MANSFIELD, MA. – The Northeast 10 awards keep rolling in for the regular season champions, the No. 1 Pace University women's lacrosse team as nine Setters earned all-conference honors, headlined by five major award winners.
Angelina Porcello was named Midfielder of the Year,
Alexandra Quinn earned Defensive Player of the Year,
Samantha Tanguay was named the Goalkeeper of the Year,
Maddie Schubert was crowned as the Rookie of the Year and head coach
Tricia Molfetta was named the Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.
Joining Porcello, Tanguay and Quinn on the All-NE10 First Team is
Delilah Doyle. Schubert earned a second team selection and is joined by
Sydney Juvelier and
Nikki Mottes. The third team features a lone Setter in
Mackenzie Carita and rounding out the Pace presence are Schubert and
Annie Sheehan on the All-Rookie team.
Porcello, who earned the same honors last year, has continued to a threat in all areas of the field, regardless of who processes the ball. The reigning Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) National Player of the Year is the Setters top offensive producer, logging 96 points off 62 goals and 34 assists. The 96 points are the most in the Northeast 10 while her 62 goals are second and she finds herself fourth in assists. On the defensive end, Porcello was just as effective, causing 53 turnovers, the top figure in the conference, while corralling 58 ground balls and 94 draw controls. The 58 ground ball mark is the second highest mark in the NE10. Porcello has earned nine NE10 weekly honors in addition to being named IWLCA Defensive Player of the Week and USA Lacrosse Magazine Player of the Week honors one time.
Quinn, who enjoyed a first team nod last year as well, enjoyed another stellar defensive year as one of the key cogs in the Setter defense. Sitting at second in the conference in caused turnovers with 39, Quinn also has secured 74 draws to go along with 35 ground balls. Quinn caused at least one turnover in all games she appeared in but three, including a career five in the Setters overtime win over Mercy University. To accompany her strong defensive play, Quinn has scored three goals while assisting four others. Quinn earned NE10 Defensive Player of the Week one time while also earning one spot on the NE10 Honor Roll.
Tanguay has spent over 800 minutes between the pipes for the Blue and Gold, totaling 807 minutes while allowing 102 goals, allowing 102 shots to sneak past which gives her a goals-against-average of 7.58. Her GAA is the fifth lowest in all the land. She stopped 98 shots to give her a save percentage of .490. The sophomore made double-digit saves in three different contests, making 11 against the University of New Haven and Mercy. She stopped 10 in the Setters triumph over Adelphi University. Tanguay was named IWLCA Defensive Player of the Week on two separate occasions while also earning NE10 Goalie of the Week five times.
Schubert was crowned rookie of the year after establishing herself as one of the top scorers in the NE10. Schubert finished the regular season with 49 goals, which was tied for seventh in the conference, and the second highest mark for the Setters this season. Schubert turned in some of the most potent offensive performances this year for Pace including a seven-goal effort against Southern New Hampshire University. Just a game prior to that outburst, Schubert posted one of her two six goal games when she found the back of the net six times against New Haven. Her other six goal game came against Southern Connecticut State University. The Port Jefferson Station, N.Y. native earned NE10 Rookie of the Week six times.
Doyle earned a first team selection after posting the third highest caused turnover mark in the NE10 with 38 caused turnovers. The graduate student also had the seventh most ground balls with 37. Doyle caused five turnovers in two games, forcing five Lions turnovers against Georgian Court University in the Setters second game of the season and then caused five at the end of March against Southern New Hampshire. She caused at least one turnover in all but three games this year. She also recorded her first collegiate point and goal, first with a pair of assists against American International College. Later that week against Franklin Pierce, Doyle found the back of the net for the first time in her career. Doyle earned NE10 Defensive Player of the Week one time.
Juvelier stepped up this year and provided a lot of offensive production, finishing with 55 points off 44 goals and 11 assists. The graduate student scored her 100
th career goal in Pace's 11-5 win over the University of Tampa, a game in which Juvelier scored a season-high five goals, a mark she hit two other times against Saint Michael's College and Southern Connecticut. Against Mercy, Juvelier forced overtime with 28 seconds left in the game when she buried a shot to tie the game up at 11-11 and gave Pace the chance to escape with the win.
Mottes did it all on the offensive end of the field for Pace, leading Pace in assists with 36 which is good for third in the NE10 while scoring 33 goals. Mottes recorded at least one point in every game save for one, with a career-high nine points coming in Pace's 17-8 win over No. 18 Bentley, firing off five goals and handing out four assists. The four assist threshold was reached two more times, against Southern Connecticut and Adelphi.
Carita took care of business in the midfield for the Blue and Gold this year, posting 21 goals, seven assists, 31 ground balls and 25 draw controls. The sophomore recorded a pair of hat tricks against Southern Connecticut and The College of Saint Rose. Against Georgian Court, she caused four turnovers to go along with two goals and three ground balls.
Making an immediate impact upon her arrival in Pleasantville, Sheehan scored 24 goals to go along with nine assists. She owns three hat tricks, posting them against Georgian Court, Saint Michael's, and most recently against Assumption. The Wading River, N.Y. native fired off two fourth quarter goals against Assumption to give much needed breathing room, enough to hold off the late charge the Greyhounds attempted to mount.