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99 - Paulina DiFatta
PAULINA DIFATTA
POSITION: Goalkeeper HOMETOWN: Dix Hills, N.Y. COLLEGE: Pittsburgh HEIGHT: 5-7 paulinadifatta
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Morgan’s Message
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Season: Accrued 566 leaderboard points, including three games with 85 points … made two appearances as a rookie … started season opener against Team Apuzzo and registered two saves in 14 minutes … also saw action during Week Two opener against Team Moreno ... one of 15 players picked in 2022 Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse College Draft.
AT PITTSBURGH
Finished college career as a member of the Panthers’ inaugural team after playing at Elon and Fairfield … accrued 37-31 career record with 661 saves and .493 save percentage … tallied 148 ground balls and 41 caused turnovers during her career … Second-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and IWLCA All-Region performer who started all 19 games for the Panthers in 2022 … also earned Honorable Mention All-America distinction from Inside Lacrosse … fashioned .469 save percentage and 11.95 goals against average … led ACC and ranked 17th in NCAA Division I with 51 ground balls ... set ACC Tournament records for saves in a single game and in a tournament … registered 37 saves in two tournament games, including career-high 19 stops against Louisville in opening round … posted 10 or more saves in a game 10 times during 2022 campaign … spent three seasons at Elon, starting 28-of-29 contests … did not appear in a game during 2020 season … led Phoenix to 9-3 record as a senior … garnered Honorable Mention All-America recognition from USA Lacrosse Magazine in 2021 after posting .529 save percentage with 23 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers … owns Elon single-season record with 160 saves as a sophomore in 2019 while starting 17-of-18 games … also named to Colonial Athletic Association All-Tournament Team … started career at Fairfield in 2018, earning a spot on Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team … ranked second in Division I with 211 saves, which set Fairfield single-season record … also ranked sixth in the country as a freshman with .512 save percentage.
PERSONAL
Graduated from Elon with a degree in finance … also earned Master’s degree in management from Pittsburgh … enjoys listening to Billy Joel and Taylor Swift … hobbies include traveling, creating Spotify playlists and collecting vinyl records … one of three children in the family.
DIFATTA’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
SAVES SEASON GP GS MP GA GAA Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT TOTAL SAVE % LPTS
2022 2 1 24 8 13.33 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.200 566
