2015 Women's Lacrosse

33 Christina Doherty

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Kent Place
  • Hometown Bernardsville, N.J.

Biography

2015 (Senior): Academic All-Ivy League ... Second team All-Ivy League ... Earned Bowditch award as team MVP ... Finished career second on Yale''s career caused turnovers list (70), second on Yale''s career ground balls list (132) and third on Yale''s career draw controls list (121) ... Tied for third in Ivy League, and led team, in ground balls (32) ... Led team in shooting percentage (.514) ... Second on team in goals and third on team in points (19-4-23) with career highs in both categories ... Second on team in draw controls (27) and caused turnovers (18) ... Started all 15 games, finishing her career with starts in all 60 games ... Had season-high four points in a game twice, 3-1-4 vs. Quinnipiac Feb. 25 and vs. San Diego State Mar. 28 ... Had season-high seven ground balls in season opener Feb. 21 at George Washington.

2014 (Junior): Ended the season third on Yale''s career draw controls list (94), third on Yale''s career ground balls list (100) and seventh on Yale''s career caused turnovers list (52) ... Honorable mention All-Ivy League ... Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week Apr. 14 ... Led team in caused turnovers (25; nine more than her previous career high, fourth in the Ivy League and tied for fifth on Yale''s single-season record list) .. Second on team in ground balls (32, seventh in the Ivy League) and draw controls (23) ... Scored 12 goals, a career high, and had 14 points ... Tied Yale record for caused turnovers in a game (five) twice (vs. Stony Brook Apr. 9, at Cornell Apr. 19) ... Had 17 caused turnovers in the final five games ... Had hat trick in 17-6 win vs. Cal Mar. 28 ... Was one of only eight players in the Ivy League with double-digit totals in goals, caused turnovers, ground balls and draw controls ... Started all 15 games, extending her streak of consecutive starts to 45.

2013 (Sophomore): Led team in ground balls (36) for the second straight season ... Led team in caused turnovers (16) ... Second on team in draw controls (35) ... Nine goals, nine assists ... Started all 15 games for the second straight season.

2012 (Freshman): Led team in draw controls (36) and ground balls (32) ... Added five goals and three assists ... Started all 15 games.

High school: Played lacrosse and soccer … Captained lacrosse team and was all-state prep division, all-county, all-conference and team MVP as a junior and as a senior … All-state as a senior … Led team in assists, draw controls and ground balls and was second on team with 44 goals as a senior … Team was Prep State finalists in 2011 and county finalists in 2010 … Captained soccer team as a senior.

Club teams: Played for STEPS Elite with Yale teammate Emily Rutland … Also played for Schoolgirls.

Notes: Summer intern at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management on Alternative Investment sales desk ... Morgan Stanley Student Ambassador for Yale ... Volunteer with Inner City Lacrosse, which teaches lacrosse and life skills to underprivileged girls in New Haven ... Helped build a house in Newark, N.J., for Habitat for Humanity ... Grandfather, father, Kelly, and older brother Matt all played lacrosse at Princeton … Older brother Nick played lacrosse at Villanova … Sister Anna plays lacrosse at Princeton ... Mother, Susan, ran track and played soccer at Princeton … Uncle Michael attended Yale.

Why Yale? “I chose Yale because of its rigorous academics and promising athletics.”

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