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Lacrosse Honors Graduating Seniors
Christina Carrah
Issue date: 4/28/06 Section: Sports
Women's lacrosse (5-10-0, 0-5 Big East) will play their final game of the regular season Friday April 28th at 7 p.m. against No. 19 Stanford at Joseph J. Monroe Stadium.
Despite their record, the team did have some bright spots with stellar performances form captain Abbey VanDeusen, Shannon Burke, Kristin Link, Laura Trasko, Cea Fong and Kristen Haldeman.
The team will be celebrating senior night when they play Stanford Friday. Before the opening draw, the three seniors - Haldeman, VanDeusen, and Fong will be honored for their careers at UConn.
Haldeman, the current goalkeeper, as a Freshmen saw some time in three games against Lafayette, Quinnipiac and Fairfield. Overall she made one save and only allowed four goals. Haldeman saw 25 minutes in the net for a 9.75 goals against average.
As a sophomore, she played in four games and totaled just under 30 minutes, where she faced 12 shots, saving five and yielding five goals.
As a junior, Haldeman saw more action, playing in 10 games and totaling 209 minutes in the net.
As a senior, Haldeman played in 15, games totaling 906 minutes with a game average of 11.55 saves and a .503 save perentage.
"Kristen's been phenomenal all season - she loves the challenge she steppes up to it every time," head coach Bonnie Rosen said. "I just wish we could end up with the win for her because she is doing a fantastic job for us" Coach Bonnie Rosen said.
VanDeusen will also be honored on Friday. VanDeusen has been a key player for the Huskies all season. VanDeusen came to UConn as a freshman in 2002, but took a medical redshirt last season. As a freshman, she played in all 16 games and started in five, in which she scored 12 goals and assisted six for 18 total points. VanDeusen collected 22 ground balls, had 10 draw controls and a hat trick against Holy Cross and Towson.
In her sophomore year, she saw time in 16 games, scored 11 goals and had four assists for 15 points. Against Quinnipiac she had a two goal effort and an assist. VanDeusen has at least one point in the first seven games for UConn. She also collected 25 ground balls and caused 13 turnovers. She had 11 draw controls and averaged 44 minutes per game in the 2003 season. In that season, she was named the Big East Academic All-Star.
Despite their record, the team did have some bright spots with stellar performances form captain Abbey VanDeusen, Shannon Burke, Kristin Link, Laura Trasko, Cea Fong and Kristen Haldeman.
The team will be celebrating senior night when they play Stanford Friday. Before the opening draw, the three seniors - Haldeman, VanDeusen, and Fong will be honored for their careers at UConn.
Haldeman, the current goalkeeper, as a Freshmen saw some time in three games against Lafayette, Quinnipiac and Fairfield. Overall she made one save and only allowed four goals. Haldeman saw 25 minutes in the net for a 9.75 goals against average.
As a sophomore, she played in four games and totaled just under 30 minutes, where she faced 12 shots, saving five and yielding five goals.
As a junior, Haldeman saw more action, playing in 10 games and totaling 209 minutes in the net.
As a senior, Haldeman played in 15, games totaling 906 minutes with a game average of 11.55 saves and a .503 save perentage.
"Kristen's been phenomenal all season - she loves the challenge she steppes up to it every time," head coach Bonnie Rosen said. "I just wish we could end up with the win for her because she is doing a fantastic job for us" Coach Bonnie Rosen said.
VanDeusen will also be honored on Friday. VanDeusen has been a key player for the Huskies all season. VanDeusen came to UConn as a freshman in 2002, but took a medical redshirt last season. As a freshman, she played in all 16 games and started in five, in which she scored 12 goals and assisted six for 18 total points. VanDeusen collected 22 ground balls, had 10 draw controls and a hat trick against Holy Cross and Towson.
In her sophomore year, she saw time in 16 games, scored 11 goals and had four assists for 15 points. Against Quinnipiac she had a two goal effort and an assist. VanDeusen has at least one point in the first seven games for UConn. She also collected 25 ground balls and caused 13 turnovers. She had 11 draw controls and averaged 44 minutes per game in the 2003 season. In that season, she was named the Big East Academic All-Star.
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Anonymous
posted 4/30/06 @ 8:25 PM EST
this is a poorly researched article about the women's lacrosse team when the reporter does not mention one of the graduating seniors, A. Tyminski. there is no one to go back and make this better. (Continued…)
Anonymous
posted 5/01/06 @ 10:54 AM EST
It is inexcusable that the writer of this article did not do the research to know that the lacrosse team is graduating four seniors, not three. Although Allison Tyminski did not see as much playing time throughout her career as the other seniors she still made the same commitment to training and practicing that all players make while students at the university. (Continued…)
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