Kimberley Sniffen
3 Kimberley Sniffen
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Redding, Conn.
  • High School:
    Joel Barlow
  • Position:
    M
  • Major:
    Undeclared
  • gp
    19
  • p
    48
  • g
    36
  • a
    12

Bio

As a senior: All-NEC Second Team ... NEC Player of the Week ... 100+ career points ... 100+ career goals ... One of the top two-way players on the field for the Bulldogs, Sniffen started all 19 games in 2014, finishing the season ranked fourth on the team in points (48), goals (36) and assists (12) ... Ranked eighth and ninth, respectively, on the NEC circuit in points and goals ... Led Bryant with 29 caused turnovers, good for fifth in the league and 32nd nationally ... Added 39 draw controls and 32 ground balls ... One of five players to hold all-time program records in games played (69) and games started (69) ... Also graduates ranked in the program's all-time top-10 in free position goals (fourth), caused turnovers (sixth), draw controls (sixth), game-winning goals (sixth) and goals (10th), and in the top-20 in goals per game (11th), points (12th), points per game (16th), ground balls (17th) and assists (18th).

As a junior: Emerged as one of the best players in the NEC in 2013, appearing in and starting all 18 games for the Bulldogs … Posted 44 goals and seven assists for 51 points on her way to Second Team All-NEC honors … Also earned NEC All-Tournament team honors … Finished second on the team in goals and points, and led the team with 19 free position goals … Ranked first in the NEC in free position goals per game (1.06) and third in the NEC in goals per game (2.44) … Her 44 goals are the second-most in a single season in Division I history … Also collected 26 draw controls, picked up 32 ground balls and caused 26 turnovers, finishing second on the team in all three categories … Registered eight hat tricks on the year and three four-goal games … Scored at least one goal and recorded at least one point in all 18 games … Opened the season with a pair of free-position goals against Holy Cross (2/13) … Followed with a four-point (3g, 1a) outing against Siena (2/19) in which she collected two ground balls and two draw controls … Registered four-straight two-goal games from 3/2-3/19 … Recorded her first four-goal game of the season against Robert Morris (3/22) … Netted just one goal against Saint Francis (3/24) but collected a season-high four ground balls and caused three turnovers … Notched four goals, picked up two ground balls, collected two draw controls and caused three turnovers against Central Connecticut (4/5) … Recorded three or more points in each of the final five games of the season … Posted hat tricks in each of the final three games, scoring three against Mount St. Mary’s (4/21), four in Bryant’s NEC semi-final win over CCSU (4/26) and three more against Monmouth (4/28) in the NEC title game.

As a sophomore: Started all 16 games for the Black and Gold in 2012 ... Recorded 12 points off eight goals and four assists ... Scored a career-best three points against LIU Brooklyn (1g, 2a) ...  Fired 24 shots with 17 going on goal ... Netted the game winner April 13 against Saint Francis (PA) ... Scooped up 15 ground balls with 11 draw controls and six caused turnovers on the season.

As a freshman: One of just four rookies to start all 16 games in 2011 ... Put up 14 goals, scoring in nine contests ... Notched the game winner in the season finale at Long Island ... Fired 36 shots with 25 on goal ... Went 4-for-12 on free position attempts ... Picked up 11 ground balls ... Forced eight caused turnovers and won 23 draw controls, good for fourth and third on the team, respectively.

Before Bryant: A 2010 graduate of Joel Barlow High School, Sniffen was a four-year varsity starter in lacrosse and soccer ... Earned a Connecticut Post All-Area selection as a senior ... 2010 all-conference, all-area and second team all-state selection ... As a junior, led the Falcons in nearly every statistical category ... Named an all-conference and all-area choice as a junior ... Senior captain ... Also earned as an all-conference honorable mention nod in soccer as a senior.

Personal: Daughter of Don and Sharon Sniffen, Kimberley Ann Sniffen was born May 30, 1992 ... Cousin, Tucker Shanley, plays men’s lacrosse at Princeton.


CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 4, five times (last vs. Saint Francis U., April 27, 2014)
Assists: 3 at Central Connecticut (April 18, 2014)
Points: 6 vs. Saint Francis U. (April 13, 2014)
Ground balls: 5, twice (last at Wagner, May 4, 2014)
Draw controls: 6 vs. Wagner (May 4, 2014)
Caused turnovers: 4 vs. Sacred Heart (April 27, 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 48 20
Goals 36 14
Assists 12 6
Shots 103 44
Shooting percentage 35.0 31.8
Shots on goal 70 27
Shots on goal percentage 68.0 61.4
Free position goals-shots 9-16 2-4
Ground balls 32 11
Draw controls 39 14
Turnovers 37 11
Caused turnovers 29 15
Fouls 31 17
Yellow cards 4 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 2 2 4 1-2 1 4 3 3 7 28.6 4 57.1 3 - 0 0
Feb 18 at Siena W, 11-7 1 0 1 0-1 4 0 2 2 5 20.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Feb 21 UAlbany L, 20-13 2 0 2 0-0 0 2 1 0 5 40.0 3 60.0 1 - 0 0
Mar 1 at Manhattan W, 8-7 1 0 1 0-0 3 1 0 1 5 20.0 2 40.0 2 - 0 0
Mar 5 at Yale L, 12-8 2 0 2 0-0 0 1 5 1 4 50.0 3 75.0 2 - 0 0
Mar 10 at Lehigh W, 13-12 1 1 2 0-2 2 4 2 1 3 33.3 2 66.7 3 - 0 0
Mar 12 at Lafayette W, 18-12 3 0 3 2-3 1 0 1 0 9 33.3 8 88.9 0 - 0 0
Mar 20 at Quinnipiac W, 18-5 4 1 5 1-1 0 1 0 0 4 100.0 4 100.0 - - 0 0
Apr 1 Brown L, 15-7 0 0 0 0-0 2 1 4 1 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 4 at Wagner W, 7-6 0 0 0 0-1 1 1 2 2 7 0.0 5 71.4 2 - 0 0
Apr 6 at Mount St. Mary's W, 14-6 2 0 2 0-0 1 0 2 2 4 50.0 3 75.0 4 - 0 0
Apr 11 Robert Morris W, 17-9 2 0 2 0-0 2 2 1 1 5 40.0 3 60.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 13 Saint Francis U W, 20-7 4 2 6 0-0 2 2 1 1 7 57.1 6 85.7 3 - 0 0
Apr 18 at Central Connecticut W, 16-6 2 3 5 1-1 1 3 1 3 5 40.0 4 80.0 2 - 0 0
Apr 25 at Long Island W, 16-9 3 0 3 0-0 2 5 2 2 8 37.5 5 62.5 2 - 0 0
Apr 27 Sacred Heart W, 17-9 1 1 2 1-2 2 1 2 4 8 12.5 1 12.5 3 - 0 0
May 2 #4 Central Connecticut W, 13-7 1 1 2 1-1 1 1 2 2 6 16.7 4 66.7 2 - 0 0
May 4 #2 Wagner W, 14-6 3 1 4 0-0 5 6 3 2 5 60.0 5 100.0 - - 0 0
May 9 at #7 Boston College L, 17-9 2 0 2 2-2 2 4 3 1 5 40.0 3 60.0 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 14 0 14 4-12 11 23 17 8 36 38.9 25 69.4 18 - 0 0
2011-12 16 16 8 4 12 2-8 15 11 18 6 24 33.3 17 70.8 11 - 0 0
2012-13 18 18 44 7 51 19-33 32 26 24 26 95 46.3 70 73.7 32 - 0 0
2013-14 19 19 36 12 48 9-16 32 39 37 29 103 35.0 70 68.0 31 - 0 0
Total 69 69 102 23 125 34-69 90 99 96 69 258 39.5 182 70.5 92 - 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 36 12 48 9-16 32 39 37 29 103 35.0 70 68.0 31 - 0 0
Conference 7 7 14 6 20 2-4 11 14 11 15 44 31.8 27 61.4 17 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 7 13 5 18 2-3 14 15 14 11 37 35.1 23 62.2 10 - 0 0
Away 12 12 23 7 30 7-13 18 24 23 18 66 34.8 47 71.2 21 - 0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 15 15 30 12 42 7-14 28 31 24 26 88 34.1 60 68.2 27 - 0 0
Losses 4 4 6 0 6 2-2 4 8 13 3 15 40.0 10 66.7 4 - 0 0
Month February 3 3 5 2 7 1-3 5 6 6 5 17 29.4 11 64.7 4 - 0 0
March 5 5 11 2 13 3-6 6 7 8 3 25 44.0 19 76.0 7 - 0 0
April 8 8 14 6 20 2-4 13 15 15 16 45 31.1 28 62.2 17 - 0 0
May 3 3 6 2 8 3-3 8 11 8 5 16 37.5 12 75.0 3 - 0 0