Trudel, Lang Earn Inside Lacrosse All-America Honors
May 24, 2003 | Women's Lacrosse
BALTIMORE - Sophomore midfielder Alyssa Trudel (Shoreham, VT) earned Division I Second Team All-America honors as announced by Inside Lacrosse on Saturday, May 24. Junior defender Sasha Lang (Cornish, NH) joined Trudel as a Third Team selection.
The America East Player of the Year, Trudel led the conference and ranked fourth in the nation in scoring with a single-season program record 86 points off 44 goals and 42 assists.
In 2003, Lang served as the Terriers' top markdown defender in 2003. She anchored a defensive corps that led the nation in lowest goals allowed per game (6.32). Starting all 19 games, Lang totaled 38 draw controls, 32 caused turnovers, and 32 ground balls on the defense while chipping in nine goals and one assist on the attack.
Fifth-year senior Suzanne Eyler of Loyola is the Offensive Player of the Year. The University of Virginia's Lauren Aumiller is the Midfielder of the Year and UVa fifth-year senior Tiffany Schummer takes the Defensive Player of the Year honors. The University of Maryland's Alexis Venechanos is the Goaltender of the Year.
Chris Sailer wins Coach of the Year after leading Princeton to a second straight national title.
2003 Warrior/Inside Lacrosse All-Americans.
Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Division I First team: Lauren Aumiller, Virginia Rachael Becker, Princeton Cary Chasney, Virginia Kelly Coppedge, Maryland Michi Ellers, Georgetown Suzanne Eyler, Loyola Alex Fiore, Princeton Lauri Kenis, Virginia Gloria Lozano, Georgetown Whitney Miller, Princeton Regina Oliver, Ohio State Elizabeth Pillion, Princeton Tiffany Schummer, Virginia Lisa Staedt, James Madison Wick Stanwick, Georgetown Alexis Venechanos, Maryland
Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Division I Second Team: Amy Appelt, Virginia Katieanne Christian, Dartmouth Erin Forquer, Ohio State Marianne Gioffre, Loyola Erica Holveck, Cornell Sonia Judd, Maryland Kathleen Mikowski, Hofstra Katie Norbury, Princeton Colleen O'Hara, Penn State Sarah Queener, Yale Ellen Rust, Syracuse Theresa Sherry, Princeton Lana Smith, Dartmouth Alyssa Trudel, Boston University Miles Whitman, Yale Shannon Wilson, Ohio State
Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Division I Third Team: Sarah Averson, Cornell Tracey Bounds, Ohio State Jessie Groszowski, New Hampshire Monica Joines, Syracuse Kate Kaiser, Duke Jen Kessel, Yale Courtney Koester, Northwestern Sasha Lang, Boston University Kim Lowe, Ohio State Meg Miller, Duke Tracey Mullaney, Connecticut Bekah Rottenberg, Brown Tara Schmucker, Vanderbilt Danielle Shearer, Notre Dame Rowan Smith, Dartmouth Lee Tortorelli, Penn State
Offensive Player of the Year: Suzanne Eyler, Loyola
Midfielder of the Year: Lauren Aumiller, Virginia
Defensive Player of the Year: Tiffany Schummer, Virginia
Goaltender of the Year: Alexis Venechanos, Maryland
Coach of the Year: Chris Sailer, Princeton
Rookie of the Year: Delia Cox, Maryland
