McCool Leads Three Tar Heel IWLCA All-Americas

CHAPEL HILL—National Midfielder of the Year Marie McCool led three University of North Carolina players on the 2018 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Division I All-America team, the IWLCA announced on Thursday. Sophomore Katie Hoeg joined McCool in the IWLCA first team, while McCool's fellow senior Ela Hazar made the third team.

McCool is the second National Midfielder of the Year in Carolina history, joining Christine McPike (2002). The Moorestown, N.J., native earned first-team honors from the IWLCA for the third consecutive year and is just the third Tar Heel to earn first-team All-America accolades three times.

McCool led UNC and the ACC in draw controls with a career-high and school-record 165 in 2018. She also led Carolina in ground balls (35), caused turnovers (23) and game-winning goals (six) and was third on the team in assists (23) and points (82). She is the only UNC player to be a two-time finalist for the Tewaaraton Award and was named a finalist for the Honda Award for Lacrosse earlier this month for the second year in a row.

Hoeg earned first-team All-America and first-team All-ACC accolades in 2018 in her first year as a starter. She led Carolina with a career-high and school-record 89 points and a UNC single-season record 50 assists while also leading the ACC in assists and assists per game (2.38). Hoeg was third in the ACC in points per game (4.24) in helping Carolina to the NCAA Tournament semifinals this spring. Hoeg also was UNC's NCAA Elite 90 at the 2018 NCAA championship weekend, posting the highest cumulative grade point average on the Tar Heel team.

Hazar ended her career last month as the runaway career assist leader in Carolina history with 121 (second-place Becky Lynch had 92), earning second-team All-ACC honors. She had eight assists in the regular season win at Northwestern and had a career-high 47 assists in 2018, the second-highest total in school history. She was second in the ACC in assists and assists per game (2.24) in 2018.

Boston College's Sam Apuzzo was the IWLCA National Player of the Year and National Attacker of the Year. BC's Elizabeth Miller was the Defender of the Year and Colorado's Julia Lisella was the Goalkeeper of the Year.

First Team

Sam	Apuzzo	Boston College	Junior	Attack
Dempsey	Arsenault	Boston College	Junior	Midfield
Kasey	Behr	University of Virginia	Senior	Midfield
Julia	Braig	University of Maryland	Junior	Defense
Sarah	Brown	University of Colorado	Senior	Defense
Jenna	Collins	US Naval Academy	Senior	Midfield
Olivia	Conti	Towson University	Sophomore	Defense
Jen	Giles	University of Maryland	Junior	Midfield
Katie	Hoeg	University of North Carolina	Sophomore	Attack
Julia	Lisella	University of Colorado	RS-Sophomore	Goalkeeper
Marie	McCool	University of North Carolina	Senior	Midfield
Elizabeth	Miller	Boston College	Junior	Defense
Courtney	Murphy	Stony Brook University	Senior	Attack
Katie	O'Donnell	Pennsylvania State University	Senior	Midfield
Kylie	Ohlmiller	Stony Brook University	Senior	Attack
Megan	Whittle	University of Maryland	Senior	Attack

Second Team

Erin	Barry	University of Pennsylvania	Sophomore	Midfield
Madison	Carter	Pennsylvania State University	Junior	Attack
Cassie	Ekstrom	University of Connecticut	Senior	Defense
Grace	Gabriel	Marquette University	Junior	Midfield
Brooke	Gubitosi	Stony Brook University	RS-Senior	Defense
Haley	Hicklen	University of Florida	Junior	Goalkeeper
Ally	Kennedy	Stony Brook University	Sophomore	Midfield
Darby	Kiernan	University of Colorado	Senior	Attack
Kelsey	Murray	Stanford University	RS-Senior	Attack
Sheila	Nesselbush	Northwestern University	Senior	Midfield
Paige	Petty	Virginia Tech	Freshman	Midfield
Lindsey	Ronbeck	University of Florida	Junior	Attack
Kyla	Sears	Princeton University	Freshman	Attack
Caroline	Steele	University of Maryland	Junior	Attack
Cara	Trombetta	University of Florida	Sophomore	Defense
Taylor	VanThof	Loyola University	Junior	Midfield

Third Team

Kayla	Brisolari	Pennsylvania State University	Junior	Defense
Lizzie	Colson	University of Maryland	Sophomore	Defense
Kaileen	Hart	Boston College	Senior	Attack
Ela	Hazar	University of North Carolina	Senior	Attack
Selena	Lasota	Northwestern University	RS Junior	Attack
Julia	Massaro	Stanford University	Junior	Defense
Kerrigan	Miller	University of Southern California	Sophomore	Midfield
Sammy	Mueller	University of Virginia	Sophomore	Midfield
Grace	Nolan	University of Connecticut	Senior	Attack
Taryn	Ohlmiller	Stony Brook University	Sophomore	Attack
Sydney	Pirecca	University of Florida	Junior	Midfield
Livy	Rosenzweig	Loyola University	Freshman	Attack
Gabby	Rosenzweig	University of Pennsylvania	Sophomore	Attack
Megan	Taylor	University of Maryland	Junior	Goalkeeper
Holly	Turner	University of Massachusetts	Senior	Attack
Tianna	Wallpher	Towson University	Senior	Defense

Players Mentioned

Ela Hazar

Katie Hoeg

Marie McCool

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