Lauren Descalzo
2 Lauren Descalzo
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Hauppauge, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Hauppauge
  • Position:
    A
  • gp
    18
  • p
    70
  • g
    61
  • a
    9

Bio

As a junior: IWLCA All-Northeast Region Second Team ... NEC Offensive Player of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... NEC All-Tournament Team ... Two-time NEC Offensive Player of the Week ... ECAC Offensive Player of the Week ... Started in all 18 games in which she appeared, missing one due to injury ... Led the Bulldogs with 61 goals scored, adding nine assists for 70 points on the year ... Fired a league-leading 139 shots (7.72 per game) ... Ranked second in the NEC with 3.39 goals per game and third with 3.89 points per game, stats that ranked fifth and 25th nationally ... Registered a trio of game-winning goals ... Tied for team lead with nine free position scores (9-20) ... Recorded 12 hat tricks, including nine straight from March 28 through May 1 ... Registered two seven-goal outings and two six-score performances ... Picked up a tally in all but two contests ... Posted a career-high eight points in a home win over Manhattan Fev. 28 (7g, 1a) ... Added 16 ground balls, 21 draw controls and nine caused turnovers on the year.

As a sophomore: All-NEC First Team ... NEC Tournament MVP ... NEC All-Tournament Team ... ECAC Offensive Player of the Week ... Started all 19 games at attack for the Black and Gold, leading the team with 53 goals, firing 116 shots while putting 92 on goal ... All three numbers set new Division I program records, as did her 2.79 goals per game ... Her 53 tallies paced all NEC players and ranked 21st nationally, while her 2.79 goals per game average ranked second in the league and 25th on the national circuit ... Finished third on the team in points with 58, good for fourth in the NEC ... Descalzo exploded in the NEC Tournament, scoring 10 goals and 11 points on the two-game weekend, both good for tournament highs ... Her 11 points tied the all-time NEC Tournament mark ... Scored a goal in all 19 contests in 2014, including nine hat tricks ... Added 17 ground balls, 21 draw controls and five caused turnovers ... After just two seasons, Descalzo already ranks in the program's all-time top-20 in goals (13th).

As a freshman: An outstanding attack, led the NEC in freshman scoring in 2013 … Appeared and started in all 18 games for the Bulldogs, tallying 36 goals and one assist for 37 points … Named to the NEC All-Rookie Team … Finished third on the team in goals and fourth in points … Went 7-for-19 in free position opportunities … Also collected 13 ground balls, 11 draws and caused six turnovers … Posted five hat tricks and a pair of five goal games … Registered her first collegiate goal in her first career game against Holy Cross (2/13) … Erupted the following game against Siena, scoring four goals (2/19) … Registered two goals in three-straight games against Yale (3/6), Stetson (3/13) and Southern California (3/19) … Scored five goals in Bryant’s victory over Sacred Heart (3/30) … Tallied four goals against Brown (4/7) … Posted a hat trick five days later against LIU Brooklyn (4/12) … Matched her career high with five goals against Mount St. Mary’s (4/21) … Recorded four points in the NEC tournament, including two goals and an assist in the championship game against  Monmouth (4/28) … Earned a trio of NEC Rookie of the Week honors.

Before Bryant: Three-year varsity letter winner at Hauppauge High School ... Led team to county championship in 2011 ... Two-time all-county selection (2011 and 2012) ... Was a four-year varsity letter winner in cross country and basketball as Hauppauge as well ... Named scholar-athlete in all three sports ... Two-time all-league pick in basketball and one-time selection in cross country ... Honor roll student.

Personal: The daughter of Holly and Ed Descalzo, Lauren Descalzo was born Dec. 8, 1994.

 

