Lacrosse Goalie Stick Setups: 2021 Female NCAA Division 1 Top 20

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

 

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• 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

 

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• 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

 

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• 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

 

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• 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:

• 12 Diamond – 20

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

As always, if you think I messed up on any of these goalies, leave me a comment down below so I can get it fixed.