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2021 Merrimack College Women's Lacrosse Roster

Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz

11 Ally DaCosta

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Attack
  • Height 5-3
  • Hometown New Bedford, Mass.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) St. Mary Academy - Bay View
  • Major Education

Biography

2020

  • Played and started all seven games during her senior season
  • Topped the team in points with 22 and led the Warriors in assists with 15
  • Had three points or more in six of the team's seven games

2019

  • Became the program's all-time career assists record-holder (118) while moving into the top-10 in all-time career scoring after another remarkable offensive campaign
  • Most remarkably, set the new single-game scoring record after a 12-point outing against Franklin Pierce that featured three goals and nine assists (4/24)
  • Tied her single-game helper mark on perhaps the biggest stage after dishing nine assists in the program's NE10 Semifinal win over Adelphi on the way to the league championship (5/1)
  • Altogether, ranked third on the team with 71 points on 22 goals and 49 helpers
  • Her 22 goals were the most in a single season thus far in her career, shooting 55.0 percent
  • Also caused four turnovers and added nine ground balls

2018

  • NE10 All-Conference Third Team
  • Cemented her status as one of the top playmakers in program history and one of the best distributors in the country after a historic sophomore campaign
  • Played in 17 games and ranked second on the team in total scoring
  • Posted 74 points on 14 goals and a single-season school-record 60 assists
  • Ranked ninth in the country (second in the league) in total assists and seventh/second in both leader boards, respectively, in assists per game (3.53)
  • Also ranked 11th in the league in points per game (4.35)
  • In addition to setting the program's single-season assists record by a wide margin, she also became the new single-game assists leader after dishing eight helpers in less than 10 minutes in a win over Queens (4/6)
  • Also set a new single-game career-high with eight points in that game
  • Potted two hat tricks over the course of the season
  • Also added 12 ground balls and eight caused turnovers
  • Her 74 points rank fifth in the program's single-season record book

2017

  • Appeared in 17 games with eight starts
  • Finished the season with 13 goals
  • Placed third on the team in assists (nine) and sixth in points (22)
  • Had a season-best three goals in win against Wilmington Del. (3/16)
  • Notched a season-best three assists against Southern Connecticut State (3/18)

Before Merrimack

  • Played at St. Mary Academy - Bay View
  • Fall River Herald All-Star Team
  • Standard Times All-Star Team
  • Boston Herald All-Scholastic Team
  • Offensive Player of the Year
  • All-Conference All-Star 
  • Team Elevate NE (club)

Personal

  • Born Oct. 9, 1997
  • Daughter to Kathleen and Tom
  • Sister to Madison and Sydney
  • Education major

CAREER HIGHS

Points: 12, Franklin Pierce, 04/24/19 
Goals: 4, Stonehill, 03/30/19 
Assists: 9, Franklin Pierce, 04/24/19 ; at Adelphi, May 01, 2019 
Shots: 7, two times, last at Drexel, (3/2/20)
Ground balls: 2, 6 times
Draw controls: 2, at Stonehill, 03/06/18 
Man-up goals: 2, Saint Anselm, 04/11/18 ; at St. Thomas Aquinas, Feb 25, 2018 
Man-down goals: 1, American Int'l, 04/02/19 ; at Southern Conn. State, 04/21/2018 
Free-position goals: 1, 10 times
Caused turnovers: 3, at Adelphi, May 05, 2018

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2017Freshman

    A/M
    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2018Sophomore

    A
    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2019Junior

    Attack
    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2020Senior

    Attack
    5'3"
    11
  • 11
    C

    2021Graduate Student

    Attack
    5'3"
    11
    C
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