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2022 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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11 Bea Behrins

  • Position Attack
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Ridge High School
  • Hometown Basking Ridge, N.J.

Biography

Honors and Awards:
IWLCA Third Team All-America (2021, 2022)...IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region First Team (2021, 2022) … Big East Attacker of the Year (2021, 2022) … Big East First Team (2021, 2022-unanimous selection) … Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2022) ... Big East All-Tournament Team (2019, 2022) ... 2022 Team MVP ... A 2022 Captain ... 2022 Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2022) ... Inside Lacrosse All-American Third Team (2022) ... USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention ... 2022 Preseason All-Big East Team ... 2022 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American (Honorable Mention)

Denver’s DI Record Book:
Finished 1st in career games played (82) … 2nd in career goals (199) … 3rd in career points (258)

2022:
Led the Pioneers in all three scoring categories and set school records during the campaign with 71 goals in a single season and 82 career games played … Also added a career-high 25 assists for 96 points, the fourth-most in a campaign in program history … Tallied three game-winning goals and was first on the team in shots (151) and shots on goal (120) … Placed second on DU with a .470 shooting percentage (min. 10 shots) and first in shots-on-goal percentage at .795 (min. 10 SOG) … Tied for the team lead with 10 free-position goals (10-24) and placed fourth on the Pioneers with 17 draw controls … Also added 24 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers … Finished first among the Big East Conference players in goals, points and shots and was fourth in assists, earning her second-consecutive Big East Attacker of the Year Award … Nationally, finished seventh in shots, 11th in goals and 15th in points, while also ranking 19th in shots/game (7.19), 21st in goals/game (3.38) and 27th in points/game (4.57) … During Big East play (five games), tied for the league lead with 19 goals while firing off a conference-best 7.8 shots per game … Named Big East Attacker of the Week three times (Feb. 21, March 21, April 4) ... Started and scored in all 21 games during the season and tallied multiple times in 19 contests … Picked up a hat trick in 13 games, including in each of the final five outings of the season … Recorded two of her four career sock tricks during the season, tallying a career-high seven goals on March 15 vs. Fairfield and April 2 at Butler … The seven goals were tied for the fourth-most in game in school history and one shy of the program record of eight … Is one of just three Pioneers to record multiple seven-plus goal games in their career (Ali Flury, Kristie Leggio) … Added three assists on March 15 vs. Fairfield to finish with a career-high 10 points (7g/3a), tied for the fourth-most in a game in school history … The three assists vs. Fairfield tied her career high for a single contest … Added an assist for eight points (7g/1a) and tied a career high with 12 shots (11 on goal) during her second sock trick of the season at Butler on April 2 … Registered six or more points in five games, also doing so on Feb. 20 at California (5g/1a), March 27 at San Diego State (5g/1a) and May 13 vs. Vermont (4g/2a) … Opened the season with a four-goal performance vs. Louisville on Feb. 13 … Had two goals and two assists and tied a career high with three draw controls vs. Ohio State on Feb. 25 … Recorded five points (3g/2a) vs. Marquette on senior day on April 30 … Had three goals and an assist and set the school record for career games played on May 5 vs. UConn in the Big East Semifinals, appearing in her 79th contest … Scored five goals including the overtime-winning tally vs. Georgetown on May 7 in the Big East Championship Game, helping the Pioneers erase a five-goal deficit in the second half and earning honors as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player … Also tied a career best with 12 shots and gained the draw control in overtime that led to her scoring the game-winner vs. GU … The five goals were tied for the third-most in a conference tournament game in DU history … Had four goals vs. Vermont on May 13 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, including tallying her program-record 68th goal of the season in the game to surpass Kristie Leggio’s previous mark of 67 (2006, 2007) … The four markers were tied for the fourth-most in an NCAA Tournament contest for DU and one shy of matching the program’s top mark of five … Finished with six points (4g/2a) vs. Vermont to tie the school record for the most in a national tournament game … Closed her career with a five-point performance (3g/2a) in the second round of the national tournament on May 15 at Boston College … The five points were tied for the third-most in an NCAA Tournament contest in DU history and marking her third career game in the national tournament where she had five or more points.

2021:
Played and started in all 18 games, tallying 68 points (team high) on 51 goals (team high) and 17 assists … 10-for-19 on free position shots … Four game-winning goals … Added 19 ground balls, nine caused turnovers and five draw controls … Scored the overtime game-winner at UConn on April 9 … Sock trick against Butler on March 21 … Five goals four times, in wins over Georgetown, UConn, Villanova and in the NCAA First Round against Stanford, tied for the most goals in an NCAA Tournament game by a Pioneer … Had 10 hat tricks.

2020:
Appeared in all eight games for the Pioneers, starting six … Ranked second on the team and fifth in the Big East in goals (22) … Added 11 assists, tied for sixth in the Big East … Tallied 33 total points … Put 39 of her 55 shots on goal and a shot percentage of .400 … Notched five hat tricks … Tallied five ground balls, four caused turnovers and five draw controls … Recorded her first career hat trick on Feb. 15 at Louisville en route to a career-best seven points and career-high 15 shots … Tallied a career-high three assists on March 4, 2020 vs Fresno State.

2019:
All-Big East Tournament Team … Saw action in all 20 games of the season … Totaled 49 goals on the year (second-most on the team) with five woman-up goals (first-most on the team) … Also posted five assists, 54 points, 72 shots on goal, 11 ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers … Finished the season ranked No. 19 in the nation with a .557 shot percentage

2018:
Appeared in 15 games, scoring six goals and tallying one assist ... Also picked up two ground balls and two caused turnovers ... Recorded her first goal against Butler (March 31) and her first collegiate assist vs. Villanova (April 13) ... Recorded her first collegiate hat trick against Villanova. 

Before Denver:
Named to the All-County team after a successful junior year where she finished with 75 draw controls and 20 caused turnovers ... Named team captain her senior year in lacrosse ... Played for T3 Elite ... Member of the varsity field hockey team and was team captain her senior year ... Spent eight years playing club lacrosse.

Personal:
Born Sept. 30, 1999 in Morristown, N.J. ... Daughter of Jenifer and Jonathan ... Has three sisters, Alexandra, Abigail and Elizabeth ... Sisters Abigail and Elizabeth previously played for the Pioneers, with Bea playing two seasons with Elizabeth (2018-2019) ... Chose DU because of the amazing opportunities that the school provides. The team and coaches were welcoming and the campus was beautiful ... Is most looking forward to being able to play at the next level of lacrosse while also receiving an amazing education ... Sports goal is to be able to play as much as possible while at Denver ... Pregame ritual includes braiding her hair before every game ... Most memorable lacrosse moment to date was winning the state championship as a freshman ... Most memorable non-lacrosse moment to date was being runner-up in the field hockey state finals ... Hobbies include playing field hockey and skiing ... Involved in her high school's Matheny Club.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

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    2021Senior

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    2022Graduate Student

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