Freshman Lauren Stille was named the NE-10 Freshman of the Year after leading the conference in goals and points during the regular season.

Stille Named Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year
Baillargeon also honored with a spot on the All-Conference second team  

RINDGE, N.H. (May 4, 2008) – Freshmen Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) and Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass./Westfield) of the Franklin Pierce University women’s lacrosse team both earned postseason honors from the Northeast-10 Conference, the conference announced after the NE-10 Championship game on Sunday afternoon.

Stille became the first Raven women’s lacrosse player to earn a major postseason honor from the Northeast-10, as she was named the conference’s Freshman of the Year. Baillargeon, meanwhile, was named to the All-Conference second team, making her only the second Raven in program history to earn All-Conference honors.

Stille, a two-time Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week during the year, was named the Freshman of the Year after leading the conference in both goals and points during a record-breaking regular season. The freshman attacker set new single-season records at Franklin Pierce with 73 goals and 14 assists for 87 points, surpassing the previous goals record by 15 and the points mark by 21, and currently ranks third in the nation in goals per game (4.56/game) and sixth in total points. In only one season at Franklin Pierce, she ranks fifth all-time at the school in both career goals and points as well as sixth in career assists.

Freshman Jordan Baillargeon, a second-team All-Conference pick, finished second on the team in scoring in 2008.

Baillargeon joins Courtney Boardman (2003-05) as the only All-Conference selections in program history with her selection to the second team. The midfielder, one of only two freshmen named to the All-Conference team, finished second on the team with 39 goals and seven assists for 46 points in her first season, including a 10-goal, three-assist game against Norwich University on April 10. In the win, Baillargeon set a new school record and placed fifth on the NCAA Division II single-game list with 13 points, while her 10 goals were second in school history and tied for fourth all-time for a single game in Div. II.

Franklin Pierce completed the 2008 season with a 3-13 record (1-9 in the Northeast-10). The Ravens set at least seven individual and team records during the season, including shattering the school record for goals in a season with 180.