The Fairport, N.Y. native elects to play fifth year at Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida women’s lacrosse team officially announced the addition of Sarah Falk to the program as a transfer on Thursday.
Falk – a rising fifth year – spent her undergraduate career at Albany, where she competed in 56 games for the Great Danes.
All of Falk’s accomplishments prior to Florida can be found below.
Sarah Falk | M | 5-6 | Fairport, N.Y. | Fairport | Albany
Senior Season (2023)
* Appeared in and started all 20 games for UAlbany in 2023, scored a single-season program record 72 goals, recording six assists, winning 27 ground balls and 39 draws, and causing 12 turnovers
* National Rankings: Free Position Goals Per Game (14th, 0.90); Free Position Percentage (6th, .667); Goals (5th, 72); Goals Per Game (9th, 3.60); Shots On Goal Per Game (12th, 5.65)
* America East Rankings: Free Position Goals Per Game (3rd, 0.90); Free Position Percentage (6th, .667); Goals (1st, 72); Goals Per Game (2nd, 3.60); Points (2nd, 78); Points Per Game (5th, 3.90); Shot Percentage (6th, .507); Shots Per Game (4th, 7.10); Shots On Goal Per Game (2nd, 5.65)
* Team leader in goals
* America East All-Tournament
* America East All-Conference First Team
* Scored four or more goals in nine of 20 games, and three or more in 14 of 20
* Scored four goals, won one ground ball and two draws, and forced one turnover in NCAA Second Round at #5 Denver (5/14)
* Scored seven goals, all in the second half, with one ground ball, five draws, and three caused turnovers in the NCAA First Round against #12 Virginia (5/14)
* Scored five goals with two ground balls, three draws, and one caused turnover in the America East championship against Binghamton (5/7)
* Scored six goals with one draw in the America East semifinal against New Hampshire (5/5)
* Recorded a hat trick with one ground ball and one draw at Bryant (4/29)
* Scored five goals with two ground balls and six draws against New Hampshire (4/22)
* Scored three goals with two assists, three ground balls, three draws, and two caused turnovers at Binghamton (4/15)
* Scored four goals with one assist, three ground balls, and one caused turnover against #2 Northwestern (4/8)
* Scored five goals with one assist and two draws against UMBC (4/7)
* Scored three goals with one ground ball and three draws at UMass Lowell (4/1)
* Scored three goals with two assists, one ground ball, one draw, and one caused turnover against Vermont (3/25)
* Recorded a hat trick with one ground ball at UC Davis (3/15)
* Named America East Offensive Player of the Week (3/6)
* Scored nine goals with one draw against Colgate (3/4)
* Scored four goals with one draw against Fairfield (2/22)
* Made season debut at #20 Johns Hopkins, scoring one goal with three ground balls, three draws, and one caused turnover (2/12)
Junior Season (2022)
* Started all 17 games, scoring a team-high 52 goals with 13 assists, 21 draws, 18 ground balls, and 11 caused turnovers
* America East All-Conference Second Team
* Recorded at least one point in 16 of 17 games
* Scored three goals, recording her 100th career point, in the America East final against No. 2 Vermont (5/7)
* Scored five goals in the America East semifinal against No. 4 UMBC (5/5)
* Scored six goals with one assist against UMass Lowell (4/23)
* Scored five goals with one assist at UMBC (4/16)
* Scored five goals with one assist at Vermont (4/2)
* Recorded two assists at Cornell (3/29)
* Scored four goals against Binghamton (3/26)
* Scored two goals with two assists against #22 UConn (3/22)
* Scored five goals with one assist at Canisius (3/16)
* Recorded a hat trick against #24 Drexel (3/11)
* Scored one goal with one assist at Hofstra (3/5)
* Scored seven goals with two assists and won four draws against Yale (2/26)
* Scored one goal with one assist at Colgate (2/19)
* Scored three goals and won five draws in season debut against #13 Stanford (2/13)
Sophomore Season (2021)
* Appeared in 15 games and made one start, scoring 28 goals with two assists
* Recorded a hat trick in the America East final at #6 Stony Brook (5/8)
* Recorded a hat trick in the America East semifinal vs. Vermont (5/6)
* Recorded a hat trick at Binghamton (5/1)
* Scored two goals with one assist at UMass Lowell (4/18)
* Made first career start at #6 Stony Brook (3/20), scoring twice
* Recorded a hat trick vs. #20 Hofstra (3/9)
* Scored five goals vs. New Hampshire (3/6)
* Made season debut at UConn (3/4)
Freshman Season (2020)
* Played in four games, scoring seven goals on all-seven of her shots on goal.
* Scored her first two collegiate goals vs. Canisius (3/7).
* Scored five goals at Siena (3/11).
* Made her collegiate debut at Syracuse (2/15)
Prior to Albany
* Three-year latter-winner in lacrosse at Fairport High School
* Team captain
* Scored 125 goals in her career
* 2019 Herb Fitch All-Star Game selection
* 2018 All-County First Team
* 2017 Linden Oaks Dental Player of the Week
Falk – along with a group of 10 newcomers who signed their NILs in the fall<https://floridagators.com/news/2022/11/9/florida-lacrosse-welcomes-10-newcomers-to-the-2023-24-class.aspx> – will comprise Florida’s incoming class of 2023.
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