Honoring 30 Years of Villanova Women's Lacrosse
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2019 LACROSSE TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts................................................3 BIG EAST Conference...............................4 Opponents.................................................5 Roster........................................................6 Team Photo...............................................7 Coaches Bios........................................8-12 Players Bios........................................13-52 Captains...............................................13 Seniors...........................................14-23 Juniors...........................................24-31 Sophomores..................................32-40 Freshmen......................................41-50 History................................................51-63 2 QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location .....................................Villanova, Pa. Founded ..................................................1842 Enrollment.......................6,390 undergraduate ......................................................10,728 total Nickname........................................... Wildcats School Colors ......................... Blue and White President .......Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. 2019 Women's Lacrosse Director of Athletics....................Mark Jackson Athletic Dept. Phone ................. 610-519-4090 Quick Facts COACHING STAFF Head Coach.................................. Julie Young ...............................Princeton '01 (8th season) 2019 VILLANOVA SCHEDULE Years at Villanova ..........................................8 DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME Record at Villanova ................................44-70 Feb. 9 Saturday at Duke 1 p.m. Career Record.............. ..........................77-88 Feb. 16 Saturday CORNELL 1 p.m. Assistant Coach........................Jackie Cifarelli Feb. 23 Saturday SIENA 4 p.m. ............................Ohio State ‘15 (2nd season) Feb. 27 Wednesday NAVY 3 p.m. Assistant Coach.......................Halle Majorana Mar. 2 Saturday at Saint. Joseph's 12 p.m. ..............................Syracuse ‘16 (2nd season) Mar. 6 Wednesday HOLY CROSS 1 p.m. Assistant Coach.......................Kate Goldstein Mar. 9 Saturday at Drexel 1 p.m. ................. McDaniel College ‘14 (2nd season) Mar. 12 Tuesday ARMY 3 p.m. Lacrosse Office Phone ............. 610-519-6453 Mar. 16 Saturday RICHMOND 1 p.m. Mar. 19 Tuesday at Columbia 6 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION Mar. 30 Saturday at Marquette* 12 p.m. CT 2018 Record ...............................................9-7 Apr. 2 Tuesday at Princeton 7 p.m. Home ..........................................................5-2 Apr. 6 Saturday at Old Dominion * 1 p.m. Away ...........................................................4-5 Apr. 13 Saturday GEORGETOWN* 1 p.m. Neutral ........................................................0-0 Apr. 17 Wednesday at Temple 5 p.m. BIG EAST Record ......................................4-5 Apr. 20 Saturday at Butler* 12 p.m. BIG EAST Finish ........................................5th Apr. 26 Friday Denver* 7 p.m. Team ............................................................... May. 2 Thursday BIG EAST Semis @Marquette TBA Seniors ........................................................10 May. 4 Saturday BIG EAST Champs @ Marquette TBA Juniors ...........................................................8 Home Matches in BOLD *BIG EAST event Sophomores ..................................................9 Freshmen ....................................................10 STADIUM INFORMATION Honoring 30 Years of Home Field .........................Villanova Stadium Capacity..................................................2,000 Villanova Women's Lacrosse Surface .............................................Field Turf MEDIA RELATIONS Women's Lacrosse Contact .....Annette Hogan Office Phone ............................. 610-519-6460 Cell Phone ................................ 845-807-6185 Contact [email protected] Website ............................. www.villanova.com Media Relations Mailing Address: Villanova University Athletics 800 East Lancaster Avenue Jake Nevin Fieldhouse Villanova, Pa. 19085 SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram................................... @NovaWLax Twitter ........................................ @NovaWLax Facebook .......facebook.com/NovaWLacrosse #Honor30Years 3 BIG EAST 4 OPPONENTS 5 ROSTER # Name Pos. Yr. Hometown High School 1 Carlye Maita M SR Lavallette, N.J. West Morris Mendham 3 Alexis Leighton A SR Garden City, N.Y. Garden City HS 4 Natalie Williams A SO Winter Park, Fla. Winter Park HS 5 Caroline Phelps M FR Natick, Mass. The Rivers School 6 Christine Graziano A SR Mendham, N.J. West Morris Mendham 7 Courtney Orella A JR Nortport, N.Y. Northport 8 Molly Driscoll M FR Summit, N.J. Summit High School 9 Devin Hassinger M R-SR Glenmoore, Pa. Owen J. Roberts 10 Nicole Lee D SR McLean, Va. Langley 11 Sydney Frank D FR Bel Air, Md. C. Milton Wright HS 12 Maggie O’Neill D SR Chatham, N.J. Chatham 13 Kim McDonough M JR Pennington, N.J. Hopewell Valley 14 Libby McKenna M FR Fairfield, Conn. Fairfield Warde HS 15 Laura Persinski D SR McLean, Va. The Potomac School 16 Maggie Jennings M JR Fair Haven, N.J. Rumson Fair Haven Regional 17 Taylor Ferry D SO Philadelphia, Pa. Springside Chesnut Hill Acad. 18 Olivia Farrington M SO Atlantic Highlands, N.J. Red Bank Catholic 20 Elizabeth Trojan A JR Airmont, N.Y. Suffern 21 Elizabeth Pawlak D FR Huntington, N.Y. St. Anthony's HS 22 Julia Arrix D SR Darien, Conn. Darien 23 Hanna Driscoll M FR Denville, N.J. Morris Catholic HS 24 Grainger Rosati M JR Boonton Township, N.J. Mountain Lakes 25 Khaia Baranowski GK JR Marlton, N.J. Camden Catholic 26 Olivia Piccirilli A FR Davidsonville, Md. Archbishop Spalding HS 28 Kelsey Mentzer D SO Landenberg, Pa. Kennett High School 29 Katie Comerford A JR Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Yorktown 30 Olivia Gonsalves GK SR Stony Brook, N.Y. Ward Melville 32 Haley Driscoll A SO Denville, N.J. Morris Catholic HS 35 Devon Brown A SR Basking Ridge, N.J. Ridge 36 Alexa Tsahalis M FR Mahwah, N.J. Saddle River Day School 37 Nicole Concannon A SO Syosset, N.Y. Syosset HS 38 Sarah Kaval A SO Garden City, NY.. Garden City HS 39 Ashley Lynch A JR Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. Cold Spring Harbor 40 Brittany Bruno A SO Rumson, NJ Rumson Fair Haven HS 44 Phoebe Christos M FR Wayne, Pa. Episcopal Academy 47 Taylor Lucey A SO Newtown Square, Pa. Episcopal Academy 54 Alexa Moro GK FR Westport, Conn. Staples HS 6 TEAM PHOTO 7 HEAD COACH Julie Young Head Coach | 8th Season Julie Young enters her eighth season at the helm of Villanova women’s lacrosse in 2019. Young started her career as head coach of the Wild- cats in 2012. At the end of the 2018 season, Young and her team had recorded an overall record of 9–7 and finished fifth in the BIG EAST with a confer- ence record of 4-5. Her sophomore attacker, Katie Comerford earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team while senior Devin Hassinger set a single season record for draw controls with 83. Hassinger broke the previous record of 76, set by Jackie Froccaro in 2015. In 2017, Young had coached her first BIG EAST Freshman of the Year in Comerford. The attacker became the first ever Villanova player to win BIG EAST Freshman of the Year after finishing the season as the top-scoring freshman in the conference with 40 goals, 16 assists and 56 points. She led the Wildcats in all three categories. Her 2.78 goals per game was third best in the conference, while her 3.89 points per game average ranked fifth. The 2016 campaign saw grad student Jackie Froccaro conclude her illustrious Wildcat career as the second all-time leading scorer in program history, finishing her career with 130 goals and 24 assists for a total of 154 points. The grad student also finished her career ranked second all-time in draw controls with 138, tallying a season high 76 during her junior year. The Wildcats defeated their first ranked team in program history in the 2016 season, taking down #19 Delaware 11-9 at Villanova Stadium. The Blue Hens were previously undefeated on the road. The 2015 season saw many firsts for the program; the team qualified for the BIG EAST Tournament, senior Froccaro was named BIG EAST Attacker of the Year, and four players were named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. It was a strong 12-10 victory over fellow BIG EAST team Vanderbilt in the regular season that gave the Wildcats their playoff spot. With two late goals, the first with 4:35 and the last with 0:04; both scored by Mucci and assisted by Froccaro that gave the Wildcats the lead and the win. This win guar- anteed the Wildcat’s the No. 4 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament. From 2014 to 2015, Villanova posted a winning record. In 2015, the Wildcats finished 9-7 and 4-3 in the BIG EAST. Their nine-win season was the most wins since 2002. 2015 graduate Jessica Mucci, grabbed the all-time career assist record with 102. Mucci also grabbed the single-season assists record with 39 during her sophomore year in 2013. Young has coached multiple BIG EAST first and second team members as head coach of the Wildcats. She has also mentored teams that have succeeded in the classroom, earning the IWLCA Team Aca- demic Award and many individual IWLCA academic awards. Prior to arriving to Villanova, Young was an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania starting in 2003, while also playing on the USA Women’s Lacrosse National Team from 2001-2004. 8 HEAD COACH During her six years at Penn, Young assisted head coach Karin Brower and helped the team to