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Jersey Number 9
Lina Neilson
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-2
- Hometown:
- Mount Laurel, N.J.
- High School:
- Lenape
- Major:
- Speech Language and Hearing Science
Career Honors/ Awards
2025 (Senior)
2024 (Junior)
2023 (Sophomore)
2022 (Freshman)
Background
- NFHCA National Academic Squad (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- NFHCA Scholar Distinction (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- BIG EAST All-Academic (2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25)
- Temple Trustee 10 (2024, 2025)
2025 (Senior)
- Saw action in 16 games, starting in seven
- Tallied a pair of assists
2024 (Junior)
- Started 19 of 20 games this season for the Owls
- Led the team and was tied-fifth in the BIG EAST for Defensive Saves (2).
- Grabbed a defensive save in close victories over Old Dominion (9/27) and Quinnipiac (11/1).
- Scored her lone goal of the season against Old Dominion (11/7).
- Reached a season-high 68 minutes against Wagner (10/6).
2023 (Sophomore)
- Appeared in all 19 games for the Owls, earning a start at Georgetown
- Posted a goal and an assist for three points
- Found the back of the cage to tie the game at James Madison
- Tallied an assist against Georgetown.
2022 (Freshman)
- Saw action in all 19 games.
- Posted an assist against Brown (10/16).
- Fired three shots, putting two on target.
Background
- Four-year letter-winner at Lenape where she also lettered in lacrosse all four years.
- Was the top goal scorer during her junior year, scoring seven of her 28 career goals and recording 19 assists.
- Played club for the Spirit of USA where she was a 2x U16 National Indoor Tournament Champion.
- Fixture in the USA Field Hockey system, she played in the Senior Nexus Championship, was a member of the USA Rise National Team, the U16 Women's National Field Hockey Team, and played in the U14 National Futures Championship.
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