UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State women's lacrosse senior Kayla Brisolari has earned an invitation to compete for the South Team in the IWLCA Senior All-Star Game on Saturday, June 1 at Tierney Field at the US Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Maryland. The game will be live streamed on IWLCA-TV.
Brisolari will become the fifth Penn State player to compete in the IWLCA Senior All-Star Game, joining Tatum Coffey (2013), Steph Lazo (2017), Maggie Gallagher (2018) and Katie O'Donnell (2018).
The two-time All-Big Ten selection tallied 31 goals, eight assists, 37 ground balls, 73 draw controls and 26 caused turnovers this season. The do-it-all senior stepped up Big Ten play, collecting 13 goals, an assist, 14 ground balls, 21 draw controls and 11 caused turnovers. She had 13 multi-point performances and 10 multi-goal games.
Brisolari has earned multiple postseason honors. She was named IWLCA first-team All-Region, All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Tournament team. Brisolari was a member of the Tewaaraton Award Watch List and an Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American.
The two-year captain was an IWLCA third-team All-American and a first-team All-Region selection in 2018. She was selected 12th overall in the WPLL Draft on April 25.
Brisolari graduated in May with a degree in Supply Chain and Information Systems. She was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and a 2018 IWLCA Honor Roll member.
The Nittany Lions, led by Head Coach Missy Doherty, won eight games in 2019, including victories against No. 11 Towson and No. 21 Johns Hopkins. Junior Maria Auth and senior Reilly Masterson joined Brisolari in collecting All-Big Ten accolades.
