Temple University Athletics
2021 Women's Lacrosse Roster
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Jersey Number 27
Bridget Whitaker
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Springfield, Pa.
- High School:
- Springfield-Delco
Bio
Awards: 2021 American Athletic Conference First Team, 2021 IWCLA Second Team All-Region, 2021 AAC All-Tournament Team, 2019 American Athletic Conference First Team, 2019 AAC All-Tournament Team
2021: Had a record-setting season for the Owls…Her 87 draw controls are most in a single season in Temple history…Led the team in goals with 45, was second in points with 61, and second in ground balls (36)…Started the season with back-to-back hat tricks against Delaware and Villanova, won six draws against Villanova as well…Scored a career-high five goals against No. 8 Florida (3/19), also controlled seven draws…Earned a hat trick, alongside an assist and eight draw controls at Old Dominion (3/26)…Tied her career-high with five goals at Cincinnati and two assists along with six draw controls…Set a new career-high with ten draw controls against ECU (4/16) in addition to scoring four goals…Scored a hat trick and won ten draws in AAC semi-finals against Vanderbilt…Scored two goals in NCAA tournament matches against UMass and Boston College.
2020: Named to the Preseason All-Conference Team…started in all nine games…Recorded 16 goals to rank second on the team…Made five assists…Fired 31 shots with 23 on target…Picked up 12 ground balls and seven caused turnovers…Ranked second on the team with 32 draw controls…Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll three times…Named one of the team’s five captains...Season suspended following the Villanova game on 3/11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above for the third year in a row...Named to the AAC All-Academic Team.
2019: Named to the American Athletic Conference First Team and to the AAC All-Tournament Team...Led the Owls with 21 assists, ranking fifth in the league with 1.24 assists per game...Scored 15 goals, totaling 36 points to rank second on the team...Twice named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll...Notched her second career hat trick with three goals at Saint Joseph's on Feb. 21...Recorded four assists in two games, doing so in a win at UConn on April 6 and again at Cincinnati in the AAC Tournament semifinals...Added three assists to two goals in a win at UMBC on March 9...Ranked second on the team with 22 caused turnovers and third with 34 draw controls...Also collected 29 ground balls...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for a second year in a row for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
2018: Played in 15 games as a freshman...Scored nine goals and added an assist for 10 total points...Recorded her first career hat trick with three goals in an 18-5 win at Butler...Scored two goals against #7 and eventual national champion James Madison and two goals vs. Villanova...Her nine goals came on just 13Â shots on goal...Tallied 12 ground balls, nine caused turnovers and seven draw controls...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
High School: Two-time All-American at nearby Springfield High School as well as a three-time first team all-league selection...Also a two-time first team all-county honoree and named to the All-Phillylacrosse first team as a senior...Helped lead Springfield to a state runner-up finish in 2017...Scored 154 goals and added 97 assists...Was named to the Philadelphia Inquirer All-Area Second Team as a junior in 2016...Earned four varsity letters in lacrosse, soccer and basketball...Helped lead the basketball team to a district title as a senior and was first team all-league in soccer...Named Springfield High School's Female Athlete of the Year as a senior...Member of the National Honor Society and was an honor roll student all four years...Played club lacrosse for Ultimate Goal Lacrosse.
Personal: Is majoring in health professions at Temple...Enjoys ceramics and had a smoke-fired coil pot shown at Temple's Tyler School of Art Exhibit as a freshman in high school...Also coaches and officiates youth lacrosse.
2021: Had a record-setting season for the Owls…Her 87 draw controls are most in a single season in Temple history…Led the team in goals with 45, was second in points with 61, and second in ground balls (36)…Started the season with back-to-back hat tricks against Delaware and Villanova, won six draws against Villanova as well…Scored a career-high five goals against No. 8 Florida (3/19), also controlled seven draws…Earned a hat trick, alongside an assist and eight draw controls at Old Dominion (3/26)…Tied her career-high with five goals at Cincinnati and two assists along with six draw controls…Set a new career-high with ten draw controls against ECU (4/16) in addition to scoring four goals…Scored a hat trick and won ten draws in AAC semi-finals against Vanderbilt…Scored two goals in NCAA tournament matches against UMass and Boston College.
2020: Named to the Preseason All-Conference Team…started in all nine games…Recorded 16 goals to rank second on the team…Made five assists…Fired 31 shots with 23 on target…Picked up 12 ground balls and seven caused turnovers…Ranked second on the team with 32 draw controls…Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll three times…Named one of the team’s five captains...Season suspended following the Villanova game on 3/11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above for the third year in a row...Named to the AAC All-Academic Team.
2019: Named to the American Athletic Conference First Team and to the AAC All-Tournament Team...Led the Owls with 21 assists, ranking fifth in the league with 1.24 assists per game...Scored 15 goals, totaling 36 points to rank second on the team...Twice named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll...Notched her second career hat trick with three goals at Saint Joseph's on Feb. 21...Recorded four assists in two games, doing so in a win at UConn on April 6 and again at Cincinnati in the AAC Tournament semifinals...Added three assists to two goals in a win at UMBC on March 9...Ranked second on the team with 22 caused turnovers and third with 34 draw controls...Also collected 29 ground balls...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for a second year in a row for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
2018: Played in 15 games as a freshman...Scored nine goals and added an assist for 10 total points...Recorded her first career hat trick with three goals in an 18-5 win at Butler...Scored two goals against #7 and eventual national champion James Madison and two goals vs. Villanova...Her nine goals came on just 13Â shots on goal...Tallied 12 ground balls, nine caused turnovers and seven draw controls...Named to Temple's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
High School: Two-time All-American at nearby Springfield High School as well as a three-time first team all-league selection...Also a two-time first team all-county honoree and named to the All-Phillylacrosse first team as a senior...Helped lead Springfield to a state runner-up finish in 2017...Scored 154 goals and added 97 assists...Was named to the Philadelphia Inquirer All-Area Second Team as a junior in 2016...Earned four varsity letters in lacrosse, soccer and basketball...Helped lead the basketball team to a district title as a senior and was first team all-league in soccer...Named Springfield High School's Female Athlete of the Year as a senior...Member of the National Honor Society and was an honor roll student all four years...Played club lacrosse for Ultimate Goal Lacrosse.
Personal: Is majoring in health professions at Temple...Enjoys ceramics and had a smoke-fired coil pot shown at Temple's Tyler School of Art Exhibit as a freshman in high school...Also coaches and officiates youth lacrosse.
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