2010 Women's Lacrosse

Molly McCarthy
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Scituate, MA
- High School:
- Thayer Academy
2009: Appeared in 12 games, starting 10… Finished the season with 17 points, while leading theBears with 15 assists … Also had 16 ground balls, 13 drawcontrols, and four caused turnovers … Notched a career-highfive draw controls against Dartmouth …2008: Played in 13 games, starting 11 …Finished the year with 13 points and was second on the team withseven assists … Scored the game-winning goal inBrown’s 8-5 win over Dartmouth … Notched two points(1g, 1a) against Columbia and three against Cornell (1g, 2a)… Also had 18 ground balls, 17 draw controls, and 11 causedturnovers … Posted season-highs of four ground balls(against Stony Brook), four draw controls (against Harvard) andfour caused turnovers (against Columbia) …2007: Made an immediate impact on the field,earning Second Team Regional All-American honors and a spot on thewomenslacrosse.com All-Freshman Team … Finished as theBears’ leading scorer with 35 points (10g, 25a) … Ledthe team with 25 assists, tied for third in the Ivy League and 14more than the next player on the team … Her 25 assists rankfourth all-time at Brown for assists in a season and are just sixshy of breaking into Brown’s all-time top 10 for assists in acareer … Had a career-high five assists in win over St.Mary’s … Notched four assists against both Columbiaand Harvard … Had two assists against Maryland, Temple, andCornell … Scored the first three goals of her career in13-12 overtime win over Sacred Heart … Had two in the nextgame over Stony Brook … Was fourth on the team with 20ground balls and second with 20 draw controls … Also had 11caused turnovers … Scooped up a career-high three groundballs against both Sacred Heart and St. Mary’s … Had acareer-high three draw controls against both Columbia and Penn… Caused three turnovers against New Hampshire …Before Brown: A three-sport athlete at ThayerAcademy, McCarthy played lacrosse, basketball, and soccer …A 2006 All-American in lacrosse, she was a four-time All-ISLselection, earning First Team Honors in 2004, 2005, and 2006… A captain of both the lacrosse and basketball teams,McCarthy was the lacrosse MVP in both 2005 and 2006 and thebasketball Unsung Hero in 2004 and 2005 … Recipient of theNancy Dinatale Taylor Ward as a sophomore and a senior … Wasa two-time selection to the Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic (2005& 2006) and All-Galaxy (2005 & 2006) … Playedclub lacrosse for Mass Elite … Honor Roll student in highschool … Personal: The daughter of Robertand Marie McCarthy, Molly has a brother, Robert … Her cousinErik Kimble went to Brown … Concentrating in InternationalRelations.