2004 Women's Lacrosse All-Conference Teams Announced
Amherst's Harmeling
Named Player of the Year
HARTFORD, Conn. - Junior attacker
Ashley Harmeling of Amherst was named the 2004 NESCAC Women’s
Lacrosse Player of the Year in a vote of the conference coaches.
Harmeling led the conference in points (6.44 per game), goals (3.94
per game) and assists (2.50 per game) while helping the Jeffs reach
the NESCAC Championship game and a earn a berth in the NCAA
Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship. Harmeling, named
NESCAC Women’s Soccer Player of the Year at the conclusion of
the fall season, ranks fifth nationally in points per game and has
tied the single-season school record for points as the Jeffs enter
NCAA play.
Joining Harmeling on the
all-conference first team are seniors Allison Aldrich and Liz
Martin. Martin, a three-time first-team all-conference honoree, has
scored 52 goals from her midfield position for the Jeffs while
Aldrich, a second-team selection the past two seasons, has found
the net on 42 occasions as an attacker. The three have combined to
lead Amherst to a 14-2 mark as they enter the NCAA tournament to
defend their national title.
Four-time NESCAC champion
Middlebury placed three members on the first team. Three-time first
team selection Nuala O’Donohoe leads the undefeated
top-ranked Panthers with 53 goals on the year. O’Donohoe, the
2001 NESCAC Rookie of the Year, has joined with fellow first team
honoree Elizabeth Renehan, last season’s Rookie of the Year,
to lead the Middlebury to an undefeated regular season and fourth
consecutive NESCAC Championship. Renehan has contributed 29 goals
and 18 assists to the 2004 campaign. Middlebury senior defender
Becca Brakeley anchors a Panther defense which leads the nation in
scoring defense for the second consecutive season surrendering just
5.33 goals per game. Panthers head coach Missy Foote earned NESCAC
Coach of the Year honors for the fourth consecutive season.
Williams’ Molly Jennings
earned first team honors for the third consecutive year. Jennings
scored 50 goals this season to lead the Ephs as a midfielder.
Williams senior defender Lindsay Holland was also honored on the
first team. Williams freshman Kaylan Tildsley earned NESCAC Rookie
of the Year honors after scoring 46 points (23 goals, 23 assists)
this season for the Ephs this season. Tildsley was also a
second-team all-conference selection.
Bowdoin goalkeeper Kendall Cox is
one of three Polar Bears selected to the first team all-conference.
Cox finished her junior year with 160 saves and a 7.61 goals
against average. Bowdoin senior midfielder Angela King and
sophomore defender Betsy Rose also earned first team accolades.
Wesleyan junior attacker Rebecca
Vogel rounds out the first team selections. Vogel led the Cardinals
with 46 goals on the year and finished fifth in the league
averaging 4.00 points per game. NESCAC all-conference selections
are determined in a vote by the conference coaches.
2004 NESCAC Women's Lacrosse
All-Conference Team
|
| First
Team
|
School
| Yr.
| Hometown
|
| A
| Allison Aldrich
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Cornwall, Vt.
|
| A
| Ashley Harmeling
| Amherst
| Jr.
| North Reading, Mass.
|
| A
| Nuala O’Donohoe
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Needham, Mass.
|
| A
| Rebecca Vogel
| Wesleyan
| Jr.
| Blauvelt, N.Y.
|
| M
| Molly Jennings
| Williams
| Sr.
| Greenwich, Conn.
|
| M
| Angela King
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Limington, Maine
|
| M
| Liz Martin
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Baltimore, Md.
|
| M
| Elizabeth Renehan
| Middlebury
| So.
| St. Davids, Pa.
|
| D
| Becca Brakeley
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Middlebury, Vt.
|
| D
| Lindsay Holland
| Williams
| Sr.
| Killington, Vt.
|
| D
| Betsy Rose
| Bowdoin
| So.
| Needham, Mass.
|
| GK
| Kendall Cox
| Bowdoin
| Jr.
| Guilford, Conn.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Second Team
| School
| Yr.
| Hometown
|
| A
| Bea Gratry
| Trinity
| Jr.
| Hunting Valley, Ohio
|
| A
| Colleen McDonald
| Bowdoin
| Jr.
| Greenfield, Mass.
|
| A
| Dena Miller
| Tufts
| So.
| Denver, Colo.
|
| M
| Emma Miller
| Colby
| Jr.
| Wellesley, Mass.
|
| M
| Ali Perencevich
| Middlebury
| So.
| Concord, N.H.
|
| M
| Jacqueline Sargent
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Concord, Mass.
|
| M
| Kaylan Tildsley
| Williams
| Fr.
| Andover, Mass.
|
| D
| Vanessa Jones
| Wesleyan
| Jr.
| North Kingstown, R.I.
|
| D
| Lauren Peach
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Maplewood, N.J.
|
| D
| Christine Ryan
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Summit, N.J.
|
| D
| Becca Sullivan
| Trinity
| Sr.
| Brookline, Mass.
|
GK
| Paige Diamond
| Connecticut College
| Jr.
| Longmeadow, Mass.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Player of the Year
|
|
|
|
| A
| Ashley Harmeling
| Amherst
| Jr.
| North Reading, Mass.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rookie of the Year
|
|
|
| M
| Kaylan Tildsley
| Williams
| Fr.
| Andover, Mass.
|
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|
| Coach of the Year
|
|
|
|
|
| Missy Foote
| Middlebury
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