All-PSAC Team

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - Shippensburg University women's lacrosse sophomore Gayle Kuntzmann was one of three players named to the All-PSAC women's lacrosse team on Monday as she became the fourth Lady Raider in the last five years to be named to the First Team. Senior Katie Irwin and junior Beth Long were both selected to the Second Team.

The three selections for Shippensburg (4-13) are the most since the team had four in 2004 after the team went 10-5 and 9-3 in the PSAC.

Kuntzmann received her first career honor after leading the team and the PSAC with 80 ground balls this season. She currently leads Division II in ground balls at 5.0 per game. Kuntzmann also led the team and ranked third in the PSAC in caused turnovers with 31 and currently ranks sixth in Division II in caused turnovers at 1.94 per game.

From her defensive position, Kuntzmann finished sixth on the team with 15 points and fifth in goals with 13. She also finished fifth on the team in draw controls with 20 and scored 11 of her 15 points over the team's final eight games.

In 27 career games, Kunztmann has totaled 101 ground balls for an average of 3.74 per game.

Like Kuntzmann, Irwin also received her first career postseason honor after leading the team with 36 points and 28 goals, both of which were new career-highs. She started all 17 of the team's games and finished fourth in assists with eight while leading the team with 32 draw controls, a mark that ranks 76th out of 500 players in Division II.

Irwin scored at least one point in 15 games and totaled three hat tricks. She scored a career-high five goals versus Slippery Rock on April 16 and tied a career-high in assists with three against East Stroudsburg on April 5.

Scheduled to be part of the Ireland/England Lacrosse Tour this summer, she finished her career with 74 points on 54 goals and 20 assists in 57 games played. She also had eight career hat tricks.

A two-time All-PSAC selection, Long received a Second Team selection after being named to the First Team a year ago. She started all 17 of the team's games and finished second on the team with 64 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers. She also added six goals and nine draw controls from her defensive position.

Long ranked third in the PSAC in ground balls and currently ranks 13th in Division II with 3.76 ground balls per game and 70th out of 500 players in Division II with 1.12 caused turnovers per game.

Also named to the 2007 All-PSAC Eastern Division Second Team as a goalkeeper in women's soccer this academic year, Long has started all 49 of the team's game over her three seasons and has totaled 130 ground balls for an average of 2.65 per game.