2010 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Megan Bosica
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ellicott City, Md.
- High School:
- Mt. Hebron
General - All-America and All-ACC candidate ... Carolina's leading scorer in 2009 ... Set a school record for assists with 26 as a sophomore in 2008 ... Tri-captain of the 2010 Tar Heels along with Kristen Taylor and Jenn Russell.
Junior (2009) - Named to the 2009 All-ACC team, one of five Tar Heels so honored ... Earned third-team All-America honors from the IWLCA and WomensLacrosse.com ... Named second-team All-South region by the IWLCA ... Led Carolina in scoring with 57 points on 36 goals and a team-high 21 assists ... Tied for third on the UNC team in goals ... Fourth on the squad with 28 ground balls and tied for fourth with 18 draw controls ... Led the team with 10 free position goals and 108 shots ... Third among Tar Heels with 19 caused turnovers ... Named ACC Player of the Week on March 23 after tallying four goals and two assists in a win over No. 5 Georgetown and two goals and one assist in a win over Old Dominion ... Her six points against Georgetown tied as the most by any Tar Heel in a game in 2009 ... Scored three goals in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinal victory over Notre Dame ... Tallied two goals and two assists in the NCAA semifinal win over Maryland ... Tied for eighth in the ACC in assists per game with 1.00 ... Had a season-high three assists against Boston College and Virginia Tech ... Took a season-high nine shots against Virginia and Vanderbilt ... Her six caused turnovers at Vanderbilt were the most by a UNC player all season ... Scored multiple goals in 13 of Carolina's 21 games ... Also had at least one assist in 13 of 21 contests ... Started all 21 games ... Tallied eight goals and two assists in the four NCAA Tournament games ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore (2008) - Second on the team with 56 points (30 goals and 26 assists) on the season ... Set a school record with her 26 assists, eclipsing the previous record of 25 set by Erin McInnes in 2001 ... Third in the ACC in assists per game with 1.30 ... Tied for third on the team with 26 ground balls ... Gathered 22 draw controls to rank fifth on the team ... Fourth on the team with 16 caused turnovers ... Talllied a career-high eight points (four goals and four assists) with a season-high four ground balls in the 16-14 win over Duke on March 22 ... Scored five goals against Brown on Feb. 28 ... Her five assists against Ohio State on Apr. 4 were the most by a Tar Heel all season ... Tallied multiple goals in eight games, including six in the two NCAA Tournament games ... Had two goals and three assists in the NCAA first-round win at Virginia and four goals in the NCAA quarterfinals at Syracuse ... Started 18 of 20 games (all but Penn State and Maryland in the ACC Tournament) ... Averaged 1.5 goals and 1.3 assists per game on the year.
Freshman (2007) - Very promising young attacker who saw action in all 21games, starting three ... Finished the season fourth on the squad in scoring with 36points on 18goals and 18assists ... Scored a season-high four goals in the win over Ohio State ... Had two goals and an assist against Oregon ... Tallied one goal and a season-high four assists against Temple ... Had a goal and an assist against Old Dominion ... Had one goal and two assists in the win over Virginia ... Scored twice in the victory over Georgetown ... Had two goals and an assist against Boston College ... Had a goal and an assist against Penn State and Virginia Tech (ACC Tournament).
High School - Two-time All-Met Player of the Year at Mt. Hebron High School, as named by the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post ... Named the Howard County player of the year by both newspapers as a junior and a senior ... Three-time all-county choice by both the Sun and the Post ... Second-team all-county as a freshman and first-team All-Metro by the Sun as a sophomore ... Two-time winner of the Heather Leigh Albert Award, given at the national lacrosse tournament ... Led Mt. Hebron to a No. 1 national ranking in 2003, 2005 and 2006 ... Mt. Hebron retired her jersey upon graduation ... Team captain as a senior ... Also played two years of varsity field hockey and one season of varsity basketball ... Second-team all-county in field hockey by the Post and the Sun and first-team by both publications as a senior ... Inducted into Mt. Hebron's Hall of Fame.
Personal - Megan Jean Bosica is the daughter of Teri and Buzz Bosica ... Her sister, Maria, is a senior on the James Madison lacrosse team ... Her brother, Michael, played golf at St. Joseph's University ... Her uncle, George McGeeney, played lacrosse for the US Team and was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame ... Born on May 25, 1988, in Baltimore ... Majoring in communication studies.
Megan Bosica's Career Statistics
Year GP/GS Sh G A Pts GB CT DC 2007 21/3 58 18 18 36 18 6 2 2008 20/18 88 30 26 56 26 16 22 2009 21/21 108 36 21 57 28 19 18 Total 62/42 254 84 65 149 72 41 42
