North Quincy, Mass., native earns her first career conference honor

RINDGE, N.H. (March 31, 2008) – Freshman Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) of the Franklin Pierce University women’s lacrosse team was named the Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday afternoon.

Stille scored 11 goals and added one assist in three games last week to earn her first career conference honor and the program’s first Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week award since Courtney Boardman ’05 won the award three times in her freshman season of 2003. The North Quincy, Mass., native scored a game-high six goals in the Ravens’ 19-6 loss to Southern New Hampshire University on Tuesday afternoon, then scored a team-high five times and recorded an assist against Bryant University on Thursday night.

Through the team’s first six games of the year, Stille paces the Ravens with 23 goals and three assists for 26 points, which places her tied for sixth in the NE-10 in goals per game (3.83/gm) and eighth in points per game (4.33/gm). She has scored five goals or more three times this season, including a seven-goal, one-assist effort against Southern Connecticut on March 18 that tied for fifth in both single-game goals and points at the school.

The freshman attacker also already ranks third all-time in freshman scoring at Franklin Pierce with her 23 goals, and with 10 matches remaining has a chance to break the single-season freshman record of 43 tallies set by Boardman in 2003.