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NCAA DI Womens Lacrosse - 2023 Big East Semi-Final 1 - #2 Marquette Golden Eagles at #3 UConn Huskies, Morrone Field, Storrs, Connecticut.

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Marquette Women’s Lacrosse at Georgetown on April 1, 2023

Photo by: Robert Blakley

Lydia Foust

Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Saint Francis HS
Hometown:
Redwood City, Calif.

Honors and Awards:

BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2022-23)

Honors and Awards:
USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention (2023)
BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year (2023)
IWLCA West/Midwest All-Region First Team (2023)
First Team All-BIG EAST (2021, 2022, 2023)
Preseason All-BIG EAST (2022, 2023)
BIG EAST All-Tournament Team (2023)
BIG EAST Midfielder of the Week (March 28, 2022, April 18, 2022, Feb. 13, 2023, Feb. 20, 2023, April 3, 2023)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 8, 2020, May 2, 2022, March 6, 2023)
MU Team Hustle Award (2021)
MU Most Improved Player Award (2020)
IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)
BIG EAST All-Academic (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)

Career Records
No. 1 all-time at MU in free position goals (38)
No. 2 all-time at MU in shots (407)
No. 2 all-time at MU in games played (77)
No. 2 all-time at MU in points (205)
No. 3 all-time at MU in shots on goal (275)
No. 3 all-time at MU in goals (156)
No. 8 all-time at MU in assists (49)
No. 10 all-time at MU in games started (54)

2023 (COVID-Sr.): 59G-18A-77 points ... Named BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year and earned First Team All-BIG EAST honors in 2023 ... Ranked No.1 all-time in free postion goals, No. 2 all-time in shots,points and games played, No.3 all-time in shots on goal and goals, No. 8 all-time in assists, and No. 10 all-time in games started ... In single season stats she ranked first in goals (59) ,shots (152), shots on goal and free position goals (14), and second in points (77) ... Led the team in scoring her senior season ... Played in 19 games and started in all but two ... Had a career-best sevon goals, and two ground balls and an assists in season opener against San Diego State (Feb. 12) ... Scored four goals and had one assist against Cincinatti (Feb 19) ... Netted five goals in a winning effort against Detroit Mercy (March 5) ... Poured on four goals, one assist and a caused turnover in a win at UC Davis (March 12) ... Had back-to-back four goal games in wins against Gergetown (April 1) and Ohio State (April 4) ... Match career-high of seven goals and had one assist at Butler (April 19) ... Tallied four goals and had career-best three assists and one ground ball in the conference semifinal against UCONN (May 5) ... In the NCAA Tournament, totaled one goal, three assists and one draw control against Richmond (May 12).

2022 (Sr.): 40G-18A-58 points ... Was a unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection, just the fourth unanimous honoree in program history ... Played in 16 games, starting 15 of them ... Scored in 15 of the 16 games she played in, including seven games of three or more goals ... Scored from the free position seven times, posting a team-best .368 free position goal percentage (fifth in the BIG EAST) ... Totaled 20 ground balls, 13 caused turnovers and nine draw controls ... Her 18 assists ranked second on the squad and 10th in the BIG EAST ... Her 40 goals ranked third on the squad and 11th in the BIG EAST ... Took 105 shots on the year, 69 of which were on goal ... Tallied nine points on season-highs of six goals and three assists, to go along with a caused turnover and a draw control against Butler (April 16) ... Had a five goal, one assist outing with season-highs of three ground balls and three caused turnovers against Central Michigan (March 27) ... Went for four goals and an assist at Detroit Mercy (Feb. 25).

2021 (Jr.): 28G-6A-34 points ... First Team All-BIG EAST selection ... Won team's 'Hustle' Award ... Started in every game this year ... Against Cincinnati she scored a hat trick along with two assists while registering seven shots on goal and three draw controls (Feb. 14) ... Had three goals, two DC's, a GB and a CT at Central Michigan (Feb. 21) ... Scored one goal with three assists and a draw control against Oregon (Feb. 26) ... Had two goals and one CT at Kent State (Feb. 28) ... Scored her third hat trick of the year and picked up two GB's against Central Michigan (March 6) ... Netted two goals, had an assist and picked up a ground ball against Louisville (March 14) ... Picked up one ground ball and caused one turnover against UConn (March 19) ... Scored two goals with two caused turnovers and a ground ball in game two against UConn (March 21) ... Netted four goals with four GB's and a CT at Villanova (March 26) ... Had four shots, with one on goal, in an 8-7 win at Villanova (March 28) ... Scored three goals with one GB in a 15-9 win at Georgetown (April 9) ... Tallied one goal with two GB's and a CT in a loss at the Hoyas (April 11) ... Scored one goal from the free position against Denver (April 16) ... Tallied a DC in game two vs. Denver (April 18) ... Tallied a goal, a caused turnover and a ground ball in a win at Butler (April 23) ... Scored two goals with a CT and a season-best four GB's in the season finale against Butler (April 25).

2020 (So.): 25G-6A-31 Points ... Appeared in all 10 games and started in six during her sophomore season ... Enjoyed a breakout campaign in which she led the team in goals (25) while tallying six assists, causing four turnovers, picking up 12 ground balls and one draw control ... After scoring two goals in the first three games, Foust had at least three goals in six of the final seven games of the year ... Had her first hat trick against Canisius on Feb. 21 ... Scored four goals and dished out one assist in a win over Fresno State (Feb. 29) ... Had a career-best seven points in a five goal, two assists effort against Central Michigan (March 4) ... Had three goals and one assist againt Ohio State to go along with a career-best four ground balls (March 7) ... Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll after her performances against CMU and OSU ... Scored three goals and caused two turnovers at Detroit Mercy (March 11) in the season finale.

2019 (Fr.): 4G-1A-5 Points ... Saw action in sixteen games in her freshman campaign ... Made NCAA and Marquette debut against Notre Dame (Feb. 8) ... Caused a turnover in the win against Louisville (Feb. 10) ... Notched her first career goal in the effort against Cincinnati (Feb. 15) ... Tallied a goal and a ground ball in the win over Detroit Mercy (Feb. 17) ... Collected a ground ball and a caused turnover in the win against Kennesaw St. (Feb. 23) ... Registered a goal and an assist in addition to a caused turnover in the effort against Ohio State (March 1) ... Tallied a goal on a free position shot in the win over Niagara (March 17) ... Picked up a ground ball against Central Michigan (March 21) ... Changed a possession against Northwestern (March 23).

Prior to Marquette: Lettered in lacrosse and basketball at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California … Named the league’s midfield MVP and earned All-American honors as a senior … Played club lacrosse for Nor Cal Rize … In basketball, was a second team all-league and named Most Outstanding Senior Athlete … led team to a sectional championship.

Personal: Daughter of Rosanne Foust and Joe Foust … Has an older sister, Julia, who was the coxswain for the Navy men’s heavyweight crew team … Pursuing masters of engineering.