2024 Field Hockey Roster
Roster
Lily Neilson
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- The Armidale School
- Hometown:
- Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Career: 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 First Team All-Patriot League...2022, 2023, and 2024 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year...2023 Second Team All-American (first in Bucknell History)...five-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week ... ten-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week (tied for most in Patriot League history) ... three-career hat-tricks ... one career five-goal game ... 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Patriot League goals leader...2022 and 2024 Patriot League points leader...68 games played, including 51 starts ... 124 points on 60 goals and four assists...Set the career record for goals and points in Bucknell history...2021 NFHCA National Academic Squad ... 2021 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2024: (Senior): 2024 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year...2024 First Team All-Patriot League...4x Patriot League Player of the Week...NFHCA Player of the Week (first in Bucknell history)...Led the Patriot League in goals (18)...Led the Patriot League in points (38)...Had a nationally best stretch of 2+ goal games (5)...Third in Bucknell single-season history for goals and points...
2023 (Junior): 2023 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year...2023 First Team All-Patriot League...Second Team All-American (first in Bucknell history)...Academic All-Patriot League...NFHCA First Team...4x Patriot League Player of the Week...Tallied 28 points on 13 goals and two assists...Led the Patriot League in goals and second in points, despite missing two games due to Australian Junior World Cup participation...11th nationally in goals per game (.870)...10th in Bucknell single-season history for goals...Scored both goals in the 2-1 triumph over Ball State (9/1)...Tallied two goals against Towson (9/8)...Scored a hat trick against Lehigh (10/20)...Deposited two goals against Colgate (10/28)...
2022 (Sophomore): 2022 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year...2022 First Team All-Patriot League...Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week (9/12)...2022 Patriot League goals leader (14)...2022 Patriot League points leader (29)...Ranked 13th in the nation for goals per game (0.78) and 24th for points per game (1.61)...9th in points (29) in Bucknell history for single-season....8th in goals (14) in Bucknell history for single-season...Scored two goals twice in back-to-back games against Central Michigan and Temple...Scored two goals in the win over Lock Haven (10/23)...
2021 (Freshman): First Team All-Patriot League … became the second player in program history to earn First Team All-League honors as a rookie … five-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week and one-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week … led the Patriot League in goals scored (15), including 10 goals in league play, and led in points per game (1.72) … posted one assist … made two starts while appearing in all 18 games … tied the program record for single-game goals (5) as part of two hat-tricks she recorded on the year … scored first collegiate goal in a 2-1 overtime win over LIU … scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 overtime victory at Boston U. … scored three goals in a 6-1 win over Lehigh … scored two of Bucknell’s three goals in its Patriot League semifinal game vs. Lafayette … posted a team-high 45 shots, including 28 on goal … finished the season with a .333 shot percentage … earned a spot on the NFHCA National Academic Squad and the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
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Major: Biology
