11 Briana Sweeney
Briana Sweeney
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Shirley, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Longwood HS
  • Position:
    M
  • Major:
    Elementary Education
  • gp
    14
  • p
    54
  • g
    42
  • a
    12

Bio

Finished her career ranked second all-time in program history in shots on goal (210), third in goals (165), tied for third in caused turnovers (64), fourth in points (214) and assists (49), 11th in ground balls (120) and tied for 14th in games played (61).

Among program single-season records, finished her career tied for second in assists (22, 2017), ranked sixth in goals (54, 2016), ranked seventh in shots on goal (100, 2016), tied for seventh in points (63, 2016 and 2017) and tied for 12th in points (54, 2018).

As a Senior in 2018: Started 14 games in the midfield for the Ravens...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Finished 22nd in the nation in shot attempts per game (7.71)...Finished 14th in the NE10 in shot attempts (108)...Led the team in caused turnovers (21)...Finished second on the team in goals (42), points (54), shot attempts (108), shots on goal (79), ground balls (41) and draw controls (63); and third in assists (12)...Notched one game-winning goal and went 10-for-18 on free-position shots...Committed 44 turnovers...Scored a goal, snagged five draw controls, caused three turnovers and picked up two ground balls against St. Thomas Aquinas on 3/12...Tallied one goal, five draw controls, three ground balls and three caused turnovers at Adelphi on 3/14...Piled up a seaon-best eight points on six goals and two assists, to go with three ground balls and nine draw controls, at New Haven on 3/17...Scored three times, to go with two ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers, against Le Moyne on 3/20...Tallied 2-1-3, along with three ground balls, six draw controls and two caused turnovers at Southern New Hampshire on 3/24...Went for 4-1-5, snagged four ground balls and corralled four draw controls at Bentley on 3/28...Tallied 6-1-7 with six draw controls, four ground balls and a caused turnover against Southern Connecticut State on 3/31...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 4/1...Scored three times, with six draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers at Saint Anselm on 4/4...Went for 3-1-4, with three ground balls and three draw controls against Stonehill on 4/7...Tallied 2-5-7 with five ground balls, three caused turnovers and two ground balls against Saint Michael's on 4/11...Went for 3-1-4, with four draw controls and three ground balls, against American International on 4/14...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 4/15...Recorded four goals, five ground balls, three draw controls and three caused turnovers at Assumption on 4/21...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 4/22...Scored a goal and collected three draw controls and one ground ball against Merrimack on 4/25...Scored three times, to go with five draw controls and two caused turnovers at Pace on 4/28.
2018 Statistics

As a Junior in 2017: Appeared in all 16 games in the midfield for the Ravens, including 15 starts...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Finished tied for seventh in the NE10 in free-position goals (12-for-33), ranked eighth in assists (22), tied for ninth in shots on goal (80), tied for 13th in points (63) and ranked 14th in goals (41)...Led the team in assists and caused turnovers (17)...Ranked second on the team in goals, points, shot attempts (120), shots on goal, free-position goals and draw controls (41)...Recorded 27 ground balls and turned the ball over 50 times...Piled up a career-best 11 points on six goals and five assists, all while recorded four ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers, in the season opener at Nyack on 3/4...Notched seven points on five goals and two assists, to go with four ground balls, four draw controls and four caused turnovers, against Shepherd on 3/13...Notched 4-1-5 to go with one ground ball, two draw controls and a caused turnover against Assumption on 3/21...Tallied 4-1-5 with two ground balls, three draw controls and three caused turnovers at Saint Michael's on 3/29...Collected seven points on three goals and four assists, while picking up two ground balls and five draw controls at New Haven on 4/2...Tallied 4-1-5 with five ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover at American International on 4/12...Notched 3-2-5 with a ground ball, four draw controls and a caused turnover against Pace on 4/22.
2017 Statistics

As a Sophomore in 2016: IWLCA All-North Region Third Team selection...Named to the NE-10 All-Conference Second Team...Spring Northeast-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Sweeney appeared and started in all 16 games for the Ravens...she totaled 63 points this season off of 54 goals and nine assists....She collected 32 ground balls, won 31 draw controls and caused 21 turnovers..her shots on goal percentage is 80.6%...She had a season high of eight goals against Saint Michael's (3/30)... which she matched against Southern Connecticut State (4/16)...she had six goals against Assumption (3/23)...she grounded five balls against Georgian Court (3/17)..and caused four turnovers against Merrimack (4/5)..2016 Statistics

As a Freshman in 2015: Sweeney appeared in all 15 games for the Ravens, her collegiate debut was against Stonehill (3/3)... scoring 28 goals with six assists, a shooting percentage of 73.9%...Collecting 20 ground balls,36 draw controls and causing five turnovers...Scoring her first two goals against St. Thomas Aquinas (3/8) collecting one ground ball and two draw contorls. One of her best games of the season was against St. Michales (4/3) scoing four goals with three ground balls, four draw controls and casuing one turnover...Also scoring four goals against Southern New Hampshire (4/8) collecting one ground ball and four draw controls....Against Pace (4/18) she recoreded three goals with two assists, and five draw controls. 2015 Statistics

Before Franklin Pierce: Three-year letterwinner and two-time All-Conference selection at Longwood High School (N.Y.)...Played at the club level for Long Island Adrenaline...Also a lettered four times in soccer, four times in indoor track & field and once in outdoor track & field...Named school's Most Outstanding Female Athlete...Four-time All-County and All-League selection in track & field...Earned soccer team's Bulldog Award as a senior.

