2023 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Vanderlinde, Kate
Jersey Number 32
Kate Vanderlinde
- Position:
- Goalie
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Creekside HS
- Hometown:
- St. Johns, Fla.
Bio
At Mercer
2023 (Sr.)
Before Mercer
High School
Personal
2023 (Sr.)
- Played and started in goal for all 20 games for Mercer, helping the Bears to a 17-3 record
- Logged a career high 972 minutes in goal over the season
- Named First Team All-Conference
- Led the Big South with a 9.62 goals against average which also ranked 19th in the country
- Recorded a career high 113 saves on 351 shots faced
- Had a save percentage of .420% on the season
- Had 29 ground balls and one caused turnover
- Made a career-high 13 saves in Mercer's 14-11 win at Campbell to clinch the Big South regular season title
- Played in seven games
- Logged 154 minutes in goal
- Recorded 23 saves on 49 shots faced
- Had a save percentage of .535% for the season
- Allowed just 20 goals over her seven games and had a 7.77 goals against average on the season
- Had five ground balls and one caused turnover
- Appeared in 10 games
- Logged 221 minutes in the cage
- Stopped 27 shots
- Caused two turnovers
- Claimed 14 ground balls
- Appeared in six games, earning a start in two of them
- Recorded 27 saves on 81 shots faced
- Recorded a .458 % save percentage
- Logged 181 minutes in the cage
- Posted her first collegiate win against Winthrop (Feb. 29)
- Ranked 2nd in SoCon in save percentage
- Ranked 4th in SoCon in saves per game with an average of 5.40 per game
Before Mercer
High School
- Played for four years for Creekside High School under head coach Jordan Cook
- Also played for Lax Maniax for four years under head coach Ellyn Spangenburg
- 2018 District Champions
- Was named to the All-Region team in 2019
- Two-time all-county honors
Personal
- Kathryn was born to Matt and Lora
- Has one sibling, Tim
- Was born on April 13, 2001.
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