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2016 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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23 Vanessa VanderZalm

  • Position M
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Notre Dame College
  • Hometown Pelham, Ontario

Biography

CAREER HONORS:
• 2014, 2015, 2016 Team Captain 
• 2016 America East All-Conference Second Team
• 2016 America East All-Academic Team
• 2015 IWLCA Northeast Region All-America Second Team
• 2015 America East All-Conference First Team
• 2015 America East All-Academic Team
• 2015 America East Academic Honor Roll
• 2014 IWLCA Northeast Region All-America Second Team
• 2014 America East All-Conference First Team 
• 2014 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll 
• 2014 America East All-Academic Team 
• 2013 America East All-Tournament Team 
• 2013 America East All-Conference Second Team
• 2013 America East All-Rookie Team 
• 2013 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2013 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup Team Canada Member 

SENIOR SEASON (2016): Started all 13 games she appeared in ... Lead the team and ranked fourth in America East in goals (35) ... Finished tied for first on the team in free position goals (8) ... Lead the team in ground balls and third in the conference (32) ... Lead the team and the conference in draw control (53) ... Lead the Catamounts in caused turnovers and third in the conference (20) ... Finished sixth in the conference for game winning goals (2) ... Finished the year with 44 points ... Added 20 caused turnovers ... Scored six goals against Marist and Siena ... Recorded eight points against Siena ... Scored 11 goals and recorded 14 points in the final three games of the year.

VanderZalm in the UVM Record Books:
Career Points: 4th - 193
Career Goals: 3rd - 149
Career Assists: 5th - 44
Career Ground Balls: 2nd - 178
Career Draw Controls: 2nd - 256
Career Games Played: T-10th - 65
Points in a Season: T-7th - 63 (2014)
Goals in a Season: T-8th - 46 (2014)

JUNIOR SEASON (2015): Named to the IWLCA Northeast Region All-America Second Team and America East All-Conference First Team Ranked among the top-10 in the nation in both ground balls and draw controls per contest … Led all of America East in caused turnovers (41) … Finished fifth in the conference in goals per game (2.50) and ninth in points per contest (3.25) … Moved into second place in career draw controls in program history … Named America East Offensive Player of the Week two times … Led the Catamounts in draw controls (57), ground balls (50) and caused turnovers …. Ranked second on the team in points (52), goals (40) and assists (12) … Registered game-winners against CCSU and UMass Lowell … Tallied 10 multi-goal performances on the year … Scored three goals or more in eight games

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014): Named to the IWLCA Northeast Region All-America Second Team … Earned a spot on the America East All-Conference First Team and All-Academic Team … Named the conference’s offensive player of the week two times … Collected the eighth-most draw controls (77) in a single-season in America East history … Ranked 21st in the nation in draw controls per game and 23rd in ground balls per contest … Led the conference in ground balls per game and finished second in both draw controls per contest and caused turnovers per game … Ranked fifth in the league in both goals per game (2.56) and points per game (3.50) … Finished second on the squad in goals (46) and assists (17), and third in points (63) … Led the team in draw controls (77) and ground balls (48) … Registered 14 multi-point games … Picked up three or more goals in seven contests … Tallied a career-high seven goals and eight points at Marist

SUMMER 2013: Competed for Team Canada in the 2013 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup and helped her team advance to the gold medal game.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2013): Named to the America East All-Conference Second Team and the All-Rookie Team … Named to the America East All-Tournament Team … Ranked 17th in the nation with 2.67 ground balls per game … Tied for the most ground balls per game in the nation by a freshman ... Finished first in America East in ground balls per game, fourth in draw controls per game (3.83) and fifth in caused turnovers per contest (1.22) … Tallied 34 points on 28 goals and six assists … Led the team in ground balls (48), caused turnovers (22) and draw controls (69) … Finished third on the team in points, goals and assists … Scored her first career points (1 goal, 1 assist) in the season-opener vs. Colgate … Collected a season-high four points on three occasions (vs. Denver, Boston U & Albany) … Notched a goal in the conference semifinals vs. Stony Brook

BEFORE VERMONT: VanderZalm hails from Pelham, Ontario and is the fourth Canadian recruit for the Catamounts in the program's history ... She came to Vermont from Notre Dame College in Welland, Ontario ... As a freshman she tallied 81 points, setting a new rookie school record, and Notre Dame finished the year ranked sixth in Ontario ...  As a sophomore she totaled 138 points, again setting a school record and led Notre Dame to a No. 2 ranking in Ontario and the silver medal at the Ontario High School Championships ...  As a junior she surpassed her own school record with 145 goals and 60 assists for 205 points ...  Notre Dame finished the year ranked No. 1 in Ontario and the team won the gold medal at the Ontario High School Championships ...  A two-time team MVP, VanderZalm is a three-time All-Midwest and Midwest Schoolgirls Lacrosse Tournament selection ... In 2012 Vanderzalm led Notre Dame to a 25-0 mark and a gold medal at the Ontraio High School Championships and the Midwestern Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association Tournament ... She tallied 194 points (123 goals, 71 assists) as a senior and recorded 618 career points ... VanderZalm served as a team captain as a senir and was named the team's MVP ... She was named to the All-Midwest and All-Great Lakes team at the MSLA Tournament ... She was also selected to teh 2012 Canadian Senior Women's squad that participated in the North American Challenge Cup (July 13-15, 2012).

PERSONAL: Is the daughter of Arnold and Terry VanderZalm ... Has one brother, Ryan, who attends Brock University ... Is a nuclear medicine technology major.

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Historical Player Information

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