Mallory Poole Named ECC Player Of The Year; Nine Pioneers Earn All-Conference Honors
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (May 9, 2008) – Senior midfielder
Mallory Poole (Corning, N.Y.) has been named the East Coast Conference Women's Lacrosse Player of the Year while nine C.W. Post players received All-Conference recognition.
Poole has started in all 17 games played and has 41 goals and 12 assists for 53 points so far this season. Poole has three game-winning tallies and is averaging 1.6 ground balls a game with 22 caused turnovers.
Adelphi University's Caitlin Carter was named the ECC Rookie of the Year while the University of New Haven's Jen Fallon earned Coach of the Year honors.
Poole, along with senior goalkeeper
Lauren Scipione (East Meadow, N.Y.), junior attacker
Jaclyn Napoli (West Islip, N.Y.), junior midfielder
Katie Hogan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) and sophomore defender
Kim Williams (Long Valley, N.J.), was named to the conference's First Team.
C.W. Post (16-1, 5-1 ECC) is making its record seventh appearance in the upcoming NCAA Championships and will face conference foe Adelphi on May 17 in Houston, Texas.