2019 Women's Lacrosse Roster
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O'Meally, Cara
Midfield
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Jersey Number 2
Cara O'Meally
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bay Shore, N.Y.
- High School:
- Bay Shore
- Position:
- Midfield
Bio
| Career Highs (End of 2018 Season) | ||
| Stat | Number | Date |
| Goals | 2 | Twice |
| Assists | 0 | N/A |
| Points | 2 | Twice |
| Ground Balls | 4 | at Binghamton (2/27/16) |
| Draw Controls | 1 | Four Times |
| Caused Turnovers | 3 | Three Times |
| Shots | 4 | vs. CCSU (3/30/16) |
- Two-time MAAC All-Academic Team (2017, 2018)
- 2016 QU Most Outstanding Rookie
AS A JUNIOR IN 2018:
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
- Member of the IWLCA Zag Sports Academic Honor Roll
- Started nine games before missing the rest of the season with an injury
- Recorded nine groundballs and eight caused turnovers
- Opened the season with groundballs in seven straight games and had at least one groundball and one caused turnover in five straight games from 2/21 to 3/6
- Had two groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. Yale (2/21)
- Tallied one groundball and one caused turnover in a 15-8 win over Saint Francis (2/24)
- Recorded two groundballs and caused two turnovers in a 16-4 win vs. Hartford (2/28)
- Had one groundball and one caused turnover in an 11-8 win vs. Sacred Heart (3/3) and at Hofstra (3/6)
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2017:
- 2017 MAAC All-Academic Team
- Appeared in all 17 games (five starts) for the Bobcats
- Tallied 11 ground balls, nine caused turnovers and two draw controls for the season
- Tied for fourth on the team with nine caused turnovers
- Forced two turnovers against Monmouth (3/25)
- Tallied one ground ball, one caused turnover and one draw control in a road win at Manhattan (4/1)
- Posted two ground balls at Marist (4/8)
- Grabbed two ground balls with one caused turnover against Fairfield (4/12)
- Went for season highs in both ground balls and caused turnovers with three each in the MAAC quarterfinals at Marist (4/29)
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2016:
- Named Quinnipiac’s 2016 Most Outstanding Rookie
- Appeared in and started all 16 games for the Bobcats
- Used all over the field in both the attack and defensive midfield positions
- Totaled seven goals, 17 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers in her first season
- Ranked fourth on the team in caused turnovers while her shooting percentage (seven goals on nine shots, .778%) was the best on the team
- She posted a stellar four-game stretch from March 26 – April 9 where she posted two multi-goal games while notching six of her seven goals on the season
- Posted her first career goal while also tallying a season-high four ground balls at Binghamton (2/27)
- Picked up three ground balls and tied her season-high with three caused turnovers in a 6-5 road win over Army West Point (3/5)
- Went for two ground balls and two caused turnovers in games against UMass Lowell (3/11) and Hofstra (3/19)
- Picked up one goal at Niagara (3/26)
- Was great all-around with two goals, season-high four shots, three caused turnovers and two ground balls at home against CCSU (3/30)
- Tallied one goal at home against Canisius (4/2)
- Picked up two goals at Siena (4/6)
BEFORE QUINNIPIAC:
- Graduated from Bay Shore High School in 2015
- All-County in 2015 as a senior
- Lacrosse and swinning team captain at Bay Shore in her 2014-15 senior season
- Two-time US Academic All-American in lacrosse and swimming during her junior and senior seasons
PERSONAL:
- Born and raised in Bay Shore, New York
- Daughter of Fred and Della O'Meally
- Has two older sisters Kristina and Marissa
- Kristina graduated from Georgetown University while Marissa played lacrosse and graduated from UC Berkeley
- Traveled to India for the month of June 2017 to participate in a public health and community medicine initiative in New Delhi
- Majoring in Biomedical Marketing
Quinnipiac Athletics 2024-25 Highlight Video
Tuesday, May 20
Quinnipiac vs. Canisius
Wednesday, April 16
WLAX vs. Merrimack (4/9/25)
Wednesday, April 09
Women's Lacrosse vs Sacred Heart (3.29)
Saturday, March 29
