Hofstra University Athletics

#22 Caitlin Connolly

Senior ? 5-4 ? Midfield

Baldwinsville, NY ? C.W. Baker

A scrappy competitor and defensive stopper at midfield...2004: Started all 16 games...Fourth on the team with 18 goals and four assists for 22 points...Scored three goals at Cornell...Had two goals and two assists versus Vanderbilt...Scored two goals against Duke...Scored twice versus Delaware...Took 37 shots...Ranked second on team with 41 ground balls and 23 caused turnovers...Had 10 draw controls...Had seven goals and two assists in conference play...IWLCA Academic All-American...Earned CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...2003: Played in and started 15 games...Scored eight goals and added 14 assists for 22 points...Ranked second on the team in assists and fourth in overall scoring...Ranked ninth in the Colonial Athletic Association in assists...Posted 36 ground balls, 11 draw controls and 18 caused turnovers...Took 30 shots...Had two goals and an assist versus top-ranked Loyola...Had a goal and an assist at George Mason...Recorded a goal and two assists versus Drexel...Had two assists versus Holy Cross and Albany...Scooped up six ground balls at Towson...Had five ground balls versus Drexel...Had three caused turnovers versus Holy Cross and Vanderbilt...Posted three goals and seven assists in Colonial Athletic Association games...Earned Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner's Academic Award...2002: Played in all 17 games...Recorded two assists, 11 ground balls and eight caused turnovers on the season...Took three shots...Had assists versus Albany and James Madison...Scooped up three ground balls and had two caused turnovers versus Holy Cross...Picked up two ground balls at Boston College...Had one assists n Colonial Athletic Association games...Member of the Colonial Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete team...High School: Played three years of lacrosse and soccer and two years of basketball at C.W. Baker High School in Baldwinsville, New York...Named to all-league first team as a senior...Second team All-Central New York selection...Team tri-captain...Helped team to 58-8 record during three-year varsity career...Team was ranked #15 in the nation in 2000 when it won a state title...Tallied 41 goals and nine assists as a junior and 20 goals and 20 assists as a senior...2001 Academic All-American...New York State Scholar-Athlete...Second team all-league pick as a junior...All-league selection in soccer and basketball...Personal: Has two sisters, including a twin, and one brother...Brother is former New York Islander and current Buffalo Sabre Tim Connolly...Twin sister, Shannon, plays ice hockey at Connecticut...Also recruited by Towson, Northwestern and James Madison...Began playing lacrosse at age 8...Management major.