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Princeton University Athletics
Women's Lacrosse All-America Teams Announced
May 21, 2001 | Women's Lacrosse
May 21, 2001
Baltimore, Md. - The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association announced the 2001 All-America teams on Monday, May 21, and four Princeton players received honors. Julie Shaner (Sr., Midfield, Gwynedd Valley, Pa.) and Rachael Becker (So., Defense, Broomall, Pa.) each were selected as first-team All-Americans. Junior attack Lauren Simone (Jr., Delran, N.J.) earned second-team All-American honors, while junior Kim Smith received third-team All-America accolades.
Shaner, who came into this season as a two-time All-American (2000 - first team, 1999 - second team), is Princeton's all-time leader in ground balls with 289 and has 164 points (109g, 55a) in 72 games. This season she led the Tigers with 56 ground balls, is second on the team with 30 caused turnovers, has a team-high 21 assists and scored 41 points (20g, 21a). Shaner was recently named as one of five finalists for the prestigious Tewaaraton Trophy, which is the award given to the finest male and female lacrosse players in the collegiate game.
Becker has played in every game in her two-year Princeton career, and she made a name for herself defending Maryland's Jen Adams on two occasions this season. In Princeton's 7-6 loss at Maryland on Wednesday, April 25 Becker held Adams to two goals, which was well below her season scoring average coming into the game. Becker leads the Tigers with 32 caused turnovers, and she is third on the team with 45 ground balls. Further, Becker's tremendous man-to-man defensive skills were on display in Maryland's 14-7 NCAA semifinal win over Princeton on Friday, April 18.
Simone, who originally walked on the women's lacrosse team as a freshman, posted her second-consecutive second-team All-America selection. While she tied for Kim Smith with the team scoring lead with 57 points in 2000, Simone grew as a leader and provided Coach Chris Sailer with a reliable scorer and big-game player. She led her team with 61 points (40g, 21a), and she served as a tri-captain during the 2001 campaign.
Representing Princeton as a third-team All-America selection, Kim Smith led the Tigers in goals (36) and was second is scoring with 42 points. A lethal scorer, Smith posted one six-goal performance and two four-goal games in 2001. She tied Simone by scoring a team-high 21 points (17g, 4a) in Ivy League play. Unfortunately, Smith's season ended prematurely when she took ill during the last week of the regular season, and she was unable to participate in the NCAA tournament as a result.
The complete team as selected by the IWLCA as selected by the Division I coaches is listed below:
First-Team Attack:
Allison Comito (Maryland), Erin Elbe (Georgetown), Stacey Morlang (Loyola), Sheehan Stanwick (Georgetown)
First-Team Midfield:
Jen Adams (Maryland), Quinn Carney (Maryland), Suzy Gibbons (Dartmouth), Kate Kaiser (Duke), Christine McPike (North Carolina), Julie Shaner (Princeton)
First-Team Defense:
Rachel Becker (Princeton), Stacey Brown (Syracuse), Courtney Martinez (Maryland), Caitlin McLean (Georgetown)
First-Team Goalies:
Bowen Holden (Georgetown), Kristen Foster (Duke)
Second-Team Attack:
Lindsay Lowman (William & Mary), Lauren Simone (Princeton), Lindsay Stone (North Carolina), Amy Zimmer (Dartmouth)
Second-Team Midfield:
Lauren Aumiller (Virginia), Colleen Christopher (New Hampshire), Suzanne Eyler (Loyola), Lauren Gallagher (Duke), Chrissy Lombard (Boston Univ.), Kellie Thompson (North Carolina)
Second-Team Defense:
Allison DeCecco (Penn State), Lauri Kenis (Virginia), Meghan Walters (Duke), Tori Wellington (Maryland), Porter Wilkinson (North Carolina)
Second-Team Goalie:
Tricia Dabrowski (Loyola)
Third-Team Attack:
Jamie Haas (Virginia), Ali Harper (Harvard), Jamie Larrimore (John's Hopkins), Colleen O'Hara (Penn State), Kim Smith (Princeton)
Third-Team Midfield:
Tara Hannaford (William & Mary), Kathleen Mikowski (Hofstra), Kathleen McPike (Hofstra), Jamie Reynolds (Cornell), Carrie Soults (Syracuse), Lisa Staedt (James Madison)
Third-Team Defense:
Kim Fabel (William & Mary), Andrea Fortino (North Carolina), Gabby Juocys (Boston Univ.), Katie McCorry (Cornell)
Third-Team Goalie:
Sarah Hughes (Dartmouth)