The Elmira College Women’s Lacrosse team posted
their second straight 6-11 season in 2010 behind third year Head
Coach
Katie Augustine-Moore. The Soaring Eagles started
the season strong winning 4 of their first 7 games, but struggled
down the stretch going 2-6 in a tough Empire 8 Conference. For the
second straight year Elmira was led in scoring by
Lindsay Mitchell ’12 (Arnold, MD --
Arnold) who reached an impressive 40 goals on the season
and received Empire 8 Conference Honorable Mention honors. Mitchell
started 11 of only 13 games played and scored on 45.5% of her
shots, while adding 7 assists for a total of 47 points, 34 ground
balls, and 23 draw controls.
Behind Mitchell,
Meghan Pass ’12 (Owego, NY -- Owego Free
Academy) greatly improved in her second season. Tallying 9
points in the 2009 season,
Pass exploded for 32 goals and was

the Soaring Eagles second leading scorer in 2010. Starting in 14
of 17 games,
Pass finished the year with 34 points and 21
ground balls. Also improving from the previous season were team
captains
Jordan Donegan ’12 (Syracuse, NY -- Corcoran
HS) and
Emily Zimmerman ’11 (Syracuse, NY --
Marcellus).
Donegan received Empire 8 Honorable Mention
honors, starting in all 17 games played, notching 26 goals and 7
assists, while scooping 45 ground balls, and finishing with 14 draw
controls and 13 caused turnovers. Starting 14 games,
Zimmerman scored 17 times with 7 assists for a
total of 24 points.
Zimmerman also recorded 45 ground balls, while
notching 27 draw controls and causing 21 turnovers.
In the mid-field third year player
Sarah Ware ’11 (Chesterfield, MO --
Marquette) also had a standout season, and was also named
to the Empire 8 Conference Honorable Mention team.
Ware started in 16 of the 17 games she played
finishing 4th on the team in scoring, netting 17 goals and leading
Elmira in assists with 13. She also recorded an impressive 74 draw
controls, 27 ground balls, and 14 caused turnovers.
Joining her in the mid-field were 4th year players
Ana Steele-Norton ’10 (Kennett Square, PA --
Millbrook) and
Alison Nowak ’10 (Wayland, MA -- Wayland
HS) along with 2nd year player
Jessica Reed ’12 (Geneva, NY --
Geneva).
Steele-Norton received Empire 8 Second Team All
Conference honors for her defensive efforts; starting in all 11
games played posting 5 points, 31 ground balls, and 24 draw
controls.
Nowak started 13 of 17 games she appeared,
totaling 13 ground balls, and 7 caused turnovers.
Reed started in 9 of 16 games she appeared and
finished the season with 2 goals, 29 ground balls, 13 draw
controls, and 11 caused turnovers.
Marissa Drake ’12 (Schenectady, NY --
Schenectady) who was also in the
midfield
appeared in 15 games, notching 10
ground balls and caused 4 turnovers, and was named as Elmira
College’s representative for Sportswoman of the Year.
Making a great impact this season were first year players
Marki Michaels ’13 (Manchester, NY --
Midlakes),
Colette O’Brien ’13 (Binghamton, NY
-- Seton Catholic),
Emma Schepers ’13 (Elmvale, ONT -- Team
Ontario), and
Blythe Crasto ’13 (Bedford, NY -- Fox Lane
HS).
Michaels started in 16 games scoring 11 goals and
assisting on 11 others for a total of 22 points on the season. She
also added 31 ground balls, 8 draw controls, and caused 8
turnovers.
O’Brien started 14 of 17 games played
and finished with 13 goals and 2 assists with 25 ground balls, 9
draw controls, and 14 caused turnovers.
Schepers and
Crasto had 6 and 5 goals in their 11 and 14
appearances, adding 9 and 7 ground balls respectively.
The net minders for the Soaring Eagles this season included
Stephanie McClure ’12 (East Rochester, NY --
East Rochester) and
Mary Kate Gellerman ’13 (Frederick, MD --
Urbana).
McClure started 10 of the 14 games played in net
finishing with a 3-7 record, a goals against average of 14.99, and
a save percentage of 39.6%, while also recording 25 ground balls
playing in the field.
Gellerman started 7 of 11 games she appeared in
goal. She had a 3-4 record with a 15.55 goals against average and a
37.6% save percentage, notching 19 ground balls and 7 caused
turnovers.
On the defense for the Soaring Eagles were
Hannah Shabanowitz ’12 (Lewisburg, PA --
Lewisburg),
Lauren Jasminski ’11 (Simsbury, CT --
Simsbury), and
Kim Stanton ’10 (Jordan, NY -- Jordan
Elbridge).
Shabanowitz played in all 17 games tallying 28
ground balls and causing 15 turnovers,
Stanton started in 15 of 17 games scoring twice
totaling 12 ground balls, while
Jasminski was solid starting in 15 of 17 games
played notching 6 ground balls. Also making contributions for
Elmira were
Mariah O’Connell ’12 (Candia NH --
Bishop Brady) and
Sallie Wright ’12 (Horseheads, NY -- Notre
Dame).
O’Connell started 6 of 12 games
finishing with 6 ground balls while
Wright appeared in 2 games scoring once on the
year.
Only losing three players to graduation the future is bright for
the Elmira College Women’s Lacrosse Team in the 2011
season, as they return experienced players at all positions.