University of North Carolina Athletics
Four Tar Heels Earn IWLCA All-America Honors
June 12, 2019 | Women's Lacrosse
CHAPEL HILL – Four University of North Carolina women's lacrosse players earned spots on the 2019 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-America teams, the IWLCA announced on Wednesday afternoon.
Sophomores Jamie Ortega, an attacker, and Emma Trenchard, a defender who won Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors, made the first team. Junior attacker Katie Hoeg earned second-team honors, and sophomore goalie Taylor Moreno grabbed third-team accolades.
Ortega, Trenchard and Moreno previously earned First-Team All-ACC honors, while Hoeg was on the second team.
Ortega won the ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors this season while also tallying a school-record 112 points, becoming the first Tar Heel to reach the 100-point plateau.
Trenchard previously had joined Ortega on Inside Lacrosse's first-team All-America squad and in this month's U.S. National Team training camp in Maryland.
Hoeg followed Ortega as the second UNC player to record 100 points in a season, finishing with 104 points and a school-record 73 assists this spring. She is already Carolina's career assist leader with 132 after just two years as a starter.
Moreno also is in the U.S. team camp after a season that saw her earn second-team All-America honors from ILWomen. She had 11 games with double-digit saves in 2019, including all three NCAA Tournament games.
The Tar Heels went 17-4, won their fourth consecutive ACC championship and advanced to the NCAA semifinals for the eighth time in 11 years in 2019.
The full IWLCA All-America teams are:
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Sophomores Jamie Ortega, an attacker, and Emma Trenchard, a defender who won Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors, made the first team. Junior attacker Katie Hoeg earned second-team honors, and sophomore goalie Taylor Moreno grabbed third-team accolades.
Ortega, Trenchard and Moreno previously earned First-Team All-ACC honors, while Hoeg was on the second team.
Ortega won the ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors this season while also tallying a school-record 112 points, becoming the first Tar Heel to reach the 100-point plateau.
Trenchard previously had joined Ortega on Inside Lacrosse's first-team All-America squad and in this month's U.S. National Team training camp in Maryland.
Hoeg followed Ortega as the second UNC player to record 100 points in a season, finishing with 104 points and a school-record 73 assists this spring. She is already Carolina's career assist leader with 132 after just two years as a starter.
Moreno also is in the U.S. team camp after a season that saw her earn second-team All-America honors from ILWomen. She had 11 games with double-digit saves in 2019, including all three NCAA Tournament games.
The Tar Heels went 17-4, won their fourth consecutive ACC championship and advanced to the NCAA semifinals for the eighth time in 11 years in 2019.
The full IWLCA All-America teams are:
First Team
| Andie | Aldave | University of Notre Dame | Sophomore | Midfield |
| Sam | Apuzzo | Boston College | Senior | Attack |
| Dempsey | Arsenault | Boston College | Senior | Midfield |
| Julia | Braig | University of Maryland | Senior | Defense |
| Jen | Giles | University of Maryland | Senior | Midfield |
| Emily | Hawryschuck | Syracuse University | Junior | Attack |
| Ally | Kennedy | Stony Brook University | Junior | Midfield |
| Kenzie | Kent | Boston College | Graduate | Attack |
| Selena | Lasota | Northwestern University | Senior | Attack |
| Elizabeth | Miller | Boston College | Senior | Defense |
| Sammy | Mueller | University of Virginia | Junior | Midfield |
| Jamie | Ortega | University of North Carolina | Sophomore | Attack |
| Lindsey | Ronbeck | University of Florida | Senior | Attack |
| Livy | Rosenzweig | Loyola University Maryland | Sophomore | Attack |
| Megan | Taylor | University of Maryland | Senior | Goalkeeper |
| Emma | Trenchard | University of North Carolina | Sophomore | Defense |
| Lindsey | Ehrhardt | Loyola University Maryland | Senior | Defense |
| Katherine | Fischer | University of Denver | Senior | Defense |
| Elizabeth | George | Princeton University | Senior | Attack |
| Samantha | Giacolone | University of Notre Dame | Senior | Goalkeeper |
| Kali | Hartshorn | University of Maryland | Junior | Attack |
| Katie | Hoeg | University of North Carolina | Junior | Attack |
| Maddie | Howe | University of Notre Dame | Sophomore | Attack |
| Maggie | Jackson | University of Virginia | Senior | Midfield |
| Olivia | Jenner | Duke University | Senior | Attack |
| Shannon | Kavanagh | University of Florida | Sophomore | Midfield |
| Kerrigan | Miller | University of Southern California | Junior | Midfield |
| Izzy | Scane | Northwestern University | Freshman | Attack |
| Caroline | Sdanowich | James Madison University | Senior | Defense |
| Kyla | Sears | Princeton University | Sophomore | Attack |
| Taylor | VanThof | Loyola University Maryland | Senior | Midfield |
| Francesca | Whitehurst | Georgetown University | Senior | Midfield |
| Nonie | Andersen | Princeton University | Senior | Defense |
| Erin | Barry | University of Pennsylvania | Junior | Midfield |
| Samantha | Chenoweth | Towson University | Junior | Defense |
| Lizzie | Colson | University of Maryland | Junior | Defense |
| Brennan | Dwyer | Northwestern University | Sophomore | Midfield |
| Erica | Evans | University of Maryland | Senior | Midfield |
| Kathryn | Giroux | Dartmouth College | Senior | Midfield |
| Quintin | Hoch-Bullen | University of Denver | Sophomore | Attack |
| Kelly | Larkin | United States Naval Academy | Junior | Attack |
| Taylor | Moreno | University of North Carolina | Sophomore | Goalkeeper |
| Alyssa | Parrella | Hofstra University | Junior | Midfield |
| Sydney | Pirreca | University of Florida | Senior | Midfield |
| Hannah | Powers | Loyola University Maryland | Senior | Attack |
| Gabby | Rosenzweig | University of Pennsylvania | Junior | Attack |
| Caroline | Steele | University of Maryland | Senior | Attack |
| Cara | Trombetta | University of Florida | Junior | Defense |
Players Mentioned
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Defender
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