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Princeton University Athletics
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Drumm and Tochihara Named to Tewaarton Watch List
March 05, 2010 | Women's Lacrosse
PRINCETON, N.J. (3/5/10) - Juniors Lizzy Drumm and Erin Tochihara of the Princeton women's lacrosse team have been named to the 2010 Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List, it was announced by The Tewaarton Award Foundation on Friday, March 5.
The list is made up of the top lacrosse players across all three divisions and are the early hopefuls for the 2010 Tewaarton Trophy. The Watch List nominees are screened and selected by a committee of college coaches.
This is the second time Tochihara is making the list after being named a nominee last season, while Drumm is on the list for the first time.
Tochihara earned the role of Princeton's starting goalie last season and recorded a 14-4 overall record with an 8.41 goals against average and a .530 save percentage. She finished the season ranked second in the league and sixth in the nation in goals against average and was first in the league, fourth in the nation in save percentage. Tochihara was named second-team All-America, first-team all-region and second-team all-Ivy as a sophomore.
Drumm is the Tigers' top returning scorer fom 2009 where she finished second on the team in scoring with 38 goals and nine assist for 47 points. Highlighting her play last season was scoring career-high six goals on Temple and a five-goal game in the NCAA Quarterfinals against Northwestern. She has started in every game during her career and was named second-team all-region and was an honorable mention selection in the Ivy League.
In Princeton's women's lacrosse history it has had one Tewaarton Trophy winner, three finalists and have received 18 nominations and/or watch list selections. Rachael Becker was the Tewaarton winner in 2003 and was a finalist in 2002. Julie Shanner was a finalist in 2001, Theresa Sherry in 2004 and Lindsey Biles in 2005.
About the Foundation
The Tewaaraton Award was formally established in August of 2000 with the inaugural presentation talking place at The University Club of Washington DC in June of 2001. Honoring the Native American heritage, the Tewaaraton Trophy symbolizes lacrosse's centuries-old roots in Native American history. Tradition dictates that each year the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six tribal nations of the Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and the Tuscarora. Today, the Tewaaraton Trophy is recognized as the pre-eminent lacrosse award honoring the nation's top male and female collegiate lacrosse player for their extraordinary achievements on the field.