Meet Freshman Caroline Stanford!

Next up on the Freshman introductions is defender Caroline Stanford from Skaneateles, NY! The team continues to work hard. It's the little things now that will make a huge difference in season!

Name: Caroline Stanford

Position: Defense

Year/Major: Freshman/ Undecided

Hometown/ HS: Skaneateles, NY

Birthday: March 25th

Why Hartwick?

The travel opportunities, the campus, lacrosse, and location.

Favorite part of Hartwick Lacrosse:

So far.... the team

Favorite...

Food: Chips and salsa with guacamole

Vacation Spot: Stratton, VT

Animal: Cats :)

Movie: Taken

Pro team: Yankees

On campus meal: Buffalo Chicken Wrap

When I grow up I want to be...: International/ Foreign news correspondent

Meet Freshman Morgan Hall!

We're halfway through fall ball and making great progress! The team has been making great strides in preparation for our play day at RPI in less than two weeks. The coaches can't wait to see the full team in action and playing together for the first time. Next up in our rookie introductions is Freshman defender Morgan Hall from Sloatsburg, NY.

Name: Morgan Hall
Position: Defense
Year/Major: Psychology/ Pre-Med, Freshman
Hometown: Sloatsburg, NY/ Suffern H.S.
Birthday: January 29th

Why Hartwick?
Good school and good distance from home
Favorite part of Hartwick Lacrosse:
Playing lacrosse for my school

Favorite....
Food: Chicken noodle soup
Animal: Sea turtle
Movie: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Pro Team: New England Patriots
Place on campus: My bed
On campus meal: Stir fry!
When I grow up I want to be...: Psychologist or Neurologist

Meet Freshman Steph Luce!

Only two weeks until our fall ball tournament! As we continue practice, the freshmen our getting more comfortable with college play. Next one up in our freshman introductions is Steph Luce, a goalie from Saratoga Springs!

Name: Steph Luce

Position: Goalie

Year/Major: Freshman/ History

Hometown/ HS: Saratoga Springs, NY

Birthday: September 8th

Why Hartwick?

I loved the team and the opportunities given by the school.

Favorite part of Harwick Lacrosse:

Everyone is so much fun to hang with and are willing to let you in.

Favorite...

Food: Corn beef and cabbage

Animal: Monkey

TV Show: Glee

Song: Set Fire to the Rain- Adele

Place on campus: Ali and Meg's room because it's nice and cool

On campus meal: Tuna

When I grow up I want to....: Work in a museum

Greetings from Senior Em Walsh in Italy!!

Check out Em Walsh trying to straighten out the leaning tower of Pisa! Here's what she had to say about it:
" I strained my back, i think. but I should be good as new come spring."

Meet Assistant Coach Wallace!

Learn about Hartwick's new Assistant Women's Lacrosse Coach, Kathleen Wallace

Wallace joins the Hartwick Women’s Lacrosse program after graduating from Dartmouth College in June, 2011 with a B.A. in Music. A native of Shoreham, NY, Wallace competed in cross country, basketball, and lacrosse at Shoreham-Wading River High School. In her senior year, she captained the lacrosse team to the program’s first New York State Championship. At Dartmouth College, Wallace broke into the starting line-up her freshman year and finished the season with 7 goals and 6 assists, including 2 game winners.  Wallace and her teamates travelled to Australia in December, 2008 to take on the Australian National Team, the reigning world champions, in preparation for their 2009 season. Unfortunately, Wallace suffered a career ending head injury shortly after in the winter of 2009.

 Wallace served as a volunteer assistant coach to the Dartmouth Lacrosse team for the remainder of her college time. In her four years, Dartmouth made two Ivy League tournament appearances, one appearance in the NCAA tournament, and won the Ivy League Title in 2011. She also worked as the J.V. Lacrosse coach at Hanover High in Hanover, NH as well as head coach of the Town of Hanover’s Youth Lacrosse League.

PROFILE:

Number: 19 in college, 9 in H.S.

Position: Low Attack

Major: Music

Hometown/H.S.: Shoreham, NY/ Shoreham-Wading River H.S.

Siblings: Brothers Justin (31), Kris (29), Devin (24), Twin Sister Suzanne (22)

FAVORITES:

Food: Peanut Butter and mac and cheese. Or if you want to get fancy I’d have to say duck

Color: Orange

Vacation: Camping at Rollins Pond in the Adirondacks

Sports Team: Mets and Jets

Song: Man in the Mirror by MJ

Animal: Zebra

3 FUN FACTS:

1.       I play the trombone

2.       I went in a hot air balloon with my sister this summer in Arizona

3.       I went scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia

Season Recap

The 2011 season showed great potential for us in the coming years. Although we finished 7-8, the program’s second highest win total in a season, we were just 5 goals away from a 10-5 finish. We proved we can compete and we hope to build on this as we take on the 2012 season!

At the end of the season, four Hartwick players garnered All-Conference honors. Junior Brittany LaVaute, Freshman Brittany McCabe, and Freshman Morgan Galipeau earned Honorable Mention honors while Junior Hannah Kennedy was selected to the Sportswoman of the Year team. It was LaVaute’s second appearance on the All-Conference team after leading the team in caused turnovers (22) and was third in both ground balls (32) and draw controls (26). McCabe made her first appearance on the team after finishing her rookie season with 43 goals and 17 assists for 60 points, leading the team in all three categories. She also led all Empire 8 freshmen in goals scored, assists, and points in conference play, while also being named team MVP. Galipeau also made her All-Conference debut after starting 13 games in her first season at Hartwick. She ranked 4^th on the team in groundballs (31) and tied for fourth in caused turnovers (14). Kennedy was elected the team’s representative for the Women’s Lacrosse Sportsman of the Year Team for the second straight year. This award honors a student-athlete who competes with honor and integrity. Congrats girls!!

This summer, our team was named to the IWLCA Academic Squad. This award recognizes teams who have achieved a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or above for the 2010-2011 academic year. We couldn’t be more proud of our girls; only a quarter of all D3 programs received such an honor!

We have all been hard at work this summer and can’t wait to start up the 2011-2012 school year! The campus is starting to buzz with excitement as students return in time for classes on Tuesday. Soon fall ball will be underway!