April 29, 2009

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Richmond sophomore Christina Gray was named to the CAA All-Conference Second-Team in voting conducted among the conferences coaches prior to the 2009 CAA Championship.

Richmond sophomore Jillian Fraccola earned CAA All-Championship honors after posting a career-best fifth-place finish at the 2009 CAA Championship, played April 17-19 at Callaway Gardens Resort in Pine Mountain, Ga.

"It is exciting to see Christina and Jill achieve the kind of success that I have always known they were capable of," Richmond head coach Leighann Albaugh said. "They both have worked extremely hard and hopefully this will just be the beginning of many honors to come for them over the next two years."

Gray led Spiders with a 76.77 scoring average and posted a runner-up finish at the Towson Invitational, which included the school's record-low score of 69 in the final round. The Tampa, Fla. native had a team-best four top-5 finishes, including three of the last four tournaments.

The Tampa, Fla. native finished tied for ninth at the CAA Championship, including a second-round 73.

Fraccola tied for fifth for her fifth top-20 finish of the season. Fraccola was third on the team in scoring average at 79.44.

The Spiders posted a program-record five top-5 finishes in 2008-09, including a fourth-place finish at the CAA Championship.