Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll	2023: October 3
OPA Winning Teams/NFHCA National Academic Squad	2021
BIG EAST All-Academic Team	2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Career: Veteran of 73 games played for the Wildcats and started 66 consecutive games to conclude her career … Named team captain her senior season … Part of the team’s back line who owns four career defensive saves and two career shots on goal …Villanova has allowed two goals or fewer to the opposition 33 times during her career and posted its first shutout in three seasons during the Spring 2021 campaign … Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad for the 2021 season … Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, Three-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and six-time selection to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2023: Started all 18 games for the Wildcat back line… Recorded her first career point with an assist in the win over Georgetown on September 15… Recorded three defensive saves on the season and notably saved the game with a defensive save against JMU when she laid out with six seconds left to force overtime… Was a key piece in the Villanova back line that tallied a shutout against Longwood on September 3… Was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the week of October 3.

2022: Started 16 of the 17 games season as a captain on the Wildcats back line (injury didn’t allow for play in the last game of the season) … Tallied a career high of three defensive saves on the season … Tied for most defensives saves on the team this year … Tied (with teammate Sabine de Rujiter) for second in the BIG EAST and ranked 24^th nationally with three defensive saves.

2021: Started all 18 games on the Villanova back line … Part of a defensive unit that gave up two or fewer goals six times during the season … Recorded a shot on goal in a 3-2 win at Drexel.

2020*: Started all 14 games on defense … Helped the Wildcats tally their first shutout since the 2017 season in a 5-0 win over Quinnipiac on March 14 … Tallied her first career defensive save against Drexel on March 27.
 
* The 2020 season was contested during Spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019: Saw action in seven games as part of the Wildcats defensive unit … Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against Sacred Heart … Villanova was 5-2 in the games she appeared in.
 
Council Rock North High School: Three-year varsity starter on the field hockey team and was team captain as a senior … Three-time Suburban One League All-League selection, including two first team honors and one second team nod … Named to the Bucks County Courier Times second team as a freshman and was a Philafieldhockey.com All-Star as a senior … Helped lead her team to third place finishes in the Suburban One League National Conference her freshman and sophomore seasons.
 
Personal: One of three children of Nathaniel and Mary Louise Barsky … Has two siblings, Ben and Sage … Enjoys volunteering in the community, spending time with family and friends, and listening to music in her spare time … Chose to attend Villanova because it offered excellent academic and athletic programs to go along with a sense of community on campus, giving back to others, and team spirit in the field hockey program … History major.