Northwestern University Athletics
Five NU Players Earn All-America From IWLCA
5/24/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
May 22, 2005
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EVANSTON, Ill. - The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) named its All-America Teams Sunday afternoon in conjunction with the NCAA Championship final, and five women from national champion Northwestern (21-0) were honored.
Kristen Kjellman, Courtney Koester and Lindsey Munday were named first-team All-America; Sarah Albrecht and Laura Glassanos were second-team honorees. The Wildcats were one of just two teams to have three women earn first-team recognition (Duke was the other).
This is the second year in a row Kjellman and Koester received honors from the IWLCA; both players were second-team All-America last year. Munday, Albrecht and Glassanos are being recognized with All-America honors for the first time by the IWLCA.
Kjellman, a sophomore, is one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Trophy as the nation's outstanding player. She finished the season with a team-leading 59 goals and added 32 assists for 91 points, and capped the season by scoring five goals in the NCAA final Sunday. Kjellman was among the national leaders in all three scoring categories (goals, assists and points per game) as well as draw controls per game.
Koester, a fifth-year senior, did not pick up the sport until she was recruited -- along with her twin sister Ashley -- during the fall of 2001 on campus by head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller. This season, Koester led the team and was eighth nationally with 73 draw controls (3.48 per game); she was also second on the team with 29 caused turnovers, and third with 44 ground balls. She anchored a defense that led the nation in goals-against average (5.90).
Munday, a junior, was the nation's leading scorer and set several Northwestern records in the process. Her 107 points bested the 102 put up by Kate Oleykowski in 1987 (the previous era of lacrosse at NU), and her 54 assists shattered the old mark of 32 set by Maureen Mullen in 1988. Munday's 5.09 points-per-game average led the country, while her 2.57 assists per game was second. Munday also finished with 31 ground balls, 20 draw controls, and 17 caused turnovers.
Albrecht, a senior who still has a year of eligibility (she missed the 2003 season to an injury), was Northwestern's fourth-leading scorer in 2004, with 37 goals and 20 assists for 57 points. She also had 34 ground balls, 33 draw controls, and 25 caused turnovers. Albrecht was huge in the NCAA Championship, scoring 10 goals in the final three games which led the 'Cats.
Glassanos suffered an injury that kept her out of the NCAA Championship, but her play during the regular season more than earned her a spot on the second team. She finished with 43 goals and 20 assists for 63 points, good for third on the team. Prior to her injury, Glassanos had a streak of eight consecutive multi-goal games, and she scored in 16 of the Wildcats' 17 regular-season contests.
