Lauriann Parker

Six Seahawks Named to the 2010 All-CAC Women's Lacrosse Teams; Parker Tabbed Rookie of the Year

York, Pa. – The 2010 Capital Athletic Conference Women's Lacrosse Rookie of the Year, Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) headlined a group of six St. Mary's College of Maryland players that garnered spots on this year's All-Capital Athletic Conference Women's Lacrosse Teams as announced by conference commissioner, Tom Byrnes, Thursday.

An first team All-CAC selection as well, Parker, a first-year midfielder for the Seahawks, is the eighth SMCM player to earn conference rookie of the year honors, joining Britney Whitehurst (1998), Kathy Holmes (1999), Courtney Young (2000), Jen Chumley (2001), Sarah Sloane (2002), Danielle Miller (2004) and Aileen McCausland (2008).

The 2009 CAC Field Hockey Rookie of the Year, Parker becomes the second Seahawk to win a pair of rookie awards during the same academic year as Kathy Holmes '02 was the league rookie of the year in both women's soccer (1998) and women's lacrosse (1999).

Seniors Kelsey Branch (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford), Nora Fallon-Oben (Silver Spring, Md./St. John's College [D.C.]), and Alex Bertrand (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's, Annapolis) and juniors Aubrey Mirkin (Ashton, Md./Sherwood) and Jamie Roberts (Rockville, Md./The Barrie School) were all second team All-CAC choices.

Parker notched a stellar rookie season, finishing as the team's leading scorer with team-highs of 49 goals and 82 points along with a second-best 33 assists.  She also contributed with 38 draw controls, 30 ground balls, and 16 caused turnovers.  Parker set school single-game records for most goals and points in a game following her 9-goal, 12-point performance at Christopher Newport University on May 1.  She finished the 2010 season ranked in NCAA Division III in points (36th), assists (30th) and assists per game (47th).  Parker ranked in the top 5 in the conference in points per game (2nd, 4.56), goals per game (3rd, 2.72), and assists per game (4th, 1.83) while leading the league with five game-winning goals.

This is Branch's second consecutive appearance on the all-star second team after leading the Seahawks for the fourth year in a row in assists.  The 5-6 attacker leaves the SMCM women's lacrosse program as the all-time assist leader with 130 career assists.  She ended her senior campaign as the third-leading scorer with nine goals and 37 assists for 46 points.  Branch added 26 ground balls, 18 draw controls and six caused turnovers.  Among NCAA Division III players, she ranks 20th in assists and 27th in assists per game (2.06) while ranking third within the conference in assists per game.

Experiencing her career-best campaign, Fallon-Oben picked up her first all-conference selection after wrapping up her senior season as the team's second-leading scorer with 48 goals and 66 points while coming in with a third-best 18 assists.  The 5-8 attacker led the Seahawks in caused turnovers with 23 while adding 27 draw controls and 25 ground balls.  She owns the school's second-best single-game records for most goals and points in a game following her 8-goal, 10-point effort against Virginia Wesleyan College on March 23.  Fallon-Oben ranked fourth in the CAC in goals per game (2.67), sixth in points per game (3.67) and 10th in assists per game (1.00).

After spending her junior season studying abroad in Paris, Bertrand finished out her Seahawk career on top with her first all-league pick.  The 5-6 defender helped the St. Mary's defense post a 12.86 goals against average as she notched 14 ground balls and eight caused turnovers.  Bertrand aided in kick-starting the offense as well with six draw controls.

Mirkin is also registering her first all-conference nod following a junior campaign which saw the 5-6 midfielder lead the team in both draw controls (49) and ground balls (43).  She averaged 2.72 draw controls per game to rank fourth in the league.  Mirkin contributed to the Seahawks' offensive success as the team's fourth-leading scorer with 31 goals and eight assists.

A three-sport standout at St. Mary's in soccer, basketball and lacrosse, Roberts is nabbing her first-ever all-star selection in any sport after helping the Seahawks to a 9-3 record in their final 12 games following an 0-6 start to the season.  The 5-7 goalkeeper scooped up 31 ground balls and caused 10 turnovers while picking up her first collegiate assist on May 1 in a come-from-behind win at Christopher Newport.  Roberts posted a 14.03 GAA and a .404 save percentage on 314 shots faced.

St. Mary's finished the 2010 campaign with a 9-9 overall record, taking second in the conference with a 5-2 league mark.  For the second year in a row, the Seahawks were knocked out of the CAC tournament in the semifinal round by University of Mary Washington.