Shurtleff, Agostino Earn All-America Honors, Seven Tigers Named to IWLCA South All-Region Team

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) announced Friday morning that seven Clemson Tigers earned spots on the South All-Region First and Second Teams. Four Tigers: senior defender Summer Agostino, senior goalie Emily Lamparter, graduate attacker Lindsey Marshall and sophomore midfielder Natalie Shurtleff, were named to the first team, while three others: freshman draw specialist Kira Balis, sophomore attacker Kayla MacLeod and junior defender Paris Masaracchia, were selected to the second team.

Additionally on Friday afternoon, Inside Lacrosse announced the 2025 Nike Lacrosse Media All-Americans. Agostino earned a spot on the Second Team while Shurtleff grabbed a Third Team selection.

This is the first time that Agostino, Marshall, Balis and MacLeod have been recognized in their collegiate careers and marked consecutive years that Tigers have made it onto the South All-Region First Team. This is also the first time that Clemson has had players make it onto either team more than once with Masaracchia, Lamparter and Shurtleff earning their second stint and Lamparter being on the first team in consecutive seasons. Seven players on the list are tied for the most in the South Region alongside No. 1 North Carolina and tied for the most players by any team with No. 2 Boston College and No. 3 Northwestern.

Agostino led Clemson with the best statistical defensive season by a Tiger to date. The senior broke single-season records for caused turnovers with 58 this past season and ground balls with 57. Both marks lead the ACC and were consistently in the top-seven nationally. Agostino is one of two players in a Power Four conference with over 55 caused turnovers and over 55 ground balls. She has piled up accolades so far this season. The senior was twice named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week, the only player to do so this season, thanks to her efforts in taking down then-No. 6/5 Syracuse, where she also earned the IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week. Agostino earned her second ACC Defensive Player of the Week award after causing a career-high and ACC season-high seven turnovers against the Pittsburgh Panthers, a mark that is also tied for the third-most in a single-game in Division I this season, while also picking up four ground balls. She was additionally named to the Tewaaraton Watch List, selected to the Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America Third Team and named a member of the All-ACC Second Team.

In the cage, Lamparter had the best season of her illustrious career and has earned back-to-back All-ACC Second Team selections for it. The ACC Defensive Player of the Week and IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week award winner recorded her sixth double-digit save effort on the year against North Carolina, the 12th of her career, and has five games this season with a save rate higher than 60%. She has given up 9.67 goals on average, the lowest of her career and has pushed her save percentage to nearly the highest-point of her career, 46.4%, both of which are ranked top-five in the ACC and top-25 nationally. She reached 400 career saves in the ACC Tournament against then-No. 10/9 Duke and surpassed 150 saves for the first time this season.

Marshall showed herself to be a true offensive force in 2025. The Towson transfer broke Gianna New’s record of 64 for the most points in a single-season in Clemson history and her first goal against Pittsburgh also allowed her to exceed Hanna Hilcoff, who had 51 goals in 2023, for the most goals in a single-season in Clemson history. Marshall’s 60 goals this season is in the top-10 in the ACC while her 73 points is in the top-15 for the ACC. She is also the first Clemson player to record 60 goals in a single season and 70 points in a single season. The All-ACC Third Team selection is her seventh conference honor with the other six coming from the CAA.

Shurtleff, an ACC All-Freshman Team selectee last year, has been a force on offense, defense and draws. The sophomore surpassed her freshman totals in goals, assists and points and already has 99 points in her career, the most all-time in a Clemson uniform. Her 57 points this season and 36 goals are both the fourth-most on the team, while her shot rate of 50.7% is the second-highest with a minimum of 10 shots attempted. Alongside her offensive talents, she has also been great defensively. Shurtleff has contributed 24 ground balls and caused 11 turnovers to one of the best defenses in the country and the top defense in the ACC in terms of ground balls and caused turnovers. Additionally, in the draw circle, the Marylander has won the draw control 35 times. She is one of three players on the team with at least 20 ground balls, 30 draw controls and 10 caused turnovers and the only one to do so with over 20 goals. Shurtleff has been named to the Tewaaraton Watch List, selected to the Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America Third Team, earned a spot on the ACC All-Tournament Team and was chosen to be a part of the All-ACC First Team, the first player in Clemson history to do so.

Balis has transformed the draw unit into a dominant part of the Clemson program in her first year of competition. Balis has the recorded the most and the second-most draw controls in a single game with 20 and 18 against Queens and Stetson, respectively, for a total of 148 draws on the year, the most in a single season in Clemson history and the most by any freshman in Division I this season. The freshman was also the fastest player in Clemson history to reach 100 draw controls in a season and in their career.

MacLeod, a member of the ACC All-Freshman Team and a Tewaaraton Watch List selectee, has cemented herself as one of the best attackers in college lacrosse. In her sophomore season, MacLeod notched 47 goals and 10 assists for 57 total points and became Clemson’s all-time goals scorer with 73 and all-time points leader with 90 in the process. The attacker scored five or more goals three times this season, including a six-goal performance against Stetson that is tied for the second-most in program history.

Masaracchia, is the other Clemson’s ACC All-Tournament selection. The captain is one of two players with at least 25 caused turnovers while having also picked up 33 ground balls, the third-most on the team. During the ACC Tournament, the junior put up 11 ground balls and seven caused turnovers in two top-10 ranked match ups, including against No. 1 North Carolina.

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