Lady Dutch lacrosse players garner honors

GUILDERLAND –– The Guilderland girls’ lacrosse season is over, but plenty of team members were honored for their efforts.

Seniors Casey Gerety and Amanda Santandrea were named All-AmericanS and Gerety was also named an Academic All-American with sister seniors Kristen Cagino and Marissa Page.

Santandrea, Page, Gerety, and junior Erin Mossop were placed on the Suburban Council First Team All-Stars. Cagino and sophomore Kelly Camardo were named to the Second Team. Ally DeRizzo, Jess Marini, Shelby Iapoce, and Jenna Crupi received honorable mentions.

Lady Dutch Head Coach Gary Chatnik said that Marini and Camardo were voted as captains for the 2011 season.

Five of the 11 graduating Guilderland seniors will be playing lacrosse in college. Santandrea will be goaltending for Drexel University and Gerety will take her defensive prowess to Fairfield. Crupi will be attending Southern New Hampshire University and Page will go to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Kat Keegan will play at Marist College.

Sophomore Nicole Levine and Mossop will travel to Baltimore, Md. on July 3 to play in the Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic for the Upstate New York girls’ team.

–– Jordan J. Michael

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