2020 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Dwyer, Brennan
Jersey Number 33
Brennan Dwyer
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Loyola Academy
- Hometown:
- Winnetka, Ill.
Bio
2022: Big Ten All-Tournament Team... Academic All-Big Ten… Played in all 21 games and made 20 starts, registering 24 goals, six assists, 30 points and 38 draw controls… Scored two goals and contributed an assist and two draw controls against Marquette (2/14) ... Set a career-high with a team-best five goals against Arizona State (2/20) ... Scored three goals, including two from the free position, against Notre Dame (2/23) ... Secured four draw controls to go along with two goals and an assist against Syracuse (3/1)...Added two more goals in win over Stony Brook (3/10)... Netted two goals against Johns Hopkins (4/16)... Contributed a goal against Rutgers (5/6)... Recorded two goals and four draw controls against Central Michigan (5/13)... Added two goals and four draw controls in second round win over Michigan (5/15).
2021: Second Team All Big Ten... Grabbed eight draw controls and caused a turnover against Ohio State (2/14)... Posted a team-high seven draw controls against Penn State and contributed a ground ball (3/11)... Notched a game-high 11 draw controls while contributing two goals in win over Rutgers (3/21)... Added a goal to five draw controls in victory against Maryland (3/29)... Netted two goals against Michigan in addition to a team-high five draw controls (4/18)... Posted a team-high five draws against Rutgers (4/30)... Added five more draws and two goals in win over Maryland (5/2)... Recorded Northwestern's first goal of the NCAA tournament against Denver (5/16).
2020: Started in all seven games ... Named to Inside Lacrosse's All American third team ... Earned third in the country in draw controls per game ... Led all Wildcats with 69 draw controls ... Secured eight draw controls and recorded an assist in victory over Detroit Mercy (2/7) ... Grabbed ten draw controls in victory over Duke (2/9) ... Secured career high 21 draw controls along with two goals and an assist in victory over Arizona State (2/16) ... Secured ten draw controls, grabbed two ground balls and caused one turnover versus Syracuse (2/21) ... Secured seven draw controls to go along with an assist and a ground ball against North Carolina (3/9).
2019: Sophomore midfielder ... All Big Ten Team member … Started all 21 games ... Led the team with 181 draw controls, ranking 5th in the NCAA ... Scored her first two career goals and secured a career-best three points at Louisville (2/8) … Won eight draw controls against No. 7 Syracuse (2/24) … Tallied nine draw controls at No. 3 North Carolina (3/2) … Won a season-high 14 draw controls and added a ground ball against Rutgers (3/14) … Pulled down 13 draw controls in win over Johns Hopkins (4/6) … Recorded 11 draw controls against No. 2 Maryland (4/11) … Won ten draw controls in victories over Michigan (4/18 and 5/3), Notre Dame (4/20) and Ohio State (4/25) … Recorded ten draw controls and one ground ball in NCAA quarterfinals victory over Syracuse (5/18) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018: First-year midfielder that played in 16 games for the 'Cats ... Third on the team with 36 draw controls, ranking sixth all-time for first-year players at Northwestern ... Posted two assists and four draw controls in her first collegiate game, a win over Canisius (2/10) ... Tallied a season high 10 against Maryland (4/26) ... Tallied a season-high two ground balls against Detroit Mercy (2/11) and Ohio State (4/06).
Career Highs:
Shots................................8, at Notre Dame (2/23/22)
Goals............................5, vs. Arizona State (2/20/22)
Assists...............................3, vs. Ohio State (3/19/22)
Caused Turnovers..............1 (12x), vs. Penn (4/3/22)
Ground Balls......................3, vs. Dartmouth (3/21/22)
Draw Controls.............21, vs. Arizona State (2/16/20)
High School: Served as captain of the Loyola Academy Ramblers… Recorded 395 goals, 238 assists, 876 draws, 276 ground balls, and 202 caused turnovers… Four-time all-state honors, four-time all-American, four-time all-conference… US Lacrosse Magazine Midwest Player of the Year 2016 and 2017… Inside Lacrosse Top 40 rising senior in 2017… Academic honors include Loyola scholar, First honors, and US Lacrosse Academic All-American.
Personal: Major is communication studies
2021: Second Team All Big Ten... Grabbed eight draw controls and caused a turnover against Ohio State (2/14)... Posted a team-high seven draw controls against Penn State and contributed a ground ball (3/11)... Notched a game-high 11 draw controls while contributing two goals in win over Rutgers (3/21)... Added a goal to five draw controls in victory against Maryland (3/29)... Netted two goals against Michigan in addition to a team-high five draw controls (4/18)... Posted a team-high five draws against Rutgers (4/30)... Added five more draws and two goals in win over Maryland (5/2)... Recorded Northwestern's first goal of the NCAA tournament against Denver (5/16).
2020: Started in all seven games ... Named to Inside Lacrosse's All American third team ... Earned third in the country in draw controls per game ... Led all Wildcats with 69 draw controls ... Secured eight draw controls and recorded an assist in victory over Detroit Mercy (2/7) ... Grabbed ten draw controls in victory over Duke (2/9) ... Secured career high 21 draw controls along with two goals and an assist in victory over Arizona State (2/16) ... Secured ten draw controls, grabbed two ground balls and caused one turnover versus Syracuse (2/21) ... Secured seven draw controls to go along with an assist and a ground ball against North Carolina (3/9).
2019: Sophomore midfielder ... All Big Ten Team member … Started all 21 games ... Led the team with 181 draw controls, ranking 5th in the NCAA ... Scored her first two career goals and secured a career-best three points at Louisville (2/8) … Won eight draw controls against No. 7 Syracuse (2/24) … Tallied nine draw controls at No. 3 North Carolina (3/2) … Won a season-high 14 draw controls and added a ground ball against Rutgers (3/14) … Pulled down 13 draw controls in win over Johns Hopkins (4/6) … Recorded 11 draw controls against No. 2 Maryland (4/11) … Won ten draw controls in victories over Michigan (4/18 and 5/3), Notre Dame (4/20) and Ohio State (4/25) … Recorded ten draw controls and one ground ball in NCAA quarterfinals victory over Syracuse (5/18) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018: First-year midfielder that played in 16 games for the 'Cats ... Third on the team with 36 draw controls, ranking sixth all-time for first-year players at Northwestern ... Posted two assists and four draw controls in her first collegiate game, a win over Canisius (2/10) ... Tallied a season high 10 against Maryland (4/26) ... Tallied a season-high two ground balls against Detroit Mercy (2/11) and Ohio State (4/06).
Career Highs:
Shots................................8, at Notre Dame (2/23/22)
Goals............................5, vs. Arizona State (2/20/22)
Assists...............................3, vs. Ohio State (3/19/22)
Caused Turnovers..............1 (12x), vs. Penn (4/3/22)
Ground Balls......................3, vs. Dartmouth (3/21/22)
Draw Controls.............21, vs. Arizona State (2/16/20)
High School: Served as captain of the Loyola Academy Ramblers… Recorded 395 goals, 238 assists, 876 draws, 276 ground balls, and 202 caused turnovers… Four-time all-state honors, four-time all-American, four-time all-conference… US Lacrosse Magazine Midwest Player of the Year 2016 and 2017… Inside Lacrosse Top 40 rising senior in 2017… Academic honors include Loyola scholar, First honors, and US Lacrosse Academic All-American.
Personal: Major is communication studies
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