Maddie Birch

Class:
Senior
Position:
Defender
High School:
Wall
Hometown:
Wall, N.J.
Prev School:
Wall

As a Senior (2021): Played in 14 games with 13 starts ... ranked third on the team with 13 caused turnovers ... finished season with two assists, 12 ground balls and two draw controls ... her 66 career caused turnovers are tied for fourth in UofL program history with Cortnee Daley (2013-16) ... recorded at least one caused turnover in 10 of 14 games, including three games with two caused turnovers ... recorded an assist against Cincinnati on March 1 and North Carolina on March 18.

As a Junior (2020): Played in all nine games with seven starts ... finished season with 18 ground balls, 17 caused turnovers and two goals ... led the ACC with 1.9 caused turnovers per game ... led the team with 17 caused turnovers and ranked second with 18 ground balls ... had five caused turnovers and two ground balls in 16-11 win at Cincinnati on 2/9, the five caused turnovers tied her career-high for caused turnovers in a game - she also had five in a 20-2 win over Mercer on 2/23/19 ... had three caused turnovers and two ground balls in 19-7 loss at No. 1 North Carolina on 3/5 ... had three caused turnovers and two ground balls in 17-7 win over Niagara on 3/9

As a Sophomore (2019): Named ACC All-Academic Team ... saw action in all 18 games with 18 starts ... tied for team-lead and ranked seventh in ACC with 37 ground balls, along with Shay Clevenger and Rachel Florek ... her 2.06 ground balls per game also ranked seventh in ACC ... led the ACC and ranked 55th in nation with 1.50 caused turnovers per game, also ranked seventh all-time UofL single season history ... her 27 caused turnovers tied for third in the ACC and are tied for fifth all-time in program history with Monica Negron (2012) and Ashley King (2009) ... had two or more ground balls in 10 games ... had two or more caused turnovers in 10 games ... led the team in ground balls in six games ... led the team in caused turnovers in six games ... her six ground balls at Duquesne 3/12/19 set a career-high and tied Brenna Shanahan vs. Vanderbilt on 2/27/19 for most in a game this season ... her five caused turnovers vs. Mercer on 2/23/19 set a career-high, tied Alex McNicholas at Boston College on 4/20/19 for most in a game this season and is tied for seventh all-time in a single game in program history ... had four ground balls and five caused turnovers vs. Mercer on 2/23/19 ... had five ground balls and two caused turnovers vs. Delaware on 3/31/19.

As a Freshman (2018): Saw action in 16 games with nine starts ... scored goal at Butler on Feb. 22 ... finished season with 13 ground ball and nine caused turnovers.

Prep: Four-year letter winner for the varsity lacrosse team at Wall High School in Wall, New Jersey ... as a freshman Birch broke the record for most goals by a freshman at Wall with 54, the previous record was 13 ... was also the first sophomore to score 100 goals at Wall High School ... was named to the 2015 All-Shore team, the 2015 Under Armour All-American team, and the 2014 University of Maryland All-Star Team at Maximum Exposure Camp ... was held out of the 2016 season due to injury.