Katherine Keckeisen
9 Katherine Keckeisen
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Danbury, Conn.
  • High School:
    Danbury
  • Position:
    M
  • Major:
    Undeclared
  • gp
    19
  • p
    18
  • g
    14
  • a
    4

Bio

As a senior: Started all 19 games in the midfield for the Bulldogs, recording 18 points on the season, including 14 goals ... Netted a hat trick at CCSU on April 18 ... Tallied the game winner against Robert Morris April 11 ... Picked up 25 ground balls, 19 draw controls and 14 caused turnovers on the year, all ranking in the team's top 5 ... One of five players to hold all-time program records in games played (69) and games started (69) ... Also graduates ranked in the all-time program top-10 in draw controls (89, t8th); game-winning goals (5, t7th) and free position goals (22, t6th) and in the top-20 in goals (79, 14th); goals per game (1.14, 15th); caused turnovers (39, 15th); points (93, 17th) and points per game (1.83; 18th).

As a junior: Put together another outstanding all-around year for the Bulldogs in 2013, appearing in and starting all 18 games … Registered 22 points on 17 goals and five assists … Collected 18 ground balls, 18 draw controls and caused 12 turnovers … Went 6-for-12 in free position opportunities … Posted six two-goal games on the year … Scored a goal in each of the first three games of the season … Scored two goals and added an assist against Stetson (3/13) … Added a pair of goals against Southern California (3/19) the next time out … Posted a three-point (2g, 1a) day against Saint Francis (3/24) … Recorded back-to-back three-point games against LIU Brooklyn (4/12) and Wagner (4/14) … Potted two goals and added an assist in Bryant’s NEC semi-final victory over Central Connecticut (4/26).

As a sophomore: Started all 16 games as a second-year Bulldog ... Led Bryant in draw controls with 35 on the season, good to rank seventh in the single-season record books ... Finished third on the team in goals (20), fourth in points (23), free-position goals (5), shots (50) and shots on goal (34), and fifth in caused turnovers (5) ... Scored a career-high four tallies April 13 at home against the Red Flash ... Registered at least one point in all but three contests ... Netted the game-winning goal in the Bulldogs' season-finale 8-6 win over Quinnipiac on the road April 22 ... Picked up a career-best four ground balls Feb. 26 at Central Connecticut ... Also caused a career-high three turnovers against the Blue Devils ... Won at least a single draw control in 15-of-16 games, including a personal-best five at Sacred Heart April 20 ... Enters her junior campaign already ranked in the program's career top-10 in free-position goals (13, tied for seventh).

As a freshman: One of four freshmen to start all 16 games in 2011 ... Led the team with 28 goals on the season ... Finished second on the team in points with 30 ... Boasted six hat tricks on the year, including three straight against Siena, Fresno State and UC Davis and back-to-back such efforts to close out the season ... Scored a goal in 13 contests and tallied multiple point outings on nine occasions ... Scored five points off three goals and two assists on the road against Wagner April 21, tying classmate Haley Bloom for the most points scored in a game by a Bulldog in 2011 ... Fired 51 shots with an impressive 45 of them going on target ... Scored the game-winning goal against Fresno State and Quinnipiac ... Went 8-of-14 on free position chances ... Her eight FPG were good for the second most on the squad and tied her for ninth in the single-season records ... Won 17 draw controls to compliment 16 ground balls and six caused turnovers ... Named the NEC Rookie of the Week twice ... Also named to the Synapse Sports Weekly Honor Roll.

Before Bryant: A 2010 graduate of Danbury High School, Keckeisen was a four-year varsity starter for the Hatters ... Earned a first-team all-state nod as a junior ... Three-time all-conference selection, earning All-FCAIC Honorable Mention as a freshman, Second Team honors as a sophomore and First Team accolades as a junior ... Named an All-News Times selection as a sophomore and junior ... Helped lead team to a Division II State Championship as a sophomore ... Played club lacrosse for the Connecticut Lightning, where she was a teammate of fellow Bulldog lacrosse freshmen Melanie Erk, Kimberley Sniffen and Lisa Vendel.

Personal: Daughter of James and Patti Keckeisen, Katherine Leigh Keckeisen was born April 23, 1992.

