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Lilly Hengerer

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Position
5'8''
Height
Graduate Student
Class
Bedminster, N.J.
Hometown
Bernards High School
High School
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2020 Cavalier Daily Feature

2024

  • Scored a goal in the win against Cal (9/20)
  • Scored her second goal of the year against William & Mary (9/29)

2023 – NCAA Semifinals

  • Started all 21 games
  • Assisted on a goal at Temple (9/3)
  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • Named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll

2022

  • Appeared in all 21 games
  • Scored her lone goal of the season against James Madison (9/4)
  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021

  • In an injury-hampered season, appeared in 12 games with two starts
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll

2020-21

  • Was in the starting lineup for her first collegiate game against Wake Forest (9/26)
  • Appeared in all 18 games, making three starts
  • Logger her first career points in the season-finale at Syracuse, assisting on the game-winning goal (4/16)
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB HOCKEY

  • Scored 53 goals with 40 assists in three years at Bernards High School
  • Two-time North Jersey Group 2 First Team after being named to the second team her sophomore year
  • Three-time All Somerset County First Team, All-Division First Team, and Skyland Conference First Team
  • Earned the Scholar-Athlete distinction three times
  • Played on the Irish U16 National Field Hockey team, earning her first national team cap against USA
  • As a member of the Irish U16 team, played a three-game series against Scotland in Scotland as well as traveling to Spain to compete in the Six Nations Tournament
  • Member of the Irish U15 girls soccer team from 2014-16, scoring the winning goal in a match against Northern Ireland

PERSONAL

  • Parents are Robin Hengerer and Mark Hengerer
  • Twin sister of Meghen
  • Older sister, Kelsey, plays field hockey at Richmond, graduating in 2020
  • Lived in Galway, Ireland for over five years, moving to the United States for her sophomore year of high school
  • Also played Gaelic football while living in Ireland
  • Psychology major