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2007: Started all 22 games in goal ... Named the Inside Lacrosse National Goalie of the Year and first-team All-American after leading the nation with a 5.92 goals-against-average and a .576 save percentage ... Third-team IWLCA All-American ... Named the ALC Goalie of the Year and first-team all-conference ... Recorded 160 saves--a school record ... Had her best game of the season when she came up with 14 saves--one shy of her career high--in the win over No. 2 Maryland (4/16) in Evanston ... Against Penn in the NCAA semifinals (5/25), she notched seven saves and held the Quakers scoreless until the 16:29 mark of the second half-- the longest scoring drought (43:31) to open a game in NCAA finals history ... Also had seven saves in the NCAA final win over Virginia, coming up with a key save late in the game with Northwestern leading by a goal ... Started the season with 22 saves in two games against UNC and Vanderbilt ... Had six games with 10 or more saves ... Notched 12 against Vanderbilt (2/25) and at Boston University (3/25) and 11 at Johns Hopkins (4/20) ... Allowed just two teams to score in double-figures all season ... Recorded 28 ground balls and forced six turnovers.
2006: Made an immediate impact in goal during her freshman season ... Played in 20 games with 19 starts between the pipes ... Went 18-1 ... Led a defense that gave up just 7.9 goals per game, seventh-best in the nation ... Had a 8.23 goals per game average overall, good for ninth in the country ... Recorded 133 saves on the season ... Fifth on team with 42 ground balls ... Made a season-high 15 saves in her first career game in the win at Hofstra (2/24) ... Allowed a season-low four goals in a 60-minute game in the NCAA title game against Dartmouth (5/28) ... After recording just one save in the April loss at Duke, she rebounded to record 10 saves in the NCAA semifinal win over the Blue Devils (5/26) ... Named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team for her efforts ... Made 13 saves in the win over Vanderbilt (5/5) ... Shut out Rutgers in 31 minutes of play (2/26) ... Had a total of five games with 10 or more saves ... Had 12 saves at California (3/23) and 10 in the NCAA Tournament win over North Carolina (5/14).
High School: Four-time letterwinner, team captain in 2005 ... Two-time MVP of the Ivy League (2004, 2005) ... Four-time All-Ivy League goalkeeper ... 2005 Journal News All-County ... In 2005, led county in goals against average (3.13) and save percentage (.740) ... 2003 Ivy League Coaches Award ... Had a save percentage of .669 in 2004 and .643 in 2003 ... Led team to four Ivy League championships and two New York State Independent School titles (2004, 2005) ... Had a shutout in the second half of 2004 state championship game ... Recorded 27 saves in a game vs. Mountain Lakes (N.J.) in 2004 ... High school coach was Melissa Abraham ... Also lettered in soccer, squash and basketball ... 2005 recipient of McIlhenny Bowl, given to a Hackley female for her distinction in athletics ... In soccer, 2004 MVP of Ivy League and three-time first-team All-Ivy League ... 2004 Journal News All-County ... Soccer team won two state titles during her career (2002, 2004) ... Club soccer team (FC Westchester) competed in two Super Y League national finals (runner-up in 2005) ... Captain of squash team ... Club lacrosse team was Westchester Girls Elite.
Personal: Born Morgan Young Lathrop on 6/6/87 ... Daughter of Maureen and Townsend Lathrop ... Major is communication studies.
