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Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Receives 2011 Championship Rings at Sold-Out Ryan Field
2011 Wildcats brought home NU's sixth national title in seven years
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Just over five months removed from capturing the 2011 NCAA Women's
Lacrosse championship, head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller and her title-winning
Northwestern squad received their championship rings on Saturday. The Wildcats were
recognized in front of a sold-out Ryan Field crowd of 47,330 during halftime of NU's
football game against Michigan.
The ceremony celebrated Northwestern's sixth women's lacrosse national title in the
last seven years, which came when the Wildcats finished off a 21-2 campaign with a
pair of one-goal victories on championship weekend. NU advanced to the title game
with an 11-10 win over North Carolina in the semifinals and wrapped up the national
championship in a thrilling 8-7 victory against defending champion Maryland on the
campus of Stony Brook University last May.
After the season, Northwestern's Shannon Smith was honored as the winner of
Tewaaraton Trophy -- the lacrosse equivalent of the Heisman Trophy -- as well as the
Honda Sports Award winner in women's lacrosse and the Suzy Favor Big Ten Female
Athlete of the Year. Four Wildcats -- Smith, midfielder Alex Frank and defenders
Taylor Thornton and Colleen Magarity -- received IWLCA All-American distinction for
the 2011 season.
Northwestern is in the midst of its fall ball training season with the 2012 schedule
expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Amonte Hiller returns all but one
starter from her 2011 championship team next season.
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