[NU Sports] FW: Northwestern Lacrosse: Five Wildcats Receive All-America Honors

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May 30, 2006
Contact: Adam Widman, Northwestern Media Services, 847-467-3758,
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Five Wildcats Receive IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-America Honors
Kjellman, Albrecht and Munday all receive first team accolades

EVANSTON, Ill. - The IWLCA and US Lacrosse today honored five Wildcats who were
among the 48 Division I women's lacrosse student-athletes named to the three
All-America teams. Kristen Kjellman, Sarah Albrecht and Lindsey Munday all were
named to the first team, Lindsay Finocchiaro to the second team and Aly Josephs
third team. The IWLCA and US Lacrosse will honor the National All-Americans at
an awards banquet on June 10 in Baltimore, Md.

The three first team selections and the five overall were the most of any
school.

Both Kjellman and Munday are repeat first teamers from last season and it marks
the third honor overall for Kjellman who also took home second team honors as a
freshman in 2004. The honor is the second for Albrecht and the first for both
Finocchiaro and Jospehs.

Kjellman, a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award and the NCAA Honda Award, led the
nation's top scoring offense with 72 goals of her own and ranked among the
national leaders in goals, points (98) and draw controls (91). She led her team
to its second-straight NCAA championship on Sunday as the Wildcats became the
first team in Northwestern history to claim back-to-back NCAA team titles.
Kjellman, the first Wildcat to claim three straight IWLCA All-America honors,
had 17 games this year with a hat trick or better, including a season-high six
goals at Penn back on March 7.

Albrecht is coming off the biggest weekend of her Northwestern career as she was
named the NCAA Championship's Most Valuable Player at the finals in Boston. She
scored the game-winner in overtime in the semifinal win over top-seeded Duke on
Friday. Then in the championship on Sunday, Albrecht scored two big goals and
assisted another when leading scorer Kjellman went down with an ankle injury.
She finished the season with 35 goals and 15 points, grabbed 57 ground balls and
65 draw controls. 

Munday ranked in the top five nationally in assists all season long, leading her
team with 50 and finished third on the team with 44 goals. She ends her
Northwestern career as the all-time assists leader with 128. Munday had eight
assists in two wins at California and Stanford, helping her become just the 26th
player in NCAA history to record 100 or more career assists.

Finocchiaro, regarded by many as one of the top defenders in the nation, did all
the little things that go unnoticed from her defender spot. She helped anchor a
defense that gave up just 8.1 goals per game, good for eighth-best in the
nation, and helped hold 15 teams to nine goals or less-including four to
Dartmouth in the NCAA title game. The junior from Fairfield, N.J. finished the
season with 25 ground balls, caused 18 turnovers, 14 draw controls and tallied
two goals.

Josephs was another one of the heroes in the championship win over Dartmouth,
scoring four of Northwestern's seven goals in helping the 'Cats to back-to-back
national titles. She was second on the team with 55 goals-scoring multiple goals
in all but two games-and was the only Wildcat to score a goal in all 21 games
this year. She also had eight assists to finish third on the team with 63 points
to go with 43 ground balls.

First team
Sarah Albrecht, Northwestern, M
Kelly Berger, JMU, M
Katie Chrest, Duke, A
Jenn Cook, UNC, D
Lizzy Cuneo, Dartmouth, D
Crysti Foote, Notre Dame, A
Mary Key, Johns Hopkins, A
Kristen Kjellman, Northwestern, M
Maggie Koch, Georgetown, GK
Tyler Leachman, Virginia, A
Nikki Lieb, Virginia, M
Lindsey Munday, Northwestern, A
Rachel Sanford, Duke, M
Coco Stanwick, Georgetown, A
Lauren Vance, Princeton, D
Kristen Zimmer, Dartmouth, M

Second team
Laura Anderson, Duke, D
Jillian Byers, Notre Dame, A
Becky Clipp, Maryland, D
Delia Cox, Maryland, M
Whitney Douthett, Dartmouth, M
Lindsay Finocchiaro, Northwestern, D
Jenny Hauser, Boston University, A
Kimberly Hillier, Hofstra, A
Leigh Jester, Duke, A
Kelly Kasper, Maryland, M
Lindsey Lewis, Boston University, M
Kate McHarg, Loyola, M
Anne Riordan, Cornell, D
Laura Shane, Stanford, GK
Devon Wills, Dartmouth, GK
Stephanie Zodtner, Georgetown, D

Third team
Megan Burker, Stanford, A
Kylee Dardine, JMU, D
Amber Falcone, UNC, D
Maggie Fava, Cornell, GK
Gaddy Fortune, Syracuse, M
Mandy Friend, Richmond, A
Kristen Hordy, UNC, GK
Aly Josephs, Northwestern, A
Jessi Lieb, Penn State, M
Caroline McGuire, Richmond, M
Caitlin McKinney, Notre Dame, A
Kathleen Miller, Princeton, A
Krista Pellizzi, Maryland, M
Danica Strutt, Boston University, D
Margaux Viola, Cornell, M
Shannon Witzel, Towson, M

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