STANDISH, Maine – The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) NCAA DIII All-Region teams have been released and Saint Joseph's College grad student Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) has earned Second Team All-Pilgrim Region honors for the second consecutive season.
Dexter, the first SJC women's lacrosse player to earn back-to-back Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Offensive Player of the Year honors, scored 85 goals with 46 assists for a total of 131 points during the 2023 season. The three-time First Team All-GNAC honoree capped the 2023 campaign ranked fourth in NCAA DIII in points, fifth in goals, and 10th in points per game (6.55).
Dexter leaves the women's lacrosse program as the Monks' career leader in points (375), points per game (5.77), assists (161), and assists per game (2.48) and is also second in man-up goals (13), fourth in total goals (214), free-position tallies (33), and game-winning goals (11), and fifth in goals per game (3.29) in 65 career contests.
Last spring, Dexter helped the Monks win their second GNAC Championship while setting SJC single-season records for points (155), points per game (7.38), goals (80), goals per game (4.44), assists (75), assists per game (4.00), and man-up goals (9).
Dexter set the GNAC single-season points record (previously 130 points) last spring and, after producing 131 this season, owns the top two slots in the conference season record book. Among active NCAA DIII Women's Lacrosse players, she ranks fourth in points and assists, eighth in points per game, ninth in goals, 12th in ground balls (181), and 14th in assists per game.
Dexter is one of just two GNAC players to earn IWLCA All-Region honors – Simmons University senior defender Riley Wasluk was also listed on the Second Team.
The IWLCA has honored 256 student-athletes in Division III with a selection to one of the All-Region teams for 2023. These student-athletes are now eligible to be named to a national IWLCA All-American team. The IWLCA will announce the 2023 All-American teams on May 24.
ABOUT THE IWLCA:
The IWLCA is a membership-led, professional association representing the nation's intercollegiate women's lacrosse coaches within Division I, II & III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The IWLCA is a 501c(3) nonprofit educational organization.
Currently there are over 500 institutional members and over 1,200 coaches and staff at NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, and NAIA collegiate programs.
