2015: Played and started in all 17 games for a PC career record for most games played (71) and started (70) ... Team Captain ... A Big South Conference All-Academic Team selection for the second straight year ... Scored her first goal of the season against Furman (2/18) ... Tallied a goal in the 18-5 win over Gardner-Webb (3/12) ... Scored a goal against Liberty on her Senior Night (4/12) ... Recorded another individual goal against Campbell (4/17) ... Had a goal against Winthrop in the Big South Tournament Quarterfinals (4/28) ... Her four assists this season, which ties for third on the team ... Compiled 14 ground balls, 13 draw controls, and 10 caused turnovers.
2014: A Big South Conference All-Academic Team selection… Played in all 18 games, starting all of them… Let the team with a .680 shot percentage, scoring 17 goals on 25 shots… Her 17 goals and 21 points marked the sixth-most on the team… Tallied 19 ground balls, 11 draw controls and five caused turnovers… Scored four goals in games against Delaware State (2/22) and Saint Mary’s (4/15)… Scored a pair of goals against Saint Francis (3/7), Cincinnati (3/9), Kennesaw State (3/16) and Howard (3/30)… Collected five ground balls against Longwood (4/11)… Caused two turnovers against Newberry (2/20).
2013: Started all 17 games… Scored seven goals and one assist in a more offensive role… Scored her first career goal against USC (2/15) before scoring against two days later at Fresno State (2/17) while picking up an assist… Also tallied a goal in a wins over Stetson (3/5) and Kennesaw State (3/22) as well as games against Coastal Carolina (3/29), Longwood (4/14) and High Point (4/20)… Collected a season-high four ground balls against Davidson (4/7) and two draw controls in games against Cincinnati (3/17), Winthrop (4/1) and Longwood… Caused five turnovers on the season.
2012: Played in all 19 games, starting 18... Provided a strong presence on the defensive end, collecting ground balls in 16 contests... Tallied on shot on goal against Saint Joseph's (3/7)... Made her first career start in the season opener against Virginia Tech (2/11) and started the final 17 games of the contests... Caused two turnovers against Howard (4/22)... Grabbed three ground balls in games against Saint Joseph's and Liberty (5/5)... Finished the season with 25 ground balls, four draw controls and seven caused turnovers.
High School: Played for coach Margarite Dempsey at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J.… Earned Academic All-American honors her junior and senior years… Named first team All-District and selected for the Under Amour All American Team… Scored 10 Goals and five assists in her senior season… Played for the STEPS club lacrosse team.
Personal: Margaret Linhart Richardson... Daughter of Meg and Don Richardson… Brother Will plays lacrosse at Centre College… Majoring in International Studies.
