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The Kutztown University women’s lacrosse team heads
into the 2016 season with hopes of improving upon last
season’s win-loss record and relying on its depth and ex-
perienced veteran players for a successful campaign.
Head coach Kate Scattergood is at the helm for her fourth
season with the Golden Bears, hoping to get back on track
following last season’s disappointing record and compete
in the competitive Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC).
Scattergood had a 1-15 record last season at KU, but
hopes to improve that win percentage with a large fresh-
men recruiting class and added depth to the team this
season, despite the graduation of three talented seniors
last year.
“I think the girls that we return from last year’s team are
going to be mentally tougher because of the challenges
and obstacles that we went through last season,” Scat-
tergood said. “We had a pretty successful fall. We rotated
everyone in and learned what everyone’s strengths and
weaknesses were.
“Practices and competitions were good, so I’m hoping that
it carries over into the season,” Scattergood continued.
“We have a much larger talent base this season and we
will be able to handle more than we did a season ago. I
want to see us constantly progress as a team and get our
freshmen comfortable this season in their role as well as
improve on our win-loss record from last season.”
Kutztown finished in 13th out of 13 teams last season in
the PSAC standings, so it has nowhere to go but up as it
hopes to improve every day and start competing with the
top teams in the conference.
“Our depth in the midfield will be crucial this season,”
Scattergood stated. “We also have a lot of height, which
is great and will help us on the draw, an area we struggled
with last season.”
Attack
Senior attacker Cara Lord is the most experienced player
on the team and will be relied upon as one of the lead-
ers. She started in all 16 games last season, recording two
goals and seven assists. Lord also compiled 11 ground-
balls, 10 draw controls and five caused turnovers. Coach
Scattergood will look to Lord to provide a good example to
the incoming group of freshmen. Lord has a great attitude
and is one of only a few players that have been in the sys-
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tem with Coach Scattergood during her entire tenure at
KU.
Sophomore Madison Carlucci returns for her second sea-
son with the team after a successful freshman year. She
was fifth on KU with five goals and was tied for fourth with
five assists. She also was third on KU with 27 groundballs.
Carlucci worked really hard to get in great physical shape
since last season and her quickness will be one of her
strong attributes heading into the season.
Freshmen Carley Vegso, Makayla Bowman and Aimee
Beck will all be given an opportunity to compete for time
this season and will provide much-needed depth to the
position. Fellow freshman Jordan Klebe is coming off an
injury and will be forced to redshirt this season.
Midfield
Sophomore Sarah Gabriele led Kutztown last season with
33 goals and 38 total points to go along with 26 ground-
balls, 24 draw controls and 15 caused turnovers. She was
a definite bright spot from last season and will be relied on
heavily as one of the team’s top returning players.
Gabriele has been incorporating new moves into her rep-
ertoire and should develop her offensive game even more
as the season progresses. Coach Scattergood noted that
Gabriele is a competitor, very skilled, a great shooter and
can take a hit.
Sophomore Lauren Huggins returns as an important mid-
fielder for KU after a successful freshman campaign. She
was fourth on the team with 10 goals and led KU with nine
assists. She was second on the team with 34 groundballs
and 23 caused turnovers to go along with 24 draw con-
trols.
Huggins is one of the fastest players on the team, has tre-
mendous speed and is improving on the defensive end.
She can play both sides of the ball, can run the field, and
will be looked to as one of KU’s top scoring threats this
season.
A large group of freshmen consisting of Amanda Lehman,
Lauren Schmidt, Emily Smith and Jess Christ will all com-
pete for playing time and add depth at the position. Sopho-
more Shana Hayes will also be given a chance for playing
time.