Foust and Miller Named Preseason All-BIG EAST

2/11/2021 10:28:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

MU was picked to finish fifth in the preseason poll

By: Communications

NEW YORK – The BIG EAST Women's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches' Poll was announced on Thursday with 2019 regular-season champion Denver the unanimous favorite to win the crown in 2021. The Pioneers earned all five available first-place votes and a total of 25 points to sit atop the poll. Denver senior attacker Quintin Hoch-Bullen was voted BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while teammate Molly Little, a graduate student defender, was elected BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. The preseason poll and awards are decided by a vote of the league's head coaches who are not permitted to vote for their own team.

Denver was followed in the preseason poll by 2019 BIG EAST Championship winner Georgetown, which collected 21 points and the remaining first-place vote. Villanova landed in third with 15 points, while UConn was slotted fourth with 13 points. The Huskies return to BIG EAST play after competing in the AAC in 2019 and 2020. Marquette was tabbed fifth in the poll with 11 points, while Butler rounded out the list in sixth with five points.

Led by ninth-year head coach Meredith Black, the Golden Eagles had two players named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, the third year in a row MU has had multiple players selected. This year's selections were junior midfielder Lydia Foust and senior defender Jocelyn Miller. Foust, a Redwood City, Calif., native, appeared in all 10 games and started in six during her sophomore season in 2020. She enjoyed a breakout campaign in which she led the team in goals (25) while tallying six assists, causing four turnovers and picking up 12 ground balls. After scoring two goals in the first three games, Foust had at least three goals in six of the final seven games of the year.

A senior from Manorville, N.Y., Miller has been one of Marquette's top defenders since her freshman year in 2018. She's started in all 44 games of her career and was named First Team All-BIG EAST after the 2019 season. In her career, she's picked up 75 ground balls and caused 48 turnovers, which puts her at No. 10 all-time in school history in CT's. Miller was also named to the 2020 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, one of three team selections along with Shea Garcia and Madison Kane.

BIG EAST Women's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches' Poll
1. Denver          25 (5 first-place votes)
2. Georgetown 21 (1)
3. Villanova       15
4. UConn          13
5. Marquette    11
6. Butler 5

BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year
Quintin Hoch-Bullen, Denver, Sr., A*

BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
Molly Little, Denver, Grad., D

Preseason All-BIG EAST Team^
Lia LaPrise, UConn, Jr., A
Sydney Watson, UConn, Sr., M*
Bea Behrins, Denver, Sr., A
Quintin Hoch-Bullen, Denver, Sr., A*
Hannah Liddy, Denver, Sr., A5)
Molly Little, Denver, Grad., D*
Caroline Weisman, Denver, Sr., M
Eliza Radochonski, Denver, Sr., A*
Katie Hudson, Georgetown, Grad., D*
Michaela Bruno, Georgetown, Grad., A*
Natalia Lynch, Georgetown, Grad., M*
Mollie Miller, Georgetown, Sr., D
Lydia Foust, Marquette, Jr., M
Jocelyn Miller, Marquette, Sr., D
Sydney Frank, Villanova, Jr., D
Alexa Moro, Villanova, Jr., GK
Liz Trojan, Villanova, Grad., A
Katie Comerford, Villanova, Grad., A*

*unanimous selection
^due to a tie in voting, extra players were added

Marquette's BIG EAST Preseason Projections (actual finish)
2021: Fifth (N/A)
2020: Fourth (No BIG EAST Season)
2019: Third (Second)
2018: T-Sixth (T-Third)
2017: Sixth (Sixth)
2016: Seventh (Fifth)
2015: Seventh (Seventh)
2014: T-Seventh (Seventh)

Marquette's Preseason All-BIG EAST Team Selections
2021 (2): Lydia Foust, Jocelyn Miller
2020 (3): Shea Garcia, Madison Kane, Jocelyn Miller
2019 (3): Grace Gabriel, Jocelyn Miller, Cate Soccodato
2018 (1): Grace Gabriel
2017 (2): Allison Lane, Julianna Shearer
2016 (1): Elizabeth Goslee
2015 (1): Elizabeth Goslee (Preseason Co-Defensive Player of the Year)
2014 (0): None