New Jersey Atlantic Conference

PITMAN--The College of New Jersey’s junior forward Alison Jaeger and Rowan University junior back Nicole Valianti have been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Attack and Defensive Players of the Year respectively for the 2010 season. Their selections highlighted the 21-member 2010 NJAC women’s lacrosse all-conference team which was announced on May 11. All selections were made by a vote of the conference’s six head coaches.

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GLASSBORO—The Rowan women’s lacrosse team garnered a 12-10 win over Montclair State on May 6 to capture the 2010 NJAC Women’s Lacrosse Championship. The Profs posted a 5-0 record in conference play and claimed just the second league title ever awarded in the sport of women’s lacrosse.

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INDIANAPOLIS—TCNJ's women's lacrosse team is ranked first in the third Division III Metro Regional rankings released by the NCAA on May 5.

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GLASSBORO—Former Rowan field hockey and lacrosse coach Mary Marino recently published her second book entitled, Freshman Season: How I Dodged and Tackled High School. The story follows a 14-year-old girl who loves field hockey and inevitably faces various challenges.

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PITMAN—The College of New Jersey’s women’s lacrosse team is ranked fifth in the national poll released by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association on March 15.

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PITMAN--After claiming the first ever New Jersey Athletic Conference women’s lacrosse championship in 2009, The College of New Jersey has been selected as the preseason favorite in the NJAC in 2010. The Lions, who finished 16-3 overall in 2009 while advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, have garnered 11 national championships in program history.

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PITMAN--Four NJAC student-athletes were among the 407 individuals named to the 2009 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III Academic Squad.  To be nominated, a player must be a junior or senior with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 or in the top 10 percent of their squad.   

• 2009 IWLCA All-Academic Squad

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PITMAN--The College of New Jersey’s sophomore forward Alison Jaeger and senior back Kelly Mitchell have been named the first-ever New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Attack and Defensive Players of the Year. Their selections highlighted the 19-member 2009 NJAC women’s lacrosse all-conference team which was announced on May 6. All selections were made by a vote of the conference’s five head coaches following the conclusion of the first season of conference play.

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GLASSBORO--The College of New Jersey posted a 5-3 road victory over rival Rowan on April 30 to complete an undefeated conference season and claim the first ever NJAC Women's Lacrosse Championship.

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INDIANAPOLIS--The NCAA has announced that Rowan sophomore women's lacrosse player Brittany Petrella has been selected to serve a three-year term on the Division III National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
 
 The NCAA Division III SAAC is a committee comprised of 24 student-athletes who represent the 43 conferences and independent institutions within Division III. Members serve as student-athlete liaisons between the happenings on campuses, conferences, and the national level. Members are selected by the Division III SAAC Nominating Committee from a diverse pool of candidates submitted by each conference. The Division III Nominating Committee and Management Council ratify the appointment and each student-athlete serves a non-renewable three-year term.
 
 A native of Millstone, NJ and a graduate of Allentown high school, Petrella is a sophomore communications major who serves as a defender on the Profs' women's lacrosse team. A four-year letter-winner in lacrosse and a two-year captain at Allentown, she helped institute the women's lacrosse program at Allentown from its inception, helping the Redbirds earn a berth in the New Jersey State playoffs during both her junior and senior seasons.
 
 Petrella, who currently co-chairs the Rowan campus Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, has a history of both leadership and service. She formerly served as the Vice President of the New Jersey Association of Student Councils, and continues to attend an annual leadership camp each summer.
 
 Petrella will represent both the NJAC and its partner conference, the Liberty League, which consists of 10 full-member institutions in New York State.

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