2024 Lacrosse Roster

Sam Jordan
Maura Schaeffer
Bella Rosa

36 Sarah Falk

  • Position M
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Fairport
  • Hometown Fairport, N.Y.

Biography

HONORS
2024 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll 
2024 One-time AAC Honor Roll 

FIFTH YEAR SENIOR SEASON (2024)
  • Appeared in all 23 games, scoring her first goal as a Gator on 2/10 against Loyola
  • Tallied 30 goals and five assists, scoring a season high of four goals twice this season (4/6 against East Carolina and 4/27 against Temple)
  • Contributed 11 ground balls, 28 draw controls and five caused turnovers
  • Earned her 200th career point on 4/6 at East Carolina
  • Eight games this season with at least two goals, and four games with three or more points
  • Has won three draw controls four different times, last done at Maryland on 5/16

Senior Season at Albany (2023)
  • Appeared in and started all 20 games for UAlbany in 2023, scored a single-season program record 72 goals, recording six assists, winning 27 ground balls and 39 draws, and causing 12 turnovers
  • National Rankings: Free Position Goals Per Game (14th, 0.90); Free Position Percentage (6th, .667); Goals (5th, 72); Goals Per Game (9th, 3.60); Shots On Goal Per Game (12th, 5.65)
  • America East Rankings: Free Position Goals Per Game (3rd, 0.90); Free Position Percentage (6th, .667); Goals (1st, 72); Goals Per Game (2nd, 3.60); Points (2nd, 78); Points Per Game (5th, 3.90); Shot Percentage (6th, .507); Shots Per Game (4th, 7.10); Shots On Goal Per Game (2nd, 5.65)
  • Team leader in goals
  • America East All-Tournament
  • America East All-Conference First Team
  • Scored four or more goals in nine of 20 games, and three or more in 14 of 20
  • Scored four goals, won one ground ball and two draws, and forced one turnover in NCAA Second Round at #5 Denver (5/14)
  • Scored seven goals, all in the second half, with one ground ball, five draws, and three caused turnovers in the NCAA First Round against #12 Virginia (5/14)
  • Scored five goals with two ground balls, three draws, and one caused turnover in the America East championship against Binghamton (5/7)
  • Scored six goals with one draw in the America East semifinal against New Hampshire (5/5)
  • Recorded a hat trick with one ground ball and one draw at Bryant (4/29)
  • Scored five goals with two ground balls and six draws against New Hampshire (4/22)
  • Scored three goals with two assists, three ground balls, three draws, and two caused turnovers at Binghamton (4/15)
  • Scored four goals with one assist, three ground balls, and one caused turnover against #2 Northwestern (4/8)
  • Scored five goals with one assist and two draws against UMBC (4/7)
  • Scored three goals with one ground ball and three draws at UMass Lowell (4/1)
  • Scored three goals with two assists, one ground ball, one draw, and one caused turnover against Vermont (3/25)
  • Recorded a hat trick with one ground ball at UC Davis (3/15)
  • Named America East Offensive Player of the Week (3/6)
  • Scored nine goals with one draw against Colgate (3/4)
  • Scored four goals with one draw against Fairfield (2/22)
  • Made season debut at #20 Johns Hopkins, scoring one goal with three ground balls, three draws, and one caused turnover (2/12)
Junior Season at Albany (2022)
  • Started all 17 games, scoring a team-high 52 goals with 13 assists, 21 draws, 18 ground balls, and 11 caused turnovers
  • America East All-Conference Second Team
  • Recorded at least one point in 16 of 17 games
  • Scored three goals, recording her 100th career point,  in the America East final against No. 2 Vermont (5/7)
  • Scored five goals in the America East semifinal against No. 4 UMBC (5/5)
  • Scored six goals with one assist against UMass Lowell (4/23)
  • Scored five goals with one assist at UMBC (4/16)
  • Scored five goals with one assist at Vermont (4/2)
  • Recorded two assists at Cornell (3/29)
  • Scored four goals against Binghamton (3/26)
  • Scored two goals with two assists against #22 UConn (3/22)
  • Scored five goals with one assist at Canisius (3/16)
  • Recorded a hat trick against #24 Drexel (3/11)
  • Scored one goal with one assist at Hofstra (3/5)
  • Scored seven goals with two assists and won four draws against Yale (2/26)
  • Scored one goal with one assist at Colgate (2/19)
  • Scored three goals and won five draws in season debut against #13 Stanford (2/13)
Sophomore Season at Albany (2021)
  • Appeared in 15 games and made one start, scoring 28 goals with two assists
  • Recorded a hat trick in the America East final at #6 Stony Brook (5/8)
  • Recorded a hat trick in the America East semifinal vs. Vermont (5/6)
  • Recorded a hat trick at Binghamton (5/1)
  • Scored two goals with one assist at UMass Lowell (4/18)
  • Made first career start at #6 Stony Brook (3/20), scoring twice
  • Recorded a hat trick vs. #20 Hofstra (3/9)
  • Scored five goals vs. New Hampshire (3/6)
  • Made season debut at UConn (3/4)
 
Freshman Season at Albany (2020)
  • Played in four games, scoring seven goals on all-seven of her shots on goal.
  • Scored her first two collegiate goals vs. Canisius (3/7).
  • Scored five goals at Siena (3/11).
  • Made her collegiate debut at Syracuse (2/15)
 
Prior to Albany
  • Three-year latter-winner in lacrosse at Fairport High School
  • Team captain
  • Scored 125 goals in her career
  • 2019 Herb Fitch All-Star Game selection
  • 2018 All-County First Team
  • 2017 Linden Oaks Dental Player of the Week
CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS G A Pts Shots Shot % SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT
2020* 4-0 7 0 7 9 .778 7 .778 1 0 0 0
2021* 15-1 28 2 30 59 .475 43 .729 5 2 9 3
2022* 17-17 52 13 65 111 .468 88 .793 18 21 31 11
2023* 20-20 72 6 78 142 .507 113 .796 27 62 33 26
2024 23-0 30 5 35 49 .612 40 .816 11 28 9 5
TOTAL 23-0 30 5 35 49 .612 40 .816 11 28 9 5
All * 79-38 189 26 215 370 .511 291 .786 62 113 82 45

*Statistics from prior team/school

CAREER HIGHS
Goals........................................................................................................... 9, vs. Colgate (3/4/23)
Assists................................................................................................................ 2, 5x, last at Binghamton (4/15/23)
Points.................................................................................................................. 9, 2x, last vs. Colgate (3/4/23)
Shots................................................................................................................................... 12, 2x, last vs. Colgate (3/4/23)
Ground Balls................................................................................................ 3, 5x, last at Binghamton (4/15/23)
Draw Controls....................................................................................................... 6 vs. New Hampshire (4/22/23)
Caused Turnovers........................................................................................................ 3, 2x, last vs. Virginia (5/12/23)

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