Ewing, NJ...The College of New Jersey women's lacrosse program added two more names to its impressive list of All-Americans as the Lions had a pair of players tabbed to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association First Team.
Junior Alison Jaeger (Hampton, NJ/North Hunterdon) and sophomore Kathleen Notos (Pennsauken, NJ/Camden Catholic) became the programs 146th and 147th All-Americans in program history with both garnering First Team honors. Jaeger is now a two-time All-American after earning that same honor in 2009.
Jaeger has received a long list of honors for her performance on the field this season as she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Attack Player of the Year and All-NJAC First Team, to go along with being named the ECAC Metro/South Offensive Player of the Year and womenslacrosse.com Attacker of the Year. She was tabbed a First Team All-American by womenslacrosse.com and was an ECAC Metro/South First Team selection as well.
In addition to all of those honors, Jaeger was recognized as the 2009-2010 Division III Athlete of the Year for women's lacrosse by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards presented by Honda. By receiving that honor she was also a candidate for the Division III Athlete of the Year.
She was also cited for her work in the classroom as she was named to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic At-Large All-District II Third Team.
The junior had a huge season for the Lions setting a single-season record for goals as she ripped the nets for 86 goals. Jaeger added 25 assists giving her 111 points on the year, leaving her one shy of another school record. By surpassing the 100-point plateau, she became the third player in program history to accomplish that feat. She topped the conference in goals and points also ranked among the national leaders in those categories.
This was the first All-American citation for Notos as she was previously honored as the 2010 NJAC Midfielder of the Year. The sophomore was also tabbed First Team All-American by womenslacrosse.com and to the ECAC Metro/South First Team.
Notos was a valuable player at both ends of the field for the Lions as she posted her first 50-goal campaign finishing with 51 goals and 59 points. She led both the team and the NJAC in draw controls with an even 100 and caused turnovers with 30.
The Lions finished the season with a solid 16-4 record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals for the 26th straight season.