July 1, 2004
The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Thursday announced the Division I national honor roll. Senior defender Kristina Rohall (West Chester, Pa. / Henderson), the IWLCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year, leads 123 student-athletes from 47 schools. Fellow senior defender Becca West (Cicero, NY / Cicero-North Syracuse) and two juniors, midfielder Laura App (Silver Spring, Md. / Good Counsel) and goalkeeper Sarah Pacini (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker), have also been honored.
Rohall, who graduated this spring with a 3.95 GPA in journalism, started every game during her four-year career at Duquesne. She tied for second in the A-10 with 29 caused turnovers (1.61/g.) and was named to the 2004 Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team. Rohall was an integral part of a Duquesne defense that finished the season ranked 13th nationally in scoring defense and 9th in caused turnovers. Overall, Duquesne tied for 5th nationally in winning percentage.
Off the field, Rohall is a two-time Atlantic 10 Women's Lacrosse Student-Athlete of the Year (2003 & 2004) in addition to being named Duquesne University's 2004 Female co-Student-Athlete of the Year. She is a member of Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society and the Society of Professional Journalists. Rohall, who wrote for the Duquesne Duke school newspaper as an undergrad, plans to continue her education this fall at Syracuse where she has been accepted into the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications to study broadcast journalism.
West, a health management systems major, is receiving her second straight academic honor from IWLCA. West was named to the 2004 Atlantic 10 Women's Lacrosse All-Championship Team. She tallied 10 goals and seven assists this past season to give her career marks of 53 goals and 27 assists.
App, who was named to the A-10 All-Academic team and the IWLCA regional second team, is majoring in elementary education. The junior mid-fielder led the Dukes with four game-winning goals which tied for first in the conference.
Pacini, a physical therapy major, started all but one game in 2003 and 2004 since transferring from Vanderbilt. Also a member of the conference's all-academic team, Pacini led the A-10 with an 8.38 goals against average and was second with a .510 save percentage.
To be eligible for this award a student-athlete must be a junior or senior and have at least a 3.50 GPA.
The Dukes completed the season with a 14-4 record and a 6-1 mark in the A-10 on the way to the school's first league regular-season co-Championship.
