2015-16 Women's Lacrosse Roster

#5 Rachel Sexton 2014-15 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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Height 5'5''
Class Senior
Hometown Sudbury, Mass.
High School Lincoln-Sudbury Regional
Rachel Sexton - Women's Lacrosse - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

AS A SOPHOMORE: Started all 19 games in a breakout sophomore campaign … was second on the team with 33 goals and third with 40 total points … added 16 ground balls, three draw controls and six caused turnovers … twice tallied a career-high four goals, first in the season opening 25-1 over Cincinnati, and again versus High Point in the NCAA Tournament … scored a total of seven points in Notre Damea?TMs two NCAA Tournament games, adding three in an 10-8 loss to No. 9 Duke … recorded a career-high five points against Richmond … scooped up a career-high four ground balls against High Point … recorded seven hat tricks on the season, trailing only Cortney Fortunatoa?TMs nine for the team lead … earned a monogram.

AS A FRESHMAN: Appeared in six games … scored three goals with one assist for four points on the year … credited with two caused turnovers … had a goal and an assist against Detroit … scored twice, one of them coming on a free position, against Cincinnati … also caused a turnover against the Bearcats.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Graduated in the spring of 2012 from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School … a two-sport participant in soccer and lacrosse achieving eight varsity letters … two-time captain for her lacrosse team (2011, 2012) … helped lacrosse team capture the dual county championship all four years and the north divisional championship (2011, 2012) … twice named All-American, first team eastern Mass all-star and chosen as the Metrowest Daily News super team (2011, 2012) … chosen to the Under Armour Underclass All-Star team New England (2011) and ESPN Boston MIAA all-state all-star (2012) … academically was awarded the Boston Herald and Boston Globe all scholastic honors … given the coaches award in 2011 and team MVP in 2012 for lacrosse … named dual county league all-star and eastern Mass D1 all-star (2010) for soccer … prized memory was scoring three goals to end the defending state champs, Westwood High, streak of three perfect regular seasons … father, Ralph, played lacrosse and hockey for Middlebury … cousin Jon Harvey played lacrosse for the Fighting Irish in 2002 … cousin, Patrick, attended UND class of ’95 grad … full name is Rachel Frances Sexton … daughter of Ralph and Valerie Sexton … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business and is majoring in accountancy.

 

Sexton’s Career Statistics

Year G-S SOG G A Pts. GB DC CT
2013 6-0 5 3 1 4 0 0 2
2014 19-19 50 33 7 40 16 3 6
2015 20-20 71 37 7 44 17 4 9
2016 21-21 93 43 14 57 12 0 10
Totals 66-60 229 116 29 145 45 7 27