University of Richmond Athletics
Women’s Lacrosse Announces 2020 Signing Class
01/07/2020 | Women's Lacrosse
RICHMOND, Va. – University of Richmond women's lacrosse head coach Allison Kwolek announced the signings of 12 high school standouts to national letters of intent Tuesday. The 12 new Spiders will join the program in the fall of 2020 and will play their first seasons in 2021 for the two-time defending Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Champion Spiders.
"We are thrilled about our 2020 signing class," Kwolek said. "This group is stacked with great athletes, fierce competitors and amazing young women. We are excited to see the impact they will have on the program during their careers."
Becca Sturtz • M • Sparks, Md./Roland Park Country School
Three-year letterwinner at Roland Park Country School, one of the top programs in Maryland … Named IAAM All-Conference … Ranked No. 14 in the state of Maryland by the Baltimore Sun in 2019 and No. 10 by MaxPreps in 2018 … Played club for TCL 2020 Red … Four-year letterwinner at Roland Park in soccer … 2019 team captain … Led team to the IAAM Conference championship in 2018.
Nicole Burney • G • Yardley, Pa./Notre Dame High School
Four-year letterwinner and starter at Notre Dame High School … Named the 2019 Colonial Valley Conference (CVC) Goalie of the Year … Named First Team All-CVC in 2019 … Guided Notre Dame to State Sectional Championships in both 2017 and 2019 in the Central New Jersey Group III … Finished 16th in the state of New Jersey … Three-year letterwinner and starter in field hockey at Notre Dame … 2019 team captain … Named First Team All-CVC as a senior.
Sarah Roycroft • M • Westwood, Mass./Westwood High School
Four-year letterwinner and starter at Westwood High School – one of the top programs in the state of Massachusetts … Scored 85 goals, handed out 43 assists and notched 72 draw controls in her career … Led team to three-straight Tri-Valley League Championships … Three-time All-Star selection … Participated in the Under Armour All-American Underclass Tournament for New England for three-straight years (2017-19) … Competed in the US High School Lacrosse National Tournament for three years playing for Massachusetts/Rhode Island Team 1 in both 2018 and 2019 while playing for Team 2 in 2017 … Helped the Massachusetts/Rhode Island Team to the US High School Lacrosse National Tournament Championship in 2019 … Part of the 2018 Nike Elite 120 Championship … Also lettered in basketball, named team captain in 2019.
Gracie Clarke • D • Richmond, Va./Collegiate School
Two-year starter at the Collegiate School in Richmond … Team captain as a senior … Named All-LIS during junior season … Guided the Collegiate School to the LIS runner-up finish in 2018 and a state semifinal appearance … Also lettered for two years in field hockey … Guided team to the LIS and State finals in 2018 while making it to the State semifinals in 2019 … Lettered in track for one season.
Jordan Bentley • M • Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury High School
Three-year starter at Queensbury High School … Team captain as a senior … Scored 250 points in career to date – posting 165 goals and 85 career assists … Named First Team Foothills All-Star by the Post Star in both 2018 and 2019 … Named First Team All-Star by the Times Union in 2018 … Guided team to back-to-back Section 2 Championships in 2018 and 2019 … Advanced to the Regional Finals in 2019 and the Regional Semifinals in 2018 … Played for ADK Club Lacrosse … Helped team win the Best of the Beach Championship (2017) and Most Valuable Player of the NorthStar Showcase (2017) … Four-year letterwinner and starter in field hockey … Scored 47 goals and added 29 assists in her career … Named First Team All-Star as a senior and named Honorable Mention All-Star three times (2016-18) … Three-year letterwinner in basketball and two-year letterwinner in cross country skiing.
Maggie Jordan • M • Odenton, Md./Archbishop Spalding High School
Four-year starter at Archbishop Spalding High School … Named to the US Lacrosse All-Academic team in 2019 … Team captain as a senior … One of the top goal scorers in Anne Arundel County in 2019 … Named All-Anne Arundel Country Second Team and Washington Post Honorable Mention in 2019 … Second-leading scorer as on the team as a junior … Guided team to a Semifinal appearance in the IAAM A Conference with a 15-4 record … Team was ranked as high as No. 16 in the nation during the year by the Under Armour High School Power Rankings … Played club for Integrity Lacrosse … 2019 EPIOCH IL Women Committed Academy Standout Player and First Team All-Tournament … Member of the 2016 Under Armour DC Underclass Team … Two-year letterwinner in cross country (2016, 2017) … Helped team win the 2017 IAAM A Conference Championship.
