16 Sarah Galligan
16 - Sarah Galligan
Height: 5-6
Year: Sr
Hometown: West Newbury, Mass.
High School: Pentucket Regional
Position: M
Major: Communication
Career Highs Totals Opponent
Goals 6 Two times, last
4/9/11 at Adelphi
Assists 4 4/10/10 at Franklin Pierce
Points 7 Three times, last
4/17/10 at AIC 
Shots 12 Two times
Ground Balls 8 4/20/10 vs. Assumption
Draw Control 7 3/21/12 vs. St. Anselm
Caused TOs 8 3/5/11 vs. Georgian Court

Ranks 10th in program history for career goals and 11th for assists.

2012: NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Both Semesters). Named one of "20 Headliners for 2012" by New England Lacrosse Journal. Started 16 of 18 games played. Totaled 48 points on 29 goals and 19 assists, converting 6-of-17 free-position shots. Registered 42 ground balls, 22 draw controls and 25 caused turnovers. Ranked seventh among NE-10 leaders for caused turnovers, 12th for ground balls and 14th for assists. Recorded 19 goals and ten assists for 29 points in 11 NE-10 games, adding 29 ground balls, ten draw controls and 15 caused turnovers. Shared the team lead with eight points in two NE-10 Tournament games, posting four goals and a team-best four assists with four ground balls, four draw controls and two caused turnovers. Finished with 24 goals and a team-high 14 assists fro 38 points in 13 games played against ranked opponents, adding 28 ground balls, 21 draw controls and 18 caused turnovers. Dished a season-high matching three assists to go with a goal at #4 Rollins (3/17), adding four ground balls. Collected a career-best seven draw controls in win over #15 Saint Anselm (3/21). Netted three goals and added an assist for four points with four ground balls and two caused turnovers in win at #8 Bentley (3/27). Scored three goals in win at #7 New Haven (3/31). Posted a season-high four goals and collected three ground balls in win over #11 Merrimack (4/12). Posted a season-high matching five points with two goals and three assists with seven ground balls and three caused turnovers in win over Southern New Hampshire (4/18). Totaled three goals, four ground balls and three caused turnovers in Senior Day win over Assumption (4/24). Matched her season-high with five points on two goals and three assists in overtime setback to #2 Adelphi in NE-10 semifinals (5/5), adding three ground balls and four draw controls.

2011: Started all 19 games. Ranked third on the team with 56 points and 46 goals, while dishing out ten assists. Scored one game-winning goal and also led the team with a school-record 43 caused turnovers, while adding 53 ground balls and 42 draw controls. Ranked second in the NE-10 for caused turnovers (3rd nationally). Shared the team lead with 35 goals in NE-10 play to go with seven assists for 42 points (2nd team) with 27 ground balls, a team-high 29 draw controls and 20 caused turnovers in Conference play. Posted three goals and two assists for five points in two NE-10 Tournament contests, leading the Skyhawks with seven ground balls and five caused turnovers. Opened the season with three goals and an assist for four points in win over Georgian Court (3/5), adding seven ground balls, a season-high eight caused turnovers and two draw controls. Dished out a season-high two assists to go with two goals for four points in win over Saint Michael's (3/8). Netted four goals to go with three ground balls and three draw controls in win over Shepherd (3/17). Set a season-high with six points on four goals and two assists with a season-high matching four draw controls in win over Bentley (3/29). Scored a season-high six goals at top-ranked Adelphi (4/9), adding three ground balls, four draw controls and three caused turnovers. Cashed in five goals with four ground balls, four draw controls and three caused turnovers in win over American International (4/14). Collected three goals, including the gamewinner, and three ground balls in win at Southern New Hampshire (4/20). Scored five goals with five ground balls and three caused turnovers in win at Assumption (4/26). 

2010: Womenslacrosse.com All-America second team, All-Northeast-10 Conference first team. Started all 17 games. Led team in scoring with 51 goals and 25 assists for 76 points. Ranked fifth in the NE-10 in goals, eighth in assists, seventh in points, and fifth in ground balls. Scored a season-high six goals against Southern New Hampshire (3/31). Scored four goals in season opener at Rollins (3/10). Five goals, one assist, and four ground balls at Dowling (4/3). Five goals and an assist for six points, as well as seven ground balls and five caused turnovers, against Saint Anselm (4/8). Seven points and six draw controls at Franklin Pierce (4/10). Four goals and three assists for seven points at AIC (4/17). Scored five goals in NCAA tournament quarterfinal game against Adelphi. NE-10 Player of the Week (4/5, 4/12).

2009: Appeared in 15 games, starting 11. Scored 16 goals and had two assists on 39 shots. Totaled 16 ground balls, five draw controls and nine caused turnovers. Scored a season-high three goals on two separate occasions, including a win over Southern New Hampshire (3/30). Had a season-best four points (2G, 2A) in a win over Assumption (4/1). Scored two goals along with four ground balls and two draw controls in a win over Merrimack (4/7). NE-10 Freshman of the Week (4/6).

High School: 2008 graduate of Pentucket Regional High School. Four-year letterwinner for coach Ruth Beaton, serving as captain her senior season. Named Cape Ann All-Star and Cape Ann All-League. Named Cape Ann Player of the Year as a senior. Was Pentucket's career leading scorer. Named Cape Ann All-Star and Cape Ann All-League.

Personal: Born May 22, 1990, in Blue Hill, Maine. Daughter of Margaret and Stephen Galligan of West Newbury, Mass. Has two older sisters, Meg (25) and Caroline (24), who was a two-year starter on the Salve Regina field hockey team and finished her career with the third-most goals in school history. Father played lacrosse and grandfather, football, at Boston College. Majoring in communication. Lacrosse team's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative.

Year GP/S G A Pts Sh GW FPG-Att GB DC T/O CT
2009 15/11 16 2 18 39 1 3-11 16 5
21 9
2010 17/17 51 25 76 93 3 6-14 61 13 37 27
2011 19/19 46 10 56 105 1 12-23 53 42 40 43
2012 18/16 29 19 48 76 1 6-17 42 22 40 25
Totals 69/63
142
56
198
313 6 27-65 172
82
138
104