May 16, 2017
DANBURY, Conn. - Senior's Steph Lazo (Stevensville, Md.) and Abby Smucker (Bel Air, Md.) join sophomore Madison Carter (Davidsonville, Md.) as All-ECAC members as announced earlier Tuesday morning.
Lazo earns her second straight All-ECAC nod as she makes her debut on the first-team to go along with her All-Big Ten selection, Big Ten Attack Player of the year honor and her first-team IWLCA All-Region accolade earned earlier this month. Both Smucker and Carter are making their debut appearances on the ECAC All-Star teams.
Lazo continues to improve on her career-high and league-leading numbers as her 87 points and 42 assists lead the Big Ten and rank 16th and 17th in the nation, respectively. The senior has also added a career-high 45 goals and has moved into seventh on the Penn State all-time points list with 209 career points. Lazo's 42 assists is the third highest single-season total in Penn State history and her 88-career helpers rank seventh all-time.
Smucker, a second-team honoree, has been sensational in the midfield all season setting new career-highs in points (30), ground balls (43) and caused turnovers (30). Her ground balls and caused turnover numbers lead the team while her 21 goals are good for fourth.
Carter, who finds herself on the All-ECAC second-team, has also had a career season as a sophomore ranking first in the Big Ten with 66 goals, good for tenth in the nation, while her 77 points are good for third in the conference. Carter's 66 goals are the eighth most for a single-season in program history and just three shy of the Penn State record for a sophomore, which currently stands at 68 by Marsha Florio in 1983.
All three players will have at least one more chance to improve on these numbers as Penn State battles Princeton in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Sunday at the Penn State Lacrosse Field.
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