CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- Three members of the Union College women's lacrosse team have been named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III All-American Team. Junior attack
Kristin Joyce was selected to the Second Team while senior defender
Lizzy Moran and junior goaltender
Cat Ruggiero were selected to the Third Team.
The student-athletes join 45 other individuals from around the nation. The IWLCA will honor the National All-Americans at the IWLCA All-American Banquet on June 12 in King of Prussia, PA.
This is the second straight year that Joyce has been named an All-American, and the first such honors for Moran and Ruggiero. Joyce was also selected to the Second Team in 2009. Each of the three players had qualified for the national honors after receiving IWLCA regional honors.
![<dfn><a href=]() Kristin Joyce" src="http://www.unionathletics.com/images/2010/2/28/large__1_Joyce_Kristin.jpg" />
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1 Kristin Joyce - Second Team Attack
Joyce had 72 goals and eight assists for 80 points. She was the ECAC Div. III Upstate and Liberty League Players of the Year. She was a four time Liberty League Performer of the Week and a two time womenslacrosse.com weekly honoree. She led the league in goals (by 15), and points and was one of only two players in the league with four game winning goals. Joyce also led the league in shots (by 14). She had at least one goal in every game, and had six games with five or more goals. She scored seven goals each against nationally ranked teams Babson and Middlebury, and had six tallies vs. RPI, St. Lawrence and William Smith in league games. She ranked 25th in NCAA Div. III in goals per game. Her 191 career goal total is second all time at Union, and she also ranks second in career points with 225.
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![<dfn><a href=]() Lizzy Moran" src="http://www.unionathletics.com/images/2010/2/28/large__8_Moran_Lizzy__2_.jpg" />
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8 Liz Moran - Third Team Defense
Moran had 36 ground balls, 15 draw controls and 12 caused turnovers. She was second on the team in ground balls and was a member of a defense that has the nation's best goals against average.
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![<dfn><a href=]() Cat Ruggiero" src="http://www.unionathletics.com/images/2010/2/28/large__47_Ruggiero_Cat.jpg" />
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47 Cat Ruggiero - Third Team Goalkeeper
Ruggiero was 11-7 with a 7.07 goals against average and a .587 save percentage. She was second in the nation in NCAA Division III save percentage and fifth in goals against average. She was a three time Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week. Ruggiero had allowed four or less goals in seven games, posted a shutout vs. RPI, and allowed one goal in wins vs. Rochester and Clarkson. She did not allowed double digit goals in 12 games and made 22 saves in one goal OT loss at #1 Salisbury.
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