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Jackie Elliott Smashes Single-Season Goals Record for Women's Lacrosse in 19-7 Victory at Wilkes
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Junior Jackie Elliott (Upper Darby, PA) ended her season with a bang, scoring seven goals to break the school’s single-season record in Widener’s 19-7 rout at Wilkes in Edwardsville, PA.
 
Elliott closed the year with 71 goals to break the mark she shared with Courtney Patton (1991) entering the contest. She also totaled 12 hat tricks and eight games with at least five goals. Her 125 career goals are sixth in Widener annals and her 157 points put her seventh.
 
Elliott scored four times in the opening half, when Widener grabbed an 11-4 lead on just 15 shots.
 
Senior Grace Cavanaugh (Voorhees, NJ) scored four times in her final game and freshman Emily Solt (Claymont, DE) netted three for the Pride (8-9, 4-7 MAC). Freshman Linda Salcedo (Media, PA) had nine saves in just over 44 minutes and a game-high six ground balls.
 
Melissa Polchinski netted four goals for Wilkes (9-8, 4-7).
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Athletes of the Week
Sam Baer
Women's Soccer

Senior Sam Baer was named Widener's Women's Outstanding Athlete of the Year.

Baer capped a remarkable career by being named All-Commonwealth Conference a fourth straight year, picked to the first team a third consecutive season and third team All-Middle Atlantic Region.  She was named second team all-region in 2008.

 

Baer ends a spectacular career in which she was tabbed second team all-league as a defender in 2006, first team all-conference as a forward in 2007 and first team as a midfielder the last two years.  She graduates first in school history with 40 assists, second with 29 goals and second with 98 points.

James Woodley
Football

Senior James Woodley was named Widener's Men's Outstanding Athlete of the Year.

It was another standout campaign for Woodley, who was tabbed first team All-Middle Atlantic Conference a third straight year and second team All-East Region by D3Football.com.  A four-year starter who constantly drew double teams, Woodley ended tied for fourth in the conference with 14.5 tackles for a loss, tied for eighth with 5.5 sacks and tied for 23rd with 5.7 tackles per game.

 

Woodley, who was invited to the East Preps Football Combine, had 19 tackles to tie for the third most in school history, 14 solo tackles, 1.5 sacks and five tackles for a loss October 31 against Lebanon Valley.

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