Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/21/17
Philly women ranked 1-2-3 and claimed five of the Top 10 ranked players in this week’s laxbytes.com Division I defender Player Impact Ratings.
Lehigh’s Julianna D’Orazio (Merion Mercy), William & Mary’s Abby Junior (Radnor) and Cornell’s Catie Smith (Conestoga) were 1-2-3 andAlso in the Top 10 are No. 6 Katy Junior (Radnor) of Penn, No. 9 Alex Argo of Princeton and No. 10 Jill Zubillaga (Unionville) of Oregon.
The rankings are based on a combined percentage calculated on players stats such as groundballs, caused turnovers and draw controls as well as other key statistics.
D’Orazio, the Junior sisters and Smith all played for the Phantastix.
Rank Name Team Position Year Games Percentage
1 Julianne D’Orazio (Merion Mercy) Lehigh DM Sr 7 9.84
2 Abby Junior (Radnor) William & Mary D Sr 8 8.69
3 Catie Smith (Conestoga) Cornell D Sr 6 8.44
4 Marina Burke Harvard D Sr 6 8.01
5 Julie Taylor Oregon D So 9 7.79
6 Katy Junior (Radnor) Penn D Jr 6 7.69
7 Carolin Fitzgerald Florida D Sr 8 7.64
8 Marissa Hudgins Brown DM Jr 7 7.54
9 Alex Argo Princeton D So 4 7.49
10 Jill Zubillaga (Unionville) Oregon D Jr 9 7.23
No. 1 D’Orazio (Merion Mercy) has 20 groundballs, 17 caused turnovers, 14 draw controls, 8 goals, and 4 assists for 5-2 Lehigh.
No. 2 Abby Junior (Radnor) has 30 groundballs, 24 caused turnovers, 19 draw controls, 2 goals and 1 assist for 2-7 W&M.
No. 3 Smith (Conestoga) has 22 groundballs, 14 caused turnovers, 10 draw controls and only 3 turnovers.
No. 6 Katy Junior (Radnor) has 17 groundballs and 17 caused turnovers.
No. 9 Argo has 10 groundballs, 6 caused turnovers and 5 groundballs in 4 games for 5-0 Princeton.
No. 10 Zubillaga (Unionville) has 23 draw controls, 15 caused turnovers, 12 groundballs, 5 goals and 2 assists for 6-3 Oregon.
