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Are
you an alumnus of the Upper Arlington High School
Girls' Lacrosse Team?
If so, please visit
this page to add or update your current
contact information so that we can stay in touch
and keep you informed of all alumni activities
and news.
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CAMRYN
CALLAHAN MAKES USA U20 LACROSSE TRAINING TEAM
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From
an article by Dave Purpura in the Dispatch
on July 11, 2023:
One
of the top high school girls lacrosse players
to come out of central Ohio is one step closer
to representing the United States on the international
stage.
Camryn
Callaghan, a two-time All-American at Upper
Arlington who quickly became one of the nations
top freshmen this spring at Cincinnati, earned
a spot on the
USA U20 Lacrosse training team this
past weekend at USA Lacrosses national
headquarters in Sparks, Maryland.
Callaghan
was one of 99 players in tryouts. Forty-two
made the cut, and they will reconvene in August
in Sparks for a training camp ahead of the USA
Lacrosse Fall Classic in October.
After
that, another round of cuts will determine the
final roster to represent the U.S. at the 2024
World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship next
August in Hong Kong.
Callaghan
is the only player from Ohio on the roster ...Read
the entire article here.
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2023
GOLDEN BEARS BRING HOME
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE ON JUNE 3, 2023
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UPPER
ARLINGTON |
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OLENTANGY
LIBERTY |
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Read
the Columbus Dispatch story about UA's win |
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CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM HONORED BY BOARD OF EDUCATION
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On
June 13, 2023, the Upper Arlington Board of Education
celebrated the 2023 girls state champion lacrosse
team. These girls weathered nearly three hours
in game delays due to storms to capture their
11th state championship, in the 40th year of girls
lacrosse in UA. They also represent UA's 151st
state championship - spanning nearly a century.
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2023
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM CELEBRATES VICTORY!
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On
Saturday, June 3, 2023, the Upper Arlington
Girls' Lacrosse Team celebrated their state
championship win over Olentangy Liberty.
The
game took three hours because of weather, but
the team captured its 11th state championship
title while also celebrating the 40-year anniversary
since the beginning of the program in UA. CONGRATULATIONS!
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MEET
THE 2023 VARSITY LACROSSE TEAM
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OCC
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1st
Team |
Kampbell
Stone |
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Eizabeth
Schumacher |
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Audrey
Schoemer |
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2nd
Team |
Lilly
Boyle |
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Lilly
Stelzer |
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Simone
McCraw |
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Abbie
Dunlap |
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Honorable
Mention |
Brennan
Campbell |
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Scholar
Athlete |
Paige
Brewer |
ALL-REGION |
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Midfield Player of the Year |
Kampbell
Stone |
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Defensive
Player of the Year |
Audrey
Schoemer |
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1st
Team |
Audrey
Schoemer * |
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Kampbell
Stone * |
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Elizabeth
Schmucher |
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Simone
McCraw |
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Lilly
Stelzer |
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*
All-Region position Player of the Year |
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2nd
Team |
Abbie
Dunlap |
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Brennan
Campbell |
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Lilly
Boyle |
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Honorable
Mention |
Alex
Burns |
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Cami
Callender |
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ALL-OHIO |
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Midfield Player of the Year |
Kampbell
Stone |
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Defensive
Player of the Year |
Audrey
Schoemer |
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1st
Team |
Audrey
Schoemer * |
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Kampbell
Stone * |
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Elizabeth
Schumacher |
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All-Ohio Position Player of the Year |
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2nd
Team |
Lilly
Stelzer |
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Simone
McCraw |
USA
LACROSSE NATIONAL ALL-AMERICAN |
2023
USA Lacrosse National All-American |
Kampbell
Stone |
USA
LACROSSE NATIONAL
ALL-ACADEMIC |
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2023
USA Lacrosse National All-Academic |
Elizabeth
Schumacher |
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FINAL
SCORE: 12-10 vs. New Albany
Saturday, June 1, 2019
GOLDEN BEARS' 10th STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP!
