Lacrosse Goalie Stick Setups: 2021 Female NCAA Division 1 Top 20
By Coach Damon
Last updated: May 30, 2022
Two weeks ago we took a look at the stick setups of the goalies for the top 20 ranked teams on the men’s side. In this post, we’ll do the exact same thing for the female goalies. I’m super curious to see how the female stick setups compare.
The list of Top 20 teams was taken from Inside Lacrosse ranking as of April 21th, 2021. By the time you read this post the current female lacrosse top 20 might look very different as it continues to shape and morph all season long.
But as of right now, here are the top 20 teams, their goalies, and those lady goalie’s lacrosse stick setups.
Just like the men’s post I’m going to add in the shooting string setup because I find that fascinating.
A lot of people want to know which mesh they use and unfortunately just by looking at photos it’s tough to determine. Mesh Dynasty is about the only one you can tell because of their unique colors. Otherwise, the all white mesh all look alike.
In all honesty, I watch way more men’s lacrosse than women’s lacrosse so if you see any mistakes in this post, please leave me a comment down below.
Let’s get into it!
2021 NCAA Female Lacrosse Goalie Stick Setups
1. North Carolina – Taylor Moreno
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 3 Straight Across
2. Northwestern – Madison Doucette
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack Length
- Shooters: 2 Us’ and a nylon
Cool article in US Lacrosse Magazine about Madison.
3. Syracuse – Asa Goldstock
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 3 Straight Across
Did you see this sick save from Asa Goldstock?
4. Boston College – Rachel Hall
- Head: Under Armour Headline
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 1 Nylon, 1 V
5. Stony Brook – Kameron Halsall
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 2 U’s, 1 Straight Across
6. Notre Dame – Bridget Deehan
- Head: STX Shield
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack Length
- Shooters: 1 Nylon, 2 Straight Across
7. Duke – Sophia LeRose
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack Length
- Shooters: 1 Nylon, 2 U’s
8. Virginia – Charlie Campbell
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 2 Straight Across, 1 U
9. Jacksonville – Addy Tysdal
- Head: STX Shield
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 2 U’s
This seems to be the only photo of Addy available on the internet with a goalie stick and I can’t quite tell what that head is. Pretty sure it’s an STX Shield.
10. Florida – Sarah Reznick
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 2 Straight Across
11. Drexel – Zoe Bennett
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 1 Nylon, 1 Straight Across
12. Loyola – Kaitlyn Larsson
- Head: Under Armour Headline
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 2 U’s
13. Stanford – Kara Rahaim
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 3 Straight Across
14. Denver – Amelia Cole
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 1 Nylon, 1 Straight Across
15. Maryland – Emily Sterling
- Head: Under Armour Headline
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Attack Length
- Shooters: 1 Nylon, 1 Straight Across, 1 V
16. Johns Hopkins – Kathleen Garvey
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 3 Straight Across
17. Louisville – Rachel Florek
- Head: Under Armour Headline
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 2 Straight Across, 1 V
18. Richmond – Megan Gianforte
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 1 Nylon, 2 Straight Across
19. Rutgers – Alonna Gliksman
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 3 Straight Across
20. Arizona State – Berkeley Bonneau
- Head: STX Eclipse 2
- Mesh: 12 Diamond
- Shaft: Goalie Length
- Shooters: 1 Nylon, 2 Straight Across
Conclusion
There you have it – 20 female NCAA Division 1 starting goalies, 20 stick setups. Let’s recap the numbers.
Head:
- STX Eclipse 2 – 14
- STX Shield – 2
- Under Armour Headline – 4
Mesh:
Shaft:
- Attack Length – 4
- Goalie Length – 16
Shooters:
- 3 Straight Across – 5
- 1 Nylon, 2 U’s – 3
- 1 Nylon, 2 Straight Across – 2
- 2 Straight Across, 1 U – 2
- 2 U’s – 2
- 1 Nylon, 1 Straight Across – 2
- 1 Nylon, 1 U – 1
- 1 Straight Across, 2 U’s – 1
- 2 Straight Across – 1
- 1 Nylon, 1 Straight Across, 1 U – 1
My theory that the STX Eclipse 2 is the industry standard in goalie heads right now holds water on the women’s side too. 14 out of the top 20 goalies go with the Eclipse 2.
Interesting to see that 4 goalies go with the Under Armour Headline. No goalies on the male side choose to use this head.
Two lady goalies go with the STX Shield to round out the top 20.
All 20 goalies go with 12 diamond mesh. Clean sweep for the 12 diamond.
Most goalies choose the goalie length shaft which is slightly longer than attack shaft. Although from these pics I saw 4 goalies who use just a normal field player attack shaft for their wand.
In terms of the shooting strings setup, you can see there is a lot of variety.
The most common setup is 3 shooters straight across. 1 Nylon with 2 U’s was also pretty popular.
What’s your goalie stick setup? Leave a comment down below
Until next time! Coach Damon
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STX Eclipse with StringKing Mesh. 2 Us
Nice! STX Eclipse original?
Can you take this a step further? Do they use semi hard or semi soft? How deep are their pockets? What are there go to stringing patterns?
That’s a little tough. I’m just working with the pics out there on the internets so not sure if they use semi hard or semi soft. Some pics show pocket depth but most don’t unfortunately.
STX Eclipse, semi soft mesh, and 2 straight across Hockey laces, and a goalie length carbon fiber shaft.
Six Eclipse 2, factory mesh, 2 straight across nylon shooters, and a cut down d-pole.
STX eclipse 2, 2 straight shooters, and an old 32″ harrow shaft that weighs like 300 grams haha
STX Eclipse II, 1 nylon and 2 U’s, and a Maverik attack shaft!