Lindsay Finocchiaro

Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
West Essex
Hometown:
Fairfield, N.J.

2007: Senior captain ... A second-team IWLCA and Inside Lacrosse All-America selection ... An IWLCA West/Midwest All-Region choice ... A second-team All-American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) choice ... Started all 22 games ... Part of a defensive unit that ranked first in the NCAA in fewest goals allowed (6.1 per game) ... Totaled 19 ground balls, 14 draw controls and 12 caused turnovers ... Recorded a season-high four GB's in the win at Notre Dame (3/1) ... NU's defense allowed only two teams to score 10 or more goals all season ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

2006: Started all 21 games from the defender position ... IWLCA and Inside Lacrosse second-team All-America ... IWLCA first-team All-Region choice ... ALC first-team selection ... Named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team ... Part of a defensive unit that allowed just 7.9 goals per game, seventh-best in the nation ... Recorded 25 ground balls and caused 18 turnovers ... Caused a season-high three turnovers in the win over Johns Hopkins (4/23) ... Had four ground balls and three draw controls in the win over Denver (4/30) ... Recorded two goals on the season, one at California (3/23) and the other at UConn (4/2).

2005: Played 21/started 20 ... womenslacrosse.com Unsung Hero of the Year ... Inside Lacrosse and womenslacrosse.com National Honor Rolls (4/25) ... Developed into one of NU's most reliable defenders ... Third on team with 26 caused turnovers ... Tied for fourth with 36 ground balls ... Scored goals vs. Stanford (4/8), vs. Davidson (4/17) and at Johns Hopkins (4/22) ... Six GB, four CT at Ohio (3/5) ... Four GB, five CT at Hopkins, holding JHU leading scorer to one goal ... Nine games with two or more ground balls ... Six games with two or more caused turnovers.

2004: Appeared in all 18 games and started each of the last 13 contests ... Finished sixth on the team with 18 points (16g, 2a) ... Also had 18 draw controls, 14 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers ... Two goals, two CT in second collegiate game, vs. No. 4 Duke (2/22) ... First of two three-goal games came in comeback, 12-11 win vs. Virginia Tech (3/28) ... Recorded three goals, one assist, four DC and two GB in win at No. 19 Stanford (4/9) ... Two goals, two DC in ALC win over Ohio (4/30) ... Three GB, two CT vs. No. 11 Vanderbilt (5/6).

High School: Lettered four times apiece in lacrosse, field hockey and basketball ... 2002-03 Suburban Life Athlete of the Year ... Captained the Knights' lacrosse team for her last two years ... Two-time All-America ... Two-time first-team all-state ... Three-time All-Iron Hills Conference and all-county ... Finished high school career with 104 goals and school-record 77 assists ... Helped team win three Group 2B state championships ... Team was also ranked nationally ... High school coach was Jill Cosse ... Played for three years on Upper Atlantic No. 1 team at All-Star Express tournament ... In field hockey, earned All-America honors as a senior ... Two-time Essex County Player of the Year and all-state selection ... Three-time all-conference and all-county ... Helped field hockey team to 2002 Group 2 state title and the No. 1 ranking overall in the state ... In basketball, set school record for career assists (264) ... Second-team all-conference ... Played in Lacrosse and Field Hockey Senior All-Star Games ... Honor roll all four years ... Four-time IWLCA Academic All-America.

Personal: Born Lindsay Ann Finocchiaro on 7/22/85 ... Daughter of Linda and Salvatore Finocchiaro ... Major is communication studies.