2016 Women's Lacrosse

8 Kristen Tuleja

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mansfield
  • Hometown Mansfield, Mass.

Biography

AS A SOPHOMORE...

  • Tuleja led the Saints offensively throughout the 2014 campaign
  • Started in 18 of her 18 games played
  • Netted a team-best 63 goals
  • Dished out a team-high 31 assists
  • Tallied a team-high 94 total points, setting new program-records in all three categories
  • Won 32 draw controls
  • Recorded 40 groundballs and caused 22 turnovers
  • Notched a 86.7% shots-on-goal percentage with 85 of her 98 shots landing on target
  • Connected on 12 of her 23 free-position-shots
  • Stretched her unprecedented streak of goal-scoring games to 32 (scoring in all 18 games in 2014)
  • Registered multiple goals in all 18 games, with one 6-goal game (4/26/14), two five-goal games (4/22/14 and 3/25/14) and seven 4-goal games
  • Was named the GNAC Player of the Week on 3/31/14 and was a three-time GNAC Weekly Honor Roll selection (3/24/14, 4/7/14, 4/21/14)
  • Earned a spot on the GNAC All-Tournament Team
  • Was Voted GNAC 1st Team All-Conference
  • Set the Emmanuel College program-records for points in a single season (94), goals in a single season (63) and assists in a single season (31)
  • Selected ECAC Division III 2nd Team All-New England
  • Named the team's Most Valuable Player at Emmanuel's Athletic Awards Night on April 26, 2014
  • Led the Saints to a program-record for wins in a season (15), to the program's first-ever GNAC Championship and to an NCAA Tournament appearance

AS A FRESHMAN...

  • Tuleja was Emmanuel's leading scorer as a rookie
  • Started in all 14 of her games played
  • Netted a team-best 38 goals and dished out 12 assists for 50 total points in 2013
  • Scored a goal in every-single game played (a streak of 14 scoring games)
  • Tallied 29 groundballs and caused 15 turnovers
  • Won 12 draw controls
  • Took a total of 78 shots, landing 66 on goal for a team-high 84.6% shots-on-goal percentage
  • Tallied multi-goal games in 12 of her 14 games played
  • Netted a season-high 5 goals twice, including games with University of Saint Joseph and Saint Joseph's College in Maine
  • Was named the GNAC Rookie of the Week on April 15, 2013
  • Voted a GNAC 2nd Team All-Confernece selection
  • Helped lead the Saints to a program-record 9-win season and to an appearance in the GNAC Tournament

 

BEFORE EMMANUEL...

  • Tuleja was a three-sport athlete at Mansfield High School (Mansfield, Mass.), playing soccer, basketball and lacrosse
  • Was a four-year starter on her lacrosse team
  • Captained the team as a senior
  • Named Hockomock and Sun Chronicle All-Star.

PLAYER PROFILE

  • Major: Management
  • Career Aspirations: to have a career in sports marketing/event planning
  • Favorite Movie: Step Brothers
  • Favorite Book: Unbroken
  • Favorite Pre-game Meal: banana and peanut butter
  • Favorite Late-Night Snack: popcorn
  • Favorite Spot on the EC campus: the Yawkey Center
  • Best Class at Emmanuel: Psychology
  • Most Exciting Athletic Experience: Winning the GNACs in 2014
  • Most Respected Professional Athlete: Rob Gronkowski

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2013First Year

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    5'6"
    8
  • 8

    2014Sophomore

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    5'6"
    8
  • 8

    2015Junior

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    5'6"
    8
  • 8

    2016Senior

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    5'5"
    8