NESCAC Academic and Sportsmanship Honors

Congratulations to Jesse Schultz and Carrie Disa for earning NESCAC All-Academic honors for the spring of 2009. This is a very impressive accomplishment given the demands of the spring season. Way to go! Congrats also to Kristina Scontras for representing Trinity on the All-Sportsmanship Team for Women's Lacrosse. Very well deserved!

All-Academic:
Jesse Schultz
Carrie Disa

Sportsmanship Award:
Kristina Scontras

Seniors Selected for North/South Senior All-Star Game

Congratulations to Jesse Schultz, Kristina Scontras and Carrie Disa for all being selected to compete in the North/South Senior All-Star Game. The game showcases the nation's top seniors and we are thrilled to have 3 Trinity players represent our program and the NESCAC on the North squad.

The game will be held at the United States Training Center (USTC) in Downingtown, PA on Saturday, June 13, 2009. The Division I game begins at Noon, followed by Division II at 1pm and finally capped off by the Division III game which starts at 2pm.

Check out the complete rosters below:

The North

Becky Bedard, Ithaca College
Elizabeth Burns, Williams College
Cassidy Callahan, Stevens Institute of Technology
Carly Carey, The College of Wooster
MaryKate DiBenedetto, Montclair State University
Carrie Disa, Trinity College
Alexa Dougherty, Colorado College
Kelsey Evans, Rochester Institute of Technology
Tara Klein, The College of New Jersey
Kelly Mitchell, The College of New Jersey
Molly Moss, Endicott College
Julia Nawrocki, Williams College
Heather Nickerson, Colby College
Katie Reuther, The College of New Jersey
Katlyn Scarlett, Roanoke College
Jesse Schultz, Trinity College
Kristina Scontras, Trinity College
Kate Sheridan, Colby College
Mary Clare Snediker, Colby College
Danielle Torre, SUNY Cortland

North Coach:
Karen MacCrate Henning, Colby College

The South

Jennifer Abelin, Guilford College
Jessie Basch, Eastern University
Brianne Brennan, Messiah College
Lauren Carrier, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Colleen Evans, Washington and Lee University
Michelle Fluty, McDaniel College
Katie Foley, Elizabethtown College
Maddie Goetz, Salisbury University
SpringAnne Hatfield, Marymount University
Holly Johnson, Salisbury University
Brittany Lambert, Washington College
Sarah Meisenberg, Franklin and Marshall College
Jennifer Pritchard, Franklin and Marshall College
Kelsi Robinson, Washington and Lee University
Ana Sokol, Dickinson College
Sonja Stuart, Salisbury University
Shanon Summers, Franklin and Marshall College
Amanda Wayne, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Allie Zerhusen, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Jen Venter, Messiah College

South Coach:
Lauren Paul, Franklin and Marshall College

All-American Honors

Congrats to Rachel and Liz for being honored as 2009 IWLCA All-Americans.

Rachel was recognized on the 1st-Team and Liz was recognized on the 3rd-Team. WAY TO GO!

Check out the Press Release below:

The IWLCA and US Lacrosse have honored 48 student-athletes in Division III with a selection on one of the All-American teams. The IWLCA and US Lacrosse will honor the National All-Americans at an awards banquet on Saturday, June 13, 2009 in King of Prussia, Pa.
The IWLCA (Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association) was founded on the principle of developing among intercollegiate coaches a deep sense of responsibility in teaching, promotion, and maintaining the growth of women's lacrosse in accordance with the highest ideals of fair play. It is a body committed to being an integral part of the growth and direction of our collegiate sport.
US Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the national governing body for men's and women's lacrosse.

