Roanoke midfielder Gina Valles earned her second All-America award in as many seasons through an annual vote by the Intercollegiate Womens Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA). The only ODAC student-athlete on the list, Valles improved upon her 2009 second team showing as she was named to the 2010 IWLCA All-America First Team.
Washington and Lee University saw its comeback bid fall a goal short as the Generals fell to Elizabethtown College, 13-12, in the first round of the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Tournament. Washington and Lee trailed 13-9 with just under eight minutes to play, but went on a 3-0 run to pull within one with 2:43 to go, one short of forcing overtime.
Washington and Lee will be the only representative from the ODAC in the 2010 NCAA Division III Womens Lacrosse Tournament, as announced in the tourneys selection show on Sunday evening. The Generals, ranked 15th in the nation, defeated Lynchburg, 14-6, to claim its 11th conference crown. W&L opens with Elizabethtown in the NCAA first round.
Over the past few weeks, seven championship events have completed, including those in track, tennis, baseball, softball and womens lacrosse. After overviews of those first six events, W&L womens lacrosse coach, Brooke Diamond, and RC mens lacrosse coach, Bill Pilat, join the podcast to discuss the state of their teams and what to expect as the NCAA draws near.
RC's Gina Valles secured her second straight ODAC Player of the Year award as part of the 2010 ODAC Womens Lacrosse All-Conference Teams. LC head coach Bruce Reid earned the leagues top coaching award, and VWC's Nikki Salyers was tabbed the ODAC Rookie of the Year. WLU's Emmy Mathews was selected as the ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete.
The top-seeded and 15th-ranked Washington and Lee womens lacrosse team opened with seven unanswered goals and never looked back as it claimed its eighth ODAC Championship in the last 10 years with a 14-6 victory over Lynchburg College in the conference title game on Saturday afternoon at Watt Field.
Washington and Lee University and Roanoke College posted a combined 15-1 record in ODAC play, earning them the top two seeds and first round byes in the 2010 ODAC Womens Lacrosse Tournament. The Generals (11-4 overall, 8-0 ODAC) enter as the top seed with the Maroons (9-6, 7-1) occupying the second seed.
Roanoke received eight out of nine possible first place votes and 78 total poll points as the Maroons headline the 2010 ODAC Womens Lacrosse Preseason Poll. Washington and Lee ranks second with 70 tallies while Virginia Wesleyan rounds out the top three with 56 points. The remaining first place nod went to Lynchburg , which occupies the fifth spot in the poll.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at Washington and Lee is working with groups across campus and within the community to assemble and send 500 care packages to soldiers in Afghanistan. Student athletes (above, from left) Chelsea Stevenson, Meredith Freeman and Jason Cimino help with the efforts