(2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,
2019)
GOLDEN BEARS' 5th CONSECUTIVE
STATE TITLE!
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CENTRAL
DIVISION PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
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Ellena
Schildmeyer |
CENTRAL
DIVISION COACH OF THE YEAR |
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Wendy
Pinta |
OCC
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1st
Team |
Ellena
Schildmeyer |
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Sophie
Ballou |
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Nina
Akins |
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Julia
Corna |
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2nd
Team |
Clara
Gallapoo |
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Annie
Hargraves |
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Joey
Fowler |
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Riley
Kuehn |
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Honorable
Mention |
Camryn
Callaghan |
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Scholar
Athlete: |
Jamie
Stummer |
ALL-REGION |
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1st
Team |
Ellena
Schildmeyer |
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Sophie
Ballou |
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2nd
Team |
Annie
Hargraves |
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Clara
Gallapoo |
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Honorable
Mention |
Riley
Kuehn |
ALL-STATE |
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1st
Team |
Ellena
Schildmeyer |
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2nd
Team |
Sophie
Ballou |
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SOPHIE
BALLOU: NEW RECORD - 94 GOALS IN A SEASON! |
Sophie
Ballou breaks Mary Nicole Scott's (2016) Most
Goals in a Season record (83), tallying 94 for the
2019 season.
Sophie
also earned 1st Team OCC, 1st Team All-Region, and
2nd Team All-State recognition.
CONGRATULATIONS
to Sophie for these outstanding accomplishments!
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COACH
STIMMEL INDUCTED INTO 2018 HALL OF FAME |
From
DenisonBigRed.com:
Denison
University's Varsity D Association has announced its
2018 Hall of Fame inductees who were honored as
part of the college's annual Big Red Weekend festivities
on Friday, September 28, 2018.
Sue
Stimmel, former head coach of Denison women's
lacrosse and field hockey, is this year's recipient
of the Varsity D Citation. Stimmel spent six years
as the head coach of both programs at Denison and
later went on to be the head women's lacrosse coach
at Ohio State for 15 seasons.
As
the women's lacrosse coach at Denison, Stimmel boasts
an impressive .809 winning percentage over six seasons.
Denison advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times
and won five North Coast Athletic Conference Championships
during her tenure in Granville. Overall, her teams
went 76-18, and she was named the NCAC Coach of the
Year three times in 1990, 1992 and 1993. She also
was named the West Region Coach of the Year three
times in 1991, 1992 and 1994.
In
field hockey, Stimmel posted a record of 74-34-6 while
leading the Big Red to four NCAA Tournament appearances
and one NCAC championship.
After
Denison, Stimmel became the first-ever women's lacrosse
coach at Ohio State where she went on to post a record
of 122-111 (.524) from 1996 through 2010. Her Buckeye
squad reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time
in 2002 and returned in 2003 where they advanced to
the national quarterfinals.
She
has served on regional All-American committees, the
NCAA Regional Advisory Board and the Tewaaraton Selection
Committee that recognizes to the top collegiate women's
lacrosse player annually. She was inducted into the
Ohio Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame in 2000 and
the Temple Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011 for her
participation on Temple's 1982 and 1984 national championship
women's lacrosse teams.
Even
after stepping away from collegiate coaching, Stimmel
has remained active in the lacrosse coaching community.
She has been the associate head coach at Upper Arlington
High School in Columbus, Ohio, since 2012 and has
helped build the Golden Bears into the preeminent
prep team in the state. Stimmel helped guide Upper
Arlington's five consecutive state championship teams
from 2013 to 2018.
In
addition to her coaching duties at Upper Arlington,
Stimmel teaches mathematics at Franklin Heights High
School in Columbus.
