Caroline Blalock

Caroline Blalock Louisville Women's Lacrosse

Caroline Blalock breaks the Duke defense on March 10, 2018 at UofL Lacrosse Stadium.

Photo by: Jermaine Bibb | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Junior
Position:
Midfielder
High School:
Marriotts Ridge
Hometown:
Ellicott City, Md.
Prev School:
Marriotts Ridge

As a Grad-Student (2022): Named USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention... named All-ACC Second Team... named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List... played in all 18 games, making 17 starts... led the Cards in assists (19) and ground balls (36)... ranked second in points (57) and caused turnovers (18)... ranked third in goals (38) and draw controls (41)... ranked sixth in the ACC with 2.0 ground balls per game... her 78 games played is tied for first all-time in UofL program history with Sarah Blalock (2018-22)... ranks second all-time in caused turnovers (95), ground balls (163) and assists (57), ranks fifth in draw controls (146) and eighth in goals (144)... scored at least one goal in 15 of 18 games, including 13 multi goal-games and four hat tricks... finished the season on a 24-game point streak (4/3/21-4/27/22), the longest of her career and the longest since Hannah Koloski's 22-game point streak (4/23/16-5/12/17)... recorded three points, scoring two goals with one assist while grabbing two ground balls and a caused turnover in the ACC Tournament loss to Pitt on 4/27... led the team with six points, scoring five goals with one assist, adding a team-high two ground balls and season-high five draw controls in the loss to Notre Dame on 4/23... set a new career-high, scoring seven goals while picking up a team-high four ground balls in the win at Niagara on 4/18... recorded a team-high three assists and two caused turnovers, adding two draw controls and ground ball in the loss at Pitt on 4/9... stuffed the stat sheet, recording two goals, one assist, one caused turnover with a team-high three ground balls and four draw controls in the win over Vanderbilt on 4/5... recorded a team-high three assists, five caused turnovers and four ground balls in the loss to Ohio State on 3/31... tallied two goals, four draw controls and a caused turnover in the loss at Duke on 3/17... scored two goals in the loss at North Carolina on 3/13... set new career-highs with five assists and eight points, with both tied for fourth all-time in a single game, and tied her season-high with three goals in the win at Cincinnati on 3/9... tallied new season-highs with four ground balls and three caused turnovers in the loss to Boston College on 3/5... netted two goals for the sixth straight game in the win vs. Butler on 3/1... set new season-highs with three goals and four draw controls in the win vs. Virginia Tech on 2/26... tied season-high two goals and three ground balls in the win vs. Central Michigan on 2/20... scored two goals for the third straight game, adding a season-high three draw controls and one assist in the win over Marquette on 2/18... recorded a team-high two goals, two ground balls, one draw control and one caused turnover in the loss at Denver on 2/13... tallied two goals and a team-high three ground balls in the OT loss at Colorado on 2/11/22.

As a Senior (2021): Named IWLCA All-Region Second Team ... named All-ACC Second Team, as voted on by Atlantic Coast Conference coaches ... named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... named an ILWomen Midseason Second Team All-American and received votes for the ILWomen Midseason Breakthrough Player of the Year ... named Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American Honorable Mention ... started all 16 games ... led team with 11 assists, 32 ground balls, 39 draw controls and 21 caused turnovers ... second on team with 30 goals and 41 points ... ranked first in ACC with .647 free position percentage, fourth with 0.69 free positions per game, sixth with 1.31 caused turnovers per game, seventh with 2.0 ground balls per game ... her 106 career goals are tied for ninth all-time in UofL program history with Lianne Bobal (2008-11) ... ranks second all-time in UofL history in caused turnovers (77), fourth in ground balls (127), fifth in assists (38) and sixth in draw controls (104) ... scored at least one goal in 14 of 16 games (did not record goal in two games at BC), including 11 multi-goal goal and four hat tricks ... had a season-high four goals on 10 shots at Central Michigan on March 12 ... Twice had a season-high five points with two goals and three assists at Virginia on March 6 and three goals and two assists at Virginia Tech on April 3 ... finished with season-high five ground balls and a season-high tying four caused turnovers, while also recording two goals, against Notre Dame on March 21 ... also had four caused turnovers at Virginia Tech, a game where she also added three goals and two assists ... recorded at least one draw control in 15 of 16 games, including a season-high six against Syracuse on April 18.

