Shurtleff Named All-ACC First Team, Six Tigers Total Named to All-ACC Team

CLEMSON, S.C. – The ACC announced on April 22nd that six Tigers earned All-ACC honors with a Clemson player being represented on all three teams. Sophomore Natalie Shurtleff was named to the All-ACC First Team, Kayla MacLeod, Emily Lamparter and Summer Agostino were chosen to the All-ACC Second Team and Kira Balis and Lindsey Marshall were selected to the All-ACC Third Team.

This is the first time that any Clemson player has been named to the All-ACC First Team and the six selections are the most in program history and tied for the third-most selections in the ACC.

Shurtleff, an ACC All-Freshman Team selectee last year and Tewaaraton Watch List member this year, has been a force on offense, defense and draws. The sophomore has surpassed her freshman totals in goals and points and already has 88 points in her career, the second-most all-time in a Clemson uniform. Her 46 points this season and 29 goals are ranked fourth on the team while her shot rat of 50.9% is a team-high 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 10turnovers to one of the best defenses in the country and the top one in the ACC in terms of ground balls and caused turnovers. Additionally, in the draw circle, the Marylander has won the draw control 24 times.

Agostino, a two-time ACC Defensive Player of the Week honoree, the only player to do so this season, an IWLCA National Defensive Player of Week winner and a Tewaaraton Watch List nominee has had one of the best defensive seasons in Clemson history. The senior defender has amassed 51 caused turnovers and 46 ground balls throughout the year, both being new Clemson single-season records. Both marks lead the ACC, are top-five nationally and Agostino is one of three players in the nation that have over 50 caused turnovers and over 45 ground balls. The New Yorker has had 11 games with at least three caused turnovers, 10 with at least three picked up ground balls and six in which both occur. Agostino’s only goal occurred during conference play alongside over half of her caused turnovers and ground balls.

MacLeod, a member of the ACC All-Freshman Team and a Tewaraaton 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.

In the cage, Lamparter is having 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 fifth double-digit save effort on the year against Pittsburgh, the 11th of her career, and her fifth game this season with a save rate higher than 60%. She has dropped to 8.83 goals given up on average, the lowest of her career and has pushed her save percentage to the highest-point of her career, 48.6%, both of which are ranked third in the ACC and top-15 nationally. In ACC play, Lamparter has a save rate north of .500 while sporting a lower goal against average than out of ACC competition. The senior goalie currently stands at 394 goals and is at the precipice of recording 400.

Marshall has shown herself to be a true offensive force this season. The Towson transfer has broken 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 55 goals this season is in the top-15 in Division I this season with her being in the top-five in the ACC while her 66 points is in the top-10 for the ACC. The All-ACC Third Team selection is her seventh conference honor with the other six coming from the CAA. Marshalls’ 32 goals and 37 points during conference play leads the Tigers and she sports the highest shot percentage, 46.4%, against ACC competition among all Clemson players with more than five shots.

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 136 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.

Up next the fifth-seeded Tigers will take on the No. 10/9 and fourth-seeded Duke Blue Devils in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals. Fans can find more information about the contest here.

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