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2021 RMU Women's Lacrosse Roster

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30 Melanie Gandy

30 Melanie Gandy

  • Position:
    Attack
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Baltimore, Md.
  • High School:
    Dulaney

Summary

Biography

2020 - Senior Season: 
- Started all seven games for RMU
- Finished second in total goals (16) and points (31) behind twin sister Mackenzie
- Scored in all seven games
- Recorded multi-point effort every game
- Recorded three hat ticks, including four goals against Butler on 3/11
- Finished seventh all-time in career scoring with 136 points

2019 - Junior Season:

- Played in all 17 games, starting the final 16 of those
- Led the Colonials with 32 assists, the second-most ever by an RMU player in a single season
- Finished second on RMU's scoring list with 58 points, the sixth-best season in program history
- Ranked second in the Northeast Conference and 33rd in NCAA Division I with 1.88 assists per game
- Scored a career-high six goals March 13 vs. Gardner-Webb, tying for the fifth-most ever by a Colonial
- Registered a career-best eight points April 12 vs. Saint Francis, two shy of the team record
- Boasted the seventh-best points-per-game rate ever by a Colonial (3.41)
- Picked up 38 ground balls to lead RMU
- Converted at a .441 rate on 59 shots, the fifth-best efficiency mark on the 2019 team
- Led the team with two man-down goals
- Ranked fourth on RMU with 12 draw controls, to go with six caused turnovers
- Was named NEC Player of the Week for March 11-17

2018 - Sophomore Season:

- Played in all 18 of RMU's games, starting 15
- Broke out for a team-high-tying 24 goals, adding 17 assists for a 41-point season
- Finished the season with seven consecutive multi-point games, recording a total of 24 points (16g, 8a) over that span
- Netted a career-best six points (3g, 3a) April 29 vs. LIU Brooklyn
- Picked up 27 ground balls and caused seven turnovers

2017 - Freshman Season:

- Played in five games, scoring four goals and adding two assists, before injury shortened her season. 

Prior to Robert Morris:

- Graduated from Dulaney High School, winning a lacrosse state championship with fellow RMU teammate and twin sister Mackenzie
- Four-year varsity athlete, receiving multiple all-division, all-county and all-star honors
- Multi-sport athlete
- Honor roll student
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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    Midfield
    5'6"
    30
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    2018Sophomore

    Attack
    5'6"
    30
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    2019Junior

    Attack
    5'6"
    30
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    2020Senior

    Attack
    5'6"
    30
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    2021Graduate Student

    Attack
    5'6"
    30