Arnal & RPI Coaching Staff Earn League Awards / Tournament Central

TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's lacrosse team saw four student-athletes recognized on the 2012 All-Liberty League teams, including two who were named to the First Team. Two others were on the Second Team. Leading the way on First Team was Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year Allie Arnal, who was a unanimous selection at goaltender.
 
Arnal (Lakewood, NY/Phillips Exeter Academy), who is receiving her second straight All-League honor, was joined on the First Team by senior defender/midfielder Madeline Sisson (Rochester, NY/Our Lady of Mercy).
 
Sisson – an Offensive Performer of the Week selection once this season – is currently third on the team in scoring with 39 points on 23 goals and 16 assists.  In addition to 32 draw controls, she has scooped up 24 ground balls and caused a team-best 17 turnovers. Additionally, Sisson has anchored a defense that allows just 7.27 goals per game – which ranks 10th among the nation's best. 
 
This is the first year-end honor for Sisson, who is the Liberty League leader in game-winning goals with three, while also sitting ninth overall in assist per game (1.07).  She has played in 56 career games thus far, tallying 31 goals with 18 assists for 49 points.  She has also added 114 ground balls, 90 draw controls and 53 caused turnovers.  Her 18 assists rank 12th all-time in program history.
 
Named to the Second Team was junior captain Shannon Maguire (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) and sophomore Meg Colitz (East Greenwich, RI/LaSalle Academy), both of whom are receiving their first career year-end recognition.
 
Maguire, who plays attack, is the team's leading scorer with 29 goals and 13 assists for 42 points.  A starter in all 15 games, she has added 24 ground balls, a team-best 48 draw controls and is third on the team in caused turnovers with nine.  Among the conference's best, Maguire is listed first in game-winning goals alongside Sisson with three. 
 
Colitz, who also plays attack, ranks second overall in points with 41.  She has produced a squad-best 34 goals with seven assists as a starter in 14 of the team's 15 games.  She has tallied a game-winning goal, while also scoring on the man-up.  Additionally, she has added 16 ground balls, 16 draw controls and three caused turnovers on the season.  Her 34 goals are currently fifth among the program's single season records.
 
The Engineers (14-1; 8-1 LL), who are the top-seed in the Liberty League Tournament, face fourth-seeded Union College – the only team to defeat Rensselaer during the regular season – on Friday at 2pm. The Dutchwomen are 7-2 in the league and 7-7 overall. The second semifinal pits second-seeded Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) against third-seeded William Smith College. The Tigers are 7-2 in conference and 10-6 overall, while the Herons are 7-2 and 8-8.
 
Details for all the games in this weekend's tournament, including write-ups, box scores and live statistics and live video can be found online at http://www.rpiathletics.com/LLWLAXTourney.