2018 A-10 Awards

The 2018 season by the numbers

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Seniors Tamia Roach (Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago/St. Joseph's Convent Port-of-Spain) and Alyscia Smith (Newport, Pa./Newport) have both earned 2018 All-Atlantic 10 Conference honors. Roach was named to the First Team and Smith earned a spot on the Second Team.
 
Roach also grabbed a spot on the All-Academic Team.
 
The duo of Roach and Smith powered the Bald Eagles all season, and helped LHU finish the year at .500 (9-9 overall).
 
Roach, a preseason all-conference pick, earned First Team honors after registering a 20-point season. She had eight goals and four assists in 16 games. Roach was a Second Team selection last season and an All-Rookie selection back in 2015. She scored twice in a big early-season win over Towson and was credited with the game-winner vs. A-10 foe Saint Louis. Roach was selected to the 2018 Senior All-Star game as well, rounding out a sensational senior-season and LHU-career.
 
Smith ranked among A-10 leaders all season in goals and points after leading LHU with 13 goals and 32 points, respectively. She also added six assists and was credited with two game-winning goals on the season. Smith scored hat tricks on three occasions and in all, had four multiple-goal games on the season. Her Second Team honor caps a brilliant Lock Haven career. Smith was an All-Rookie pick back in 2015.
 
The win in the season-finale vs. La Salle helped Lock Haven finish the season at .500, thanks to a 9-9 overall record. The Bald Eagles were 3-5 in A-10 action, thanks to wins over Davidson, Saint Louis and La Salle. All three conference wins came by way of a shutout and LHU outscored their conference foes 9-0 in those three games. Highlighting the season was LHU head coach Pat Rudy and her historic march toward 600 wins. She got that magical 600^th win on October 5 at Davidson and finished the season with 602 career coaching victories.