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deButts, Drumm, Tochihara Earn Synapse Sports All-America Accolades
May 31, 2011 | Women's Lacrosse
PRINCETON, N.J. (5/31/11) - Princeton's Lindsey deButts, Lizzy Drumm and Erin Tochihara were captured All-America honors by Synapse Sports (formerly womenslacrosse.com) this weekend.
deButts and Drumm were both named to the second team, while Tochihara earned third team honors.This is deButts second All-America honor of the 2011 season, having earned the honors by WomensLax.com. She was also a second-team selection by this same organization last year. A junior defender, deButts was named first-team all-region by the IWLCA and first-team All-Ivy League this season. A native of Alexandria, Va., deButts led the Tigers and was second in the league in caused turnovers with 31. She was also the team leader in ground balls with 41, ranking her third in the league. In addition, she accumulated 24 draw controls, the second-most on the team.
Drumm was named first-team all-region by the IWLCA last week. She is also a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection and was named to the Ivy League All-Tournament team. Drumm was also a member of the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List. Drumm finished second on the team in scoring with 48 points with a team-high 45 goals and three assists. She also led the team in draw controls with 43 placing her fourth in the league in that category. A senior tri-captain, Drumm started all 19 games at midfield and had a point in each of the last 13 games of the season.
Tochihara captures her second All-America honor from the organization, earning second-team honors in 2009. She was named first-team all-region by the IWLCA and was an honorable mention All-Ivy selection. Tochihara started in every game this season and finishing with a 12-7 overall record. She made 181 saves, averaging 9.5 saves per game. Tochihara finished the season with a 10.18 goals against average, the third best in the league, and a .481 save percentage, the second best in the league.
First Team All-Americans
Nikki Branchini, Albany
Ally Carey, Vanderbilt
Kitty Cullen, Florida
Brittany Dipper, Maryland
Corey Donohoe, North Carolina
Lauren Dykstra, Lehigh
Alex Frank, Northwestern
Katie Gallagher, Maryland
Grace Gavin, Loyola
Emma Hamm, Duke
Mia Hurrin, North Carolina
Christie Kaestner, Duke
Sarah Mollison, Maryland
Katie Schwarzmann, Maryland
Shannon Smith, Northwestern
Taylor Thornton, Northwestern
Second Team All-Americans
Shaylyn Blaney, Notre Dame
Erin Brennan, Penn
Kat Collins, Dartmouth
Lindsey deButts, Princeton
Lizzy Drumm, Princeton
Sam Farrell, Florida
Taylor Frink, Albany
Kristen Giovanniello, Dartmouth
Grace Golden, William & Mary
Kristen Igoe, Boston College
Sarah Jonson, William & Mary
Shannie MacKenzie, Dartmouth
Colleen Magarity, Northwestern
Alayna Markwordt, Ohio State
Kat Thomas, Duke
Jennifer Vandermeulen, Harvard
Third Team All-Americans
Casey Ancarrow, James Madison
Ashley Bruns, Florida
Jackie Doherty, Notre Dame
Liz Downs, Virginia
Allie Emala, Virginia Tech
Mary Flowers, Richmond
Leslie Foard, Stanford
Becky Lynch, North Carolina
Jackie Lyons, Massachusetts
Laura Merrifield, Maryland
Logan McCraw, Georgetown
Abby Rehfuss, Loyola
Erin Tochihara, Princeton
Michelle Tumolo, Syracuse
Kim Wenger, Duke
Brittany Wilton, Boston College