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    • DeShaw, Neff and Fitzgerald Lead 9 Gulls on All-CCC Women's Lacrosse Team

    DeShaw, Neff and Fitzgerald Lead 9 Gulls on All-CCC Women's Lacrosse Team
    April 26, 2012

     
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    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Top- ranked Endicott took three major conference awards and placed nine members of their women’s lacrosse team on the All-Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Teams, announced Thursday by Commissioner Gregg M. Kaye.
     
    Seniors Morgan DeShaw (Danville, N.H.) and Leah Neff (South Berwick, Maine) were named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and Head Coach Meghan Fitzgerald was named the CCC Coach of the Year. Endicott also placed nine-players on the All-CCC team.
     
    Joining DeShaw and Neff on the first team were attacker Holly Davis (Guilford, Conn.) and defender Kelsey Barnes (Brookside, N.J.). Attacker Kelly Tierney (South Hadley, Mass.) and midfielder Michelle Loizzo (Longmeadow, Mass.) were each named to the All-CCC second team, while attacker Callie Murphy (Woburn, Mass.), midfielder Lauren Todd (Newfields, N.H.) and defender Stacia Geno (White River Junction, Vt.) were each named All-CCC honorable mention.
     
    Todd, Barnes and Davis are being honored for the second consecutive year, while DeShaw and Neff have now been named All-Conference in each of the past three seasons.
     
    DeShaw ranked second in the league in points (78), third in goals scored per game (3.47) and fifth in assists dished out per game (1.73). DeShaw helped lead an offense that placed 30th in the most recent NCAA Division III women’s lacrosse rankings in points (321), while individually ranking in the top 100 among NCAA DIII players in points (36th), points per game (44th), goals per game (87th), total assists (46th), assists per game (26th) and total goals (52nd). This senior standout hit a career milestone as she scored her 200th career goal to help the Gulls cap a perfect 7-0 CCC record over the regular season, netting seven goals against Nichols to bring her career record to 201, entering the CCC tournament.
     
    Neff, a senior goalkeeper from South Berwick, Maine, was a dominant force in net this season and led a defensive corps that is ranked 41st among all NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse teams in scoring defense, which allowed just 9.47 goals per game. She ranked first among conference keepers in goals against average (9.47) and save percentage (.496), while starting in all 15 of the Gulls’ contests this season. On top of this season’s accolades, Neff is a two-time All-CCC Second Team Selection (2010, 2011).
     
    In her fourth season as at the helm of the Endicott Gulls women’s lacrosse program, Fitzgerald is being recognized for the second time as CCC Coach of the Year for her strong leadership. In Fitzgerald’s first three years with the program, she directed the Gulls to three consecutive CCC Championships, winning this award in 2010 for the first time.
     
    Davis, a junior attack, was second on the team with 42 goals and averaged 3.00 goals per game, good for 10th in the conference. She also led the team in draw controls, grabbing 69 on the season and ranked fourth in the conference with 4.93 draw controls per game. Davis had an assist on 9 goals, giving her 51 points for the year, third best on the Gull’s squad, and she also managed to grab 18 ground balls.
     
    Barnes was part of an Endicott defensive line that was the only team in the CCC to allow fewer than 10 goals per game on the season. The sophomore defender caused 11 turnovers and picked up 21 ground balls while also winning three draw controls.
     

    Tiereny  was second on the team in points and with 35 goals and 22 assists. The junior was sixth in the conference in assists per game (1.47) and topped the CCC with 3 game winning goals. She helped the Gulls by grabbing 15 ground balls and was 12-15 (80%) on free-position attempts.
     
    Loizzo and Todd were two consistent and versatile players that helped out on either side of the ball for the Gulls. Loizzo, playing in her senior season, scored 13 goals and had five assists while also leading Endicott field players with 29 ground balls, winning 14 draw controls and causing nine turnovers. Todd, a junior, poured in 19 goals and had 8 assists to go along, also finding the time to grab 28 ground balls and win 11 draw controls. Todd co-led the team in caused turnovers, forcing opponents to give up the ball 17 times this season.
     
    Callie Murphy, a sophomore, was fourth on the team in points with 50, scoring 31 goals and assisting on 19 more. Murphy grabbed 15 ground balls and four draw controls and caused 12 turnovers on the defensive side of the ball.
     
    Junior Stacia Geno caused 12 turnovers herself and picked up 18 ground balls for Endicott. She also controlled three draws from her defensive position for the Gulls.
     
    The Gulls (10-5, 7-0 CCC) have earned the \#1 seed and a bye in the first round of the tournament. They will host the winner of the quarterfinal game between Roger Williams and Salve Regina in Beverly on Wednesday, May 2nd at 4:00 pm.