First team
Robyn Bishop, Sr., Salisbury University, M
Elizabeth Burns, Sr., Williams College, D
Lauren Carrier, Sr., St. Mary's College (Md.), M
Nina Emala, Jr., Gettysburg College, A
Alison Jaeger, So., The College of New Jersey, A
Sarah McKinley, Sr., Salisbury University, D
Sarah Meisenberg, Sr., Franklin & Marshall College, M
Taryn Petrelli, Sr., Middlebury College, D
Jennifer Pritchard, Sr., Franklin & Marshall College, A
Kate Robinson, Jr., Catholic Univ. of America, M
Rachel Romanowsky, So., Trinity College (CT), A
Kate Sheridan, Sr., Colby College, M
Hollis Stahl, Jr., Gettysburg College, M
Sonja Stuart, Sr., Salisbury University, GK
Shannon Summers, Sr., Franklin & Marshall College, M
Danielle Torre, Sr., SUNY Cortland, A

Second Team
Lindsay Abbot, Fr., SUNY Cortland, M
Chrissie Attura, Sr., Tufts University, M
Lindsay Bakker, Sr., SUNY Cortland, D
Anna Collins, Jr., Babson College, M
Kate Cox, So., Stevens Institute of Technology, D
Chase Delano, So., Middlebury College, A
Kelsey Evans, Sr., Rochester Institute of Technology, GK
Mary Blake Hargest, Jr., Franklin & Marshall College, A
Kristin Joyce, So., Union College, A
Catherine Kennedy, Fr., University of Mary Washington, A
Alyssa Pigott, Jr., Stevens Institute of Technology, A
Katie Reuther, Sr., The College of New Jersey, M
Beth Rhodey, Jr., Salisbury University, M
Amanda Roberts, So., Tufts University, M
Ana Sokol, Sr., Dickinson College, D
Gina Valles, So., Roanoke College, M

Third Team
Ashley Bevington, Sr., Franklin & Marshall College, M
Kaillie Briscoe, Sr., Hamilton College, A
Liz Bruno, Fr., Trinity College (Conn.), D
Amy Campbell, Jr., Colby College, A
Sarah Dick, So., Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, A
Katie Foley, Sr., Elizabethtown College, A
Holly Johnson, Sr., Salisbury University, D
Allie Kimmelman, Fr., University of Mary Washington, A
Alyssa Kopp, Jr., Tufts University, D
Heather Nickerson, Sr., Colby College, M
Kaitlyn Pettengill, Jr., Babson College, M
Liz Rave, Jr., Hamilton College, M
Kelsi Robinson, Sr., Washington and Lee University, M
Lidia Sanza, Jr., Franklin & Marshall College, GK
Christine Smith, So., Stevens Institute of Technology, M
Britt Spackman, Sr., Williams College, M

Womenslacrosse.com Announces Post-Season Honors

Second Team:
Liz Bruno
Rachel Romanowsky

All-Rookie Team:
Liz Bruno

For more information about the Awards listed go to: http://www.womenslacrosse.com/weeklyhonors.shtml?p=Honors

2009 All-Regional Teams Announced

Trinity was well represented on the IWLCA All-Regional teams announced earlier today.

1st-team All-Regional:
Liz Bruno
Caite Irvine
Rachel Romanowsky

2nd-Team All-Regional:
Jenn Calver
Sarah Remes
Kristina Scontras

Smith and King named Assistants for 2009-2010

It is my pleasure to announce the hires of both Michelle Smith, 2008 Trinity graduate and Julia King, 2009 Bowdoin graduate. Michelle and Julia will be assisting both the field hockey and lacrosse programs for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Michelle comes to us after taking a one year hiatus from Trinity to serve as assistant lacrosse coach at Dickinson College. Michelle helped with all aspects of the lacrosse program at Dickinson, contributing to recruiting, practice planning, game management and overall program development. Michelle will be particularly helpful to the lacrosse program, as she was quite an accomplished player as a Bantam. Michelle was a 2 time, 1st-team NESCAC selection, an All-American and was named Division III goalie of the year in 2007. We are excited to have her back at Trinity!

