Irish Student Athletes reflect on the holiday, with some of their favorite memories.
Two-time monogram winner for the Irish after her first two seasons at Notre Dame ... will quarterback the Irish offense in her junior year ... all-BIG EAST and All-American candidate in 2011 ... talented player who works behind the net, setting up her teammates ... good feeder who also can take the ball to the cage to keep opposing defenses guessing ... for two seasons had the opportunity to learn from one of the best in All-American Gina Scioscia '10 ... has outstanding lacrosse skills ... versatile player who can fill the role of the playmaker or be the finisher ... has the uncanny ability to recognize a defense and break it down ... makes the players on the field around her better ... has excellent instincts around the cage ... catches in tight spaces and knows how to finish the play ... two-time U.S. Lacrosse high school All-American ... also excelled in the classroom as she was a two-time U.S. Lacrosse high school Academic All-American ... has played in 38 games at Notre Dame with 33 goals and 46 assists for 79 points ... already ranked ninth on the Irish all-time assist list with 46 in two seasons ... has 17 ground balls four draw controls and six caused turnovers ... enters the 2011 season with an 18-game scoring streak with 18 goals and 26 assists for 44 points in the streak ... two-time selection to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team (2009, 2010).
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in all 18 games, making 17 starts ... second on the team in scoring with 18 goals and 26 assists for 44 points, all career highs ... scored in all 18 games on the season for a career-best point streak that she will enter the 2011 seasons with ... had 12 games with two or more points and six with two or more goals ... picked up 10 ground balls, two draw controls and one caused turnover on the year ... opened the season with two assists in the 13-12 win over Hofstra (2/23) ... had a career-high four assists in the 15-10 win over Duquesne (2/27) ... had two goals and one assist for three points in games against Dartmouth (3/7) and California (3/13) ... scored twice in the 7-6 win at Boston University ... set up three goals in the 10-9 loss at home to Vanderbilt (3/24) ... had a career-high, five-point game (2g, 3a) in the 11-9 win over Louisville ... held to one assist in back-to-back losses at Northwestern and Georgetown ... sparked the Irish to an 11-10 win at Loyola (4/5) with three goals and an assist ... chipped in a goal and two assists in 16-0 win over Villanova (4/9) ... set up one goal in the 6-5 upset win of Syracuse (4/11) ... scored once in 15-5 win against Cincinnati (4/17) ... scored one goal, the game winner, and one assist in 12-11 win at Ohio State (4/22) ... assisted on one goal in 12-11 loss at Rutgers (4/24) ... had four-point game (3g, 1a) as Irish defeated Connecticut (5/1) to end regular season ... assisted on three goals in the 12-11, four-overtime loss to Syracuse in the BIG EAST semifinals ... held to one goal in the 19-7 loss to Northwestern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 21 games as a rookie coming off the bench ... had 15 goals and 20 assists for 35 points - the seventh best single-season total for an Irish freshman ... added seven ground balls, two draw controls and five caused turnovers ... had three multi-goal games, seven multi-assist contests and 10 games with two or more points ... had points in 15 of 21 games ... got career off to a fast start with a goal and two assists for three points in opening win versus Duquesne (2/14) ... scored once in the 21-5 loss to Northwestern ... after being held scoreless versus Ohio State recorded a goal and two assists in 17-8 win over Stanford ... followed with a goal and an assist in 16-11 win at Dartmouth ... held to just one assist in 17-15 win over Hofstra (3/14) ... collected three points (1g, 2a) in 18-9 victory over Rutgers and followed that with the first of three career-high four-point games, getting a goal and three assists in 20-4 win over California ... turned in back-to-back four-point games in 16-5 win at Cincinnati (2g, 2a) and a career-high three goals and one assist in 20-8 win at Louisville (4/5) ... picked up just one assist in losses at Syracuse and Vanderbilt ... equaled career high with three goals in 20-5 win over Connecticut ... set up a pair of goals in 12-10 win over Georgetown in the BIG EAST championship game on April 26 ... chipped in two more assists in regular-season finale at Cornell (11-9 win) ... closed the season with one goal in the 19-13 victory over Vanderbilt in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Played three sports at Boyertown High School in Boyertown, Pa. ... won four letters in lacrosse, three in basketball and played soccer for one season ... helped Boyertown girls lacrosse to four straight Pioneer Athletic Conference championships, going 55-0 in conference games ... helped squad to two District I semifinal appearances in 2007 and 2008 ... finished her career as the school and the conference's all-time leading scorer with 463 career points ... broke the 25-year old school record with 299 career goals ... added 164 assists ... had 92 goals and 38 assists for 130 points as a senior ... four-time first team all-PAC 10 conference selection ... four-time all-area selection ... named the Pottstown Mercury all-area player of the year in 2007 and 2008 ...named to the 2008 Philly Lacrosse.com first team all-area ... winner of Boyertown High School's Marcella Wise Award for outstanding display of character, leadership and sportsmanship for 2007-08 ... two-time nominee for Berks County athlete of the year ... member of the Phantastix Club Lacrosse team ... played in the U.S. Lacrosse national tournament in 2006 and 2007 for the Upper Atlantic Team ... full name is Margaret Mary Tamasitis ... daughter of Bill and Bonnie Tamasitis ... has two brothers, John and Patrick, and one sister, Courtney who played lacrosse at Duquesne University and is the head lacrosse coach at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pa. ... born February 3, 1990 in Reading, Pa. ... majoring in Film, Television and Theater in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame.
