Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 1/17/24
From Press Release
Syracuse goalkeeper Delaney Sweitzer (Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) headlines a group of three Orange players named to the USA Lacrosse’s Preseason All-America Teams. Sweitzer earned a spot on the first team, while Emma Ward and Emma Tyrrell are second-team honorees.
Sweitzer had a breakout season in 2023 when she earned the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Goalkeeper of the Year award. She ranked seventh nationally in saves with a career-high 185. Sweitzer was also eighth in save percentage (.505), 12th in goals-against average (9.20) and third in ground balls per game (3.71). She earned first-team All-America honors from the IWLCA, Inside Lacrosse Magazine and USA Lacrosse Magazine.
The Orange open the 2024 campaign at defending national champion Northwestern on Saturday, Feb. 10. Syracuse returns home to host Army on Wednesday, Feb. 14 and Maryland on Saturday, Feb. 17.
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USA LACROSSE DIVISION I WOMEN’S
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
FIRST TEAM
A — Erin Coykendall, Northwestern
A — Isabella Peterson, James Madison
A — Izzy Scane, Northwestern
A — Jackie Wolak, Notre Dame
M — Kasey Choma, Notre Dame
M — Ellie Masera, Stony Brook
M — Belle Smith, Boston College
M — Brigid Duffy, Army
D — Meghan Ball, Maryland
D — Sammy White, Northwestern
D — Brooklyn Walker-Welch, North Carolina
D — Sam Thacker, Denver
G — Delaney Sweitzer (Springside Chestnut Hill Academy), Syracuse
SECOND TEAM
A — Mckenna Davis, Boston College
A — Emma Ward, Syracuse
A — Rachel Clark (Conestoga), Boston College
A — Emma LoPinto, Boston College
M — Shaylan Ahearn, Maryland
M — Emma Tyrrell, Syracuse
M — Madison Taylor, Northwestern
M — Cassidy Weeks, Boston College
D — Trinity McPherson, Denver
D — Sydney Scales, Boston College
D — Emily Nalls, North Carolina
D — Becky Browndorf (Upper Dublin), Boston College
G — Lauren Spence, Loyola
THIRD TEAM
A — Sydni Black, Loyola
A — Caitlyn Wurzburger, North Carolina
A — Eloise Clevenger, Maryland
A — Georgia Latch, Loyola
M — Kristin O’Neill, Penn State
M — Cassidy Spilis (Senaca-NJ), Rutgers
M — Samantha Smith, Northwestern
M — Anna Brandt, Penn
D — Clare Levy, Stony Brook
D — Izzy Rohr (Episcopal Academy), Penn
D — Maddie Burns (Germantown Academy), Michigan
D — Bryn McCaughey, Denver
G — Emelia Bohi
HONORABLE MENTION
A — Jenna Collignon, Yale
A — Julia Gilbert, Denver
A — Jill Smith, Michigan
A — Kailyn Hart, Stony Brook
A — Madison Ahern, Notre Dame
A — Libby May, Maryland
A — Danielle Pavinelli, Florida
A — Niki Miles, Penn
A — Isabelle Vitale, USC
A — Mary Schumar, Northwestern
A — Hanna Hilcoff, Clemson
A — Morgan Schwab, Virginia
A — Arden Tierney, Notre Dame
A — Marissa White (Agnes Irwin), North Carolina
A — Reilly Casey, North Carolina
M — Fiona McGowan, UMass
M — Lindsey Frank, Northwestern
M — Alyssa Long (Springfield-Delco), North Carolina
M — Emily Heller, Florida
M — Ella Little, Clemson
M — Claudia Shevitz, USC
M — Ava Yovino, Navy
D — Hunter Roman, Boston College
D — Olivia Dooley, Notre Dame
D — Brianna Lamoureux, Maryland
D — Catherine Lord, USC
D — Kelly Denes, Notre Dame
D — Audra Tosone, UMass
D — Kendall Halpern, Northwestern
G — Lilly Callahan, Notre Dame
G — Madison Doucette (Unionville), Johns Hopkins
G — Shea Dolce, Boston College
G — Alecia Nicholas, North Carolina
G — Molly Laliberty, Northwestern
G — Emily Sterling, Maryland
G — Landyn White, UConn
