Biography
Notes: Team co-captain…One of the top midfielders in the country…Uses speed and agility to her advantage in every part of the field…Only Division III player (male or female) named to the Tewaraaton Watch List…Quick and evasive around the arc…Great finisher around the cage…Enters senior campaign with 73 goals, 33 assists, 106 points, 81 ground balls, 33 caused turnovers, and 183 draw controls in 46 games…Gettysburg is 43-3 with her on the field…Already ranks sixth in program history in draw controls…Studied aboard in Wollongong, Australia…Member of Chi Omega sorority…Mother, Laura Ciambruschini Colson, played volleyball and lacrosse at Western Maryland College, earning All-America honors in the latter sport…Older sister, Allie, played on the lacrosse team at Messiah College from 2014-16…Younger sister, Lizzie, is a junior at the University of Maryland and helped the Terps win the national title in 2017…Younger sister, Beanie, is a sophomore lacrosse player at Mount St. Mary’s University.
2018: Named IWLCA Division III Player of the Year, IWLCA Division III Midfielder of the Year, IWLCA All-Metro Region First Team, and All-Centennial Conference First Team…Named Honda Division III Athlete of the Year in women’s lacrosse and was a finalist for the overall Honda Division III Athlete of the Year award…Smashed the program and conference records for draw controls with 140…Named NCAA Division III Championship Most Outstanding Performer after leading the Bullets to their second consecutive national title…Led the team in points (tied, 76) and ground balls (53), while ranking second in goals (50), assists (26), and caused turnovers (25)…Started all 23 games in the midfield…Ground ball total was the best by a Gettysburg player in nine years…Broke the program record with 14 draw controls against Westfield State in the second round of the NCAA playoffs…Twice named CC Offensive Player of the Week…Picked up nine draw controls, one goal, three assists, three ground balls, and a caused turnover against No. 4 Middlebury in the NCAA title game…Posted five goals, two assists, and 12 draw controls in an 18-6 win over No. 25 Haverford…Named MVP of the CC Championship after recording three goals, one assist, and nine draw controls in a 15-7 win over No. 7 Franklin & Marshall…Set the program’s NCAA record for assists in a game with five to go with a goal and six draw controls in a 16-5 win over No. 5 Mary Washington in the third round of NCAAs…Scooped up nine draw controls in the national semifinals against No. 2 Salisbury…Tallied a career-high eight points on six goals and two assists against McDaniel…Put up four goals, an assist, five ground balls, and eight draw controls against No. 25 Washington College.
2017: Appeared and started all 12 games played in the midfield…Missed six weeks of the season due to injury…Tallied 17 goals and five assists…Was the team leader in draw controls before injury and finished year with 38…Also posted 22 ground balls and six caused turnovers…Named Most Outstanding Performer of the NCAA Division III Championship game after posting a pair of goals, including the game-winner, against No. 1 TCNJ…Tallied three goals against No. 7 Washington and Lee and No. 8 York…Opened the season with two goals and seven draw controls against No. 17 Messiah…Gettysburg was 12-0 when she was on the field.
2016: Appeared in 11 games with one start…Missed part of the season with injury…Finished the season with six goals, two assists, six groundballs, and two caused turnovers…Tallied a career high with two goals and two assists against Bryn Mawr…Also tallied two goals and a draw control against Ursinus…Scored first career goal against McDaniel.
High School: Played soccer and lacrosse at Manchester Valley High School…Earned second-team all-county in each of her final two seasons on the lacrosse team…Named second-team all-conference in lacrosse as a junior…Twice named all-county on the soccer pitch, including first-team accolades as a senior…Member of National Honor Society, Student Government Association, and FCA…2015 Vice President…Played for Skywalkers Lacrosse Club.
Major: Health Sciences
Minor: Education
