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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Northwestern University Women's Lacrosse Team
3won the 2012 NCAA National Championship after beating Syracuse
4by a score of 8 to 6, on Sunday, May 27, 2012; and
 
5    WHEREAS, This is the eighth consecutive year that the
6Northwestern University Women's Lacrosse Team has played in the
7NCAA National Championship game, which ties the NCAA record for
8consecutive championship games; and
 
9    WHEREAS, This is the seventh time that the Northwestern
10University Women's Lacrosse Team has won the NCAA National
11Championship in the 8 championship games in which it has
12played; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The Northwestern University Women's Lacrosse Team
14has compiled an overall record of 168-9 since its first
15championship season of 2005, including an astonishing 82-2
16record on its home field in Evanston; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The Northwestern University Women's Lacrosse Team
18is the only Division I team from the State of Illinois to win a
19national championship in one of the 20 NCAA-sponsored women's
20sports in the last 30 years; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The Northwestern University Women's Lacrosse Team
2outscored its opponents in 2012 by a combined total of 307-172
3and recorded 11 wins over teams ranked in the Top Ten
4nationally; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Northwestern University is the only school in
6Illinois fielding an NCAA Division I team among the 92 women's
7teams and 61 men's teams in Division I; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Senior Shannon Smith, the reigning National
9Player of the Year, completed her collegiate career by scoring
102 goals against Syracuse, which made her the second leading
11point scorer in NCAA tournament history and also made her the
12Northwestern University Women's Lacrosse Team's all-time
13leader in goals scored, with 254; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Winning NCAA women's lacrosse titles has become
15routine for the Northwestern University Women's Lacrosse Team;
16and
 
17    WHEREAS, The success of a great team can always be traced
18to a great coach; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller of the Northwestern
20University Women's Lacrosse Team now holds the NCAA women's
21lacrosse records for most coaching victories and the best

 

 

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1winning percentage in the NCAA National Tournament; therefore,
2be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5we congratulate and commend the Northwestern University
6Women's Lacrosse Team on its seventh NCAA National Championship
7in the last 8 years and its victory over Syracuse; and we wish
8the team members continued success in the future; and be it
9further
 
10    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
11presented to Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller and to Athletic Director
12Jim Phillips as a symbol of our respect and esteem.