Bio

As a senior: NEC Offensive Player of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... NEC All-Tournament Team ... NEC Player of the Week ... 150+ career points ... 100+ career goals ... Started all 19 games as a senior midfielder, ranking second on the team in points (60), goals (48), ground balls (47), draw controls (45) and caused turnovers (24) ... Tied for fourth on the squad with 12 assists ... Scored three game winners and 15 free position goals, both team bests ... Fired 102 shots ... Scored 11 hat tricks on the season, including six straight from April 11 - May 2 ... Scored at least one goal in all 19 contests ... Ranked in the NEC's top-10 in goals (second), points (third), goals per game (fourth), points per game (fifth), ground balls (fifth), draw controls (seventh) and caused turnovers (ninth) ... Set the program's all record with nine-career game-winning goals ... Division I record holder for career goals (132, sixth all-time) and career draw controls (120, fifth all-time) ... One of five players to hold all-time program records in games played (69) and games started (69) ... Will graduate also ranked in the program's all-time top-10 in free position goals (35, third), caused turnovers (88, fourth), caused turnovers per game (1.28, fifth), ground balls (151, fifth), goals per game (1.91, seventh), points (161, eighth), points per game (2.33, 10th) and ground balls per game (2.19, 10th).

As a junior: Put together one of the greatest performances in Division I program history in 2013 … Appeared and started in all 18 games for the Bulldogs … Led the team and the NEC in goals with 46, finishing the year with a team-high 54 points … Named First Team All-NEC and to the NEC All-Tournament team … Set Division I program records for goals and points in a season … Potted 13 free-position goals … Led the team with 35 ground balls, 34 draw controls and 28 caused turnovers … Recorded a point in all but one game on the year and collected eight hat tricks … Tallied a goal in the seaon-opener against Holy Cross (2/13) … Followed that with four goals and an assist against Siena (2/19) … Recorded four goals against Yale (3/6) … Shined against Southern California, netting six points (4g, 2a) and recording five draw controls … Started a string of four-straight hat tricks … Scored three goals in back-to-back games against Robert Morris (3/22) and Saint Francis (3/24) … Also collected a season-high five ground balls against the Colonials … Erupted for a career-high seven goals against Quinnipiac (3/28) … Scored two goals or more in each of the final seven games of the season … Potted two goals in three-straight games from 4/7-4/14 … Scored four goals against Monmouth (4/19) … Tallied a hat trick and finished with four points against Mount St. Mary’s (4/21) … Scored four goals, collected seven ground balls and won five draw controls in two NEC tournament games.

As a sophomore: Started in all 16 games as a sophomore ... One of the Bulldogs' top two-way players ... Finished fifth on the team in points (22), goals (17) and assists (5) ... Second on the team in ground balls (34) and caused turnovers (22) ... Recorded hat tricks against Siena on March 17 and again vs. Robert Morris April 15 ... Fired 45 shots with 29 going on target ... Tallied the game winner against Presbyterian on March 14 ... Posted 11 draw controls  on the season.

As a freshman: One of just four rookies to start all 16 games in 2011 ... The Bulldogs' top midfielder and one of the top midfielders in the Northeast Conference ... Led the team with 30 draw control wins ... Finished second on the squad in ground balls, with 35, and caused turnovers, with 14 ... Tied for third in points, with 25 on the year ... Finished her rookie campaign fourth on the team in goals (21) and assists (4), as well ... Scored at least one goal in 11 contests with points in 13 ... Recorded a pair of hat tricks, including a career-high four tallies in a 14-11 win over Wagner on the road on April 21 ... Notched the game-winning goal against Wagner and at Saint Francis (PA) ... Registered career highs in ground balls (6) and caused turnovers (4) at home against Sacred Heart April 8 ... Fired 51 shots with 30 on goal ... Went 5-for-14 on free position attempts on the season ... Earned an NEC Defensive Player of the Week nod and a Synapse Sports Weekly Honor Roll selection.

Before Bryant: A 2010 graduate of Newtown High School, Vendel was a four-year varsity letterwinner for the Nighthawks ... Led team to three-straight South West Conference Championships ... Two-time team MVP (2008, 2009) ... Two-time High School All-American ... Named first-team all-state selection as a junior and senior ... Earned a spot on the Connecticut Super Juniors team ... Also a member of Newtown's field hockey team, where she earned second team all-state honors as a senior ... Played club lacrosse for the Connecticut Lightning, where she was a teammate of fellow Bulldog lacrosse freshmen Melanie Erk, Kimberley Sniffen and Katherine Keckeisen.

Personal: Daughter of Larry and Mary Jane Vendel, Lisa M. Vendel was born June 10, 1992 ... Sister, Betsy Vendel, currently plays lacrosse at CCSU.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 7 vs. Quinnipiac (March 28, 2013)
Assists: 3 vs. Saint Francis U. (April 27, 2014)
Points: 7 vs. Quinnipiac (March 28, 2013)
Ground balls: 6, four times (last at Central Connecticut, April 18, 2014)
Draw controls: 6 vs. Albany (Feb. 21, 2014)
Caused turnovers: 5 vs. Central Connecticut (May 2, 2014)