High School:

West Babylon 2019

College:

University of Massachusetts

  • Named Second-Team All-America in 2019
  • Played on the Under Armour All-America Senior Game 2019
  • Selected to the 2019 U19 USA Training Team ‘
  • Scored 29 goals and added 23 assists as a senior
  • Finished career with 126 goals and 45 assists
  • Wow the High School State Championship title in the 4x4 relay in 2017
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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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Two-time All-American Sydney Pirreca served as an assistant coach for Syracuse University in 2019 and 2020. Pirreca graduated in May 2019 from the University of Florida where she ranks as the sixth-leading scorer in school history.
 
The Mount Sinai, N.Y. native was a four-year starter and two-time captain for Florida. She became just the seventh player in program history to reach 200 career points, ending her career ranked sixth on the school’s all-time scoring list with 215 points. Pirreca was named an honorable mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse in 2019 and was an IWLCA third-team All-American in 2018. In addition, she earned the 2018 BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year award and was a two-time member of the Tewaaraton Award Watch List.
 
Pirreca was also recognized for her work in the classroom. She was a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a 2018 BIG EAST All-Academic Team honoree.
 
Pirreca served as a volunteer coach at Mount Sinai High School for three summers.

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Coach:
-Current: Bellmore-Merrick PAL Lacrosse (2014-Present)
-Current: 2025 Jesters Pink Coach
-Past: Lightning Girls Lacrosse Coach- Independent tournaments
-Coached >50 current and former Jesters players

Lacrosse:
-Played at Calhoun HS. Team 2x County rumner-up
-Hofstra University Men’s Lacrosse Sports Performance Coach (1996-2004)

Personal:
-Merrick resident
-Supported by wife Christie and 3 Jesters daughters; Samantha, Sophia, and Kayla
-US Lacrosse Certified Coach
-Physical Therapist, Athletic Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Specialist

 

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I am from Babylon, New York and I attended West Babylon High School.  I began playing lacrosse when I was in second grade for the youth program in West Babylon.  I haven't put my stick down since then.  I was a five year varsity starter at West Babylon where I was named captain and earned 3X All County, along with being named All American in my Senior year.  During the summer I played for LI Top Guns for eight years.  I decided to continue my lacrosse career at Stony Brook University where I am currently a freshman on the team.

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Currently plays at Hofstra University on the women’s lacrosse team as a junior. A psychology major with a minor in community health and planning to attend nursing school after Hofstra.  I have two brothers one of them being my twin.  I am the Vice President of a non-profit organization that I founded and also a mental health advocate for Morgan’s Message. I am a catering manager at a restaurant and country music is my favorite kind of music!

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Career: 

Special Education Teacher at West Babylon Middle School

Coach: 

  • West Babylon Middle School Field Hockey
  • West Babylon High School JV Basketball Coach
  • West Babylon High School JV Lacrosse Coach

University of North Carolina

Four Year Member of the University of North Carolina Women's Lacrosse Team

High School: 

Wantagh High School

  • High School 2x All American 
  • Played on the Senior 2011 Under Armour All-America game,
  • Tallied 59 goals, 39 assists and 45 ground balls as a senior at Wantagh HS in Wantagh, N.Y. 
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High School:

West Babylon 2019

College:

University of Florida

  • High School All American 2019
  • Invited to try-out for U.S. Under-19 women’s lacrosse team
  • Named a “On the Rise” recruit by ILWomen
  • Selected as one of Newsday’s Top 100 girls lacrosse players for 2018
  • Finished the 2018 season with 31 goals and seven assists
  • Played for West Babylon High School
  • Played club for LI Top Guns
  • Started in all 2020 games as a Freshman Midfielder at the University of Florida where she has logged 7 goals and 3 assists in 8 games.
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Coach

  • Massapequa High School Varsity girl’s lacrosse coach (2005-2019) 
  • 4X Nassau County Champions 
  • Coached and developed numerous HS All-Americans 
  • Physical Education teacher at Massapequa HS for over 15 years 

College: Syracuse University 

  • 2X IWLCA All-American 
  • 2004 Big East Attacker of the Year 
  • 4X IWLCA Division 1 North Region All-America First Team 
  • 4X All-Big East Selection 
  • 2X Tewaaraton Top 20 Candidate 
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Postseason honors candidate 2001

Second team Brine/IWLCA North Regional All-American, First team All-America East selection. Started all 19 games. Scored 17 goals and added seven assists for 24 points. Recorded a hat trick against Massachusetts. Had two goals against Georgetown in NCAA Tournament game. Scored two goals versus Boston College and Boston University. Passed for two assists against Holy Cross and New Hampshire. Picked up 38 ground balls. Had five ground balls at Rutgers. Scooped up four ground balls versus Boston University.Had three ground balls in five games. Had 18 caused turnovers. Took 39 shots.

Named to the America East Academic Honor Roll 2000

First team All-America East selection. Played and started all 17 games.Had four goals on the season. Scored goals against Holy Cross, Vermont, New Hampshire and Delaware Picked up 48 ground balls. Recorded six ground balls at Virginia Tech and five against Massachusetts. Had four ground balls against Holy Cross, Johns Hopkins and Rutgers. Took nine shots.

1999

Played in 13 games, starting six...Scored six goals and one assist on the season... Tallied three goals against Fairfield... Had single-goal games against Towson, Holy Cross and Villanova... Posted an assist against Virginia Tech.Picked up 14 ground balls... Scooped up three ground balls against Massachusetts.

High School

Played lacrosse, soccer and basketball... Named All-Nassau County in lacrosse in 1997 and 1998... Received the National Scholar-Athlete Award in 1997... Played in the Empire State Games... Lacrosse MVP... Named All-Nassau County in basketball in 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons.

Personal

Enjoys playing sports in her free time... Lists Larry Bird as her favorite athlete... Chose Hofstra over Towson, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cortland...Sociology major.

STATS

Year GP G A Pts. GB
1999 13 6 1 7 14
2000 17 4 0 4 48
2001 19 17 7 24 38
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