Personal: Daughter of Thomas and Victoria Sweeney...An elementary education major...Has an older brother, Michael, an older sister, Samantha, and a twin sister, Caitlin...Caitlin (bio) is also a member of the lacrosse team at Franklin Pierce.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 7 Stonehill L, 17-16
Apr 11 Saint Michael's W, 15-12
Apr 14 American International W, 20-7
Apr 21 at Assumption L, 15-11
Apr 25 Merrimack L, 21-14
Apr 28 at Pace L, 26-16
  Overall Conf
Games 14 13
Points 54 53
Goals 42 41
Assists 12 12
Shots 108 107
Shooting percentage 38.9 38.3
Shots on goal 79 78
Shots on goal percentage 73.1 72.9
Free position goals-shots 10-18 9-17
Ground balls 41 39
Draw controls 63 58
Turnovers 44 44
Caused turnovers 21 18
Fouls 23 23
Yellow cards 16 14
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 1 1
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Mar 6 Post W, 22-7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 12 St. Thomas Aquinas W, 18-8 1 0 1 1-1 2 5 0 3 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 14 at Adelphi L, 21-7 1 0 1 1-2 3 5 2 3 6 16.7 4 66.7 1 - 0 1
Mar 17 at New Haven L, 21-19 6 2 8 0-1 3 9 4 0 12 50.0 9 75.0 11 - 0 0
Mar 20 Le Moyne L, 18-8 3 0 3 0-0 2 2 3 2 10 30.0 7 70.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 24 at Southern New Hampshire L, 18-14 2 1 3 1-2 3 6 2 2 5 40.0 3 60.0 1 - 0 0
Mar 28 at Bentley W, 13-10 4 1 5 1-1 4 4 3 0 10 40.0 9 90.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 31 Southern Connecticut State W, 19-17 6 1 7 0-1 4 6 11 1 12 50.0 8 66.7 0 - 0 0
Apr 4 at Saint Anselm L, 14-12 3 0 3 0-1 3 6 2 2 8 37.5 5 62.5 0 - 0 0
Apr 7 Stonehill L, 17-16 3 1 4 2-2 3 3 5 0 6 50.0 4 66.7 0 - 0 0
Apr 11 Saint Michael's W, 15-12 2 5 7 0-1 5 2 3 3 8 25.0 7 87.5 0 - 0 0
Apr 14 American International W, 20-7 3 1 4 2-2 3 4 1 0 9 33.3 6 66.7 0 - 0 0
Apr 21 at Assumption L, 15-11 4 0 4 1-2 5 3 6 3 11 36.4 9 81.8 10 - 0 0
Apr 25 Merrimack L, 21-14 1 0 1 0-0 1 3 0 0 5 20.0 3 60.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 28 at Pace L, 26-16 3 0 3 1-2 0 5 2 2 5 60.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2014-15 15 13 28 6 34 4-12 20 36 27 5 69 40.6 51 73.9 8 - 0 0
2015-16 16 16 54 9 63 18-36 32 31 29 21 124 43.5 100 80.6 22 - 0 0
2016-17 16 15 41 22 63 12-33 27 41 50 17 120 34.2 80 66.7 17 - 1 0
2017-18 14 14 42 12 54 10-18 41 63 44 21 108 38.9 79 73.1 23 - 0 1
Total 61 58 165 49 214 44-99 120 171 150 64 421 39.2 310 73.6 70 - 1 1
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 14 14 42 12 54 10-18 41 63 44 21 108 38.9 79 73.1 23 - 0 1
Conference 13 13 41 12 53 9-17 39 58 44 18 107 38.3 78 72.9 23 - 0 1
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 7 19 8 27 5-7 20 25 23 9 51 37.3 36 70.6 0 - 0 0
Away 7 7 23 4 27 5-11 21 38 21 12 57 40.4 43 75.4 23 - 0 1
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 5 5 16 8 24 4-6 18 21 18 7 40 40.0 31 77.5 0 - 0 0
Losses 9 9 26 4 30 6-12 23 42 26 14 68 38.2 48 70.6 23 - 0 1
Month March 7 7 23 5 28 4-8 21 37 25 11 56 41.1 41 73.2 13 - 0 1
April 7 7 19 7 26 6-10 20 26 19 10 52 36.5 38 73.1 10 - 0 0

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First Half Sinks Women’s Lacrosse in 26-16 Loss at No. 14 Pace

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Women’s Lacrosse Unable to Erase First-Half Deficit, Falls at Assumption, 15-11

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April 21, 2018

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Sweeney, Wilbert Hit Milestones, Ravens Keep Purple Knights Winless

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April 11, 2018

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Late Raven Rally Not Enough In Conference Setback to Stonehill

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First Half Sinks Women’s Lacrosse in 14-12 Loss at Saint Anselm

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Ravens Pick Up Hard Earned Win In Physical and High Scoring Affair

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March 31, 2018

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Women’s Lacrosse Uses Big First Half to Slip Past No. 24 Bentley, 13-10

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March 28, 2018

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Sweeney Hits Milestone, Women’s Lacrosse Unable to Erase Early Deficit in 18-14 Loss at SNHU

MANCHESTER, N.H. (March 24, 2018) – With a free-position goal 10:05 into the first half, senior midfielder Caitlin Sweeney (Shirley, N.Y.)...

March 24, 2018

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Women’s Lacrosse Downed by No. 4 Le Moyne, 18-8

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Women’s Lacrosse Clipped in Barnburner at No. 7 New Haven, 21-19

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March 17, 2018

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Wilbert, Lounsbury Lead Way as Women’s Lacrosse Dispatches STAC, 18-8

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