UF LAX | Princeton’s Maria Pansini Joins Gators as Graduate Transfer

The Villanova, Pa. native elects to play final year at Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida women’s lacrosse team officially announced the addition of Maria Pansini to the program as a graduate transfer on Monday.

Pansini spent her undergraduate career at Princeton, where she competed in 34 games for the Tigers. She will use her final year of eligibility with the Gators.

At Princeton, she earned her undergraduate degree in psychology.

All of Pansini’s accomplishments prior to Florida can be found below.

* Saw action in three games during the 2023 campaign
* Picked up a season-high two groundballs twice: Virginia on Feb. 18, Yale on March 4
* Posted two caused turnovers during the season, one against Virginia (Feb. 18) and one against USC (March 10)
Junior Season (2022)

* Honorable mention All-Ivy
* Appeared in 17 games, making 16 starts
* Finished with 10 caused turnovers and 17 ground balls
* Pitched in five points (3g, 2a) on offense
* Scored a goal at Virginia (2/20)
* Had two ground balls against Temple (2/26)
* Caused two turnovers and picked up a pair of ground balls against Cornell (3/5)
* Scooped up two ground balls at USC (3/8)
* Caused two turnovers at San Diego State (3/12)
* Had two ground balls at Penn State (3/19)
* Scored twice at Brown (4/9)
* Had two assists at Columbia (4/27)
* Caused four turnovers and picked up two ground balls in Ivy League championship clincher against Yale (4/30)
* Picked up three ground balls against UMass in NCAA Tournament first round (5/13)
Sophomore Season (2021)

* Season cancelled due to COVID-19
Sophomore Season (2020)

* Played in five games, making one start
* Scored three goals and added three assists
* Scored at Temple (2/15)
* Netted one goal against Virginia (2/22)
* Had one goal and three assists at Columbia (2/29)
* Rest of season cancelled due to COVID-19
Freshman Season (2019)

* Played in nine games before suffering a season-ending injury
* Scored six goals and two assists for eight points with six caused turnovers, three ground balls and one draw
* Had an assist and a caused turnover in the season opener win over Temple
* Scored her first goal at Virginia and collected one ground ball
* Tallied two goals in a win over Penn State and one against Columbia in the next game
* Had a caused turnover, ground ball and draw in a win over Stony Brook
* Tallied a goal and an assist in a win at Florida while adding a caused turnover
* Scored a goal against Brown
* Caused two turnovers and collected a ground ball in a win over Villanova
Prior to Princeton

* A five-year starter at Agnes Irwin
* Captained the Owls as a junior and senior winning MVP honors both seasons
* Agnes Irwin went 104-20 as she scored 108 goals and 58 assists during her career
* Added 207 ground balls, 198 draws and 192 caused turnovers
* Four-time Inter-AC League Champions, three-time Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association (PAISAA) State Champions and four-time state finalists
* 2018 Under Armour Senior All-America
* Tallied 62 points on 42 goals and 20 assists, won 87 draws and 51 ground balls, and caused 40 turnovers as a senior
* Two-time US Lacrosse All-America and all-academic who was selected three times to the Under Armour Underclass All-America Philadelphia Team
* Earned three player of the year honors including: Philadelphia Inquirer Southeastern Pennsylvania Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year, PhillyLacrosse.com Girls Lacrosse Co-Player of the Year and DELCO Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year
* USA Today All-USA Girls’ Lacrosse Team
* Inside Lacrosse Top 40 Young Gun Senior Watchlist in 2018 and the Top 20 Young Gun Junior Watchlist in 2017
* Member of the 2018 All-IL Women High School Team
* Five-time All-Inter-AC League, All-Delco and All-Main Line selection while making the All-Phillylacrosse.com Team and Philadelphia Inquirer All-Southeastern Pennsylvania Team four times each
* Recipient of the “White Blazer” given to the top senior athlete at Agnes Irwin
* Four-year starter on the soccer team
* Played club for Ultimate Goal
* Dad, Michael, played basketball at St. John’s
Pansini, alongside transfers Georgia Hoey<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/7/12/lacrosse-uconns-georgia-hoey-joins-gators-as-transfer.aspx>, Sarah Falk<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/7/27/lacrosse-albanys-sarah-falk-joins-gators-as-graduate-transfer.aspx>, Hannah Heller<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/7/29/lacrosse-umass-amhersts-hannah-heller-joins-gators-as-graduate-transfer.aspx> and a group of 10 newcomers<https://floridagators.com/news/2022/11/9/florida-lacrosse-welcomes-10-newcomers-to-the-2023-24-class.aspx> who signed their NILs in the fall, will comprise Florida’s incoming class of 2023.