Sacred Heart University

#6 Cassie Cesario

Stats: 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

2020:

• Team captain
• Totaled 10 goals, seven assists, for 17 points. 
• Totaled two points  with one goal and one assist ( Bucknell 2/08)
• Had three of the five SHU goals, recording her eighth career hat trick ( Monmouth 2/15)
• Cesario picked up a pair of unassisted goals to complete her hat trick but it was too little, too late for the Pioneers who were dealt the 11-5 loss ( Monmouth 2/15)
• Led the Pioneers with three points, tallying a goal and two assists ( Vermont 2/28)
• Tallied five points in the win ( Delaware State 3/06)
• Won the opening draw ( Delaware State 3/06)

2019:

• Started all 16 games for the Pioneers
• Totaled 37 points on 23 goals and 14 assists, ranking second on the team in points, third in goals and second in assists
• Was 8-for-14 on free position shots, shooting a team-leading 57.1 percent
• Led the Pioneers with 37 ground balls while adding 20 caused turnovers (second on the team) and 13 draw controls (fourth on the team)
• Cesario has increased her scoring totals (goals, assists, points) as well as her caused turnovers in each of her first three seasons at SHU
• Has started 34 consecutive games for SHU
• Racked up four hat tricks and six multi-goal games
• Scored a goal in 13-of-16 games
• Enters her senior year with 82 career points
• Was tremendous on the defensive end against Monmouth (2/27), registering six ground balls with four caused turnovers, coming one shy of career-highs in both categories
• Tallied two points with four ground balls and two caused turnovers at Manhattan (3/9)
• Put up three goals and one assist with three ground balls against Iona (3/13)
• Matched her career-high with six points (three goals, three assists) with three ground balls and two caused turnovers in a win over UMass Lowell (3/16)
• Collected three points (two goals, one assist) with two ground balls, two draw controls and one caused turnover at Fairfield (3/20)
• Played a great all-around game in a home win over CCSU (4/7) as she tallied three goals and two assists for five points to go along with four ground balls, two draw controls and three caused turnovers
• Racked up two goals and one assist against Robert Morris (4/18)
• Notched another five-point effort against Saint Francis U (4/20) as she went for three goals and two assists while adding four ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers

2018: 

• Started all 16 games for the Pioneers
• Tallied 15 goals and 12 assists for 27 points 
• Ranked fourth on the team in goals and tied for second in assists in 2018
• Posted a team-leading 44 ground balls while ranking second among Pioneers with 18 caused turnovers and third on the team with 16 draw controls on the season
• Went for three ground balls, two draw controls, two caused turnovers and one goal at New Hampshire (2/10)
• Racked up three points (one goal, two assists) and a season-high four draw controls at Iona (2/21)
• Had one goal, one assist, four ground balls and two caused turnovers against Vermont (3/22)
• Played the best game of her career, finishing with five points (two goals, three assists) to go along with seven ground balls, three draw controls and five caused turnovers in a win over LIU Brooklyn (4/6)
• Tallied a hat trick with three goals to go along with five ground balls and two caused turnovers in a road win over CCSU (4/15)
• Went for one goal and two assists against Wagner (4/22)
• Finished the seaon with a five-point effort (two goals, three assists) to go along with seven ground balls and two caused turnovers at Saint Francis U (4/29)

2017:

• Played in 15 games, making 13 starts
• Had nine goals and nine assists; second on team in draw controls with 31
• Had six points (3G, 3A) against Iona on March 8
• Collected six draw controls against Marist on March 11
• Scored two goals in SHU’s wins over CCSU (April 7) and Saint Francis U (April 28); had game-winning goal against SFU
• Had four draw controls, two groundballs, and an assist at Bryant in NEC Tournament May 5

Prior to Sacred Heart: Four-year letterwinner at Oceanside High School... Two-time All-Conference selection... Named All-County three times... An All-Long Island Second Team pick.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Joanne Cesario... Nursing major.