FEMALE Goalie Stick Setups for the Top 20 NCAA Teams
By Coach Damon
Last updated: May 30, 2022
Yesterday I posted the goalie stick setup of the top 20 NCAA ranked teams on the men’s side. Now it’s only fair that we do the same post for the women’s game.
Here are top 20 NCAA D1 ranked teams as of March 27, 2017. Like the men’s post the top 20 on the women’s side will surely be different if you’re reading this in the future.
Listed below is the team, the female goalkeeper, and her stick setup.
1. Maryland – Megan Taylor
- Head: Under Armour Headline
- Mesh: 17 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
2. North Carolina – Caylee Waters
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 17 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
3. Florida – Haley Hicklan
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
4. Colorado – Paige Soenksen
- Head: STX Shield
- Mesh: 20 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
5. Penn State – Cat Rainone
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Mid length
6. Stony Brook – Anna Tesoriero
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack (maybe mid) length
7. Cornell – Renee Poullott
- Head: Brine Eraser
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Mid length
8. Princeton – Ellie DeGarmo
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 20 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
9. Penn – Britt Brown
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
10. USC – Gussie Johns
- Head: Warrior Nemesis 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
11. Syracuse – Asa Goldstock
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
12. Virginia Tech – Meagh Graham
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
13. Notre Dame – Samantha Giacolone
- Head: Brine Eraser
- Mesh: 17 Diamond
- Shaft: Mid length
14. Denver – Maddy Stevenson
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
15. Towson – Angie Benson
- Head: Under Armour Headline
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Mid length
16. Elon – Rachel Ramirez
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
17. Virginia – Rachel Vander Kolk
- Head: STX Shield
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
18. Boston College – Zoe Ochoa
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
19. Northwestern – Mallory Weisse
- Head: Under Armour Headline
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
20. Johns Hopkins – Caroline Federico
- Head: STX Eclipse
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack length
Conclusion
There you go! The complete list of top 20 female goalies along with their current stick setups.
If you notice any mistakes that I made in putting this together, let me know in the comments down below.
Here’s the final tally:
Heads –
- STX Eclipse – 12
- Under Armour Headline – 3
- Brine Eraser – 2
- STX Shield – 2
- Warrior Nemesis 2 – 1
Mesh –
- 12 Diamond – 15
- 17 Diamond – 3
- 20 Diamond – 2
Shafts –
- Attack Length: 16
- Mid Length : 4
Similar to the men’s side the most common stick setup appears to be the STX Eclipse head strung up with 12 diamond mesh on an attack sized shaft.
Until next time! Coach Damon
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My favorite female goalie right now is Caylee Waters. I got to see UNC win the ACC in Blacksburg VA last year
Awesome! She’s a great goalie! Thanks for sharing Eva.
what’s the difference in stick lengths for girl goalies?
Hi Sue! Not sure I follow the question. What advantages does a short shaft have vs. a longer shaft?
Yes- we are still pretty new in LAX, and I hadn’t seen anyone with different shaft lengths, so I was wondering about it.
Now my little one is also wanting to be goalie for her U-11 team, and they are using mini heads [fiddlesticks?], with short shafts, because they are little and can’t manage the full sized heads yet.
I wrote a full post about shaft length for goalies. Check that one out.
Thanks for providing the woman’s goalie stick setups. Are the sticks each goalie uses a direct result of school sponsorship?
Pretty sure they are. STX sponsored schools have their choice of STX heads – Eclipse, Shield, etc. so sponsorship limits options.
If the school is sponsored by STX, then they get any STX heads for free, but if they really like the Eraser, they can still use it, but they have to pay for it.
Thanks for that clarification Ryan.
i think the Colorado goalie is killing it this year
Would you happen to have any advice on stringing an eclipse with 12d ss hero mesh?
I know this post is a little old now but Megan Taylor is defiantly my favorite goalie right now. Also, do you have a recommended shaft? I’m looking to buy a new one but I can’t decide. I currently use the ECD Carbon.
That’s great! I’ll be creating a 2018 version of this post in the near future. In terms of shaft I really like the StringKing Metal 2. Check it out.