FREDONIA, NY – The Cortland State Red Dragons have captured their fourth State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's Lacrosse Championship after defeating Oswego 15-2 yesterday in the SUNYAC finals.
Yesterday's championship win gives Cortland their third consecutive title and their fourth in the five year's of conference play. The Red Dragon's reached the finals by defeating fourth seed Geneseo 11-6 on Friday. Second seed Oswego edged out third seed Brockport by a score of 8-7 to reach the championship game.
The conference coaches voted Cortland junior Brooke VandeWalker SUNYAC Player of the Year and Brockport's Tony Zostant received Coach of the Year honors.
Cortland received an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III tournament with yesterday's SUNYAC championship win.
SUNYAC Tournament Results
Friday, April 27 – Semifinals
#2 Oswego 8, #3 Brockport 7
#1 Cortland 11, #4 Geneseo 6
Saturday, April 28 – Finals
Cortland 15, Oswego 2
First Team
Name School Yr. Pos.
Emily Beckwith, Brockport So. A
Lauren Kelly, Cortland So. A
Carly Peters, Cortland Sr. A
Katherine Stead, Oswego So. A
Brooke VandeWalker, Cortland Jr. M
Jeanna Angotti, Cortland Jr. M
Kelly Domm, Fredonia Sr. M
Jen Turkovich, Geneseo Sr. M
Annette Stead, Oswego Sr. M
Nikki Sallustio, Brockport So. D
Keri Laurenzo, Cortland Sr. D
Elizabeth Sewruk, Cortland Jr. D
Tara VanValkenburgh, Cortland Sr. G
Honorable Mention
Name School Yr. Pos.
Betsy Meldrim, Geneseo Fr. A
Sarah Andrews, Oneonta So. A
Meghan Bishop, Brockport Sr. M
Amy Suda,Geneseo Sr. M
Liz McCarthy, Oswego Fr. M
Pan Intorcia, Oneonta Jr. M
Lisa Rizzo, Fredonia Sr. D
Caitlin Crowley, Oswego So. D
Jill Scala, Oneonta Jr. D
Alexis Lunkenheimer, Oswego Sr. G
Player of the Year: Brooke VandeWalker, Cortland
Coach of the Year: Tony Zostant, Brockport
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