10 Kathleen Gillespie
Kathleen Gillespie
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Jr
  • Hometown:
    Topsfield, Mass.
  • High School:
    Masconomet Regional
  • Position:
    M
  • gp
    17
  • p
    21
  • g
    14
  • a
    7

Bio

2016: Ranked 3rd in NE10 in most draw controls (65) … had 15 goals and four assists for 19 points … started all 18 games she appeared in … grabbed a season-high nine draw controls in 16-4 win at Pheiffer (March 18) … netted a hat trick in 10-8 win over AIC (April 5) … scored the go-ahead goal with 1:32 left to lift Bentley to 9-8 win over Stonehill in NE10 quarterfinals (May 4) … 3rd on team in caused turnovers (10), and scooped up 26 ground balls.

2015: Named to Northeast-10 All-Rookie team … led team in draw controls (78), which was 7th best in NE-10 … scored 17 goals and added four assists on the season … played in and started 13 games … had one goal, two assists and seven draw controls in win over Dowling March 8 … netted a hat trick in victory over Southern N.H. March 14 … scored four goals and had 10 draw controls in win over Assumption March 31 … two goals and one assist in victory over Southern Conn State April 4 … named the NE-10 Rookie of the Week April 7.

Before Bentley: 2014 graduate of Masconomet Regional High School ... named the Cape Ann League Player of the Year .. Scholar-Athlete selection ... team captain ... also team captain of cross country and swim teams.

Personal: Majoring in finance ... age as of March 1: 21 ... daughter of Jim and Kristen Gillespie ... has two siblings, Jack (23) who played lacrosse at Tufts and Molly (18), who plays at UMass-Amherst.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 15 at Southern N.H. W, 13-7
Apr 18 at Franklin Pierce W, 10-8
Apr 22 Merrimack W, 11-8
Apr 26 St. Michael's W, 15-12
Apr 29 at New Haven L, 18-11
May 3 at Adelphi L, 16-1
  Overall Conf
Games 17 13
Points 21 18
Goals 14 12
Assists 7 6
Shots 58 51
Shooting percentage 24.1 23.5
Shots on goal 33 30
Shots on goal percentage 56.9 58.8
Free position goals-shots 2-11 2-11
Ground balls 27 22
Draw controls 60 48
Turnovers 21 16
Caused turnovers 15 14
Fouls 17 9
Yellow cards 1 0
Red cards 0 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
Mar 6 vs. Grand Valley St. L, 13-5 1 0 1 0-0 3 4 1 1 4 25.0 2 50.0 5 - 0 0
Mar 8 vs. Queens (N.C.) L, 8-5 1 0 1 0-0 2 3 3 0 2 50.0 1 50.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 13 at New York Tech W, 8-7 0 1 1 0-0 0 5 0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 3 - 0 0
Mar 18 at Le Moyne L, 12-6 1 0 1 0-1 0 1 1 0 3 33.3 3 100.0 2 - 0 0
Mar 21 at Pace L, 15-2 0 0 0 0-1 0 4 0 0 4 0.0 3 75.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 25 at Adelphi L, 15-0 0 0 0 0-0 1 2 2 0 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 0
Mar 29 Saint Anselm W, 11-10 3 0 3 1-3 1 2 0 1 11 27.3 6 54.5 0 - 0 0
Apr 1 at American Int'l W, 9-8 2 0 2 1-2 4 4 1 2 6 33.3 4 66.7 0 - 0 0
Apr 4 Southern Conn. St. W, 17-7 2 1 3 0-0 3 6 2 2 3 66.7 2 66.7 0 - 0 0
Apr 8 Assumption L, 11-10 1 1 2 0-2 3 4 2 3 4 25.0 2 50.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 12 at Stonehill L, 7-6 0 1 1 0-1 3 2 2 4 2 0.0 1 50.0 2 - 0 0
Apr 15 at Southern N.H. W, 13-7 0 3 3 0-0 1 4 0 0 3 0.0 2 66.7 2 - 0 0
Apr 18 at Franklin Pierce W, 10-8 1 0 1 0-1 1 4 2 0 5 20.0 2 40.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 22 Merrimack W, 11-8 1 0 1 0-0 2 5 2 1 7 14.3 4 57.1 0 - 0 0
Apr 26 St. Michael's W, 15-12 0 0 0 0-0 3 6 1 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 29 at New Haven L, 18-11 1 0 1 0-0 0 4 1 0 3 33.3 1 33.3 2 - 0 0
May 3 at Adelphi L, 16-1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2014-15 13 13 17 4 21 7-10 11 78 17 9 32 53.1 29 90.6 4 - 0 0
2015-16 18 18 15 4 19 5-10 26 65 36 10 38 39.5 27 71.1 22 - 0 0
2016-17 17 17 14 7 21 2-11 27 60 21 15 58 24.1 33 56.9 17 - 0 0
2017-18 16 16 21 1 22 7-22 31 64 31 13 83 25.3 52 62.7 7 - 0 0
Total 64 64 67 16 83 21-53 95 267 105 47 211 31.8 141 66.8 50 - 0 0
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 17 17 14 7 21 2-11 27 60 21 15 58 24.1 33 56.9 17 - 0 0
Conference 13 13 12 6 18 2-11 22 48 16 14 51 23.5 30 58.8 9 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 5 7 2 9 1-5 12 23 7 8 25 28.0 14 56.0 0 - 0 0
Away 10 10 5 5 10 1-6 10 30 10 6 27 18.5 16 59.3 12 - 0 0
Neutral 2 2 2 0 2 0-0 5 7 4 1 6 33.3 3 50.0 5 - 0 0
Result Wins 8 8 9 5 14 2-6 15 36 8 7 36 25.0 20 55.6 5 - 0 0
Losses 9 9 5 2 7 0-5 12 24 13 8 22 22.7 13 59.1 12 - 0 0
Month March 7 7 6 1 7 1-5 7 21 7 2 25 24.0 15 60.0 11 - 0 0
April 9 9 8 6 14 1-6 20 39 13 13 33 24.2 18 54.5 6 - 0 0
May 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0

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