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Trio Named to IWLCA All-South Region Teams
5/16/2024 3:31:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
DURHAM - Seniors Katie DeSimone and Maddie McCorkle and junior Reilly Traynor were named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Associations' (IWLCA) All-South Region team on Thursday.
DeSimone landed on the first team while McCorkle and Traynor earned spots on the second team.
DeSimone was stellar this season for the Blue Devils, putting up impressive numbers as one of the nation's top attackers.
She led the team and finished the season tied for 18th nationally in goals (63) and tied for 23rd in points (85). She was just the third active player in Division I with at least 190 career goals and 75 career assists as of May 9th and is the only player in Duke history with those numbers.
This season, she owns hat tricks in all but five games and has 11 games with five-or-more points, including six points in the NCAA Tournament first round game against Loyola. DeSimone has also grabbed 14 ground balls and seven caused turnovers. Over the course of her career, she tallied 34 hat tricks and 36 games with four-or-more points.
The Bay Shore, N.Y., native finished her career as one of the Duke greats with 196 career goals and 273 career points as Duke's second all-time leading goal scorer. Her points rank her fourth in Duke lore. Her career numbers put her 15th (goals) and 18th (points) among NCAA Division I active players.
McCorkle saw possibly the biggest improvement in her career this season and was a huge contributor to Duke's offense. She finished the year fourth on the team with 27 points by way of 19 goals and eight assists. She tallied a career-high five points twice this year and led the team with 27 caused turnovers as a true middie. She also finished third on the team with 18 ground balls. For her career, McCorkle owns 38 goals and 15 assists, 34 ground balls and 34 caused turnovers. 27 of her 34 caused turnovers came this season.
Traynor has been on the field as an integral part of Duke's defense since she was a freshman and continued to lead the unit this spring. She ended the spring with a career-high 18 caused turnovers and 11 ground balls. She tallied two-or-more caused turnovers in six games and three games with two-or-more ground balls. Traynor helped lock down No. 8 Virginia's offense with a career-high three caused turnovers.
The IWLCA has honored 128 student-athletes in Division I with a selection to one of the All-Region teams for 2024. These student-athletes are now eligible to be named to a national IWLCA All-American team. The IWLCA will announce the 2024 IWLCA Division I All-American teams on May 23.
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