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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ann Schlottman,
Randolph-Macon
(804) 752-7387
May 25, 2006
Strickler, Hathorn, Talbert Headline '06
College Division All-State Women’s Lacrosse Team
ASHLAND, Va. --
After leading the Washington
and Lee University Generals to their fourth straight Old
Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship and the
second round of the NCAA Division III tournament, senior
attacker Amanda Strickler (Lexington,
VA) has been named
the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) college
division state women’s lacrosse Player of the Year.
Washington and Lee's Jan Hathorn and Averett
University's Katie Talbert have been selected
Co-Coaches of the Year.
2006 VaSID
College Division Women's Lacrosse All-State Team
Strickler was named the 2006 ODAC Player of the Year, and was
first-team all-conference for the second straight season.
Last year as a junior she was second-team all-South Atlantic
Region and second-team all-state. Strickler has also been
selected to participate in the annual Intercollegiate Women’s
Lacrosse Coaches Association North/South Senior All-Star Game,
scheduled for Saturday, June 10th at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She started in all
20 games for the Generals this year, and her statistics
included 26 goals and 41 assists for 67 total points, plus 38
ground balls. Strickler was first on her team in assists and
total points, second in goals and third in ground balls.
Two of Strickler’s Washington and Lee teammates have also been
named first-team all-state: senior defender Rachel Wallick
(Phoenix, MD)
and sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Tilbor (West
Simsbury, CT).
Virginia Wesleyan College has three first-team selections:
senior midfielder Laura Wallace (Bridgewater,
NJ), senior defender
Kristen Jehl (Campton,
NH), and sophomore
midfielder Jillian Boyd (Warrenton, VA).
Two schools have two first-team selections each – from
Christopher Newport University, junior attacker Kristen
Conques (Fairfax, VA) and junior midfielder Kristyn
Hankins (Charlottesville, VA), and from University of Mary
Washington, senior defender Caitlin O’Leary (Westbury, NY)
and junior attacker Kaitlyn Barker (Kennebunk, ME).
In addition, Averett University freshman midfielder
Vanessa Jordan (Westbrook,
ME) and
Randolph-Macon College senior midfielder Liz Lombardo (Baltimore,
MD) have been named
first-team all-state.
This year Washington and Lee was 16-4 overall, setting a
program record for wins in a season, and a perfect 8-0 in the
ODAC en route to the fourth straight conference title for the
Generals. Hathorn was named the ODAC Coach of the Year
for the eighth time overall and the fifth time in the last six
seasons. The tenth-ranked Generals were defeated in the
second round of the NCAA Division III tournament by the
fourth-ranked Lions of The College of New Jersey, who won
their 13th overall and second straight national championship
with a 10-4 win over top-ranked and previously undefeated
Gettysburg College.
The Averett Cougars, with no wins in the school’s first three
seasons of varsity women’s lacrosse, finished 9-7 overall and
3-3 in the USA South Athletic Conference in the program’s
fourth year, advancing to the conference semifinals. Talbert
was the USA South Coach of the Year.
All-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia Sports Information Directors
Association. For more information, please visit the
VaSID site at
http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.
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