Women's Lacrosse 4/29/2021 3:30:00 PM

Goeller Becomes First-Ever Radford Lacrosse Freshman of the Year; Five Highlanders Receive Big South Annual Awards

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Ava Goeller was named Big South Freshman of the Year, the first to ever receive the award in program history, and five Highlanders total received Big South annual honors the conference announced Thursday afternoon.

The freshman Goeller was also named to first-team all-conference as she burst onto the scene this season. Goeller set a program record for freshman with 30 goals starting in 12 of the 16 Highlanders' games this year. Goeller added four assists as well to push her point-total on the season to 34 which was second-most on the team. She rounded out her strong stat sheet with 19 ground balls, 11 caused turnovers, and 25 draw controls as well.

Katie Bendrick was named to first-team all-conference as well thanks to her consistently strong defensive play this season. Bendrick's 84 draw controls were team-best by far and pushed her to 181-total in her career which is second in program history. Draw controls weren't all she contributed in, as her 35 caused turnovers and 41 ground balls were also both team-bests.

Coming off an injury in 2020, Lindsey Carroll showed no slowing down as she was named to second-team all-conference. Carroll paced the offense all season leading the team with 46 points off her 25 goals and 21 assists. She also picked up 12 ground balls and her biggest moment of the season came from her game-winning goal against Winthrop, the first ever win against the Eagles.

Grace Gleason was named to second-team all-conference as well putting up great numbers on defense and offense this year. She scored 19 goals and notched two assists on the offensive side of things while on the defensive end picking up 28 ground balls, causing seven turnovers, and winning 17 draw controls.

Rounding out the awards was Rachel Rogers who picked up both all-academic and second-team all-conference honors this year. On top of her excellent work off the field and in the books, Rogers picked up 38 ground balls and caused 29 turnovers to help fuel the Highlander defense.

The Highlanders will travel to Buies Creek, N.C. on Friday for the semifinals of the Big South Tournament as they are set to face the #2 seed Campbell.

2021 BIG SOUTH WOMEN'S LACROSSE ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
ATT – Abby Hormes, Sr., High Point
ATT – Juliana Sanchez, R-Fr., Campbell
ATT – Rachel Foster, Sr., High Point
MF – Ashley Britton, Gr., High Point
MF – Lizzie Yurchak, Fr., Campbell
MF – Sam Bischoff, Fr., Campbell
D – Megan Nerney, Gr., High Point
D – Katie Bendrick, Jr., Radford
D – Kimora Bailey, Soph., Winthrop
GK – Alex Salim, R-Jr., Campbell (tie)
GK – Jill Rall, Gr., High Point (tie)
AL – Bianca Tedesco, Sr., ATT, Winthrop
AL – Ava Goeller, Fr., ATT, Radford
AL – Talen Francis, Sr., ATT, Gardner-Webb (tie)
AL – Rebekah Taylor, R-Fr., D, Campbell (tie)

SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
ATT – Lindsey Carroll, Sr., Radford
ATT – McKenna Blick, Sr., Winthrop
ATT - Megan Matthews, Jr., Campbell
MF – Katie Hormes, Fr., High Point
MF – Alyssa Angelo, Fr., Winthrop
MF – Dana Joss, Gr., Longwood
D – Heather Lobas, Jr., Gardner-Webb
D – Rachel Rogers, Sr., Radford
D – Chandler Stewart, R-Fr., Campbell
GK – Sara McGuire, Sr., Winthrop
AL – Grace Gleason, Jr., MF, Radford
AL – Abby Edminsten, Soph., MF, Presbyterian College
AL – Kaely Kyle, Sr., MF, High Point

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CONFERENCE
Mena Loescher, Jr., ATT, High Point
Emma Johnson, Sr., MF, Longwood
Lauren Asher, Jr., MF, Winthrop
Emma Genovese, Jr., MF, High Point
Lauren Cerretani, Soph., D, Longwood

ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Megan Matthews, Jr., ATT, Campbell
Janice Donaldson, Gr., D, Gardner-Webb
Ashley Britton, Gr., MF, High Point
Dana Joss, Gr., MF, Longwood
Sarah Marshall, Sr., ATT, Presbyterian College
Rachel Rogers, Sr., D, Radford
Olivia Deaver, Sr., MF, Winthrop

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Abby Hormes, Sr., ATT, High Point

CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ashley Britton, Gr., MF, High Point
Kimora Bailey, D, Winthrop

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Ava Goeller, Fr., ATT, Radford

COACH OF THE YEAR
Lyndsey Boswell, High Point

SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Dana Joss, Gr., MF, Longwood

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Players Mentioned

#10 Katie Bendrick: D; 5' 7"; Junior

#2 Lindsey Carroll: A; 5' 5"; Graduate Student

#37 Grace Gleason: M; 5' 3"; Junior

#27 Rachel Rogers: D; 5' 10"; Senior

#16 Ava Goeller: M; 5' 4"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#10 Katie Bendrick
: 5' 7"; Junior
: D

#2 Lindsey Carroll
: 5' 5"; Graduate Student
: A

#37 Grace Gleason
: 5' 3"; Junior
: M

#27 Rachel Rogers
: 5' 10"; Senior
: D

#16 Ava Goeller
: 5' 4"; Freshman
: M