Biography
Career Highs:
Goals: 5 at Marymount (2/23/2022)
Assists: 8 at Drew (3/25/2024)
Points: 10 at Drew (3/25/2024)
Ground Balls: 5 vs. Lycoming (3/16/2022)
Caused Turnovers: 3 vs. Juniata (4/7/2021)
Draw Control Wins: 2 at Misericordia (2/23/2024)
2024: Started all 19 games this season... scored 30 goals and recorded 38 assists for a team-leading total of 68 points on the year.. Has taken 58 shots with 52 of them being on goal for a percentage of .897.. Has caused eight turnovers and picked up 24 ground balls... has also won three draw controls on the season... fourth in the Landmark in both assists per game (2.00) and total assists (38)... Is third in school history for assists in a season with 38.. Is fifth in school history for points in a career with 195... Is eighth in school history in career assists with 89.. 12th in school history for points in a season with her 68.. fifth on the team in goals with 30.. Leads the team in assists and points with 38 and 68, respectively.
2023: Played in 16 games and started in 15 on the season... Tallied 18 goals,22 assists, 40 points, 51 shots with 37 on goal for a percentage of .725, 1 game winning goal, 2 free position goals on 6 attemps, 16 gorund balls and 5 caused turnovers... Had a season high of 3 goals at Moravian with, 1 assists, 4 points, 5 shots and 4 were on goal, for a shot on goal percentage of .800 and 2 ground balls (4/19/2023)... Had a tally of 5 assists against Drew with 1 goal, 6 points, 3 shots with two on goal for a percentage of .667 with 2 ground balls and one caused turnover (3/5/2023)... Tallied 6 points against Ursinus with 2 goals and 4 assists, 4 shots with 3 being on goal for a percentage of .7503/8/2023)...
2022: Played and started in all 17 games of the season ... Tallied 44 goals, 25 assists, 69 points, 103 shots with 82 on goal for a .796 shot on goal percentage, two game-winning goals, five free position goals on 10 attempts, 26 ground balls, 13 caused turnovers and one draw control win ... Had a season-high of five goals in a 16-5 win at Marymount adding one assist, six points, 11 shots with nine on goal for a .818 shot on goal percentage having the game-winning goal, two ground balls, and one caused turnover (2/23/2022) ... Had a season-best game vs. Lycoming in a 21-6 win adding four goals, four assists, eight points, eight shots all on goal for a 1.000 shot on goal percentage, one free position attempt, five ground balls, and one caused turnover (3/16/2022) ... Tallied seven points, four goals, three assists, seven shots with six on goal for a .857 shot on goal percentage, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers at King's (3/21/2022).
2021: Started nine games...Was able to score four goals in her collegiate debut against Elizabethtown (3/27/21)...Posted 14 goals paired with four assists to her season.
Prior to SU: Hendrick Hudson HS 2020 graduate ... Three-sport athlete (soccer, basketball, lacrosse) ... SOCCER: Coached by Bill Pagel ... 2019 All-League Honorable Mention ... BASKETBALL: Mentored by Ken Sherman ... LACROSSE: Played for Robert Molfetta ... 2019 All-League after notching 21 goals, 17 ground balls, and seven assists ... 2018 All-League Honorable Mention after tallying 11 ground balls, six goals, and two assists ... 2020 Hall of Fame Scholarship ... Bertollini Business Scholarship ... Irwin Mayer Memorial Award.
Personal: Heather Lee Riefenhauser ... Born May 19 in Peekskill, N.Y. ... Daughter of Ernest and Gigi ... Has three siblings, Jackie, Frank, and Billy ... Sister, Jackie, played lacrosse at Scranton for two years (Class of 2019) ... Brother, Frank, played club lacrosse at Virginia Tech (Class of 2020)...Aspires to become a certified public accountant and start a family...Chose SU because of the small class sizes so she could have a good relationship with her professors. The GO program also caught her attention...Some fun facts about Heather are that she loves cats, has watched Grey's Anatomy seven times through, she was on the cover page of a popular newspaper in Westchester County NY.
