EAST STROUDSBURG - East Stroudsburg University's Kristin Restivo, the nation's leading scorer, has been selected as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Lacrosse Player of the Year and ESU Coach Sandy Miller has been named the PSAC Coach of the Year.

Restivo, a senior from Westbury, N.Y., scored 72 goals in 16 games for an average of 4.5 goals per game, tops for any NCAA Division II player. The runner-up was Melissa Campbell of Philadelphia University with 66 goals in 16 games for an average of 4.13 per game.

Miller coached the Warriors to the best season in the school's history with an 11-5 record, setting a school mark for most wins in a season, and a runner-up finish in the PSAC.

Four other ESU players were honored. Second home Megan Macauley from Doylestown and point Andrea Demidont from Somerset joined Restivo on the All-Conference first team while first home Colleen Birmingham from Prospect Park and third man Britt Huckaby from Medford Lakes, N.J., were second team selections. All are seniors.

Restivo scored four or more goals in 13 of the team's 16 games. She had a high of seven goals in victories over Shippensburg and Lock Haven and had six goals in two other games.

Her biggest game was against West Chester when she scored five straight goals to bring the Warriors back from a 5-0 halftime deficit en route to a 7-6 win. It was the team's first series win over the Golden Rams after 33 straight defeats.

Restivo also added 15 assists for 87 points, an average of 5.5 per game, second in the nation. She set school records for goals in a season and also for goals in a career with 189, 40 more than the previous mark.

"I'm so happy for Kristin and our other players," said Miller, who admittedly also was thrilled by her own Coach of the Year selection.

"Kristin is one of those great athletes who makes everything look easy," the coach continued. "She does things effortlessly on the field, is very intelligent and knows how to get into position to score.

"Her statistics are truly amazing considering that she had to work through double teams all season. She did it and with her quick release, by the time goalies reacted, the ball was in the back of the net," Miller explained.

Macauley was second on the team and tenth in the nation in goals scored with 52 and in points with 70. She had 18 assists and finished her career with a school-record 66 assists. She scored the winning goal with 21 seconds in the victory over West Chester.

Demidont, Birmingham and Huckaby were leaders on the ESU defense which allowed less than nine goals per game, holding ten opponents under ten goals.

Restivo is a first team repeater. Macauley made the first team as a sophomore and the second team last year. Demidont moved up from her 1999 second team selection. Birmingham and Huckaby were honored for the first time.

Miller has coached the ESU lacrosse team for 16 years. She has produced All-America players the last five years. She also is the school's field hockey coach. This is her second PSAC Coach of the Year Award as she was honored in field hockey in 1996.

Bloomsburg, the conference champion, had the most first team selections with five in goalie Yshonda Wisher, attackers Michele Baylor and Roxann Emerick and defenders Margo Wiley and NicoleWiley. The Huskies beat ESU, 11-10 in overtime, in the conference championship game last Saturday.

The complete teams:

First Team - Offense: Michele Baylor and Roxann Emerick, Bloomsburg; Megan Macauley and Kristin Restivo (Player of the Year), ESU; Kim Rochon, West Chester; Keri Hopkins, Shippensburg; Defense: Jennifer Brokenshire, Millersville; Andrea Demidont, ESU; Margo Wiley and Nicole Wiley, Bloomsburg; Heather Kennedy, Shippensburg, and Kris Lawson, West Chester; Goalie: Yshonda Wisher, Bloomsburg.

Second Team - Offense: Noelle Bowman, IUP; Megan Dwyer, Lock Haven; Shannon Eidse, West Chester; Alyssa Kusturiss, IUP; Jacqui Moss, Millersville; Kathleen Sheehan, Shippensburg (Rookie of the Year); Defense: Mara Bates and Kristin Schellinger Bloomsburg; Colleen Birmingham and Britt Huckaby, ESU; Nicole Berkenbough, Shippensburg, Nicole Tursi, IUP; Goalie: Mindy Bodolus, West Chester.

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East Stroudsburg, Pa. - East Stroudsburg University's record-breaking scorer Kristin Restivo has completed a sweep of the women's lacrosse awards which can be earned by an ESU player.

Restivo has been named to the United States Lacrosse Association Division II All-America first team. She previously made the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Association Division II All-America first team.

The senior third home also has been chosen on the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division II all-star team. She recently was named as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Player of the Year and also made the All-PSAC first team.

Restivo scored a school record 72 goals and added 15 assists in leading the Warriors to an 11-5 record, most wins in the school's history, and a conference runner-up finish. She closed her career with 189 goals which represented a school and conference record.

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EAST STROUDSBURG - East Stroudsburg University seniors Kristin Restivo and Megan Macauley have been named Division II Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Association All-Americans, it was announced Monday.

Restivo, who hales from Westbury, N.Y., earned first team honors for the second straight season as an at-large selection. She led NCAA Division II in scoring with 72 goals in 16 games for a 4.5 goals-per-game average. The 5-8 third home broke her own school record of 56 goals in a season, set in 1999. Restivo also set the ESU record for career goals with 189, 40 more than the previous record set by Ann Clifton from 1983-86.

Macauley, a 5-9 second home from Doylestown, Pa., was an at-large selection on the second team. She finished second on the team and tenth in the nation in goals scored with 52 and in points with 70. Her 18 assists increased her school record to 66 career assists.

Restivo, who was recently honored as ESU's Senior Female Athlete of the Year, also tallied 15 assists, giving her 87 points for an average of 5.5 per game. That figure placed her second in the nation. She scored four or more goals in 13 of the team's 16 games. She had a high of seven goals in victories over Shippensburg and Lock Haven and had six goals in two other games.

The senior tandem helped lead the Warriors to a school-record 11 wins and a berth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championship game. Restivo was honored as PSAC Player of the Year, and Macauley was a first team all-conference selection.

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