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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

2021 Women's Soccer Roster

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Evan Bernstein
Adam Flash
Steve Manuel
Brian Ballweg
Joe Rokita

5 Lucy Shepherd

5 Lucy Shepherd

  • Hometown:
    Worcestershire, England
  • Position:
    F/M
  • Major:
    Finance
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • High School:
    Alcester Grammar

Summary

Biography

Selected in the second round (23rd overall) in the 2022 NWSL Draft by the Washington Spirit 

2021:
CoSIDA Academic All-District
®...All-CAA Second Team...CAA Championship All-Tournament Team...Ranked the No. 45 player in the nation according to Top Drawer Soccer's Postseason Top-100...Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention...Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention on August 23 and September 7...CAA Offensive Player of the Week on August 23...Started in all 22 matches for the Pride, accumulating 1,735 minutes on the pitch…Finished her career ranked 10th all-time in Hofstra program history with 75 career points and sixth all-time at Hofstra with 25 career assists…Registered 28 total points during the 2021 that included eight goals and 12 assists…Her 12 assists were tied for the second-most in a single-season in Hofstra program history and led the CAA…Finished 12th in the nation in total assists and 21st in assists per game…Tied for second in the league with 28 total points…Also finished fifth in the conference in points per game…Tied for third in the CAA in goals and was fourth in goals per game…Accumulated four game-winning goals (vs. Stony Brook on 8/19, vs. Yale on 9/12, at Drexel (10/21) and vs. James Madison (11/4)…Registered a career-high seven points on three goals (first career hat trick) and one assist in Hofstra’s 5-1 victory over Stony Brook (8/19)…Recorded three points on three occasions when she had one goal and one assist at Columbia (9/2), vs. Yale (9/12) and in the CAA Championship match vs. Northeastern (11/7)…Had two assists against Bucknell (9/10) and Charleston (10/31)…Score the game-winning goal against James Madison (11/4) in Hofstra’s 1-0 CAA semifinal win…Registered a team-high five total points during the CAA Championship…Recorded 54 total shots including 26 on goal.

2020-21:
CoSIDA Academic All-District®...United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Second Team...All-CAA Second Team...Appeared in all nine matches and made eight starts...Recorded four goals which tied for third on the team and finished tied for fifth in the CAA...Also added two assists...Tallied 10 total points which was sixth in the conference...Scored two goals in Hofstra’s 4-0 victory over UAlbany on 3/3 for the first multi-goal effort of her career...Led the CAA with three game-winning goals (vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on 2/25, vs. UAlbany on 3/3 and vs. Towson on 4/10)...Fired at least one shot in all nine contests including a season-high of six in the CAA semifinal vs. Elon on 4/15.

2019:
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-East Region Third Team...All-CAA Second Team…Started and played in all 22 matches for the Pride, logging 1,648 minutes on the pitch…Tallied 21 points which ranked fourth on the team…Recorded six goals and nine assists…Her nine assists finished tied for second on the team, tied for fourth in the CAA and tied for the fifth-highest amount in program history…Her assist total tied for sixth in program history in a single-season…Assisted on six game-winning goals…Recorded two assists in a 2-1 double overtime win at Stony Brook (9/8)…Tallied three points (1 goal, 1 assist) in a 3-2 win at Delaware (10/13)…Scored one goal in the CAA Championship match vs. James Madison (11/9)…Scored the game-winning goal in the 74th minute in a 1-0 win over Columbia (9/15)…Named the CAA Offensive Player of the Week for the week of 10/7...Named to the Dean's List, Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll, and CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll following the Fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters. 

2018:                                                     
Played in 23 games while making 11 total starts…Logged 952 minutes on the pitch…Tallied four goals which finished third on the team…Also recorded one assist (vs. UNCW, 9/30) for a total of nine points which tied for fourth on the team…Took 21 total shots including eight on goal…Scored the game-winning goal in double overtime (105:39) against Fairleigh Dickinson (9/6)..Recorded one goal in a 4-1 rout of No. 22 Boston College in the second round of the NCAA tournament (11/9)…Played a season-high 75 minutes at Princeton (9/9)...Named to the CAA Spring Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll...Also participated in Hofstra's inaugural track and field season.

2017:
Appeared in 20 games, starting three as a forward…Finished with three goals and one assist for seven points…Scored her first career goal in a 4-0 win over Eastern Washington on Aug. 31…Recorded her first career assist in a 3-1 win over Drexel on Sept. 28…Tallied goals against James Madison on Oct. 8 and Elon on Oct. 15…Finished with 21 shots and 11 shots on goal

High School:
Spent eight years with Aston Villa Laides, serving two seasons on the First Team…Helped lead Aston Villa U17 to FA Youth Cup Final in 2013-14, where she became the first-ever Aston Villa player to score in an FA Youth Cup Final…Made first First-Team start in a match against Brescia, a team that featured seven Italian internationals…Has played internationally for English School Girls and England U19…Helped the England U19 team win the UEFA Coefficient Tournament, scoring her first international goal against Northern Ireland…Named district sports personality of the year

Personal:
Has a twin sister and younger brother…Started playing soccer at age 6…Majoring in Finance at Hofstra.
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Freshman

    F/M
    5'9"
    5
  • 5

    2018Sophomore

    F/M
    5'9"
    5
  • 5

    2019Junior

    F/M
    5'9"
    5
  • 5

    2020Senior

    F/M
    5'9"
    5
  • 5

    2021Fifth Year

    F/M
    5'9"
    5