The Maryland women's lacrosse program was named the Lacrosse Program of the Decade by Inside Lacrosse this month after winning five National Championships, making 10 Final Fours, winning eight Tewaaraton Awards and 16 conference championships over the past 10 years.
This week, we will be putting together the official Maryland Women's Lacrosse All-Decade Team. Fans can vote for their top three attackers, top five midfielders, top three defenders and one goalie. Today, defenders...
- 2019 IWLCA National Defender of the Year
- 2018 & 2019 Big Ten Defender of the Year
- Two-time All-American
- Two-time Tewaaraton nominee
- Three-time All-Big Ten
- 2019 NCAA All-Tournament Team
- Two-time All-Big Ten Tournament Team
Megan Douty
2012-15
2014 & 2015 National Championship
- Inside Lacrosse Women's Defender of the Decade
- 2014 & 2015 IWLCA National Defender of the Year
- 2014 Tewaaraton Finalist
- 2015 Tewaaraton Nominee
- Two-time Conference Defender of the Year (2014 - ACC, 2015 - Big Ten)
- Two-time All-American
- Two-time All-Conference
Katie Gallagher
2010-11
2010 National Championship
- 2011 All-American
- 2011 All-ACC
- 2011 ACC Championship All-Tournament Team
Nadine Hadnagy
2014-17
2014, 2015 & 2017 National Championship
- 2017 IWLCA National Defender of the Year
- 2017 Tewaaraton Finalist
- 2017 Big Ten Defender of the Year
- Two-time All-American
- 2016 Tewaaraton nominee
- Two-time All-Big Ten
- 2017 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
Alice Mercer
2013-16
2014 & 2015 National Championship
- 2016 IWLCA National Defender of the Year
- 2016 Tewaaraton Finalist
- 2016 Big Ten Defender of the Year
- Three-time All-American
- Three-time All-Conference (2014 - ACC; 2015, 2016 - Big Ten)
- Two-time NCAA All-Tournament Team
- Two-time Conference All-Tournament Team
Iliana Sanza
2010-13
2010 National Championship
- 2012 & 2013 ACC Defender of the Year
- Two-time All-American
- Two-time All-ACC
- 2012 NCAA All-Tournament Team
- 2012 ACC All-Tournament Team
- Ninth all-time in single season caused turnovers with 33 in 2012
Karissa Taylor
2010
2010 National Championship
- Two-time All-American
- Two-time ACC All-Tournament Team
