10 Kathleen Gillespie
Kathleen Gillespie
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Topsfield, Mass.
  • High School:
    Masconomet Regional
  • Position:
    M
  • gp
    16
  • p
    22
  • g
    21
  • a
    1

Bio

2017: Started 17 of the team’s games … led team in both draw controls (60) and caused turnovers (15) … ranked T-10th in the NE10 in draw controls … notched 14 goals and 7 assists for 21 points on the season … had a hat trick in 11-10 win over Saint Anselm (March 29) … had three assists in 13-7 win at Southern New Hampshire (April 15) … recorded season-high six draw controls twice; vs. Southern Conn (April 4) and Saint Michael’s (April 26).

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 ... parents' names are Jim and Kristen Gillespie ... has two siblings, Jack, who played lacrosse at Tufts and Molly, who plays at UMass-Amherst.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 14 Pace W, 14-13
Apr 17 at Merrimack L, 15-10
Apr 21 at Le Moyne L, 17-8
Apr 25 New Haven L, 9-8
Apr 28 Southern N.H. W, 21-10
May 2 at Pace L, 18-10
  Overall Conf
Games 16 13
Points 22 15
Goals 21 14
Assists 1 1
Shots 83 67
Shooting percentage 25.3 20.9
Shots on goal 52 39
Shots on goal percentage 62.7 58.2
Free position goals-shots 7-22 5-20
Ground balls 31 26
Draw controls 64 52
Turnovers 31 25
Caused turnovers 13 12
Fouls 7 7
Yellow cards 0 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
Feb 28 at LIU Post L, 15-5 1 0 1 1-1 0 1 1 0 3 33.3 1 33.3 0 - 0 0
Mar 15 at New York Tech W, 11-10 5 0 5 1-1 3 6 1 1 9 55.6 8 88.9 0 - 0 0
Mar 17 American Int'l W, 17-12 1 0 1 1-1 4 6 1 1 2 50.0 2 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 20 at Assumption W, 14-13 1 0 1 1-2 3 5 6 3 5 20.0 2 40.0 4 - 0 0
Mar 24 Stonehill W, 10-8 2 0 2 0-2 3 3 1 1 5 40.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 28 Franklin Pierce L, 13-10 1 0 1 0-3 4 9 2 1 13 7.7 6 46.2 0 - 0 0
Mar 31 at Saint Anselm W, 12-9 0 0 0 0-2 1 4 1 0 6 0.0 2 33.3 0 - 0 0
Apr 3 at St. Michael's W, 15-6 1 0 1 0-1 0 4 2 1 4 25.0 3 75.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 7 at Southern Conn. St. W, 13-6 2 0 2 1-1 0 2 3 0 3 66.7 3 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 11 Adelphi L, 15-4 0 0 0 0-1 2 0 0 0 3 0.0 2 66.7 0 - 0 0
Apr 14 Pace W, 14-13 1 0 1 0-2 2 5 4 0 3 33.3 2 66.7 0 - 0 0
Apr 17 at Merrimack L, 15-10 2 0 2 1-2 2 5 2 3 9 22.2 4 44.4 1 - 0 0
Apr 21 at Le Moyne L, 17-8 1 0 1 0-0 1 1 0 0 3 33.3 3 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 25 New Haven L, 9-8 0 0 0 0-0 1 3 2 1 5 0.0 1 20.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 28 Southern N.H. W, 21-10 2 1 3 1-3 3 5 1 1 6 33.3 5 83.3 0 - 0 0
May 2 at Pace L, 18-10 1 0 1 0-0 2 5 4 0 4 25.0 4 100.0 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 16 16 21 1 22 7-22 31 64 31 13 83 25.3 52 62.7 7 - 0 0
Conference 13 13 14 1 15 5-20 26 52 25 12 67 20.9 39 58.2 7 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 7 7 1 8 2-12 19 31 11 5 37 18.9 22 59.5 0 - 0 0
Away 9 9 14 0 14 5-10 12 33 20 8 46 30.4 30 65.2 7 - 0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 9 9 15 1 16 5-15 19 40 20 8 43 34.9 31 72.1 5 - 0 0
Losses 7 7 6 0 6 2-7 12 24 11 5 40 15.0 21 52.5 2 - 0 0
Month February 1 1 1 0 1 1-1 0 1 1 0 3 33.3 1 33.3 0 - 0 0
March 6 6 10 0 10 3-11 18 33 12 7 40 25.0 24 60.0 4 - 0 0
April 8 8 9 1 10 3-10 11 25 14 6 36 25.0 23 63.9 3 - 0 0
May 1 1 1 0 1 0-0 2 5 4 0 4 25.0 4 100.0 0 - 0 0

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