PAC Coaches Select Cabrini as Pre-Season Women's Lacrosse Favorite
Aston, PA - Cabrini College's women's lacrosse team has been selected as the pre-season favorite in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) coaches’ poll. Cabrini, the seven-time defending Conference Champion, received seven of the 11 first-place votes for a total of 116 points to narrowly outpoint Eastern University.
Eastern, which has finished as the runner-up in the PAC the past three seasons, finished second in the poll, earning the other four first-place vote and a total of 114 points. Gwynedd-Mercy College finished third in the poll with 93 points.
"It is a nice honor to be selected as the pre-season favorite in the PAC," Cabrini head coach Jackie Neary said. "The PAC has some strong teams, and we are really looking forward to another exciting season in the league.
Neumann College (88), Rosemont College (81), Wesley College (60), Arcadia University (56), Alvernia College (48), Cedar Crest College (32), College Misericordia (25) and Immaculata University (13) rounded out the voting.
The PAC Championship Game will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2005.
2005 Women's Lacrosse Coach's Preseason Poll
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Team
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Team Points
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1st Place Votes
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Cabrini
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116
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7
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Eastern
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114
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4
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Gwynedd-Mercy
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93
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Neumann
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88
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Rosemont
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81
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Wesley
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60
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Arcadia
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56
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Alvernia
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48
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Cedar Crest
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32
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Misericordia
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25
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Immaculata
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13
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2005 Women's Lacrosse Statistics
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2005 Women's Lacrosse Awards
2005 All-PAC Women’s Lacrosse Team
Player of the Year: Grace Scully, Gwynedd-Mercy (Sr, G, Blackwood, NJ/Triton)
Rookie of the Year: Meghan Volz, Gwynedd-Mercy (Fr, M, Warminster, PA/Archbishop Wood)
Coach of the Year: Sarah Quintois, Gwynedd-Mercy
First Team
Attack
Meghan Volz, Gwynedd-Mercy (Fr, Warminster, PA/Archbishop Wood)
Sam Lafferty, Neumann (Jr, Glenolden, PA/Interboro)
Heather Barrie, Rosemont (So, Narbeth, PA/Harriton)
Midfielders
Kerri Ricker, Cabrini (Fr, Ridley, PA/Ridley)
Brianne O’Neill, Cedar Crest (Sr, Portsmouth, RI/Portsmouth)
Kate Hoy, Eastern (So, Tully, NY/Tully)
Jen Mathesian, Gwynedd-Mercy (Jr, Aston, PA/Garnet Valley)
Kolleen Kitzinger, Neumann (Sr, Springfield, PA/Archbishop Prendergast)
Defenders
Mary Proietta, Cabrini (Jr, Philadelphia, PA/St. Hubert’s)
Kim Loud, Eastern (Sr, East Sandwich, MA/Sandwich)
Becky Scott, Wesley (Jr, Marlton, NJ/Cherokee)
Goaltender
Grace Scully, Gwynedd-Mercy (Sr, Blackwood, NJ/Triton)
Second Team
Attack
Tracy Pyne, Alvernia (Sr, Boyertown, PA/Boyertown)
Missy Modesti, Cabrini (Sr, Folsom, PA/Ridley)
Amanda Felte, Misericordia (So, Hatboro, PA/Archbishop Wood)
Midfielders
Megan Moyer, Immaculata (Sr, Shillington, PA/Governor Mifflin)
Brandy McCreary, Neumann (Jr, West Chester, PA/Henderson)
CeCelia Saunders, Rosemont (So, Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville)
Beth Burke, Wesley (Fr, Upperco, MD/North Carroll)
Ginny Roma, Wesley (Sr, Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional)
Defenders
Katie O’Brien, Alvernia (Fr, Boothwyn, PA/Garnet Valley)
Chrissy Longbottom, Gwynedd-Mercy (So, Media, PA/Penncrest)
Jill Rodgers, Neumann (Jr, Prospect Park, PA/Interboro)
Goaltender
Krista Froio, Rosemont (Sr, West Chester, PA/Henderson)
Honorable Mention
Lisa Ross, Alvernia (So, D, Quakertown, PA/Quakertown); Stacy Spezzano, Arcadia (So, D, Edgewater Park, NJ/Holy Cross); Stephanie Dunmire, Arcadia (Jr, A, Baltimore, MD/Carver Center); Emilie Greto, Cabrini (So, M, Brookhaven, PA/Cardinal O’Hara); Megan McKeage, Cabrini (Jr, G, Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson); Helen Luu, Cedar Crest (So, M, Upper Darby, PA/UpperDarby); Diana Diffenderfer, Eastern (Jr, M, Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley)
All-PAC Women’s Lacrosse Sportsmanship Team
Becky Peal, Alvernia (Sr, Brick, NJ/Brick Township)
Jaa Dyer, Arcadia (Jr, D, Washington, DC/St. John’s College Prep)
Julie Smith, Cabrini (Sr, Drexel Hill, PA/Archbishop Carroll)
Helen Luu, Cedar Crest (So, M, Upper Darby, PA/Upper Darby)
Diana Diffenderfer, Eastern (Jr, Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley)
Rachel King, Gwynedd-Mercy (Jr, D/M, Willow Grove, PA/Abington)
Jane Kollmer, Immaculata (Sr, D, Vineland, NJ/Buena)
Amanda Felte, Misericordia (So, AW, Hatboro, PA/Archbishop Wood)
Ashley Barr, Neumann (Sr, D, Essington, PA/Interboro)
Krista Froio, Rosemont (Sr, GK, West Chester, PA/Henderson)
Stephanie Hartsoe, Wesley (Sr, GK, Newark, DE/Christiana)
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PAC Players of the Week
March 14 - Wesley College's Stacey Johnson (So, A, Southampton, NJ/Lenape) - Johnson had five goals and one assist as the Lady Wolverines opened the season 0-2.
