Eight John Carroll players signed to play D1 or D2 lacrosse.
By Mike Buchanan
mbuchanan@digitalsports.com
During
the 2007-2008 school year, eight John Carroll graduates signed National Letters
of Intent to play Division One or Division Two women’s college lacrosse, according
to JC Director of Communications Sue Cathell, in a press release earlier in the
week.
The
Patriot varsity lacrosse team went undefeated this past season, winning their
second straight IAAM A Conference championship. John Carroll finished the
season as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation according to both Laxpower.com
and MaxPreps.
Coach
Krystin Porcella’s team went 12-0 in the regular season, in arguably the
toughest league in the country, and finished at 21-0 overall.
The
Patriots had two close games early, and two late in the season. They edged Severn, 10-9, in the second game
of the season, and outlasted Bryn Mawr, 10-8, in their next IAAM test. From then on, no team came closer than four
goals.
Included
in those 21 wins was a big win earlier in the season, as John Carroll took down
11-time defending state champion Mount Hebron, 17-9, handing the Vikings their
first loss to a Maryland team since 1998.
The
Patriots also survived two scares in the play-offs, both at home. St. Paul’s School for Girls brought its “A” game
and battled to the end, but John Carroll won by one, 12-11, in the
quarter-finals. Then, in the
semi-finals, Notre Dame Prep rallied to tie late in regulation before losing in
overtime, 14-12. The Patriots went on to
defeat McDonogh, 11-6, in the title match at SPSG. In 2007, JC defeated Seven in overtime, at
Loyola College.
Pictured (from front row, left): Tori Pyzik
(University of Oregon); Alison Luongo (Lehigh University): Grace Gaeng
(University of Maryland); (from top row, left) Anne Brockmeyer (Yale
University); Casey Ancarrow (James Madison University); Shannon Casey (Queens
University of Charlotte); and Allyson Carey (Vanderbilt University); (not
pictured) Cailey Aburn (George Mason University).
Five Patriots earned All-American status. Three were named first-team: Carey (her third
selection), Ancarrow (her second selection) and Gaeng (her first
selection). Brockmeyer and junior
Brittany Dashiell earned Honorable Mention honors. Carey was also named Baltimore Sun’s Female
Athlete of the Year.
About The John Carroll School:
“The John Carroll School is a Catholic, independent,
college-preparatory, co-educational school for grades 9-12, located on a
72-acre campus in Bel Air, Harford County.
Named for America’s first Catholic bishop, the School’s core values are
drawn from his example as priest, patriot and scholar: love of learning,
respect for self and sensitivity to others.
The rigorous academic program and the extraordinary number of opportunities
in athletics, the arts and other co-curricular and extra-curricular programs,
prepare students to be successful in college and, ultimately, in the communities
where they live and work.”