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2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster

19 Clare Connolly

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hanover, Mass.
  • High School Hanover

Biography

Career Achievements

  • 2025 IWLCA All-America first team
  • 2025 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America first team
  • 2024 IWLCA All-America third team
  • 2024 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America honorable mention
  • 2024, 2025 IWLCA All-Berkshire Region first team
  • 2023 IWLCA All-Berkshire Region second team
  • 2025 NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2025 All-NEWMAC first team
  • 2023, 2024 All-NEWMAC second team
  • 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • 2025 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
  • 2025 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference

Career Highlights

2025:
As a senior, started all 19 games…set new career highs with 59 goals and 63 points, and set a new single-season program record with 243 draw controls…finished with at least one point in 18 of 19 contests and won 10 or more draws in 11 contests…leaves Babson as the all-time Division III record holder with 766 draw controls…scored four times on five shots in a 15-6 win at Roger Williams on March 18…followed it up with three goals and 13 draw controls in a 17-11 victory at Smith on March 22…also scored three times in a 13-7 loss at Trinity on March 23…secured 21 draws in a 24-2 triumph at Mount Holyoke on March 26…scored three goals and won 20 draws in a 27-6 rout of Emerson on March 29…finished with two goals and 18 draw controls in a 20-4 win at Clark on April 2…produced career highs of seven goals and 24 draw controls in a 19-7 victory at Salve Regina on April 5…finished with five goals, including the OT game winner, nine draw controls, and two caused turnovers in a 14-13 come-from-behind win over MIT on April 9…followed it up with six goals and 19 draw controls in a 20-7 triumph at Framingham State on April 11…scored four times and secured seven draws in a 12-10 win at Bowdoin on April 13…contributed two goals and 14 draw controls in a 16-11 victory over Springfield on April 19…had two goals and a season-high two assists to go along with 20 draw controls in a 25-1 rout of Wellesley in the regular season finale on April 23…scored five times and secured 10 draws in a 16-14 win over Coast Guard in the NEWMAC Tournament semifinals on April 30…scored three times in a 16-6 loss to MIT in the conference tournament final on May 3…finished with six goals and seven points while matching her career high with 24 draw controls in a 21-9 victory over Worcester State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on May 10…contributed a goal, an assist, a ground ball, a caused turnover and eight draw controls in a 15-9 loss to Wesleyan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on May 11.

2024: As a junior, one of seven players to start all 20 games at midfield...scored 36 goals, fourth on the team, and collected two assists for 38 points...led the team with 212 draw controls and ranked first in Division III averaging 10.60 draw controls per game...scored three goals in the first game of the season to win 20-8 over Framingham State on February 27...scored two goals and collected 12 draw controls to help Babson defeat Coast Guard 13-10 on March 16, which was the start of an eight-game scoring streak...recorded her first five-goal game in a 16-7 win over Trinity on March 24 along with 12 draw controls...scored three goals in a close 12-10 win over Roger Williams on April 4 along with 9 draw controls...collected four more goals and 16 draw controls to help Babson win 16-9 over Springfield on April 20...scored another hat trick and also collected a season-high three ground balls and 11 draw controls in a 25-1 win over Wellesley on April 24... recorded one goal and six draw controls in the 7-3 win over Coast Guard in the NEWMAC semifinals on May 1...scored one goal and 13 draw controls to lead Babson to a 10-7 win over MIT on May 4 to become NEWMAC Champions...finished the season with two goals, one ground ball and 10 draw controls in a 15-10 loss to Salisbury in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on May 18. 

2023: As a sophomore, one of six players to start all 21 games…tallied 13 goals and four assists for 17 points to go along with 31 ground balls, 15 caused turnovers and a whopping 228 draw controls…led the NEWMAC in draw controls and topped all of Division III in draw controls per game (10.86)….set the Babson single-season record for draw controls and moved up to second in the program’s career list…recorded just four draw controls in her first two games, an 11-10 overtime loss to Skidmore on February 25 and a 20-5 setback to top-ranked Middlebury on March 5…grabbed six draws in a 15-5 loss at Wesleyan on March 8…posted the first of her dozen double-digit draw control performances with 13 along with a pair of goals in a 20-11 victory over Rhodes (Tenn.) on March 13…scored once and recorded six draw controls in a 16-6 conference win over Springfield on March 18…finished with four ground balls and 13 draw controls in a 17-8 setback to MIT on March 25…grabbed two ground balls and nine draws in an 18-10 setback at Trinity on March 28… collected nine draw controls in a 21-9 verdict over Framingham State on March 30…scored once and added 15 DCs in a 25-0 shutout of Clark on April 2…posted seven  draw controls on a 13-5 setback to Williams on April 5…filled up the stat sheet with a goal, an assist, two ground balls, two caused turnovers and 12 draw controls in a 22-3 win over Mount Holyoke on April 8…dominated the draw with 14 wins in a 19-8 triumph over Wheaton on April 12 and 16 win in a 24-0 whitewash of Wellesley on April 15…held to three ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 16-0 loss to Roger Williams on April 18…bounced back with a streak of six straight double-digit draw control performances while also scoring in each outing, starting with 12 draws along with a goal, an assist and three ground balls in a 22-1 rout of Emerson on April 19…posted her first 20-draw control showing in a 19-8 triumph over Coast Guard on April 22…achieved a career high with 23 draws in a 21-12 verdict at Smith in the regular season finale on April 26…tallied 11 DCs in a 15-9 victory over Springfield in a NEWMAC Tournament semifinal on May 3 and added 12 in a 13-10 decision over MIT in the conference final on May 6…scored twice and collected three ground balls and 14 draw controls in a 23-8 win over Westfield State in an NCAA Tournament first round contest on May 13…finished the season with three ground balls and six draw controls in a 20-8 loss to Colby in an NCAA Tournament second round contest on May 14.

2022: As a first-year, played in 19 of the 18 games with 16 starts...scored nine goals with one assist to go along with 11 ground balls and a team-high 83 draw controls...ranked sixth in the NEWMAC in draw controls...her 83 draw controls were sixth-highest in a single season in program history...made her collegiate debut with two draw controls in the 13-10 season-opening win at Skidmore on February 27...after picking up a ground ball, two draw controls and a caused turnover in the home-opening 15-5 victory over Vassar on March 5, she grabbed seven draw controls and two ground balls in a 16-5 loss to nationally-ranked Middlebury on March 13...scored her first collegiate goal and controlled five draws in a 15-10 loss at Springfield on March 19...won seven draws in a 17-16 overtime win at MIT on March 26, including the opening draw in overtime that led to the victory...earned at least five draw controls in a string of eight straight games, beginning with one goal and won six draws in an 18-11 victory over Framingham State on March 30...tallied two goals and five draw controls in a 21-2 rout of Clark on April 2...recorded an assist, a ground ball and five draw controls in a 14-8 setback at Roger Williams on April 3...won eight draws in a big 13-12 win over Williams on April 7, and reached her season high with 10 draw controls in an 18-0 shutout of Mount Holyoke on April 9...added eight more draw controls in a 20-4 triumph over Wheaton on April 13...gathered seven draw controls in a 22-5 verdict over Wellesley on April 16...filled up the stat sheet with two goals, two ground balls, five draw controls and a caused turnover in a 20-3 win over Emerson on April 20...scored once and added four draw controls in a 13-10 win over Coast Guard in the regular season finale on April 23.

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Historical Player Information

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    2022Freshman

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  • 19

    2023Sophomore

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  • 19

    2024Junior

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  • 19

    2025Senior

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