Pre-season A-A first-team
The Dutchwomen lacrosse and softball teams were each ranked
20th in their respective pre-season national polls.
The lacrosse team, which opened its season on March 11 with
an 11-3 victory over visiting Oswego, also had three of its players named to
the preseason All-American team. Junior
attackwoman Molly Flanagan was a first-team selection, senior midfielder
Corinne Hennessy was a second-team pick and junior defensive-midfielder Liz
Flanagan earned third-team honors.
Head coach Linda Bevelander entered her seventh season at
the helm with an overall record of 65-32 (a winning percentage of .747) while
taking her team to five post-season tournaments. Bevelander, a three-time “Coach of the Year” selection, has
guided the Dutchwomen to a pair of NYSWCAA championships and has led her team
into two NCAA National Championship Tournaments.
The Dutchwomen return 14 players from last year's 11-5 team
that won the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association
championship.