March 21 - Gwynedd-Mercy College's Jen Mathesian (Jr, Aston, PA/Garnet Valley) and Cedar Crest College's Kirsten Gustafson (So, New Milford, CT/New Milford)-Mathesian scored 10 goals and added six assists in a 2-1 week for the Griffins. Gustafson scored 13 goals for the Falcons in a 2-1 week.
March 28 - Wesley College's Ginny Roma (Sr, A, Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional)- Roma had three goals and two assists, while picking up three ground balls in the Lady Wolverines 13-4 win over Cedar Crest College.
April 4 - College Misericordia's Mo Reed (Sr, A, Philadelphia, PA/Hallahan) - Reed had seven goals in an 0-2 week.
April 11 - Rosemont College's Heather Barrie (So, M, Narberth, PA/Harriton) - Barrie scored 23 of Rosemont's 36 goals on the week, which saw the Ramblers split four games.
April 18 - Neumann College's Brandy McCreary (Jr, M/D, West Chester, PA/West Chester Henderson) - McCreary scored 11 goals and added eight assists, while winning 25 draw controls, picking up 23 ground balls and causing six turnovers on the week, which saw the Knights go 3-0.
April 25 - Gwynedd-Mercy College's Grace Scully (Sr, G, Blackwood, NJ/Triton) - Scully recorded 22 saves in a 2-0 week to help the Griffins clinch a first-round bye in the PAC Tournament.
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2005 Women's Lacrosse Championships PAC | NCAA
2005 PAC Women's Lacrosse Tournament
Final
Saturday, May 7, 2005
@ (1) Cabrini 18, (3) Eastern 8
Radnor, PA - Freshman Katelyn Penrose scored five goals and added an assist, and Championship Game MVP Emilie Greto scored three goals to lead Cabrini College to an 18-8 win over Eastern University in the 2005 PAC Women's Lacrosse Championship Game. With the win, Cabrini advances to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
The Championship was the eighth in a row for the Lady Cavaliers, who extended their school record which they set a year ago. For the fourth straight time, and the sixth time in the past seven years, their title game victim was their cross-street rival, Eastern University.
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Semifinal Round
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
(3) Eastern 13, @ (2) Gwynedd-Mercy 7
Gwynedd Valley, PA - Second-seeded Gwynedd-Mercy was knocked out of the 2005 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Tournament as third-seeded Eastern defeated the Griffins, 13-7, Wednesday afternoon in a semifinal game.
The Eagles' Julianne Ferguson led all scorers with eight goals as Eastern used two three-goal bursts in the second half to pull away for the win. They will play Cabrini in the championship game on Saturday in Radnor, PA.
Junior Jen Mathesian led Gwynedd-Mercy with three goals and an assist. Sophomore Melissa Burks and freshman Meghan Volz each netted two.
Eastern (10-6) led 6-3 at halftime after scoring three times in the last 15 minutes of the first stanza.
The Griffins (11-5) climbed within 6-5 on Burks's tally at the 18:07 mark before the Eagles outscored GMC, 6-1, 12 minutes.
Senior Grace Scully recorded 17 saves while Eastern keeper Jenn Van Ness notched 13 stops.
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@ (1) Cabrini 19, (5) Neumann 7
Senior Missy Modesti scored seven goals and added two assists, and sophomore April Kaufman added four goals and an assist to lead Cabrini (11-6) to an 19-7 win over Neumann College in a PAC women's lacrosse semifinal on Wednesday.
With the win, Cabrini advances to the PAC Championship Game in search of its eight consecutive league crown.
Modesti and Kaufman took control of the game after Neumann's Samantha Lafferty scored the first goal of the contest. The duo reeled off seven straight goals - four by Kaufman, three by Modesti - in a 14-minute stretch of the first half to give the Lady Cavs a commanding 7-1 advantage.
Freshman Katelyn Penrose added three more goals before the half was over, and Modesti notched added another three to help the Lady Cavs extend the lead to 13-2 at intermission.
Megan McKeage made seven saves to earn the win for the Lady Cavs. Neumann's Caitlin O'Shea made 10 stops on the afternoon.
