2014 Lacrosse Highlights

News
  • St. Francis advanced to the North Coast Section playoffs and lost in the first round at Granite Bay. The Troubadours finished the season with a 9-10 overall record.
  • St. Francis placed six players on the Sacramento Valley Lacrosse Conference All-League team, including three first-team selections. Juniors Hayley Kusserow, Ryleigh Bone and Erika Palmer were all first-team selections as selected by the league coaches.
  • Kusserow led the team in scoring with 57 goals and was named the team’s Most Valuable Attacker. Bone was selected the team’s Most Valuable Player after scoring 17 goals with six assists. She played for the Nor Cal team at the US Lacrosse National Tournament in Maryland. Junior Erika Palmer of El Dorado Hills was the third first-team selection for the Troubadours, scoring 15 goals with seven assists on the season.
  • Senior Lyndsay Carpenter was a second-team choice and named the team’s Defensive Most Valuable Player.
  • Junior Colleen McClain, who is from El Dorado Hills, also was named to the second-team, while goalie Maddie Merwin, who is from Clarksburg, was an honorable mention selection. Merwin, who made 152 saves on the season, was chosen as the Most Improved and Most Inspirational.
  • Carpenter (Wheeling Jesuit) and Ryanne Brust (Fort Lewis College) signed to play in college next fall.
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Sacramento Valley Lacrosse Conference

  • Hayley Kusserow (First Team)
  • Ryleigh Bone (First Team)
  • Erika Palmer (First Team)
  • Lyndsay Carpenter (Second Team)
  • Colleen McClain (Second Team)
  • Maddie Merwin (Honorable Mention)

Varsity Team Awards

  • Most Valuable Player – Ryleigh Bone
  • Most Valuable Attacker – Hayley Kusserow
  • Defensive Most Valuable Player – Lyndsay Carpenter
  • Most Improved – Maddie Merwin
  • Most Inspirational – Maddie Merwin