Temple University Athletics
Richards, Caniglia and Summerlin Garner IWLCA Regional All-American Honors
5.22.08 | Women's Lacrosse
May 22, 2008
PHILADELPHIA- Seniors Whitney Richards, Nicole Caniglia and Berkley Summerlin have been named Regional All-Americans by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Association (IWLCA). Richards, the Most Outstanding Player of the Atlantic 10 Tournament, earned First Team honors, while Caniglia and Summerlin garnered Second Team honors. This is the first All-American selection for all three seniors. Richards, Caniglia and Summerlin are now eligible for national All-American status on May 29.
Richards had a breakout senior season, leading the Owls in goals (46), assists (32), groundballs (56) and caused turnovers (39) and draw controls (42). The senior garnered three A-10 Player of the Week awards on her way to the A-10 All-Tournament team. Voted womenslacrosse.com Player of the Week, Richards set a new A-10 record for caused turnovers in a tournament game when she earned six against Duquesne in the semi-finals. She finished the season ranked tied for sixth in the nation in caused turnovers, tied for 16th in groundballs, tied for 19th in points, 19th in assists, 23rd in assists per game and 27th in points per game. Richards also finished her career second all-time in caused turnovers, third in assists and draw controls and fourth in groundballs.
Caniglia has been one of the most consistent attackers on the team for the last four seasons. Third on this year's squad in points, she has posted 40 goals and 12 assists. Caniglia had a season-high five goals in a 12-9 win against Duquesne (3/30) and then followed that up with a three goal, three assist performance at LaSalle (4/4).
One of the top producers on both the offensive and defensive ends of the ball, Summerlin finished second on the team in scoring this season with 44 goals and 19 assists. She is also second in groundballs (41) and caused turnovers (36) and third in draw controls (36). A member of the A-10 All-Tournament Team, Summerlin netted a career-high seven goals in a 21-7 victory over Villanova (4/19). She finished the season ranked 15th in the nation in caused turnovers and graduates third on Temple's career draw control list and fourth on the career caused turnover list. The senior is just as successful off the field, posting a 3.4 GPA as a communications major and a spot on the A-10 All-Academic Team.
