Sammi Burgess & Mollie Stevens have combined for 150 points this season
Six Gators Earn IWLCA All-South Region Honors
Friday, May 12, 2017 | Lacrosse
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By: Dustin Ciraco
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On the opening day of the 2017 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Tournament, six Gators were named to the 2017 IWLCA All-South Region Teams and will now be eligible for IWLCA All-American honors.
Florida's six All-Region selections tie for the most in program history; the Gators also had six players honored in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016.
The Gators finished the regular season with a 17-2 record, and a perfect 9-0 sweep in the BIG EAST en route to winning the program's seventh conference title in a row, and fourth consecutive conference tournament championship. Most recently, Florida earned the No. 3 national seed in the NCAA Tournament, and will play the winner of Southern California and Jacksonville on Sunday at 12 p.m.
Awards have been rolling in for the Gators lately, including the BIG EAST Attacker, Defender, Goalkeeper, Coaching Staff of the Year, and a program-record 10 all-conference selections last week. Florida also set a school record by having three Tewaaraton Award Top-25 Nominees: Burgess, Fitzgerald, and Stevens.
Florida's six All-South nominees will now await IWLCA All-American selections on May 17. Last season, Taylor Bresnahan, Sammi Burgess, and Caroline Fitzgeraldearned three of the Gators' four All-American awards. Taylor Bresnahan & Caroline Fitzgerald have combined for 161 starts in their careers
A Look at UF's All-Region Athletes Taylor Bresnahan | SR | Defense
2017 IWLCA All-South First Team
2017 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
2017 All-BIG EAST First Team
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (3/7/17)
Tied her career-high with four caused turnovers in a win over No. 13 Denver
Ranks second all-time at Florida with 83 caused turnovers, seventh with 97 draw controls, and ninth with 97 ground balls
Set the UF single-season record for draw controls (84) in just 15 games
Leads Florida in goals (57), ground balls (44), and draw controls (102)
Set career-highs in goals, assists (16), points (73), ground balls, draw controls, and caused turnovers (23)
Set the UF record for single-game draw controls with 11 at Jacksonville
Alpha Lacrosse National Player of the Week (2/28/17)
Scored a career-high seven goals in a win over No. 7 Stony Brook
South Region First Team
Kasey Behr Virginia Junior Midfield Taylor Bresnahan Florida Senior Defense Sammi Burgess Florida Senior Attack Caroline Fitzgerald Florida Senior Defense
Nadine Hadnagy Maryland Senior Defense
Molly Hendrick North Carolina Senior Attack
Maggie Jackson Virginia Sophomore Midfield
Marie McCool North Carolina Junior Midfield Mollie Stevens Florida Senior Attack
Zoe Stukenberg Maryland Senior Midfield
Megan Taylor Maryland Sophomore Goalkeeper
Sammy Jo Tracy North Carolina Senior Attack
Caroline Wannen Maryland Senior Attack
Haley Warden James Madison Junior Midfield
Caylee Waters North Carolina Senior Goalkeeper
Megan Whittle Maryland Junior Attack
South Region Second Team
Stephanie Asher Elon Junior Attack
Maggie Auslander North Carolina Senior Defense
Julia Braig Maryland Sophomore Defense
Jenna Collins Navy Junior Midfield
Maddie Crutchfield Duke Junior Midfield
Jen Giles Maryland Sophomore Midfield
Kali Hartshorn Maryland Freshman Attack
Ela Hazar North Carolina Junior Attack
Sammy Mueller Virginia Freshman Midfield Sydney Pirreca Florida Sophomore Midfield
Rachel Ramirez Elon Senior Goalkeeper
Carly Reed North Carolina Senior Midfield
Kelly Reese Virginia Senior Attack Lindsey Ronbeck Florida Sophomore Attack
Maura Schwitter Duke Senior Defense
Francesca Whitehurst Georgetown Sophomore Midfield