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 7, twice (last at Fresno State, 3/11/15)
Assists:
2 at Robert Morris (4/17/15)
Points: 8 vs. Manhattan (2/28/15)
Ground balls:
4 vs. Robert Morris (4/11/14) 
Draw controls:
5, twice (last at UC Davis, 3/14/15)
Caused turnovers: 3 at Wagner (4/14/13)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 19 at Saint Francis U W, 17-10
Apr 24 Wagner W, 8-4
Apr 26 Mount St. Mary's L, 9-8
May 1 #4 Robert Morris W, 18-10
May 3 #2 Wagner W, 15-10
May 8 at No. 13 Loyola L, 21-3
  Overall Conf
Games 18 7
Points 70 31
Goals 61 27
Assists 9 4
Shots 139 56
Shooting percentage 43.9 48.2
Shots on goal 111 43
Shots on goal percentage 79.9 76.8
Free position goals-shots 9-20 3-4
Ground balls 16 5
Draw controls 21 6
Turnovers 34 12
Caused turnovers 9 3
Fouls 41 15
Yellow cards 5 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 14 Holy Cross W, 9-6 0 1 1 0-1 1 0 3 1 8 0.0 6 75.0 6 - 0 0
Feb 21 at Brown L, 12-8 4 1 5 1-2 0 1 2 0 7 57.1 7 100.0 3 - 0 0
Feb 28 Manhattan W, 17-2 7 1 8 2-2 3 0 2 1 8 87.5 8 100.0 2 - 0 0
Mar 4 Yale L, 12-8 2 0 2 1-1 3 3 1 2 6 33.3 4 66.7 3 - 0 0
Mar 7 Siena W, 9-8 2 0 2 0-2 2 1 2 2 10 20.0 6 60.0 3 - 0 0
Mar 11 at Fresno St. W, 14-9 7 0 7 0-1 1 2 2 0 12 58.3 10 83.3 2 - 0 0
Mar 14 at UC Davis W, 13-10 1 1 2 1-2 0 5 3 0 9 11.1 7 77.8 0 - 0 0
Mar 23 at UMass Lowell W, 16-3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 28 Lehigh L, 9-8 3 0 3 0-1 0 0 3 0 5 60.0 3 60.0 3 - 0 0
Apr 3 Central Connecticut W, 12-8 3 0 3 1-1 1 1 1 0 11 27.3 9 81.8 2 - 0 0
Apr 10 at Sacred Heart W, 11-10 3 0 3 0-0 0 2 2 0 7 42.9 5 71.4 4 - 0 0
Apr 12 LIU Brooklyn W, 16-12 4 1 5 1-1 2 0 3 2 8 50.0 5 62.5 4 - 0 0
Apr 17 at Robert Morris W, 17-13 4 2 6 0-0 1 0 1 1 7 57.1 6 85.7 2 - 0 0
Apr 19 at Saint Francis U W, 17-10 6 0 6 0-0 0 0 1 0 6 100.0 6 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 24 Wagner W, 8-4 3 1 4 1-1 0 1 1 0 7 42.9 4 57.1 2 - 0 0
Apr 26 Mount St. Mary's L, 9-8 4 0 4 0-1 1 2 3 0 10 40.0 8 80.0 1 - 0 0
May 1 #4 Robert Morris W, 18-10 6 1 7 0-1 1 1 3 0 8 75.0 7 87.5 2 - 0 0
May 3 #2 Wagner W, 15-10 2 0 2 1-1 0 2 1 0 4 50.0 4 100.0 2 - 0 0
May 8 at No. 13 Loyola L, 21-3 0 0 0 0-2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 6 100.0 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2012-13 18 18 36 1 37 7-19 13 11 19 6 80 45.0 58 72.5 25 - 0 0
2013-14 19 19 53 5 58 4-12 17 21 27 5 116 45.7 92 79.3 39 - 0 0
2014-15 18 18 61 9 70 9-20 16 21 34 9 139 43.9 111 79.9 41 - 0 0
2015-16 11 9 27 3 30 2-8 15 7 12 5 69 39.1 50 72.5 21 - 0 0
Total 66 64 177 18 195 22-59 61 60 92 25 404 43.8 311 77.0 126 - 0 0
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 18 18 61 9 70 9-20 16 21 34 9 139 43.9 111 79.9 41 - 0 0
Conference 7 7 27 4 31 3-4 5 6 12 3 56 48.2 43 76.8 15 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 11 11 36 5 41 7-13 14 11 23 8 85 42.4 64 75.3 30 - 0 0
Away 7 7 25 4 29 2-7 2 10 11 1 54 46.3 47 87.0 11 - 0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 13 13 48 8 56 7-13 12 15 25 7 105 45.7 83 79.0 31 - 0 0
Losses 5 5 13 1 14 2-7 4 6 9 2 34 38.2 28 82.4 10 - 0 0
Month February 3 3 11 3 14 3-5 4 1 7 2 23 47.8 21 91.3 11 - 0 0
March 5 5 15 1 16 2-7 6 11 11 4 42 35.7 30 71.4 11 - 0 0
April 7 7 27 4 31 3-4 5 6 12 3 56 48.2 43 76.8 15 - 0 0
May 3 3 8 1 9 1-4 1 3 4 0 18 44.4 17 94.4 4 - 0 0