Dykstra earns second straight All-Region honor
5/28/2010 3:52:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – For the second consecutive season Lauren Dykstra has been named to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Mid-Atlantic Region First-Team, it was announced on Friday. The 2010 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, Dykstra is the first student-athlete in league history to earn the Rookie of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and becomes Lehigh’s first repeat All-Region selection since Jill Altshuer in the mid-90’s.
Dykstra is a three time First-Team All-Patriot League selection and she advanced to the second round of tryouts for the United States women’s developmental team during the summer of 2009. A native of Mendham, New Jersey, Dykstra’s on-field role changed during the 2010 season as she anchored Lehigh’s young defense and dominated the midfield through the Mountain Hawks ride. On two occasions, the junior captain had a hand in ending a pair of the nation’s longest scoring streaks. In Lehigh’s win over Albany on April 12 Dykstra shut out Kayla Best, who had scored a goal in 56 straight games, and five days later Dykstra held Navy’s Erin Rawlick, the nation’s leading goal scorer to zero goals, which snapped Rawlick’s 50-game scoring streak.
During the 2010 season Dykstra led the Mountain Hawks with 54 goals and 62 points. She also scooped up a team best 47 ground balls, won 38 draw controls and caused 16 turnovers. Dykstra is currently second in school history with 184 career goals and third in career points with 215.
Dykstra is one of 128 student-athletes named to the 2010 All-Region teams. These athletes are now eligible for inclusion on the IWLCA All-America Teams, which will be announced on Monday, May 31.
