2009 Dominican College Women's Lacrosse Season Summary

2009 Dominican College Women's Lacrosse Season Summary

The Dominican College women's lacrosse program competed in the inaugural season of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play and finished the season with a 3-10 record. The Lady Chargers set a new school record for wins in a season with two victories of Holy Family University and a non-conference victory over Kean University.

The team set many new team season records this year under first year Head Coach, Taryn Brechbiel. The team scored 151 goals this season, 41 assists, 236 ground balls, 424 shot attempts, 101 caused turnovers and three game winning goals, which are all improvements from the 2008 season.

Freshman Aubree Williams, the 2009 CACC Rookie of the Year, led the team with 44 goals and 16 assists for 60 points to set new single-season school records in playing all 13 games this year. She finished 4^th in the CACC in scoring and points per game, seventh in assists and shots per game, She was also named to the All-CACC First Team and received the 2009 Dominican College women's lacrosse Most Valuable Player award.

Sophomore Amanda Matos, finished the season second on the team in both goals (36) and points (37). She was named to the All-CACC Second Team. Fellow sophomore Silje Karlsen was also named to the All-CACC Second Team after finishing fourth on the team with 23 goals and second with nine assists for a total of 32 points. She also ranked 3^rd in the CACC in draw controls per game (3.31)

Junior defender Amanda Miller was also named to the All-CACC Second Team and ranked 5^th in the CACC in ground balls per game (2.46). Junior Ashley Ordemann finished third on the team with 25 goals this season.

Lindsey Grundfast, a junior goalie, once again started every game in the net for Dominican this year. She had 185 saves on the season to set a school record for saves and finish the year with a .456 save percentage. She ranked 6^th in the CACC in save percentage and 2^nd in saves per game (14.23).

The 2010 Lady Chargers will return a strong nucleus of players that Brechbiel hopes will compete for a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.