glessner
|
Middlebury |
So. |
Ipswich, Mass.
|
| M |
Kristin Osborn
|
Amherst |
Sr. |
Morristown, N.J.
|
| D |
Sarah Commito
|
Williams |
Sr. |
Montpelier, Vt.
|
| D |
Ali Connolly
|
Middlebury |
Jr. |
Marblehead, Mass.
|
| D |
Alison Kitay
|
Amherst |
Sr. |
Washington, D.C.
|
GK
|
Abi Jackson
|
Williams |
So. |
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
|
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|
|
|
|
| |
Second Team |
Institution |
Yr. |
Hometown |
| A |
Erin Flynn
|
Bates |
Sr. |
Newton, N.J.
|
| A |
Abigail Ouimet
|
Amherst |
So. |
Hatfield, Mass.
|
| A |
Kristen Sullivan
|
Williams |
Sr. |
Bridgewater, Vt.
|
| M |
Christina Orf
|
Tufts |
Jr. |
Lexington, Mass.
|
| M |
Carrie Smith
|
Bates |
Fr. |
Chevy Chase, Md.
|
| M |
Anna Trafton
|
Connecticut College
|
Jr. |
Topsham, Maine
|
| D |
Sarah Banister
|
Bowdoin |
Jr. |
Stonington, Conn.
|
| D |
Kathryn Doherty
|
Williams |
So. |
Weston, Mass.
|
| D |
Mary Jacobs
|
Trinity |
Sr. |
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
|
| D |
Kathy Kenney
|
Tufts |
So. |
Needham, Mass.
|
| D |
Kate Robertson
|
Middlebury |
Sr. |
Ambler, Pa.
|
| GK |
Ari Kristan
|
Tufts |
So. |
South Windsor, Conn.
|
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|
|
|
|
| |
Player of the Year |
|
|
|
| A |
Betsy Wheeler
|
Middlebury |
Sr. |
Wenham, Mass.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
Rookie of the Year |
|
|
| M/A |
Nuala O'Donohoe
|
Middlebury |
Fr. |
Needham, Mass.
|
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Coach of the Year |
|
|
|
| |
Missy Foote
|
Middlebury |
