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2019 Women's Lacrosse Roster

33 Erica Evans

  • Position Midfield
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool St. Peter's Secondary
  • Hometown Peterborough, Ontario

Biography

CAREER HONORS
• 2019 IWLCA Third Team All-American
• 2019 All-Big Ten
• 2019 IWLCA Second Team All-Region
• 2019 All-Big Ten Tournament Team
• Brine/US Lacrosse National Player of the Week (May 14, 2019)
• Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (April 30, 2019)
• Canisius all-time leading goal scorer with 186 goals
• 2017 IWLCA Second Team All-American
• 2017 IWLCA First Team All-Region
• 2017 Tewaaraton Semifinalist
• 2017 MAAC Midfielder of the Year
• 2017 All-MAAC First Team
• 2016 IWLCA Third Team All-American
• 2016 IWLCA First Team All-Region
• 2016 MAAC Midfielder of the Year
• 2016 All-MAAC First Team
• 2016 MAAC Championship MVP
• 2015 MAAC Midfielder of the Year
• 2015 MAAC Rookie of the Year
• 2015 All-MAAC First Team
• 2015 IL-Women All-Rookie Team
• 2015 IWLCA Second Team All-Region
• Seven-time MAAC Offensive Player of the Week
• Seven-time MAAC Rookie of the Week 

EVANS IN THE NEWS
Erica Evans: From Uncertainty to National Champion (Inside Lacrosse, May 31, 2019)
• Erica Evans gives Maryland lacrosse extra firepower entering NCAA tournament (Washington Post, May 11, 2019)
• Erica Evans Coming On Strong Late, Adding Another Threat to Loaded Maryland Offense (Inside Lacrosse, April 30, 2019)
“She’s a stud”: Erica Evans turned in her best performance yet for Maryland lacrosse (Diamondback, April 28, 2019)
• Erica Evans: Finishing Strong (Inside Lacrosse, March 6, 2019)
• After 18 months off the field, Erica Evans had a triumphant Maryland lacrosse debut (Diamondback, February 13, 2019)



World: Member of the Canadian National Team ... helped lead team to the 2017 World Games Silver Medal ... was named to the 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup All-World Team after leading Canada to silver medal ... played in 2015 U19 World Cup, helping Canada earn the gold medal while also being named to the All-World Team. 

As a Graduate Student at Maryland (2019): Started in all 23 games in one year as a Terp ... Tied for team lead with 59 goals ... Also had 15 assists, 74 points, 23 groundballs, 12 draw controls and five caused turnovers ... Finished the year extremely strong, scoring 32 goals over Maryland's final nine games ... Recorded a hat trick and won a season-best five draw controls in NCAA Semifinal vs. Northwestern (5/24) ... Scored three goals and assisted on one more in NCAA Quarterfinal vs. Denver (5/18) ... Brine/US Lacrosse National Player of the Week (5/14) ... Had incredible first half, recording seven points (five goals, two assists) vs. Stony Brook (5/12) ... Big Ten All-Tournament Team ... Picked up three groundballs and tallied two goals and an assist in Big Ten Championship vs. Northwestern (5/5) ... Led team with five goals in Big Ten Semifinal vs. Penn State (5/3) ... Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (4/30) ... Scored Maryland high six goals and added an assist vs. Johns Hopkins (4/27) ... Notched four goals tallied two groundballs at Georgetown (4/17) ... Scored four times at Northwestern (3/11) ... Posted hat trick at Virginia (4/3) ... Had four points in back to back games at UMBC (2/28) and Hofstra (3/2) ... Recorded four points (two goals, two assists) in Maryland debut vs. George Mason (2/9). 

As a Senior at Canisius (2018): Redshirted due to injury

As Junior at Canisius (2017): Started all 20 games for the Griffs, leading Canisius to the MAAC Championship and NCAA Tournament berth ... set the Canisius career goals record, passing the previous record of 154 ... broke her own single-season Canisius and MAAC records for goals (76) and points (108) ... set the Canisius single-season record for ground balls (69) ...  led the MAAC in goals, points, game-winning goals (5), ground balls and caused turnovers (43) ... ranked fourth in nation in goals, second in goals-per-game (3.80) ... ranked sixth in nation in points, fourth in points-per-game (5.40) ... tied for the third most ground balls in NCAA, 11th in ground balls-per-game (3.45) ... tied for the ninth most caused turnovers in the nation ... set career-high with four assists at Fairfield (4/22).

As Sophomore at Canisius (2016): Started in all 20 games for Canisius, leading the Griffs to a MAAC Championship and NCAA Tournament berth ... set school records for points (91) and goals (72) in a season ... recorded 47 grounded balls, 81 draw controls, and caused 31 turnovers during her sophomore season ... scored a school record 8 goals and had career-best 10 points against Monmouth (4/16) ... tied school record with 11 draw controls at Columbia (3/21) ... led the MAAC Conference with 3.60 goals per game ... ranked second in MAAC Conference in points per game, averaging 4.55 during her sophomore campaign.

As Freshman at Canisius (2015): Started in all 18 games for Canisius ... scored 38 goals, recorded 9 assists and 47 points for the Griffs  ... scored a career-high five goals against Fairfield (4/11) ...  recorded five ground balls against Duquesne (3/18).

Before College: Played at St. Peter's in Canada from 2011-13 ... MVP and led team to bronze medal at OFSAA in 2013.

Personal: Daughter of David and Laurie ... favorite pregame meal is pasta ... wants to travel to over 100 countries ... plans on being a physical education and health teacher ... majoring in supply chain management.

MARYLAND CAREER-HIGHS
Goals: 6 vs. Johns Hopkins (4/27/19)
Assists: 2 (3x), last vs. Stony Brook (5/12/19)
Points: 7 (2x), last vs. Stony Brook (5/12/19)
Groundballs: 3 (2x), last vs. Northwestern (5/5/19)

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