Senior guard D.J. Strawberry was named to the Second Team All-ACC and All-ACC Defensive Team on Monday. Strawberry has averaged 15.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game this season.Though coach Gary Williams said Strawberry has become one of the top players in the country, he conceded that the ACC first team (Jared Dudley, Tyler Hansbrough, Al Thornton, Sean Singletary and Zabian Dowdell) was stacked with talent.”In a normal year, he could’ve very easily made first team, but those five guys on the first team, you can’t dispute any of those guys,” Williams said. “And I think D.J. belongs right there with them.”Strawberry is ranked No. 5 in the ACC in steals per game, but finished behind Jamon Gordon in the voting for ACC Defensive Player of the Year. Strawberry earned ACC Player of the Week honors two straight times in the past month, as he has sparked the Terps’ seven-game winning streak.Guard Greivis Vasquez was named All-Freshman honorable mention after averaging 10.0 points and 4.65 assists per game, finishing seventh in assist-to-turnover ratio. Williams said Vasquez deserved to make the All-Freshman team.
n Women’s lacrosseEven though national championship-winning coach Cindy Timchal left the Terrapin women’s lacrosse team, the honors haven’t stopped. Now, they’re going to new coach Cathy Reese.Reese was named U.S. Lacrosse Coach of the Week on Monday, following the Terps’ impressive 3-0 start. The most recent win came Saturday in an entertaining fashion, as the No. 8-ranked Terps beat No. 2 Duke 19-18 behind four goals each from senior Krista Pellizzi and junior Lauren Cohen.Under Reese, the Terps are undefeated through their first three games for the first time since 2003. And they’re doing it with ridiculous offensive firepower: The Terps have scored 60 goals and racked up three wins by a combined 26 goals.
n Women’s golfJunior Katie Trotter shot five-over 77 Tuesday to finish No. 16 in the individual competition at the Pinehurst Challenge women’s golf tournament. She was the Terrapins’ top finisher.Led by Trotter’s 155-stroke performance, the Terps finished with 638 strokes and 10th out of 17 teams in the tournament held on Pinehurst’s Course No. 8. Kelly Calkin and Jessica Reno finished 45th and 49th, respectively.-Compiled by Stephen Whyno
