Accolades:
All-GNAC: Third Team (2022)
GNAC All-Tournament Team (2022)
GNAC All-Academic: 2021, 2023
CSC Academic All-District (2023)
IWLCA Academic Honor Roll: 2023
2023 Chi Alpha Sigma
2023: Appeared in 19 games with 19 starts as a senior defender…picked up 25 ground balls, gathered 22 caused turnovers and came up with one draw control…picked up four ground balls and four caused turnovers in a win over Rivier University…a few weeks later picked up another four ground balls, and got two caused turnovers in a victory over in a win against Regis College…ended the season earning GNAC All-Academic, CSC Academic All-District, IWLCA Academic Honor Roll, and Chi Alpha Sigma.
2022: Played and started in 19 games as a junior defender…scored one goal with 28 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers…scored her first collegiate goal in a 19-1 win at Husson University on March 5th…picked up three ground balls at University of Saint Joseph on March 19th…notched four ground balls in a 19-4 victory at Regis College on April 14th…delivered two ground balls and three caused turnovers in a 12-7 GNAC semifinal win over Emmanuel College on May 3rd…added three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers in the Monks’ 10-9 GNAC Championship triumph over Johnson & Wales University four days later…scooped up three ground balls in an NCAA Tournament matchup versus Geneseo on May 14th…earned GNAC All-Tournament and Third Team All-Conference accolades.
2021: Played and started in seven games as a sophomore defender…had a caused turnover and ground ball at Gordon College on Mar. 13th in a 17-6 win at Gordon College…got three ground balls and two caused turnovers vs Becker College winning 17-5 on Mar. 28th…three days later tallied five ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 17-6 victory over Norwich University….had a ground ball and caused turnover at Johnson & Wales University on Apr. 17th…repeated with a ground ball and caused turnover two days later in the 18-7 win over Norwich University.
2020: Played and started in all five games as a freshman defender…had seven caused turnovers, six ground balls, and one draw control on the season.
High School: Played three years of varsity lacrosse of Tyngsboro high school, as well as two years for Storm Club Lacrosse...Chosen as a league all-star and defensive MVP... listed on the honor roll for three years.
Personal: Tara Powers, born in Boston, Massachusetts...daughter of Thomas and Melissa Powers...majoring in nursing.
