2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Laliberty, Molly
Jersey Number 32
Molly Laliberty
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sixth Year
- High School:
- Newburyport HS
- Hometown:
- Newburyport, Mass.
- Prev School:
- Tufts
Bio
Awards:
2023: Started all 22 games, racking up a 21-1 record ... Totaled 159 saves on 177 goals allowed for a .473 save percentage ... Led the Big Ten in goals against average (8.60) ... Recorded 13 saves and four ground balls in a win against Notre Dame (2/16) ...Tallied nine saves in straight wins over Boston College (2/19) and Marquette (2/23) ... Notched 12 saves against Stony Brook (3/10) ... Added 10 saves, three ground balls and a caused turnover against North Carolina (3/19) ... Stopped eight goals in back-to-back Big Ten wins over Penn State (3/30) and at Rutgers (4/6) ... Tallied nine saves against Maryland (4/22) ... Saved eight goals in a win over Michigan (5/4) ... Notched 11 saves and four ground balls against Maryland (5/6) ... Finished with seven saves in an NCAA tournament win over Michigan (5/14) ... Recorded seven saves, six ground balls and a caused turnover in quarterfinal win over Loyola Maryland (5/18) ... Added eight saves in semifinals against Denver (5/26).
2022 (Senior): Earned NESCAC All-Academic honors ... Selected as IWLCA Division III Women's Goalie of the Year ... Named First Team All-American ... Earned IWLCA All-Region First Team ... NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year Award ... NESCAC First Team All Conference ... NESCAC Player of the Week on April 25th ... Finished her career with 405 saves.
2021 (Junior): Selected as the 2021 IWLCA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Goalie of the Year … Earned a place on the 2021 IWLCA All-Region Team … Earned a spot on the 2021 NESCAC All-Conference Team … Selected as the IWLCA Division III Player of the Week … Named the NESCAC Player of the Week … Named a Tufts Player of the Week multiple times … Has only allowed 11 goals in her three-year career … Has 112 career saves.
2020 (Sophomore): Started at goalie in all three games during season shortened due to COVID-19 ... Ranked seventh in Division III with a NESCAC-best .611 save percentage and 11th with a 5.60 goals against average ... Made 22 saves while allowing 14 goals in 150 minutes played ... Selected by NESCAC as Player of the Week on March 9 ... Had 16 saves, 11 of which came in the first half, on 23 shots (.696) in win over Amherst.
2019 (Freshman): Appeared 17 games, drawing two starts for the 19-3 Jumbos who set a program record for wins and competed in the NCAA "Final Four" ... Finished the season with a 5-2 record after spending nearly 497 minutes in the cage ... Posted a 7.49 goals against average and a save percentage of 54.1 ... Made her collegiate debut in the season opener at Hamilton (3/2).
High School: Was on the lacrosse, cross country and ski racing teams at Newburyport High School ... 2018 Cape Ann League MVP ... Two-time First Team Cape Ann League All-Star ... First Team EMass All-Star ... Captain of the lacrosse and ski racing team ... Salutatorian of her class ... National Honor Society ... Slam Poetry Team.
Personal: Daughter of Tom and Dawn ... Two siblings, Emily and Jeremy ... Twin sister, Emily, plays club lacrosse at Northeastern.
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
- Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Division 1 Preseason All-American (2024)
- Second Team All-Big Ten (2023)
- IWLCA All-Region Second Team selection (2023)
- IWLCA Division III Goalie of the Year (2021, 2022)
- Shots Faced…………...............36, at Notre Dame (2/16/24)
- Saves……...........................…..13, vs. Notre Dame (2/16/23)
- Goals Allowed…………….........16, at Syracuse (2/11/23)
- Caused Turnovers…….………..2, at Notre Dame (2/16/24)
- Ground Balls…………………....6 (2x), vs. Johns Hopkins (3/16/24)
- Shots Faced…………...............36, at Notre Dame (2/16/24)
- Saves……...........................…..12, vs. Denver (3/08/24)
- Goals Allowed…………….........15, vs. Syracuse (2/10/24)
- Caused Turnovers…….………..2, at Notre Dame (2/16/24)
- Ground Balls…………………....6, vs. Johns Hopkins (3/16/24)
2023: Started all 22 games, racking up a 21-1 record ... Totaled 159 saves on 177 goals allowed for a .473 save percentage ... Led the Big Ten in goals against average (8.60) ... Recorded 13 saves and four ground balls in a win against Notre Dame (2/16) ...Tallied nine saves in straight wins over Boston College (2/19) and Marquette (2/23) ... Notched 12 saves against Stony Brook (3/10) ... Added 10 saves, three ground balls and a caused turnover against North Carolina (3/19) ... Stopped eight goals in back-to-back Big Ten wins over Penn State (3/30) and at Rutgers (4/6) ... Tallied nine saves against Maryland (4/22) ... Saved eight goals in a win over Michigan (5/4) ... Notched 11 saves and four ground balls against Maryland (5/6) ... Finished with seven saves in an NCAA tournament win over Michigan (5/14) ... Recorded seven saves, six ground balls and a caused turnover in quarterfinal win over Loyola Maryland (5/18) ... Added eight saves in semifinals against Denver (5/26).
2022 (Senior): Earned NESCAC All-Academic honors ... Selected as IWLCA Division III Women's Goalie of the Year ... Named First Team All-American ... Earned IWLCA All-Region First Team ... NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year Award ... NESCAC First Team All Conference ... NESCAC Player of the Week on April 25th ... Finished her career with 405 saves.
2021 (Junior): Selected as the 2021 IWLCA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Goalie of the Year … Earned a place on the 2021 IWLCA All-Region Team … Earned a spot on the 2021 NESCAC All-Conference Team … Selected as the IWLCA Division III Player of the Week … Named the NESCAC Player of the Week … Named a Tufts Player of the Week multiple times … Has only allowed 11 goals in her three-year career … Has 112 career saves.
2020 (Sophomore): Started at goalie in all three games during season shortened due to COVID-19 ... Ranked seventh in Division III with a NESCAC-best .611 save percentage and 11th with a 5.60 goals against average ... Made 22 saves while allowing 14 goals in 150 minutes played ... Selected by NESCAC as Player of the Week on March 9 ... Had 16 saves, 11 of which came in the first half, on 23 shots (.696) in win over Amherst.
2019 (Freshman): Appeared 17 games, drawing two starts for the 19-3 Jumbos who set a program record for wins and competed in the NCAA "Final Four" ... Finished the season with a 5-2 record after spending nearly 497 minutes in the cage ... Posted a 7.49 goals against average and a save percentage of 54.1 ... Made her collegiate debut in the season opener at Hamilton (3/2).
High School: Was on the lacrosse, cross country and ski racing teams at Newburyport High School ... 2018 Cape Ann League MVP ... Two-time First Team Cape Ann League All-Star ... First Team EMass All-Star ... Captain of the lacrosse and ski racing team ... Salutatorian of her class ... National Honor Society ... Slam Poetry Team.
Personal: Daughter of Tom and Dawn ... Two siblings, Emily and Jeremy ... Twin sister, Emily, plays club lacrosse at Northeastern.
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