![Briana Sweeney](/sports/wlax/2016-17/photos/SweeneyB.jpg?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Shirley, N.Y.
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- High School:
- Longwood HS
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Bio
Through the end of her junior season, ranked fifth all-time in program history in points (160) and goals (123), was tied for fifth in shots on goal (231) and ranked sixth in assists (37).
Among program single-season records, throught he end of her junior season, ranked second in assists (22, 2017), fifth in goals (54, 2016), tied for sixth in points (63, 2016 and 2017) and seventh in shots on goal (100, 2016).
As a Junior in 2017: Appeared in all 16 games in the midfield for the Ravens, including 15 starts...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Finished tied for seventh in the NE10 in free-position goals (12-for-33), ranked eighth in assists (22), tied for ninth in shots on goal (80), tied for 13th in points (63) and ranked 14th in goals (41)...Led the team in assists and caused turnovers (17)...Ranked second on the team in goals, points, shot attempts (120), shots on goal, free-position goals and draw controls (41)...Recorded 27 ground balls and turned the ball over 50 times...Piled up a career-best 11 points on six goals and five assists, all while recorded four ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers, in the season opener at Nyack on 3/4...Notched seven points on five goals and two assists, to go with four ground balls, four draw controls and four caused turnovers, against Shepherd on 3/13...Notched 4-1-5 to go with one ground ball, two draw controls and a caused turnover against Assumption on 3/21...Tallied 4-1-5 with two ground balls, three draw controls and three caused turnovers at Saint Michael's on 3/29...Collected seven points on three goals and four assists, while picking up two ground balls and five draw controls at New Haven on 4/2...Tallied 4-1-5 with five ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover at American International on 4/12...Notched 3-2-5 with a ground ball, four draw controls and a caused turnover against Pace on 4/22.
2017 Statistics
As a Sophomore in 2016: Named to the NE-10 All-Conference Second Team...Spring Northeast-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Sweeney appeared and started in all 16 games for the Ravens...she totaled 63 points this season off of 54 goals and nine assists....She collected 32 ground balls, won 31 draw controls and caused 21 turnovers..her shots on goal percentage is 80.6%...She had a season high of eight goals against Saint Michael's (3/30)... which she matched against Southern Connecticut State (4/16)...she had six goals against Assumption (3/23)...she grounded five balls against Georgian Court (3/17)..and caused four turnovers against Merrimack (4/5)..2016 Statistics
As a Freshman in 2015: Sweeney appeared in all 15 games for the Ravens, her collegiate debut was against Stonehill (3/3)... scoring 28 goals with six assists, a shooting percentage of 73.9%...Collecting 20 ground balls,36 draw controls and causing five turnovers...Scoring her first two goals against St. Thomas Aquinas (3/8) collecting one ground ball and two draw contorls. One of her best games of the season was against St. Michales (4/3) scoing four goals with three ground balls, four draw controls and casuing one turnover...Also scoring four goals against Southern New Hampshire (4/8) collecting one ground ball and four draw controls....Against Pace (4/18) she recoreded three goals with two assists, and five draw controls. 2015 Statistics
Before Franklin Pierce: Three-year letterwinner and two-time All-Conference selection at Longwood High School (N.Y.)...Played at the club level for Long Island Adrenaline...Also a lettered four times in soccer, four times in indoor track & field and once in outdoor track & field...Named school's Most Outstanding Female Athlete...Four-time All-County and All-League selection in track & field...Earned soccer team's Bulldog Award as a senior.
Personal: Daughter of Thomas and Victoria Sweeney...Undecided on a major...Has an older brother, Michael, an older sister, Samantha, and a twin sister, Caitlin...Caitlin (bio) is also a member of the lacrosse team at Franklin Pierce.
