Olivia Gianakos was selected to the Northeast Conference First Team, announced May 3 by the NEC office.

May 3, 2023

Gianakos Earns All-NEC First Team Lacrosse Honors

Senior recorded seven hat tricks on her way to the 11th most goals in a CCSU single-season

Central Connecticut women's lacrosse senior Olivia Gianakos was selected to the Northeast Conference First Team, announced Wednesday afternoon by the conference office. The All-NEC teams are selected by the coaches within the NEC.

Gianakos led the Blue Devils with 34 goals during the 2023 season, the1th most prolific scoring season in program history. She netted seven hat tricks this year, with a career-best six goals in her final game of the 2023 campaign.

A native of Waterford, CT, Gianakos ranked seventh in the league at 2.27 goals per game. She picked up 3.33 ground balls a game against conference opponents, second in the NEC, while her 2.6 GB's per game is sixth-best overall within the conference.

Gianakos becomes the first Blue Devil to earn All-Conference honors since 2019 and the first to be placed onto the All-NEC First Team since Megan Szawlowski did so in 2017.

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