Landmark Reveals Women's Lacrosse Award Winners

5/3/2018 12:00:00 AM

TOWSON, Md. – The Landmark Conference coaches voted Elizabethtown senior Katie Thompson as the Player of the Year and Scranton's Kate Calabro as the Rookie of the Year. Scranton head coach Cindy Wilson and her staff were named the Coaching Staff of the Year.

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At the end of the regular season, Thompson racked up 40 goals and a league-leading 63 assists for 93 total points. She added 67 groundballs, 86 draw controls, and 45 caused turnovers. To date, she has scored 87 goals, 136 assists and 205 groundballs.

Calabro helped the Royals earn the No. 2 seed in the Landmark Championship. In a talented freshman class, she became a valuable asset, contributing offensively with 25 goals, 56 assets, 39 groundballs, and 32 caused turnovers.

Wilson and her staff earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors for the second time in her career. The Royals boast a 12-6 overall record and went 6-1 in the Landmark to earn the No. 2 seed.

The duo were also among the 13 individuals who achieved First Team All-Landmark status.

Three additional players from Scranton made the cut, with attacker Elena Gallo, midfielder Christine Olert, and defender Becca Russo landing on the First Team. Gallo enters the postseason with 60 goals on the season while Olert has 21. Russo helped the Scranton defense allow only 60 goals this season in conference games for an 8.57 goals against average.

Catholic landed five on the First Team list. Nicolette Crisalli earns her third First Team nod this spring. The senior ranks second in the conference with 66 goals and has helped the Cardinals clinch the No. 1 seed in the Landmark Championship. Joining her are midfielder Jessica Lyons, defenders Kayla Purdy and Erin Dugan. This is Dugan's second time being named to the First Team as a defender.

Moravian's Liz Bill earns her first nod on the Landmark First Team. The sophomore leads the conference with 73 goals. Joining her is Allie Didario from Drew, who was the 2017 Rookie of the Year and Libby Dex from Susquehanna, both who are making their first appearance on the First Team.

Thirteen additional players received second-team recognition. The full list of honorees is available below.


Player of the Year	Rookie of the Year	Coach of the Year
Katie Thompson Elizabethtown	Kate Calabro Scranton	Cindy Wilson Scranton

The 2018 Landmark Women's Lacrosse All-Conference Teams:

First Team				Second Team
Attack				Attack
Nicolette Crisalli ^*	Catholic	Sr.	Silver Spring, Md.	Holly Regan	Catholic	So.	Stony Brook, N.Y.
Liz Bill	Moravian	So.	Frenchtown, N.J.	Carly Thompson	Elizabethtown	Sr.	Havre de Grace, Md.
Elena Gallo	Scranton	Jr.	East Meadow, N.Y.	Madelyn Baker	Elizabethtown	Jr.	Chestertown, Md.
				Jill Henson	Scranton	Fr.	Baldwinsville, N.Y.
Midfielders
Jessica Lyons	Catholic	Jr.	Havertown, Pa.	Midfielders
Allie Didario ^	Drew	So.	Whitehouse Station, N.J.	Kate Ziegler	Elizabethtown	Fr.	Line Lexington, Pa.
Katie Thompson ^	Elizabethtown	Sr.	Havre de Grace, Md.	Shannon Stull	Goucher	So.	Westminster, Md.
Christine Olert	Scranton	Jr.	Katonah, N.Y.	Meaghan McMullan	Moravian	Fr.	Tatamy, Pa.
Kate Calabro	Scranton	So./Fr.	Seaford, N.Y.	Kailyn Angelo $	Scranton	Sr.	West Chester, Pa.

Defenders				Defenders
Alyssa Bishop	Catholic	So.	Medford, N.J.	Jenna Morelli	Drew	So.	Monroe Township, N.J.
Erin Dugan ^	Catholic	Jr.	Medford, N.J.	Mina Wilt	Juniata	So.	Wells Tannery, Pa.
Kayla Purdy	Catholic	Jr.	East Setauket, N.Y.	Mary Vilardi	Susquehanna	Fr.	Little Silver, N.J.
Becca Russo ^	Scranton	So.	South Windsor, Conn.
				Goalie
Goalie				Nanci Hernandez	Catholic	So.	San Diego, Calif.
Libby Dex	Susquehanna	So.	Coopersburg, Pa.	Bridget Den Boer	Goucher	Sr.	Sparta, N.J.

^2017 First Team All-Landmark
* 2016 First Team All-Landmark
$ 2015 First Team All-Landmark