2021 Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Sydney Scales
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Walpole, Mass.
- High School:
- Walpole
AS A SENIOR (2024)
Started in all 20 appearances ... team captain ... Eagle of the Year ... ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year ... ACC All-Academic ... IWLCA Defender of the Year ... IWLCA First-Team All-American ... First-Team IWLCA All-Northeast Region ... USA Lacrosse First-Team All-American ... Inside Lacrosse First-Team All-American ... Back-to-back ACC Defender of the Year ... ACC Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... First-Team All-ACC ... ACC Defensive Player of the Week ... Top 25 Tewaaraton finalist ... anchored one of the best defenses in the nation, helping BC lead the ACC in goals allowed per game (8.43) ... Â led the team with a career-high 39 caused turnovers and posted a team-high 39 ground balls ... was third in the ACC in caused turnovers and caused turnovers per game ... had 24 caused turnovers over the last 11 games (15 in first nine) ... Â recorded four caused turnovers and five GBs in the overtime win over Syracuse (4/18) ... posted a career-high five caused turnovers against Notre Dame (4/26) in the ACC semifinals win with five ground balls ... was named the ACC Tournament Most Outstanding Player after posting eight caused turnovers and 11 ground balls through three games ... ended her career with 111 caused turnovers and 142 ground balls, which is fifth all-time in school history ... in her four years, BC registered 76 wins, two ACC titles, two national titles and four straight Championship Weekend appearances.Â
AS A JUNIOR (2023)
Played and started in 23 games … ACC All-Academic … IWLCA First-Team All-American … Inside Lacrosse/IL Women First-Team All-American … USA Lacrosse Magazine Second-Team All-American … IWLCA Northeast All-Region … ACC All-First Team … ACC All-Tournament Team … first on the team with a career high 37 caused turnovers … first on the team with 41 ground balls … second in the ACC in caused turnovers and fourth in ground balls … only player in the ACC with at least 40 ground balls and 35 caused turnovers … registered a personal-high four caused turnovers in three games against UMass (2/15), Brown (?), and in the national title game against Northwestern (5/28) … tied a career high with five ground balls against Brown … had eight games with multiple ground balls and caused turnovers … scored her first career goal in the ACC Tournament against Duke (4/26).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
IWLCA Second-Team All-American ... Inside Lacrosse/IL Women Midseason All-American Honorable Mention ... All-ACC First Team ... ACC Defensive Player of the Week (3/15) ... All-ACC Academic ... Started in all 22 appearances ... Tied for the team lead with a career-high 26 caused turnovers ... Her personal-best 46 ground balls led the team and was fourth in the ACC ... Recorded a career-high five ground balls with three caused turnovers at Harvard (4/12) ... Tallied four ground balls and two caused turnovers versus Notre Dame (4/9).Â
AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
All-ACC Freshman Team … Appeared in all 21 games with 18 starts … Picked up 16 ground balls with nine caused turnovers on the year … Had only point of the season against Notre Dame in the NCAA Quarterfinal … Had three ground balls against Hofstra on March 20 … Scooped three ground balls with a caused turnover against Virginia Tech on April 10 … Caused two turnovers against Notre Dame on April 17 and Syracuse on April 24 … Caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball in the NCAA Championship game against Syracuse.
BEFORE BC
Played field hockey, lacrosse and basketball at Walpole High School … First team Bay State all-star in 2018 and 2019 … 2019 Bay State MVP … Two-time Boston Globe all-star … 2019 Boston Herald all-star … Under Armour underclassmen All-American … Three-time Bay State all-star … 2019 Boston Globe and Boston Herald field hockey all-scholastic … 2019 field hockey all-region … 2020 Will McDonough Boston Globe Female Athlete of the Year in Massachusetts … 1,000 point scorer in basketball … National Honor Society member … High Honor Roll student … Played for Outlaws and Laxachusetts … Great uncle, Donnie Coughlin, and grandfather, Martin Coughlin, attended BC ...
Recipient of the Sullivan Family Flynn Fund Scholar
