After winning their sixth consecutive Region 4D championship with a 22-2 home victory over Salem in the regional finals on Tuesday of last week, nine Rockbridge County High School girls lacrosse players received all-region honors.
Guiding her team to a 16-1 record through the regional tournament, eighth-year RC head coach Susan Nye was named Region 4D coach of the year.
Junior midfielder Anna Nye, daughter of Susan, was named Region 4D player of the year for the second year in a row and was selected to the all-region first team. Through last Tuesday, Anna, who tallied her 300th career point in the regional finals, scored 55 goals and dished out 59 assists this season for a total of 114 points. She led the Wildcats with 191 draw controls, 44 ground balls and 59 caused turnovers.
Wildcats joining Anna on the all-region first team were a pair of seniors, attacker Lola Mulitalo and defender Nadia Gaydos, and three juniors: midfielder Emma McKnight and defenders Laura Ingram and Tadara Cooper. Through the regional tournament, Mulitalo scored 54 goals and dished out 17 assists while collecting 12 ground balls and logging 10 caused turnovers this season. Gaydos scored six goals, won 12 draw controls, collected 23 ground balls and forced 10 caused turnovers. McKnight scored 55 goals and dished out 19 assists while winning 42 draw controls, collecting 33 ground balls and logging 14 caused turnovers. Ingram scored 21 goals, had 15 assists, won 40 draw controls, collected 18 ground balls and tallied 12 caused turnovers. Cooper scored two goals and had 28 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers.
Three Wildcats were selected to the all-region second team: a pair of juniors, attacker Adrianna Grue and defender Braelyn Polly, and sophomore goalie Ellie McKnight. Grue scored 23 goals and dished out five assists while collecting 19 ground balls and logging five caused turnovers. Polly scored one goal while collecting 15 ground balls and tallying 11 caused turnovers. McKnight made 37 saves, allowing 22 goals through the regional tournament, and collected five ground balls.
