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 Falls to Holderness in Lakes Region Semi-Finals
KUA headed to Holderness for a second time in the span of a week to face them in the Lakes Region Semi-Finals. Unfortunately, Holderness dominated the majority of the game. However, Clark was a standout between the pipes with 15 saves. Additionally, the defense was a key piece throughout the game and continually fought to keep the Holderness attack from getting into the critical scoring area. Lopez, McClure, Dockery, Bodell, and Fowler-Thorsen were all integral parts in continually challenging the Holderness attack and often down in numbers on the field.
Although the Wildcats were unable to catch up to Holderness on the scoreboard, they were able to celebrate not only a season to break the KUA Girls Varsity Lacrosse program record books but also celebrating senior midfielder, Brinkman's 100th career point.
The Wildcats faced Holderness for the second time this season and it was an even match up across the board. KUA overall, dominated the draw controls, with Daft leading the way with eight. Brinkman gained five draw controls, Bethke with three and Berard with one.
Offensively, KUA fought back after Holderness was leading by six goals in the beginning of the game. Bethke tallied five goals and three assists, as well as earning her 300th career point as a Wildcat. Daft and Brinkman added three goals a piece and Daft gained an assist as well. Berard also added a goal at a pivotal point, to help bring up KUA moral and take their game to the next level.
Clark was between the pipes and earned six saves. Additionally, the defense worked together to keep the Holderness attack from getting another offensive run throughout the game. Holding down the defense was Lopez, McClure, Sprissler, Dockery, Brinkman and Daft.
The Wildcats have secured the forth seat in the Lakes Region Tournament and head to Holderness again on Wednesday for the semi-final game.
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.
