Ashley Pike recorded 44 goals during her senior season and picked up her second All-America honors.
Rowan and Pike Named Inside Lacrosse All-Americans
6/7/2007 11:49:12 AM | Women's Lacrosse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – After helping lead the Orange to its most successful season in school history, two Syracuse student-athletes earned All-America recognition by Inside Lacrosse. Sophomore Katie Rowan (Delmar, N.Y) was named to the second team, while senior Ashley Pike (Watertown, N.Y.) earned third-team accolades.
“Katie Rowan is a great player,” said head coach Lisa Miller. “She makes everybody on the team a better player. Ashley stepped in and had a great senior season.”
It is the second All-America honors for both players. Last week, Rowan became the third player in SU history to be named a first-team All-American by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA). Pike was named to the third team by the coaches association.
A first-team regional All-American and a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team, Rowan led the high-powered Syracuse offense and set school records with 86 points and 59 goals during her sophomore season. Rowan tallied at least a hat trick in 14 games and joined Leigh-Ann Zimmer (2002 and 2004) and Gaddy Fortune (2006) as the only SU players to score at least one goal in each game in a single-season.
In just her second season, Rowan has already made a mark on the SU record books. She ranks fifth in career points (142), fifth in career goals (105) and sixth in career assists (39). Rowan became the quickest player in school history to score 100 career points and goals, reaching the plateaus in just 28 and 34 games, respectively. She also matched single-game school records with 10 points and seven goals against Rutgers earlier this season.
In addition to her school records in points and goals, Rowan also recorded the third-most assists in a single season with 27. She not only ranks among the best at Syracuse, but also ranks highly in the nation. Rowan, who also earned ESPN The Magazine District 1 First Team accolades, ranked ninth in the NCAA with 4.53 points per game, 12th with 3.11 goals per game and 30th with 1.42 assists per game.
An All-Northeast Region First Team and All-BIG EAST Second Team selection, Pike was an offensive force during her senior season. Mainly a defensive midfielder and goalkeeper her first three seasons with the Orange, Pike recorded 52 points on 44 goals and eight assists after totaling only eight points and four goals her first three years at Syracuse. Her 44 goals in 2007 are tied for the seventh-highest total in school history.
Rowan and Pike led the Orange to one of its most successful seasons in 2007. Syracuse won a school-record 13 games and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time in school history. The Orange also won its first BIG EAST regular-season championship, won the inaugural BIG EAST Championship Tournament with its first-ever victory against perennial-power Georgetown and won its first-ever NCAA Tournament game. In addition, the duo led the SU offense to a school-record 288 goals in 2007, crushing the previous standard of 205 goals.
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