Posts by Pat MacAdams
Kaleigh Craig
Four-year letterwinner in High School
Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and cross country
First Team All- American in 2012
Honor Roll student
Member of National Honor Society and an Academic All-American.
2015
Starting attacker that returned after missing final eight games of 2014 season ... Finished second on the team and sixth in the Big Ten with a career-high 46 goals ... Added six assists to finish second on the team and 11th in the Big Ten with 52 points ... Scored at least two goals in 16 games, including 12 straight from March 29 to May 10 ... Capped the run of consecutive multi-goal games with a career-high five goals in the NCAA Tournament Second Round against Notre Dame on May 10 ... Scored four goals on three other occassions and three goals three times ... Scored game-winning goal with 13 seconds left in overtime to give the Wildcats a 9-8 win over No. 11 Penn on April 5 ... Academic All-Big Ten Selection.
2014
Dynamic offensive scoring threat who moved from midfield to attack over the course of the season ... Named a second-team All-ALC honoree despite missing the last eight of 2014 games with an injury suffered on April 13 ... Was the team leader with 27 goals at the time of her injury ... Scored three points (2g, 1a) in NU's season-opening 13-12 victory over No. 8 Virginia ... Against Duke, set a career high with four goals, including the eventual game-winner ... Named the ALC Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 25 ... One goal and one assist vs. Notre Dame with a career-best three draw controls ... Recorded her second four-goal game and set a personal best with five points at Michigan ... Scored twice at Syracuse ... Scored three goals on three shots at No. 10 UMass ... Pair of goals in NU's upset of No. 1 North Carolina ... Scored a hat trick vs. Vanderbilt and netted two against Johns Hopkins ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2013
Regular contributor in Northwestern midfield, playing in 22 games with one start ... In her collegiate debut, contributed two ground balls and two caused turnovers to win over UMass ... Scored her first career goal off an 8-meter attempt vs. USC ... Notched a goal and first career assist in win at Johns Hopkins ... Recorded a ground ball and her first draw control at Navy ... One goal in win over No. 8 Penn State ... One caused turnover vs. Virginia ... Scored her fourth goal of the year in win over Duke and scored for a second straight game against Stanford ... Two ground balls at Florida ... Goal at Notre Dame ... Scored one goal vs. Penn ... Scored NU's first goal in her NCAA Tournament debut vs. Stanford ... Secured a draw control in NCAA quarterfinal victory over Penn State.Personal
Born Kaleigh Anne Craig ... Daughter of Scott and Joan Craig ... Father played lacrosse (defense) at the University of Massachusetts and was a teammate of Northwestern volunteer assistant coach Scott Hiller ... Chose Northwestern over Princeton ... Played against current Wildcats Christina Esposito and Kara Mupo in high school ... Majoring in communications.
College
- Northwestern University
Mikaela Brightman
Hi my name is Mikaela Brightman and I am from Bay Shore, New York. I started playing lacrosse in 5th grade and I continued to play throughout middle school, high school, and college. I played summer league for Long Island Top Guns as well as Premier Lacrosse. I committed to LIU Post where I went on to play for two and half years. During my two seasons as a pioneer, we won the ECC Division II Conference Championship in 2015 and 2016.
Olivia Murray
Shea Weber
ABOUT ME
My name is Shea Weber and I am from Wantagh, New York. I was on the Wantagh Varsity team for three years and a captain my senior year...
Position: Defense
Hometown: Wantagh, NY
College: Adelphi University
High School
- honored with All conference as a sophomore
- All County my junior and senior year.
- As a senior my team and I took home the County title, making program history.
After high school
- started my first year at Adelphi as sophomore last year.
- named IWLCA All-North Region team and First Team All American.
- started as a defender 21 out of 21 games.
- My team and I won the National Championship last May.
- I was a first year starter on the Adelphi Womens Lacrosse team and my career highs were. . .
- Assists: 1, multiple times
- Points: 1, multiple times..
- Ground Balls: 5, vs AIC 3/8/17
- Caused Turnovers: 4, multiple times,
- Draw Controls: 7, vs Saint Michael's 3/18/1.
- led my team with the highest caused turn overs(41)
- tied with my sister for draw controls.(61).
- trailed my sister by one with the highest number of ground balls (51).
