SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – Adelphi University senior
Devan Crimi has been named the 2014 Northeast-10 Conference Women's Lacrosse Player of the Year, the league office announced on Wednesday. Crimi was chosen following a vote by the league's head coaches.
Crimi, a West Islip, N.Y. native, is first in goals (71) and second in assists (42) among conference leaders for 113 points on the season entering Northeast-10 Championship play. She has also helped lead the unbeaten Panthers (17-0) to the Northeast-10 regular-season title and the nation's No. 1 ranking in the latest IWLCA Division II poll.
University of New Haven junior Kathryn Campbell was honored as the 2014 Northeast-10 Midfielder of the Year, as the Mansfield, Mass. native has a conference-leading 43 assists to go along with 49 goals for 92 points. She has helped lead the No. 4 nationally ranked Chargers to the No. 2 seed in the Northeast-10 Championship.
Adelphi sophomore
Taylor Hayes received Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Year honors, as she has posted a goals-against average of just 4.39 and a .466 save percentage through 15 games for the nation's top team.
Receiving Northeast-10 Defensive Player of the Year recognition for the second time in her career (2012), was Adelphi senior
Jacqueline Williams, who has helped anchor a Panthers defense allowing a mere 4.12 goals per game. Williams also has 41 ground balls, 47 draw controls and 21 caused turnovers on the season/
Panthers freshman
Jackie Jahelka was voted Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year by the conference's coaches after registering 48 goals and 11 assists for 59 points in the regular season.
All five of the aforementioned major award winners also received All-Conference First Team recognition.
In all the Panthers had seven first-team all-conference selections, as
Alexa Froccaro, Danielle Jaycox and
Felicia Mills joined Crimi, Hayes, Jahelka and Williams on the first-team. Froccaro is third in the conference in goals (55) and points (80), while Jaycox is sixth in caused turnovers with 23. Mills is tops in the Northeast-10 in draw controls with 138, nearly fifty better then anyone else.
Rachel O'Brien and
Camielle Rosellini earned inclusion on the second-team, while Jahelka and
Riley Weber were honored with All-Rookie status. O'Brien is fourth on the team in points with 56 (31G, 25A), while Rosellini has 13 caused turnovers and 34 ground balls. Weber has caused 16 turnovers, while also picked up 28 ground balls for the Panthers.
2014 Northeast-10 Women's Lacrosse All-Conference TeamsFirst TeamDevan Crimi, Adelphi (Sr., A, West Islip, N.Y.)
Alexa Frocarro, Adelphi (Jr., M, Port Washington, N.Y.)
Taylor Hayes, Adelphi (So., GK, Rockville Centre, N.Y.)
Jackie Jahelka, Adelphi (Fr., A, Garden City, N.Y.)
Danielle Jaycox, Adelphi (Jr., M, Amityville, N.Y.)
Felicia Mills, Adelphi (Jr., M, Islip, N.Y.)
Jacqueline Williams, Adelphi (Sr., D, Merrimack, N.Y.)Meg Collins, Le Moyne (Sr., D, Baldwinsville, N.Y.)
Kathleen Conese, Le Moyne (Sr., A, Liverpool, N.Y.)
Tori Nies, Le Moyne (Sr., M, Syracuse, N.Y.)
Brittany Ast, New Haven (Jr., D, Glenwood, N.J.)
Kathryn Campbell, New Haven (Jr., M, Mansfield, Mass.)
Nicole McKee, New Haven (Sr., A, Wantagh, N.Y.)
Marissa Daly, Saint Anselm (Jr., A, Marshfield, Mass.)
Caitlin Villareal, Saint Anselm (So., A, Portsmouth, R.I.)
Katherine McDonough, Stonehill (Sr., D, Westwood, Mass.)
Kelsey Shannahan, Stonehill (Sr., M, Mendham, N.J.)
Second TeamRachel O'Brien, Adelphi (So., A, Bayport, N.Y.)
Camille Rosellini, Adelphi (So., M, Rockaway, N.J.)Kathryn Beall, Assumption (Sr., M, Shrewsbury, Mass.)
Mary Guinee, Assumption (Sr., D, Topsfield, Mass.)
Taylor Bastien, Bentley (Sr., A, North Kingstown, R.I.)
Carolyn Kynoch, Bentley (Sr., M, Ashland, Mass.)
Marley Ciferri, Le Moyne (Gr., A, Ithaca, N.Y.)
Courtney Ackland, New Haven (So., A, Perth, Western Australia)
Samantha Clyne, New Haven (Jr., D, Islip Terrace, N.Y.)
Corinne Fisher, New Haven (So., M, Jackson, N.J.)
Jane Bunn, Saint Anselm (So., GK, St. John's, Fla.)
Olivia Connly, Saint Anselm (Fr., D, Fiskdale, Mass.)
Erin Marshall, Saint Anselm (So., M, Woburn, Mass.)
Kelly Pickett, Saint Anselm (Jr., M, Chelmsford, Mass.)
Phoebe Clark, Southern New Hampshire (Sr., A, Concord, Mass.)
Remi Dire, Stonehill (So., D, Winchester, Mass.)
Brooke Rudden, Stonehill (Jr., A, Hopkinton, Mass.)
All-Rookie TeamJackie Jahelka, Adelphi (Garden City, N.Y.)
Ryley Weber, Adelphi (Wantagh, N.Y.)Jessica Lawler, American International
Victoria Russo, Assumption (South Windsor, Conn.)
Molly McGuane, Le Moyne (Marcellus, N.Y.)
Amari Pollard, Le Moyne (Baldwinsville, N.Y.)
Nicole Belanger, New Haven (Kinnelon, N.J.)
Meredith Michel, New Haven (Lititz, Pa.)
Olivia Connly, Saint Anselm (Fiskdale, Mass.)
Ali Gosselin, Saint Michael's (Naperville, Ill.)
Jennifer McCarthy, Southern Connecticut (Norwalk, Conn.)
Casey Duggan, Southern New Hampshire (Framingham, Mass.)
Elizabeth Vetter, Stonehill (Great River, N.Y.)
Player (Attacker) of the Year – Devan Crimi, AdelphiMidfielder of the Year – Kathryn Campbell, New Haven
Goalkeeper of the Year – Taylor Hayes, Adelphi
Defensive Player of the Year – Jacqueline Williams, AdelphiRookie of the Year – Jackie Jahelka, AdelphiCoach of the Year – Jen Fallon, New Haven