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2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster

32 Gillian O'Rourke

  • Position Goalie
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Powell, Ohio
  • High School Olentangy

Biography

Career Highlights
• 1st in SRU History in Wins
• 1st in SRU History in Ground Balls
• 2nd in SRU History in Saves
• 3rd in SRU History in Save Percentage
• 4th in SRU History in GAA
• 8th in SRU History in Starts
• 14th in SRU History in Games Played
• 2024 All-PSAC West
• Two-time IWLCA All-Region West honoree

Personal: Daughter of Brian and Jerrie O’Rourke … Working toward Doctorate in Occupational Therapy.

2024: Appeared in all 19 games, making 18 starts … An IWLCA All-Region selection and first team All-PSAC honoree … A three-time PSAC Defensive Athlete of the Week choice … Was SRU’s goalie of record in every game … Made 122 saves with a .477 save percentage and 8.34 GAA … Also tallied 40 ground balls with five caused turnovers … Set the Slippery Rock single-season record for wins by a goalie … Ranked seventh in the nation in GAA and 14th in save percentage … Led The Rock in ground balls … Had six games with at least 10 saves including a season-high 14 against Indiana in both The Rock’s home and away victories over the Crimson Hawks … Also made 13 stops at Seton Hill, 12 vs. Mercyhurst, 11 at Mount Olive and 10 in NCAA Tournament game against West Chester … Held opponents to single-digit goal totals over a full 60 minutes on seven occasions … Hauled in five ground balls in a game three times against Frostburg State, Seton Hill and Gannon … A PSAC Scholar-Athlete ... Named to IWLCA Academic Honor Roll … Game-by-Game Statistics

2023: Started 15 of 16 games played … Was The Rock’s goalie of record in 14 games, finishing with an 8-6 record … Made 106 saves and compiled a .451 save percentage and 10.20 goals against average over 759:02 of playing time … Ranked 25th in the nation in save percentage … Also led The Rock in ground balls with 40 … Stopped 10 or more shots in five games … Held opponents to a maximum of six goals on five occasions … Made 12 saves in both games over season-sweep of Lock Haven … Also matched season-high with 12 saves at Seton Hill … Registered 10 saves in one-goal win vs. Gannon … Had five ground balls in consecutive games against Seton Hill, Lock Haven and Indiana … A PSAC Scholar-Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2022: Started all 17 games … Was The Rock’s goalie of record for all 17 games … Played 932:30 of a possible 1,033:20 minutes … Finished year with a 10.23 goals against average … Stopped 124 shots … Compiled a .438 save percentage … Also led SRU in ground balls (48) … Ranked 16th in the nation in GAA … Made at least 10 saves in six games … Totaled a season-high 15 saves in 13-12 victory at Millersville … Did not allow a goal in 25 minutes of playing time in 24-2 win over Ursuline … Stopped 14 shots and totaled seven ground balls in 12-7 home win over Seton Hill … Also had double-digit save performances against Mercyhurst (10), at Seton Hill (10), vs. IUP (10) and vs. Lock Haven (13) … PSAC Scholar Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2021: Started all 12 games, playing all 718:49 of the season … Made 122 saves and finished year with a .454 save percentage and a 12.27 goals against average … Also led The Rock in ground balls with 45 … Began collegiate career by making 10 saves in victory vs. Tiffin … Stopped 15 shots in 16-8 win vs. Gannon in addition to tallying eight ground balls … Made a season-best 18 saves in one-goal victory vs. Indiana while also securing six ground balls …  18 saves vs. IUP were the third most in a single-game in program history … PSAC Scholar Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics
 
High School: Lettered three times in lacrosse at Olentangy … Also competed in basketball … Earned second team All-OCC Capital Division honors and all-region honorable mention accolades as a senior … Named a scholar-athlete every year of high school career … Selected as the Lucky Lax 2020 MVP and named to the Under Armor Midwest All-American Team in 2019.
 
Career Highs
Saves 18 vs. IUP (2021)
Ground Balls 8 vs. Gannon (2021)
Caused Turnovers 1 (10x)
 
Top Performances
Date Opponent Stats
4/6/21 Indiana 18 Saves, 6 GB, Win
3/19/22 Seton Hill 14 Saves, 7 GB, Win
3/26/22 Millersville 15 Saves, 4 GB, Win
4/27/22 Lock Haven 13 Saves, 4 GB, Win
3/22/23 Lock Haven 12 Saves, 5 GB, Win
4/12/23 Lock Haven 12 Saves, Win
3/9/24 Frostburg State 5 Saves, 5 GB, Win, 2 GA
3/30/24 Indiana 14 Saves, 2 GB, Win
4/5/24 Mercyhurst 12 Saves, 3 GB, Win
4/27/24 Indiana 13 Saves, 3 GB, Win

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2021Freshman

    Goalie
    5'8"
    32
  • 32

    2022Sophomore

    Goalie
    5'8"
    32
  • 32

    2023Junior

    Goalie
    5'9"
    32
  • 32

    2024Senior

    Goalie
    5'9"
    32