SUWANEE, Ga. - In exclusive voting by the league's head women's lacrosse coaches, the SCAC announced their All-SCAC Team on Friday morning. Tracy Cepnio was named the Coach of the Year while sophomore Haleigh Williams, sophomore Jamie Blair Page, and freshman Mary Beasley were named Second Team All-SCAC.
Cepnio, the Majors first and only head women's lacrosse coach, tripled her win total from her first season as she led Millsaps to a 3-10 record and put an extremely competitive team on the field. Cepnio guided the Majors to their first-ever conference win this season, a 17-13 win victory over the University of Dallas Millsaps showed dramatic improvement under Cepnio in 2012, especially on the offensive side of the ball, The Majors, who averaged just over four goals a game a season ago, found the net over 10 times per contest this season. Defensively, the Majors cut their goals allowed from 17 a game in 2011 to just over 14 per contest in 2012.
Williams, a sophomore out of Houston, Texas, led the Majors in every major offensive category, as she was dominant all season. She scored 54 goals, which was second in the SCAC at the end of the regular season and racked up 54 total points, which was fifth in the SCAC at the end of the season. She also led the team with 45 groundballs and 27 caused turnovers. Williams also received a vote for Player of the Year.
Page, a sophomore out of Brandon, Miss., was right behind Williams in most major offensive categories as she had a breakout season in 2012. She was second on the team with 27 goals and 41 points on the season, which finished 13th in the SCAC. She also led the team with 14 assists on the season. Page also added 31 groundball and 11 caused turnovers.
Beasley, a freshman out of Aspen, Colo., had a great first year as she earns Second Team All-SCAC honors. She led all rookie scorers on the Majors with 15 goals and added 12 assists on the year. She had 27 total points, which was third on the team, while adding six groundballs and one cause turnover on the season.
In major category voting, Freshman Kendall Fann, earned one vote for Rookie of the Year.
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