2018 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Nicole Beardsley
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake
- Hometown:
- Burnt Hills, N.Y.
2018: Senior attack ... Appeared in all 21 games with 17 starts ... Recorded six multi-goal and nine multi-point games ... Set a career high with nine assists and 28 points on the season, tying her single season career high of 19 goals ... Her 28 points are tied for sixth on the team ... Started off the season scoring six points, with three goals and three assists, in back-to-back wins over Canisius (2/10) and Detroit Mercy (2/11) ... Picked up a career-high five ground balls and forced two caused turnovers in win over No. 19 Colorado (2/15) ... Matched a career high with two assists versus No. 1 Stony Brook (3/3) ... Scored two goals in back-to-back games against Marquette (3/10) and No. 4 North Carolina (3/17) and again versus Maryland (4/26) and Penn State (5/04) ... Tallied two goals and four points in first and second round NCAA Tournament wins over Richmond (5/11) and Towson (5/13), and two more goals in third round game against UNC (5/19) ... Posted at least one goal in the final five games of the season.
2017: Junior attack that appeared in 20 games and made 10 starts … Big Ten All-Tournament Team selection … Started the final eight games of the season … Had career highs in goals (19), assists (3), points (22), shots (53), shots on goal (40), ground balls (14), draw controls (5) and caused turnovers (3) … Scored at least one goal in each of the final eight games of the season … Had at least one point in the final nine games of the year … Recorded a stretch of five-straight games with at least two goals from Apr. 15 vs. No. 20 Duke to May 7 vs. No. 1 Maryland … Scored a career-high four goals versus No. 1 Maryland on Apr. 27 … Dished out a career-high two assists in a win at Ohio State on Apr. 6 to mark her first career multi-point game … Finished the season with six multi-goal and eight multi-point games … Picked up a career-high three ground balls at Rutgers on Apr. 22 and at No. 1 Maryland on May 7 … Scored a career-high two free-position goals at Rutgers on Apr. 22 and at No. 1 Maryland on Apr. 27.
2016: Reserve attacker that appeared in seven games and scored two goals ... Made first appearance of the season against Virginia and recorded a ground ball (2/13) ... Score two goals on two shots in victory over Michigan (5/5).
2015: Reserve attacker that appeared in four games during her freshman campaign ... made collegiate debut and scored first career goal in a 13-6 victory at Marquette ... Recorded a draw control in a victory over Rutgers on April 10.
High School: Played as a starter on her varsity lacrosse team beginning in seventh grade, setting school records for career goals (288), assists (116), points (404), single-season goals (86, 2014), single-season assists (47, 2014) and single-game goals (8) assists (6) and points (11) ... Two-time US Lacrosse first-team All-American ... Named to Under Armour All-America Underclassman Elite teams (2012, 2013) and Under Armour Max Exposure Class of 2014 ... Three-time first-team All-Suburban Council selection ... Scored 2014 Section 2 championship game-winning goal in seventh overtime period ... Team reached New York State Class B Final Four and won a regional championship in 2014 ... Won three Class B championships in 2011, 2013 and 2014 ... National Honor Society member and two-time Academic All-American ... Earned a New York State Merit Diploma and earned Principal's List distinction throughout high school.
Personal: Born Nicole Jane Beardsley in Niskayuna, N.Y. ... Daughter of Brenda and Ron Beardsley ... Brother Ronnie plays ice hockey at Cortland State ... Chose Northwestern over Boston University, Syracuse and Duke ... Originally anticipated playing collegiate ice hockey until seeing Northwestern's NCAA semifinal win over North Carolina in 2011 ... Human Development and Psychological Services major.
