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6-07-07
Delaware Freshman Nicole Flego Named to womenslacrosse.com Rookie
All-American Team
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ANNAPOLIS, MD -- University of Delaware women’s lacrosse freshman
midfielder Nicole Flego has been named to the womenslacrosse.com
Division I All-American Rookie team announced Thursday.
Flego was among 16 players honored on the All-Rookie team as the website
also announced its All-American team and its national player of the year
award winners.
A native of Doylestown, PA (Central Bucks East High School), Flego
enjoyed an outstanding freshman campaign for the Blue Hens in 2007,
leading Delaware to a top 20 national ranking, a record of 11-6, and a
berth in the Colonial Athletic Association semifinals.
She earned Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association
All-Mid-Atlantic Region second team honors as well as being named first
team All-CAA and the CAA Rookie of the Year. She became only the second
UD player to earn all-region honors as a freshman and was the first to
earn Rookie of the Year and first team all-conference honors in the same
season.
Flego finished the season as the team’s leading point scorer and
posted
a team-high 22 assists. She scored 36 points overall to rank fourth in
the CAA and her 58 points placed her sixth in the CAA. She also ranked
second on the team with 86 shots while also collecting eight
groundballs, six draw controls, and three caused turnovers. She scored
at least one goal in all 17 games and had a career-high five vs. James
Madison during the regular season.
Joining Flego on the Rookie All-American team were Jessica Davis and
Nina Frankoski of Rutgers, Ali DeLuca of Penn, Christina Dove of
Syracuse, Kaitlin Duff and Brittany Kalkstein of Virginia, Ali Flury of
Denver, Suzy Herlihy of Saint Joseph’s, Ashley King of Massachusetts,
Kiki Manners and Molly McCarthy of Brown, Caitlyn McFadden of Maryland,
Hailey Quillinan of Syracuse, Sam Schrum of Johns Hopkins, and Kristen
Taylor of North Carolina.
Mary Key of Johns Hopkins was named Attacker of the Year,
Northwestern’s
Kristen Kjellman, Christy Finch, and Morgan Lathrop were named
Midfielder of the Year, Defender of the Year, and Goalkeeper of the Year
respectively, Virginia’s Brittany Kalkstein was named Rookie of the
Year, and Penn’s Karen Jann and coach Karin Brower were named Unsung
Player of the Year and Coach of the Year respectively.
Northwestern (21-1) captured its third straight NCAA title this past
spring with a 15-13 win over Virginia in the national championship game
in Philadelphia.
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