2013 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Lauren Maksym
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- North Massapequa, N.Y.
- High School:
- Farmingdale
Junior (2012) - Ranked fifth in the nation in goals against average at 8.00 per game ... Was even better in ACC regular season action, allowing 6.88 goals per contest and going 5-0 as a starter ... Was 18th nationally in save percentage at .453 ... A leader of a Tar Heel defense that ranked third in the nation in scoring defense at 7.68 goals per game ... Started all 19 games in her second year as the UNC starter in the cage ... Posted a record of 15-4 as the goalie of record in all 19 contests ... Played over 922 of a possible 1,140 minutes in goal in 2012 ... Made 102 saves for the season ... Held Duke to a season-low two goals in a 4-2 Tar Heel win on March 30 ... Recorded a season-high 11 saves against Virginia in the ACC Tournament and Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals ... Named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 14 after recording 10 saves and gathering two ground balls in an 11-9 victory over Florida ... Had a season-high two ground balls against both the Gators and Old Dominion ... Caused five turnovers on the year, including three in ACC play ... Gathered two ground balls against both Old Dominion and Florida.
Sophomore (2011) - Burst on the scene as one of the nation's top goalies in her first season as a starter ... Ranked sixth in the nation in goals against average at 8.29, 15th in save percentage at .472 and 19th in saves with 150 ... Started all 21 games in the cage, playing nearly 1,216 of the season's 1,272 minutes ... Went the distance in the cage in 16 of 21 contests and was the goalie of record for UNC in every game during the season ... Allowed 168 goals ... Made a career-high 15 saves against Vanderbilt ... Had double-digit saves in six games overall, including vs. Cornell (13), Virginia Tech (11), Duke in the regular season (10), Maryland in the ACC final (10) and Loyola in the NCAA quarterfinal (10) ... Was brilliant in the ACC Tournament, earning All-Tournament honors after holding Virginia and Duke to then season lows in goals with five and eight goals, respectively ... Went 2-1 in NCAA Tournament play, holding Virginia to seven goals.
Freshman (2010) - Saw action in eight games as a backup to All-America Logan Ripley ... Played a season-high 17:31 against Virginia Tech on April 2 ... Also played 16:33 against Oregon, 12:58 against Old Dominion and 12:00 versus Richmond ... Also came off the bench against Denver, Navy (NCAA Tournament) and Virginia (NCAA Tournament) ... Played a key stretch of 7:20 late in the first half of the win at Northwestern, relieving Ripley and helping stop a Wildcat rally in a game the Tar Heels came back to win ... Recorded a season-high three saves against Virginia Tech ... Also had two saves against Navy in the NCAA Tournament opening round ... Allowed 11 goals in a total of 81:27 in the cage on the season for a goals against average of 8.10 ... Posted a save percentage of 38.9.
High School - Played in the 2009 Under Armour All-America game, recording five saves and four goals in 25 minutes of action ... Ranked the top high school goalie in the nation and the No. 5 recruit overall by Inside Lacrosse ... Two-time US Lacrosse first-team All-America and honorable mention as a sophomore ... Four-year starter and senior team captain for the 2009 nationally top-ranked and undefeated New York Class A champions ... Played at Farmingdale High School for Coaches Shari Campbell and Tracy Wiener ... Farmingdale is the same prep program that produced former Tar Heel Christine McPike, the 2002 ACC Player of the Year and National Midfielder of the Year ... Led Farmingdale to a record of 66-10 and three appearances in the N.Y. state championship game in her time as a starter ... Recorded 12 saves in the 2009 state title game, leading Farmingdale to the victory ... Named MVP of the New York state tournament ... Two-time MVP of the Star Spangled Banner and Galaxy tournaments ... Two-time All-Nassau County, two-time All-Long Island ... Three-time Newsday All-Long Island First Team member and the Long Island Player of the Year in 2009 ... Invited to try out for the United States Under-19 women's lacrosse team as a high school freshman ... Outstanding student who earned spots on the honor roll, National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society ... Member of the Varsity Leader Club ... Received Humanities History Award as a senior ... 2009 Scholar-Athlete Award winner.
Personal - Lauren Sara Maksym is the daughter of Linda and Tom Maksym ... Her father was a lacrosse All-America at Adelphi University ... Her two older brothers, Robert and Christopher, both played lacrosse and helped initiate a young Lauren to the game by repeatedly shooting on her in their backyard cage ... Born on June 15, 1991, in Bethpage, N.Y. ... Majoring in history.
Lauren Maksym's Career Statistics
Year GP/GS Min. Sv GA Save Pct GAA 2010 8/0 81 7 11 38.9 8.10 2011 21/21 1216 150 168 47.2 8.29 2012 19/19 922 102 123 45.3 8.00 Total 48/40 2219 259 302 46.2 8.16
