2019 – SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned IWLCA first-team All-Region honors...Named All-Big Ten…Selected to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team…Member of the Tewaaraton Award Watch List…Was an Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America selection...Collected Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Started all 17 games as a midfielder…Served as team captain for the second straight season…Collected 31 goals, eight assists, 37 ground balls, 73 draw controls and 26 caused turnovers…In Big Ten play, had 13 goals, an assist, 14 ground balls, 21 draw controls and 11 caused turnovers…Had 13 multi-point performances and 10 multi-goal games.
Rankings: Led the Big Ten in caused turnovers per game (1.53), good for 49th in the nation…Ranked No. 3 in the Big Ten in ground balls per game (2.18) and No. 4 in draw controls per game (4.29).
Game-by-Game: Towson (2/9): Recorded a goal, three assists, two ground balls and a caused turnover. Lehigh (2/16): Notched a goal, an assist, seven ground balls, six draw controls and four caused turnovers. at Cornell (2/23): Collected two goals, an assist, two ground balls, four draw controls and two caused turnovers. at Princeton (2/27): Tied a career-high with seven draw controls. Loyola (3/2): Tied a career-high with four goals…Added two ground balls and four draws. Albany (3/9): Tallied two goals, two ground balls, five draw controls and a caused turnover. Maryland (3/21): Found the net twice…Contributed two ground balls, four draw controls and two caused turnovers. at Northwestern (3/28): Recorded two goals, three ground balls, three draw controls and four caused turnovers. Ohio State (4/4): Had a hat-trick, including one free-position goal, four ground balls and two draw controls. Virginia (4/7): Matched a career-high with four goals…Added six draws and a caused turnover. at Duquesne (4/16): Collected two goals, an assist, three ground balls, six draw controls and two caused turnovers. at Johns Hopkins (4/18): Registered two goals, an assist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers…Won a career-best seven draws. Stony Brook (4/23): Recorded a goal, an assist, two ground balls, five draws and a caused turnover. Rutgers (4/27): Notched a hat-trick and four draw controls. vs. Maryland (5/3): Had a goal and a career-best seven draw controls.
2018 – JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Was a third-team All-America selection by the IWLCA…Selected as an honorable-mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse…Earned first-team All-Region honors…Named All-Big Ten…Selected as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades…Selected as a member of the IWLCA Honor Roll.
Season: Started all 20 games in the midfield…Served as a team captain…Tallied 10 goals, three assists, 76 draw controls, 23 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers…Had two multi-goal and three multi-point games.
Game-by-Game: at Towson (2/10): Had an assist and four draw controls. at Lehigh (2/17): Scored a goal and won four draws. Cornell (2/24): Tallied two ground balls, four draw controls and two caused turnovers against Cornell (2/24). at James Madison (3/7): Had an assist and three draw controls. Drexel (3/14): Registered a goal, four draw controls and two caused turnovers. at Rutgers (3/17): Tallied a goal, two ground balls, six draw controls and a caused turnover. Princeton (3/19): Collected two goals and three caused turnovers. Johns Hopkins (3/22): Won six draw controls. at Virginia (4/6): Picked up three ground balls, five draw controls and two caused turnovers. Northwestern (4/14): Gained six draw controls. at Maryland (4/19): Recorded a goal and four draw controls. at Stony Brook (4/24): Tallied a goal, an assist, two ground balls and four draw controls. Michigan (4/27): Scored twice against Michigan (4/27). vs. Northwestern (5/4): Found the net once in the Big Ten semifinal and added six draw controls and six caused turnovers.
2017 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Selected for the Big Ten All-Tournament Team…Was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Started all 21 games…Registered 24 points on 15 goals and nine assists while collecting 39 ground balls, 41 draw controls and causing 19 turnovers.
Game-by-Game: at Loyola (3/4): Scored a goal while collecting four ground balls and two caused turnovers. Colorado (3/12): Had a season-high three caused turnovers. at Princeton (3/21): Tallied one goal while adding a pair of ground balls and four draw controls. at Drexel (3/29): Had a goal and an assist for two points. Ohio State (4/1): Grabbed a season-high six draw controls. Virginia (4/8): Scored twice while adding four ground balls. Maryland (4/20): Tallied a goal and an assist. at Michigan (4/30): Scored once while adding four draws. vs. Northwestern (5/5): Had one goal and three draws in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal. vs. James Madison (5/14): Tallied two goals and two assists for a season-high four points in an NCAA Tournament victory. vs. Princeton (5/21): Scored once while adding a career-high five ground balls during an NCAA Quarterfinal victory.
2016 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in 21 games, starting two…Scored five goals and adding a pair of assists for seven points with 14 ground balls.
Game-by-Game: Duquesne (2/20): Notched her first career goal while posting a hat-trick during a victory. Loyola (3/5): Found the net once. at Vanderbilt (3/12): Sniped one to the back of the cage. Drexel (3/30): Had a pair of assists. vs. Winthrop (5/13): Had a season-high three ground balls in the NCAA First Round matchup.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Archbishop Spalding High School…Served as team captain in 2015...Earned U.S. Lacrosse All-America honors, was named IAAM All-Conference and Washington Post All-Metro second-team as a senior... Named a two-time U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American...Earned second-team All-County honors in junior year...Played in the 2014 Under Armour Underclass D.C. Tournament…Lettered four years in field hockey, earning All-County first-team, IAAM All-Conference and honorable-mention all-state in senior year.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kayla Rose Brisolari…Daughter of Robert and Kelly Brisolari...Twin brother, Matt, plays lacrosse at Providence...Has two younger brothers, Brendan and Connor...Mother, Kelly, competed in track & field, and father, Robert, played football at Fordham University…Born April 16, 1997 in West Nyack, New York.
BRISOLARI ON PENN STATE
"I chose Penn State because it is a big, yet close-knit community with a lot of academic opportunity."
DOHERTY ON BRISOLARI
"Kayla is a strong, fast athlete who has limitless potential. With the vacant midfield positions, we are hoping she steps in and plays confidently and aggressively to fill those holes."