1 Layla Drinkwater
1 - Layla Drinkwater
Height: 5-4
Year: Junior
Hometown: Bolton Valley, Vt.
High School: Mount Mansfield Union
Position: Defense
Major: Nursing
gp 18
p 10
g 6
a 4

Career Single-Game Highs

Goals: 2, at Regis (March, 22, 2023)
Assists: 2, at Saint Joseph (Conn.) (April 13, 2024)
Points: 3, vs Norwich (April 25, 2024) 
Ground Balls: 6, at Johnson & Wales, April 26, 2023)
Draw Controls:
4, multiple times
Caused Turnovers: 4, at Saint Joseph (Conn.) (April 13, 2024)

2024:
Has appeared in all 18 games for the Sharks, starting 17 of those … Registered a total of six goals, 33 ground balls, 10 draw controls, and 35 caused turnovers for the season ... Eclipsed her single-game high with two assists and four caused turnovers against Saint Joseph (Conn.) (April 13) ... Registered a career single-game high of 3 points vs. Norwich (April 25)

2023:
Has appeared in 19 games, while starting 15 ... Recorded 10 goals and four assists for 14 points, while tallying 25 ground balls, 31 draw controls, and 16 caused turnovers ... Registered a career single-game high two goals againt Regis College (March 22) ... Tied career single-game high with four draw controls four times times: Grove City (March 8), Dean (March 25), Anna Maria (April 15) and Saint Joseph's College of Maine (May, 2023) ... Eclipsed her career single-game best scooping up six ground balls against Johnson & Wales (April 26, 2023). 

2022:
Appeared in 15 of 19 games for the Sharks ... Registered two goals and an assist for three points, while tallying 11 draw controls, seven ground balls and seven caused turnovers ... Made her collegiate debut on March 1 against UMass Dartmouth recording two draw controls ... Scored her first collegiate goal against Regis (April 12) ... Tallied a season high four draw controls against Rivier (March 29). 

Before Simmons: 
Four-year Varsity starter on defense for Mount Mansfield Union (Vt.) ... Named the defensive MVP in 2019 and 2020 ... Earned All-State recognition in 2021 ... Selected to the Twin State All Star team in 2021 ... Member of the 802 Lacrossse club team ... Received the Mount Mansfield Union Academic Boosters Excellence Award ... Member of the National Technical Honors Society ... Enjoys skiing, snowboarding, hiking and teaching skiing ... Daughter of Jill and Brian Drinkwater. 

Recent Games
Apr 6 Norwich W, 18-10
Apr 9 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine L, 15-5
Apr 13 at Saint Joseph (Conn.) L, 16-13
Apr 16 Anna Maria W, 16-1
Apr 20 Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 10-6
Apr 25 No. 5N Norwich L, 10-8
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 18 11
Points 10 5
Goals 6 3
Assists 4 2
Shots 19 12
Shooting percentage 31.6 25.0
Shots on goal 11 6
Shots on goal percentage 57.9 50.0
Free position goals-shots 1-5 0-2
Ground balls 33 21
Draw controls 10 4
Turnovers 26 15
Caused turnovers 35 25
Fouls 40 25
Yellow cards 8 4
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 16 11
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Feb 21 at Salve Regina L, 6-4 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Feb 24 at Mount Holyoke W, 17-4 1 0 1 0-1 2 0 2 1 2 50.0 2 100.0 4 - 0 0
Feb 27 Hartford W, 10-7 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 2 Wheaton (Mass.) L, 15-3 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 2 2 1 0.0 0 0.0 3 - 0 0
Mar 6 at Worcester St. L, 16-10 1 0 1 0-0 2 0 1 1 1 100.0 1 100.0 3 - 0 1
Mar 9 at Nichols L, 12-5 0 0 0 0-1 1 3 1 2 2 0.0 1 50.0 0 - 0 3
Mar 16 at Emmanuel (Mass.) L, 9-5 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 22 at Colby-Sawyer L, 16-2 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 3 2 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 1
Mar 23 Rivier W, 12-8 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 - 4 - 0 1
Mar 26 at Elms W, 20-5 1 0 1 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 50.0 2 100.0 0 - 0 2
Mar 29 Regis (Mass.) W, 10-6 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 - 0 - 4 - 0 1
Apr 2 at New England Col. W, 15-5 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 3 - 0 2
Apr 6 Norwich W, 18-10 1 0 1 0-0 3 0 1 3 1 100.0 1 100.0 4 - 0 1
Apr 9 at Saint Joseph's College of Maine L, 15-5 1 0 1 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 50.0 1 50.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 13 at Saint Joseph (Conn.) L, 16-13 0 2 2 0-1 5 0 4 4 3 0.0 0 0.0 2 - 0 1
Apr 16 Anna Maria W, 16-1 0 0 0 0-1 4 1 1 4 2 0.0 0 0.0 4 - 0 1
Apr 20 Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 10-6 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 1 4 2 0.0 2 100.0 3 - 0 1
Apr 25 No. 5N Norwich L, 10-8 1 2 3 1-1 4 3 3 4 1 100.0 1 100.0 5 - 0 1
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2021-22 15 - 2 1 3 0-4 7 11 18 7 10 20.0 8 80.0 5 - 0 0
2022-23 19 15 10 4 14 0-2 25 31 22 16 21 47.6 17 81.0 8 - 0 0
2023-24 18 17 6 4 10 1-5 33 10 26 35 19 31.6 11 57.9 40 - 0 16
Total 52 32 18 9 27 1-11 65 52 66 58 50 36.0 36 72.0 53 - 0 16
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Total 18 17 6 4 10 1-5 33 10 26 35 19 31.6 11 57.9 40 - 0 16
Conference 11 11 3 2 5 0-2 21 4 15 25 12 25.0 6 50.0 25 - 0 11
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 8 2 2 4 1-2 17 5 10 21 7 28.6 4 57.1 27 - 0 6
Away 10 9 4 2 6 0-3 16 5 16 14 12 33.3 7 58.3 13 - 0 10
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 8 8 3 0 3 0-2 16 1 8 13 7 42.9 5 71.4 23 - 0 8
Losses 10 9 3 4 7 1-3 17 9 18 22 12 25.0 6 50.0 17 - 0 8
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February 3 2 1 0 1 0-1 4 0 4 1 2 50.0 2 100.0 4 - 0 0
March 8 8 2 0 2 0-1 9 4 9 13 6 33.3 4 66.7 14 - 0 9
April 7 7 3 4 7 1-3 20 6 13 21 11 27.3 5 45.5 22 - 0 7