Sam Geiersbach

Position:
Attacker
Height:
5-7
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
West Babylon, N.Y.
High School:
West Babylon
Prev School:
Richmond

GRADUATE SEASON (2022) – Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2022 NCAA Championship after scoring a combined eight goals in wins over Northwestern and Boston College ... Scored a game-high five goals with a game-high seven points, including the last four goals of the game, in UNC's come-from-behind win over Northwestern in the semis ... Carolina trailed by seven goals with 10:15 remaining but scored the final eight goals of the game (five by Geiersbach) ... Also had a hat trick in the NCAA final win over Boston College ... Had 11 multi-goal games and 16 multi-point games in 2022 ... Had 35 goals and 26 assists for 61 points in the final 19 games of the season, providing instant offense (3.21 ppg in that span) off the bench ... Had two goals and an assist in the win over Stony Brook in the NCAA quarterfinals.

Career Highlights at Richmond
• 2021 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
• 2021 Preseason Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
• 2020 Preseason All-Atlantic 10 selection
• 2020 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
• 2020 Inside Lacrosse Media Honorable Mention All-American
• 2020 VaSID First Team
• 2019 First Team All-Atlantic 10
• 2019 Atlantic 10 Tournament MVP
• 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
• 2017 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year
• 2017 Second Team All-Atlantic 10
• 2017 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
• 2017 VaSID All-State Second Team
• 2017 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
• Five-Time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week
• Three-Time Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week

2021 (Redshirt Senior)
• Made 10 starts in 10 games at attack
• Finished the season second on the squad with 42 points on 23 goals and 19 assists, with 11 ground balls and five caused turnovers
• Scored in nine of 10 games appeared in, including a season-high five goals at Old Dominion (3/14), collecting her 150^th career goal in the win
• Tallied a season-high eight points with three goals and five assists against Radford (2/14)
• Scored the game-winners in three-straight games – VCU (4/16), George Mason (4/18) and Davidson (4/23)
• Named as 2021 Preseason Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
• Named to 2021 Tewaaraton Watch List
• Collected A-10 Player of the Week honor (4/19) after tallying 11 points on seven goals and four assists in wins over VCU and George Mason

2020 (Redshirt Junior)
• In seven starts this season, paced the team with 45 points and 23 assists, and second with 22 goals
• Netted five game-winning goals (Radford, Campbell, William & Mary, Liberty, Old Dominion)
• Scored the game-tying goal to force overtime against Virginia (Feb. 28)
• Posted a career-high 10 points on five goals and five assists against Old Dominion (3/7), earning her second A-10 Offensive Player of the Week honors of the season
• In 48 career games, sits seventh with 218 points, ninth in 139 goals and fifth with 79 assists
• Tallied 14 points, with six goals and eight assists, while adding five ground balls and two caused turnovers in wins over Virginia and Liberty to earn A-10 Offensive Player of the Week honors (3/2)
• Ranked fourth in assists per game (3.29), fourth in points per game (6.42), fifth among in assists (23) and sixth in total points (45) among all NCAA Division I
• Helped the offense to average 18.43 goals per game, ranking fourth nationally

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
• Named First Team All-Atlantic 10, starting all 21 games on attack
• Made return to the field after sitting out 2018 season, finishing second on the team with 88 points on 51 goals and 37 assists
• 51 goals were good for third ont he team, while 37 assists were second
• Became fastest Spider to 100 points, eclipsing the 150 point, 100 goal and 50 assist marks this season
• Logged career-high nine points on two occasions, matching the A-10 single-game tournament record in quarterfinal round (4/25)
• Scored the game-winning overtime goal in A-10 Championship win over UMass (4/28)
• Earned A-10 Tournament MVP and A-10 All-Tournament Team honors, totaling 16 points over three games
• Finished fourth on the team with 36 ground balls

2018 (Sophomore)
• Suffered a season-ending injury in preseason
• Finished freshman season ranked first among freshmen and 13th overall in goals per game
• Ranked 12^th in the nation for total goals during the 2017 season

2017 (Freshman)
• Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year
• Named to Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
• Selected as Atlantic 10 Rookie of the week five times, tying program record
• Set program single-season record for points (85) and goals (66)
• Finished the season ranked first among freshmen and 13th overall in goals per game
• Ranked 12^th in the nation for total goals
• Led the conference in goals, goals per game and points per game
• Started all 20 games on attack
• Fourth on team with 19 assists
• Logged a .516 shot percentage
• Scored six goals on three occasions
• Logged career-high seven points on six goals and an assist at George Washington (4/7)
• Lead team with 14 free position goals
• Fifth on the team in ground balls (28) and caused turnovers (12)
• Named to the VASID All-State Second Team
• Named to A-10 All-Tournament Team

Prep
• Five-year varsity starter and two-year captain at West Babylon High for coach Colleen Kilgus
• Named a 2015 Long Island Under Armour All-American and to the Long Island National School Girls Team 1
• Earned Team MVP honors in 2016 after being named a Long Island Top 100 Player to Watch
• Four-time All-County and two-time All-Long Island Second Team honoree
• Named to All-Tournament team in 2015 and 2016 and led team to County finals in 2016
• Named All-Division in 2012 after leading team to a Division title
• Finished career with 435 points on 283 goals and 152 assists
• Long Island Top Guns club team won the 2013 U15 National Championship
• Also played varsity soccer and basketball for three seasons, serving as captain for both squads in 2016
• Named All-League in basketball in 2015 and 2016
• Honor Roll and Business Honor Society member

Personal
• Daughter of Michael and Isabel Geiersbach
• Sister Jessica played lacrosse at Hofstra