Player Profile
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Games | 16 | 13 | ||
Points | 63 | 45 | ||
Goals | 41 | 30 | ||
Assists | 22 | 15 | ||
Shots | 120 | 95 | ||
Shooting percentage | 34.2 | 31.6 | ||
Shots on goal | 80 | 59 | ||
Shots on goal percentage | 66.7 | 62.1 | ||
Free position goals-shots | 12-33 | 9-29 | ||
Ground balls | 27 | 17 | ||
Draw controls | 41 | 34 | ||
Turnovers | 50 | 38 | ||
Caused turnovers | 17 | 11 | ||
Fouls | 17 | 10 | ||
Yellow cards | 10 | 7 | ||
Red cards | 1 | 0 | ||
Green cards | 0 | 0 |
Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | fpg-fps | gb | dc | to | ct | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | fo | peyc | rc | gc |
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Mar 4 | at Nyack | W, 16-3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 100.0 | 6 | 100.0 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
Mar 13 | Shepherd | W, 16-9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1-1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 41.7 | 11 | 91.7 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Mar 16 | at Post | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Mar 18 | at Stonehill | L, 13-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
Mar 21 | Assumption | L, 11-10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1-5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 40.0 | 7 | 70.0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Mar 25 | Saint Anselm | L, 11-10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Mar 29 | at Saint Michael's | W, 13-9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 33.3 | 8 | 66.7 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Apr 2 | at New Haven | L, 18-13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 42.9 | 3 | 42.9 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 |
Apr 4 | at Merrimack | W, 16-8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 66.7 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Apr 8 | Southern New Hampshire | W, 15-14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Apr 12 | at American International | W, 10-8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0-1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 33.3 | 10 | 83.3 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Apr 15 | at Southern Connecticut State | W, 17-16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 37.5 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Apr 18 | Bentley | L, 10-8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 37.5 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Apr 22 | Pace | L, 13-12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2-4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 23.1 | 4 | 30.8 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Apr 26 | Adelphi | L, 20-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Apr 29 | at Le Moyne | L, 17-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 5 | 55.6 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
May 3 | at Le Moyne | L, 13-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 4 | 57.1 | 4 | - | 1 | 0 |
gp | gs | g | a | pts | fpg-fps | gb | dc | to | ct | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | fo | peyc | rc | gc | |
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2014-15 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 34 | 4-12 | 20 | 36 | 27 | 5 | 69 | 40.6 | 51 | 73.9 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 |
2015-16 | 16 | 16 | 54 | 9 | 63 | 18-36 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 21 | 124 | 43.5 | 100 | 80.6 | 22 | - | 0 | 0 |
2016-17 | 16 | 15 | 41 | 22 | 63 | 12-33 | 27 | 41 | 50 | 17 | 120 | 34.2 | 80 | 66.7 | 17 | - | 1 | 0 |
2017-18 | 14 | 14 | 42 | 12 | 54 | 10-18 | 41 | 63 | 44 | 21 | 108 | 38.9 | 79 | 73.1 | 23 | - | 0 | 1 |
Total | 61 | 58 | 165 | 49 | 214 | 44-99 | 120 | 171 | 150 | 64 | 421 | 39.2 | 310 | 73.6 | 70 | - | 1 | 1 |
gp | gs | g | a | pts | fpg-fps | gb | dc | to | ct | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | fo | peyc | rc | gc | ||
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Event | Total | 16 | 15 | 41 | 22 | 63 | 12-33 | 27 | 41 | 50 | 17 | 120 | 34.2 | 80 | 66.7 | 17 | - | 1 | 0 |
Conference | 13 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 45 | 9-29 | 17 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 95 | 31.6 | 59 | 62.1 | 10 | - | 0 | 0 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 7 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 4-13 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 51 | 33.3 | 34 | 66.7 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Away | 9 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 8-20 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 69 | 34.8 | 46 | 66.7 | 17 | - | 1 | 0 | |
Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Result | Wins | 7 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 36 | 8-14 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 58 | 43.1 | 46 | 79.3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
Losses | 9 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 4-19 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 62 | 25.8 | 34 | 54.8 | 14 | - | 1 | 0 | |
Month | March | 6 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 7-15 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 47 | 42.6 | 36 | 76.6 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 |
April | 9 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 5-17 | 13 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 66 | 31.8 | 40 | 60.6 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 | |
May | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 4 | 57.1 | 4 | - | 1 | 0 |
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