A historic season for Rutgers women’s lacrosse continued on Monday as the program earned two individual awards from the Big Ten. Melissa Lehman was named Coach of the Year and Cassidy Spilis was named Midfielder of the Year. It’s Lehman’s first honor in her third season at the helm and Spilis becomes the first Scarlet Knight to win a Player of the Year award since the program joined the conference eight seasons ago. The awards are voted on by the Big Ten coaches.
Lehman has led Rutgers to a program record 15 victories this season, its best ever finish in the Big Ten in third place and a first ever trip to the Big Ten Championship game.