Women's Lacrosse Earns 10 All-Conference; Sileo Named Player of the Year
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (May 11, 2012) – Sophomore attacker
Jackie Sileo (Wantagh, N.Y.) from C.W. Post has been named the 2012 East Coast Conference Women's Lacrosse Player of the Year. Fellow Pioneer senior
Chelsea Donaldson (Bay Shore, N.Y) and sophomore
Dominique Mosca (Merrick, N.Y.) also earned top All-Conference awards, taking home the Defensive Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year honors respectively.
After being named the ECC Rookie of the Year in 2011, Sileo was even better as a sophomore, registering one of the highest scoring seasons in NCAA history. In 17 matches on the year, Sileo posted an amazing 124 points to lead the conference and all of Division II. The point total, which she has amassed by scoring 38 goals and dishing off 86 assists, is currently the seventh highest single season total in Division II history. Sileo has a chance to move up the list in the Pioneers upcoming NCAA Tournament appearance.
After being named the ECC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, Donaldson earns the same award in the 2012 postseason. Donaldson was the driving force behind a C.W. Post defense that led the conference and ranked fifth in the nation in allowing only 8.24 goals per game. Donaldson led the Pioneers and ranked in the top-10 in the conference with 39 ground balls and also finished second on the C.W. Post squad with 13 caused turnovers.
Mosca takes home the Goalkeeper of the Year honor after posting a 14-3 record between the pipes for the Pioneers. Mosca finished in the top-three in conference in goals against average (8.48), saves (149), and save percentage (.538). Her goals against average led the conference and in ECC action, she also posted a conference leading .568 save percentage.
Meghan McNamara has been voted the 2012 Coach of the Year by her peers. Under McNamara's guidance, the Pioneers finished with a 14-3 record and also received their fourth berth in the last five seasons into the NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Tournament.
Joining Sileo, Mosca and Donaldson on the first team was attacker
Ashley Olen (East Islip, N.Y.) and midfielder
Lauren Spagnoletta (West Islip, N.Y.). Seniors
Nan Mayott (Islip, N.Y.) and
Ashley Babst (Mastic Beach, N.Y.), junior
Abbie Ross (Miller Place, N.Y.), and sophomores
Katie Rotan (West Islip, N.Y.) and
Melissa Rohr (Plainview, N.Y.) all garnered spots on the All-Conference Second Team.
2012 ECC Women's Lacrosse All-Conference Team
First Team
A: Jackie Andersen, Dowling
A:
Ashley Olen, C.W. Post
A: Heather Rosen, Queens
A:
Jackie Sileo, C.W. Post
A: Brooke Witkowski, Dowling
M: Sarah Boucher, Queens
M: Kaitlynn Kelly, Molloy
M: Emma Simmers, Seton Hill
M:
Lauren Spagnoletta, C.W. Post
M: Samantha Stavish, Dowling
D: Danielle Clesi, Molloy
D:
Chelsea Donaldson, C.W. Post
D: Emily Glenn, Molloy
D: Alana Gund, Dowling
GK:
Dominique Mosca, C.W. Post
GK: Stephanie DiLegge, Mercy
Second Team
A: Morgan Cain, Seton Hill
A: Kelly DiFede, Dowling
A:
Nan Mayott, C.W. Post
A:
Abbie Ross, C.W. Post
A: Genevieve Stickney, St. Thomas Aquinas
A: Alexa Toscano, Molloy
M: Emily Antonette, Molloy
M: Anne Buttafuoco, St. Thomas Aquinas
M: Rachel Hilbert, Seton Hill
M:
Katie Rotan, C.W. Post
D:
Ashley Babst, C.W. Post
D: Krystal Burke, Dowling
D: Alexandra Gulli, Seton Hill
D:
Melissa Rohr, C.W. Post
D: Meaghan Smith, Dowling
GK: Kahli Evans, Queens
Player of the Year: Jackie Sileo, So., A, C.W. Post
Defensive Player of the Year: Chelsea Donaldson, Sr., D, C.W. Post
Goalkeeper of the Year: Dominique Mosca, Jr., C.W. Post
Rookie of the Year: Jackie Andersen, Fr., A, Dowling
Coach of the Year: Meghan McNamara, C.W. Post