Four Women's Laxers Earn All-League, Wright Named Co-Player of the Year

Wright, Edge, Prowler Named to First Team, Nuss Second Team as Each Are First-Time Honorees

Meredith Wright is the Patriot League Co-Offensive Player of the Year

April 29, 2004

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell women's lacrosse team received four nominations to the 2004 All-Patriot League teams, just two days prior to its second Patriot League Tournament appearance in program history. Attacks Meredith Wright (Bethesda, Md./Holton Arms) and Katie Edge (McLean, Va./St. Stephens & St. Agnes) and defender Rachel Prowler (Philadelphia, Pa./William Penn Charter) received first-team honors, while attack Laura Nuss was named to the league's second team. Each of the accolades were the first for the honored player. In addition to the first-team nomination, Wright has also been named the Patriot League's Co-Offensive Player of the Year along with American's Becky Copeland.

The two honors recognize the record season Wright has had this year. The senior leads the team with 31 goals and 23 assists for a total of 54 points, with a season high of 11 points (five goals, six assists) against Denver for the second-highest total in school history. Her season assist total ties her for the fourth-best single season total in school history, just four behind her own school record set last year. The 54 points are also fourth-best all-time, putting her eight back of Sue Gray's record set in 1984. Wright is second on the career assists list with 56, 18 back of Melissa Montefusco's 72 completed in 2002. She will have at least one more game to move closer to those record marks.

Edge is the only freshman on the league's first team and earned the honor by scoring 27 goals and seven assists for 34 points, all team third-bests. She has eight multi-goal games this year of the 14 in which she has played, including a season-high of five against Wagner. The goal total is the most by a freshman since Suzanne Raffaele's 35 in 2000. Raffaele finished with 144 goals as a Bison, a school record.

Sophomore Prowler has started 13 of the 14 games in which she has appeared, only ceding her starting spot for Bucknell's Senior Day last weekend. She leads a defense that has allowed 140 goals this season, just three more than last year's 15-game total with Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year Nicole Kallis in goal.

Nuss finished the regular season with 30 goals, second on the team, as well as a team third-best 34 points. The 30 goals were an individual season best, giving the senior 80 for her career. While starting all 14 contests, Nuss has had seven multi-goal games this year, with a high of five against Colgate, a possible league tournament opponent.

As a team, the Bison are 8-6 overall and 4-2 in Patriot League play. Bucknell qualified for the third seed in the Patriot League Tournament, which begins for the Bison at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday against second-seeded American. Top-seeded host Colgate and fourth-seeded Lafayette will face off at noon, with the two semifinal winners playing on Sunday for a berth in the NCAA Tournament. It is the second time the Bison have qualified for the Patriot League Tournament in its four-year existence after making the final game last year.

2004 Patriot League Women's Lacrosse All-League Team

FIRST TEAM Name, School Yr. Position Hometown/High School Previous Honors Becky Copeland, American Jr. attack Webster, N.Y./Webster 2nd in '03 Meredith Wright, Bucknell Sr. attack Bethesda, Md./Holton Arms Katie Edge, Bucknell Fr. attack McLean, Va./St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Kelly Winning, Colgate So. attack Flourtown, Pa./Germantown Acad. 2nd in '03 Tara Michael, American Sr. midfield Owings, Md./South River Katie McVeigh, Colgate So. midfield Basking Ridge, N.Y./Ridge School ROY & 2nd in '03 Kim Maron, Lafayette Sr. midfield Blue Bell, Pa./Springside School Barry Cominsky, Lehigh Jr. midfield Longwood, Fla./Lake Brantley 2nd in '03 Lynn Brandon, American Sr. defense Exton, Pa./West Chester Henderson Rachel Prowler, Bucknell So. defense Philadelphia, Pa./Wm. Penn Charter Heidi Ross, Coglate So. defense Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga Sue Bielamowicz, Colgate So. goalie Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley

SECOND TEAM Laura Nuss, Bucknell Sr. attack Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek Erin Gallagher, Lafayette Sr. attack Newtown, Pa./Council Rock 1st in '03;
ROY & 2nd in '01 Emily Studdiford, Lehigh Sr. attack Wyndmoor, Pa./Springside School 2nd in '01 Moriah Linnell, American So. midfield Antrim, N.H./Contoocook Valley Nicole McCarthy, American Sr. midfield Flourtown, Pa./Springfield (Montco.) 1st in '02 Tara Casey, Colgate Fr. midfield Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill Becky Ortolano, Colgate Sr. midfield East Nassau, N.Y./Averill Park 1st in '03 Trish Sutton, Holy Cross Fr. midfield Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Sprs. Laura Barnes, American So. defense Annapolis, Md./Annapolis Kate Metevia, Colgate Fr. defense Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem Cristin McGuinn, Lafayette Sr. defense Greenwich, Conn./Sacred Heart Kathleen Finnegan, American So. goalie Arnold, Md./St. Mary's 2nd in '03

Co-Offensive Players of the Year: Becky Copeland, Jr., attack, American Meredith Wright, Sr., attack, Bucknell Defensive Player of the Year: Sue Bielamowicz, So., goalie, Colgate Freshman of the Year: Trish Sutton, Fr., midfield, Holy Cross Coach of the Year: Katrina Silva, Colgate (first time)

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