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Olivia Vergano
University of North Carolina Women's Lacrosse v Virginia
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Saturday, March 8, 2025

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Olivia Vergano vs. James Madison, 02.07.25

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

Olivia Vergano

Position:
Attacker
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
West Babylon, N.Y.
High School:
West Babylon
Prev School:
Virginia Tech

CAREER HONORS

2025 Honorable Mention All-America (USA Lacrosse)
2025 All-ACC Second Team
2024 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
2023 Honorable Mention All-America (USA Lacrosse Magazine)
2023 All-ACC Second Team
2022 Honorable Mention All-America (ILWomen)
2022 IWLCA South Region Second Team
2022 ACC All-Freshman Team
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 All-ACC Academic Team

CAREER HIGHS

Goals: 6 at Furman, 3/15/22 (at Virginia Tech)
Assists: 4 vs. Pitt, 3/11/23 (at Virginia Tech)
Points: 8 at Furman, 3/15/22; vs. Pitt, 3/11/23 (at Virginia Tech)
Ground Balls: 3 (4x), last vs. Syracuse, 2/22/25
Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Louisville, 4/8/23; vs. Winthrop, 3/12/22 (at Virginia Tech)
Draw Controls: 14 at Duke, 4/1/23 (at Virginia Tech)

SENIOR (2025) – Appeared in 22 games, starting one ... Tallied 39 goals and 14 assists to go along with 12 groundballs, six draw controls and two caused turnovers ... USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American ... Second-Team All-ACC ... ILWomen Top 20 Impact Transfer ... Two goals, one assist, three points, one ground ball vs. #18 James Madison in season opener ... Two assists at Liberty ... One ground ball, one draw control at #5 Florida ... Two goals, two assists, three ground balls vs. #4 Syracuse ... One goal at Louisville ... One goal, one assist vs. Temple ... Four goals, three draw controls, one ground ball vs. #14 Virginia, her first start of the season ... Hat trick vs. #9 Clemson ... Five goals, two draw controls at Virginia Tech ... Two goals, two assists and one ground ball at #20 Notre Dame ... One goal vs. #1 Boston College ... One assist and one groundball at ECU ... Three goals and an assist vs. Cal ... Three goals, one groundball and a caused turnover at #10 Duke ... Two goals and a caused turnover vs. Virginia Tech in the ACC Quarters ... Three goals and an assist vs. #16 Clemson in the ACC Semis ... One goal and one groundball vs. #2 Boston College in the ACC Final ... An assist against #14 Clemson in the NCAA Second Round ... One goal and a groundball vs. #8 Princeton in the NCAA Quarters ... A goal against #4 Florida in the NCAA Semis ... Two goals and an assist vs. #3 Northwestern in the NCAA Championship game.

JUNIOR (2024 at Virginia Tech) – Started in all 18 games as a junior with the Hokies … Led the team with 39 goals and 91 draw controls, also ranking second with nine assists and 48 points … Ended the year with at least three goals in eight games … Had six points behind three goals and three assists in the season opener vs. VCU ... Recorded her 100th career goal at Louisville, ending the game with five … Had four goals against Elon, Furman and Pitt … Had tricks vs. Mercer, Longwood and Old Dominion … Registered 10 draw controls at Mercer and eight vs. Syracuse … Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

SOPHOMORE (2023 at Virginia Tech) – Honorable Mention All-America by USA Lacrosse Magazine … All-ACC Second Team … Started 19 games … Led the Hokies with 50 goals, 15 assists and 65 points ... Her 65-point season is tied for sixth in program history, while her 50 goals ranks eighth … Ranked second with 106 draw controls ... Her 106 draw controls are second-most in single-season school history … Scored at least four goals in seven games … Recorded her 100th career point at Virginia ... Career-high 14 draw controls vs. Duke … Recorded 12 draw controls vs. Pitt in ACC Tournament first round …Tied career-high eight points behind four goals and four assists against Pitt … Put up three points vs. Syracuse in ACC Tournament second round … Named to the ACC All-Academic Team.

FRESHMAN (2022 at Virginia Tech) – Honorable Mention All-America by ILWomen … IWLCA South Region Second Team … ACC All-Freshman Team … ACC Offensive Player of the Week on March 15 … Started in 16 of 17 games during her first year in Blacksburg … Ranked second on the team with 40 goals and 73 draw controls, as well as third with 45 points … Career-high eight points after six goals and two assists against Furman … Season-high 11 draw controls vs. Boston College in the ACC Tournament … Had at least four goals against Coastal Carolina, Duke, Winthrop and Notre Dame … Hat tricks against Radford and VCU … Scored twice against Boston College, Pitt, Louisville, Liberty and James Madison … Named to the ACC All-Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL – Played lacrosse, basketball and soccer at West Babylon High School … Was a four-year Varsity starter and two-year Captain for all three sports … Helped her teams to many conference and state titles and was named All-Around Outstanding Female Athlete … On the lacrosse field, she earned All-County, All-Conference and All-League honors and was named team MVP … Led her lacrosse team to its first-ever Suffolk County Championship and was tabbed to the Newsday All-Long Island Top 100 list … Played club lacrosse with Long Island Top Guns under coach Shannon Smith.

PERSONAL – Olivia Jade Vergano is the daughter of Brianne & John Randazzo and Michael & Danielle Vergano … Mother, Brianne, played soccer at New York Institute of Technology … Father, Michael, played baseball and ran cross country at Ursinus College … Has five younger siblings: Riley, Avery, John, Mackenzie and Patrick ... Sister, Avery, is committed to play lacrosse at Cincinnati ... Birthday is July 6 ... Majoring in organizational communication ... Chose UNC because of the amazing lacrosse history, the incredible education that is offered, the coaches and their commitment to success, and the team's bond and mindset.