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!

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.

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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!

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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 Arlington’s fourth-highest returning scorer, behind Lauren Farber, Megan Kozar and Brooke’s twin sister Brenna Smith.

But with a few tweaks to coach Wendy Pinta’s offensive attack, Brooke Smith’s 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."

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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.
   

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.

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.

From the May 11, 2017 issue of This Week Community News:

Upper Arlington High School girls lacrosse coach Wendy Pinta described Anna Piscopo’s 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 Piscopo’s role has changed for her senior year, the midfielder still helps drive the Golden Bears -- just in other ways.

Taking advantage of Piscopo’s 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.”