Rutgers University Athletics

Feature: Buck Excels in Center Circle for Women’s Lacrosse

Junior (2025): Started all 18 regular season games on attack ... finished regular season with team-high 97 draw controls ... 97 draw controls sixth in the Big Ten Conference ... 5.39 draw controls per game ranks seventh in the Big Ten ... secured eight or more draw controls seven times ... muscled two draw controls against No. 3 Northwestern (4/6) ... scooped up a ground ball and secured a draw control at Penn State (4/3) ... earned eight draw controls in victory over No. 21 Ohio State (3/30) ... produced eight draw controls at No. 7 Johns Hopkins (3/23) ... six draw controls in win over Temple (3/20) ... secured a game-high seven draw controls against No. 12 Princeton (3/14) ...game-high six draw controls in win at Hofstra (3/8) ... 10 draw controls in victory over No. 16 Stony Brook (3/5) ...  tallied a game-high nine draw controls in win over Le Moyne (2/22) ... produced eight draw controls in home win over Delaware (2/15) ... had a game-high nine draw controls in win at Monmouth (2/12) ... opened season with team-high 11 draw controls along with a goal at Army (2/8).

Sophomore (2024): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten selection ... missed season due to injury.

Freshman (2023): Played in three games as a true freshman ... a top-100 collegiate freshman by ILWomen.

Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Colleen Hancox at Moorestown … played club lacrosse with South Jersey Select … finished career with 120 points on 91 goals and 29 assists along with 211 draw controls and 57 ground balls … missed majority of 2022 senior season due to injury … closed out junior season with 88 points on 65 goals and 23 assists in 2021, helping Moorestown to a NJSIAA Group III title … a first team all-state, all-group and all-division player in 2021 by NJ.com … First Team All-South Jersey by Burlington County Times … led the state with 165 draw controls … also played soccer at Moorestown … a 2021 All-American by USA Lacrosse … a member of the Israeli National Women’s Lacrosse team that played in the 2022 World Cup.

Personal: Daughter of Gary and Lisa Buck.