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Jane Earley '18 NCAA Division III National Championship
Jane Earley '18 and the Middlebury women's lacrosse team won the NCAA Divison III National Championship in women's lacrosse over Memorial Day weekend. Jane had two goals in the Panthers' win over Gettysburg College 17-9. Middlebury College has won the NCAA Division III National Championships in 2019, 2022, and 2023 all while Jane has been a starting player on their team. There were no championships in 2020 due to COVID and Middlebury opted out of play in 2021. Jane took spring 2021 off from Middlebury.
Due to COVID, Jane has one more year of eligibility for collegiate sports and will play NCAA Division I lacrosse at the University of Denver as a graduate student. Denver was ranked #5 in Division I and lost in the semifinals against Northwestern.
Here's a video of Jane, her teammates, and her coach in a post-game press conference.
STATS:
- NCAA All-Tournament Team
- Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-American First Team
- Earley was named to the first team for the second-consecutive season
- Earned NESCAC Player of the Year and a spot on the All-NESCAC First Team for the second year in a row
- Named NESCAC Player of the Week on two occasions, while picking up IWLCA Player of the Week honors three times this year
- Earley leads the conference in points (97) and draws controls (130), while ranking third in goals (67) and assists (30)
- As of 5/24/23, second place in the Panther career record books in goals (210), points (281), and draws (249)
- Earley eclipsed the 200-goal mark, becoming just the second player in program history and she became the second Panther to win 100 draws in a single season
- Set a Middlebury single-game mark this season, winning 13 draw controls in a victory over #3 The College of New Jersey
- Named to the 2023 Tewaaraton Award Watch List a the beginning of the 2023 season
- Received the Hazeltine-Klevenow Memorial Trophy honoring a male and female athlete for best-combining ability in athletics and excellence in scholarship
- Broke her own Middlebury record for points in a season with 106 points
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