Lucy McHugh • M • Denver, Colo./East High School
Four-year letterwinner and starter at East High School … Named to the US Lacrosse All-Academic team in 2019 … Two-time Second Team All-State selection … Two-Time First Team All-Metro League selection (2018-19) and named Second team All-Metro League once (2017) … Named team Most Valuable Player and Team Offensive Most Valuable Player … Led team in scoring for three-straight years … Accounted for 175 career points, 220 ground balls and 98 draw controls in her career … Played club for Summit Elite … Helped Summit Elite to the No. 1 ranking in the state of Colorado in 2019 … Two-Time Under Armour All-American Underclass Tournament Southwest Team member … Played for Team Colorado in the 2017 US Lacrosse National Tournament … Selected for the 2018 Under Armour 150 Showcase and the 2017 Summer Genesis All-Star Team … Four-year letterwinner in field hockey and three-year starter … Two-time team captain and First Team All-State … Led the team in scoring for two years … Selected as a member of the USA Futures Level I Region Ten Team … 2019 Colorado All-Senior All-Star selection.
Leah Kenny • M • Rye, N.Y./Rye High School
Four-year starter and letterwinner at Rye High School … Two-time team captain … Guided team to the section One Championship … Named First Team All-Section One … Played club for the Snipers Elite Lacrosse … Three-year letterwinner in soccer and two-time letterwinner in squash at Rye High School.
Marymargaret Quinn • A • Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton
Three-year starter and letterwinner at Bishop Ireton while playing freshman year at St. Mary's Ryken … Team captain as a senior … Bishop Ireton was national ranked in the top 15 by US Lacrosse each season since 2013 … Finished the 2019 season ranked No. 15 in the country with a 17-6 overall record … Guided team to back-to-back WCAC Championships in 2019 and 2018 … Finished as the VISAA Runner-up in 2019 … Led team to the VISAA State Championship in 2018 and a No. 3 national ranking … Team finished 2018 with a 21-3 overall record … Played club for Maryland United Lacrosse … Was part of the USA U17 National Development Team in 2019 as an attacker … Four-year letterwinner in field hockey while also playing basketball as a freshman … Two-time team captain in field hockey … Named VISAA First Team All-State and was a three-time All-WCAC selection in field hockey.
Liz Smith • D • Franklin, Tenn./Fred J. Page High School
Four-year starter and letterwinner at Fred J. Page High School … Team captain as a senior … Named Team Defensive Most Valuable Player … Also lettered in soccer, swimming, track and bowling during her high school career … State qualifier in the 50-meter freestyle in 2016 … Regional qualifier and district runner-up in bowling in 2019 … Sub-sectional qualifier in the 100-meter dash on the track in 2018.
Katherine Lutz • D • Ashburn, Va./Riverside High School
Three-year starter and letterwinner at Riverside High School … Named First Team All-State in 2019 … Named unanimous First Team All-Region and First Team All-Loudoun County … Guided her team to a 62-3 record from 2017-19 … Led her team to the 2018 Virginia 4A State Championship … Guided her team to three-straight Virginia Region 4A regional season championships … Part of the 2017 team that finished as Virginia 4A state finalists … Played club for the Cardinal Girls Lacrosse Club … Team captain for Cardinal Girls … Played basketball for two years as junior varsity captain (2016-17, 2017-18), finishing both seasons at 20-2.
Ali Susskind • A • Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore High School
Five-year starter and letterwinner at Bay Shore High School (Grades 8-12) … Team captain as a junior and senior … Approaching 200 career goals … Finished the 2019 season as a Top-10 goal scorer on all of Long Island and a Top-5 goal scorer in Suffolk County … Named All-New York State by NYSSWA in 2019 … Named All-Long Island in 2019 by FLG Magazine and BOTC.com … Three-time All-Suffolk County selection … Led the team in scoring for three-straight years (2017-19) and was second on the team in scoring in 2016 as an eighth grader … Team qualified for the Suffolk County Division I tournament for three-straight years (2017-19) … Played club for Long Island Legacy Blue 2020 … Ranked No. 3 in the country and team won multiple tournaments during her career … Named Most Valuable Player of the 2020 Nike Cup at Syracuse … Five-year letterwinner and starter in volleyball … Three-time All-Suffolk County selection … Led the team in serve points, kills and blocks … Guided team to the playoffs in 2017 and 2018 while finishing as country semifinalist in 2019.
