All-Ivy League Teams and Player Awards for the 2012 Season

She was second on the team in draw controls with a career-best 33, which helped move her into the program's all-time top-10. Like Bird, Smith has drawn the responsibilities of covering several opponents' top offensive players this season, a job she excelled at throughout en route to her first league accolade.

Giovanniello rounds out the four members of the Big Green on the conference's second team. A season removed from being named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a spot on the first team, she continued her stellar play as a sophomore, ranking in the top two in the league in every major goalkeeping category. A two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week in 2012, Giovanniello posted a 9.12 goals-against average, a save percentage of .464 and led the team in ground balls (33) against a schedule that featured six teams ranked nationally in the top 20.

Dartmouth will open play in the 2012 Ivy League Tournament Friday afternoon in Philadelphia as the No. 2 seed, taking on third-seeded Cornell at 5:00 p.m. at Dunning-Cohen Champions Field in Penn Park in the first semifinal. Penn and Harvard will play the other match-up Friday night for the right to advance to the league's championship game set for Sunday at noon.

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First Team
A – * Erin Brennan, Penn, Sr. (Garden City, N.Y.)
A – *Jessi Steinberg, Cornell, Sr. (Suffern, N.Y.)
A – Jaci Gassaway, Princeton, Jr. (Longmeadow, Mass.)
A – Kacie Johnson, Columbia, Jr. (Wilton, Conn.)
M – *Sarah Plumb, Dartmouth, Sr. (Wellesley, Mass.)
M – *Maddie Poplawski, Penn, Jr. (Springfield, Mass.)
M – *Cassie Pyle, Princeton, Sr. (Alexandria, Va.)
D – *Lindsey deButts, Princeton, Sr. (Alexandria, Va.)
D – *Ellen Gleason, Harvard, Sr. (Binghamton, N.Y.)
D – *Caroline "Cacki" Helmer, Cornell, Sr. (Manilus, N.Y.)
GK – *Emily Leitner, Penn, Sr. (Darien, Conn.)

Second Team
A – Kirsten Goldberg, Dartmouth, Sr. (Cockeysville, Md.))
A – Kaela McGilloway, Brown, Sr. (Sea Cliff, N.Y.)
A – Caroline Salisbury, Cornell, Jr. (Middletown, Md.)
M – Melanie Baskind, Harvard, Sr. (Framingham, Mass.)
M – Shannon McHugh, Cornell, Sr. (Manilus, N.Y.)
M – Danielle Tetreault, Harvard, Jr. (Guilderland, N.Y.)
D – Georgia Bird, Dartmouth, Sr. (Summit, N.J.)
D – Amanda Goodhart, Columbia, Sr. (Alexandria, Va.)
D – Erin Roos, Brown, So. (Wilmette, Ill.)
D – Hilary Smith, Dartmouth, Sr. (Bronxville, N.Y.)
GK – Kristen Giovanniello, Dartmouth, So. (Old Brookville, N.Y.)

Honorable Mention
A – Caroline Crow, Yale, Sr. (Davidsonville, Md.)
A – Erin McMunn, Princeton, Fr. (Westminster, Md.)
A – Courtney Tomchik, Penn, So. (Arnold, Md.)
A – Jennifer VanderMeulen, Harvard, Jr. (Liverpool, N.Y.)
M – Meredith Cain, Penn, Jr. (Pittsburgh)
M – Paige Cuscovitch, Columbia, So. (Longmeadow, Mass.)
M – Micaela Cyr, Harvard, Jr. (Lexington, Mass.)
M – Katie Kirk, Cornell, Sr. (Annapolis, Md.)
M – Erin Slifer, Princeton, Fr. (Mt. Airy, Md.)
D – Tayt Foussadier, Penn, Fr. (Turnersville, N.J.)
D – Mariel Jenkins, Harvard, Jr. (Belle Mead, N.J.)
D – Caroline Rehfuss, Princeton, Jr. (Latham, N.Y.)
GK – Kelly Weis, Harvard, Fr. (Garden City, N.Y.)

*unanimous selection

Player of the Year: Sarah Plumb, Dartmouth, Sr. (Wellesley, Mass.)
Rookie of the Year: Erin McMunn, Princeton, Fr. (Westminster, Md.)

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ITHACA, N.Y. – Five Big Red women's lacrosse players were named to the 2012 All-Ivy teams, the league announced Wednesday, highlighted by senior attack Jessi Steinberg and senior defender Cacki Helmer making the first team as unanimous selections.

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