The KUA Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse Team participates in the competitive Lakes Region Athletic Conference. As a varsity team, our ultimate goal, is to develop our players both on and off the field. We strive to excel in the classroom first and foremost, as well as to build our players’ skills on the lacrosse field. This combination of excelling on and off the field has led our program to having a long history of alumnae playing at top tier Division I, II and III schools.
The development of our student-athletes begins with our coaches. KUA’s current head coach is Brigid “Brig” Hurley. Coach Brig has been coaching high level lacrosse for over ten years and brings a background of playing and coaching at the college level. Coach Brig played at St. Lawrence University, where she captained her senior season and earned Regional All-American honors. After graduating in 2013, she went on to coach at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England. She then completed her Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, specializing in Sports Leadership from Mercyhurst University. While at Mercyhurst, she was the Interim Head Women's Lacrosse Coach and led the team to their first PSAC Championship win in program history in 2016. Before coming to KUA, Coach Brig was the Girls' High School Program Director for Harlem Lacrosse Boston, where she oversaw academics, athletics, and the college recruitment process. She has most recently completed her Master of School Counseling degree from Boston College and is a School Counselor here on the hilltop. This background allows for her to help develop players into collegiate athletes and assist them in the recruiting process.
Learn More About Playing at KUA
If you would like to learn more about our Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse program, and the full KUA experience, feel free to email Coach Brig at bhurley@kua.org or start the process with the Office of Admission.
KUA and Deerfield took to Pope Field on Wednesday for a hard fought back and forth game. Deerfield came out strong and was in the lead the first quarter. However, KUA was able to dig deep and tick away at the score to come back and give the Big Green a challenge.
Although the Wildcats only had eight draw controls, they were able to capitalize when they had the ball. Bethke led the way with three goals, three assists, and three draw controls. Brinkman was a force all over the field with four goals, an assist, two caused turnovers, and a draw control. Berard, Daft and Fryar also helped to lift the Wildcats to their victory by getting the ball to the back of the net.
Defensively, KUA came out to play and were able to keep Deerfield at bay. With Clark in goal and Lopez, McClure, Dockery, Bodell, and Fowler-Thorsen on the defensive end, they were able to communicate throughout the game and adjust to the fast play of the Deerfield attack. All in all, both the KUA offense and defense were able to use the clock to their advantage and run out the time, earning them their huge win over the Big Green.
KUA Goes 3-0 for the Week With Win Over Cushing Academy
Most notably, Senior Captain Bethke earns her 200th career goal in the KUA win over Cushing Academy on Saturday. The game was unfortunately called short because of weather, but the Wildcats were still able to secure a 15-5 win.
Daft was a standout player for KUA all over the field, with six draw controls, two assists and earning a 100% shot percentage with eight goals off of eight shots on net. The Wildcats were a tough team to defend with a handful of goal scorers, including Berard, Bethke, Gosselin, and Brinkman.
KUA is back at home next Wednesday in an out of league match up against Deerfield and it will also be their Senior Night, where eight KUA seniors will be recognized.
On Friday, KUA headed to Brewster for their second contest against the Bobcats for the 2025 season. Once again, KUA dominated the game from start to finish. The defense held Brewster to five goals. Clark was between the pipes and tallied five saves.
Bethke led the offense with eight points on the day (three goals and five assists). As well, to no surprise, Berard, Daft, and Brinkman were key in the attack. Berard earned four goals, an assist, and two draw controls. Daft secured seven draw controls for the wildcats and added in a goal and two assists. Brinkman was a notable force all over the field with three goals, an assist, two caused turnovers, and a draw control for the day.
The Wildcats are back on the road tomorrow to play Cushing in an out of league match-up.