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"We are thrilled about our 2020 signing class," Kwolek said. "This group is stacked with great athletes, fierce competitors and amazing young women. We are excited to see the impact they will have on the program during their careers."
Becca Sturtz • M • Sparks, Md./Roland Park Country School
Three-year letterwinner at Roland Park Country School, one of the top programs in Maryland … Named IAAM All-Conference … Ranked No. 14 in the state of Maryland by the Baltimore Sun in 2019 and No. 10 by MaxPreps in 2018 … Played club for TCL 2020 Red … Four-year letterwinner at Roland Park in soccer … 2019 team captain … Led team to the IAAM Conference championship in 2018.
Nicole Burney • G • Yardley, Pa./Notre Dame High School
Four-year letterwinner and starter at Notre Dame High School … Named the 2019 Colonial Valley Conference (CVC) Goalie of the Year … Named First Team All-CVC in 2019 … Guided Notre Dame to State Sectional Championships in both 2017 and 2019 in the Central New Jersey Group III … Finished 16th in the state of New Jersey … Three-year letterwinner and starter in field hockey at Notre Dame … 2019 team captain … Named First Team All-CVC as a senior.
Sarah Roycroft • M • Westwood, Mass./Westwood High School
Four-year letterwinner and starter at Westwood High School – one of the top programs in the state of Massachusetts … Scored 85 goals, handed out 43 assists and notched 72 draw controls in her career … Led team to three-straight Tri-Valley League Championships … Three-time All-Star selection … Participated in the Under Armour All-American Underclass Tournament for New England for three-straight years (2017-19) … Competed in the US High School Lacrosse National Tournament for three years playing for Massachusetts/Rhode Island Team 1 in both 2018 and 2019 while playing for Team 2 in 2017 … Helped the Massachusetts/Rhode Island Team to the US High School Lacrosse National Tournament Championship in 2019 … Part of the 2018 Nike Elite 120 Championship … Also lettered in basketball, named team captain in 2019.
Gracie Clarke • D • Richmond, Va./Collegiate School
Two-year starter at the Collegiate School in Richmond … Team captain as a senior … Named All-LIS during junior season … Guided the Collegiate School to the LIS runner-up finish in 2018 and a state semifinal appearance … Also lettered for two years in field hockey … Guided team to the LIS and State finals in 2018 while making it to the State semifinals in 2019 … Lettered in track for one season.
Jordan Bentley • M • Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury High School
Three-year starter at Queensbury High School … Team captain as a senior … Scored 250 points in career to date – posting 165 goals and 85 career assists … Named First Team Foothills All-Star by the Post Star in both 2018 and 2019 … Named First Team All-Star by the Times Union in 2018 … Guided team to back-to-back Section 2 Championships in 2018 and 2019 … Advanced to the Regional Finals in 2019 and the Regional Semifinals in 2018 … Played for ADK Club Lacrosse … Helped team win the Best of the Beach Championship (2017) and Most Valuable Player of the NorthStar Showcase (2017) … Four-year letterwinner and starter in field hockey … Scored 47 goals and added 29 assists in her career … Named First Team All-Star as a senior and named Honorable Mention All-Star three times (2016-18) … Three-year letterwinner in basketball and two-year letterwinner in cross country skiing.
Maggie Jordan • M • Odenton, Md./Archbishop Spalding High School
Four-year starter at Archbishop Spalding High School … Named to the US Lacrosse All-Academic team in 2019 … Team captain as a senior … One of the top goal scorers in Anne Arundel County in 2019 … Named All-Anne Arundel Country Second Team and Washington Post Honorable Mention in 2019 … Second-leading scorer as on the team as a junior … Guided team to a Semifinal appearance in the IAAM A Conference with a 15-4 record … Team was ranked as high as No. 16 in the nation during the year by the Under Armour High School Power Rankings … Played club for Integrity Lacrosse … 2019 EPIOCH IL Women Committed Academy Standout Player and First Team All-Tournament … Member of the 2016 Under Armour DC Underclass Team … Two-year letterwinner in cross country (2016, 2017) … Helped team win the 2017 IAAM A Conference Championship.
