2017-18 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Biography
Why Niagara?
"Niagara is a beautiful campus with small class sizes. I also knew I wanted to play lacrosse in college and I think it is a perfect fit for me."
2017 Season
Named the 2017 MAAC Defender of the Year and was a unanimous selection to the All-MAAC First Team at defense...Started all 19 games in her junior season...Set Niagara single-season program records with 58 ground balls, 111 draw controls, and 37 caused turnovers, all career-high marks...Average of 5.84 draw controls per game was 11th in the NCAA and stands as the second highest single-season average in MAAC history...Ranked third in the MAAC with 3.05 ground balls per game (24th in the NCAA) and 1.95 caused turnovers per game (28th NCAA) as a junior...Career-high 14 draw controls at Quinnipiac (4/23)...Recorded season-high five ground balls in four straight games (4/4-4/15)...Career-high five caused turnovers vs. Monmouth (4/15), adding five ground balls and five draw controls.
2016 Season
Named All-MAAC Second Team following her sophomore campaign...Started 17 of 18 appearances...Led Niagara and ranked fourth in the MAAC with 64 draw controls...Added 30 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers...Season-high seven draw controls vs. Mount St. Mary's (3/18)...Collected five ground balls, six draw controls, and four caused turnovers vs. Iona (4/9).
2015 Season
Played in all 18 games as a freshman in 2015, making five starts...Was third on the team with 25 draw controls and fourth with 25 ground balls...Caused eight turnovers in 2015...Collected a season-high six draw controls vs. Monmouth (3/24).
Personal
Born in Buffalo, NY...Daughter of Jerry and Christina Higgins...Has three siblings, Julia, Nick and Sean...Majoring in marketing.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2014-15Freshman
Defense/Midfield
5'5"
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2016Sophomore
Defense
5'5"
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