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June 6, 2003
Virginia captains Tiffany Schummer and Lauri Kenis will participate in the STX Farewell Festival at Loyola College on Saturday, June 7, 2003. The Farewell Festival serves as an all-star game to honor the student-athletes who have completed their final year of eligibility in 2003. Schummer and Kenis, who also earned All-American honors from the IWLCA, Womenslacrosse.com, and Warrior/Inside Lacrosse, will both play for the South team.
Schummer was named the Warrior/Inside Lacrosse National Defender of the Year by Warrior/Inside Lacrosse as she earned unanimous first-team All-American honors. She set the Virginia career record for caused turnovers, notching 52 in 2003 to complete her career with 127. She is the only player in the nation to have more than 30 draw controls, 50 caused turnovers, and 60 ground balls. She is one of the focal points of the Virginia defense and is often the one that jump-starts the Cavalier offense as she will make a key defensive stop that will lead to a fast-break opportunity. Schummer was asked to play up on the circle for draws this year with the implementation of the new rule, and she has stepped up in this regard, ranking third on the team in draw controls. She, in fact, led the team in caused turnovers, ranked second in ground balls and ranked third in draw controls. Schummer was honored this season by being named to the national honor roll for the week by womenslacrosse.com. A defender that is known as a “take-it-away” defender, Schummer was named to the ACC All-Conference team for the second consecutive year in 2003 and she was also named to both the NCAA and the ACC All-Tournament team this year as well.
Kenis was named a first-team All-American by both Inside Lacrosse and womenslacrosse.com and a second-team All-American by the IWLCA. A first team All-American from 2001, redshirted the 2002 season due to injury. She returned in 2003 to earn All-Conference honors and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team as well. Kenis led the team with 66 ground balls and ranked second in caused turnovers with 43, the sixth-highest single season in school history. Her 107 career caused turnovers ranks third all-time at Virginia. She was recently named to the USA Elite Team.