FIFTH-YEAR (2021): All-Centennial Conference honorable mention...Appeared and started in 19 games...Anchored the Bears defense by ranking second in the Centennial with seven defensive saves...Posted a defensive save against Lynchburg (9/17)...Registered career-high three defensive saves against TCNJ (9/21)...Made a defensive save versus Franklin & Marshall (9/25)...Earned NFHCA D3 Defensive Player of the Week honors following those two games...Made a defensive save against Johns Hopkins (10/9)
SENIOR (2020): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
JUNIOR (2019): Started all 18 games as a defensive midfielder ... Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Helped the Bears defense to seven shutouts ... Recorded a team-high seven defensive saves which tied for second-most in the conference ... Recorded a season-high three defensive saves against No. 9 Johns Hopkins (10/26).
SOPHOMORE (2018): Started all 18 games as a stalwart defensive midfielder ... Key cog in a defense that allowed just over one goal per game
FRESHMAN (2017): Started 15 games while appearing in all 18 contests ... Finished the year with a pair of goals and an assist, including her first career goal vs. Haverford (10/4) ... Made her first collegiate start against Elizabethtown, notching her first career point on an assist (9/13) ... Scored the Bears' lone goal in the conference semifinals vs. Franklin & Marshall (11/3)
Before Ursinus: Two-time Burlington County All-Star at Moorestown High School ... Helped lead team to three straight Central Jersey Group 3 championships ... Recipient of Coach Joan Lewis Award as a senior ... Two-time NFHCA All-Academic Squad ... Also a member of nationally ranked Moorestown girls lacrosse team ... Graduated with honors
Personal: Born December 10, 1998 ... Daughter of Brian and Carol McIlhenny ... Has one sibling, Brendan ... Both parents attended Ursinus ... Father played basketball and mother ran track ... Cousin Lauren Goldstein '12 also ran track ... Applied Economics major with a minor in psychology
Why Ursinus: I chose Ursinus because of its legendary and highly competitive field hockey program and how much I felt invested in and welcomed by Coach Benner, Coach Ashley, and the team. The strong academic reputation was also very important and I love how beautiful the campus is. I never met anyone who didn’t love the school! I felt it would be the best fit for me.
Honors
- All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention (2021)
- NFHCA Academic Squad (2021)
- NFHCA DIII Defensive Player of the Week (9/30/21)
- Centennial Conference defensive player of the week (9/28/21)
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2021)
