2022 ALL-SSC Women’s Lacrosse Awards
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Thirty-four student-athletes are recognized as All-Conference following the eighth season of Sunshine State Conference women's lacrosse. Caroline Gastonguay of Rollins collects Player of the Year honors, while FSC's Kara Reber repeats as Coach of the Year and Maria Palomba from Saint Leo University receives Freshman of the Year accolades. Voting for the All-SSC Women's Lacrosse Team was conducted among the league's head coaches.
All-SSC History: SSC Players and Coaches of the Year | All-SSC Teams
In 17 games this season, Gastonguay tallied 77 points from 47 goals and 30 assists with a .595 shooting percentage. The senior from Lewiston, Maine, ranks second in SSC points per game (4.53), sixth in assists per game (1.76), and ninth in goals per game (2.76). Gastonguay is also Top-10 in league ground balls per game (2.29) and caused turnovers per game (1.47). She is the second Rollins women's lacrosse athlete to earn Player of the Year honors and the first since 2015
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Palomba recorded 166 draw controls and 9.22 draw controls per game across her 18 games to lead the conference in 2022. She also led Saint Leo with 37 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers this season. Offensively, Palomba tallied 27 points from 14 goals and 13 assists with a .636 shooting percentage. The midfielder from Lawrenceville, Georgia, is the second consecutive women's lacrosse athlete from the Lions' program to win Freshman of the Year accolades
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Reber repeats as Coach of the Year following a 15-3 overall record and the fourth SSC postseason title for the Moccasins. This season, FSC led the league in scoring margin (7.5), goals per game (18.1), assists per game (8.6), points per game (26.7), and shooting percentage (.569). Reber remains the only Florida Southern skipper to be honored as Coach of the Year.
FSC's Patricia Werker highlights this year's All-SSC repeat winners. The Moccasins' goalkeeper collected back-to-back First Team accolades in 2021 and 2022, following her Second Team and Freshman of the Year honors from 2019. Werker and teammate Abby Hammond are the only players honored in 2022 to be named All-SSC three times. Hammond moves up to the First Team after Second Team laurels in 2019 and 2021. Gastonguay and the Florida Southern pair of Lizzy Lynch and Hailey Daleo repeat as First Team honorees from 2021. Tampa's Dani Waters and Embry-Riddle's Elizabeth Ninesling collect First Team honors after previously being named the All-SSC Second Team in their careers.
Player of the Year: Caroline Gastonguay, Rollins
Freshman of the Year: Maria Palomba, Saint Leo
Coach of the Year: Kara Reber, Florida Southern
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| 2022 Women’s Lacrosse All-SSC First Team |
| ATT |
Murphy McDonough |
Embry-Riddle |
Jr. |
Norwell, Massachusetts |
| ATT |
Lizzy Lynch* |
Florida Southern |
Sr. |
Boca Raton, Florida |
| ATT |
Hailey Daleo* |
Florida Southern |
Sr. |
Westhampton Beach, New York |
| ATT |
Madison Tare |
Florida Southern |
Jr. |
Etters, Pennsylvania |
| ATT |
Sydney Hill |
Lynn |
So. |
Mount Airy, Maryland |
| ATT |
Caroline Gastonguay* |
Rollins |
Sr. |
Lewiston, Maine |
| ATT |
Lizzie Pierpont |
Tampa |
Sr. |
Centennial, Colorado |
| MID |
Elizabeth Ninesling† |
Embry-Riddle |
Jr. |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| MID |
Sallie Squire |
Embry-Riddle |
Fr. |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| MID |
Ellie Griffin |
Florida Southern |
Fr. |
Gainesville, Florida |
| MID |
Maria Palomba |
Saint Leo |
Fr. |
Lawrenceville, Georgia |
| MID |
Madison Birch |
Tampa |
Gr. |
Wall, New Jersey |
| DEF |
Abby Hammond^† |
Florida Southern |
Sr. |
Marriottsville, Maryland |
| DEF |
Kailee O'Brien |
Florida Tech |
Sr. |
Lewis Center, Ohio |
| DEF |
Dani Waters^ |
Tampa |
Sr. |
Smithtown, New York |
| GK |
Patricia Werker*†‡ |
Florida Southern |
Sr. |
Nesconset, New York |
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| 2022 Women’s Lacrosse All-SSC Second Team |
| ATT |
Abby McFerren |
Florida Southern |
So. |
York, Pennsylvania |
| ATT |
Brenna Smith† |
Florida Southern |
Sr. |
Upper Arlington, Ohio |
| ATT |
Kayla Minton |
Florida Tech |
Jr. |
Severna Park, Maryland |
| ATT |
Liz Fahey* |
Rollins |
Sr. |
Hagerstown, Maryland |
| ATT |
Fiona McLaughlin* |
Saint Leo |
So. |
Marietta, Georgia |
| ATT |
Sarah Hinkle |
Tampa |
So. |
Hudson, Ohio |
| ATT |
CeCe Colombo* |
Tampa |
Jr. |
Waxhaw, North Carolina |
| MID |
Caroline MacLeod |
Florida Tech |
Sr. |
Hopkinton, Massachusetts |
| MID |
Mallory Jarka |
Lynn |
Fr. |
Charlotte, North Carolina |
| MID |
Abigail DeGroat |
Rollins |
Fr. |
Ambler, Pennsylvania |
| DEF |
Emma Telatovich |
Embry-Riddle |
Fr. |
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| DEF |
Ryan Kelly |
Florida Southern |
So. |
Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
| DEF |
Megan DeGroat^ |
Rollins |
Sr. |
Ambler, Pennsylvania |
| DEF |
Bridget Cawley^ |
Rollins |
Jr. |
Bernardsville, New Jersey |
| DEF |
Erin Sistek^ |
Tampa |
Sr. |
White Hall, Maryland |
| GK |
Ciara Moorman |
Lynn |
Gr. |
Parkville, Maryland |
| GK |
Rachel Schlesinger |
Rollins |
So. |
East Islip, New York |
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* = 2021 First Team All-SSC
^ = 2021 Second Team All-SSC
† = 2019 Second Team All-SSC
‡ = 2019 Freshman of the Year
1 Previous Rollins Player of the Year: Tyler Thomas (2015)
2 Previous Saint Leo Freshmen of the Year: Ashlee WIlsynski (2021)