Bio

It’s somewhat uncommon for this to happen, but the careers of the top two all-time leading point producers in the history of Goucher’s women’s lacrosse program overlapped. And now one is joining the other in the institution’s Athletics Hall of Fame.

Kristin Carey and Courtney Crangi were both members of the 1995 team that opened the season with a 16-11 loss to Dickinson and then reeled off 13 consecutive victories. Carey ranked second on that team – in both cases behind Crangi – in goals (66) and points (84). The following year, Carey supplied the Gophers with 77 goals and 26 assists for a total of 103 points – and trailed only Crangi in all three categories.

The 1996 team was the one that went 18-2, repeated as Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) champions and advanced as far as the semifinals of the NCAA Division III postseason tournament. In the quarterfinals, which were played on Beldon Field, the Gophers defeated Roanoke, 28-16, with Carey contributing six goals and one assist to the victory. She also picked up six ground balls and controlled four draws.

With that win, head coach Kathy Frick’s squad advanced to take on Middlebury in the semifinals. Despite a four-goal performance out of Carey, the Gophers bowed to the Panthers, 21-12. Carey was one of Goucher’s two representatives on the all-tournament team.  The 1996 team led all NCAA Division III institutions in scoring and was recognized as the Statistical Champion for total points.

Carey was the leading scorer on the women’s lacrosse team during each of her final two seasons. In 1997, she accumulated 65 goals and was the Division III national leader in assists (34) and points (99); in 1998, her 43 goals and 31 assists added up to 74 points. In both of those seasons, she was named CAC Player of the Year, although she shared the honor with Gia Trionfo from St. Mary’s (Md.) in 1998.

The assists and total points scored in the 1997 season ranked Carey as the NCAA Division III Statistical Champion for the sport of women’s lacrosse.

The product of Towson (Md.) High School was a first-team All-CAC selection all four seasons, plus she was second-team all-region in 1995 and 1996, first-team all-region in 1997 and 1998, an honorable mention Division III All-American as a junior and a second-team Division III All-American as a senior.

Carey remains  Goucher’s all-time leader in goals (251) and points (360), and ranks second in career assists (109). She finished her four seasons with the Gophers one assist shy of Crangi’s total, but surpassed her in points by 32.

In addition to women’s lacrosse, Carey also was a four-year letterwinner in women’s soccer at Goucher. Perhaps her best season statistically in soccer was her junior year in 1996 when she scored four goals and added a team-leading 12 assists, earning second-team All-CAC recognition.

Even today, she is the women’s soccer program’s all-time leader with 37 assists and her 69 career points rank fifth.