Sammy Dupcak Season 2023

CAREER
2023 Midseason All-American Honorable Mention...Two-time second team All-Region (2022 and 2023) and two-time second team All-Big Ten (2022 and 2023).

2024 - SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named to the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American honorable mention team...Selected as a Big Ten Player to Watch

Game-by-Game: Colorado (2/16): Caused one turnover...Pitt (2/20): Earned one caused turnover...Princeton (2/26): Scored first goal of the season...at Drexel (2/28): Recorded two caused turnovers and one draw control...at Loyola (3/2): Notched one caused turnover...Northwestern (3/22): Recorded four caused turnovers...Vanderbilt (4/3): Earned two caused turnovers...Michigan (4/6): Recorded one caused turnover. 

2023 - JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Selected as a Midseason All-American Honorable Mention and Big Ten Player to Watch... Earned second team All-Big Ten... Garnered second team All-Region... Earned Academic All-Big... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

Season: Played in all 18 games and started in 17... Scooped 54 ground balls including her 100th career against Johns Hopkins... Scored first career goal against Drexel... Forced 29 turnovers and won 20 draw controls. Led the team in ground balls and caused turnovers.

Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/11): Notched career high six caused turnovers...earned five ground balls and collected four draw controls. Drexel (2/18): Scored first career goal... picked up two ground balls and won two draw controls Duquesne (2/21): Recorded one ground ball and one caused turnover. Arizona State (2/24): Fielded six ground balls and earned two draw controls. Loyola (3/4): Caused three turnovers and won three draw controls. at Vanderbilt (3/8): Scooped up two ground balls and grabbed one draw control. vs. Rutgers (3/11): Forced two turnovers and picked up three ground balls. Towson (3/14): Collected three ground balls. at Princeton (3/18): Caused four turnovers leading to three ground balls...won two draw controls. at Pittsburgh (3/21): Forced a turnover and snagged three ground balls. Ohio State (3/25): Picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover...earned a draw control. at Northwestern (3/30): Caused a turnover and collected a ground ball. Cornell (4/2): Snagged two ground balls and forced a turnover. at Michigan (4/8): Collected five ground balls and caused two turnovers. Maryland (4/13): Gained three ground balls and effected two turnovers... at Johns Hopkins (4/22): Recorded her 100th career ground ball with five on the day and forced two turnovers... at Michigan (4/29): Recorded one assist and one caused turnover... vs. Stony Brook (5/12): Scooped four ground balls in first NCAA Tournament appearance.

2022 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Tabbed Big Ten Player to Watch...Second Team All-Big Ten...Second Team All-Region... Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

Season: Started all 15 games...led team with 40 ground balls...Caused 14 turnovers...won 35 draw controls...tallied two assists.

Game-By-Game: at Drexel (2/16): Collected three ground balls...Added one caused turnover. at Duquesne (2/23): Won four draw controls...caused one turnover and picked up the ground ball. at Cornell (2/26): Scooped three ground balls and won five draw controls. at Loyola Maryland (3/5): Collected five draw controls and caused two turnovers while nabbing a ground ball. James Madison (3/9): Won a career-high ten draw controls and picked up four ground balls and one caused turnover. Saint Joseph's (3/12): Tallied one assist, two draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover. at Ohio State (3/26): Picked up six ground balls...caused on turnover and won two draw controls. at Maryland (4/7): Won four draw controls and nabbed four ground balls. Michigan (4/16):  Fielded three ground balls while winning a draw control and causing a turnover. at Rutgers (4/23): Forced two turnovers and collected two ground balls. Johns Hopkins (4/28): Scooped a career-high seven ground balls and forced a career-high four turnovers.

2021 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in 13 games, making 12 starts…Recorded an assist, 17 ground balls, 28 draw controls and 10 caused turnovers.
 
Game-By-Game: Rutgers (2/14): Recorded one assist…Added one ground ball, one draw control and two caused turnovers. Maryland (2/21): Collected a career-high five ground balls, four draw controls and a career-best three caused turnovers. at Northwestern (3/11): Won one draw control and scooped up three ground balls. at Northwestern (3/13): Secured one draw control and two caused turnovers. Michigan (3/19): Won two draw controls. Michigan (3/21): Registered a career-high seven draw controls…Posted one ground ball and one caused turnover. at Ohio State (3/26): Collected two ground balls and four draw controls. at Ohio State (3/28): Scooped up one ground ball and caused one turnover. at Johns Hopkins (4/7): Picked up a ground ball. at Rutgers (4/15): Recorded a ground ball and a draw control. Johns Hopkins (4/18): Won six draws to go with two ground balls and a caused turnover. vs. Johns Hopkins (4/29): Notched one draw control.

High School:
Played at Broadneck High School for head coach Katy Kelley…Led Broadneck to a 12-5 record in 2019…Named a US Lacrosse All-American as a junior…Is a three-time coaches’ All-County Selection, including first team honors in 2018 and 2019…Selected Baltimore Sun All-Metro second team in 2019…Collected 47 goals, 12 assists and a school single-season record 101 draw controls as a junior…Recorded 44 goals and 18 assists as a sophomore…Registered 12 goals and six assists as a freshman…Member of the National Honor Society...Played for Maryland United Lacrosse Club.
 
Personal:
Full name is Samantha Katherine Dupcak…Daughter of Maureen and Neal Dupcak…Has a sister, Alexis…Mother, Maureen, was an All-American in lacrosse and played field hockey at Maryland, graduating in 1994. Maureen also played for the U.S. National Lacrosse Team from 1997-2001, leading the team to a gold medal in 1997…Father, Neal, played lacrosse at Maryland, graduating in 1994…Undecided on a major.
 
Why Penn State?
“I chose Penn State because, along with the many great opportunities it offers both academically and athletically, there is nothing like the family atmosphere and school spirit.”
 
Doherty on Dupcak:
“Sammy is a complete and versatile midfielder who can contribute equally at both ends of the field. She has great speed and game sense and will adapt quickly to the college game.”