Sacred Heart University

#19 Elizabeth Small

Stats: 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

2020:

• Team captain
• Started and played in six games
• Led the Pioneers in draw controls (21) and caused turnovers (17)
• Second on team in ground balls with 12. 
• NEC Primer Performer (3/02)
• Announced among the 509 student-athletes selected to the IWLCA Division I Academic Honor Roll
• Finished with a team-leading five draw controls with three caused turnovers and three ground balls at Bucknell (2/08)
• Caused a career-best 10 turnovers on the afternoon, half of the Pioneers 20 on the day against Vermont (2/28)
• Had a team-best three draw controls against Iona (3/03)
• Had a career-day with six draw controls against Delaware State (3/06)
• Tallied a team leading four draw controls against Manhattan (3/11)

2019:

• NEC Defensive Player of the Week (3/18)
• Started all 16 games for the Pioneers
• Was fantastic all season long, leading the team with 34 caused turnovers and ranking second with 33 ground balls and 24 draw controls
• Ranked second in the conference and 16^th in the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.13)
• Small’s 34 caused turnovers are the sixth-highest single-season total in program history
• Played the game of her career, posting a career-high while matching the program record with seven caused turnovers to go along with five ground balls and three draw controls in a home win over UMass Lowell (3/16)
• Racked up three ground balls, three caused turnovers and two draw controls against New Hampshire (2/22)
• Posted three caused turnovers, three draw controls and two ground balls against Iona (3/13)
• Tallied four ground balls and two caused turnovers in a home win over CCSU (4/7)
• Was all over the field with five caused turnovers, three ground balls and two draw controls against Saint Francis U (4/20)
• Matched her career-high and set a season-high with five draw controls at Mount St. Mary’s (4/26)
• Registered four caused turnovers and three ground balls at Wagner (4/28)

2018:

• All-NEC Second Team Selection
• Played in and started 15 games
• Small continued to produce in her sophomore year, compiling the third-most ground balls (26), second-most draw controls (35) and most caused turnovers (28) on the team in 2018
• Tied for second in the NEC with 1.87 caused turnovers per game
• Produced four draw controls, two ground balls and one caused turnover in games at Winthrop (3/8) and at UMass Lowell (3/17)
• Chipped in four ground balls, one draw control and one caused turnover against Vermont (3/22)
• Racked up three draw controls and three caused turnovers against LIU Brooklyn (4/6)
• Went for a season-high five caused turnovers at Bryant (4/13)
• Produced five draw controls in consecutive games against Mount St. Mary's (4/20) and Wagner (4/22)
• Played her best all-around game of the season with four ground balls, four draw controls and three caused turnovers at Saint Francis U (4/29)

2017:

• Played in all 17 games, making 16 starts
• Had three caused turnovers, three draw controls, and two groundballs in win over Quinnipiac (3/1)
• Had season-high four caused turnovers and three groundballs against Bryant (4/9)

Prior to Sacred Heart: All-Shore and Second Team All-State at Red Bank Catholic.

Personal: Daughter of Bob and Abbie Small ... Business major.