22 Cara McCarthy
Cara McCarthy
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Salem, N.H.
  • High School:
    Central Catholic
  • Position:
    M
  • gp
    14
  • p
    21
  • g
    19
  • a
    2

Bio

2020: Did not appear in any games due to injury.

2019: Voted 3rd team NE10 All-Conference … also named to the NE10 Academic All-Conference team … scored 43 goals, tied for the 12th most by a Bentley player in a single season … ranked second on the team in goals, points (47) and draw controls (36) …scored six goals in two different games, against Assumption (March 19) and Franklin Pierce (March 27) … had five goals against Saint Anselm (March 30) … caused 16 turnovers on the season, tied for 4th most on the team.

2018: Played in 15 games and made 10 starts in freshman season … finished season 4th on team in both goals (19) and points (22) … scored 6 goals, the most by a Bentley player in 2018, in 14-13 win over Pace (April 14) … had 4 goals and 2 assists in 21-10 win over Southern N.H. (April 28) … notched two goals to help Bentley to road win over Saint Anselm (March 31).

Before Bentley: 2017 graduate of Central Catholic High School ... named to the Merrimack Valley All-Conference team for junior and senior seasons ... also earned Eagle Tribune and Boston Globe All-Star awards ... finished career with 100+ goals ... team captain for senior season at Central Catholic ... National Honor Society.

Personal: Majoring in marketing, as well as Media, Arts and Society LSM ... parents' names are Michael and Lori ... has one sibling, Sean.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 28 Stonehill
May 3 Assumption W, 10-9
May 6 Saint Anselm W, 13-10
May 9 Adelphi W, 9-8
May 14 vs. Mercy
May 16 at Roberts Wesleyan L, 10-7
  Overall Conf
Games 14 10
Points 21 16
Goals 19 14
Assists 2 2
Shots 61 47
Shooting percentage 31.1 29.8
Shots on goal 46 36
Shots on goal percentage 75.4 76.6
Free position goals-shots 6-15 4-10
Ground balls 11 11
Draw controls 49 34
Turnovers 24 16
Caused turnovers 4 4
Fouls 8 8
Yellow cards 2 1
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 17 Assumption   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 20 at Franklin Pierce   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 25 at New Haven W, 12-8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 Southern N.H. W, 21-10 1 0 1 0-0 1 8 1 0 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 29 Assumption L, 8-5 0 1 1 0-2 3 2 4 1 3 0.0 3 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 31 at Franklin Pierce W, 11-9 3 0 3 2-3 0 2 0 0 6 50.0 6 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 7 at Stonehill W, 11-9 2 1 3 0-2 1 0 1 2 9 22.2 8 88.9 1 - 0 0
Apr 10 at Assumption W, 10-7 0 0 0 0-0 1 3 1 0 4 0.0 2 50.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 10 Franklin Pierce   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 13 at Saint Anselm L, 12-11 4 0 4 1-1 0 6 0 0 5 80.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 15 at St. Michael's W, 12-2 0 0 0 0-1 1 1 1 0 6 0.0 3 50.0 3 - 0 0
Apr 17 at Southern N.H. W, 17-4 2 0 2 0-0 3 2 3 0 3 66.7 3 100.0 4 - 0 0
Apr 20 Saint Anselm W, 9-7 1 0 1 1-1 0 5 2 1 7 14.3 4 57.1 0 - 0 0
Apr 24 St. Michael's W, 16-3 1 0 1 0-0 1 5 3 0 3 33.3 2 66.7 0 - 0 0
Apr 28 Stonehill   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
May 3 Assumption W, 10-9 1 0 1 1-2 0 6 0 0 6 16.7 5 83.3 0 - 0 0
May 6 Saint Anselm W, 13-10 4 0 4 1-1 0 5 2 0 6 66.7 5 83.3 0 - 0 0
May 9 Adelphi W, 9-8 0 0 0 0-1 0 3 2 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 - 0 0
May 14 vs. Mercy   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
May 16 at Roberts Wesleyan L, 10-7 0 0 0 0-1 0 1 4 0 1 0.0 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
2017-18 15 10 19 3 22 3-9 15 9 23 6 56 33.9 44 78.6 6 - 0 1
2018-19 17 17 43 4 47 15-38 20 36 33 16 117 36.8 88 75.2 11 - 0 0
2019-20 - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-21 14 13 19 2 21 6-15 11 49 24 4 61 31.1 46 75.4 8 - 0 0
2021-22 16 16 33 12 45 15-25 10 61 26 3 79 41.8 59 74.7 3 - 0 0
Total 62 56 114 21 135 39-87 56 155 106 29 313 36.4 237 75.7 28 - 0 1
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 14 13 19 2 21 6-15 11 49 24 4 61 31.1 46 75.4 8 - 0 0
Conference 10 9 14 2 16 4-10 11 34 16 4 47 29.8 36 76.6 8 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 6 8 1 9 3-7 5 34 14 2 27 29.6 20 74.1 0 - 0 0
Away 7 7 11 1 12 3-8 6 15 10 2 34 32.4 26 76.5 8 - 0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 11 10 15 1 16 5-11 8 40 16 3 52 28.8 39 75.0 8 - 0 0
Losses 3 3 4 1 5 1-4 3 9 8 1 9 44.4 7 77.8 0 - 0 0
Month March 3 2 4 1 5 2-5 4 12 5 1 10 40.0 10 100.0 0 - 0 0
April 7 7 10 1 11 2-5 7 22 11 3 37 27.0 26 70.3 8 - 0 0
May 4 4 5 0 5 2-5 0 15 8 0 14 35.7 10 71.4 0 - 0 0

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No. 14 Bentley Improves to 3-1 with 11-9 Victory over Franklin Pierce

No. 14 ranked Bentley University improved to 3-1 on the season with an 11-9 win on the road over Franklin Pierce on Wednesday night.

March 31, 2021

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No. 17 Bentley Flies Past Southern New Hampshire, 21-10

The 17th ranked Bentley University women’s lacrosse team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 21-10 victory over Southern New Hampshire on...

March 27, 2021

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On This Day, 2019: No. 20 Bentley Improves to 4-0 With 13-12 Double OT Win over No. 19 Assumption

On March 19, 2019, sophomore Cara McCarthy scored off a breakaway with 1.1 seconds left in the 2nd overtime to give No. 20 Bentley a 13-12 home...

March 19, 2021

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Bentley Voted First in NE10 Women’s Lacrosse Northeast Division Preseason Poll

The Northeast-10 released its preseason coaches poll for women’s lacrosse on Thursday, and Bentley University was voted first in the...

March 4, 2021

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Quartet Named 2021 Bentley Women’s Lacrosse Team Captains

Graduate student Eliza Bresler (Newton, Mass./Newton North), and seniors Dana Lewandowski (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), Cara McCarthy (Salem,...

January 29, 2021