Cliodhna Loughlin

Position:
Defense
Class:
Senior
Height:
5-4
Hometown:
Dublin, Ireland

PRONUNCIATION: KLEE-na LOCK-lin

Loughlin With The U.S. National Program: Invited to the 2016 United States Young Women's National Championship (June 28 - July 3).

Loughlin In The UMass Record Book: Finished her career (2013-16) ninth all-time among Minutemen with 25 career assists.

Career: Secured 29 career points through a pair of goals and 25 assists, the ninth most dished out in program history ... Played in 82 career games, including 47 as a starter on defense and midfield ... Totaled 14 shots, with eight put on-cage ... Earned a career best 13 points as a junior in 2015 (one goal, 11 assists) ... Had nine points - all assists - in 2014 ... Had four as a senior - also all on assists - and three as a freshman (one goal, one assist).

2016 - Senior: Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team ... NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Played in and started all 22 games on the year at wing defender ... Posted four points - all on assists ... Took five shots, with three placed on-target ... Notched three assists, tying her single-game career high, at UMass Lowell (9/4) ... Earned a defensive save in the near-upset of No. 4 Connecticut on Sept. 9 ... Recorded her fourth assist at Saint Joseph's (10/21).

2015 - Junior: Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team .. Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team ... NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Career-high 13 points through a goal and 11 assists during 21 starts at midfield or defense on the season ... Posted at least one point in eight games ... Totaled nine of her points (one goal, seven assists) over the final eight games of the season ... Assisted on one goal and had a defensive save during a penalty corner try by New Hampshire (8/29) ... Helped out on another UMass score during the 4-3 win over UMass Lowell in the 2015 Kennedy Cup (9/11) ... Facilitated a goal each against Dartmouth (9/13) and Saint Joseph's (9/18) ... Recorded a personal-best three assists against VCU (10/16) ... Added a defensive save against No. 13 Boston College (10/18) ... Earned a goal - the eventual game-winner - against La Salle (10/23) ... Provided an assist against Davidson (10/31) in a must-win game necessary for the Minutewomen to reach the A-10 Championship ... Secured one assist in the 5-2 come-from-behind victory over Saint Joseph's (11/6) during the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinal ... Facilitated two more goals in the 3-0 shutout of Richmond during the Atlantic 10 Championship Game (11/7).

2014 - Sophomore: NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll ... Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll ... Set a single-season best with nine points and nine assists ... Also took three shots, with two put on-target ... Second among Minutewomen with her nine assists ... Assisted on Nicole Miller's second goal during the season-opening 3-2 loss to No. 1 Maryland (8/29) at the Nook in Lancaster, Pa ... Added her second assist of the season via a Brooke Sabia penalty corner goal when UMass defeated Maine, 3-2 in overtime on Sept. 5 ... Helped out on one goal at VCU (9/28) ... Earned another assist, her fourth of the year, against Lock Haven (10/3) ... Helped out on one score during the 3-2 win over Saint Francis (Pa.) on Oct. 5 ... Earned her sixth assist of the year against No. 7 Syracuse on Nov. 1 ... Notched two more assists in the 5-1 win over Saint Louis (11/2) ... Added her final helper of the year during the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinal win over Lock Haven (11/7).

2013 - Freshman: NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll ... Made 18 appearances with the Minutewomen as a reserve midfielder ... Finished the year with three points on a goal and assist ... Her first minutes came in the game at Maine (8/30) and she earned her first collegiate goal against UMass-Lowell (9/3) during the 6-0 Kennedy Cup victory ... Added an assist when UMass defeated Richmond for the Atlantic 10 Championship (11/9) ... Provided another assist during the Atlantic 10 Tournament Semifinal Round shutout of Lock Haven, 2-0 on Nov. 7.

Before UMass: Attended St. Andrew's College, an international day school in Dublin, Ireland ... Competed as part of the St. Andrew's field hockey team for coaches Mandy Hollwey, Eimear Sloan, Jenny Burke and Lisa Jacob ... Also played for the Railway Union Hockey Club's top squad, coached by Mick Mckinnon and David Bane ... Reached the Senior First Division Cup Final in 2011, League Final in 2011 and 2012 and Plate Final in 2012 with St. Andrew's ... Was the co-captain of St. Andrew's Senior XI in 2012-13 ... Captained St. Andrew's College Juniors in 2010-11 ... Won the Irish Hockey League, Senior Cup and Jacqui Potter Cup with Railway Union in 2013 ... Team captain for Railway Union's U16 squad in 2009-10 ... Was a member of the Leinster U18 Team in 2011-12, finishing as runners up at the Interprovincial Finals ... Also competed in cricket for St. Andrew's, winning a Junior First Division Championship as the team captain in 2010 ... Also took home a Senior First Division Championship with the cricket team in 2013 ... Finished second in the Youth National Yacht Club Regatta and third at the Youth Royal Irish Yacht Club Regatta in 2011 ... Was a member of the St. Andrew's College Prefect Council as voted upon by students and faculty ... Earned St. Andrew's College Academic Achievement Awards from 2008-12 ... Also earned the President's Award and Irish Language Fluency Award.

Personal: Daughter of John Loughlin and Frances Walsh ... Majoring in sports management ... Completed an internship with the Junior Golf Tour in Jacksonville, Fla., during the summer, 2015 ... One of only three Atlantic 10 student-athletes Invited to the 2016 NCAA Career in Sports Forum.