Megan McCarthy
1 Megan McCarthy
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Gr. (C)
  • Hometown:
    Northampton, Mass.
  • High School:
    Northampton
  • Position:
    D
  • Major:
    Marketing
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Bio

Serving as a team captain this season.

2021 (Grad Student)
Named to the All-NEC First Team and NEC All-Tournament Team... Played in 11 games, started ten after returning from ACL injury... Caused six turnovers and picked up nine groundballs on the season... Set career high with three caused turnovers vs. LIU on 4/2... Scored lone goal of season in NEC Championship vs. Mount St. Mary's.

2021 (Senior)
Started 12 of 13 games on defense for the Bulldogs… Set career-highs in goals (4), assists (2), and points (6) this season… Posted a career-high 42 draw controls, including 10 against CCSU (Mar 24)… Scored a goal in three consecutive games (Apr 17-24)… Earned her first career All-NEC first-team honor this year.

2020 (Junior)
Appeared and started in all six games for the Bulldogs … Led the team with 30 draw controls … Tallied a career-high of 10 draw controls to kick off the season against Quinnipiac (2/12) … Scooped three ground balls and posted three caused turnovers on the year … Dished out first career assist against Vermont on Feb. 19.

2019 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 17 games, starting the final 15 contests on defense … Collected 22 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers … Both totals were good for third on the team … Scooped a career-high four ground balls in the win over Niagara (3/9) … Collected three ground balls in the win at Stetson (3/17) … Recorded at least one caused turnover in nine of her final 10 games of the year, including a career-best two vs. Mount St. Mary’s (4/20) … Tallied a career-high three draw controls in the season opener vs. UMass (2/15) ... Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll.

2018 (Freshman)
Appeared in six games in her first season with the Black and Gold ... scored both of her goals against Saint Francis ... grabbed lone draw control at Siena (3/31) ... named to NEC Academic Honor Roll.

Before Bryant
Four-year letterwinner at Northampton HS in women's lacrosse, basketball and lacrosse ... Three-time All Western Mass (2015-17) ... Two-time Super Seven (2016, 2017) ... Also a two-time All Western Mass honoree in field hockey and a three-time recipient in basketball. 

Personal
Daughter of John and Judith ... Has one brother, Michael ... Majoring in Marketing.

Career Highs
Goals: 2, vs. Saint Francis U, 4/22/18
Assists: 1 3x, last vs. CCSU, 4/24/21
Points: 2 3x, last vs. CCSU, 4/24/21
Ground Balls: 6, at Sacred Heart, 4/17/21
Draw Controls: 10 2x, last at CCSU, 3/24/21
Caused Turnovers: 2, 2x, last vs. Brown, 2/15/20

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 20 at Merrimack W, 22-12
Apr 23 Vermont L, 17-13
Apr 27 Central Connecticut W, 21-7
Apr 30 at Wagner L, 12-11
May 5 #4 Long Island W, 20-6
May 7 #2 Mount St. Mary's L, 15-13
  Overall Conf
Games 11 6
Points 1 0
Goals 1 0
Assists 0 0
Shots 2 1
Shooting percentage 50.0 0.0
Shots on goal 2 1
Shots on goal percentage 100.0 100.0
Free position goals-shots 0-0 0-0
Ground balls 9 3
Draw controls 0 0
Turnovers 2 0
Caused turnovers 6 4
Fouls 3 2
Yellow cards 0 0
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 19 at Brown L, 14-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 26 at Columbia W, 20-6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 5 at Holy Cross W, 15-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 9 Quinnipiac W, 19-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 16 at New Hampshire L, 13-12 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 0
Mar 26 Mount St. Mary's W, 14-10 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 30 at Sacred Heart W, 15-5 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 100.0 2 - 0 0
Apr 2 Long Island W, 17-6 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 3 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 6 UMass Lowell W, 11-9 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 9 at Howard W, 22-7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 15 Saint Francis U W, 20-6 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 20 at Merrimack W, 22-12 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 23 Vermont L, 17-13 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 27 Central Connecticut W, 21-7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 30 at Wagner L, 12-11 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
May 5 #4 Long Island W, 20-6 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
May 7 #2 Mount St. Mary's L, 15-13 1 0 1 0-0 3 0 0 1 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2017-18 6 - 2 0 2 1-1 0 1 3 0 3 66.7 3 100.0 2 - 0 0
2018-19 17 15 0 0 0 0-0 22 6 10 13 0 - 0 - 28 - 0 1
2019-20 6 6 0 1 1 0-0 3 30 4 3 1 0.0 0 0.0 8 - 0 0
2020-21 12 12 4 2 6 0-2 13 42 8 6 8 50.0 6 75.0 6 - 0 0
2021-22 11 10 1 0 1 0-0 9 0 2 6 2 50.0 2 100.0 3 - 0 0
Total 52 43 7 3 10 1-3 47 79 27 28 14 50.0 11 78.6 47 - 0 1
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 11 10 1 0 1 0-0 9 0 2 6 2 50.0 2 100.0 3 - 0 0
Conference 6 6 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 4 1 0.0 1 100.0 2 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 7 1 0 1 0-0 8 0 2 6 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Away 4 3 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 100.0 3 - 0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 7 0 0 0 0-0 6 0 1 5 1 0.0 1 100.0 2 - 0 0
Losses 4 3 1 0 1 0-0 3 0 1 1 1 100.0 1 100.0 1 - 0 0
Month March 3 2 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 100.0 3 - 0 0
April 6 6 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 2 4 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
May 2 2 1 0 1 0-0 4 0 0 2 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0

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