Women’s Lacrosse Has Four Student-Athletes Named All-Region – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/21/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
May 21, 2003
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Four Ohio State women’s lacrosse student-athletes have been named to the 2003 Brine Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association/U.S. Lacrosse Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region team. Named to the first team Mid-Atlantic region were Tracey Bounds (Sr., Ellicott City, Md.) at attack, Regina Oliver (So., Pottstown, Pa.) and Shannon Wilson (Sr., Sherkston, Ontario) at midfield and Kimberly Lowe (Sr., Philadelphia, Pa.) on defense. The All-American team will be announced next week.
Tracey Bounds started all 18 games for Ohio State. She was a first team American Lacrosse Conference All-Conference selection. Bounds scored 23 goals, had a team-high 21 assists for 44 points, ranking third on the team. She had an OSU record 75 ground balls this season and added 13 draw controls and eight caused turnovers. Bounds scored a season-high four goals at Davidson and had a team-high five assists against Ohio University. She recorded six points twice this season: against Vanderbilt (2 goals, 4 assists) and Ohio University (1-5). Bounds posted a season-high eight ground balls against Maryland. In OSU career statistics, she holds the Buckeye record for assists (62), ranks third in goals (107) and is second in points (169). She is ninth in career ground balls (115) and seventh in draw controls (35). Last season Bounds was an ALC All-Conference selection and a second-team Mid-Atlantic Regional All-American.
Regina Oliver played in all 18 games with 17 starts. She was the American Lacrosse Conference Player of the Year and a first team ALC All-Conference selection. Oliver was the team leader in goals (43), points (56), draw controls (42) and caused turnovers (53). She ranked second in assists (13) and ground balls (68) for the Buckeyes. Oliver scored a season-high four goals at Notre Dame and Penn State and had three or more points in 14 games this season. She set an OSU season record for caused turnovers with 53 and was ranked second in goals (43), third in points (56), ground balls (68) and draw controls (42). In OSU career statistics, Oliver ranks ninth in points (96), eighth in goals (71) and assists (25). She ranks second in draw control (66), third in caused turnover (104) and 10th in ground balls (112). Last season Oliver was the ALC Rookie of the Year and an All-Conference selection and was a second-team Mid-Atlantic Regional All-American.
Shannon Wilson started all 18 games for the Buckeyes. She was a first team American Lacrosse Conference All-Conference selection. Wilson ranked second on the team in goals (40) and points (49) and had nine assists. She recorded 33 ground balls, 21 draw controls and 22 caused turnovers. Wilson scored a season-high five goals against Stanford and had three or more points in nine contests this season with a season-high six against Stanford (5-1). In OSU season records, Wilson tied for fifth in points (49), was third in goals (40) and 10th in draw controls this season. The OSU career leader in ground balls (159) and caused turnovers (116), she ranks fourth in draw controls (53), fifth in assists (44), second in goals (110) and third in points (154). Wilson was a first-team Mid-Atlantic Regional All-American in 2001 and 2002 and was a 2002 IWLCA/U.S. Lacrosse third-team All-American.
Kimberly Lowe started all 18 games this season. She was a second-team American Lacrosse Conference All-Conference selection. Lowe recorded 46 ground balls, 33 caused turnovers and 4 draw controls. She had a season-high eight ground balls at Duquesne and four caused turnovers against California. In OSU season records, Lowe is tied for sixth in caused turnovers (33) and tied for six in ground balls (46). She is ranked second in OSU career ground balls (149) and third in caused turnovers (104).
The 2003 Ohio State women’s lacrosse season proved to be the best in the eight-year history of the program. The Buckeyes won a school record 14 games (14-4 overall), captured the American Lacrosse Conference championship (5-1 record), swept the major ALC postseason awards and received its second consecutive at-large bid to the NCAA Championship, advancing to the quarterfinals with an upset of fourth-seeded Duke.