As a Junior (2020): Named preseason All-ACC, as voted on by Atlantic Coast Conference coaches ... played in all nine games with four starts, finishing the season with 13 goals, five assists, 18 points, 20 ground balls, nine caused turnovers and five draw controls ... ranked sixth in the ACC with 2.2 ground balls per game ... her 20 ground balls led the team, while her 13 goals ranked third and her five assists and 18 points ranked fourth ... scored at least one goal in eight of nine games and had five games with two goals ... had two goals and an assist in 16-11 win at Cincinnati on 2/9 ... finished with two goals and two assists for a season-high four points, while also recording three ground balls in 15-6 loss vs. No. 9 Denver on 2/15 .... had one goal and a season-high five ground balls in 15-11 loss at No. 14 Michigan on 2/21 ... two goals and an assist, while recording three ground balls and three caused turnovers in 17-7 win over Longwood on 3/3 ... two goals and four ground balls in 17-7 win over Niagara on 3/9

As a Sophomore (2019): Named ACC All-Academic Team ... played in all 18 games with six starts ... her 23 caused turnovers ranked third on team, eighth in ACC and tied for 10th in UofL single season history ... ranked fifth on the team with 20 goals ... ranked third on team with 10 assists ... ranked fourth on team with 30 points ... ranked fourth on the team with 34 ground balls ... led the team in ground balls in five games ... led the team in points in three games ... five times led the team in caused turnovers ... scored at least one goal in 13 of 18 games ... had two or more ground balls in nine games ... had a season-high three goals, a season-high three assists, a season-high six points, while tying a season-high four ground balls vs. Mercer on 2/23/29.

As a Freshman (2018): Named All-ACC Second Team ... named ILWomen All-Rookie Team ... named IWLCA All Region Second Team ... played in all 17 games with 14 starts ... led the team with 43 goals, 55 points, and 24 caused turnovers ... 2.53 goals per game led the team ... 3.24 points per game led the team ... 1.41 caused turnovers led the team, ranked fourth in ACC .... 2.41 ground balls per game, ranked fifth in ACC .... scored career-high five goals vs. Robert Morris and six times scores four goals (Marquette, Butler, Coastal Caroline, Duke, Mercer, Virginia) ... ranked second on the team with 41 ground balls and third with 38 draw controls ... led the team with nine hat tricks ... scored four goals vs. Virginia on April 14 and was named ILWomen National Rookie of the Week ... scored career-high five goals at Robert Morris on March 24 ... dished out career-high three assists and recorded career-high seven points at Mercer on March 14 ... career-high five caused turnovers vs. Boston College on March 17 ... career-high seven ground balls vs. Virginia Tech on March 31 ... Team Captain.

Prep: three-year letter winner on her varsity lacrosse team at Marriotts Ridge High School in Elliott City, Maryland ... 2017 US Lacrosse All-American and Academic All American ... 2017 All Howard County selection ... 2017 Marriotts Ridge Female Student Athlete of the Year ... named to the 2017 Pre-Season USA Today All USA Girls Lacrosse second team ... 2017 ILWomen Senior Top Guns selection ... two-time Washington PostAll Met selection ... led Marriotts Ridge team in goals and assists in 2015, 2016 and 2017 ... received Under Armour Underclass All-American honors, US Lacrosse All-Academic All-American, and first team All-County honors in 2016 ... was also a member of the 2016 Howard County Championship team ... in 2015, she was given Brine National All-American honors and named to the Maryland Crab Draw Underclass All-Star Team ... named to ILWomen Power 100 Incoming Freshman List.

Personal: Born April 23, 1999...daughter of Gordon and Julia Blalock... has three siblings, James(24), Andrew(22) and twin sister Sarah(also player on the Louisville LAX team), Major: Business