Central Islip, N.Y. – Junior attacker
Jackie Sileo from LIU Post has been named the East Coast Conference
Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Year for the second
consecutive season. Fellow Pioneer, senior goalkeeper
Dominque Mosca, also repeated as the conference’s Goalkeeper
of the Year. Rounding out the major awards is Dowling junior
Samantha Stavish as the Defensive Player of the Year and Robert
Wesleyan freshman Loren Dunn as the Rookie of the Year.
For the second straight year Sileo takes home the top award from
the ECC. In 17 games on the season, Sileo has posted an amazing
total of 158 points on 49 goals and 109 assists. Her scoring
prowess ranks her No. 1 in the nation with 9.29 points per game and
her point total is the second most in NCAA Division II
history. Sileo also is tops in Division II in assists and
assists per game (6.41). Only a junior, Sileo also became Division
II’s all-time leading scorer surpassing the old mark of 390
with an 11 point performance in a win over Bentley.
Stavish, a junior midfielder for the Golden Lions, was named the
conference’s top defender. Stavish was the driving force
behind a Dowling defense that ranked second in the conference and
ranked 11th in the nation in allowing only 8.38 goals per
game. Stavish ranked in the sixth in the conference with 36
ground balls and also finished second in the ECC with 29 caused
turnovers.
Mosca takes home the Goalkeeper of the Year honor for the second
straight year after posting a perfect 15-0 record between the pipes
for the Pioneers. Mosca led the conference in goals against average
(6.35), and ranked second in save percentage (.523) while making 92
saves. In ECC action, she also posted a conference leading
.557 save percentage and a 5.32 goals against average.
Dunn is the conference’s top rookie in Roberts
Wesleyan’s first season in the ECC. Dunn was a prolific
scorer, tallying 56 goals in 16 games for the Redhawks.
Meghan McNamara has been voted the Coach of the Year for the
second consecutive year by her peers. Under McNamara’s
guidance, the Pioneers finished with an unblemished 17-0 record and
spent the entire season ranked as the top team in Division II in
the IWLCA poll. The defending National Champions also received
their fifth berth in the last six seasons into the NCAA Division II
Women’s Lacrosse Tournament.
2013 ECC
Women’s Lacrosse All-Conference Team
First Team
A: Jackie Andersen, Dowling
A: Taylor Martello, Queens
A: Nicole Moran, Dowling
A: Ashley Olen, LIU Post
A: Alexa Toscano, Molloy
A: Jackie Sileo, LIU Post
M: Sarah Boucher, Queens
M: Kaitlyn Kelly, Molloy
M: Katie Rotan, LIU Post
M: Samantha Stavish, Dowling
D: Danielle Clesi, Molloy
D: Melissa Rohr, LIU Post
D: Meaghan Smith, Dowling
D: Bridgett Soares, LIU Post
GK: Tina Fey, Dowling
GK: Dominique Mosca, LIU Post
Second Team
A: Kelly Cefalu, Dowling
A: Codi Reiser, Molloy
A: Heather Rosen, Queens
A: Abigail Ross, LIU Post
A: Genevieve Stickney, St. Thomas Aquinas
M: Brie-Claire Drost, LIU Post
M: Loren Dunn, Roberts Wesleyan
M: Ashley Kupres, Dowling
M: Nicole Mastrianni, Molloy
M: Allie Merril, Dowling
M: Michelle Tiernan, Mercy
D: Aimee Capps, LIU Post
D: Samantha Citron, Dowling
D: Emily Glenn, Molloy
D: Emily Hanifan, LIU Post
GK: Stephanie DiLegge, Mercy
GK: Kahli Evans, Queens
Player of the Year: Jackie Sileo, Jr., A, LIU
Post
Defensive Player of the Year: Samantha Stavish,
Jr., M, Dowling
Goalkeeper of the Year: Dominique Mosca, Sr., LIU
Post
Rookie of the Year: Loren Dunn, Fr., M, Roberts
Wesleyan
Coach of the Year: Meghan McNamara, C.W. Post
