Two Commodores Named Preseason All-ALC

Two Commodores Named Preseason All-ALC

2/22/2006

Commodores selected to finish fourth in the league

Senior Kate Hickman and sophomore Margie Curran were named to the 2006 All-American Lacrosse Conference Preseason Team Wednesday, as selected by league coaches. The coaches also selected the Commodores to finish fourth in the six-team conference, choosing defending national champion Northwestern to repeat as conference champions.

The Wildcats edged out Penn State and Johns Hopkins, both of which earned at-large bids to the NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse championships last year.

The coaches also named Northwestern’s Kristen Kjellman as the Preseason Player of the Year. Kjellman, a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist in 2005 after leading the Wildcats to the NCAA title, was a consensus first-team All-American last year and was the ALC Player of the Year in 2005.

Hickman was named to the 2005 ALC First Team after leading the Commodores in scoring a year ago. Curran earned second-team honors during an impressive freshman season.

The American Lacrosse Conference is a lacrosse-only conference and will send its regular season champion to the 2006 NCAA Tournament by virtue of an automatic qualifying berth.

ALC Preseason Team
Sarah Albrecht, Northwestern   
Renee Cipro, Penn State
Margie Curran, Vanderbilt
Dana Dobbie, Ohio
Lori Havrilla, Penn State
Kate Hickman, Vanderbilt
Mary Key, Johns Hopkins
Kristen Kjellman, Northwestern
Kelly Kremer, Ohio State
Jessi Lieb, Penn State
Lindsey Munday, Northwestern
Lauren Schwarzmann, Johns Hopkins

ALC Prediction of Finish – Votes (1st place)
1. Northwestern – 36 (6)
2. Penn State – 27
3. Johns Hopkins – 26
4. Vanderbilt – 19
5. Ohio State – 10
6. Ohio – 8