Iowa seniors Cloe Lacasse and Melanie Pickert were announced as first-team All-Big Ten selections Tuesday.

The two have started all 19 games for Iowa this year and are only the second and third Hawks to be tabbed as first-teamers in program history.

“Cloe and Melanie are very deserving of earning first-team all-conference recognition,” Iowa head coach Dave DiIanni said in a release. “This is a reflection of our team success this season and how much work the team put in for them.”

Lacasse and Pickert rank first and second this year in goals and points. Lacasse has 11 goals and 6 assists, giving her 28, and Pickert has 7 goals, giving her 14.

Pickert, also a team captain, has been a catalyst this year on a defense that ranks fourth in the Big Ten and allows fewer than 1 goal per game.

— by Jordan Hansen