Abby Lyons

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-6
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Divine Savior Holy Angels
Hometown:
Brookfield, WI

Career Highlights
• 2018 Team Captain
• 2019 Team Captain
• 2016 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team

2019 (Senior)
• Started all 21 games in the midfield
• Finished the season with three assists and 22 shots
• Took career-high six shots in 4-2 win at Lehigh (9/13)
• Assisted on the game winner against UC Davis (9/22)
• Added her second assist, also on a game winner, in 2-1 Senior Day defeat of Saint Francis (10/25)
• Assisted on the game winner less than a minute into a 4-0 win at Davidson (11/1)
• Named a team captain for the second-straight season

2018 (Junior)
• Appeared in 11 games, sitting eight due to injury
• Made seven starts in the midfield
• Took seven shots on the year
• Played a season-high 70 minutes in 2OT loss at Bucknell (9/2)
• Named a team captain for junior season

2017 (Sophomore)
• Started all 19 games for the Spiders
• Scored her first career goal in the A-10 opener vs. VCU (9/15)
• Registered her second goal of the season at Saint Louis (9/22)
• Credited with an assist at #15 Wake Forest (10/8)
• Notched a goal at Lock Haven (10/13)
• Had a goal in a 6-1 victory vs. Saint Francis (10/22)

2016 (Freshman)
• Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
• Started all 19 games for the Spiders in her first season
• Assisted on two of UR's three goals in a 3-1 victory over Davidson (9/23)
• Credited with the assist against #9 Virginia (10/18)
• Tallied two shots on three occasions

Prep
• A four-year starter at Divine Savior Holy Angels
• First Team All-State selection in 2015 and Second Team in 2014
• Named team captain and team MVP in 2015
• Led squad to a third-place finish in the state as a senior with a record of 16-5-1
• Posted a team-best 16 goals and 19 assists as a senior
• Led club team to a medal at the Disney Showcase and the first appearance by a Wisconsin program at the Regional Club Championship
• Club team competed at the National Indoor Qualifiers and ranked 33rd in the country
• Also played soccer in high school where she was a team captain
• Academically, a four-year Honor Roll member and the 2015 Salvatorian Book award recipient

Personal
• Daughter of Linda and Kevin Lyons
• Has one brother, Patrick, who played baseball at DePauw
• Birthday is January 15