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UCSB Ranked 2nd in Lacrosse Magazine Pre-Season PollDec. 22, 2009
UCSB does return ten starters and all five reserves from the 2009 season but the two players who have graduated leave open important roles that need to be filled. Second Team All-American defender Selina Eadie (Davis, CA) and First Team All-American midfielder Katie Moran (San Rafael, CA) graduated. Moran was the WDIA Player-Of-The-Year in 2009 and led UCSB in numerous ways all over the field and it may take multiple players to pick up the slack. Eadie was a vocal leader on defense that UCSB did not find in Fall Ball but will need to find by February. The cupboard is not bare for UCSB, though, so there's no reason for despair. The Gauchos have four returning All-Americans. They are senior midfielder Maggie Aker (Oakland, CA), junior attacker Ashley Antoon-Algieri (San Ramon, CA) and senior defender Monora Seth (San Diego, CA) from the First Team and senior attacker Sam Lutz (San Diego, CA) from the Second Team. Six other starters return along with all five reserves. Four freshmen managed to make the 'A' Team to put UCSB at 19 strong players all aiming high. It was more competitve to make the 'A' Team this year at UCSB than it has been for the last two seasons. UCSB is not shooting for the second spot at the end of the season. The Gauchos have their eyes on the number one spot. US Lacrosse WDIA Pre-Season Poll * 1. Virginia Tech Club Preseason Player of the Year: Krista Shaw, Santa Clara * Teams in bold are on the UCSB regular season schedule. For a complete listing of all pre-season polls please visit Lacrosse Magazine On-Line.
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