17 Carson Battaglia
17 Carson Battaglia
Height: 5-2
Year: 2024
Hometown: Gorham, Maine
High School: Gorham
Position: Midfield
Major: Nursing
gp 20
p 51
g 41
a 10

Accolades:
All-GNAC: First Team (2022, 2023)
All-GNAC: Third Team (2021)
GNAC Midfielder of the Year (2022)
GNAC All-Academic: 2023
IWLCA Academic Honor Roll: 2023

2023: Played and started in all 20 games as a junior midfielder…Tallied 41 goals, 10 assists, 72 ground balls, 157 draw controls, and 35 caused turnovers…Led the conference in draw controls and ranked third in the GNAC in ground balls…Broke the Monks' career draw controls record in the team's final game of the 2023 campaign and heads into her senior season with 328 draw controls in 48 career games…Netted at least one goal in the Monks’ first 15 games and scored in 18 different contests overall…Scored multiple goals in 13 different games…Potted a career-high five goals in wins over Southern Maine and Simmons University on March 1st and April 19th, respectively…Notched a personal-best five caused turnovers in a triumph at Emmanuel College on March 25th…Picked up a career-best six ground balls in a win over Norwich on April 28th…Named First Team All-Conference for the second-consecutive season…Also claimed GNAC All-Academic and IWLCA Academic Honor Roll accolades.

2022: Played in 20 games with 19 starts as a sophomore midfielder…netted 40 goals with 47 total points and 11 free-position markers…led the conference – and broke the SJC season record - with 136 draw controls…picked up 43 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers…opened the 2022 campaign with three goals and nine draw controls in a 20-4 win over Maine Maritime on February 19th…tallied three goals, six draw controls, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers in a victory over UMaine-Farmington on March 10th…posted three goals, 16 draw controls, and a pair of ground balls in a 19-5 win at Lasell University on March 29th…potted four goals with an assist and six draw controls in a victory over Dean College on April 9th…picked up 14 draw controls with a goal and two assists in a 19-4 triumph over Regis College five days later…scored four goals with an assist and eight draw controls against Norwich University on April 18th…scored twice with 10 draw controls in a 15-3 win at Albertus Magnus College on April 23rd…broke the SJC single-season draw controls record (113) in the victory over the Falcons…added four goals, nine draw controls, and three ground balls in a triumph over Elms College seven days later…notched two goals - including the eventual game-winner - with four ground balls in the Monks’ GNAC Championship victory over Johnson & Wales University on May 7th…capped her sophomore season as the Monks’ career leader in draw controls per game (6.11)...garnered First Team All-GNAC and GNAC Midfielder of the Year accolades.

2021: Played in all eight games and started in five as a freshman midfielder…had her first collegiate goal and assist along with three ground balls and a draw control at Gordon College on Mar 13th winning 17-6…had three draw controls on Mar. 20th vs Bates College…tallied three goals, three ground balls, four draw controls, and a caused turnover in the 17-5 win over Becker College on Mar. 28th…three days later snatched seven draw controls and had a ground ball and a caused turnover in a 17-6 win over Norwich University…scored two goals along with a season high of 10 draw controls at Thomas College in the 16-3 victory on Apr. 3rd…tallied three goals, six draw controls, two ground balls, and a caused turnover at Simmons College in the 15-6 GNAC win on Apr. 7th…scored three goals and had three draw controls at Norwich University on Apr. 19th, winning 18-7. 

Why Saint Joseph's? The campus, nursing program, and athletics.

High School: Participated in cross country, ice hockey, and lacrosse at Gorham High School...part of the girls cross country Southern Maine Class A Regional Champions in 2017, competed in XC New England Championships in 2017 and 2019...received girls cross country Outstanding Newcomer Award in 2017, girls ice hockey Most Improved Player in 2017, named to SMAA Girls Lacrosse All Conference Team in 2018 and 2019, girls lacrosse captain 2019 and 2020, listed on the SMAA All Academic Team 2019, girls cross country Coach's Award in 2019, and was named girls ice hockey captain 2019-2020...received the Outstanding Student in earth space science in the 2016-2017 academic year, Outstanding Effort in health education during the 2017-2018 school year, was the Smith College Book Award recipient in 2019, was part of the Early Scholar Program in 2019-2020, and was a National Honor Society member...played on the Maineiax Lacrosse club team for three years.

Community Service: 100 hours (Interact Club, Habitat for Humanity, Relay for Life, Gorham Youth Lacrosse, Gorham Cross Country, Girls on The Run)

Personal: Carson Emily Battaglia, daughter of Kellie and Brett Battaglia...sister to Conor and Hayden Battaglia.

