Tori Dugan Named PSAC Athlete Of Year In Women's Lacrosse

The following is a press release from the West Chester University Athletic Department.

West Chester junior attacker Tori Dugan was named PSAC Women’s Lacrosse athlete of the year it was announced by that organization in its annual all-league postseason awards Wednesday morning.
 
West Chester landed five players on the three all-league squads, including Dugan and teammate Theresa Giunta being named first team recipients. Dugan was a second-team pick in 2011 while Giunta makes her first appearance on any all-league team. Junior Jamie Dolan and senior Erin Oczkowski were each named to the second team squad with each making their initial appearance on the PSAC all-league team. Senior Andrea Smith makes her second straight appearance on the conference’s third-team all-league team.
 
Dugan leads the Golden Rams in scoring with 81 points and ranks fourth in the PSAC and 14th in Division II. She has dominated faceoffs all year for West Chester, setting a school record and leading the PSAC with 118 draw controls and ranking fifth in the country in that category. Her 46 goals on the year rank ninth in the conference this spring while her 35 assists rank sixth in the PSAC and 16th nationally.
 
Dugan is the first West Chester lacrosse player to earn athlete of the year honors since Courtney Whiting in 2009. That ended a six-year run of Golden Rams garnering the conference’s top honor. Dugan becomes the ninth different West Chester player to be named the PSAC’s athlete of the year.
 
Giunta has started all 17 games this season for the Golden Rams and has scored 14 goals and assisted on three others from her defensive midfield position. She has 50 draw controls and 36 ground balls and has caused 14 turnovers. Her speed in transition has been vital to West Chester’s clearing game as well. The Golden Rams’ defense ranks seventh in the country (9.0 goals allowed/game) and third in draw controls per game (16.59).
 
Dolan ranks second on the team in scoring with 57 points. Her 40 goals scored is third on the squad. She has caused 23 turnovers from her midfield position. Her ability to ride opponents on their clear attempts keeps constant pressure on the other team. Dolan has also picked up 35 ground balls and secured 34 draw controls. She has four game-winning goals on the year and scored a season-high eight tallies in WCU’s win over Queen’s (N.C.).
 
Oczkowski ranks third on the team in scoring with 52 points and second in goals scored with 43 markers. The team co-captain leads by example on the pitch while putting up the numbers to support her all-league plaudits.
 
Smith, who was a third-team All-PSAC selection in 2011, led West Chester with 25 caused turnovers from her position on defense. She picked up a team-best 43 ground balls and secured 16 draw controls. Smith was a big reason the Golden Rams’ defense ranks seventh in the nation. She also managed to score a goal and pick up one assist this spring.
 
Julie Falk, a member of the PSAC champion Bloomsburg Huskies, was named freshman of the year while Huskies’ first-year head coach Erin Cunnane was named the loop’s coach of the year, after leading Bloomsburg to the tournament title as the sixth seed in the conference playoffs.
 
The sixth-ranked Golden Rams (14-3) travel to Gaffney, S.C. for an NCAA first round matchup with No. 5 Limestone College (17-1) at 12 p.m. on Saturday. West Chester is making its 10th NCAA Division II Women’s Lacrosse Tournament appearance in the last 12 years.
 
2012 All-PSAC Lacrosse Teams
 
First Team
Attacker
Tori Dugan^                        West Chester                   Jr.            West Chester, Pa./Rustin
Amy Halls*^*                       Slippery Rock                   Sr.           Westerville, Ohio/Olentangy
Kayleigh Johnson^**        Lock Haven                       Sr.           Fairport, N.Y./Fairport
Alexa Lodovici+                  Indiana (Pa.)                     Jr.           Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional               
Midfielder
Julie Falk                              Bloomsburg                    Fr.           Millersville, Pa./Penn Manor
Elyse Fisher^                       Lock Haven                     Sr.           Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial
Jessica Fugate^                 Gannon                             Jr.           Wooster, Ohio/Wooster
Samantha King^^*              Bloomsburg                    Sr.           Elkton, Md./North East
Defender
Paige Beierschmitt            Indiana (Pa.)                    So.          Easthampton Twp., N.J./Rancocas Valley Reg.
Liz French*                         Shippensburg                   So.          Sykesville, Md./Century
Clare Gaeng^                     Lock Haven                       Sr.           Frederick, Md./Governor Thomas Johnson
Theresa Giunta                 West Chester                    Jr.           West Chester, Pa./Henderson
Goalkeeper
Margaret Maslyn                Gannon                             So.          Penn Yan, N.Y./Penn Yan Academy
 
Second Team
Attacker
Gwen Buss                        Lock Haven                     Sr.           Harrisburg, Pa./Mercersburg Academy
Rachel DerCola*^            Gannon                             Sr.           Rochester, N.Y./Brighton
Rebecca Himes                Mercyhurst                       Fr.           Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall
Alexandra Keirn**             Mercyhurst                        Sr.           Henrietta, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta
Midfielder
Stephanie Bianco^          Indiana (Pa.)                      Sr.           King of Prussia, Pa./Upper Merion
Jamie Dolan                        West Chester                 Jr.           Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton
Lindsey Kennedy+^        Shippensburg                    Jr.           Springfield, Pa./Springfield
Erin Oczkowski                  West Chester                  Sr.           Warrington, Pa./Archbishop Wood
Defender
Aubrey Bossert                 Bloomsburg                     So.          Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon
Lindsey Evans                    Edinboro                          Jr.           Spencerport, N.Y./Spencerport
Taylor Norwood*             Indiana (Pa.)                     So.          Chantilly, Va./Chantilly
Miranda Walters^            Gannon                               Jr.           Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler
Goalkeeper
Heather Sacko*                Lock Haven                      Sr.           Fairport, N.Y./Fairport
 
Third Team
Attacker
Lauren Hauck                     Shippensburg                 Sr.           Montclair, Va./Forest Park
Sam Mazzie*                     Bloomsburg                      Jr.           Barto, Pa./Boyertown
Kimberly Neagle               Gannon                             So.          Auburn, N.Y./Auburn
Caitlin Shannon                 Millersville                       So.          Neshanic Station, N.J./Princeton Day School
 
Midfielder
Sarah Grzybinski               Gannon                                Sr.           New Market, Md./Linganore
Ashley Henderson           Millersville                          Jr.           Folsom, Pa./Ridley
Maure Perrymond          East Stroudsburg              Sr.           Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown
Casey Quinn^                    Slippery Rock                     Sr.           Vernon, N.J./Vernon Twp.

Defender
Carly Ball                              Bloomsburg                        Fr.           Lansdale, Pa./North Penn
Lauren Hunt                       Gannon                                Jr.           Oswego, N.Y./Oswego
Katie Moatz                        Millersville                          Sr.           Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown
Andrea Smith+                  West Chester                    Sr.           Florence, N.J./Holy Cross

Goalkeeper
Sara Bates^                        Bloomsburg                        Jr.           Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River


PSAC Athlete of the Year
Tori Dugan                          West Chester                    Jr.           West Chester, Pa./Rustin
PSAC Freshman of the Year
Julie Falk                              Bloomsburg                        Fr.           Millersville, Pa./Penn Manor
PSAC Coach of the Year
Erin Cunnane                     Bloomsburg
 
* Indicates previous All-PSAC first team selection
^ Indicates previous All-PSAC second team selection
+ Indicates previous All-PSAC third team selection