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Sandra Abel |
Assistant Coach sla4@hood.edu |
Sandra Abel enters her first season as an assistant coach for
the women’s lacrosse team.
Hailing from Urbana High School in Monrovia, Md., Abel graduated
from Rutgers University last spring with a degree in women and
gender studies with a minor in psychology.
A goalkeeper at Rutgers, she started all 16 games between the
pipes last season and racked up 144 saves for a .460 save
percentage while logging 955:32 minutes. She went 7-9 on the season
and owned a 10.24 goals-against average, fourth in the Big
East.
Abel was named to the IWLCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region second team
her junior year and finished the season with career-highs in saves
(163), save percentage (.477) and wins (seven).
Abel also finished second in the BIG EAST and 19th nationally in
save percentage and saves per game. Abel recorded 10 or more saves
in 10 games including five straight. She was named the Big East
Defensive Player of the Week on March 3, 2008 and was voted to the
2008 Preseason all-Big East team.
In 2007, Abel played in 16 games, starting 11, and finished with a
4-0 record. She ranked seventh in the conference in goals-against
average (10.32) and saves per game (4.19) and ranked eighth with a
.435 save percentage. She logged a team-high 506 minutes during the
season.
A starter in 11 of the 14 games she appeared in as a freshman,
Abel finished the season seventh overall in the league in save
percentage (.463). She averaged a team-best 11.53 goals-against
average and finished with a record of 6-5.
Abel started out as an attacker at Urbana before making the switch
to netminder as a sophomore. A three-time all-county performer and
two-time team captain for the Hawks, she guided the squad to an
appearance in the state championship her senior year.
In addition to her coaching duties with the lacrosse program, Abel
will assist Assistant Director of Athletics for Academic Enrichment
Jay Butler with Hood’s study hall and mentoring programs. She
is also pursuing a master’s degree in human sciences.
