USA Lacrosse All-America Teams

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Four members of the Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team earned All-America honors when the USA Lacrosse Magazine Division II All-America teams were announced this week.
 
The USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America teams are selected by staff and contributors to the publication. The Rock are represented on the second team by defender Paige Jenkins and the third team by defender Nicole Masi, while midfielder Leora Owings and goalie Lily Ventresca were named to the honorable mention squad.
 
They become the first SRU players to ever be named to the USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America team and become the first SRU players named to any All-America team since 2018. Since Slippery Rock brought the sport back at the Division II level in 2007, only two other women – Amy Halls in 2011 and Emily Bitka in 2018 – were named as Division II All-Americans.
 
Jenkins, a sophomore from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was already named the PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Year to go along with first team All-PSAC and All-Region honors. She leads a defensive unit that has ranked in the top 10 all year in scoring defense and caused turnovers with 42 caused turnovers to go along with 64 draw controls and 36 ground balls. Jenkins also has one goal and one assist on the year.
 
Masi, a senior from Rochester, New York, picks up her first career All-America honor after also being named to first team All-PSAC and second team All-Region honors. She is second on the SRU roster with 34 caused turnovers and 40 ground balls and is one of only eight women in SRU history with more than 80 caused turnovers and 100 ground balls in a career.
 
Owings, a junior from Medina, Ohio, was also named to first team All-PSAC and All-Region honors earlier this year. She has put together a stellar season up and down the field and leads SRU with 133 draw controls whole ranking fourth on the team in scoring with 25 goals and 22 assists for 47 points. Owings also leads all midfielders or attackers with 31 caused turnovers and 41 ground balls.
 
Ventresca, a sophomore from Rochester, New York, picks up her first postseason award on the heels of setting the SRU single-season record for goalie wins. Her victory against West Chester Saturday gives her a 16-0 record this spring, topping the former record of 15 wins that was set by Gillian O'Rourke in 2024. Ventresca ranks fourth in the country with an 8.42 goals against average to go along with her 16-0 record.
 
The postseason recognition was lauded on the SRU foursome after they helped The Rock to the Atlantic Region title and a trip to the national semifinals for the first time in program history. SRU, which upset No. 1 West Chester 16-13 in the NCAA quarterfinals Saturday, will face No. 7 Adelphi in the national semifinals Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. at Kerr Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The winner will advance to the National Championship Game Saturday evening.
 
 
 

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