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Princeton University Athletics
Biles Named Ivy League Co-Player of the Year, Lewis-Lamonica Earns Rookie of the Year Honors in Women's Lacrosse
May 10, 2005 | Women's Lacrosse
May 10, 2005
For the second consecutive season, the Princeton women's lacrosse team will have both the Ivy League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year on its roster heading into the NCAA tournament.
Senior Lindsey Biles was named Ivy League Co-Player of the Year along with Dartmouth's Katieanne Christian, and freshman Katie Lewis-Lamonica earned Rookie of the Year honors, in a vote of the league's eight head coaches announced Tuesday.
Biles, also a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection at attack for the second straight year, was the league leader in points per game (62, 3.88 per game) and leads the Tigers with 49 goals. She earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors twice this season, on March 14 and April 18, and scored four or more goals in a game six times in Princeton's 16 games.
The senior from Annapolis, Md., who currently ranks second all-time at Princeton with 169 career goals and third all-time at Princeton with 212 career points, had at least two goals 13 times in 16 games this season and scored at least two points in all 16 of Princeton's regular-season games. She is also one of 18 nominees for the Tewaaraton Trophy honoring the national player of the year.
Lewis-Lamonica, a prolific scorer at The Lawrenceville School just minutes down the street from the Princeton campus, did not disappoint as a freshman for the Tigers, starting every game in the midfield and scoring 26 goals, second on the team behind Biles. She had a team-high five goals in the Tigers' three-overtime loss to Maryland last week and at least one goal in 13 of her team's 16 games.
Also a second-team All-Ivy selection as a freshman, Lewis-Lamonica had 28 groundballs, 25 draw controls and 18 caused turnovers during the regular season and connected on seven of her nine free-position opportunities. Besides Biles, two other Princeton players earned first-team All-Ivy League honors.
Senior Elizabeth Pillion was a unanimous first-team choice for the second straight season, despite missing much of Princeton's last four games due to injury. Pillion, who had six goals against Penn State in March, is third on the Tigers with 24 goals and leads the team in draw controls.
Pillion, a team captain for the Tigers, is also one of 18 nominees for the Tewaaraton Trophy along with Biles.
Junior defender Lauren Vance also was a unanimous first-team all-league pick. Vance, who started every game for the Tigers, leads Princeton with 32 caused turnovers and is first among field players with 38 groundballs.
Senior attacker Ingrid Goldberg earned second-team All-Ivy honors for the Tigers. Goldberg has 34 points this season (21 goals, 13 assists), fourth on the team, and was the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week this past week.
Two other Princeton players earned honorable-mention all-league honors: Senior goalkeeper Sarah Kolodner was an honorable mention choice after starting every game and compiling a 7.81 goals-against average, while sophomore midfielder Kathleen Miller leads the Tigers with 15 assists and is tied for second on the team with 35 points.
Princeton also had the league's Player and Rookie of the Year in 2004, when Theresa Sherry won Player of the Year honors and Miller earned Rookie of the Year accolades.
Biles is the seventh Princeton player to earn Ivy Player of the Year honors. Jenny Bristow, Lisa Rebane, Carter Marsh, Cristi Samaras, Rachael Becker and Sherry are the others. Lewis-Lamonica is the seventh Tiger to earn Rookie of the Year honors, joining Gillian Thomson, Rebane, Samaras, Julie Shaner, Whitney Miller and Kathleen Miller.