Shelby Fredericks
Draw Control Coach
- Northwestern all-time, and single season draw control record holder -third all-time in assists at Northwestern University
- Tewaarton Top 25 nominee
- 4th overall draft pic for the UWLX 2018 collegiate draft
Stefani Vagelatos
ABOUT ME
I am from Port Jeff Station, New York. I started playing lacrosse at a young age (5th grade) where I continued to play throughout middle school, high school and college. I was a 4 year varsity lacrosse player at Comsewogue high school where I was named captain and earned All County. During the summers I played on the Suffolk County Allstars travel team for four years. I continued my lacrosse career at LIU Post where I became a four year starter for the Pioneers, making it the Division II semifinals in 2014 and won the ECC division II conference championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
2016: All-ECC Second Team
- started in all 18 games that she played in
- finished third on the team in points (55) and assists (18)
- fourth in goals (37)
- got off to a hot start with a seven-goal performance in a season-opening 21-0 victory over Nyack (Mar. 1)
- added five points (3 G, 2 A) in a 15-2 win versus Assumption (Mar. 8)
- totaled seven points (5 G, 2 A) in an 18-4 triumph at Roberts Wesleyan (Mar. 19)
- registered five goals and an assist for a six-point day in a 16-6 win against Molloy (Mar. 23)
- had four points (3 G, 1 A) in a 9-5 victory at St. Thomas Aquinas (Apr. 16)
- tallied three points (2 G, 1 A) in back-to-back wins at Saint Anselm (Apr. 21) and Queens (Apr. 23)
- posted a four-point showing (2 G, 2 A) in an 11-4 triumph over No. 20 Stonehill (Apr. 26).
2015
- IWLCA All-North Region Second Team
- All-ECC Second Team
- started all 19 games
- was second on the team with 41 goals and third on the squad in total points (57)
- also collected 20 ground balls
- scored five goals in the team's 15-9 win over Bentley on Mar. 12
- collected five points (4 G, 1 A) in wins against UDC (Apr. 10) and Queens (N.Y.) (Apr. 26)
- had a six-point performance, with two goals and four assists in the ECC semifinal victory versus Molloy on Apr. 30.
2014
- ECC Rookie of the Week (Apr. 29)
- played in all 20 games (19 starts)
- ranked third on the team and eighth in the conference in points (60)
- tied for third on the team and ninth in the ECC in goals (44)
- listed fourth on the team and 10th in the conference in assists (16)
- tallied a hat trick in a 13-5 win against Le Moyne (Mar. 5)
- totaled five points (3 G, 2 A) in an 18-4 victory over Southern New Hampshire (Mar. 8)
- posted a four-point showing (3 G, 1 A) in a 17-2 drubbing of Bentley (Mar. 12)
- scored three goals in a 19-6 triumph at Saint Leo (Mar. 13)
- collected two goals and an assist in a 22-2 win versus Holy Family (Mar. 15)
- boasted a five-point effort (3 G, 2 A) in a 23-1 rout of Mercy (Mar. 19)
- amassed four points (2 G, 2 A) in a 16-2 victory at Queens (Mar. 22)
- compiled five points (4 G, 1 A) in a 19-6 win at Roberts Wesleyan (Mar. 29)
- notched a hat trick in a 14-9 triumph at Dowling (Apr. 2)
- had a four-point day (2 G, 2 A) in an 18-4 victory over Molloy (Apr. 5)
- netted two goals in an 11-9 win versus Stonehill (Apr. 12)
- recorded three goals in a 14-13 come-from-behind win at New Haven (Apr. 24)
- accumulated three goals and three ground balls in a 16-4 ECC semifinal victory against Molloy (May 1)
- registered three points (2 G, 1 A) in an NCAA Division II National Semifinal versus Adelphi (May 17).
Prior to LIU Post
- 2013 All-County selection in lacrosse at Comsewogue High School
- amassed 145 points (81 G, 64 A) over her four-year career with the Warriors, including a 69-point showing (36 G, 3 A) in her senior season.
Taylor Kruter
2014
Started all 20 games in her senior season as a team co-captain...Posted 21 goals and 15 assists for 36 points on the year...Picked up 18 ground balls and caused seven turnovers...Tallied a career-high seven points with three goals and four assists in the ECAC Quarterfinal game against SUNY Canton (5/7).
2013
Team captain ... Appeared in five games in an injury-shortened season ... Scored a goal against Lycoming ... Caused two turnovers.
2012
Team captain ... Started 12 games in midfield, playing all 17 ... Scored 19 goals with two assists ... Scored two hat tricks (vs. Immaculata and Elizabethtown) with seven multi-goal games ... Had 16 ground balls, 10 draw controls, and seven caused turnovers
2011
Started all 16 games in midfield ... Scored 11 goals and had 10 assists (third on the team) ... Went 4-for-12 on free-position chances ... Second on the team with 37 draw controls ... Won 30 ground balls and caused 13 turnovers.
High School/Personal
Team MVP and captain ... Earned school's Outstanding Athlete Award ... Earned scholar-athlete award ... Also captain and an all-conference member of the basketball team ... Also played soccer ... Honor roll student ... National Honor Society member ... National Spanish Honor Society member ... Athletes Helping Athletes Club ... Twin brother, Andrew, is on the LVC's men's lacrosse team ... Older brother, Brandon, played lacrosse at Ursinus ... Daughter of Valene and Michael Kruter ... Business administration major.
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