Moreno Named National Goalkeeper Of The Year By IWLCA

CHAPEL HILL—North Carolina senior Taylor Moreno picked up the 2021 National Goalkeeper of the Year award from the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association, the IWLCA announced on Thursday.

Moreno finished second in the nation in goals against average (6.65) and save percentage (.549) and led her team to the ACC championship and the NCAA Semifinals. The 2021 ACC Defender of the Year, Moreno was a Tewaaraton Award finalist, and also named a finalist for the 2021 Honda Award for women's lacrosse. Moreno is a two-time ACC Tournament MVP and was an IWLCA All-America in 2019. She ranks second all-time at UNC in wins with a career record of 48-6 and has announced she will return to Carolina for the 2022 season.

Moreno becomes the fourth Tar Heel to win a National Goalkeeper of the Year award, joining Logan Ripley (2009), Caylee Waters (2015, 2016 co-winner) and Megan Ward (2016 co-winner).

The IWLCA named four All-Americas from each Division as positional Players of the Year. Each Division's selection committee has also chosen one of the positional honorees as the Player of the Year for each Division.

DIVISION I

Division I Player of the Year	Charlotte	North	Boston College	Senior

Division I Positional Players of the Year
Attacker of the Year	Charlotte	North	Boston College	Senior
Midfielder of the Year	Ally	Kennedy	Stony Brook	Graduate
Defender of the Year	Lizzie	Colson	Maryland	Graduate
Goalkeeper of the Year	Taylor	Moreno	North Carolina	Senior

Charlotte North was named the 2021 Tewaaraton Award winner after a stellar campaign that included an NCAA record 102 goals and culminated with BC claiming their first national championship. During the NCAA Tournament, she set the record for goals in a single tournament with 31 and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. North racked up 114 points and 174 draw controls in 2021, earning first-team All-ACC honors. North, who finished the season ranked first in Division I for goals, second for points, and third for draw controls, announced earlier this week that she would return to Boston College for the 2022 season. She was also named a finalist for the 2021 Honda Award for women's lacrosse.

Ally Kennedy is a three-time IWLCA All-American and a three-time America East Midfielder of the Year. She became the third player in program history to score her 200th career goal, finishing her career with 266, while also adding 63 assists, 343 draw controls, 180 ground balls, and 59 caused turnovers. As the America East Tournament's Most Outstanding Player this year, she set a new tournament record with 12 goals in two games and matched a tournament record with seven goals against UMBC. Kennedy was drafted second overall in the Athletes Unlimited draft and named a finalist for the 2021 Honda Award for women's lacrosse.

Lizzie Colson was a Tewaaraton Finalist, a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection, the Big Ten Defender of the Year, and was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team in 2021. Colson led Division I with 49 caused turnovers, the second-highest mark in Maryland program history, while ranking third for groundballs with 59. Colson had more than three caused turnovers in nine-of-17 games this season and had six games of four-plus caused turnovers, while recording at least four groundballs in 10-of-17 games. Colson is a three-time All-American, having been named to the IWLCA Division I third team in both 2018 and 2019. She was named a finalist for the 2021 Honda Award for women's lacrosse earlier this week.

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