Read
the entire article
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AVA
KEETHLER NAMED USA TODAY THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN |
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Photo
courtesy of USA Today
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From
USATodayHSS.com:
USA
TODAY High School Sports presents the 2017-18 American
Family Insurance ALL-USA Girls Lacrosse Third Team.
The honorees were selected based on performance, level
of competition and strength of schedule.
Congratulations
to Ava!
Read
the article and view the photos here.
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BROOKE
SMITH NAMED MIDWEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
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Photo
courtesy of USLaxMagazine.com
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From
USLaxMagazine.com:
"Going
into this season, Brooke Smith was a bit overshadowed
by some of her peers within a senior class at Upper
Arlington (Ohio) that was as talented as any in the
Midwest.
By
her junior season in 2017, Smith had carved out a
niche of being a reliable goal-scorer and playmaker,
scoring 26 goals and adding 21 assists. Yet, she was
Upper Arlingtons fourth-highest returning scorer,
behind Lauren Farber, Megan Kozar and Brookes
twin sister Brenna Smith.
But
with a few tweaks to coach Wendy Pintas offensive
attack, Brooke Smiths production came alive
in 2018. Smith had a team-leading 79 goals and led
the squad with 118 points after adding in 39 assists.
We
made some changes to the offense and how we were running
it, and it brought the ball through her hands more
often just because we were more comfortable with her,
Pinta said. She was not only a great scorer,
but she was reading her teammates well and she was
one of our leading assist makers. I think the game
opened up for her because of what her strengths were
and [how we] played to them.
Smith
played a key role in leading Upper Arlington to a
perfect 24-0 record, an Ohio Division I state title
and a No. 1 ranking in the US Lacrosse Midwest region.
She is the Brine/US Lacrosse Midwest Girls Player
of the Year."
Read
the entire article here.
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OCC
CENTRAL DIVISION |
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1st
Team |
Lauren
Farber |
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Ava
Keethler |
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Megan
Kozar |
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Maddy
Mead |
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Ellena
Schildmeyer |
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Brenna
Smith |
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Brooke
Smith |
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2nd
Team |
Kileigh
Casey |
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Honorable
Mention |
Sophie
Ballou |
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Player
of the Year |
Lauren
Farber |
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OCC
Scholar Athlete Award |
Caitlin
Walker |
ALL-REGION |
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1st
Team |
Lauren
Farber |
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Megan
Kozar |
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Ellena
Schildmeyer |
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2nd
Team |
Ava
Keethler |
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Brenna
Smith |
ALL-OHIO |
1st
Team |
Lauren
Farber |
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2nd
Team |
Megan
Kozar |
USL
ALL-AMERICAN |
Lauren
Farber |
Furman
University |
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Megan
Kozar |
Kent
State University |
USL
ALL-ACADEMIC |
Caroline
Favret |
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Ava
Keethler |
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Caitlin
Walker |
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USL
JACKIE PITTS AWARD |
Brooke
Smith |
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COACH
WENDY PINTA NAMED NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR
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From
the UA News, January 12, 2018: |
Wendy
Pinta has been named 2017 National Coach of the
Year in girls lacrosse by the National
Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
Coaches Association after guiding Upper Arlington
to its third consecutive state championship last spring.
The
NFHS announced the recipients of its national awards
January 11. The only other coach in Ohio to receive
an award was East Canton boys track and field coach
Thomas Loy.
Last
spring, UA routed Massillon Jackson 15-6 in the Division
I state final to finish 19-2.
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE LADY LACROSSE BEARS!
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FINAL
SCORE: 15-6 vs. Jackson
Saturday, June 3, 2017
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GOLDEN
BEARS' EIGHTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
(2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
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Website
for athletic forms/registrations
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Please
visit 8to18.com
for all your athletic registration forms.
This
link takes you to the Upper Arlington High School
login page.
