Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell's Julia Braun Earns All-Patriot League Women's Lax Honors
4/28/2010 8:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
April 28, 2010
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell junior midfielder All\-Patriot\ League honors for the second year in a row, the league announced Wednesday. Braun enjoyed a terrific 2010 season, leading the Bison in every major statistical category.
Braun finished as the team leader in goals (37), assists (10), points (47), ground balls (34), draw controls (48) and caused turnovers (22). She is one of only two players in the nation this year to lead her team in each of those six categories, joining Hofstra's Corrine Gandolfi.
Braun's 48 draw controls were tied for second-most in a season in program history, three shy of the record, while the 37 goals were tied for ninth-most.
In 2010 Braun scored a point in 15 of the team's 17 games, and she registered multiple points 11 times. She posted a career-high nine points with five goals and four assists in a win over Howard, and a week later she had four goals and two assists against Colgate, giving her 15 points in consecutive games. Braun also had four-goal games against American and Wagner.
Among the Patriot League leaders, Braun ranks eighth in goals, 10th in points, third in draw controls and fourth in caused turnovers.
On Bucknell's career lists, Braun now ranks ninth in goals (89), sixth in ground balls (105), second in draw controls (133) and fourth in caused turnovers (62).
Braun is the 14th Bucknell player in the Patriot League era (since 1991) to earn multiple all-conference citations.
