Women's Lacrosse Places Six on IWLCA All-Region Team
GRAND LAKE, Colo. (May 11, 2014) - The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association recently announced the names of its 2014 Division II All-North Region honorees, and LIU Post had six of its student-athletes recognized.
Five of them garnered first-team kudos, the most of any institution. Those selected were senior attackers
Jackie Sileo (Wantagh, N.Y.) and
Samantha Losco (Smithtown, N.Y.), senior midfielder
Katie Rotan (West Islip, N.Y.), senior defender
Melissa Rohr (Bethpage, N.Y.) and senior goalie
Katie Hannan (Gansevoort, N.Y.).
Sileo, who won her third-straight East Coast Conference Player of the Year honor at the start of the month, paces all of Division II in points (141) and assists (87). She has collected at least one point in each of the green and gold's 19 games this season, and became the NCAA's all-time leading scorer in the process. In addition, Sileo was tabbed as the Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Player of the Year, and a nominee for the 2014 Tewaaraton Award.
Losco followed up her first-ever All-ECC selection with her first IWLCA All-Region nod. She currently sits in the Top-50 amongst the country in five statistical categories, and is one of the Top-5 scoring leaders in the conference. A native of Smithtown, N.Y., Losco has posted multi-goal performances in more than 75.0 percent (14-of-18) of the team's contests.
For Rotan, this is her second postseason award of the campaign, after claiming All-ECC first-team accolades. The West Islip, N.Y. product has excelled in scooping up ground balls, racking up the third-most in the league (44). She also boasts 59 points and 43 goals, which rank ninth- and 10th-best in the conference, respectively.
Rohr, the 2014 ECC Defensive Player of the Year, anchors a unit that has limited the opposition to the second-fewest goals-against (102) in Division II. She sports 35 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and five draw controls in 2014 as well.
In the cage, Hannan, a first-year starter as a senior, owns the No. 1 save percentage (.553) and No. 3 goals-against average (5.61) in the nation. She was dubbed the ECC Goalkeeper of the Year on May 1.
Junior midfielder
Jenna Pierro (Holbrook, N.Y.) landed a spot on the IWLCA All-North Region second-team. The Holbrook, N.Y. local has accumulated 39 points (30 G, 9 A) thus far, along with 31 draws, 29 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers.
The Pioneers are back at it Saturday (May 17) against No. 1/1 Adelphi in an NCAA Division II Championship semifinal at Donald J. Kerr Stadium in Salem, Va. The opening draw is scheduled for 2 p.m. All of the action will be aired live on NCAA.com.