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Awards: BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (Sept. 11, 2006) ... BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 17, 2007) ... BIG EAST Academic All Star (2006, 2007, 2008).
Career: Played in 60 games with 32 starts ... Has 10 goals, nine assists and 29 points in her career ... Three game-winning goals, all of which have come in 1-0 victories, including two in overtime ... Registered 74 shots with a .135 shot percentage and a .419 shot on-goal percentage ... Tied with teammate Grace Hawkins for the most career goals among active players on the team.
BIG EAST Regular Season: Played in 33 games with 16 starts ... Totaled four goals, two assists and 10 points ... Has taken 29 shots with 13 shots on goal and two game-winning goals ... Both game-winners came in 1-0 victories against Louisville in the 2006 and 2007 seasons ... The one in 2007 was a double-overtime tally ... Has a .138 shot percentage and a .448 shot on-goal percentage.
BIG EAST Championship: Started all three of the Wildcats BIG EAST Championship games in her career, including quarterfinal games in 2006 and 2007 and a first round game in 2007 ... Has a total of four shots, with one shot on goal.
NCAA Tournament: Started both of Villanova's games in the 2006 NCAA Tournament against Toledo and Penn State ... Tallied four shots in the two games, including three shots in a 5-1 win over Toledo.
2008: Started 10 of 18 games played and tallied one goal, three assists and five points ... Took 23 shots and placed eight shots on goal ... Had one game-winning assist in a win over La Salle; BIG EAST: Played in all 11 games with three starts, registering four shots and two shots on goal.
2007: Played in 20 games and made nine starts ... Led the team with five assists and ranked third in scoring with four goals and 13 points ... Took 27 shots and scored on four of her 13 shots on goal ... Netted game-winning goal in second overtime period against Louisville ... Assisted on game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at DePaul ... Registered career-high nine points against St. Peter's in an 11-0 win, scoring three goals and dishing out three assists; BIG EAST: Played in all 11 regular season games with five starts ... Had one goal and one assist, both coming on game-winning plays in 1-0 victories ... Tallied 12 shots and six shots on goal; BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP: Started against USF and West Virginia in the first round and quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Championship ... Attempted two shots in both games and had one shot on goal.
2006: Appeared in all 22 games and started 13 ... Ranked second on the team with five goals and 11 points ... Tallied one assist ... Recorded game-winning goals in 1-0 wins over Louisiana State and Louisville ... Had 24 shots and 10 shots on goal ... Her first collegiate goal was a game-winner in double overtime versus LSU ... Assisted on the game-winning goal against DePaul ... Registered three goals and her only assist during the last 11 games of the season, and started every game in that span; BIG EAST: Started eight of 11 regular season games and totaled three goals, one assist and seven points ... The three goals tied for the team lead and her point total was one off the squad's high mark ... Two of the tallies came in a 4-2 loss to Notre Dame ... Took 13 shots and had five shots on goal; BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP: Earned a start against Marquette in the BIG EAST quarterfinals; NCAA TOURNAMENT: Started Villanova's games against Toledo and Penn State in the NCAA Tournament ... Tallied four shots in the two games, including three in a 5-1 first-round win over the Rockets.
Club Team and ODP Experience: Club team is Commack Emeralds ... Teammate of fellow Wildcat Kelly Eagan ... Three-time Eastern New York state champions ... Region I finalist in 2005 and semifinalist in 2004 ... Ranked as high as third in the nation ... Five-year member of New York State ODP team as well as a two-year member of Region I team and the national pool.
Saint Anthony's High School: Played for a team that won the 2005 CHSAA state championship and was ranked fourth in the entire nation ... Also lettered one year in indoor track ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Principal's List all four years.
Personal: Born 7/29/88 in Bethpage, N.Y. ... One of four children of Jack and Kim Byrnes ... Siblings are Courtney (24), Terence (22) and Shannon (18) ... Brother, Terence, graduated from Villanova in 2008 and ran for the cross country and track teams ... Chose to attend Villanova because of its excellent academic reputation, its religious affiliation and the traditional success of the women's soccer program ... Majoring in Communications.
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