Recent Games
Apr 19 at Simmons W, 15-8
Apr 22 St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 14-3
Apr 26 Colby-Sawyer W, 14-11
Apr 28 Norwich W, 21-2
May 3 Simmons W, 11-5
May 6 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 10-6
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 20 13
Points 51 34
Goals 41 28
Assists 10 6
Shots 95 68
Shooting percentage 43.2 41.2
Shots on goal 67 47
Shots on goal percentage 70.5 69.1
Free position goals-shots 12-21 11-18
Ground balls 72 43
Draw controls 157 120
Turnovers 51 37
Caused turnovers 35 22
Fouls 11 2
Yellow cards 4 2
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 1 1
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Feb 18 at U. of New England W, 12-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 25 Gordon W, 17-5 3 1 4 0-1 4 8 0 1 6 50.0 4 66.7 0 - 0 0
Mar 1 Southern Me. W, 13-5 5 0 5 1-1 4 3 0 2 5 100.0 5 100.0 1 - 0 0
Mar 8 at Plymouth St. L, 11-9 1 0 1 0-1 4 1 1 1 6 16.7 2 33.3 5 - 0 0
Mar 11 at Norwich W, 21-7 2 1 3 0-0 1 10 2 0 3 66.7 2 66.7 0 - 0 1
Mar 13 Bates L, 15-9 1 1 2 0-0 2 6 5 1 3 33.3 2 66.7 2 - 0 0
Mar 18 at Anna Maria W, 19-4 4 1 5 1-1 1 8 3 2 5 80.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 22 at Dean W, 20-8 2 0 2 1-1 4 5 1 2 7 28.6 4 57.1 1 - 0 0
Mar 25 at Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 13-8 2 0 2 1-2 2 15 5 5 4 50.0 3 75.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 29 Rivier W, 17-7 2 2 4 1-1 4 1 1 2 5 40.0 3 60.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 1 Albertus Magnus W, 19-1 1 0 1 0-0 4 14 4 2 4 25.0 2 50.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 5 Lasell W, 17-3 2 1 3 0-0 4 8 1 0 4 50.0 2 50.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 8 at Elms W, 18-7 1 0 1 0-1 5 6 0 3 5 20.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 12 Regis (Mass.) W, 17-3 3 0 3 2-2 4 13 3 0 8 37.5 7 87.5 0 - 0 0
Apr 15 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 11-9 2 1 3 0-2 4 8 3 1 4 50.0 4 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 19 at Simmons W, 15-8 5 0 5 4-6 3 12 4 4 8 62.5 5 62.5 0 - 0 0
Apr 22 St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 14-3 0 0 0 0-1 4 10 5 1 5 0.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 26 Colby-Sawyer W, 14-11 2 0 2 1-1 3 10 5 0 6 33.3 3 50.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 28 Norwich W, 21-2 2 1 3 0-0 6 11 5 2 2 100.0 2 100.0 0 - 0 0
May 3 Simmons W, 11-5 1 1 2 0-0 4 1 3 4 4 25.0 4 100.0 1 - 0 0
May 6 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 10-6 0 0 0 0-0 5 7 0 2 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2020-21 8 5 12 1 13 2-3 13 35 6 3 25 48.0 19 76.0 6 - 0 0
2021-22 20 19 40 7 47 11-21 43 136 29 14 85 47.1 63 74.1 21 - 0 0
2022-23 20 20 41 10 51 12-21 72 157 51 35 95 43.2 67 70.5 11 - 0 1
2023-24 19 19 43 14 57 11-22 91 125 48 36 115 37.4 86 74.8 18 - 0 5
Total 67 63 136 32 168 36-67 219 453 134 88 320 42.5 235 73.4 56 - 0 6
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Total 20 20 41 10 51 12-21 72 157 51 35 95 43.2 67 70.5 11 - 0 1
Conference 13 13 28 6 34 11-18 43 120 37 22 68 41.2 47 69.1 2 - 0 1
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 11 11 22 7 29 5-7 43 85 32 15 52 42.3 38 73.1 5 - 0 0
Away 9 9 19 3 22 7-14 29 72 19 20 43 44.2 29 67.4 6 - 0 1
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 16 16 37 8 45 12-18 57 135 42 30 81 45.7 58 71.6 4 - 0 1
Losses 4 4 4 2 6 0-3 15 22 9 5 14 28.6 9 64.3 7 - 0 0
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February 1 1 3 1 4 0-1 4 8 0 1 6 50.0 4 66.7 0 - 0 0
March 8 8 19 5 24 5-7 22 49 18 15 38 50.0 25 65.8 9 - 0 1
April 9 9 18 3 21 7-13 37 92 30 13 46 39.1 33 71.7 1 - 0 0
May 2 2 1 1 2 0-0 9 8 3 6 5 20.0 5 100.0 1 - 0 0