Atlantic 10 Conference
Atlantic 10 Conference
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Candace Taglianetti Named Head Women's Lacrosse Coach At La Salle

6/19/2008 - La Salle announced today the appointment of Candace Taglianetti as head women's lacrosse coach. Taglianetti comes to La Salle after serving as the head coach at Notre Dame College (Ohio) for the past four seasons.

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Richards Captures Third-Team IWLCA All-American Honors

- 5/29/2008 - Whitney Richards has been named a Third-Team IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-American, as announced today by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Association

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Temple Women's Lacrosse Falls To Third-Seeded Maryland, 20-7 In NCAA Tournament First Round

- 5/11/2008 - Senior Berkley Summerlin led the Owls with three goals as TU ends its season with a 13-7 record

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Temple Women's Lacrosse To Face Maryland In NCAA Tournament First Round

- 5/5/2008 - The game tips off Sunday at 1 p.m. at UMd's Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex

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Temple Downs UMass, 10-3, To Win A-10 Women's Lacrosse Championship

- 4/27/2008 - Britney Hoffman scored a game-high four goals to lead the Owls to their first title since 2004

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Offensive Player of the Year
Allison Furstenburg - Richmond
Junior, Attack, Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Region HS

Furstenburg leads the top-seeded Spiders in goals scored with 53, which is second in the A-10...also ranks second in the league in points per game (4.65) and goals per game (3.12)..points per game total is seventh in the nation...named A-10 Player of the Week on Mar. 31...boasts 14 multi-goal games in 17 contests and has scored at least one goal in every contest this year.

Midfielder of the Year
Mandy Friend - Richmond
Junior, Midfielder, Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy

Friend earned Co-Offensive Player of the Year honors last season...garners the league's first-ever Midfielder of the Year award...enters the Atlantic 10 Championship with 51 goals and 35 assists for 86 points on the season, ranking her first in the league in total points and second nationally...a three-time A-10 Player of the Week honoree...on the Tewaarton Award watch list...ranks third in the league in goals and second in assists...leads Conference in ground balls per game (3.17)...a two-time All-American...making her third appearance on the A-10 All-Conference first-team.

Defensive Player of the Year
Eboni Preston - St. Bonaventure
Senior, Goalkeeper, New Windsor, Md./Westminster HS

Preston earned All-Conference second-team honors as a junior and is making her first appearance as a first-team honoree...leads the Conference in saves (170), saves per game (12.0) and save percentage (54.1)...leads the nation in saves per game while ranking second nationally in save percentage...had double-digit saves in 11 contests, including six A-10 contests.

Rookie of the Year
Anne Ryan - Richmond
Freshman, Midfield, Darien, Conn./Darien HS

Ryan enjoyed an outstanding rookie season for Richmond and is the second player from Richmond in three years to earn the top rookie honor...two-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week...fifth on her team in goals scored (20) and ground balls (24)...one of Richmond's top one-on-one defenders from her center midfield position...has six multi-goal performances on the season.

Coach of the Year
Bonnie Rosen - Temple
Second Season

Rosen guided Temple to the program's league-leading eighth A-10 regular season title and a No. 2 seed in the upcoming Championship...helped the Owls to their best start since 2002 and finished the regular season with 11 wins, the most victories since 2004...1993 graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science degree in education, Rosen was a four-year, two-sport athlete, playing both lacrosse and field hockey for the Cavaliers.

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