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2023 Women's Lacrosse

5 Maddy Birch

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Skillman, N.J.
  • High School Princeton Day School
  • Position A
  • Major Business, Organizations & Society

Biography

Career Honors

  • Third-team IWLCA All-American (2023)
  • Honorable mention USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (2023)
  • First-team IWLCA All-Metro Region (2023)
  • First-team All-Centennial Conference (2023)
  • Second-team All-Centennial Conference (2021)
  • IWLCA Senior All-Star Game participant (20230
  • Three-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2021, 22, 23)

CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
Man-up goals: t-6th (5)
Shots per game: 15th (3.98)
SOG per game: 16th (2.71)
Man-down goals: t-16th (1)
Shots attempted: 20th (219)
Game-winning goals: t-22nd (7)
Shots on goal: t-22nd (149)
Assists per game: 28th (0.91)
Assists: 30th (50)

SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
Man-up goals: t-5th (5 in 2023)
Man-down goals: t-9th (1 in 2023)
Games played: t-12th (23 in 2023)
Shots attempted: t-22nd (105 in 2023)
Shots on goal: t-22nd (77 in 2023)
Game-winning goals: t-23rd (3 in 2023)

2023: Team captain … Third-team IWLCA All-American … Honorable mention USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American … First-team IWLCA All-Metro Region … First-team All-Centennial Conference … Selected to play in the IWLCA Senior All-Star Game … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … One of 11 players who appeared in all 23 games for the Centennial Conference Champions, making 11 starts … Totaled 62 points, with 44 goals and 18 assists … In Centennial Conference play, ranked eighth in both points (34) and assists (12), finishing 10th in goals (22) … Scored five free-position goals and three game-winning goals … Ranked ninth in the conference with 105 total shots, putting 77 of those attempts on goal … Picked up nine ground balls and caused eight turnovers … Registered a point in every game, scoring a goal in 22 of the 23 contests … Had a season-high four goals against both Haverford (4/22) and Denison (5/20), adding a season-best three assists against the Fords for a total of seven points … Finished with at least three goals in eight different contests, tallying additional hat tricks against Swarthmore (4/1), Salisbury (4/2), Washington College (4/15), Dickinson (4/26), Bryn Mawr (4/29), and Pomona-Pitzer (5/21).

2022: Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in 21 games, starting seven contests on attack … Totaled 47 points, with 27 goals and 20 assists … Recorded 70 shots, putting 43 attempts on goal, while going 1-for-8 on free position attempts … Finished with 19 ground balls, 10 caused turnovers, and three draw controls … Registered a point in 18 games, scoring a goal in 16 different contests – including seven multi-goal outings … Scored a season-high four goals, adding one assist, at Haverford to close the regular season (4/30) … Matched those five points with two goals and three assists versus Lynchburg (3/16) and three goals and two assists at Salisbury (3/30) … Finished with three hat tricks, scoring three times and assisting on another goal versus McDaniel (3/26) … Scooped up multiple ground balls in six games, causing a pair of turnovers on three occasions.

2021: Second-team All-Centennial Conference … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Played in seven games, making five starts for the Centennial Conference Champions … Ranked fifth in the Centennial Conference with 10 assists while ranking in the top 10 with 20 points as she also scored 10 goals … Took 32 shots, putting 22 on target, which both ranked in the top 10 in the conference … Added two ground balls and two caused turnovers … Recorded a point in every game she played during Centennial Conference action, including back-to-back hat tricks at Washington College (4/17) and at Ursinus (4/21) … Added a season-best four assists in the win against the Bears for a total of seven points.

High School: Played Four years of varsity lacrosse... Captain (2019)... NJISAA First Team All-State (2019)... First Team All-Prep (2019)... Kim Bedesem Varsity Lacrosse Award... NJISAA Prep B State Lacrosse Champions (2016-17)... Played two years of Varsity Ice Hockey... Christopher Reeve Sportsmanship Award

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Historical Player Information

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    2020First-Year

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    2021Sophomore

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    2022Junior

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    5'8"
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    2023Senior

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