Central Islip, N.Y. - For the third straight
season, senior attacker Jackie Sileo (Wantagh, N.Y.) from LIU Post
has been named the East Coast Conference Women’s Lacrosse
Player of the Year. Sileo was joined by teammates, Katie
Hannan (Gansevoort, N.Y.) as Goalkeeper of the Year and Melissa
Rohr (Bethpage, N.Y.) as Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Rounding
out the major awards is Dowling senior Samantha Stavish (Albertson,
N.Y.), who earns a share of the Defensive Player of the Year for
the second consecutive season, and Robert Wesleyan freshman Cassley
Jackowski (Lafayette, N.Y.) as the Rookie of the Year.
Sileo wrapped up one of the most decorated all-time women's
lacrosse careers in NCAA all-division history with another superb
season in 2014. In 16 games on the season, Sileo has posted a total
of 127 points on 47 goals and 80 assists. Her point, assist,
and assists per game (5.0) totals all currently lead Division
II. She also continued to stamp her name in the NCAA record
books this season. After becoming Division II's all-time leading
scorer as a junior, Sileo became the NCAA's all-time all-division
leading scorer with an eight point performance in a win over
Dowling on April 2.
Rohr wins a piece of the conference's top defensive award after
anchoring the second best scoring defense (5.44 goals allowed per
game) in Division II. The senior defender is second on the Pioneers
with 27 ground balls and caused four turnovers on the season.
Stavish, a senior midfielder for the Golden Lions, shares the
Defensive Player of the Year award after winning it outright last
season. She was the driving force behind a Dowling defense that
ranked third in the conference and ranked 19th in the nation
in allowing only 8.65 goals per game. Stavish ranked sixth in the
conference with 36 ground balls and finished fifth in the ECC with
19 caused turnovers, as well.
Hannan takes home the Goalkeeper of the Year in her first and only
season starting for the Pioneers after posting a perfect 16-0
record between the pipes. Hannan leads the conference in goals
against average (5.37), goals against (73), and save percentage
(.549) after tallying 89 saves on the season. Her save percentage
is also the top mark in Division II, while her goals against
average ranks third.
Jackowski is the second straight Roberts Wesleyan Redhawk to win
the Rookie of the Year honor. She was the most prolific goal scorer
in the ECC this season, tallying 62 goals in 17 games. She added 20
assists on the year to finish fourth in the conference with 82
points.
LIU Post's Meghan McNamara has been voted the Coach of the Year for
the third consecutive year by her peers. Under McNamara’s
guidance, the Pioneers finished with an unblemished 16-0 record and
spent every week but one ranked as the top team in Division II in
the IWLCA poll. The two-time defending National Champions also won
the ECC Regular Season Championship to earn the top seed in the
upcoming ECC Women's Lacrosse Championship.
2014 ECC
Women’s Lacrosse All-Conference Team
First Team
A: Jackie Andersen, Dowling
A: Samantha Arlotta, Molloy
A: Cassley Jackowski, Roberts Wesleyan
A: Samantha Losco, LIU Post
A: Katie Meinecke, Dowling
A: Margaret Sharp, St. Thomas Aquinas
A: Jackie Sileo, LIU Post
M: Candice Noakes, Molloy
M: Jenna Pierro, LIU Post
M: Katie Rotan, LIU Post
M: Samantha Stavish, Dowling
D: Emma Ferreira, Dowling
D: Kali Maxwell, LIU Post
D: Melissa Rohr, LIU Post
D: Becky Torres, St. Thomas Aquinas
GK: Katie Hannan, LIU Post
Second Team
A: Kelsey Bub, Mercy
A: Morgan Chiarenza, LIU Post
A: Kelly DiFede, Dowling
A: Samantha Lowney, St. Thomas Aquinas
M: Connor Bird, LIU Post
M: Ashley Kupres, Dowling
M: Katie O'Brien, Molloy
M: Alexis Serras, St. Thomas Aquinas
M: Gabrielle Valela, Bridgeport
D: Chelsea Bauer, Molloy
D: Emily Hanifan, LIU Post
D: Lauren Mengel, Bridgeport
D: Callie Schwichtenberg, Mercy
D: Meaghan Smith, Dowling
GK: Tina Fey, Dowling
GK: Kaitlyn Lonergan, St. Thomas Aquinas
Player of the Year: Jackie Sileo, Sr., A, LIU
Post
Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Melissa Rohr,
Sr., D, LIU Post
Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Samantha Stavish,
Sr., M, Dowling
Goalkeeper of the Year: Katie Hannan, Sr., LIU
Post
Rookie of the Year: Cassley Jackowski, Fr., A,
Roberts Wesleyan
Coach of the Year: Meghan McNamara, LIU Post
