ALBANY, N.Y. – Following a season where it equaled the program record for wins in a season, Russell Sage College had four players earn All-Empire 8 Conference honors. All-E8 performers were determined by voting conducted by the league's head coaches.
Senior midfielder Alexandra Queeney (Johnstown, NY/Johnstown), senior attacker Grace Hines (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland), and junior defender Angelina Schaefer (Latham, NY/Shaker) all made the third-team.
Hines closed her season leading the Conference in points (64), points per-game (4.57), goals (60) and goals per-game (4.29). The totals ranked third in RSC single-season records. She is second all-time among Gators with 179 points and 157 goals and sits third in program records with 108 career groundballs. Hines, who also made third-team All-Conference last season, registered six or more points in six contests, six or more goals in six games, and eight points on seven goals and an assist twice this season.
Queeney, the program record holder with 230 career draw controls, ranks second among Gators with 42 career assists, third with 129 career points, and fourth with 87 career goals. The midfielder, who contributed 36 points on 20 goals and 16 assists, 20 groundballs and 12 caused turnovers, finished her season ranking fifth in the E8 with 68 draw controls, 4.53 per-game. She occupies the top three spots in the program's single-season record book for draw controls, including an RSC-best 70 in 2023.
Schaefer was third-team selection for the second-straight spring. The defender, who totaled 28 caused turnovers and 28 groundballs, led the country with a 1.000 shooting percentage (1-of-1). She caused multiple turnovers in eight games, while securing four groundballs in three contests.
One member of each team was named that institution's representative on the 2024 E8 Women's Lacrosse Sportswomen of the Year Team. The Empire 8 Conference emphasizes that "Competing with Honor and Integrity" is an essential component of a student-athlete's experience in conjunction with an institution's educational mission. These honorees have distinguished themselves and consistently exhibit the critical traits as outstanding sportswomen. Senior midfielder Ashley Hearn (Waterloo, NY/Waterloo) repeated as the RSC representative on the squad. Heading into the postseason, the co-captain led the E8 with 33 caused turnovers.
RSC went 7-8, 2-4 in the E8 this spring.
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