Arden Tierney

Arden Tierney, Sophia Madsen, Madison Ostrick

Photo by: Keith Lucas

Position:
Attack
Height:
5-5
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Sacred Heart Academy
Hometown:
Port Washington, NY

2023 (Senior)
•Started in all 21 games at attack
•Named 2023 Team Captain
•2023 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee
•Named IWLCA All-American
•Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
•Named Atlantic 10 Co-Offensive Player of the Year
•Named a First-Team All-Conference Attack
•Selected to conference All-Tournament Team
•Named a USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (Honorable Mention)
•Named to Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
•Earned IWLCA South Region Second-Team Honors
•Earned Inside Lacrosse All-America Honors
•Named to VaSID Second-Team
•Named USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American (Honorable Mention)
•Named Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Attack
•Named Robins School of Business Scholar-Athlete of the Year
•Ranked No. 2 nationally in draw controls per game (8.00) and No. 8 in assists per game (2.00)
•Atlantic 10 season leader in draw controls per game (9.00) and second in points per game (4.48).
•Led the team in points (94), assists (44) and draw controls (189).
•A key part in Richmond's No. 1 Atlantic 10 ranking in goals per game, No. 2 in assists per game, No. 2 in points per game and No. 1 in draw controls per game.
•Played a large role in Richmond's No. 2 national scoring offense, No. 3 in points per game, No. 1 in draw controls per game and No. 4 in draw controls percentage.
•Led the Spiders to their first NCAA tournament win in program history (5/12/23, 18-8 vs. Marquette).
•Broke the single season draw control program record (now set at 189).
•Broke the career draw control program record (now set at 405).
•Named Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week (3/27/23)

2022 (Junior)
• Named a Second-Team All-Conference Attacker
• Named to the A-10’s All-Academic Team
• A key part of Richmond's No. 1 A-10 ranking in assists, No. 2 ranking in points per game and No. 4 national ranking in assists per game.
• Ended the season second in the Atlantic 10 in points per game (4.00), second in assists (33) and second in draw controls (98).
• Tallied 72 points via 39 goals and 33 assists to tie Lindsey Frank for Richmond’s points leader
• Broke the Richmond single-game draw controls record twice in 2022. She tallied 14 against Wofford (3/20/22) to break the record of 13 set by herself last season, then broke the record again with 17 against Duquesne (4/1/22)
• Named the A-10’s Player of the Week for (3/29/22)

2021 (Sophomore)
• Started in all 12 games at attack
• Finished the season third on the team with 22 goals, 17 assists and 39 points, and was second with 58 draw controls, 11 ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Scored in 10 of 12 games for the Spiders, eight of those 10 were multi-goal games
• Had four three-goal games – Longwood (3/3), Old Dominion (3/14), VCU (4/16), Davidson (4/23)
• Tallied a season-high six points, three goals and three assists, in the win over Old Dominion (3/14)
• Opened the season with a program record 13 draw controls in the win over Radford (2/14)
• Named Preseason Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
• Selected to A-10 All-Rookie Team and All-Academic Team
• Named to VASID Academic All-State
• Helped the team to a 17.00 draw controls per game average, ranking seventh nationally and a .604 draw control percentage, the ninth best in the country

2020 (Freshman)
• Named the No. 27 incoming freshman in the ILWomen Power 100 rankings prior to the season
• Led the team with 24 goals, second in points (34) and third in assists (10)
• Ranked second nationally among all freshman with 24 goals
• Fifth in the nation in draw controls per game, averaging 8.57, and helped the team to ranking second in draw control percentage (.674) and fifth in draw controls per game (18.57) nationally
• Paced the Atlantic 10 with 60 draw controls
• Had three games with double figure draw controls, including 11 in back-to-back games against Liberty and Old Dominion
• Scored six goals in back-to-back contests, in wins over Campbell and William & Mary
• Tallied the game-winner at Longwood
• Earned A-10 Rookie of the Week honors after tallying a hat trick and an assist in a 20-6 win over Longwood
• Picked up her second A-10 Rookie of the Week award after 13 points on 12 goals and one assist, 17 draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers
• Helped the offense to average 18.43 goals per game, ranking fourth nationally

Prep
• A two-year varsity captain at Sacred Heart Academy
• A two-time US Lacrosse All-American (2018 and 2019)
• Selected to compete at the 2019 Under Armour Senior All-America Game
• A 2019 US Lacrosse Academic All-American
• Named a 2018 ILWomen Young Gun Senior, ranked #27 in nation, and a 2019 ILWomen Pre-Season All-America Honorable Mention honoree
• Invited to the U.S. Women’s U19 National team tryouts
• Named the 2018 NSCHSGAA “AA” Player of the Year and earned Newsday First Team All-Long Island and NYS Sportswriters Association Girls Lacrosse All-State Team honors in 2018
• Selected as one of the Newsday Top 100 Girls Lacrosse Players on Long Island in 2018 and 2019
• Earned 2018 EPOCH ILWomen Committed Academy MVP and First Team All-Tournament honors
• Named to the 2019 Back of the Cage All Long Island First Team and Team HLA U19 Vail Team
• A three-time NSCHSGAA “AA” All-League honoree and two-time FLG Lacrosse All-Long Island First Team GOAT
• Also earned Honorable Mention News12 Varsity All-Long Island Girls Lacrosse Team honors in 2017
• Honored as the Sacred Heart Academy Attacker of the Year and Varsity Lacrosse MVP and recipient of the Athletic Award for Academic Excellence
• Totalled 206 goals, 99 assists and 305 points in her career while also winning 322 draw controls
• Lead the NSCHSGAA League in points in three of her four seasons, finishing in the top three in scoring in all of Long Island in 2018
• Led Sacred Heart to the 2018 NSCHSGAA “AA” League title, earning NSCHSGAA “AA” Championship Game MVP honors
• Member of the title-winning 2018 Under Armour Underclass Long Island High Team and 2018 US Lacrosse National Tournament L.I. Metro Team 1
• Also competed for the 2017 US Lacrosse National Tournament L.I. Metro Team 2
• Played club lacrosse for Long Island Tops Guns
• Also lettered in swimming and played both JV basketball and soccer
• Academically, named the Sacred Heart Academy 2019 Salutatorian
• Recipient of the Principal’s Award Medal and four-year member of the Principal’s List
• Member of the National Honor Society, French Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Math Honor Society and Music Honor Society

Personal
• Daughter of Paul and Monique Tierney
• Has three siblings, PT, Emily and Lauren
• Father played lacrosse at Ohio Wesleyan and mother played softball at UAlbany
• High school teammate with goalie Daniela Stelcer