 

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 4 vs. Saint Francis (PA) (April 13, 2012)
Assists: 2, three times (last at Lafayette, March 12, 2014)
Points: 5 at Wagner (April 21, 2011)
Ground balls: 4, twice (last at LIU Brooklyn, April 25, 2014)
Draw controls: 5 at Sacred Heart (April 20, 2012)
Caused turnovers: 3, three times (last at LIU Brooklyn, April 25, 2014)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 18 at Central Connecticut W, 16-6
Apr 25 at Long Island W, 16-9
Apr 27 Sacred Heart W, 17-9
May 2 #4 Central Connecticut W, 13-7
May 4 #2 Wagner W, 14-6
May 9 at #7 Boston College L, 17-9
  Overall Conf
Games 19 7
Points 18 9
Goals 14 7
Assists 4 2
Shots 34 15
Shooting percentage 41.2 46.7
Shots on goal 27 13
Shots on goal percentage 79.4 86.7
Free position goals-shots 3-11 2-5
Ground balls 25 13
Draw controls 19 11
Turnovers 13 7
Caused turnovers 14 6
Fouls 37 14
Yellow cards 1 1
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 0 0
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Feb 12 at Holy Cross W, 8-7 0 0 0 0-0 2 1 0 2 0 - 0 - 3 - 0 0
Feb 18 at Siena W, 11-7 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 - 7 - 0 0
Feb 21 UAlbany L, 20-13 0 0 0 0-0 2 2 0 2 1 0.0 1 100.0 2 - 0 0
Mar 1 at Manhattan W, 8-7 1 0 1 0-2 1 0 3 1 6 16.7 5 83.3 2 - 0 0
Mar 5 at Yale L, 12-8 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 0
Mar 10 at Lehigh W, 13-12 2 0 2 0-0 1 1 0 0 3 66.7 3 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 12 at Lafayette W, 18-12 0 2 2 0-0 2 0 1 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 2 - 0 0
Mar 20 at Quinnipiac W, 18-5 1 0 1 0-1 0 2 0 0 2 50.0 1 50.0 - - 0 0
Apr 1 Brown L, 15-7 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0.0 1 100.0 3 - 0 0
Apr 4 at Wagner W, 7-6 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0.0 1 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 6 at Mount St. Mary's W, 14-6 1 0 1 0-1 2 1 1 1 2 50.0 2 100.0 3 - 0 0
Apr 11 Robert Morris W, 17-9 2 0 2 1-1 3 1 0 1 3 66.7 3 100.0 3 - 0 0
Apr 13 Saint Francis U W, 20-7 0 0 0 0-0 0 3 2 0 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 0
Apr 18 at Central Connecticut W, 16-6 3 0 3 0-0 1 0 3 0 3 100.0 3 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 25 at Long Island W, 16-9 0 1 1 0-1 4 2 0 3 1 0.0 1 100.0 3 - 0 0
Apr 27 Sacred Heart W, 17-9 1 1 2 1-2 3 3 0 1 5 20.0 3 60.0 2 - 0 0
May 2 #4 Central Connecticut W, 13-7 0 0 0 0-1 2 1 0 2 1 0.0 0 0.0 2 - 0 0
May 4 #2 Wagner W, 14-6 2 0 2 1-2 0 0 1 0 3 66.7 2 66.7 - - 0 0
May 9 at #7 Boston College L, 17-9 1 0 1 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 100.0 1 100.0 1 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2010-11 16 16 28 2 30 8-14 16 17 17 6 51 54.9 45 88.2 26 - 0 0
2011-12 16 16 20 3 23 5-17 23 35 17 7 50 40.0 34 68.0 16 - 0 0
2012-13 18 18 17 5 22 6-12 18 18 18 12 45 37.8 29 64.4 36 - 0 0
2013-14 19 19 14 4 18 3-11 25 19 13 14 34 41.2 27 79.4 37 - 0 0
Total 69 69 79 14 93 22-54 82 89 65 39 180 43.9 135 75.0 115 - 0 0
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 19 19 14 4 18 3-11 25 19 13 14 34 41.2 27 79.4 37 - 0 0
Conference 7 7 7 2 9 2-5 13 11 7 6 15 46.7 13 86.7 14 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 7 5 1 6 3-6 10 11 4 6 14 35.7 10 71.4 13 - 0 0
Away 12 12 9 3 12 0-5 15 8 9 8 20 45.0 17 85.0 24 - 0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 15 15 13 4 17 3-11 22 16 12 12 31 41.9 24 77.4 30 - 0 0
Losses 4 4 1 0 1 0-0 3 3 1 2 3 33.3 3 100.0 7 - 0 0
Month February 3 3 0 0 0 0-0 5 3 0 5 1 0.0 1 100.0 12 - 0 0
March 5 5 4 2 6 0-3 4 3 4 1 12 33.3 9 75.0 5 - 0 0
April 8 8 7 2 9 2-5 13 12 8 6 16 43.8 14 87.5 17 - 0 0
May 3 3 3 0 3 1-3 3 1 1 2 5 60.0 3 60.0 3 - 0 0