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2026 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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11 Ryan Dineen

  • Position Attack
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Huntingtown, Maryland
  • Highschool Severn School

Biography

Honors and Awards: USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American ... 2023 Inside Lacrosse Freshmen Power 100 Watch List...All-Big East Second Team...Big East Freshman of the Week (March 27, 2023; April 10, 2023; April 17, 2023)

2025:
Appeared in all 20 games … tallied 17 goals and 15 assists … scored a season-high three goals in the Big East Championship game against Villanova (5/3) … recorded a season-best five points on two goals and three assists in the win over Vanderbilt (2/16) … added a career-high four ground balls against Arizona State (2/21).


2024:
Ranked fourth on the Pioneers with 56 points, second with 32 assists and sixth with 24 goals … earned a season-high seven points against Stanford (5/10) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … tallied a hat trick on three occasions … added eight loose balls and three caused turnovers … scored a season-high four goals against Arizona State (4/14)

2023:
Ranked second on Denver in scoring with 57 points while leading the team with 26 assists and finishing fourth with 31 goals … Had 51 shots on goal and ended with the highest shooting percentage on Denver at .463 (min. 10 attempts) … Registered 13 ground balls and two caused turnovers … Finished 13-for-22 on free-position goals, tying for the ninth-most in a single season in program history … Ranked behind Julia Gilbert in free-position percentage on the team (and in the conference) and 22nd in the NCAA at 59.1% … Made her collegiate debut on Feb. 10 at Louisville … Registered her first career points with two goals and two assists on Feb. 12 at Vanderbilt … Tallied her first career hat trick with three goals on March 9 vs. Niagara, one of four hat trick performances during the season (March 22 at Jacksonville; April 8 vs. Connecticut; April 16 at Xavier, 4) … Had a career-high eight points with two goals and six assists on April 5 vs. Butler … The six assists were tied for the eighth-most in a single game in program history and marked the 17th time that a Denver player had at least eight helpers in the game, with Dineen being the seventh different student-athlete to record the feat … Hannah Liddy, who recorded six or more assists five times in her career, was the previous Pioneer with six helpers in a game on April 25, 2021 against Villanova … Recorded a career-best four goals and matched her career-high with eight points on April 16 at Xavier (4g/4a) … Had five points (2g/3a) in the Big East Semifinals vs. Villanova on May 5 and four points (2g/2a) at UConn in the Big East Championship on May 7 … Totaled four points (2g/2a) in the NCAA First Round vs. USC on May 12 … Registered an assist on May 14 vs. Albany in the NCAA Second Round … Scored and had an assist at North Carolina on May 18 in the NCAA Quarterfinals … Tallied in the NCAA Semifinals vs. Northwestern on May 26 … Invited to Team USA’s Tryouts for the 2024 Women’s U20 World Championships in July 2023.

Before Denver: A four-year varsity member of the Severn School Admirals lacrosse team … In 2021, was an All-Anne Arundel County Girls Lacrosse First-Team selection, IAAM A Conference All-Conference Selection and a National School Girls MD Team 1 selection … Named to the Under Armour All-American Washington DC Command team selection in 2018 … Played for the Maryland United club team … Was also a three-year letterwinner in field hockey and was a member of the swim team.
 
Personal:  Father played lacrosse and hockey and Lake Forest College... Undecided on major … Member of National Honor Society and Severn's Service Society, Women in Business and Random Acts of Kindness clubs … Also on Severn's Head of School Honor Roll … Hobbies include drawing and going to the beach.
 
Why DU: "I chose the University of Denver because the moment I stepped on campus it felt like home. The strong academics, beautiful campus, team chemistry and the great coaches drew me in."

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2023Freshman

    Attack
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2024Sophomore

    Attack
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2025Junior

    Attack
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2026Senior

    Attack
    5'9"
    11