Two local women were among the five finalists named Wednesday for the 2010 Tewaaraton Award for women's lacrosse -- Maryland's Caitlyn McFadden, a Notre Dame Prep graduate, and Virginia's Brittany Kalkstein, a Roland Park graduate.

The other finalists were Penn's Ali DeLuca, Northwestern's Katrina Dowd and North Carolina's Jenn Russell.

McFadden, a repeat finalist and last year's national midfielder of the year, is a versatile senior ranking in the top three on a balanced No. 1 Terrapins team in goals, assists, points, ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers. The two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, she is also a two-time ACC tournament Most Valuable Player. The Phoenix resident has the 11th-longest point-scoring streak in the nation at 44 games.

Kalkstein, an All-ACC selection this spring, is also a versatile senior midfielder, but she is perhaps best known for her ability to control the draws. She won 90 this season, breaking her own single-season school record and moving into third nationally. She also holds the school and conference career records with 280, fourth in NCAA history. Kalkstein leads the No. 6 Cavaliers in goals and is second in points, ground balls and caused turnovers.

The Tewaaraton Award, the premier award in college women's lacrosse, will be presented June 3 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.