Mangan's Rookie Award Leads Fairfield
from press release
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Fairfield University freshman Chloe
Mangan (Sayville, N.Y.) was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) Women's Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year. She
headlined eight Stags who were named to All-MAAC Teams, announced
at the Championship Banquet held Thursday night in Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.
Fairfield had five players named to the First-Team All-MAAC, with
Mangan, Brittany Bare (Mason, ohio), Kristen Coleman (Potomac,
Md.), Renee L'Heureux (Glastonbury, Conn.), and Caitlin Young
(Wilton, Conn.) all being selected by the league's head coaches.
Katie Keenan (Wantagh, N.Y.), Amy Kelleher (Glastonbury, Conn.) and
Kate Reardon (Needham, Mass.) were all selected to the All-MAAC
Second Team as well for the Stags.
Mangan, a graduate of St. Anthony's High School, is the fourth Stag
in program history to earn the league's rookie honor. She finished
the season second on the team in scoring with 35 points, touching
net 26 times and handing out nine assists. Mangan leads the team
with 35 draw controls, as well as having picked up 14 ground balls
and 10 caused turnovers.
Bare, a graduate of William Mason High School, earns her second
consecutive First-Team All-MAAC selection. She picked up a
team-best 42 ground balls during the regular season, good for third
in the MAAC. Bare also contributed 22 points, with 19 goals, while
finishing the season second on the team with 28 caused
turnovers.
Coleman, a graduate of Holy Cross High School, earns first-team
honors for the third time in as many seasons. She led the team, and
MAAC in total points, 74, and goals scored, 53, while finishing
second with 21 assists. Coleman enters the tournament as the Stags
all-time career leader in all three of those categories, with her
252 career points just nine shy of the career leader in MAAC
history.
L'Heureux, a graduate of Glastonbury High School, earns her
first-ever postseason accolade from the MAAC coaches. A member of
the Stags defensive unit, she was primarily given the task of
marking the opponents' top scoring threat. L'Heureux finished the
regular season with 28 ground balls, 22 caused turnovers and 16
draw controls, and starting all 15 games in which she appeared.
Young, a Wilton High School graduate, earns first-team honors in
her only season with the Stags. She finished the regular season
atop the MAAC, and fifth in the nation, with her 2.38 caused
turnovers per game. Young also contributed on the offensive end
scoring 31 goals, second on the team, and 33 points, fourth on the
team. She is also fourth on the team with 26 ground balls and
second with 23 draw controls.
Keenan, a graduate of Wantagh High School, started all 16 games in
goal for the Stags. She finished the regular season as the league
leader in goals-against average, 10.18, and second in save
percentage (.449). Keenan made 122 saves during the year, the ninth
most in a single-season in program history.
Kelleher, a graduate of Glastonbury High School, earns her second
postseason award, having earned first-team honors a year ago. She
finished the year second on the team with 34 ground balls. Kelleher
also recorded eight caused turnovers and six draw controls, while
also
tallying one goal.
Reardon, a graduate Needham High School, earns her first postseason
award after netting a career-best 20 goals on the year. She tallied
her first two career game-winning goals on the year, against
Monmouth and Iona, and also added an assist. Reardon picked up 14
ground balls, won eight draw controls and caused one turnover.
The Stags had nine student-athletes named to the MAAC All-Academic
Team as well, headlined by the third career selection for Kelly
Barnes (Jenkintown, Pa.) and L'Heureux. To earn selection to the
All-Academic Team a student-athlete must have a 3.2 GPA and have
spent two semesters at their institution. Coleman, Bare, Kelleher,
Reardon and Erin Rigby
(Fair Haven, N.J.) all earned the honor for the second time, while
Kelley Brady (Olney, Md.) and Katie MacKay (Salem, Conn.) were
named to the team for the first time.
Fairfield won its third consecutive MAAC Regular Season title
during the year, posting a 6-0 mark against league foes and
finishing 12-4 overall. The top-seed at the MAAC Championship, the
Stags will take on fourth-seeded Siena on Friday at 4 p.m. The
second semifinal will feature #2 Canisius College and #3 Marist,
with the semifinal winners meeting on Sunday at 1 p.m. for the
league's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The tournament
will be played at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field on the campus
of Marist College.
