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 Finishes the 2024 Season in 5th with a 14-4 Win Over Brewster
KUA Girls Varsity Lacrosse completed their 2024 season with a team win against Brewster Academy this Wednesday. The Wildcats came out strong from the first whistle and quickly gained an 8-0 lead. Svia Russman-Araya led the way with five goals and an assist, followed by Caroline Daft with four goals. Julia Chedel, Portia Berard, Lindie Brinkman all added to the scoreboard for the Wildcats.
In the midfield, Lindie Brinkman was a force all over the field, and led the game in draw controls. KUA all in all dominated the 50/50 balls, with 12 ground balls and over ten draw controls.
On the defensive end, Bridget Clark was a brick wall between the pipes with nine saves and only letting in four goals. The defense ended the year strong as a solid unit with Sylvie McClure, Maggie Lopez, Ava Mae Yates, Ana Frederick, Cheyenne Graham, Mia Dupre and Kai Boddell all contributing to the defeat over the Bulls.
The Wildcats have officially ended the 2024 season ranked fifth in the Lakes Region and are already looking ahead to make an impact next year and working towards a championship in their future.
The Wildcats took on Vermont Academy at home. It was a full team showing with every player getting time on the field. There were multiple goal scorers for KUA and Ali Sprissler had her first two goals of the season, along with Ellicott Smith snagging her first goal as well.
The Wildcats dominated the possession of the ball, with ten draw controls. Lindie Brinkman led the way with three and Caroline Daft, Svia Russman-Araya, Mallory Clark, Ava Mae Yates, Payson Fowler-Thorsen, Alex Carnehammar, and Ellicott Smith with a draw control a piece. Additionally, 11 Wildcats contributed to a total of 18 ground balls, with Svia Russman-Araya leading the way with four.
The Wildcats are back on Pope field against Holderness for a second time this season on Saturday, May 11th at 2:30PM.
On Saturday, KUA faced Holderness for a second time this season. It was quickly noticeable that the Wildcats was not the same team Holderness met earlier in the season. The Wildcats came out strong from the first whistle and gave the Bulls a back and forth challenge.
Offensively, KUA had five different goal scorers throughout the match. Svia Russman-Araya had a great game, with four goals and an assist. Hadley Bethke and Caroline Daft added two goals a piece, with Daft logging two assists as well. Portia Berard and Lindie Brinkman added a goal each for the Wildcats.
Defensively, Sylvie McClure, Maggie Lopez, Analena Connors, Mallory Clark, Lindie Brinkman, Svia Russman-Araya and Payson Fowler-Thorsen were a force and worked together to keep the Bulls at bay throughout the game. Bridget Clark was between the pipes and had a great showing as well. Clark had nine saves and continually clear the ball effectively throughout the game.
Possession of the ball was key in the game. Both teams were able to gain control of the ball off the draw nine times, however the Bulls were just able to capitalize more frequently to win the game 13-10 in the end.
The Wildcats have officially finished fifth within the Lakes Region this season and will be hosting Brewster Academy on Wednesday, May 14th for their final game of the season.