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Lofton Earns First Team ECAC All-Star Nod
12/18/2014 5:32:00 PM | Women's Soccer
HARRISONBURG, Va. – Redshirt-senior defender Sam Lofton (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) of the James Madison women's soccer team was named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Women's Soccer All-Star First Team, the conference announced on Thursday.
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Starting all 20 games this season, Lofton scored a career-high three goals and tallied seven assists on the way to a 13-point season in 2014. Her total of seven assists was good for second most in the Colonial Athletic Association, one assist behind teammate Ashley Herndon (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) for the league lead. Lofton finished her career at JMU with 12 assists, which ties her for 25th on the program's all-time assists chart.
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The honor adds to her already-lengthy list of accolades this year, as she was named a First Team All-CAA performer and a Second Team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region performer while earning CAA All-Academic team honors for her performance in the classroom.
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Madison finished the 2014 season 12-8 overall with a 7-2 record in conference action. The Dukes fell just short of a second regular-season title in a row with Northeastern posting a 7-1-1 mark in CAA play to finish 1/2 a game in front of the Dukes. In the CAA Tournament, JMU lost a 4-3 shootout to Hofstra.
2014 ECAC Division I Women's Soccer All-Star Team
Offensive Player of the YearÂ
Daphne Corboz, Sr., Georgetown
Defensive Player of the Year
Whitney Church, Sr., Penn State
Co-Rookies of the Year
Aly Spencer, Fr., Holy Cross
Hannah Lopiccolo, Fr., Northeastern
Coach of the Year
Erica Walsh, Penn State
First Team
Defense*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Whitney Church, Penn State
Kadeisha Buchanan, West Virginia
Marina Paul, Georgetown
Bianca Calderon, Northeastern
Sam Lofton, James Madison
Midfield
Daphne Corboz, Georgetown
Morgan Brian, Virginia
Danielle Colaprico, Virginia
Raquel Rodriguez, Penn State
Forward      Â
Kelsey Haycook, La Salle
Makenzy Doniak, Virginia
Tyler Lussi, Princeton
Rachel Hil, UConn
Goalkeeper      Â
Paige Burnett, Northeastern
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Second Team
Defense*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Georgia Kearney-Perry, St. John's
Brianne Reed, Rutgers
Gabby Charno, UConn
Kai Miller, Boston University
Jade Seabrook, Navy
Midfield*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Rose Lavell, Wisconson
Emily Gingrich, St. Joseph's
Lauren Lazo, Princeton
Kristin Verrette, Sacred Heart
Tara Ballay, Rider
Forward      Â
Rachel Daly, St. John's
Midge Purce, Harvard
Leah Galton, Hofstra
Sam Scolarici, Hofstra
Goalkeeper      Â
Genevieve Richard, Wisconsin
*Additional players added due to ties
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Starting all 20 games this season, Lofton scored a career-high three goals and tallied seven assists on the way to a 13-point season in 2014. Her total of seven assists was good for second most in the Colonial Athletic Association, one assist behind teammate Ashley Herndon (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) for the league lead. Lofton finished her career at JMU with 12 assists, which ties her for 25th on the program's all-time assists chart.
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The honor adds to her already-lengthy list of accolades this year, as she was named a First Team All-CAA performer and a Second Team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region performer while earning CAA All-Academic team honors for her performance in the classroom.
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Madison finished the 2014 season 12-8 overall with a 7-2 record in conference action. The Dukes fell just short of a second regular-season title in a row with Northeastern posting a 7-1-1 mark in CAA play to finish 1/2 a game in front of the Dukes. In the CAA Tournament, JMU lost a 4-3 shootout to Hofstra.
2014 ECAC Division I Women's Soccer All-Star Team
Offensive Player of the YearÂ
Daphne Corboz, Sr., Georgetown
Defensive Player of the Year
Whitney Church, Sr., Penn State
Co-Rookies of the Year
Aly Spencer, Fr., Holy Cross
Hannah Lopiccolo, Fr., Northeastern
Coach of the Year
Erica Walsh, Penn State
First Team
Defense*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Whitney Church, Penn State
Kadeisha Buchanan, West Virginia
Marina Paul, Georgetown
Bianca Calderon, Northeastern
Sam Lofton, James Madison
Midfield
Daphne Corboz, Georgetown
Morgan Brian, Virginia
Danielle Colaprico, Virginia
Raquel Rodriguez, Penn State
Forward      Â
Kelsey Haycook, La Salle
Makenzy Doniak, Virginia
Tyler Lussi, Princeton
Rachel Hil, UConn
Goalkeeper      Â
Paige Burnett, Northeastern
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Second Team
Defense*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Georgia Kearney-Perry, St. John's
Brianne Reed, Rutgers
Gabby Charno, UConn
Kai Miller, Boston University
Jade Seabrook, Navy
Midfield*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Rose Lavell, Wisconson
Emily Gingrich, St. Joseph's
Lauren Lazo, Princeton
Kristin Verrette, Sacred Heart
Tara Ballay, Rider
Forward      Â
Rachel Daly, St. John's
Midge Purce, Harvard
Leah Galton, Hofstra
Sam Scolarici, Hofstra
Goalkeeper      Â
Genevieve Richard, Wisconsin
*Additional players added due to ties
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