Elena Ricci Season 2020

2020 VaSID First Team

2019 Second Team All-ACC 

2020: Started on defense in all 10 contests ... Tallied 22 ground balls, 17 draw controls and 12 caused turnovers ... Secured four draws at Brown ... Had two ground balls and caused a turnover vs. Syracuse in the Crown Classic ... Had a season-high six raw controls vs. William & Mary ... Caused three turnovers at Elon ... Had five ground balls and two caused turnovers vs. Liberty ... Registered three ground balls and two caused turnovers at JMU ... Started the season with a five ground ball effort vs. Davidson.

2019: Started 17 times in 18 games ... Had 66 draw controls on the season and grabbed 39 ground balls ... Also caused 18 turnovers ... Tallied six draws, three ground balls and two caused turnovers at Notre Dame ... Collected seven draws against No. 13 Denver ... Had seven ground ball pickups at Fresno State ... Caused three turnovers at USC ... Tallied a new high of nine draws against Radford ...Had five draws against ODU ... Set a career best with seven draw controls against Cincinnati ... Had five ground balls and caused two turnovers against No. 20 Colorado. 

2018: Had one draw control in the win against Virginia... Had one ground ball and caused one turnover against Boston College... Recorded three ground balls and one draw control in the win against Syracuse... Had one draw control and forced one turnover against UNC ... Caused three turnovers against Elon ... Grabbed one ground ball, won one draw control and forced one turnover in the win over VCU ... Had one draw control over Delaware ... Tallied three ground balls and one draw control in the win over Notre Dame ... Won two draw controls, had a ground ball and caused a turnover against Denver ... Scooped up a ground ball against Campbell ... Earned her first start against ODU and caused two turnovers in that game ... Made her collegiate debut against USC.

High school: Graduated from St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes in 2017 ... Played lacrosse, soccer, and ran track and field … Three year letter winner for lacrosse and soccer … First team all ISC and leading scorer for soccer … All league ISC in 2016 and 2017 … Named All-American in 2017 … Played four years for Capital Lacrosse under Coach Bryan Buhlick.

Personal: Born on May 17, 1999 … Daughter of Joseph and Kim Ricci … Both parents played soccer at Virginia Tech … Has one brother, Stephen … Majoring in hospitality tourism management with plans to be a business and event planner.