Lucy McHugh • M • Denver, Colo./East High School
Four-year letterwinner and starter at East High School … Named to the US Lacrosse All-Academic team in 2019 … Two-time Second Team All-State selection … Two-Time First Team All-Metro League selection (2018-19) and named Second team All-Metro League once (2017) … Named team Most Valuable Player and Team Offensive Most Valuable Player … Led team in scoring for three-straight years … Accounted for 175 career points, 220 ground balls and 98 draw controls in her career … Played club for Summit Elite … Helped Summit Elite to the No. 1 ranking in the state of Colorado in 2019 … Two-Time Under Armour All-American Underclass Tournament Southwest Team member … Played for Team Colorado in the 2017 US Lacrosse National Tournament … Selected for the 2018 Under Armour 150 Showcase and the 2017 Summer Genesis All-Star Team … Four-year letterwinner in field hockey and three-year starter … Two-time team captain and First Team All-State … Led the team in scoring for two years … Selected as a member of the USA Futures Level I Region Ten Team … 2019 Colorado All-Senior All-Star selection.
Leah Kenny • M • Rye, N.Y./Rye High School
Four-year starter and letterwinner at Rye High School … Two-time team captain … Guided team to the section One Championship … Named First Team All-Section One … Played club for the Snipers Elite Lacrosse … Three-year letterwinner in soccer and two-time letterwinner in squash at Rye High School.
Marymargaret Quinn • A • Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton
Three-year starter and letterwinner at Bishop Ireton while playing freshman year at St. Mary's Ryken … Team captain as a senior … Bishop Ireton was national ranked in the top 15 by US Lacrosse each season since 2013 … Finished the 2019 season ranked No. 15 in the country with a 17-6 overall record … Guided team to back-to-back WCAC Championships in 2019 and 2018 … Finished as the VISAA Runner-up in 2019 … Led team to the VISAA State Championship in 2018 and a No. 3 national ranking … Team finished 2018 with a 21-3 overall record … Played club for Maryland United Lacrosse … Was part of the USA U17 National Development Team in 2019 as an attacker … Four-year letterwinner in field hockey while also playing basketball as a freshman … Two-time team captain in field hockey … Named VISAA First Team All-State and was a three-time All-WCAC selection in field hockey.
Liz Smith • D • Franklin, Tenn./Fred J. Page High School
Four-year starter and letterwinner at Fred J. Page High School … Team captain as a senior … Named Team Defensive Most Valuable Player … Also lettered in soccer, swimming, track and bowling during her high school career … State qualifier in the 50-meter freestyle in 2016 … Regional qualifier and district runner-up in bowling in 2019 … Sub-sectional qualifier in the 100-meter dash on the track in 2018.
Katherine Lutz • D • Ashburn, Va./Riverside High School
Three-year starter and letterwinner at Riverside High School … Named First Team All-State in 2019 … Named unanimous First Team All-Region and First Team All-Loudoun County … Guided her team to a 62-3 record from 2017-19 … Led her team to the 2018 Virginia 4A State Championship … Guided her team to three-straight Virginia Region 4A regional season championships … Part of the 2017 team that finished as Virginia 4A state finalists … Played club for the Cardinal Girls Lacrosse Club … Team captain for Cardinal Girls … Played basketball for two years as junior varsity captain (2016-17, 2017-18), finishing both seasons at 20-2.
Ali Susskind • A • Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore High School
Five-year starter and letterwinner at Bay Shore High School (Grades 8-12) … Team captain as a junior and senior … Approaching 200 career goals … Finished the 2019 season as a Top-10 goal scorer on all of Long Island and a Top-5 goal scorer in Suffolk County … Named All-New York State by NYSSWA in 2019 … Named All-Long Island in 2019 by FLG Magazine and BOTC.com … Three-time All-Suffolk County selection … Led the team in scoring for three-straight years (2017-19) and was second on the team in scoring in 2016 as an eighth grader … Team qualified for the Suffolk County Division I tournament for three-straight years (2017-19) … Played club for Long Island Legacy Blue 2020 … Ranked No. 3 in the country and team won multiple tournaments during her career … Named Most Valuable Player of the 2020 Nike Cup at Syracuse … Five-year letterwinner and starter in volleyball … Three-time All-Suffolk County selection … Led the team in serve points, kills and blocks … Guided team to the playoffs in 2017 and 2018 while finishing as country semifinalist in 2019.
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