Neumann was led in scoring by Lafferty, who had a pair of goals.
Cabrini will play third-seeded Eastern University, a 13-7 winner over Gwynedd-Mercy College, at noon on Saturday in search of their eighth straight PAC Championship. The top-seeded Lady Cavs have met Eastern in the Championship Game in each of the past three years.
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First Round
Saturday, April 30, 2005
@ (3) Eastern 15, (6) Alvernia 11
St. David’s, PA – Freshman McKenna Shafer scored four goals for sixth-seeded Alvernia College in a 15-11 loss to #3 Eastern University Saturday afternoon in first round action of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Tournament at Eastern.
Both teams exchanged early goals before Eastern established a 3-1 lead with back-to-back tallies. Alvernia evened the score at 3-3 on goals from Krystal Brown and senior Tracy Pyne. Eastern’s Amy Norman scored just over a minute after Pyne and sparked a streak of four straight for the Eagles to end the first half.
The Eagles tagged on two more to open the second half and held a 9-3 lead with 25:42 left in the game. The Eastern lead was at its largest, 12-5, following a Kate Hoy goal at the 17:17 mark, but the Crusaders battled back with four straight goals to close within three, 12-9. Shafer scored two of her team-high four goals during the second-half stretch.
The Eastern defense tightened after Lindsey Rizzardi’s goal pulled Alvernia within three and neither team scored for an eight-minute stretch. The teams combined for five goals in a furious 3:35 finish with Eastern tacking on the final goal with four second left for the 15-11 final.
The Alvernia season ends at 6-8 while the Eagles, at 9-6, advance to play #2 Gwynedd-Mercy in the PAC Semifinal.
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(5) Neumann 10, @ (4) Wesley 6
Dover, DE - #4 Wesley College (7-8) hosted #5 Neumann College (8-7) in the 1st round of the 2005 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's Lacrosse Tournament. the Knights defeated the Wolverines by a final score of 10-6 on Saturday afternoon.
Courtney Murphy scored 19 seconds into the game to put Neumann on top 1-0. The Knights held onto the lead until Ginny Roma put Wesley on the board with 23:13 left in the first half. Neumann answered right back with 3 unanswered goals to go up 4-1 and held their largest margin of 4 goals on consecutive goals by Samantha Lafferty to put Neumann up 6-2. Lafferty scored 2 goals in 36 seconds. Wesley's Kelsey Humphries scored with 5:00 left to close the gap to 6-3 heading into halftime.
Wesley attempted to close the deficit to 2 goals on a goal by Samantha Keller just 50 seconds into the second half, but the Wolverines would get no closer than 2 goals the rest of the game. Wesley and Neumann traded goals the rest of the half, with Neumann scoring consecutive goals to end the game.
Lafferty led Neumann with 3 goals, while Kolleen Kitzinger, Michelle Roberts and Staci Dougherty all had 2 goals apiece. Roma, Keller, Kristin Stiller and Stacey Johnson had 1 goal apiece.
Wesley out-shot the Knights 30-28. Neumann goalkeeper Caitlin O'Shea posted 17 saves on the day. Neumann will advance to play in the semifinal round at #1 Cabrini on Wednesday, April 4, 2005. Game time will be set for 4:00.
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2005 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Tournament
First Round
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Cortland (18-1) 14, Cabrini (12-7) 6 @ Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO – Sophomores Ali Bourgaland Jennifer Willis each scored four goals and junior goalie Regina Grosso made a career-high 14 saves as Cortland defeated Cabrini College, 14-6, in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament at Colorado College's Stewart Field. The 18-1 Red Dragons, ranked eighth nationally, extended their school-record win total and will face host Colorado College, a 17-12 winner over Union, in the national quarterfinals on Sunday at 1 p.m. (3 p.m. Eastern).
Cortland is making its third quarterfinal appearance, all in the last five years. The Red Dragons are vying for their first-ever “Final Four” showing. The national semifinals and finals are May 21-22 at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J. Cortland jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first nine minutes on two Bourgal goals and a tally by junior Jessie Lynch. Cabrini, however, hung tough and closed to within 4-3 before a late Amanda Strack goal, set up by Bourgal, gave the Red Dragons a 5-3 halftime lead.
After the teams traded goals early in the second half, Cortland rattled off seven straight goals to take a commanding 13-4 lead with 9:47 left. Willis scored three straight times and assisted on a goal during the run, while Bourgal scored twice. Bourgal finished with four goals and two assists and Willis had four goals and one assist. Lynch and Strack each scored twice and sophomore Jill Battaglia and junior Kim Sabiston scored once apiece. Grosso played the first 52:15 and allowed four goals. She stopped eight shots in the first half and six in the second. Junior Michelle Zimmer played the final 7:45 and made one save.
Emilie Greto and Katelyn Penrose scored two goals each for the Lady Cavaliers (12-7). Megan McKeage made 16 saves.
Cortland outshot Cabrini, 39-26, and won 13 of 21 draw controls, including six by Willis. Each team finished with 27 ground balls.
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