2018 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Amanda Casten
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Red Bank Catholic
- Hometown:
- Brick, N.J.
2018 UWLX Draft Selection (Philadelphia Force, 50th overall)
Single-Game Career Highs
Caused Turnovers: 7, Niagara (March 27, 2018) - Program Record
Ground Balls: 6, Niagara (March 27, 2018)
Draw Controls: 2, at Penn State (April 2, 2016), Michigan (April 30, 2016)
2018 (As a senior): Finished 2018 as the team leader in caused turnovers (29) and was third in ground balls (31) ... started all 17 games ... contributed two ground balls and two caused turnovers against No. 25 Johns Hopkins (4/28) ... had four ground balls and three caused turnovers at No. 7 Northwestern (4/21) ... ... scooped up five ground balls and had two caused turnovers at No. 2 Maryland (4/6) ... caused two turnovers and added a ground ball in win over Lafayette (4/3) ... produced three caused turnovers at No. 21 Cornell (3/31) ... tied a program single-game record with seven caused turnovers to go along with six ground balls in win over Niagara (3/27) ... scooped up a ground ball and caused a turnover at Ohio State (3/23) ... two ground balls and two turnovers against No. 17 Penn State (3/17) ... had four caused turnovers and three ground balls at Villanova (3/13) ... produced a ground ball, caused turnover and draw control in win over Drexel (3/3) ... three ground balls and a caused turnover at No. 15 UPenn (2/28) ... caused a turnover in win at Monmouth (2/17) ... scooped up a ground ball in win at LIU Brooklyn (2/13) ... collected two ground balls and a caused turnover at Temple (2/10) ... Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch.
2017 (As a junior): 2017 All-Big Ten selection … started all 16 games on defense … third on the team in caused turnovers (12) and fourth in ground balls (21) … contributed a ground ball and caused turnover in season finale at Johns Hopkins (4/27) … produced two ground balls, two draw controls and a caused turnover in road victory over Michigan (4/13) … had a season-high four draw controls against Maryland (4/8) … corralled a ground ball against Cornell (4/1) … had three ground balls and two caused turnovers at Penn state (3/18) … contributed two ground balls and two caused turnovers in ranked road win over James Madison (3/11) … caused a turnover with a ground ball and a draw control in overtime victory agatinst Drexel (3/4) … two caused turnovers and a draw control at Delaware (2/25) … three gorund balls and a caused turnover at Lafayette (2/21) … led the team with a season-high four ground balls against Temple (2/11) … named to the Big Ten Women’s Lacrosse Preseason Honors List.
2016 (As a sophomore): All-Big Ten selection … started all 18 games and led Rutgers with 30 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers … notched two ground balls and two draw controls in the 16-6 win over Michigan (April 30) … recorded three ground balls and two caused turnovers against No. 19/20 UConn (March 5) … had two ground balls and a caused turnover at No. 16 Penn (March 2) … collected a pair of ground balls against Delaware (Feb. 27) in the season opening win at Villanova (Feb. 12) … named a Big Ten Player to Watch in the preseason.
Prior to Rutgers: Member of the Red Bank Catholic High School varsity lacrosse team ... 2013 All-Shore Conference-First Team selection ... named the most valuable offensive team player (2013) ... 2013 all-division first team selection ... 2013 U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American ... member of the 2013 division championship team ... 2012 all-division first team selection ... 2012 All-Shore Conference Second Team ... member of the 2012 division championship team who also captured the 2012 Shore Conference championship and the 2012 South Jersey Group II State Sectional Championship ... member of the 2011 squad that tied the school record for most wins in a season (20) and captured the division championship ... (soccer): was also a member and captain of the Red Bank Catholic varsity soccer team, who she helped lead to the 2013 Shore Conference championship title and 2012 division championship title ... her 2013 soccer team also tied for the division championship title.
Personal: Daughter of Kimberly a Jeffery ... has one sibling, Andrew, who attends Harvard and is a member of the Crimson football team ... father, Jeffery, was a member of the varsity football team at Bucknell University and was inducted into the North Allegheny High School Sports Hall of Fame for track and field ... maternal grandfather was inducted into the Mount St. Mary's University Athletics Hall of Fame for both basketball and baseball ... paternal grandfather was a member of the varsity basketball team at Washington University.
