Field Hockey Player From Ballwin Racks Up Awards

Courtesy of Ball State Athletics:

Ball State University senior Gretchen Lulow of Ballwin earned First Team and Second Team Mid-American Conference Postseason honors, as announced by the league office Wednesday afternoon.

Lulow, a graduate of Cor Jesu Academy, has earned Second-Team All-MAC honors for the second-consecutive season, also marking the ninth-consecutive season in which Ball State has had at least one player earn second team accolades.

This season, the exercise science major tallied four goals versus Central Michigan, Missouri State and Kent State, in addition to an assist against Miami, while making 19 appearances.

Lulow has also been successful off the field, as she is on her way to becoming a four-year member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad, in addition to earning Academic All-MAC honors last season.

A four-year letterwinner at Ball State, Lulow has started 51 games since joining the Cardinals and has tallied 10 goals and 16 assists for a total of 36 points. As a freshman, Lulow played in 10 games with one start in the regular season finale at Missouri and she notched her first career assist versus Missouri State.

After sitting out during the 2008 season with a medical redshirt, Lulow returned in 2009, seeing action in 18 games with 11 starts. She scored two goals in 18 shots and tallied two assists.

As a junior, Lulow started in all 20 games and earned Second Team All-MAC honors after tallying 20 points from four goals and 12 assists.

Ball State earned the fourth seed in the MAC tournament and will travel to Athens, Ohio, to play No. 5 Miami in a first round contest Thursday at 11 a.m. from Pruitt Field.