20 - Lauren Filippone
| Height: | 5-6 |
| Year: | Jr. |
| Hometown: | West Babylon, N.Y. |
| High School: | West Babylon |
| Position: | G |
| Major: | Accounting |
As a junior: Enjoyed one of the best seasons of any
goalie in the nation in 2011, appearing in all 16 games and
starting 15 of them between the pipes ... One of three team
captains ... Played 871:52 in net, facing 437 shots ... Made 160
saves -- 10th most of any goalie in the nation -- while allowing
161 goals against for a .498 save percentage, good for 17th in the
nation and second in the conference ... Both her 160 saves and her
.498 save percentage were also good for third in the single-season
Bryant record books ... Made a school-record 21 saves at Holy Cross
on March 22 despite an 11-8 loss, facing a career-most 47 shots ...
Those 21 saves were also good for the second-highest single-game
mark in the country in 2011 ... Made another 17 stops at Robert
Morris April 3, also ranking in the nation's top-20 single-contest
performances of the year ... Posted an 11.08 goals against average
on the season, good for fifth in the NEC and sixth in the
single-season records ... Averaged 10.00 saves per game, ranking
her 10th in the nation at season's end (third-best single-season
mark) ... Led the team in ground balls with 48, averaging 3.00 per
outing, good for fifth in the conference and tying her for 12th in
the national standings ... Caused 12 turnovers, third most on the
team ... Named NEC Defensive Player of the Week ... Finished the
year with an 8-7 overall record ... Earned a gamut of postseason
honors for her career season, including garnering Northeast
Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and All-NEC First Team honors ...
Enters her senior year ranked second all time in career saves
(424), first in saves per game (9.42), second in save percentage
(.462), third in career wins (11), fourth in goals against average
(13.53), eighth in ground balls (124), third in ground balls per
game (2.70), ninth in caused turnovers (46) and seventh in caused
turnovers per game (1.00).
As a sophomore: Appeared in all 16 games, starting 14 as the No. 1 goalie for the Bulldogs ... Tied the program's single-season mark for saves with 178 ... Her 11.12 saves per game set a new single-season record ... Boasted a .468 save percentage and 14.45 goals against average in 838:37 between the pipes ... Led the team in ground balls with 59, good for fifth in the single-season record books ... Second on the squad in caused turnovers with 27 on the season (ninth in a single season) ... Allowed 202 goals on 493 shots faced ... Finished the year with a 2-13 record.
As a freshman: Played in 13 games and earned seven starts in goal for the Bulldogs ... Posted a 1-7 record with a 16.39 GAA and .396 save percentage ... Made season-high 11 saves against Boston College on April 17 ... Recorded 10 saves on three occasions (Saint Francis (PA), LIU, Villanova) ... Held Howard to just four goals to earn her only win of the year.
Before Bryant: A 2008 graduate of West Babylon High School ... Three-year lacrosse letterwinner ... All-county honorable mention choice in 2008 ... Named an Academic All-American as a senior ... All-division selection in 2007 ... Was a three-sport athlete at West Babylon, also lettering two years in both soccer and basketball ... Participated in DECA and mock trials ... Honor roll student.
Personal: Daughter of Joseph and Donna Filippone, Lauren A. Filippone was born April 12, 1990 ... Has a sister, Alexis, and a brother, Vincent, who plays lacrosse at NYIT.
CAREER HIGHS
Saves: 21 at Holy Cross (March 22,
2011)
Goals allowed: 1 vs. Saint Francis (PA)
(April 18, 2010)
Shots faced: 47 at Holy Cross (March 22,
2011)
Ground balls: 7 at Mount St. Mary's (April
11, 2010)
Caused turnovers: 4 at Saint Francis (PA)
(April 1, 2011)






