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2021 Field Hockey Roster
Posternak, Lily
Jersey Number 9
Lily Posternak
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- York, Maine
Bio
Honors: NFHCA National Academic Squad (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22).
Career: Played in 97 career games with 70 starting assignments … Registered seven goals and 14 assists for 28 points … Four-time NFHCA National Academic Team … Five-time ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2021: Started all 17 games in the midfield … Scored one goal and three assists for five points … Duke’s primary penalty corner inserter … Tallied a goal in 3-0 win at Boston University (10/24) … Registered assists at James Madison (9/19), North Carolina (10/8) and Boston College (10/22) … Took a season-high 10 penalty corners in setback to the Tar Heels … Voted by teammates as the recipient of the Laura Suchoski Midfielder of the Year award … NFHCA National Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21: Started all 16 games of the season as a senior captain … Finished the year with eight points on two goals and four assists … Registered nine shots with seven on frame … Scored against Wake Forest (3/19) and North Carolina (10/18) … Assisted in two consecutive games vs. Wake Forest (10/25) and Virginia (10/31).
2019 (Stats): Started all 21 games … Duke’s inserter on penalty corners … Finished the year with four goals and four assists for 12 points … Scored a career-best two tallies in a 4-1 win against Cal (9/14) ... Registered three points in a victory at No. 25 William & Mary (9/1) ... Notched the first game-winning goal of her career against the Tribe … Also had a goal in the NCAA Championship first round loss to Iowa (11/15) … Provided assists in four different games.
2018 (Stats): Played in all 22 contests during Duke's run to the NCAA quarterfinals, starting 12 in the midfield ... Wrapped up the season with five points on one goal and three assists ... Notched first career goal against No. 4 Maryland in the B1G/ACC Cup (9/2) ... Added first career assist the following weekend in a 4-1 defeat of No. 5 Penn State (9/9).
2017 (Stats): Took the field in all 21 contests as a freshman, making four starts in the midfield … Notched a corner against No. 15 Princeton (9/17) … Placed all three shots for the season on cage.
Prior to Duke: Member of U.S. U19 and U17 junior national teams … Futures Elite selection in 2014 and 2015 and three-time Junior National Camp selection … Named the MAX Field Hockey Northeast Player of the Year in 2016 … Guided York to three consecutive undefeated seasons … Established school records in career goals (88) and assists (57) … Three-time Maine Sunday Telegram Player of the Year … Provided game-winning goal that gave York its third straight Class B state title as a senior … Also tabbed Miss Maine Field Hockey her final year and the Maine Female High School Athlete of the Year as a junior … Four-time all-state pick … Notched career-best 38 goals and 21 assists as a senior … Also lettered four years in basketball, leading York to the 2016 state title and an undefeated record … Member of the National Society of High School Scholars and the Spanish National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Lilian Lee Posternak Nov. 18, 1998 in Portsmouth, N.H. … Daughter of Dan and Kristin Posternak … Has three brothers (Matt, Jake and Jared) and one sister (Cari) … Sister played one season of field hockey at the University of New Hampshire.
Last updated: July 16, 2021
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