The team recently concluded fall ball and will turn toward November training.
Two-time monogram winner at Notre Dame ... moved into the starting lineup at midfield for the Irish as a sophomore ... had a break out season in her first year as a starter ... plays a smart defensive style of play ... knows when to go on the offensive and move the ball ... has excellent speed and quickness for the Notre Dame transition game ... plays the game at both ends of the field ... showed a strong knack for jumping into the offense and taking the ball to the cage ... team leader on the field ... very competitive player ... has good defensive instincts that help to disrupt the opposition and force turnvers ... joins fellow juniors Kelly Driscoll (Andover) and Jordy Shoemaker (Andover), plus younger sister, Lauren, to give the Irish four roster members from Massachusetts ... with sister, Lauren, a freshman, becomes the ninth set of sisters to play for the Irish and head coach Tracy Coyne in the 15-year history of the program ... member of Mass Elite Club Team along with Driscoll and Shoemaker ... two-time U.S. Lacrosse first team high school All-American (2007, 2008) ... has played in 39 games at Notre Dame, scoring 20 goals with seven assists for 27 points ... grabbed 32 ground balls with 17 draw controls and 17 caused turnovers ... two-time selection to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team (2009, 2010) ... selected by her teammates as Notre Dame's Most Improved Player in 2010.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played and started in all 18 games at midfield for the Irish ... was sixth on the team in scoring with 16 goals and six assists for 22 points ... on the defensive side, had 21 ground balls, 12 draw controls and 10 caused turnovers, all career highs ... had seven games with two or more points and four games with two or more goals ... opened the season with a pair of goals in the 13-12 win over Hofstra (2/23) ... had second consecutive two-point game (1g, 1a) in 15-10 win over Duquesne (2/27) ... held scoreless by Dartmouth but collected a season and career-best three ground balls versus the Big Green ... had one goal and three ground balls in 10-9 home loss to Vanderbilt (3/24) ... scored a career-high four goals, including the game winner, for four points in 11-9 win against Louisville (3/27) ... scored a pair of goals in the 12-10 loss at Georgetown (4/3) ... scored one goal in 11-10 win at Loyola (4/5) ... finished the season with goals in four straight games, getting a goal and an assist in the 12-11 loss at Rutgers (4/24) ... followed that with one goal in 16-9 regular-season finale at Connecticut (5/1) ... in the postseason had a pair of goals in the 12-11, four overtime loss to Rutgers in the BIG EAST semifinals ... closed the season with a goal and an assist in the 19-7 loss at Northwestern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... selected by her teammates as Notre Dame's Most Improved Player following the season.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 21 games in her rookie season ... scored four goals with one assist while recording 11 ground balls, five draw controls and seven caused turnovers ... first collegiate game came in 22-7 win over Duquesne (2/14) where she picked up a ground ball and one draw control ... scored first collegiate goal in 16-12 win over James Madison (3/10) ... had first multiple-goal contest with a pair of goals in 20-5 win over California (3/22) ... earned first assist in 14-12 loss to Georgetown (3/27) ... final goal of the season came at Vanderbilt (4/15) in 18-11 loss to the Commodores.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-sport athlete at Winchester High School in Winchester, Mass. ... won four letters in soccer, ice hockey and lacrosse during her career ... served as team captain as a senior in soccer and ice hockey and was a two-time captain for the lacrosse team as a junior and senior ... helped soccer team to conference championships in 2006 and 2008 and was an all-Middlesex League selection ... in lacrosse, helped Winchester to four consecutive conference and regional championships while taking a Massachusetts Division 2 State title in 2008 ... selected as the team MVP as a senior ... two-time all-conference, all-city and all-state selection in lacrosse ... as a senior, had 79 goals and 16 assists for 95 points ... finished her high school career with 171 goals and 75 assists for 246 points ... named to the Boston Herald Spring all-scholastic team in 2008 ... two-time Boston Globe all-scholastic selection ... named the Globe's Division 2 player of the year in 2008 ... full name is Megan Lindsay Sullivan ... daughter of Gary and Kerry Sullivan ... has one sister ... born November 2, 1989 in Boston, Mass. ... majoring in Film, Television and Theatre in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame.
