Three Terps Snag All-ACC Preseason Honors
2/4/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Maryland placed a league-high three student-athletes on the 2014 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Preseason Team, league officials announced Tuesday.
Redshirt junior attacker Brooke Griffin and midfielders Taylor Cummings and Kelly McPartland all landed on the 13-member team.
Griffin – an All-ACC selection in 2013 – racked up 49 goals and 24 assists last season. Cummings and McPartland – members of the U.S. national team – racked up 43 goals and 25 goals, respectively for the Terps a year ago. Cummings was the ACC Freshman of the Year and an IWLCA First Team All-American in 2013.
The ACC boasts a new look this season with the addition of Syracuse and Notre Dame. A vote by the league coaches slated North Carolina to win the conference with Maryland coming in a close second. ACC newcomer Syracuse landed in third and Duke and Virginia rounded out the top five at fourth and fifth, respectively.
ACC Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll
1. North Carolina (4 first place votes, 60 points)
2. Maryland (2 first place votes, 54 points)
3. Syracuse (2 first place votes, 53 points)
4. Duke (34)
5. Virginia (29)
6. Notre Dame (27)
7. Boston College (23)
8. Virginia Tech (8)
Preseason All-ACC Team
Attack
Abbey Friend, Sr., A North Carolina
Brooke Griffin, R-Jr., A, Maryland
Kayla Traenor, So., A, Syracuse
Midfield
Taylor Cummings, So., M, Maryland
Kelly McPartland, Jr., M, Maryland
Mikaela Rix, Jr., M, Boston College
Defense
Sloane Serpe, Sr., D, North Carolina
Barbara Sullivan, Jr. D, Notre Dame
Taylor Virden, Sr., D, Duke
At-Large
*Due to a tie in voting, an extra selection was added
Casey Bocklet, Jr., A, Virginia
Alyssa Murray, Sr., A, Syracuse
Covie Stanwick, Jr., A, Boston College
Goalkeeper
Kelsey Duryea, So., GK, Duke
