May 7, 2007
BEVERLY, MA - Six Gulls earned All-Conference honors after leading the women's lacrosse team to a 13-5 overall record and the team's second consecutive Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship and NCAA Tournament birth.
Katie Leighton (Saco, ME/Thortnton Academy) headlines the list of All-Conference players for the Gulls as she was named to the All-Conference first team. Leighton was one of the premiere defenders in the CCC scooping up 41 groundballs and causing 21 turnovers. She not only anchored the Endicott defense but she also sparked its transition offense by moving the ball from the defensive end to the offensive zone and scoring two goals.
Alex Pearce (Underhill, VT/Kimball Union) and Emily Judd (Peabody, MA/Peabody) each earned second team honors after leading the Gulls offense. Pearce was second on the team in every offensive category, scoring 49 goals while dishing out 19 assists for 68 points. That includes 14 goals and five assists in the Gulls three CCC tournament wins.
Judd was also a major contributor to the offense as she scored 28 goals and had seven assists, she also posted team highs in groundballs, with 53 and draw controls with 48 while causing 30 turnovers.
The Blue and Green also had three players, Valerie Feldman (Albany, NY/Guilderland), Molly Moss (Yarmouth, ME/North Yarmouth Academy) and Meghan Mathers (Northampton, MA/Northampton), named to the All-Conference honorable mention team.
Feldman had an impressive rookie campaign scoring 53 goals while handing out 23 assists and racking up 76 points to lead the team in all three categories. Moss also played a vital role in the Gulls offense, scoring 21 goals, scooping up 35 groundballs and winning 39 draw controls. Mathers, the conference's Senior Scholar Athlete not only enjoyed success in the classroom but helped the anchor the Endicott defense to a great run in the CCC tournament. The senior defender caused an impressive 24 turnovers while committing just eight. She also scored two goals and handed out three assists.
The Gulls impressive run through the conference tournament took them from the third seed to back-to-back CCC Champions. The Blue and Green will once again hit the road on Wednesday as they head to Hartford, CT to take on the Trinity College Bantams at 4:00 in an NCAA Tournament first round game.
