Accolades:
GNAC Woman of the Year (2014)
GNAC Defensive Player of the Year: 2014
ECAC All-New England: First Team (2014)
All-Conference: First Team (2013, 2014)
GNAC All-Tournament (2013, 2014)
GNAC All-Academic (2012, 2013, 2014)
2014: Played and started in all 20 contests as a senior defender…tallied five goals with 81 ground balls and 37 caused turnovers – totals that ranked first and third in the GNAC, respectively…collected First Team All-GNAC, First Team All-ECAC and GNAC Defensive Player of the Year honors…selected as the 2014 GNAC Woman of the Year…scored a goal and picked up six ground balls with four caused turnovers versus Southern Maine on March 20th…corralled a career-high 10 ground balls in a 12-10 win over conference-rival Mount Ida College five days later…netted seven ground balls and six caused turnovers to help the Monks defeat Johnson & Wales University, 10-7, on March 29th…registered six ground balls and four caused turnovers in a 15-14 loss to eventual GNAC Champion Emmanuel College on April 8th…added seven ground balls and four caused turnovers in a 13-3 win over Maine-Farmington on April 17th…notched five ground balls and five caused turnovers in a GNAC Tournament semifinal victory over Norwich University on April 24th…graduated as the Monks' all-time leader in ground balls (230) and caused turnovers (87) while playing in the second-most games (63) in team history.
2013: One of three Monks to start all 18 games…netted three goals with program single-season records in ground balls (86) and caused turnovers (39) as a junior…garnered First Team All-GNAC accolades…picked up seven ground balls in a loss to Southern Maine on March 14th…tallied nine ground balls and six caused turnovers in a 17-11 victory over Maine-Farmington on March 26th…notched nine ground balls and four caused turnovers versus Rivier University two days later…registered nine ground balls in a GNAC Tournament victory over Emmanuel College on April 24th.
2012: Started in 13 games as a sophomore defender…recorded one assist with 32 ground balls, five caused turnovers and four draw controls…produced an assist with five GB’s, two draw controls and a pair of caused turnovers in the Monks’ season-opening win over Husson University on March 15th…tied a career-high with six ground balls in a 12-11 victory over GNAC-rival Emmanuel College on April 3rd...listed on the GNAC All-Academic Team.
2011: Started all 12 games as a freshman…netted a goal and two assists for three total points…scooped up 31 ground balls…added nine draw controls and six caused turnovers…picked up two ground balls in her first collegiate contest – a 20-8 decision over Maine-Farmington on March 22nd…added an assist for her first college point in a 16-5 victory over Thomas College on March 24th…recorded her first NCAA multiple-point effort with a goal and an assist in a win over St. Joseph (CT) on April 20th.
High School: Played two years of varsity field hockey for Mim Ryan at Timberlane Regional High School, making the Class L playoffs both years and winning the Class L State Championship in 2009…also played lacrosse…earned the Coaches’ Award and Unsung Hero honor during her high school career.
Personal: Rachelle Marie Messuri, born on April 29, 1992 in Atkinson, NH…daughter of Karen and Dan Messuri...majoring in Business Marketing.
