May 20, 2003

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A total of 96 players have been named to the 2003 Brine Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association/US Lacrosse Division I All-Region teams, as announced today by Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel, chair of the IWLCA Division I All-America Committee.

Among those chosen as all-region performers are five Maryland women's lacrosse players. Seniors Sonia Judd (attack; Darlington, So. Australia) and Alexis Venechanos (goalie; Yorktown, N.Y.) were joined by junior Kelly Coppedge (midfield; Annapolis, Md.) on the first team while senior Julie Shank (defense; Arnold, Md.) and sophomore Acacia Walker (midfield; Annapolis, Md.) earned second team honors.

The All-America team will be announced next week. The complete All-Region teams follow:

South Region, First Team
A - Amy Appelt, Virginia
A - Suzanne Eyler, Loyola
A - Sonia Judd, Maryland
A - Wick Stanwick, Georgetown
M - Lauren Aumiller, Virginia
M - Kelly Coppedge, Maryland
M - Kate Kaiser, Duke
M - Gloria Lozano, Georgetown
M - Meg Miller, Duke
M - Lisa Staedt, James Madison
D - Michi Ellers, Georgetown
D - Marianne Gioffre, Loyola
D - Lauri Kenis, Virginia
D - Jazmine Norton, North Carolina
D - Tiffany Schummer, Virginia
G - Alexis Venechanos, Maryland

South Region, Second Team
A - Cary Chasney, Virginia
A - Katie Chrest, Duke
A - Lauren Gallagher, Duke
A - Polly Purcell, Richmond
A - Rachel Shuck, Loyola
A - Jill Toomey, George Mason
M - Michelle Allen, Vanderbilt
M - Gail Decker, James Madison
M - Erin Dennis, Johns Hopkins
M - Acacia Walker, Maryland
M - Suzanne Wosczyna, Old Dominion
D - Jessica Beard, James Madison
D - Melissa Biles, Georgetown
D - Julie Shank, Maryland
D - Tara Schmucker, Vanderbilt
G - Meg Dentler, George Mason

Mid-Atlantic Region, First Team
A - Whitney Miller, Princeton
A - Colleen O'Hara, Penn State
A - Tracey Bounds, Ohio State
A - Crysti Foote, Notre Dame
A - Danielle Shearer, Notre Dame
M - Alex Fiore, Princeton
M - Theresa Sherry, Princeton
M - Regina Oliver, Ohio State
M - Elizabeth Pillion, Princeton
M - Shannon Wilson, Ohio State
M - Lindsey Hart, Ohio
D - Rachael Becker, Princeton
D - Katie Norbury, Princeton
D - Kimberly Lowe, Ohio State
D - Andrea Kinnik, Notre Dame
G - Lee Tortorelli, Penn State

Mid-Atlantic Region, Second Team
A - Deanna Radcliffe, Temple
A - Katie Jeschke, Penn State
A - Suzanne Raffaele, Bucknell
A - Jennifer Stone, Lafayette
M - Tiffany Pulaski, Temple
M - Meredith Simon, Notre Dame
M - Lindsey Cassidy, Penn
M - Shari Maslin, Penn State
M - Melissa Mosey, Rutgers
D - Christy Bennett, Penn
D - Stephanie Curnoles, Penn State
D - Liz Frande, Penn State
D - Rosie Sherry, Lehigh
D - Lisa Cherill, Monmouth
G- Jen White, Notre Dame
G - Lyndsey Feldman, Rutgers

Northeast Region, First Team
A - Sarah Averson, Cornell
A - Jessie Groszkowski, New Hampshire
A - Sarah Queener, Yale
A - Lana Smith, Dartmouth
M - Katieanne Christian, Dartmouth
M - Monica Joines, Syracuse
M - Kathleen Mikowski, Hofstra
M - Rebekah Rottenberg, Brown
M - Alyssa Trudel, Boston University
M - Miles Whitman, Yale
M - Leigh-Ann Zimmer, Syracuse
D - Ellen Rust, Syracuse
D - Erica Holveck, Cornell
D - Jennifer Kessel, Yale
D - Rowan Smith, Dartmouth
G - Anne Sheridan, Boston University

Northeast Region, Second Team
A - Christine Anneberg, Brown
A - Clarissa Clarke, Yale
A - Jada Emery, Massachusetts
A - Lindsay Lewis, Boston University
A - Lindsay Steinberg, Cornell
M - Kelly Feeley, Connecticut
M - Kate Killen, Dartmouth
M - Tracy Mullaney, Connecticut
M - Jaime Quinn, Cornell
M - Katie Shaughnessy, Harvard
M - Jackie Yovankin, Boston College
D - Bridget Eder, Hofstra
D - Rachel Friedman, Cornell
D - Kelli  Kurtz, Massachusetts
D - Sasha Lang, Boston University
G - Carla Gigon, Syracuse