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2019 Women's Lacrosse

29 Jillian Petito

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Ocean City, Md.
  • Highschool Stephen Decatur
  • Position G

Biography

2019 SEASON: Started all 19 games for the Mountaineers during her senior season … Made the NEC First Team All-Conference … Ranked 2nd in the NEC in ground balls per game (3.05) … Ranked 1st in the NEC in save percentage (.564) … Ranked 5th in the NEC in saves per game (9.00) … Registered 171 saves and a 16-3 record in 1110:00 minutes in the cage … Posted 10 double-digit save performances, including have 12 or more in four games.

2018 SEASON: Named the NEC Defensive Player of the Year … Earned a spot on the All-NEC First Team … Named to the NEC All-Tournament Team … Earned All-ECAC Second Team honors ... Led the nation in save percentage (.563), ranked third in goals against average (8.53), and seventh in saves per game (11.12) … Led the NEC in five different categories … Collected the seventh-most ground balls in a season in program history (63) … Named the NEC Defensive Player of the Week on April 2 and April 30 … Finished the year with 189 saves and a 10-7 record in 1033:31 minutes in the cage … Posted 11 double-digit save performances, including a streak of eight straight from March 9-April 20 … Registered a season-high 15 saves at Robert Morris.

2017 SEASON: Named to the All-Northeast Conference Second TEam...Started all 15 games for the Mount in 2017...Led all NEC goalies with a .537 save percentage in conference games, and also ranked second in the league in saves per game (9.13). ...Made 137 Saves in 805:18 minutes of play...Posted a .460 save percentage on the year...Had a season high 17 saves against LIU Brooklyn

2016 SEASON: Appeared in four games during her freshman campaign … Registered a .438 save percentage and 13.06 goals against average … Made her collegiate debut against George Washington … Stopped four shots in the team’s win over St. Bonaventure … Made three saves and posted a .750 save percentage at George Mason ... Named to the Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner ... Team captain in 2015 ... Helped her team win regional championships in each of her final two seasons and a Bayside Championship her senior year ... Named the Daily Times Defensive Player of the Year her junior and senior seasons ... US Lacrosse 2015 First Team All-American and 2014 Honorable Mention All-American ... Selected to the first team all-conference her junior and senior seasons ... Named second team all-conference her sophomore year ... Earned Wendy's Heisman Scholar-Athlete winner in the state of Maryland ... Named WBOC Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Was also an all-conference selection in both soccer and basketball.

PERSONAL: Born October 21, 1997 ... Parents are John and Susan Petito ... Has one younger brother, Jonathan.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2016Freshman

    GK
    5'5"
    29
  • 29

    2017Sophomore

    GK
    5'5"
    29
  • 29

    2018Junior

    G
    5'5"
    29
  • 29

    2019Senior

    G
    5'5"
    29
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