Five Lady Cavs make all-region
Published 10:36 pm Thursday, November 10, 2011
Lakeland sophomores Summer Parker, Kasey Smith, Jamee Albright, Alexis Albright and Kristen Vick earned First Team All-Eastern Region honors for the 2011 field hockey season.
The Lady Cavaliers won their 12th consecutive Southeastern District season championship and 11th straight SED Tournament title this season, going 11-0 through district play. Lakeland finished 15-5 overall and in the semifinals of the Eastern Region Tournament, where Cox beat the Lady Cavaliers 2-1.
Parker, Smith, Vick and both Albrights are part of 14 Lady Cavalier players, out of 16 Lady Cavs on this year’s varsity roster, who will be returning players next fall.
Beach District champion First Colonial, currently in the state tournament semifinals, matched Lakeland with four players on the top all-region squad.
Field hockey 2011 All-Eastern Region
FIRST TEAM
Forwards
Casey DiNardo – Cox
Kelly Chesson – First Colonial
Summer Parker – Lakeland
Kasey Smith – Lakeland
Mariana Parker – Kellam
Midfielders
Jamee Albright – Lakeland
Maddy Moore – Maury
Brooke Hiltz – First Colonial
Delaney Leathers – Ocean Lakes
Mallory Roach – Cox
Defenders
Cameron Daniels – Cox
Ellen Ross First – Colonial
Alexis Albright – Lakeland
Kristin Vick – Lakeland
Emily Leonard – First Colonial
Goalkeepers
Jillian Lates – Kecoughtan
Heidi Pomposini – Ocean Lakes
Player of the Year
Casey DiNardo Cox
Coach of the Year
Beanie Schleicher First Colonial