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2023 Women's Lacrosse Roster

8 Kate Olsen

  • Height 5-3
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Glen Mills, Pa.
  • High School Archmere Academy

Biography

Honors and Recognitions:

  • 2022 IWLCA All-Chesapeake Region Second Team Selection
  • 2022 All-Landmark Conference First Team Selection
  • 2x All-Landmark Conference Second Team Selection (2023, 2021)
  • 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team Selection
  • 3x Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2022, 2021)

As a Senior (2023): Started all 19 games...scored a team-high 45 goals...dished out 10 assists...totaled 55 points... corralled 19 ground balls...caused nine turnovers...scored a point in 18 of 19 games...scored a goal in 17 of 19 games...scored three goals vs. William Smith on Feb. 25...scored a hat trick vs. Randolph-Macon on March 1...put five goals in the back of the net vs. Dickinson on March 4...scored two goals and had two assists at St. Mary's (Md.) on March 8...scored three goals vs. Chicago on March 18...finished with a hat trick vs. Susquehanna on April 1...scored three goals and added an assist at Juniata on April 6...scored five goals and dished an assist vs. Drew on April 15...scored four goals and handed out an assist vs. Susquehanna in the Landmark Semifinals on May 3.

As a Junior (2022): Appeared in and started 18 games ... scored a team-high 56 goals ... registered 75 points, second-most on the team ... recorded 19 assists ... scooped up 20 ground balls ... caused nine turnovers ... won two draw controls ... took 96 shots, 30 more than her next-closest teammates, and put a staggering 83 of them on target ... ranked third in the conference in goals ... scored seven goals and added one assist on 10 shots on cage in a win over St. Mary's (Md.) on Feb. 23 ... scored six goals and added one assist on 10 shots on target in a loss to No. 20 Bowdoin ... scord four goals and provided two assists in a victory over Scranton on April 2 ... scored hat tricks in each of Catholic's four post-season games; the Landmark Conference Semifinal win over Moravian, the Landmark Conference Championship victory over Scranton, the first-round NCAA Tournament win over St. Mary's (Ind.) and the second-round NCAA Tournament overtime loss at Dension ... totaled 14 goals in the four post-season games.

As a Sophomore (2021): Started in all 11 games of the season ... scored 33 goals and recorded 42 points, both team-highs .. led the team in shots taken, 61, and shots on goal, with 50 ... posted an 82.0 shot on goal percentage ... scooped up 10 ground balls ... caused seven turnovers.

As a Freshman (2020): Started in all three games of the season ... scored four goals ... recorded one caused turnover ... season canceled after three games due to COVID-19.

Before Catholic: Second Team All-State and First-Team All-Conference junior year ... First Team All-Conference and First Team All-State senior year at Archmere Academy ... posted 50 goals and over 70 assists her senior year ... National Honors Society and National French Honors Society member junior and senior year ... president of the community service club ... graduated with a 3.8 GPA ... played for the Greene Turtle Lacrosse Club for seven years.

Personal: Majoring in nursing ... daughter of Deb and Kurt Olsen ... has six siblings, Becca, Jen, Ben, Amanda, Sam, and Jess ... twin Jen also attends Catholic ... Jess runs track and field at the University of Delaware ... sister, Amanda plays basketball at Rochester Institute of Technology ... member of the student nurses' association.

Game Highs

Goals: 7, in a 21-15 win vs. St. Mary's (Md.) (February 23, 2022)
Assists: 4, in a 13-12 loss at Denison in the NCAA Tournament (May 15, 2022)
Points: 8, in a 21-15 win vs. St. Mary's (Md.) (February 23, 2022)
Shots: 10, five times, most recently in a 14-9 loss vs. William Smith (February 25, 2023)

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    5'3"
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    2021Sophomore

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    5'3"
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  • 8

    2022Junior

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    5'3"
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  • 8

    2023Senior

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    5'3"
    8