BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Julia Trainor of the Long Island University women's lacrosse team was named NEC Midfielder of the Year as five Sharks were named All-NEC selections, the conference announced on Wednesday. Selia Lyons and Ashley Magee joined Trainor on the league's first team. Lindsey Lucia and Erin Harkins were named second-team all-conference selections.

Trainor, a senior from Billerica, Massachusetts, leads the Sharks with 43 goals and 56 points. She ranks top 10 in the NEC in goals (4^th, 43), goals per game (5^th, 2.69), points (6^th, 56), points per game (6^th, 3.50), ground balls (3^rd, 39), ground balls per game (2^nd, 2.44), caused turnovers (5^th, 23), caused turnovers per game (4^th, 1.44), draw controls (7^th, 49), and draw controls per game (9^th, 3.06).

Now a two-time midfielder of the year, Trainor has earned four first-team all-conference selections in four seasons.

Lyons, a senior from Miller Place, New York, has scored 20 goals with a team-best 34 assists this season, totaling 54 points. She ranks second in the NEC in assists and assists per game (2.13), earning first-team honors for the first time after a second-team all-conference selection last season.

Magee, a redshirt senior defender from Huntington Station, New York, compiled 19 ground balls, 13 caused turnovers, and five draw controls.

Lucia, a senior from Rocky Point, New York, has scored 25 goals with six assists, totaling 31 points so far this season. This is her second career second-team all-conference selection.

Harkins, a midfielder from Floral Park, New York, follows with 20 goals and two assists for 22 points, also earning her second consecutive second-team all-conference nod.

The Sharks return to action in the semifinals of the NEC Tournament on Thursday vs. (2) Stonehill College in Syracuse, New York. Opening draw is scheduled for 3 p.m. The game will be televised digitally on ESPN+.