Julia joins our staff after completing an impressive undergraduate career at Bowdoin College. As a polar bear, Julia played both field hockey and ice hockey, serving as team captain for both in her senior seasons. Julia was a big contributor to the field hockey program, that lost only 2 games in her final two seasons, winning 2 National Championships in the process. Julia set the assist record at Bowdoin, gaining All-American accolades in her senior campaign. Julia was an equally important contributor to a talented ice hockey squad that is a strong contender within the conference year in and year out. Julia played lacrosse in high school at St. Marks School. We are looking forward to adding Julia's experience to our coaching staff!

SUMMER TOURNAMENTS:
Trinity will have a representative at the following tournaments and camps:
National Tournament
Champion's Cup
Capital Cup
Peak Goalie Camp
Elite 180
F & M Elite Girls Lacrosse Camp

Michelle Smith will be the primary contact person for the summer. You can reach her via email at michelle.smith@trincoll.edu.

All-Conference Awards Announced

The NESCAC announced the 2009 Women's Lacrosse All-Star Selections just this week.

We were pleased to see several Trinity players gain recognition on the squad:

1st Team - Rachel Romanowsky

2nd Team - Liz Bruno
Caite Irvine

Congrats to Rachel, Liz and Caite for representing Trinity on these two teams! To have three players recognized really shows the depth of our squad and reflects well on the strength of the team this season! Way to go!

Bants Split in Final Weekend of Play

Well, it's taken me far too long to update this blog with the actual scores from our last weekend of play but here it is at long last!

Our regular season finale was played at home versus Amherst. Knowing it was an important game, and one that would propel us into the NESCAC tournament play for the weekend, we came out strong and took control early. After giving up the first goal of the game to the Lady Jeffs, we settled into our game plan and were able to build a 6-3 lead at the half, largely behind the steady play of Gina in goal. She was spectacular keeping Amherst attackers stifled for much of the half and giving our offense lots of chances to put points on the board on the other end of the field.

The second half started a bit slow for the Bants as Amherst attempted to make a run at the lead. They scored the first two goals of the half, pulling with one goal of our Bantam squad. After seeing our lead diminish, we responded with a critical 4 goal spurt that put us on top 10-5. That would officially put things out of reach for Amherst as they would register two more goals before Liz Bruno tallied the final goal of the contest (and her second of the game) to put the score at 11-7.

This was a great win for us as it means we finished the regular season 10-3 and beat Amherst in the regular season for the first time since 1998!

Unfortunately, there was a downside to our performance on Friday night, and that was that Rachel suffered a season ending knee injury in the second half of the game and would be absent for our first round NESCAC game vs Williams.

The Williams game was one packed with the excitement of tournament play. We knew the Ephs would be a tough match up as we had narrowly beaten them earlier in the season, 14-13. We were prepared for a battle and that's exactly what we got!

We took an early lead in the game and seemed to be playing with lots of confidence and poise. We put up the first 3 goals of the game off of scores by Caite, Remer and Disa. Unfortunately, Williams found their stride shortly after and rattled off 5 goals in a row to take a 5-3 lead. We would cut the lead to one by the break, but still trailed 7-6 at the half.

All things considered, we felt ok about the pace of the game. Battling 95 degree temperatures we had managed to play our pace of game and felt good headed into the second stanza. We got on the score board early again, scoring just 19 seconds into the half off of a free position by Kristin Phelps. Caite tallied the next goal, giving us the lead back just a couple minutes into the half. However, this was short lived as Williams would go on a big run, scoring the next 7 of the games next eight goals to take a commanding 5 goal lead.

While Williams was playing with a lot of confidence on offense and tiring out our defense, we never conceded the contest. Our Bants fought back huge after finding ourselves in a bit of a hole and managed to string together four of the next five goals of the game to come within 2 of Williams with just 1 minute to go. Williams was forced to call a timeout and we were convinced we would get the ball and make up the ground we needed in the last few seconds of the game. Unfortunately, we never got a chance to possess the ball, as we were whistled for a foul on the ensuing draw and Williams was awarded the ball and able to run out the clock.

While it was a devastating loss, the team showed huge character in our ability to come back from a big deficit and to play without all of our usual contributors. The season was a very successful one and one that we are all proud of!