FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 11, 2010

Childs & Drolet
Tabbed All-Little East Conference
RIC Receives Team Sportsmanship Award

Providence, RI—Rhode Island College sophomores Jenna Childs (Cranston, RI) and Nicky Drolet (Somersworth, NH) were named All-Little East Conference for their performance in women’s lacrosse this past season. The Anchorwomen were also the recipients of the Little East Conference Team Sportsmanship Award.

Childs was named First Team All-Little East as a defender. She played in 12 games, starting all of them. Childs had four goals and one assist for five points to go along with seven shots, 43 ground balls, three draw controls and 18 caused turnovers. She was second on the team in ground balls. Childs had two goals, one assist, five ground balls and two caused turnovers in the Anchorwomen’s, 20-2, win over Sage on March 27.

 Sophomore defender Jenna Childs

Drolet was named Second Team All-Little East as an attacker. She played in 13 games, starting all of them. Drolet had 43 goals and seven assists for 50 points to go along with 94 shots, 24 ground balls, 18 draw controls and four caused turnovers. She led the team in goals, assists, points and shots. Drolet netted the game-winning goals in the Anchorwomen’s wins over Lasell (March 18) and SUNY Maritime (April 8). She had five goals, two assists and six ground balls in the season-opening win over the Lasers. Drolet was named the Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Week once.

 Sophomore attacker Nicky Drolet

Head Coach Mike Koperda’s team finished the 2010 season with a 3-10 overall record and a 0-6 (seventh place) finish in the Little East Conference.

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