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LYNDA
McCANDLISH PHLIPOT INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME
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L-R:
UAHS Principal Andrew Theado, UAHS Athletic Hall
of Fame Honoree Lynda McCandlish Phlipot,
Superintendent Paul Imhoff, and Atheltic Director
Tony Pusateri |
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Lynda
(McCandlish) Phlipot, Class of 2002, was named
to the first induction class of the UAHS Athletic
Hall of Fame on January 6, 2018.
As
a high school player, Lynda was named 1st Team All
Ohio and 1st Team All American in both 2001 and 2002.
She served as captain on the Golden Bear's 1st State
Championship team in 2002. In 2008, returning as head
coach for UAHS, she led the team to another State
Championship title.
Lynda
was the first person in Ohio history to win state
titles as both a player and as a coach. Recruited
to play at Northwestern University, she was a two-time
NCAA Division I National Champion. Lynda currently
is the head coach at Ober
Congratulations
to Lynda on this most recent achievement.
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UA
COMMITS 5 PLAYERS TO DIVISION I PROGRAMS
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On
November 7, 2017, 5 players signed their National
Letters of Intent to play lacrosse in college.Committed
to play include:
Maddy
Mead (Kent State)
Kileigh Casey (Mercer)
Megan Kozar (Kent State)
Lauren Farber (Furman)
Brenna Smith (Florida Southern)
Congratulations
to their families and teammates!!
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UA
GRAD CAPTURES DIVISION III NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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Macauley
Mikes (2013) helped to secure the 2017
National Championship for Gettysburg College.
Mac
was a co-captain for the 2017 squad and set a school
record for the number of career starts, appearing
in 62 games. Mac majored in Health Sciences and is
pursuing a career in physical therapy.
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2017
LADY BEARS LACROSSE ALUMNI GAME
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On
July 1, 2017 UAHS lacrosse alumni assembled
for an alumni game. This year, Hastings prevailed!
Please mark your calendar for the 2018 Alumni
Game, to be held on Sunday, July 1, 2018.
Pictured
from left to right are:
Row 1: Rosie Knisley (09), Kate Knisley (04),
Mary Nicole Scott (16), Armonde Moore (14),
Megan Knoop (10), Adriane Ghidotti (11), Katie
Bondy, Maureen Kleinhenz (16), Meg Morgan (16)
Row
2: Laura Brooker (06), Sue Stimmel (80), Sabrina
DeLibera (88), Macauley Mikes (13), Stacey Rechner
(00), Kristin McCandlish (05), Courtney Webb
(98), Lynda McCandlish (02), Elizabeth Narwicz
(08), Wendy Pinta (86).
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ANNA
PISCOPO FEATURED IN THIS WEEK NEWS ARTICLE |
From
the May 11, 2017 issue of This Week Community News:
Upper
Arlington High School girls lacrosse coach
Wendy Pinta described Anna Piscopos
role on the team last year as that of a driver,
because she would sweep toward the goal and drive
directly to the net to take a shot.
Although
Piscopos role has changed for her senior year,
the midfielder still helps drive the Golden Bears
-- just in other ways.
Taking
advantage of Piscopos speed and agility, Pinta
has shifted her into the middle, where she can set
and come off picks and move in smaller spaces between
multiple defenders. The result was that Piscopo had
27 goals, nine assists and a team-high 51 draw controls
through 15 games as well as, perhaps most importantly,
13 forced turnovers to tie Olivia Schildmeyer for
the team lead.
UA
finished the regular season at 14-2 overall after
an 8-7 win at Cincinnati Sycamore on May 5, and capped
off a perfect 6-0 season in the OCC-Central Division
with a 14-1 win at Dublin Coffman on May 2.
Piscopo
is a three-year starter in the midfield after seeing
some time as a defender her freshman season. The Bears
are seeking their third consecutive Division I state
championship and eighth overall.
I
think this is where I was meant to be, Piscopo
said. (The midfield) is where I have found my
strengths.
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the entire ThisWeekNews.com article |
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