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DURANGO, Colo. — The Fort Lewis College women's lacrosse team was picked to finish third in the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association standings, WILA Director Chris Day announced today.
 
League coaches recently voted in the league's first-ever preseason women's coaches' poll and selected the first-ever Preseason All-WILA squad.
 
“We are looking forward to the start of our games so we can translate the hard work in practice on to the game field,” said third-year FLC head coach Kelsey MacDonald, whose team begins its 2013 season at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22 at Colorado Mesa.
 
Fort Lewis' upcoming schedule features 15 games, including five at Ray Dennison Memorial Field. The first home game will be against McKendree at 3 p.m. on March 12.
 
After taking the league by storm in 2012, Lindenwood (Mo.) was picked to repeat as WILA champions in 2013. The Lions posted a 15-2 overall record while going a perfect 8-0 in their first year of WILA membership in 2012. They received four first place votes and took the poll's top spot with six points.
 
Meanwhile, 2011 and inaugural WILA champion Regis received the other two first place votes and finished second in the poll with eight overall points. The Rangers went 6-2 in league games to finish second behind Lindenwood a year ago.
 
The rest of the WILA coaches' poll included Fort Lewis (14 points), Colorado Mesa (16), Adams State (22) and newcomer McKendree (Ill.) (24).
 
Four Skyhawks — Abby Kvidera, Ally Kvidera, Jessica Norby and Brook Wineland — were named to the first-ever Preseason All-WILA team. Fort Lewis and Regis each placed four players on the team, tops in the league.
 
Abby, a 5-foot-5 junior midfield from Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minn., was a second team All-WILA selection last spring after being named to the first team in 2011. She amassed 43 points on 39 goals and four helpers and finished with 37 ground balls, 15 draw controls, and 10 caused turnovers in 2012.
 
Abby ranks among FLC career leaders in total points (third, 86), total points per game (third, 2.97), goals (third, 73), goals per game (third, 2.52), assists (fourth, 13), caused turnovers (fifth, 22), draw controls (fifth, 38), games played (fifth, 29), assists per game (sixth, 0.45), and ground balls (sixth, 65).
 
Ally, a 5-foot-6 junior midfield from Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minn., set new school single-season records for goals (47), goals per game (3.13), ground balls (47) and shots (109) in 2013. She broke her sister's school record for most goals in a game by tallying nine at Colorado Mesa on March 24, 2012, and broke her own school record for most shots in a game with 13 at Whittier on March 6, 2012.
 
A year ago, Ally was named to the All-WILA first team for the second time and was WILA's Freshman of the Year in 2011. She is FLC's career leader in goals (88), goals per game (3.03), and draw controls (59), and ranks among Skyhawk career leaders in total points (second, 112), total points per game (second, 3.86), assists (second, 24), assists per game (second, 0.83), ground balls (third, 77), caused turnovers (fourth, 26) and games played (fifth, 29).
 
Norby, a 5-foot-7 junior attack from Chaska High School in Chaska, Minn., notched 60 points on 35 goals and 25 assists last spring. She added 16 ground balls, four draw controls, and three caused turnovers.
 
In 2011, Norby was the WILA Offensive Player of the Year and has twice earned first team All-WILA honors. She is FLC's career leader in total points (131), total points per game (4.52), assists (53) and assists per game (1.83), and ranks among Skyhawk career leaders in goals (second, 78), goals per game (second, 2.69), games played (fifth, 29), ground balls (12th, 28), draw controls (13th, 9) and caused turnovers (16th, 7).
 
Wineland, a 5-foot-7 sophomore attack/midfield from Golden High School in Golden, Colo., earned a second team All-WILA nod during her rookie campaign. Chosen as the WILA Defensive Player of the Week on April 19, 2012, she tied the school record for most caused turnovers in a single game with five against Colorado Mesa on April 13, 2012. She also set the school single-season mark for most draw controls (52). During the entire 2012 campaign, Wineland amassed 38 points on 28 goals and 10 assists, adding 36 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers.
 
Wineland ranks among FLC career leaders in draw controls (second, 52), assists per game (third, 0.67), total points per game (fourth, 2.53), total points (fifth, 38), goals (fifth, 28), goals per game (fifth, 1.87), assists (sixth, 10), caused turnovers (eighth, 18), ground balls (ninth, 36) and games played (17th, 15).