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Signature
signing
Carlo 1st
SVlacrosse
player to
get
scholarship
By Derek
Pyda
Eagle Staff
Writer
It's not
just another
high school
athlete
signing to
play in
college.
It's also a
milestone
for the
Seneca
Valley girls
lacrosse
team.
Emily Carlo,
a senior
defender for
the Raiders,
recently
signed a
letter of
intent to
continue her
academic and
athletic
career at
Robert
Morris
University.
She is the
first SV
girls'
lacrosse
player to
receive a
scholarship
to play at
the Division
I level.
"It's a big
step for our
program,"
said
Raiders'
coach Dina
Hughes. "I
hope the
other girls
use her as a
role model.
"This shows
them that it
is
achievable
to play
lacrosse in
college and
possibly get
scholarship
money to do
it."
Marymount
University
(Va.) also
showed
interest in
Carlo, but
RMU offered
more.
"The
scholarship
money was a
big factor,"
said Carlo,
who plans to
enroll in
RMU's
nursing
program.
"That and
the
location,
Robert
Morris is a
lot closer
to home."
Carlo played
basketball
and soccer
through her
10th grade
year.
She began
playing
lacrosse in
seventh
grade and
after
spending her
entire
sophomore
season on
the varsity
team,
decided to
focus her
efforts on
the sport,
leaving the
other two
activities
behind.
"It was a
personal
decision,
something
that I
wanted to
do," said
Carlo. "I
had played
for a club
soccer team
and it
conflicted
with my
schedule. I
figured that
my best
sport was
lacrosse and
I stuck with
that."
Carlo's play
has helped
the Raiders
to an 11-4
overall
record (8-0
in Section
1) so far
this season,
including a
14-4 win
over Shaler
on Tuesday.
SV is giving
up an
average of
just six
goals per
game, due in
large part
to Carlo's
defensive
play.
"She's a
very
flexible
player,"
said Hughes.
"I'd be
comfortable
putting her
at midfield
or attack.
"We have her
at defender
because she
has the
ability to
predict what
other teams
are going to
do on
attack,"
Hughes
added.
"She's a
good leader,
she's fast
and she has
good
stick-handling
skills."
The women's
lacrosse
program at
Robert
Morris is
just four
years old.
The
Colonials
play in the
NCAA's
Northeast
Conference
and are
coming off a
5-11 season,
which
wrapped up
April 20.
NEC foes
include
Mount St.
Mary's,
Wagner,
Sacred
Heart,
Quinnipiac,
Central
Connecticut
State, Long
Island,
Monmouth and
St. Francis
(Pa.).
Colonials'
coach Katy
Phillips has
a plan to
help her
team move up
the
conference
standings.
"We try
really hard
to recruit
local talent
to add to
our roster,"
Phillips
wrote in an
e-mailed
response.
"We are
really
excited
about Emily
coming in
next year.
"I believe
that she is
going to
bring a
great deal
to our
defensive
unit."
And Carlo is
eager to
prove the
coach right.
"I hope to
play as much
as
possible,"
she said.
"And I'd
really like
to play as a
freshman."
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